Notice No. 43; Railroad Safety Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting, 57375-57376 [E7-19741]
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Abstract: 14 CFR part 205 contains
the minimum requirements for air
carrier accident liability insurance to
protect the public from losses, and
directs that certificates evidencing
appropriate coverage must be filed with
the Department.
Respondents: U.S. and foreign air
carriers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
4,606.
Estimated Total Burden on
Respondents: 5,988 hours.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
the Department’s estimate of the burden
of the proposed information collection;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
Issued in Washington, DC on October 2,
2007.
Todd M. Homan,
Director, Office of Aviation Analysis.
[FR Doc. E7–19847 Filed 10–5–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Agency Information Collection Activity
Seeking OMB Approval
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The FAA invites public
comments about our intention to request
the Office of Management and Budget’s
(OMB) approval of a new information
collection. The Federal Register Notice
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the following collection of
information was published on
November 28, 2006, vol. 71, no. 228,
page 68881. The New England Region
Aviation Expo database performs
conference registration and helps plan
the logistics and non-pilot courses for
the expo.
DATES: Please submit comments by
November 8, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carla Mauney at Carla.Mauney@faa.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Federal Railroad Administration
Title: New England Region Aviation
Expo Database.
Type of Request: Approval for a new
collection.
OMB Control Number: 2120–XXXX.
Forms(s): There are no FAA forms
associated with this collection.
Affected Public: An estimated 500
Respondents.
Frequency: This information is
collected once annually.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: Approximately 15 seconds
per response.
Estimated annual Burden Hours: An
estimated 2 hours annually.
Abstract: The New England Region
Aviation Expo database performs
conference registration and helps plan
the logistics and non-pilot courses for
the expo.
[Docket No. FRA–2000–7257]
Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget. Comments should be addressed
to Nathan Lesser, Desk Officer,
Department of Transpiration/FAA, and
sent via electronic mail to oira_
submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed to
(202) 395–6974.
Comments are invited on: Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; the accuracy of
the Department’s estimates of the
burden of the proposed information
collection; ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
ADDRESSES:
Issued in Washington, DC, on September
27, 2007.
Carla Mauney,
FAA Information Collection Clearance
Officer, IT Enterprises Business Services
Division, AES–200.
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Notice No. 43; Railroad Safety
Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting
Federal Railroad
Administration, Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice of the Railroad Safety
Advisory Committee meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) announces the
next meeting of the Railroad Safety
Advisory Committee (RSAC), a Federal
Advisory Committee that develops
railroad safety regulations through a
consensus process. The RSAC meeting
topics include opening remarks from the
FRA Administrator, a presentation on
the Risk Reduction Program,
electronically controlled pneumatic
brakes, and sight distances at highwayrail grade crossings. Status reports will
be given on the locomotive safety
standards, medical standards, passenger
safety, railroad operating rules, and
continuous welded rail-track standards
working groups. The committee will be
asked to vote on recommendations on
passenger safety, adding and changing
Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations 225
Cause Codes. This agenda is subject to
change.
DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is
scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m. and
conclude at 4 p.m. on Thursday,
October 25, 2007.
ADDRESSES: The meeting of the RSAC
will be held at the Holiday Inn Capitol,
550 C Street, SW., Washington, DC
20024. The meeting is open to the
public on a first-come, first-served basis,
and is accessible to individuals with
disabilities. Sign and oral interpretation
can be made available if requested 10
calendar days before the meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inga
Toye, RSAC Coordinator, at: FRA; 1120
Vermont Avenue, NW., Mailstop 25;
Washington, DC 20590, telephone (202)
493–6305; or Grady C. Cothen Jr., FRA
Deputy Associate Administrator for
Safety Standards and Program
Development, at: FRA; 1120 Vermont
Avenue, NW., Mailstop 25; Washington,
DC 20590, telephone (202) 493–6302.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
463), FRA is giving notice of a meeting
of the RSAC. The meeting is scheduled
to begin at 9:30 a.m. and conclude at 4
p.m. on Thursday, October 25, 2007.
The meeting of the RSAC will be held
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at the Holiday Inn Capitol, 550 C Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20024.
