Canadian National Railway Company-Discontinuance of Trackage Rights Exemption-in St. Lawrence and Franklin Counties, N.Y.
| Published date | 26 March 2020 |
| Record Number | 2020-06349 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Surface Transportation Board |
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The Line is among those lines currently
proposed to be acquired by an affiliate of CNR. See
Bessemer & Lake Erie R.R.—Acquis. & Operation—
Certain Rail Lines of CSX Transp., Inc. in
Onondaga, Oswego, Jefferson, St. Lawrence &
Franklin Ctys., N.Y., Docket No. FD 36347. CNR
certifies that it has served its verified notice on all
parties of record in that acquisition proceeding.
described below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
approval. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 we
are requesting comments on this
collection from all interested
individuals and organizations. The
purpose of this Notice is to allow 30
days for public comment.
DATES
: Submit comments up to April
27, 2020.
ADDRESSES
: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Direct requests for additional
information regarding the collection
listed in this notice, including requests
for copies of the proposed collection
instrument and supporting documents,
to Irum Zaidi, 1800 G St. NW, Suite
10300, SA–22, Washington, DC 20006,
who may be reached on 202–663–2588
or at ZaidiIF@state.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
•Title of Information Collection:
PEPFAR Program Expenditures.
•OMB Control Number: 1405–0208.
•Type of Request: Revision of a
Currently Approved Collection.
•Originating Office: Office of the
U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and
Health Diplomacy (S/GAC).
•Form Number: DS–4213.
•Respondents: Recipients of U.S.
government funds appropriated to carry
out the President’s Emergency Plan for
AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
•Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,100.
•Estimated Number of Responses:
1,100.
•Average Time per Response: 16
hours.
•Total Estimated Burden Time:
17,600 hours.
•Frequency: Annually.
•Obligation to Respond: Mandatory.
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department to:
•Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department.
•Evaluate the accuracy of our
estimate of the time and cost burden for
this proposed collection, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used.
•Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected.
•Minimize the reporting burden on
those who are to respond, including the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Please note that comments submitted
in response to this Notice are public
record. Before including any detailed
personal information, you should be
aware that your comments as submitted,
including your personal information,
will be available for public review.
Abstract of Proposed Collection
The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan
for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) was
established through enactment of the
United States Leadership Against HIV/
AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of
2003 (Pub. L. 108–25), as amended by
the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde
United States Global Leadership Against
HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria
Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Pub. L.
110–293) (HIV/AIDS Leadership Act), as
amended and reauthorized for a third
time by the PEPFAR Extension Act of
2018 (Pub. L. 115–305) to support the
global response to HIV/AIDS. In order to
improve program monitoring, PEPFAR
added reporting of expenditures by
program area to the current routine
reporting of program results for the
annual report. Data are collected from
implementing partners in countries with
PEPFAR programs using a standard tool
(DS–4213) via an electronic web-based
interface into which users upload data.
This expenditures data is analyzed by
partner for all PEPFAR program areas.
These analyses then feed into partner
and program reviews at the country
level for monitoring and evaluation on
an ongoing basis. Summaries of these
data provide key information about
program costs under PEPFAR on a
global level. Applying expenditure
results will improve strategic budgeting,
identification of efficient means of
delivering services, accuracy in defining
program targets, and will inform
allocation of resources to ensure the
program is accountable and using public
funds for maximum impact.
Methodology
Data will continue to be collected in
a web-based interface available to all
partners receiving funds under PEPFAR.
After implementing Expenditure
Reporting since 2012, we learned that
implementing partners (IPs) prefer the
Microsoft Excel template (DS–4213)
data collection process. The
requirements in the Excel template have
been reduced with IP input to only
request critical information. By being
able to download a template, prime IPs
responsible to complete the submission
are more effectively able to collaborate
quickly with other key personnel and
coordinate with their subrecipients to
enter the data for the full amount of
PEPFAR funding expended during the
prior fiscal year. This approach also
proves helpful where internet
connectivity is not strong. After
completing the Excel template, IPs
upload the data to an automated system
that further checks the data entered for
quality and completeness. Automated
checks reduce the time needed by IPs to
complete the data cleaning process.
