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compliance with Standard Nos. 102 

Transmission Shift Lever Sequence, 

Starter Interlock, and Transmission 

Braking Effect, 103 Windshield 

Defrosting and Defogging Systems, 104 

Windshield Wiping and Washing 

Systems, 105 Hydraulic and Electric 

Brake Systems, 106 Brake Hoses, 109 

New Pneumatic Tires, 113 Hood Latch 

System, 116 Motor Vehicle Brake Fluids, 

124 Accelerator Control Systems, 201 

Occupant Protection in Interior Impact, 

202 Head Restraints, 204 Steering 

Control Rearward Displacement, 205 

Glazing Materials, 206 Door Locks and 

Door Retention Components, 207 

Seating Systems, 209 Seat Belt 

Assemblies, 210 Seat Belt Assembly 

Anchorages, 212 Windshield Mounting, 

216 Roof Crush Resistance, 219 

Windshield Zone Intrusion, and 302 

Flammability of Interior Materials. 

The petitioner also contends that the 

vehicles are capable of being readily 

altered to meet the following standards, 

in the manner indicated:

Standard No. 101 Controls and 

Displays: (a) Installation of an indicator 

lamp lens cover inscribed with the word 

‘‘brake’’ in the instrument cluster in 

place of the one inscribed with the 

international ECE warning symbol, and 

(b) replacement or conversion of the 

speedometer to read in miles per hours. 

Standard No. 108 Lamps, Reflective 

Devices and Associated Equipment:

Inspection of all vehicles and 

installation, on vehicles that are not 

already so equipped, of U.S.-model 

headlamps, front side marker lamps, 

taillamp assemblies that incorporate 

rear side marker lamps, a high-mounted 

stoplamp assembly, and front and rear 

side reflex reflectors. 

Standard No. 110 Tire Selection and 

Rims: Installation of a tire information 

placard. 

Standard No. 111 Rearview Mirrors:

Installation of a U.S.-model passenger 

side rearview mirror, or inscription of 

the required warning statement on the 

face of that mirror. 

Standard No. 114 Theft Protection:

Installation of a supplemental key 

warning buzzer system to meet the 

requirements of this standard. 

Standard No. 118 Power-Operated 

Window, Partition, and Roof Panel 

Systems: Installation of a supplemental 

relay system to meet the requirements of 

the standard. 

Standard No. 208 Occupant Crash 

Protection: (a) Installation of U.S. 

version software to ensure that the seat 

belt warning system meets the 

requirements of this standard, and (b) 

inspection of all vehicles and 

replacement of any non-U.S.-model 

components (including air bag modules 

and control units, seat belts, and knee 

bolsters) necessary for conformity with 

this standard with U.S.-model 

components. 

Petitioner states that the restraint 

systems used in the vehicles include 

airbags and knee bolsters at the front 

outboard seating positions, and 

combination lap and shoulder belts at 

the front and rear designated seating 

positions. 

Standard No. 214 Side Impact 

Protection: Inspection of all vehicles 

and replacement of any non-U.S.-model 

components necessary for conformity 

with this standard with U.S.-model 

components. 

Standard No. 301 Fuel System 

Integrity: Inspection of all vehicles and 

replacement of any non-U.S.-model 

components necessary for conformity 

with this standard with U.S.-model 

components. 

The petitioner states that all vehicles 

will be inspected prior to importation to 

assure compliance with the Theft 

Prevention Standard at 49 CFR part 541, 

and that vehicles will be modified, if 

necessary, to comply with that standard. 

The petitioner also states that all 

vehicles will be inspected for 

conformity with the Bumper Standard 

found in 49 CFR part 581 and that any 

non-U.S.-model components necessary 

for conformity with this standard will 

be replaced with U.S.-model 

components. 