The RSAC was established to provide
advice and recommendations to FRA on
railroad safety matters. The RSAC is
comprised of 54 voting representatives
from 31 member organizations,
representing various rail industry
perspectives. In addition, there are
nonvoting advisory representatives from
the agencies with railroad safety
regulatory responsibility in Canada and
Mexico, the National Transportation
Safety Board, and the Federal Transit
Administration. The diversity of the
committee ensures the requisite range of
views and expertise necessary to
discharge its responsibilities.
See the RSAC Web site for details on
pending tasks at: https://rsac.fra.dot.
gov/. Please refer to the notice published
in the Federal Register on March 11,
1996 (61 FR 9740), for more information
about the RSAC.
Issued in Washington, DC on October 2,
2007.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety
Standards and Program Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
Petition for Exemption From the
Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard; Fuji
Heavy Industries U.S.A., Inc.
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA).
Department of Transportation (DOT).
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Grant of petition for exemption.
SUMMARY: This document grants in full
the Fuji Heavy Industries U.S.A., Inc.’s
(FUSA) petition for exemption of the
Subaru Forester vehicle line in
accordance with 49 CFR Part 543,
Exemption from the Theft Prevention
Standard. This petition is granted
because the agency has determined that
the antitheft device to be placed on the
line as standard equipment is likely to
be as effective in reducing and deterring
motor vehicle theft as compliance with
the parts-marking requirements of the
Theft Prevention Standard (49 CFR Part
541). FUSA requested confidential
treatment for the information and
attachments it submitted in support of
its petition. In a letter dated July 10,
2007, the agency granted the petitioner’s
request for confidential treatment of the
indicated areas of its petition.
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The exemption granted by this
notice is effective beginning with model
year (MY) 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Carlita Ballard, International Policy,
Fuel Economy and Consumer Programs,
NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Ms. Ballard’s
phone number is (202) 366–0846. Her
fax number is (202) 493–2990.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a
petition dated June 15, 2007, FUSA
requested exemption from the partsmarking requirements of the theft
prevention standard (49 CFR Part 541)
for the Subaru Forester vehicle line,
beginning with the 2009 model year.
The petition has been filed pursuant to
49 CFR Part 543, Exemption from
Vehicle Theft Prevention Standard,
based on the installation of an antitheft
device as standard equipment for an
entire vehicle line.
Under § 543.5(a), a manufacturer may
petition NHTSA to grant exemptions for
one line of its vehicle lines per model
year. In its petition, FUSA provided a
detailed description and diagram of the
identity, design, and location of the
components of the antitheft device for
the Forester vehicle line. FUSA stated
that all Subaru Forester vehicles will be
equipped with a passive, transponderbased electronic immobilizer device as
standard. Major components of the
antitheft device will include an
electronic key, a passive immobilizer
system, a key ring antenna and an
engine control unit (ECU). System
immobilization is automatically
activated when the key is removed from
the vehicle’s ignition switch, or after 30
seconds if the ignition is simply moved
to the off position and the key is not
removed. The device will also have a
visible and audible alarm, and panic
mode feature. The alarm system will
monitor door status and key
identification. Unauthorized opening of
a door will activate the alarm system
causing sounding of the horn and
flashing of the hazard lamps. FUSA’s
submission is considered a complete
petition as required by 49 CFR 543.7 in
that it meets the general requirements
contained in 543.5 and the specific
content requirements of 543.6.
FUSA also provided information on
the reliability and durability of its
proposed device, conducting tests based
on its own specified standards. In a
letter dated July 10, 2007, NHTSA
granted FUSA confidential treatment for
its test information. FUSA provided a
list of the tests it conducted. FUSA
believes that its device is reliable and
durable because the device complied
with its own specific requirements for
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each test. Additionally, FUSA stated
that the immobilization features are
designed and constructed within the
vehicle’s overall Controller Area
Network Electrical Architecture.
Therefore, the antitheft system cannot
be separated and controlled.
