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OMB Control No: 2140-0022	ICR Reference No: 201208-2140-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: STB	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Preservation of Rail Service
Type of Information Collection: Existing collection in use without an OMB Control Number	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 09/13/2012
	Date Received in OIRA: 08/09/2012
Terms of Clearance: As shown by the changes to the Supporting Statement, STB shall continue to report the cost of the resource use by the Federal government in question 14.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2015	36 Months From Approved
Responses	56	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	374	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,030	0	0

Abstract: Under the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended by the ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104-88, 109 Stat. 803 (1995), and Section 8(d) of the National Trails System Act, 16 U.S.C. § 1247(d) (Trails Act), persons seeking to preserve rail service may file pleadings before the Board to acquire or subsidize a rail line for continued service, or to impose a trail use or public use condition. More specifically, when a line is proposed for abandonment, affected shippers, communities, or other interested persons may seek to preserve rail service by filing with the Board: an offer of financial assistance to subsidize or purchase a rail line for which a railroad is seeking abandonment (49 U.S.C. § 10904), including a request for the Board to set terms and conditions of the financial assistance; a request for a public use condition (§ 10905); or a trail-use request under the Trails Act. Similarly, when a line is placed on a system diagram map identifying it as an anticipated or potential candidate for abandonment, affected shippers, communities, or other interested persons may seek to preserve rail service by filing with the Board a feeder line application to purchase the identified rail line (§ 10907). Additionally, the railroad owning the rail line subject to abandonment must, in some circumstances, provide information to the applicant or offeror.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 49 USC 10904 Name of Law: Offer of Financial Assistance
   US Code: 49 USC 10905 Name of Law: Public Use Condition Request
   US Code: 16 USC 1247(d) Name of Law: Trails Use Request
   US Code: 49 USC 10907 Name of Law: Feeder Line Application

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	77 FR 7236	02/10/2012
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	77 FR 47702	08/09/2012
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Preservation of Rail Service

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	56	56
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	374	374
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,030	2,030

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $73,565

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Christopher Oehrle 202 245-0375 Christopher.Oehrle@stb.gov

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