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passenger Trains and Equipment; End of 

Train Devices, 49 CFR part 232, Freight 

Car Safety Standards, 49 CFR part 215, 

and Locomotive Safety Standards, 49 

CFR part 299. See 69 FR 48558. 

Specifically, UP requests relief from the 

requirements of § 232.205 Class I Brake 

Test-Initial Terminal Inspection, 

§ 232.409 Inspection and Testing of 

End-of-Train, § 215.13 Pre-departure 

Inspection, § 229.21 Daily Inspection. 

UP requests that the above provisions 

of the Federal regulations be waived to 

permit run-through trains, that originate 

in Mexico and are interchanged with the 

UP at the Laredo, Texas Gateway, to 

operate into the interior of the United 

States without having to perform 

inspections at the U.S./Mexican border, 

provided that the trains receive proper 

inspections in Mexico by 

Transportacion Ferroviaria Mexicana 

(TFM), according to the standards 

prescribed in 49 CFR parts 232, 215, and 

229. UP would maintain all records 

required by applicable regulations for 

ready access on the U.S. side of the 

border, for FRA inspections. In addition, 

TFM has provided written consent for 

FRA to conduct inspections of their 

facilities and inspection practices. 

In response to comments received on 

the original notice, FRA issued a notice 

on August 31, 2004, granting the 

requests for a public hearing and 

extending the comment period to 

October 8, 2004. See 69 FR 54177 

(September 7, 2004). A public hearing in 

this matter was conducted on October 1, 

2004. Subsequent to the close of the 

comment period on October 8, 2004, a 

number of significant documents were 

added to the public docket. These 

include: new uncorrupted translation 

files from TFM; a letter from 

Congressman James L. Oberstar and 22 

other members of Congress opposing the 

petition; and the transcript from the 

October 1, 2004, public hearing. FRA 

currently is in the process of reviewing 

and evaluating this new information as 

well as all the other previously 

submitted material and information. In 

order to provide interested parties an 

opportunity to review and potentially 

comment on this new information, FRA 

believes it is necessary to reopen the 

public docket in this matter and extend 

the comment period for a short period 

of time. 

Accordingly, FRA is extending the 

comment period in this matter to 

November 10, 2004. All 

communications concerning these 

proceedings should identify the 

appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver 

Petition Docket Number FRA–2004–

18746) and must be submitted to the 

Docket Clerk, DOT Docket Management 

Facility, Room PL–401 (Plaza Level), 

400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590. All written communications 

concerning these proceedings are 

available for examination during regular 

business hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at the 

above facility. All documents in the 

public docket are also available for 

inspection and copying on the Internet 

at the docket facility’s Web site at

http://dms.dot.gov.

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register

published on April 11, 2000 (volume 65, 

number 70; pages 19477–78). The 

Statement may also be found at http://

dms.dot.gov.

Issued in Washington, DC on October 22, 

2004. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Acting Associate Administrator for Safety.

[FR Doc. 04–24058 Filed 10–25–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration 

[FTA Docket No. FTA–2004–19452] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT.

ACTION: Notice of request for comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance 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 

approval. The Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day comment period soliciting 

comments was published on July 6, 

2004.

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

before November 26, 2004. A comment 

to OMB is most effective if OMB 

receives it within 30 days of 

publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sylvia L. Marion, Office of 

Administration, Office of Management 

Planning, (202) 366–6680.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title:

United We Ride State Coordination 

Grants (OMB Number: 2132–0562). 

Abstract: The U.S. Departments of 

Transportation (DOT), Health and 

Human Services (HHS), Labor (DOL) 

and Education (DoED), have launched 

United We Ride (UWR), a five part 

initiative to enhance the coordination 

on human service transportation. UWR 

intends to break down the barriers 

between programs and set the stage for 

local and State partnerships that 

generate common sense solutions and 

deliver A-plus performance for those 

individuals who depend on 

transportation services to participate 

fully in community life. The UWR five 

initiatives include: (1) The Framework 

for Action, (2) A National Leadership 

Forum on Human Service 

Transportation Coordination, (3) State 

Leadership Awards, (4) State 

Coordination Grants, and (5) Help Along 

the Way. 

The Congress and the Executive 

Branch are interested in ensuring that 

various human service transportation 

activities funded by various Federal 

programs are better coordinated. The 

General Accounting Office (GAO) issued 

a report on ‘‘Transportation 

Disadvantaged Populations’’ (June 2003) 

that identified 62 different Federal 

programs across eight Federal agencies 

that provide funding that may be used 

to support community transportation 

services. 

The report points out that there are 

multiple public and private agencies 

that provide human service 

transportation in any one community, 

and services vary greatly in terms of 

eligibility requirements, hours or scope 

of operation, specific destinations and 

quality. 

Given the multiplicity of programs 

and the significant dollar amounts 

spent, more effective coordination is 

needed to ensure better service to more 

people. This is especially true when 

Federal, State, and local budgets for 

human service activities are under 

extreme financial pressure. 

As also indicated by GAO, many 

objectives have been achieved; however, 

the fragmentation and lack of 

coordination within supporting agencies 

continues to be a challenge. On 

February 24, 2004, President Bush 

signed an Executive Order Number 

13330 on Human Service Transportation 

Coordination establishing the Federal 

Interagency Coordinating Council on 

Access and Mobility and requiring 

attention to the obstacles outlined by 

GAO. 

