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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
Reports, Forms and Record Keeping
Requirements; Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below has been forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comment. The ICR describes
the nature of the information collections
and their expected burden. The Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period was published on February 13,
2008 [73 FR 8399].
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before May 1, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Markus Price at the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, Office of
Rulemaking (NVS–121), 202–366–0098.
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room
W43–472, Washington, DC 20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
Title: Compliance Labeling of
Retroreflective Materials Heavy Trailer
Conspicuity.
OMB Number: 2127–0569.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standard No. 108, ‘‘Lamps
Reflective Devices, and Associated
Equipment,’’ specifies requirements for
vehicle lighting for the purposes of
reducing traffic accidents and their
tragic results by providing adequate
roadway illumination, improved vehicle
conspicuity, appropriate information
transmission through signal lamps, in
both day, night, and other conditions of
reduced visibility. For certifications and
identification purposes, the Standard
requires the permanent marking of the
letters DOT–C2, DOT–C3, or DOT–C4 at
least 3mm high at regular intervals on
retroreflective sheeting material having
adequate performance to provide
effective trailer conspicuity. The
manufacturers of new tractors and
trailers are required to certify that their
products are equipped with
retroreflective material complying with
the requirements of the standard. The
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Administration (FMCSA) enforces this
and other standards through roadside
inspections of trucks. There is no
practical field test for the performance
requirements, and labeling is the only
objectives way of distinguishing trailer
conspicuity grade material from lower
performance material. Without labeling,
FMCSA will not be able to enforce the
performance requirements of the
standard and the compliance testing of
new tractors and trailers will be
complicated. Labeling is also important
to small trailer manufactures because it
may help them to certify compliance.
Because wider stripes or material of
lower brightness also can provide the
minimum safety performance, the
marking system serves the additional
role of identifying the minimum stripe
width required for retroreflective
brightness of the particular material.
Since the differences between the
brightness grades of suitable
retroreflective conspicuity material is
not obvious from inspection, the
marking system is necessary for tractor
and trailer manufacturers and repair
shops to assure compliance and for
FMCSA to inspect tractors and trailers
in use.
Permanent labeling is used to identify
retroreflective material having the
minimum properties required for
effective conspicuity of trailers at night.
The information enables the FMCSA to
make compliance inspections, and it
aids tractor and trailer owners and
repairs shops in choosing the correct
repair materials for damaged tractors
and trailers. It also aids smaller trailer
manufacturers in certifying compliance
of their products. The FMCSA will not
be able to determine whether trailers are
properly equipped during roadside
inspections without labeling. The use of
cheaper and more common reflective
materials, which are ineffective for the
application, would be expected in
repairs without the labeling
requirement.
Affected Public: Business or other-forprofit organizations.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 1.
ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30
days, to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, 725–17th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503,
Attention NHTSA Desk Officer.
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 estimate of the burden
of the proposed information collection;
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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.
A comment to OMB is most effective if
OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication.
Issued: March 26, 2008.
Stephen R. Kratzke,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
Reports, Forms and Record Keeping
Requirements; Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below has been forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comment. The ICR describes
the nature of the information collections
and their expected burden. The Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period was published on February 12,
2008 [73 FR 8103].
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before May 1, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kenneth Hardie at the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
Office of Rulemaking (NVS–121), 202–
366–6987, 1200 New Jersey Avenue,
SE., Room W43–458, Washington, DC
20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
Title: Replaceable Light Source
Information Collection, 49 CFR Part 564.
OMB Number: 2127–0563.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other-forprofit organizations
Abstract: The information to be
collected is in response to 49 CFR Part
564, ‘‘Replaceable Light Source
Information.’’ Manufacturers of
modified or original equipment light
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sources desiring to use newly designed
replaceable light sources in headlamps
are required to submit manufacturing
specifications (dimensional, electrical
specification, and marking/designation
information) to the agency. After a short
agency review to assure completeness,
the information is placed in the Part
564—Replacable Light Source
Information Docket. The Part 564
Docket is a public docket available for
use by any manufacturer who desires to
manufacture headlamp light sources for
highway motor vehicles. In Federal
Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS)
No. 108; Lamps, reflective devices and
associated equipment, Part 564
submissions are referenced as being the
source of information regarding the
performance and interchangeability
information for legal headlamp light
sources, whether original equipment or
replacement equipment. Thus, the
submitted information about headlamp
light sources becomes the basis for
certification of compliance with FMVSS
No. 108.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 28.
Send comments, within 30
days, to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, 725–17th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503,
Attention NHTSA Desk Officer.
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 estimate of the burden
of the proposed information collected;
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.
A comment to OMB is most effective if
OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication.
ADDRESSES:
Issued: March 26, 2008.
Stephen R. Kratzke,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Docket No. AB–325 (Sub–No. 4X)]
Florida Midland Railroad Company,
Inc.—Abandonment Exemption—in
Sumter County, FL
Florida Midland Railroad Company,
Inc. (FMID),1 has filed a verified notice
of exemption under 49 CFR part 1152
subpart F—Exempt Abandonments to
abandon a 4.0-mile line of railroad
between milepost ST–762.10 in
Wildwood and milepost ST–766.10 (the
end of the track) near Orange Home,
known as the Wildwood Branch, in
Sumter County, FL.2 The line traverses
United States Postal Service Zip Code
34785.
