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exhibition within the United States, are 

of cultural significance. The objects are 

imported pursuant to loan agreements 

with the foreign owners or custodians. 

I also determine that the exhibition or 

display of the exhibit objects at The 

Sterling and Francine Clark Art 

Institute, Williamstown, MA, from on or 

about February 13, 2010, until on or 

about April 25, 2010, and at possible 

additional exhibitions or venues yet to 

be determined, is in the national 

interest. I have ordered that Public 

Notice of these Determinations be 

published in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, including a list of 

the exhibit objects, contact Julie 

Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, Office of 

the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of 

State (telephone: 202–632–6467). The 

mailing address is U.S. Department of 

State, SA–5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite 

5H03), Washington, DC 20522–0505. 

Dated: January 4, 2010. 

Maura M. Pally, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional 

and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. 2010–368 Filed 1–11–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6824] 

Advisory Committee International 

Postal and Delivery Services 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice; FACA Committee 

meeting announcement. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 

92–463, the Department of State gives 

notice of the sixth meeting of the 

Advisory Committee on International 

Postal and Delivery Services. This 

Committee has been formed in 

fulfillment of the provisions of the 2006 

Postal Accountability and Enhancement 

Act (Pub. L. 109–435) and in accordance 

with the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act. 

Public input: Any member of the 

public interested in providing public 

input to the meeting should contact Mr. 

Chris Wood, whose contact information 

is listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this notice. Each 

individual providing oral input is 

requested to limit his or her comments 

to five minutes. Requests to be added to 

the speaker list must be received in 

writing (letter, e-mail, or fax) prior to 

the close of business on February 4, 

2010; written comments from members 

of the public for distribution at this 

meeting must reach Mr. Wood by letter, 

e-mail, or fax by this same date. 

Meeting agenda: The agenda of the 

meeting will include a review of the 

results of the October–November 2009 

session of the UPU Council of 

Administration and other subjects 

related to international postal and 

delivery services of interest to Advisory 

Committee members and the public. 

Date: February 11, 2010 from 2 p.m. 

to about 5 p.m. (open to the public). 

Location: The American Institute of 

Architects (Boardroom), 1735 New York 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20006. 

For further information, please 

contact Christopher Wood, Office of 

Technical Specialized Agencies (IO/GS), 

Bureau of International Organization 

Affairs, U.S. Department of State, at 

(202) 647–1044, woodcs@state.gov. 

Dated: December 22, 2009. 

Dennis M. Delehanty, 

Designated Federal Officer, Advisory 

Committee on International Postal and 

Delivery Services. 

Dennis M. Delehanty, 

Foreign Affairs Officer, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2010–361 Filed 1–11–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–19–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Research and Innovative Technology 

Administration 

University Transportation Centers 

(UTC) Program Grants (49 U.S.C. 

5506); Suspension of Competitions 

AGENCY: Research and Innovative 

Technology Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Transportation is providing notice that 

it intends to suspend competitions for 

its University Transportation Centers 

(UTC) Program grants (49 USC 5506) 

pending the enactment of multi-year, 

surface transportation authorization 

legislation that is necessary to define the 

purpose, eligibility, number, and 

funding amounts of any future grants. 

DATES: Dates for future UTC 

competitions are not known at this time. 

As more information is available about 

future grant competitions, it will be 

posted on the UTC Program’s Web site, 

http://utc.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Curtis Tompkins, University 

Transportation Centers Program, Office 

of Research, Development and 

Technology, RDT–30, Research and 

Innovative Technology Administration, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 

Number (202) 366–2125, Fax Number 

(202) 493–2993 or E-mail 

curtis.tompkins@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 

Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 

Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU, Pub. L. 

109–59, as amended by Pub. L. 110– 

244) requires the Research and 

Innovative Technology Administration 

(RITA) of the U.S. Department of 

Transportation (U.S. DOT) to complete 

competitions for Regional UTCs by 

March 31, 2010, and for Tier I UTCs by 

June 30, 2010. Because there is no 

surface transportation authorization 

legislation or other authorizing vehicle 

yet in place to state the structure and 

funding of the UTC Program beyond 

Federal Fiscal Year 2009, and because of 

the burden that would be placed on 

applicants to pursue a competition 

process that has a high likelihood of 

being voided should a multi-year, 

surface transportation authorization 

substantially change the terms and 

conditions of the UTC Program and 

grants to be issued under that program, 

the Research and Innovative Technology 

Administration is suspending these 

competitions until such time as a multiyear surface transportation 

authorization has been enacted. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

18, 2009. 

Peter H. Appel, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2010–366 Filed 1–11–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–HY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2009–0193; Notice 1] 

Receipt of Petition for Decision That 

Nonconforming 2001 and 2002 Ducati 

MH900e Motorcycles are Eligible for 

Importation 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of petition for 

decision that nonconforming 2001 and 

2002 Ducati MH900e motorcycles are 

eligible for importation. 