The petitioner additionally states that 

a vehicle identification plate must be 

affixed to the vehicles near the left 

windshield post to meet the 

requirements of 49 CFR part 565. 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on the petition 

described above. Comments should refer 

to the docket number and be submitted 

to: Docket Management, Room PL–401, 

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20590. (Docket hours are from 9 a.m. 

to 5 p.m.) It is requested but not 

required that 10 copies be submitted. 

All comments received before the 

close of business on the closing date 

indicated above will be considered, and 

will be available for examination in the 

docket at the above address both before 

and after that date. To the extent 

possible, comments filed after the 

closing date will also be considered. 

Notice of final action on the petition 

will be published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to the authority 

indicated below.

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A) and 

(b)(1); 49 CFR 593.8; delegations of authority 

at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.8.

Claude H. Harris, 

Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 34564] 

Portland & Western Railroad, Inc.—

Lease and Operation Exemption—

Union Pacific Railroad Company 

Portland & Western Railroad, Inc. 

(PNWR), a Class III rail carrier, has filed 

a verified notice of exemption under 49 

CFR 1150.41 to lease and operate 

approximately 0.87 miles of rail line 

currently owned by Union Pacific 

Railroad Company (UP) between 

milepost 741.59 near Willsburg Jct. and 

milepost 740.72 at the connection with 

UP’s main line at Willsburg Jct., in 

Clackamas County, OR. 

PNWR certifies that its projected 

revenues as a result of this transaction 

will not result in the creation of a Class 

II or Class I rail carrier. Because PNWR’s 

projected annual revenues will exceed 

$5 million, PNWR has certified to the 

Board on October 6, 2004, that the 

required notice of the transaction was 

posted at the workplace of the 

employees on the affected line on 

October 1, 2004, and was sent to the 

national offices of the labor unions 

representing employees on the line. See

49 CFR 1150.42(e). 

The transaction was scheduled to be 

consummated on or after December 10, 

2004 (which is more than 60 days after 

PNWR’s certification to the Board that it 

had complied with the Board’s rule at 

49 CFR 1150.42(e)). 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

may be filed at any time. The filing of 

a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the transaction. 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 34564, must be filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board, 1925 

K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each 

pleading must be served on Eric M. 

Hockey, Gollatz, Griffin & Ewing, P.C., 

Four Penn Center, Suite 200, 1600 John 

F. Kennedy Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 

19103–2808. 

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1 IOCR currently operates over the rail line. IORY 

and IOCR are both subsidiaries of RailAmerica, Inc., 

and will coordinate operations over the line once 

IOCR begins operations pursuant to these trackage 

rights.

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http://

www.stb.dot.gov.

Decided: December 20, 2004.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 34629] 

Indiana & Ohio Railway Company—

Trackage Rights Exemption—West 

Central Ohio Port Authority and 

Indiana & Ohio Central Railroad, Inc. 

Pursuant to a written trackage rights 

agreement dated October 16, 2004, the 

Indiana & Ohio Central Railroad, Inc. 

(IOCR), as operator, and West Central 

Ohio Port Authority (WESTCO PA), as 

owner, have agreed to grant overhead 

trackage rights to Indiana & Ohio 

Railway Company (IORY), between 

milepost 202.7 near Springfield, OH, 

and milepost 229.83 at Fayne, OH, a 

distance of approximately 27.13 miles.1

The parties state that consummation 

of the transaction was scheduled to 

occur on or shortly after December 15, 

2004. 

The involved trackage rights will 

enable IORY to enhance service for 

certain shippers and provide more 

efficient and economical routings and 

service for this traffic. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employees affected by the trackage 

rights will be protected by the 

conditions imposed in Norfolk and 

Western Ry. Co.—Trackage Rights—BN, 

354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in 

Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.—Lease and 

Operate, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980). 

This notice is filed under 49 CFR 

1180.2(d)(7). If the notice contains false 

or misleading information, the 

exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to 

revoke the exemption under 49 U.S.C. 

10502(d) may be filed at any time. The 

filing of a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the transaction. 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 34629, must be filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board, 1925 

K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each 

pleading must be served on Louis E. 