FUSA stated that it believes that
historically, NHTSA has seen a
decreasing theft rate trend when
electronic immobilization has been
added to alarm systems. FUSA
presented several HLDI Theft Loss
Bulletins (February and April 1996,
September 1997 and May 2000), as
supporting evidence that theft rates
have dropped dramatically on vehicles
when immobilization devices are
introduced. FUSA stated that it
presently has immobilizer systems on
all of its product lines (i.e., two of six
Forester models, all B9 Tribeca,
Impreza, Legacy, and Outback models)
and it believes the data shows
immobilization has had a demonstrable
effect in lowering its theft rates. FUSA
also noted that recent state-by-state theft
results from the National Insurance
Crime Bureau reported that in only 2 of
the 48 states listed in its results, did any
Subaru vehicle appear in the top 10 list
of stolen cars. Review of the theft rates
published by the agency through MY/
CY 2004 also revealed that, while there
is some variation, the theft rates for
Subaru vehicles have on average,
remained below the median theft rate of
3.5826.
FUSA also provided a comparative
table showing how its device is similar
to other manufacturer’s devices that
have already been granted an exemption
by NHTSA. In its comparison, FUSA
makes note of Federal Notices published
by NHTSA in which manufacturers
have stated that they have seen
reductions in theft due to the
immobilization systems being used.
Specifically, FUSA notes claims by Ford
Motor Company that its 1997 Mustangs
with immobilizers saw a 70% reduction
in theft compared to its 1995 Mustangs
without immobilizers. FUSA also noted
its reliance on theft rates published by
the agency which showed that theft
rates were lower for Jeep Grand
Cherokee immobilizer-equipped
vehicles (model year 1995 through
1998) compared to older parts-marked
Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicles (model
year 1990 and 1991). FUSA stated that
it believes that these comparisons show
that its device is no less effective than
those installed on lines for which the
agency has already granted full
exemption from the parts-marking
requirements. The agency agrees that
the device is substantially similar to
devices in other vehicles lines for which
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2000-7257]
Notice No. 43; Railroad Safety Advisory Committee; Notice of
Meeting
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice of the Railroad Safety Advisory Committee meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announces the next
meeting of the Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC), a Federal
Advisory Committee that develops railroad safety regulations through a
consensus process. The RSAC meeting topics include opening remarks from
the FRA Administrator, a presentation on the Risk Reduction Program,
electronically controlled pneumatic brakes, and sight distances at
highway-rail grade crossings. Status reports will be given on the
locomotive safety standards, medical standards, passenger safety,
railroad operating rules, and continuous welded rail-track standards
working groups. The committee will be asked to vote on recommendations
on passenger safety, adding and changing Title 49 Code of Federal
Regulations 225 Cause Codes. This agenda is subject to change.
DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m.
and conclude at 4 p.m. on Thursday, October 25, 2007.
ADDRESSES: The meeting of the RSAC will be held at the Holiday Inn
Capitol, 550 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20024. The meeting is open
to the public on a first-come, first-served basis, and is accessible to
individuals with disabilities. Sign and oral interpretation can be made
available if requested 10 calendar days before the meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inga Toye, RSAC Coordinator, at: FRA;
1120 Vermont Avenue, NW., Mailstop 25; Washington, DC 20590, telephone
(202) 493-6305; or Grady C. Cothen Jr., FRA Deputy Associate
Administrator for Safety Standards and Program Development, at: FRA;
1120 Vermont Avenue, NW., Mailstop 25; Washington, DC 20590, telephone
(202) 493-6302.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), FRA is giving notice of a
meeting of the RSAC. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. and
conclude at 4 p.m. on Thursday, October 25, 2007. The meeting of the
RSAC will be held
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at the Holiday Inn Capitol, 550 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20024.
The RSAC was established to provide advice and recommendations to
FRA on railroad safety matters. The RSAC is comprised of 54 voting
representatives from 31 member organizations, representing various rail
industry perspectives. In addition, there are nonvoting advisory
representatives from the agencies with railroad safety regulatory
responsibility in Canada and Mexico, the National Transportation Safety
Board, and the Federal Transit Administration. The diversity of the
committee ensures the requisite range of views and expertise necessary
to discharge its responsibilities.
See the RSAC Web site for details on pending tasks at: https://
rsac.fra.dot.gov/. Please refer to the notice published in the Federal
Register on March 11, 1996 (61 FR 9740), for more information about the
RSAC.
Issued in Washington, DC on October 2, 2007.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Standards and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. E7-19741 Filed 10-5-07; 8:45 am]
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