60-day FRN

2023-05493.pdf

Rail Depreciation Studies

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OMB: 2140-0028

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are the individual they claim to be and
that they understand that the knowing
and willful request for, or acquisition of,
a record pertaining to another
individual under false pretenses is a
criminal offense. These procedures are
in accordance with our regulations at 20
CFR 401.40 and 401.45.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

Same as record access procedures.
Individuals should also reasonably
identify the record, specify the
information they are contesting, and
state the corrective action sought and
the reasons for the correction with
supporting justification showing how
the record is incomplete, untimely,
inaccurate, or irrelevant. These
procedures are in accordance with our
regulations at 20 CFR 401.65(a).
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES:

Same as record access procedures.
These procedures are in accordance
with our regulations at 20 CFR 401.40
and 401.45.
EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:

None.
HISTORY:

71 FR 1836, Disability Insurance and
Supplemental Security Income
Demonstration Projects and
Experiments System.
72 FR 69723, Disability Insurance and
Supplemental Security Income
Demonstration Projects and
Experiments System.
83 FR 54969, Disability Insurance and
Supplemental Security Income
Demonstration Projects and
Experiments System.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
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U.S. Advisory Commission on Public
Diplomacy Notice of Meeting
The U.S. Advisory Commission on
Public Diplomacy (ACPD) will hold an
in-person public meeting on ‘‘The Role
of Public Diplomacy in Democracy
Promotion’’ with online (Zoom) access
on Thursday, April 13, 2023, from 11:00
a.m. until 12:15 p.m. PT (2:00 p.m. until
3:15 p.m. ET). During the meeting, a
distinguished panel of experts,
including Larry Diamond, Michael
McFaul, and Kathryn Stoner, will
discuss how USG public diplomacy
programs can most effectively promote
and defend democratic values in an
increasingly authoritarian and illiberal
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This meeting is open to the public,
including the media and members and
staff of governmental and nongovernmental organizations. The event
will take place at the Philippines
Conference Room, Encina Hall, Third
Floor, Central, C330, 616 Jane Stanford
Way, Stanford, CA 94305, Center on
Democracy, Development and the Rule
of Law, Stanford University. Please
register for the event at https://cddrl.
fsi.stanford.edu/events/role-publicdiplomacy-democracy-promotion. Doors
will open at 10:30 a.m.
To request reasonable
accommodation, please email ACPD
Program Assistant Kristy Zamary at
ZamaryKK@state.gov. Please send any
request for reasonable accommodation
no later than Monday, April 3, 2023.
Requests received after that date will be
considered but might not be possible to
fulfill.
Since 1948, the ACPD has been
charged with appraising activities
intended to understand, inform, and
influence foreign publics and to
increase the understanding of, and
support for, these same activities. The
ACPD conducts research that provides
honest assessments of public diplomacy
efforts, and disseminates findings
through reports, white papers, and other
publications. It also holds public
symposiums that generate informed
discussions on public diplomacy issues
and events. The Commission reports to
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Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2651a, 22 U.S.C.
1469, 5 U.S.C. Appendix, and 41 CFR
102–3.150.
Kristina K. Zamary,
Department of State.
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
60-Day Notice of Intent To Seek
Extension of Approval of Collection:
Rail Depreciation Studies
AGENCY:

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Notice and request for
comments.

ACTION:

As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Surface Transportation Board (STB or
Board) gives notice of its intent to seek
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for an extension of
the collection of Rail Depreciation
Studies, described below.
DATES: Comments on this information
collection should be submitted by May
16, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to
Chris Oehrle, PRA Officer, Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20423–0001, or to
PRA@stb.gov. When submitting
comments, please refer to ‘‘Paperwork
Reduction Act Comments, Rail
Depreciation Studies.’’ For further
information regarding this collection,
contact Pedro Ramirez at (202) 245–
0333 or pedro.ramirez@stb.gov.
Assistance for the hearing impaired is
available through the Federal Relay
Service at (800) 877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments
are requested concerning each
collection as to (1) whether the
particular collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Board, including
whether the collection has practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the Board’s
burden estimates; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, when
appropriate. Submitted comments will
be included and summarized in the
Board’s request for OMB approval.
Subjects: In this notice, the Board is
requesting comments on the extension
of the following information collection:
SUMMARY:

Description of Collection
Title: Rail Depreciation Studies.
OMB Control Number: 2140–0028.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Respondents: Class I railroads.
Number of Respondents: Seven.
Estimated Time per Response:
Approximately 250 hours per study
(estimating that studies will require
between 125 hours and 375 hours
depending on the extent to which the
carrier provides assistance to outside
consultants performing the study for
them)
Frequency of Response: Bi-annual.
(Under 49 CFR part 1201, §§ 4–1 to 4–