Aggregate data is available in a central
system for analysis.
Brendan Garvin,
Director of Management & Budget.
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BILLING CODE 4710–10–P
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. AB 279 (Sub–No. 7X)]
Canadian National Railway Company—
Discontinuance of Trackage Rights
Exemption—in St. Lawrence and
Franklin Counties, N.Y.
Canadian National Railway Company
(CNR), a Class I rail carrier, has filed a
verified notice of exemption under 49
CFR part 1152 subpart F—Exempt
Abandonments and Discontinuances of
Service to discontinue approximately
22.3 miles of limited local and overhead
trackage rights on a line of railroad
owned by CSX Transportation, Inc.
(CSXT), extending from milepost 160.8
in Massena, N.Y., to milepost 183.1 at
the U.S.-Canadian border near Fort
Covington, N.Y., in St. Lawrence and
Franklin Counties, N.Y. (the Line).
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The
Line traverses U.S. Postal Service Zip
Codes 12937, 12914, 13613, and 13662.
CNR has certified that: (1) No local
traffic has moved over the Line for at
least two years via CNR’s trackage
rights; (2) any overhead traffic handled
by CNR on the Line could be rerouted
over other lines; (3) no formal complaint
filed by a user of CNR rail service on the
Line (or by a state or local government
entity acting on behalf of such user)
regarding cessation of service on the
Line is pending either with the Surface
Transportation Board (Board) or with
any U.S. District Court or has been
decided in favor of complainant within
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Persons interested in submitting an OFA to
subsidize continued rail service must first file a
formal expression of intent to file an offer
indicating the intent to file an OFA for subsidy and
demonstrating that they are preliminarily
financially responsible. See 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2)(i).
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CNR states that it intends to consummate the
discontinuance of its trackage rights on the Line on
April 26, 2020, or upon consummation of the
transaction proposed in Docket No. FD 36347,
whichever is later.
4
The filing fee for OFAs can be found at 49 CFR
1002.2(f)(25).
5
Because this is a discontinuance proceeding and
not an abandonment, interim trail use/rail banking
and public use conditions are not appropriate.
Because there will be an environmental review
during abandonment, this discontinuance does not
require an environmental review.
the two-year period; and (4) the
requirements at 49 CFR 1105.12
(newspaper publication) and 49 CFR
1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental
agencies) have been met.
As a condition to this exemption, any
employee adversely affected by the
discontinuance of service shall be
protected under Oregon Short Line
Railroad—Abandonment Portion
Goshen Branch Between Firth &
Ammon, in Bingham & Bonneville
Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979). To
address whether this condition
adequately protects affected employees,
a petition for partial revocation under
49 U.S.C. 10502(d) must be filed.
Provided no formal expression of
intent to file an offer of financial
assistance (OFA)
2
to subsidize
continued rail service has been
received, this exemption will be
effective on April 25, 2020, unless
stayed pending reconsideration.
3
Petitions to stay that do not involve
environmental issues must be filed by
April 3, 2020, and formal expressions of
intent to file an OFA to subsidize
continued rail service under 49 CFR
1152.27(c)(2)
4
must be filed by April 6,
2020.
5
Petitions to reopen must be filed
by April 15, 2020, with the Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20423–0001. A copy of
any petition filed with the Board should
be sent to CNR’s representative, Thomas
J. Litwiler, Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29
North Wacker Drive, Suite 800, Chicago,
IL 60606–3208.
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio.
Board decisions and notices are
available at www.stb.gov.
Decided: March 23, 2020.
By the Board, Allison C. Davis, Director,
Office of Proceedings.
