82 FR 38986 - 60-Day Notice of Intent To Seek Extension of Approval: Applications for Land-Use-Exemption Permits
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 157 (August 16, 2017)
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 157 (August 16, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-17306 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 16, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 38986-38987] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-17306] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 60-Day Notice of Intent To Seek Extension of Approval: Applications for Land-Use-Exemption Permits AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) gives notice that it is requesting from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) an extension of approval for the collection of Applications for Land-Use-Exemption Permits (for Solid Waste Rail Transfer Facilities). DATES: Comments on this information collection should be submitted by October 13, 2017. ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Chris Oehrle, PRA Officer, Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001, or to [email protected]. When submitting comments, please refer to ``Paperwork Reduction Act Comments: Applications for Land-Use-Exemption Permits.'' FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information regarding Land-Use-Exemption Permits, contact [email protected], or submit your question at https://www.stb.gov/Ect1/ecorrespondence.nsf/incoming?OpenForm. [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: (1) The accuracy of the Board's burden estimates; (2) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; (3) 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; and (4) whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Board, including whether the collection has practical utility. Submitted comments will be summarized and included in the Board's request for OMB approval. Description of Collection Title: Applications for Land-Use-Exemption Permits. OMB Control Number: 2140-0018. STB Form Number: None. Type of Review: Extension without change. Respondents: Any applicant seeking a land-use-exemption permit. Number of Respondents: One. Estimated Time Per Response: 160 hours. Frequency: On occasion. Total Burden Hours (annually including all respondents): 160 hours. Total ``Non-hour Burden'' Cost: An estimated $200,000 to hire an environmental consultant to work with Board staff on the required environmental report. Needs and Uses: Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10501(c)(2), as amended by the Clean Railroads Act of 2008 (CRA), 49 U.S.C. 10908-10910, the Board adopted final rules in Solid Waste Rail Transfer Facilities, EP 684 (STB served Nov. 20, 2012). Under these rules, a person seeking a Land- Use-Exemption Permit must file an application including substantial facts and argument as to why [[Page 38987]] a permit is necessary and, as required by the National Environmental Policy Act, an environmental report and/or an environmental impact statement. To date, the Board has not received any applications under these rules. Under 49 CFR 1155.20, an applicant is required to file a notice of intent to apply for a land-use-exemption permit before filing its application. A suggested form for this notice may be found in Appendix A to 49 CFR part 1155. Further, under 49 CFR 1155.21(e), an application must include a draft Federal Register notice. A suggested form for the draft Federal Register notice may be found at Appendix B to part 1155. This collection is needed to develop a record in land-use- exemption-permit proceedings, a process mandated by Congress in the CRA. The Board uses the information in this collection to accurately assess the merits of a permit application. 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 period through publication in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information. Dated: August 11, 2017. Jeffrey Herzig, Clearance Clerk. [FR Doc. 2017-17306 Filed 8-15-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4915-01-P
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collection techniques or other forms of charges and to establish demurrage- ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to
information technology, when related rules. Chris Oehrle, PRA Officer, Surface
appropriate; and (4) whether the A railroad and its customers may Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW.,
collection of information is necessary enter into demurrage contracts without Washington, DC 20423–0001, or to pra@
for the proper performance of the providing notice, but, in the absence of stb.gov. When submitting comments,
functions of the Board, including such contracts, demurrage will be please refer to ‘‘Paperwork Reduction
whether the collection has practical governed by the railroad’s demurrage Act Comments: Applications for Land-
utility. Submitted comments will be tariff. Under 49 CFR 1333.3, a railroad’s Use-Exemption Permits.’’
summarized and included in the ability to charge demurrage pursuant to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
Board’s request for OMB approval. its tariff is conditional on its having further information regarding Land-Use-
given, prior to rail car placement, actual Exemption Permits, contact pra@
Description of Collection notice of the demurrage tariff to the stb.gov, or submit your question at
Title: Demurrage Liability Disclosure person receiving rail cars for loading https://www.stb.gov/Ect1/
Requirements. and unloading. Once a shipper receives ecorrespondence.nsf/
OMB Control Number: 2140–0021. a notice as to a particular tariff, incoming?OpenForm. [Assistance for
STB Form Number: None. additional notices are only required the hearing impaired is available
Type of Review: Extension with when the tariff changes materially. The through the Federal Information Relay
change (relating to the change in burden parties use the information in these Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.]