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4, the Board requires all Class I (large)
carriers to submit depreciation studies
no less than every three years for
equipment property and every six years
for road property. That means that for
any given six-year period, the Class I
railroads must submit no less than three
depreciation reports, or the equivalent
of 0.5 depreciation reports per year.)
Total Annual Hour Burden: 875 hours
(250 hours × 0.5 studies/year × 7 Class
I railroads).
Total Annual ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’
Cost: Approximately $210,000 per year.
Board staff estimates that each study
will cost between $20,000 and $100,000,
which equals a cost of approximately
$10,000–$50,000 per year. Using an
average cost ($30,000 per year × 7 Class
I railroads), the non-hour burden cost is
estimated to be approximately $210,000
per year.
Needs and Uses: Under 49 CFR part
1201, §§ 4–1 to 4–4, the Board is
required to identify those classes of
property for which rail carriers may
include depreciation charges under
operating expenses, and the Board must
also prescribe a rate of depreciation that
may be charged to those classes of
property. Under 49 U.S.C. 11145, Class
I rail carriers are required to submit
Depreciation Studies to the Board.
Information in these studies is not
available from any other source. The
Board uses the information in these
studies to prescribe depreciation rates.
These depreciation rate prescriptions
state the period for which the
depreciation rates therein are
applicable. Class I railroads apply the
prescribed depreciation rates to their
investment base to determine monthly
and annual depreciation expense. This
expense is included in the railroads’
operating expenses, which are reported
in their R–1 reports (OMB Control
Number 2140–0009). Operating
expenses are used to develop operating
costs for application in various
proceedings before the Board, such as in
rate reasonableness cases and in the
determination of railroad ‘‘revenue
adequacy.’’
Under the PRA, a Federal agency that
conducts or sponsors a collection of
information must display a currently
valid OMB control number. A collection
of information, which is defined in 44
U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c),
includes agency requirements that
persons submit reports, keep records, or
provide information to the agency, third
parties, or the public. Under 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A), Federal agencies are
required to provide, prior to an agency’s
submitting a collection to OMB for
approval, a 60-day notice and comment
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Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information.
Information from certain schedules
contained in these reports is available at
the Board’s website at www.stb.gov by
navigating to ‘‘Reports & Data’’ and
clicking on ‘‘Economic Data.’’
Information in these reports is not
available from any other source.
Dated: March 14, 2023.
Aretha Laws-Byrum,
Clearance Clerk.
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
60-Day Notice of Intent To Seek
Extension of Approval of Collection:
Recordations (Rail and Water Carrier
Liens), Water Carrier Tariffs, and
Agricultural Contract Summaries
Surface Transportation Board.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Surface Transportation Board (STB or
Board) gives notice of its intent to seek
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for the extension
(without change) of the collections
required by statute for rail or water
carrier equipment liens (recordations),
water carrier tariffs, and rail agricultural
contract summaries, as described in
more detail below.
DATES: Comments on this information
collection should be submitted by May
16, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to
Chris Oehrle, PRA Officer, Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20423–0001, or to
PRA@stb.gov. When submitting
comments, please refer to ‘‘Paperwork
Reduction Act Comments, Recordations
(Rail and Water Carrier Liens), Water
Carrier Tariffs, and Agricultural
Contract Summaries.’’ For further
information regarding this collection,
contact Mike Higgins at (866) 254–1792
(toll-free) or 202–245–0238, or by
emailing rcpa@stb.gov. Assistance for
the hearing impaired is available
through the Federal Information Relay
Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments
are requested concerning each
collection as to (1) whether the
particular collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Board, including

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whether the collection has practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the Board’s
burden estimates; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, when
appropriate. Submitted comments will
be included and summarized in the
Board’s request for OMB approval.
Description of Collections

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SUMMARY:

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Collection Number 1
Title: Agricultural Contract
Summaries.
OMB Control Number: 2140–0024.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Number of Respondents:
Approximately 10 (seven Class I [large]
railroads and a limited number of other
railroads).
Frequency: On occasion. (Over the
last three years, respondents have filed
an average of 172 agricultural contract
summaries per year. The same number
of filings is expected during each of the
next three years.)
Estimated Time per Response:
Approximately 0.25 hours.
Total Burden Hours (annually
including all respondents): 43 hours
(172 submissions × 0.25 hours estimated
per submission).
Total Annual ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’
Cost: There are no non-hourly burden
costs for this collection. The collection
is filed electronically.
Needs and Uses: Under 49 U.S.C.
10709(d), railroads are required to file a
summary of the nonconfidential terms
of any contract for the transportation of
agricultural products.
Collection Number 2
Title: Recordations (Rail and Water
Carrier Liens).
OMB Control Number: 2140–0025.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Respondents: Parties holding liens on
rail equipment or water carrier vessels,
and carriers filing proof that a lien has
been removed.
Number of Respondents:
Approximately 50 respondents.
Frequency: On occasion. (Over the
last three years, respondents have filed
an average of 1,850 responses per year.
The same number of filings is expected
during each of the next three years.)
Estimated Time per Response:
Approximately 0.25 hours.

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