SUMMARY: This document announces 

receipt by the National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a 

petition for a decision that 2001 and 

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2002 Ducati MH900e motorcycles that 

were not originally manufactured to 

comply with all applicable Federal 

Motor Vehicle Safety Standards 

(FMVSS) are eligible for importation 

into the United States because they are 

substantially similar to vehicles that 

were originally manufactured for sale in 

the United States and that were certified 

by their manufacturer as complying 

with the safety standards, and they are 

capable of being readily altered to 

conform to the standards. 

DATES: The closing date for comments 

on the petition is February 11, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

the docket and notice numbers above 

and be submitted by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility: 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

Instructions: Comments must be 

written in the English language, and be 

no greater than 15 pages in length, 

although there is no limit to the length 

of necessary attachments to the 

comments. If comments are submitted 

in hard copy form, please ensure that 

two copies are provided. If you wish to 

receive confirmation that your 

comments were received, please enclose 

a stamped, self-addressed postcard with 

the comments. Note that all comments 

received will be posted without change 

to http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided. 

Please see the Privacy Act heading 

below. 

Privacy Act: 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, (65 FR 

19477–78). 

How to Read Comments submitted to 

the Docket: You may read the comments 

received by Docket Management at the 

address and times given above. You may 

also view the documents from the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the online instructions for 

accessing the dockets. The docket ID 

number and title of this notice are 

shown at the heading of this document 

notice. Please note that even after the 

comment closing date, we will continue 

to file relevant information in the 

Docket as it becomes available. Further, 

some people may submit late comments. 

Accordingly, we recommend that you 

periodically search the Docket for new 

material. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Coleman Sachs, Office of Vehicle Safety 

Compliance, NHTSA (202–366–3151). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A), a 

motor vehicle that was not originally 

manufactured to conform to all 

applicable FMVSS shall be refused 

admission into the United States unless 

NHTSA has decided that the motor 

vehicle is substantially similar to a 

motor vehicle originally manufactured 

for importation into or sale in the 

United States, certified under 49 U.S.C. 

30115, and of the same model year as 

the model of the motor vehicle to be 

compared, and is capable of being 

readily altered to conform to all 

applicable FMVSS. 

Petitions for eligibility decisions may 

be submitted by either manufacturers or 

importers who have registered with 

NHTSA pursuant to 49 CFR Part 592. As 

specified in 49 CFR 593.7, NHTSA 

publishes notice in the Federal Register 

of each petition that it receives, and 

affords interested persons an 

opportunity to comment on the petition. 

At the close of the comment period, 

NHTSA decides, on the basis of the 

petition and any comments that it has 

received, whether the vehicle is eligible 

for importation. The agency then 

publishes this decision in the Federal 

Register. 

US SPECS, LLC (‘‘US SPECS’’), of 

Havre de Grace, Maryland (Registered 

Importer 03–321) has petitioned NHTSA 

to decide whether non-U.S. certified 

2001 and 2002 Ducati MH900e 

motorcycles are eligible for importation 

into the United States. The vehicles that 

US SPECS believes are substantially 

similar are 2001 and 2002 Ducati 

MH900e motorcycles that were 

manufactured for sale in the United 

States and certified by their 

manufacturer as conforming to all 

applicable FMVSS. 

The petitioner claims that it carefully 

compared non-U.S.-certified 2001 and 

2002 Ducati MH900e motorcycles to 

their U.S.-certified counterparts, and 

found the vehicles to be substantially 

similar with respect to compliance with 

most FMVSS. 

US SPECS submitted information 

with its petition intended to 

demonstrate that non-U.S. certified 2001 

and 2002 Ducati MH900e motorcycles, 

as originally manufactured, conform to 

many FMVSS in the same manner as 

their U.S.-certified counterparts, or are 

capable of being readily altered to 

conform to those standards. 

Specifically, the petitioner claims that 

non-U.S. certified 2001 and 2002 Ducati 

MH900e motorcycles are identical to 

their U.S.-certified counterparts with 

respect to compliance with Standard 

Nos. 116 Brake Fluid, 119 New 

Pneumatic Tires for Vehicles Other 

Than Passenger Cars, and 122 

Motorcycle Brake Systems. 

The petitioner further contends that 

the vehicles are capable of being readily 

altered to meet the following standards, 

in the manner indicated below: 

Standard No. 106 Brake Hoses: 

Inspection of all vehicles, and 

replacement of noncompliant brake 

hoses with U.S.-model hoses on 

vehicles that are not already so 

equipped. 

Standard No. 108 Lamps, Reflective 

Devices and Associated Equipment: 

Installation of the following U.S.-model 

components on vehicles not already so 

equipped: (a) Headlamp; (b) front and 

rear side-mounted reflex reflectors; (c) 

rear-mounted reflex reflector; (d) turn 

signal lamps; and (e) taillamp. 

