Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 9 / Friday, January 13, 2012 / Notices 2131 sponsoring a collection of information Railroad, Inc., Palouse River & Coulee least 7 days before the exemption must display a currently valid OMB City Railroad, L.L.C., Timber Rock becomes effective). control number. A collection of Railroad, L.L.C., Stillwater Central An original and 10 copies of all information, which is defined in 44 Railroad, L.L.C., Eastern Idaho Railroad, pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c), L.L.C., Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad, 35579, must be filed with the Surface includes agency requirements that L.L.C., Pennsylvania Southwestern Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., persons submit reports, keep records, or Railroad, L.L.C., Great Northwest Washington, DC 20423–0001. In provide information to the agency, third Railroad, L.L.C., Kaw River Railroad, addition, one copy of each pleading parties, or the public. Under L.L.C., Mission Mountain Railroad, must be served on Karl Morell, 655 § 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, Federal L.L.C., Mississippi Southern Railroad, Fifteenth Street NW., Suite 225, agencies are required, prior to L.L.C., Yellowstone Valley Railroad, Washington, DC 20005. submitting a collection to OMB for L.L.C., Louisiana Southern Railroad, Board decisions and notices are approval, to provide a 60-day notice and L.L.C., Arkansas Southern Railroad, available on our Web site at comment period through publication in L.L.C., Alabama Southern Railroad, ‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’ the Federal Register concerning each L.L.C., Vicksburg Southern Railroad, Decided: January 10, 2012. proposed collection of information, L.L.C., Austin Western Railroad, L.L.C., By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, including each proposed extension of an Baton Rouge Southern Railroad, L.L.C., Director, Office of Proceedings. existing collection of information. Pacific Sun Railroad, L.L.C., Grand Elk Raina S. White, Railroad, Inc., Alabama Warrior Dated: January 10, 2012. Clearance Clerk. Jeffrey Herzig, Railway, L.L.C., Boise Valley Railroad, L.L.C., Autauga Northern Railroad, [FR Doc. 2012–565 Filed 1–12–12; 8:45 am] Clearance Clerk. L.L.C., Swan Ranch Railroad, L.L.C., BILLING CODE 4915–01–P [FR Doc. 2012–535 Filed 1–12–12; 8:45 am] and Class II railroad Wisconsin & BILLING CODE 4915–01–P Southern Railroad, L.L.C. Watco represents that: (1) The rail DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION lines to be operated by BHRR do not connect with any other railroads in the Submission for OMB Review; Surface Transportation Board corporate family; (2) the transaction is Comment Request not part of a series of anticipated [Docket No. FD 35579] transactions that would connect the rail January 10, 2012. lines with any other railroads in the The Department of the Treasury will Watco Holdings, Inc.—Continuance in corporate family; and (3) the transaction submit the following information Control Exemption—Birmingham does not involve a Class I rail carrier. collection request to the Office of Terminal Railway, L.L.C. Therefore, the transaction is exempt Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance in accordance Watco Holdings, Inc. (Watco), a from the prior approval requirements of with the Paperwork Reduction Act of noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of 49 U.S.C. 11323. See 49 CFR 1995, Public Law 104–13, on or after the exemption pursuant to 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2). date of publication of this notice. 1180.2(d)(2) to continue in control of Watco states that the purpose of the Birmingham Terminal Railway, L.L.C. proposed transaction is to reduce DATES: Comments should be received on (BHRR), upon BHRR’s becoming a Class overhead expenses, coordinate billing, or before February 13, 2012 to be III rail carrier. maintenance, mechanical, and assured of consideration. This transaction is related to a personnel policies and practices of its ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding concurrently filed verified notice of rail carrier subsidiaries, and thereby the burden estimate, or any other aspect exemption in Docket No. FD 35578, improve the overall efficiency of rail of the information collection, including Birmingham Terminal Railway, L.L.C.— service provided by the railroads in the suggestion for reducing the burden, to Acquisition and Operation Exemption— corporate family. (1) Office of Information and Regulatory Birmingham Southern Railroad Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board Affairs, Office of Management and Company, wherein BHRR seeks Board may not use its exemption authority to Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for approval to acquire from Birmingham relieve a rail carrier of its statutory Treasury, New Executive Office Southern Railroad Company and obligation to protect the interests of its Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC operate approximately 75.59 miles of employees. Because the transaction 20503, or email at rail line, including all sidings and yard involves the control of one or more [email protected] and tracks, in Ensley, East Thomas, Class III rail carriers and one Class II rail (2) Treasury PRA Clearance Officer, Bessemer, Fairfield, and Birmingham, carrier, the transaction is subject to the 1750 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite AL. labor protective requirements of 49 11020, Washington, DC 20220, or on- The parties intend to consummate the U.S.C. 11326(b) and Wisconsin Central line at www.PRAComment.gov. transaction on or shortly after January Ltd.—Acquisition Exemption—Lines of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 31, 2012. Union Pacific Railroad, 2 S.T.B. 218 Copies of the submission(s) may be Watco is a Kansas corporation which (1997). obtained by calling (202) 927–5331, currently controls, indirectly, 24 Class If the verified notice contains false or email at [email protected], or the entire III railroads and 1 Class II railroad, misleading information, the exemption information collection request maybe operating in 18 States. Watco also owns, is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the found at www.reginfo.gov. indirectly, 100 percent of the issued and exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) outstanding stock of BHRR, a Delaware may be filed at any time. The filing of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) limited liability company. a petition to revoke will not OMB Number: 1545–0127. Watco controls, through stock automatically stay the effectiveness of Type of Review: Extension without ownership and management, Class III the exemption. Stay petitions must be change of a currently approved railroads South Kansas and Oklahoma filed no later than January 20, 2012 (at collection. VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:46 Jan 12, 2012 Jkt 226001 PO 00000 Frm 00102 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\13JAN1.SGM 13JAN1 mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES.