[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 251 (Friday, December 30, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 82349-82350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33526]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board


Notice and Request for Comments

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, DOT.

ACTION: 30-day notice of request for approval: Application to Open a 
Billing Account.

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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
3501-3519 (PRA), the Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) gives 
notice that it has submitted a request to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for an extension of approval with revision of a currently 
approved collection: Application to Open a Billing Account. The 
revision consists of a reduction in burden hours due to the agency's 
revised estimate of the number of annual respondents. The Board 
previously published a notice about this collection in the Federal 
Register on September 30, 2011, at 76 FR 60,964. That notice allowed 
for a 60-day public review and comment period. No comments were 
received.
    The application to open a billing account is described in detail 
below. Comments may now be submitted to OMB 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 this collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the Board, including whether the 
collection has practical utility.

Description of Collection

    Title: Application to Open a Billing Account.
    OMB Control Number: 2140-0006.
    STB Form Number: STB Form 1032.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Rail carriers, shippers, and others doing business 
before the STB.
    Number of Respondents: 5.
    Estimated Time per Response: Less than .08 hours, based on actual 
survey of respondents.
    Frequency: One time per respondent.
    Total Burden Hours (annually including all respondents): Less than 
0.4 hours.
    Total ``Non-hour Burden'' Cost: No ``non-hour cost'' burdens 
associated with this collection have been identified.
    Needs and Uses: The Board is, by statute, responsible for the 
economic regulation of freight rail carriers and certain other carriers 
operating in interstate commerce. The form for which this approval is 
sought is submitted by persons doing business before the Board who wish 
to open an account with the Board to facilitate their payment of filing 
fees; fees for the search, review, copying, and certification of 
records; and fees for other services rendered by the Board. An account 
holder is billed on a monthly basis for payment of accumulated fees. 
Data provided is also used for debt collection activities. The 
application form requests information as required by OMB and U.S. 
Department of the Treasury regulations for the collection of fees. This 
information is not duplicated by any other agency. In accordance with 
the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, all taxpayer identification and social 
security numbers are secured and used only for credit management and 
debt collection activities.

DATES: Comments on this information collection should be submitted by 
January 30, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be identified as ``Paperwork 
Reduction Act Comments, Surface Transportation Board, Application to 
Open a Billing Account.'' These comments should be directed to the 
Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attention: Patrick Fuchs, Surface Transportation Board

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Desk Officer, by fax at (202) 395-5167; by mail at Room 10235, 725 17th 
Street NW., Washington, DC 20500; or by email at [email protected].
    For Further Information or To Obtain a Copy of the STB Form, 
Contact: Anthony Jacobik, Jr., (202) 245-0346. Federal Information 
Relay Service (FIRS) for the hearing impaired: (800) 877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA, a Federal agency conducting 
or sponsoring 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 Sec.  3506(b) of the 
PRA, Federal agencies are required to provide, concurrent with an 
agency's submitting a collection to OMB for approval, a 30-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: December 23, 2011.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2011-33526 Filed 12-29-11; 8:45 am]
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