The President’s Executive Order 

requires agencies to identify and 

implement strategies for enhancing 

coordinated services within a one-year 

period. The United We Ride initiative 

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includes a State Coordination Grant that 

provides support to help States address 

the issues outlined both by GAO and by 

the President in the Executive Order. 

FTA requested an emergency 

approval from OMB for the United We 

Ride State Coordination Grant Initiative 

in a Federal Register notice dated May 

21, 2004. OMB approved the request on 

June 22, 2004. This approval expires on 

December 31, 2004. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 500 

hours.

ADDRESSES: All written comments must 

refer to the docket number that appears 

at the top of this document and be 

submitted to the Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention: FTA 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; 

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.

Dated: October 19, 2004. 

Ann M. Linnertz, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Administration.

[FR Doc. 04–23873 Filed 10–25–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration 

Transfer of Federally Assisted Land or 

Facility

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent to transfer 

federally assisted land or facility. 

SUMMARY: Section 5334(g) of the Federal 

Transit Laws, as codified, 49 U.S.C. 

5301 et seq., permits the Administrator 

of the Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA) to authorize a recipient of FTA 

funds to transfer land or a facility to a 

public body for any public purpose with 

no further obligation to the Federal 

Government if, among other things, no 

Federal agency is interested in acquiring 

the asset for Federal use. Accordingly, 

FTA is issuing this notice to advise 

Federal agencies that the Whatcom 

Transportation Authority (WTA) 

intends to transfer a parcel of land with 

structures to the City of Bellingham, 

Washington to use in the City’s public 

works division for office space and 

storage of that division’s vehicles and 

equipment. The parcel was formerly 

used as WTA’s bus maintenance, 

operations and administrative facility 

and consists of approximately 29,250 

square feet of land on the northeast 

corner of Nevada Street and Virginia 

Street in Bellingham, Washington (post 

office address: 2200 Nevada Street, 

Bellingham, WA) situated within a 

heavy commercial and/or light 

industrial area zoned LM for light 

manufacturing. The property includes a 

flex-type building consisting of a front 

office and/or administration section, a 

large, attached, multi-purpose shop or 

warehouse-type rear section and an 

exterior bus was facility. The total 

building coverage is approximately 

14,966 square feet.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Any Federal agency 

interested in acquiring the land or 

facility must notify the FTA Region X 

Office of its interest by November 22, 

2004.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties should 

notify the Regional Office by writing to 

Richard F. Krochalis, Regional 

Administrator, Federal Transit 

Administration, 915 Second Avenue, 

Room 3142, Seattle, WA 98174.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Theodore Y. Uyeno, Regional Counsel 

(206) 220–7958.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

49 U.S.C. 5334(g) provides guidance 

on the transfer of capital assets. 

Specifically, if a recipient of FTA 

assistance decides an asset acquired 

under this chapter at least in part with 

that assistance is no longer needed for 

the purpose for which it was acquired, 

the Secretary of Transportation may 

authorize the recipient to transfer the 

asset to a local government authority to 

be used for a public purpose with no 

further obligation to the Government. 49 

U.S.C. 5334(g)(1). 

Determinations 

The Secretary may authorize a 

transfer for a public purpose other than 

mass transportation only if the Secretary 

decides: 

(A) The asset will remain in public 

use for at least 5 years after the date the 

asset is transferred;

(B) There is no purpose eligible for 

assistance under this chapter for which 

the asset should be used; 

(C) The overall benefit of allowing the 

transfer is greater than the interest of the 

Government in liquidation and return of 

the financial interest of the Government 

in the asset, after considering fair 

market value and other factors; and 

(D) Through an appropriate screening 

or survey process, that there is no 

interest in acquiring the asset for 

Government use if the asset is a facility 

or land. 

Federal Interest in Acquiring Land or 

Facility 

This document implements the 

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5334(G)(1)(D) 

of the Federal Transit Laws. 

Accordingly, FTA hereby provides 

notice of the availability of the land or 

facility further described below. Any 

Federal agency interested in acquiring 

the affected land or facility should 

promptly notify the FTA. If no Federal 

agency is interested in acquiring the 

existing land or facility, FTA will make 

certain that the other requirements 

specified in 49 U.S.C. 5334(g)(1)(A) 

through (C) are met before permitting 

the asset to be transferred. 

Additional Description of Land or 

Facility 

The property is a former bus 

operations and maintenance site 

consisting of an approximately 29,250 

square foot parcel of land at the corner 

of Nevada and Virginia Streets in 

Bellingham, Washington. The property 

is situated within an area zoned LM for 

light manufacturing use. The parcel is 

located in a heavy commercial/light 

industrial area. The property was 

previously used as a transit bus 

operations and maintenance facility. 

The property contains a flex-type 

building consisting of a front office and/

or administration section and a large 

attached multi-purpose shop or 

warehouse rear section for a total 

building coverage of approximately 

14,966 square feet. The property 

includes a bus wash facility connected 

to the main building section which 

includes an enclosed control room 

servicing an exterior bus wash unit of 

metal framing with ground level guiding 

tracks for large vehicles and installed 

brushing and swiping apparatus with 

automatic operating system and water 

lines. The subject lot has perimeter 

dimensions of 130 feet in width from 

south to north fronting along the east 

side of Nevada Street and is 225 feet in 

depth or length from west to east 

adjacent to the north side of Virginia 

Street. 

The entire tract is level and at-grade 

in relation to both Nevada and Virginia 

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