Kenyatta Clay,
Clearance Clerk.
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BILLING CODE 4915–01–P
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Adjustment to Specialty Sugar Tariff-
Rate Quota Tranches and Opening
Dates
AGENCY
: Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION
: Notice.
SUMMARY
: The Office of the United
States Trade Representative (USTR) is
providing notice of a change in the
quantity, and opening dates, for the
fourth and fifth tranches of the specialty
sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ).
DATES
: This notice is applicable on
March 30, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Dylan Daniels, Office of Agricultural
Affairs, at (202) 395–9583 or
Dylan.Daniels@ustr.eop.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: Pursuant
to Additional U.S. Note 5 to Chapter 17
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTSUS), the United
States maintains TRQs for imports of
raw cane and refined sugar.
Section 404(d)(3) of the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C.
3601(d)(3)) authorizes the President to
allocate the in-quota quantity of a TRQ
for any agricultural product among
supplying countries or customs areas.
The President delegated this authority
to the U.S. Trade Representative under
Presidential Proclamations 6763 and
7235 (60 FR 1007 and 64 FR 197).
On July 15, 2019, USTR announced
that the FY2020 specialty sugar TRQ of
171,656 MTRV would be administered
in the following way. See 84 FR 33798.
The first tranche of 1,656 MTRV was to
open October 1, 2019, and all types of
specialty sugars would be eligible for
entry under this tranche. The second
tranche of 50,000 MTRV was to open on
October 9, 2019. The third tranche of
50,000 MTRV was to open on January
22, 2020. The fourth tranche of 35,000
MTRV was to open on April 15, 2020.
The fifth tranche of 35,000 MTRV was
to open on July 15, 2020.
When the third tranche opened on
January 22, 2020, U.S. Customs and
Border Protection allowed the tranche to
be filled in the quantity of 55,000
MTRV, rather than the 50,000 MTRV
intended, based on a typo in the U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s
announcement of June 27, 2019. See 84
FR 30691. To correct this quantity in
order to limit entries to the total amount
established at 171,656 MTRV, USTR is
reducing the quantity of the fifth
tranche by 5,000 MTRV to 30,000
MTRV. USTR is combining the fourth
tranche of 35,000 MTRV, and the fifth
tranche of 30,000 MTRV, into a
combined special tranche of 65,000
MTRV, which will open on March 30,
2020.
Gregory Doud,
Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the
United States Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 2020–06284 Filed 3–25–20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3290–F0–P
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Notice of Product Exclusions: China’s
Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to
Technology Transfer, Intellectual
Property, and Innovation
AGENCY
: Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION
: Notice of product exclusions.
SUMMARY
: In September of 2018, the
U.S. Trade Representative imposed
additional duties on goods of China
with an annual trade value of
approximately $200 billion as part of
the action in the Section 301
investigation of China’s acts, policies,
and practices related to technology
transfer, intellectual property, and
innovation. The U.S. Trade
Representative initiated a product
exclusion process in June 2019, and
interested persons have submitted
requests for the exclusion of specific
products. This notice announces the
U.S. Trade Representative’s
determination to grant certain exclusion
requests, as specified in the Annex to
this notice, and corrects technical errors
in previously announced exclusions.
DATES
: The product exclusions
announced in this notice will apply as
of September 24, 2018, the effective date
of the $200 billion action, to August 7,
2020. The amendments announced in
this notice are retroactive to the date the
original exclusions were published.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
: For
general questions about this notice,
contact Assistant General Counsels
Philip Butler or Megan Grimball, or
Director of Industrial Goods Justin
Hoffmann at (202) 395–5725. For
specific questions on customs
classification or implementation of the
product exclusions identified in the
Annex to this notice, contact
traderemedy@cbp.dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
A. Background
For background on the proceedings in
this investigation, please see the prior
notices including 82 FR 40213 (August
24, 2017), 83 FR 14906 (April 6, 2018),
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