Standard No. 111 Rearview Mirrors: 

Inspection of all vehicles, and 

replacement of noncompliant mirrors 

with U.S.-model components on 

vehicles that are not already so 

equipped. 

Standard No. 120 Tire Selection and 

Rims for Vehicles Other Than Passenger 

Cars: Installation of a tire information 

placard. 

Standard No. 123 Motorcycle Controls 

and Displays: Installation of a U.S.- 

model speedometer, or modification of 

the existing speedometer to conform to 

the requirements of the standard. 

Standard No. 205 Glazing Materials: 

Inspection of all vehicles, and removal 

of noncompliant glazing or replacement 

of the glazing with U.S.-model glazing 

on vehicles that are not already so 

equipped. 

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 addresses 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 

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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. 

Issued on: January 7, 2010. 

Claude H. Harris, 

Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2010–331 Filed 1–11–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

Release of Waybill Data 

The Surface Transportation Board has 

received a request from Mayer Brown 

LLP as outside counsel for BNSF 

Railway Company (WB461–16—11/13/ 

09) for permission to use certain data 

from the Board’s 1999 through 2008 

Carload Waybill Samples. A copy of this 

request may be obtained from the Office 

of Economics, Environmental Analysis, 

and Administration. 

The waybill sample contains 

confidential railroad and shipper data; 

therefore, if any parties object to these 

requests, they should file their 

objections with the Director of the 

Board’s Office of Economics, 

Environmental Analysis, and 

Administration within 14 calendar days 

of the date of this notice. The rules for 

release of waybill data are codified at 49 

CFR 1244.9. 

Contact: Scott Decker, (202) 245– 

0330. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2010–307 Filed 1–11–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Fiscal Service 

Financial Management Service; 

Proposed Collection of Information: 

Assignment Form 

AGENCY: Financial Management Service, 

Fiscal Service, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Financial Management 

Service, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on a 

continuing information collection. By 

this notice, the Financial Management 

Service solicits comments concerning 

the form ‘‘Assignment Form.’’ 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before March 15, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Financial Management Service, 

Records and Information Management 

Branch, Room 135, 3700 East West 

Highway, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the form(s) and instructions 

should be directed to Kevin McIntyre, 

Manager, Judgment Fund Branch, 3700 

East West Highway, Room 6E15, 

Hyattsville, MD 20782, (202) 874–6664. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), the Financial 

Management Service solicits comments 

on the collection of information 

described below: 

Title: Assignment Form. 

OMB Number: 1510–0035. 

Form Number: None. 

Abstract: This form is used when an 

awardholder wants to assign or transfer 

all or part of his/her award to another 

person. When this occurs, the 

awardholder forfeits all future rights to 

the portion assigned. 

Current Actions: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

150. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 30 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 75. 

Comments: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice will be 

summarized and/or included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

and (e) estimates of capital or start-up 

costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance and purchase of services to 

provide information. 

Dated: November 27, 2009. 

David Rebich, 

Assistant Commissioner Management. 

[FR Doc. 2010–262 Filed 1–11–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–35–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Fiscal Service 

Application and Renewal Fees 

Imposed on Surety Companies and 

Reinsuring Companies; Increase in 

Fees Imposed 

AGENCY: Financial Management Service, 

Fiscal Service, Department of the 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Application and renewal fees 

imposed on surety companies and 

reinsuring companies; Increase in fees 

imposed. 

SUMMARY: Effective December 31, 2009, 

The Department of the Treasury, 

Financial Management Service, is 

increasing the fees it imposes on and 

collects from surety companies and 

reinsuring companies. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Surety Bond Branch at (202) 874–6850. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The fees 

imposed and collected, as referred to in 

31 CFR 223.22, cover the costs incurred 

by the Government for services 

performed relative to qualifying 

corporate sureties to write Federal 

business. These fees are determined in 

accordance with the Office of 

Management and Budget Circular A–25, 

as amended. The change in fees is the 

result of a thorough analysis of costs 

associated with the Surety Bond Branch. 

The new fee rate schedule is as 

follows: 

(1) Examination of a company’s 

application for a Certificate of Authority 

as an acceptable surety or as an 

acceptable reinsuring company on 

Federal bonds—$8,850. 

(2) Determination of a company’s 

continued qualification for annual 

renewal of its Certificate of Authority— 

$5,200. 

(3) Examination of a company’s 

application for recognition as an 

Admitted Reinsurer (except on excess 

risks running to the United States)— 

$3,125. 

(4) Determination of a company’s 

continued qualification for annual 

renewal of its authority as an Admitted 

Reinsurer—$2,220. 

Questions concerning this notice 

should be directed to the Surety Bond 

Branch, Financial Accounting and 

Services Division, Financial 

Management Service, Department of the 

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