FMID has certified that: (1) No local
traffic has moved over the line for at
least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead
traffic on the line to be rerouted; (3) no
formal complaint filed by a user of rail
service on the line (or by a state or local
government entity acting on behalf of
such user) regarding cessation of service
over the line either is pending with the
Surface Transportation Board (Board) or
with any U.S. District Court or has been
decided in favor of complainant within
the 2-year period; and (4) the
requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7
(environmental report), 49 CFR 1105.8
(historic report), 49 CFR 1105.11
(transmittal letter), 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
abandonment shall be protected under
Oregon Short Line R. Co.—
Abandonment—Goshen, 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) has been received, this
exemption will be effective on May 1,
2008, unless stayed pending
reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do
1 FMID is a wholly owned subsidiary of Pinsly
Railroad Company, a noncarrier holding company.
2 In STB Docket No. AB–325 (Sub–No. 2X),
Florida Midland Railroad Company—
Abandonment Exemption—in Sumter and Lake
Counties, FL, FMID had filed a petition for
exemption for abandonment of a line of railroad
that included the Wildwood Branch. In a decision
served on February 23, 2001, the Board granted the
exemption, but FMID chose not to consummate the
abandonment, and the authorization expired.
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not involve environmental issues,3
formal expressions of intent to file an
OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),4 and
trail use/rail banking requests under 49
CFR 1152.29 must be filed by April 11,
2008.5 Petitions to reopen or requests
for public use conditions under 49 CFR
1152.28 must be filed by April 21,
2008,6 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 FMID’s
representative: Michael J. Barron, Jr.,
Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 North Wacker
Drive, Suite 920, Chicago, IL 60606–
2832.
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio.
FMID has filed a combined
environmental and historic report
addressing the effects, if any, of the
abandonment on the environment and
historic resources. SEA will issue an
environmental assessment (EA) by April
4, 2008. Interested persons may obtain
a copy of the EA by writing to SEA
(Room 1100, Surface Transportation
Board, Washington, DC 20423–0001) or
by calling SEA, at (202) 245–0305.
[Assistance for the hearing impaired is
available through the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
800–877–8339.] Comments on
environmental and historic preservation
matters must be filed within 15 days
after the EA becomes available to the
public.
Environmental, historic preservation,
public use, or trail use/rail banking
conditions will be imposed, where
appropriate, in a subsequent decision.
Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR
1152.29(e)(2), FMID shall file a notice of
consummation with the Board to signify
that it has exercised the authority
granted and fully abandoned the line. If
3 The Board will grant a stay if an informed
decision on environmental issues (whether raised
by a party or by the Board’s Section of
Environmental Analysis (SEA) in its independent
investigation) cannot be made before the
exemption’s effective date. See Exemption of Outof-Service Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any
request for a stay should be filed as soon as possible
so that the Board may take appropriate action before
the exemption’s effective date.
4 Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing
fee, which currently is set at $1,300. See 49 CFR
1002.2(f)(25).
5 FMID notes in its verified notice of exemption
that it is committed to consummating the
abandonment as part of a settlement agreement with
adjoining land owners.
6 FMID states that it does not own the realty
underlying the Wildwood Branch and that it
believes that the public use condition would be
unavailable based on Board precedent, citing
Florida Central Railroad Company, Inc.—
Abandonment Exemption—in Seminole County, FL,
Docket No. AB–319X (ICC served Dec. 20, 1989).
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Reports, Forms and Record Keeping Requirements; Agency
Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR
describes the nature of the information collections and their expected
burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period was
published on February 12, 2008 [73 FR 8103].
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 1, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth Hardie at the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Rulemaking (NVS-121), 202-366-
6987, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W43-458, Washington, DC 20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Title: Replaceable Light Source Information Collection, 49 CFR Part
564.
OMB Number: 2127-0563.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other-for-profit organizations
Abstract: The information to be collected is in response to 49 CFR
Part 564, ``Replaceable Light Source Information.'' Manufacturers of
modified or original equipment light
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sources desiring to use newly designed replaceable light sources in
headlamps are required to submit manufacturing specifications
(dimensional, electrical specification, and marking/designation
information) to the agency. After a short agency review to assure
completeness, the information is placed in the Part 564--Replacable
Light Source Information Docket. The Part 564 Docket is a public docket
available for use by any manufacturer who desires to manufacture
headlamp light sources for highway motor vehicles. In Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 108; Lamps, reflective devices and
associated equipment, Part 564 submissions are referenced as being the
source of information regarding the performance and interchangeability
information for legal headlamp light sources, whether original
equipment or replacement equipment. Thus, the submitted information
about headlamp light sources becomes the basis for certification of
compliance with FMVSS No. 108.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 28.
ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30 days, to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention NHTSA Desk Officer.
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 estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collected; 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. A comment to OMB is most effective if OMB
receives it within 30 days of publication.
Issued: March 26, 2008.
Stephen R. Kratzke,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. E8-6629 Filed 3-31-08; 8:45 am]
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