hours based on the estimated decrease disclosure requirements to avoid
demurrage disputes, and the Board uses SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments
in (a) the number of respondents from are requested concerning: (1) The
650 to 575 and (b) the time per response the information to resolve demurrage
disputes that come before the agency. accuracy of the Board’s burden
from eight hours to one hour, due to fact estimates; (2) ways to enhance the
that the unique burdens associated with Under the PRA, a federal agency that
conducts or sponsors a collection of quality, utility, and clarity of the
the initiation of the collection no longer information collected; (3) ways to
exist). information must display a currently
valid OMB control number. A collection minimize the burden of the collection of
Respondents: Freight railroads subject information on the respondents,
of information, which is defined in 44
to the Board’s jurisdiction. including the use of automated
U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c),
Number of Respondents: 575 collection techniques or other forms of
includes agency requirements that
(including seven Class I [i.e., large] information technology, when
persons submit reports, keep records, or
railroads). appropriate; and (4) whether the
provide information to the agency, third
Estimated Time per Response: One parties, or the public. Section 3507(b) of collection of information is necessary
hour. the PRA requires, concurrent with an for the proper performance of the
Frequency: Occasionally. The notice agency’s submitting a collection to OMB functions of the Board, including
requirement is triggered in two for approval, a 30-day notice and whether the collection has practical
circumstances: (1) When a shipper comment period through publication in utility. Submitted comments will be
initially arranges with a railroad for the Federal Register concerning each summarized and included in the
transportation of goods pursuant to the proposed collection of information. Board’s request for OMB approval.
railroad’s tariff; or (2) when a railroad
changes the terms of its demurrage Dated: August 11, 2017. Description of Collection
tariff. Jeffrey Herzig,
Title: Applications for Land-Use-
Total Burden Hours (annually Clearance Clerk. Exemption Permits.
including all respondents): 864.6 hours. [FR Doc. 2017–17340 Filed 8–15–17; 8:45 am] OMB Control Number: 2140–0018.
Board staff estimates that: (1) Seven BILLING CODE 4915–01–P STB Form Number: None.
Class I railroads will each take on 15 Type of Review: Extension without
new customers each year (105 hours); change.
(2) each of the seven Class I railroads SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD Respondents: Any applicant seeking a
will update its demurrage tariffs every land-use-exemption permit.
60-Day Notice of Intent To Seek
three years (2.3 hours annualized); (3) Number of Respondents: One.
Extension of Approval: Applications
568 non-Class I railroads will each take Estimated Time Per Response: 160
for Land-Use-Exemption Permits
on one new customer a year (568 hours); hours.
and (4) each non-Class I railroad will Surface Transportation Board.
AGENCY: Frequency: On occasion.
update its demurrage tariffs every three Notice and request for
ACTION: Total Burden Hours (annually
years (189.3 hours annualized). comments. including all respondents): 160 hours.
Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost: No Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost: An
non-hourly cost burdens associated with SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort estimated $200,000 to hire an
this collection have been identified. The to reduce paperwork burdens, and as environmental consultant to work with
notice may be provided electronically. required by the Paperwork Reduction Board staff on the required
Needs and Uses: Demurrage is a Act of 1995, the Surface Transportation environmental report.
charge that railroads assess their Board (STB or Board) gives notice that Needs and Uses: Pursuant to 49
it is requesting from the Office of
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customers for detaining rail cars beyond U.S.C. 10501(c)(2), as amended by the
a specified amount of time. It both Management and Budget (OMB) an Clean Railroads Act of 2008 (CRA), 49
compensates railroads for expenses extension of approval for the collection U.S.C. 10908–10910, the Board adopted
incurred for that rail car, and serves as of Applications for Land-Use-Exemption final rules in Solid Waste Rail Transfer
a penalty for undue car detention to Permits (for Solid Waste Rail Transfer Facilities, EP 684 (STB served Nov. 20,
promote efficiency. Demurrage is Facilities). 2012). Under these rules, a person
subject to the Board’s jurisdiction under DATES: Comments on this information seeking a Land-Use-Exemption Permit
49 U.S.C. 10702 and 10746, which collection should be submitted by must file an application including
require railroads to compute demurrage October 13, 2017. substantial facts and argument as to why
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a permit is necessary and, as required by List (List). Conducted under the with other Federal agencies that serve
the National Environmental Policy Act, auspices of the Special 301 program, the on the Special 301 Subcommittee of the
an environmental report and/or an List identifies online and physical Trade Policy Staff Committee.
environmental impact statement. To marketplaces that reportedly engage in The United States encourages owners
date, the Board has not received any and facilitate substantial copyright and operators of markets reportedly
applications under these rules. piracy and trademark counterfeiting. In involved in piracy and counterfeiting to
Under 49 CFR 1155.20, an applicant 2010, USTR began publishing the adopt business models that rely on the
is required to file a notice of intent to Notorious Markets List separately from licensed distribution of legitimate
apply for a land-use-exemption permit the annual Special 301 Report as an content and products and to work with
before filing its application. A suggested ‘‘Out-of-Cycle Review.’’ rights holders and enforcement officials
form for this notice may be found in DATES: to address infringement. USTR also
Appendix A to 49 CFR part 1155. October 2, 2017 at midnight EST: encourages responsible government
Further, under 49 CFR 1155.21(e), an Deadline for submission of written authorities to intensify their efforts to
application must include a draft Federal comments. investigate reports of piracy and
Register notice. A suggested form for the October 16, 2017 at midnight EST: counterfeiting in such markets, and to
draft Federal Register notice may be Deadline for submission of rebuttal pursue appropriate enforcement actions.