Gitomer, Ball Janik LLP, 1455 F Street, 

NW., Suite 225, Washington, DC 20005. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http://

www.stb.dot.gov.

Decided: December 17, 2004.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Designation of 

Exempt Person Form

AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement 

Network (‘‘FinCEN’’), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: FinCEN, a bureau of the U.S. 

Department of the Treasury 

(‘‘Treasury’’), invites all interested 

parties to comment on its continuing 

collection of information through its 

‘‘Designation of Exempt Person’’ form 

that is used by banks and other 

depository institutions to designate their 

eligible customers as exempt from the 

requirement to report transactions in 

currency over $10,000.

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before February 25, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to: Office of Chief Counsel, Financial 

Crimes Enforcement Network, U.S. 

Department of the Treasury, P.O. Box 

39, Vienna, VA 22183, Attention: PRA 

Comments—Designation of Exempt 

Person form. Comments also may be 

submitted by electronic mail to the 

following Internet address: 

‘‘regcomments@fincen.treas.gov’’ with 

the caption in the body of the text, 

‘‘Attention: PRA Comments—

Designation of Exempt Person Form.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or 

for a copy of the form should be 

directed to Russell Stephenson, Senior 

Compliance Administration Specialist, 

Office of Regulatory Policy (RP), 

Regulatory Policy and Programs 

Division (RPP), (202) 354–6400, or 

Albert R. Zarate, Senior Regulatory 

Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, 

FinCEN, (703) 905–3590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Pub. L. 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), 

FinCEN is soliciting comments on the 

collection of information described 

below. 

Title: Designation of Exempt Person. 

OMB Number: 1506–0012. 

Form Number: FinCEN Form 110 

(Formerly TD F 90–22–53). 

Abstract: The Bank Secrecy Act, 

Titles I and II of Pub. L. 91–508, as 

amended, codified at 12 U.S.C. 1829b, 

12 U.S.C. 1951–1959, and 31 U.S.C. 

5311–5314; 5316–5332, authorizes the 

Secretary of the Treasury, among other 

things, to issue regulations requiring 

records and reports that are determined 

to have a high degree of usefulness in 

criminal, tax, and regulatory matters. 

Regulations implementing Title II of the 

Bank Secrecy Act (codified at 31 U.S.C. 

5311–5314; 5316–5332) appear at 31 

CFR Part 103. The authority of the 

Secretary to administer Title II of the 

Bank Secrecy Act has been delegated to 

the Director of FinCEN. 

The reporting by financial institutions 

of transactions in currency in excess of 

$10,000 has long been a major 

component of the Treasury’s 

implementation of the Bank Secrecy 

Act. The reporting requirement is 

imposed by 31 CFR 103.22, a rule issued 

under the broad authority granted to the 

Secretary of the Treasury by 31 U.S.C. 

5313(a) to require reports of domestic 

coins and currency transactions. 

The Money Laundering Suppression 

Act of 1994, Title IV of the Riegle 

Community Development and 

Regulatory Improvement Act (Pub. L. 

103–325) amended 31 U.S.C. 5313. The 

statutory amendments mandate 

exemptions from currency transaction 

reporting in the case of customers that 

are other banks, certain governmental 

entities, or businesses for which 

reporting would serve little or no law 

enforcement purpose. The amendments 

also authorize Treasury to exempt 

certain other businesses. 

On September 8, 1997, and September 

30, 1998, Treasury issued final rules 

regarding these statutory amendments 

(62 FR 47141 and 63 FR 50147, 

respectively). The final rules reform and 

simplify the process by which banks 

may exempt eligible customers. The 

final rules, as further amended by 65 FR 

46356, are set forth at 31 CFR 103.22(d). 

Under the simplified exemption rules, 

a key requirement is a ‘‘designation’’

sent to the Treasury indicating that a 

customer will be treated by the bank as 

an exempt person, so that no further 

currency transaction reports will be 

filed on the customer’s cash transactions 

exceeding $10,000. As part of the