found at Appendix B to part 1155. comments and other information USTR The List does not purport to reflect
This collection is needed to develop should consider during the review. findings of legal violations, nor does it
a record in land-use-exemption-permit ADDRESSES: You should submit written reflect the United States Government’s
proceedings, a process mandated by comments through the Federal analysis of the general intellectual
Congress in the CRA. The Board uses eRulemaking Portal: http:// property rights (IPR) protection and
the information in this collection to www.regulations.gov. Follow the enforcement climate in the country or
accurately assess the merits of a permit instructions for submitting comments in countries concerned. For an analysis of
application. section III below. For alternatives to on- the IPR climate in particular countries,
Under the PRA, a federal agency that line submissions, please contact USTR please refer to the annual Special 301
conducts or sponsors a collection of at Special301@ustr.eop.gov before Report, published each spring no later
information must display a currently transmitting a comment and in advance than 30 days after USTR submits the
valid OMB control number. A collection of the relevant deadline. National Trade Estimate to Congress.
of information, which is defined in 44
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: II. Public Comments
U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c),
Christine Peterson, Director for USTR invites written comments
includes agency requirements that
Intellectual Property and Innovation, at concerning examples of online and
persons submit reports, keep records, or
Special301@ustr.eop.gov. You can find physical notorious markets, including
provide information to the agency, third
information about the Special 301 foreign trade zones that allegedly
parties, or the public. Under 44 U.S.C.
Review, including the Notorious facilitate substantial trademark
3506(c)(2)(A), federal agencies are
Markets List, at www.USTR.gov. counterfeiting and copyright piracy. To
required to provide, prior to an agency’s
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: facilitate the review, written comments
submitting a collection to OMB for
approval, a 60-day notice and comment I. Background should be as detailed as possible.
period through publication in the Comments must clearly identify the
The United States is concerned with market and the reasons why the
Federal Register concerning each trademark counterfeiting and copyright
proposed collection of information, commenter believes that the market
piracy on a commercial scale because should be included in the List.
including each proposed extension of an they cause significant financial losses
existing collection of information. Commenters should include the
for rights holders, legitimate businesses following information, as applicable:
Dated: August 11, 2017. and governments, undermine critical • If a physical market, the market’s
Jeffrey Herzig, U.S. comparative advantages in name and location, e.g., common name,
Clearance Clerk. innovation and creativity to the street address, neighborhood, shopping
[FR Doc. 2017–17306 Filed 8–15–17; 8:45 am] detriment of American workers, and district, city, etc., and the identity of the
BILLING CODE 4915–01–P potentially pose significant risks to principal owners/operators.
consumer health and safety as well as • If an online market:
privacy and security. The Notorious Æ The domain name(s) past and
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES Markets List identifies select online and present, available registration
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE physical marketplaces that reportedly information, and name(s) and
engage in or facilitate substantial location(s) of the hosting provider(s)
[Docket Number USTR–2017–0015] copyright piracy and trademark and operator(s).
counterfeiting. Æ Information on the volume of
2017 Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review Beginning in 2006, USTR identified Internet traffic associated with the Web
of Notorious Markets: Comment notorious markets in the annual Special site, including number of visitors and
Request 301 Report. In 2010, pursuant to the page views, average time spent on the
AGENCY: Office of the United States Administration’s 2010 Joint Strategic site, estimate of the number of
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES
Trade Representative. Plan on Intellectual Property infringing goods offered, sold or traded
ACTION: Request for comments. Enforcement, USTR announced that it and number of infringing files streamed,
would publish the List as an Out-of- shared, seeded, leeched, downloaded,
SUMMARY: The Office of the United Cycle Review, separate from the annual uploaded or otherwise distributed or
States Trade Representative (USTR) Special 301 Report. USTR published the reproduced, and global or country
requests written comments that identify first List in February 2011. USTR popularity rating (e.g., Alexa rank).
online and physical markets based develops the annual List based upon Æ Revenue sources such as sales,
outside the United States that should be public comments solicited through the subscriptions, donations, upload
included in the 2017 Notorious Markets Federal Register and in consultation incentives, or advertising and the
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| Contact | For further information regarding Land-Use-Exemption Permits, contact [email protected], or submit your question at https://www.stb.gov/Ect1/ecorrespondence.nsf/ incoming?OpenForm. [Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877- 8339.] | |
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