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(ii) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(iii) How to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(iv) How to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including the use 

of appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

In compliance with these 

requirements, NHTSA asks public 

comment on the following proposed 

collection of information: 

Title: Focus Groups for Traffic Safety 

Programs, Interventions and 

Countermeasures. 

Type of Request: New generic 

information collection request. 

OMB Clearance Number: N/A. 

Form Number: This collection of 

information uses no standard forms. 

Requested Expiration Date of 

Approval: May 31, 2013. 

Summary of the Collection of 

Information: The National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 

anticipates the needs to periodically 

conduct focus group sessions to refine 

its efforts to reduce traffic injuries and 

fatalities. Session participation would 

be voluntary and compensated with a 

$75 honorarium. Focus group topics 

will include: strategic messaging (e.g., 

slogans or advertisement concepts 

concerning seat belt use, impaired 

driving, driver distraction or tire 

pressure monitoring), problem 

identification (e.g., discussions with 

high-risk groups on beliefs, attitudes, 

driving behaviors, or reactions to 

interventions and countermeasures), 

and resource development (e.g., testing 

materials designed to communicate 

essential information about traffic safety 

issues such as vehicle or equipment 

performance rating systems). The 

purpose of the generic clearance request 

is to obtain approval for NHTSA’s 

general approach to conducting focus 

group research. NHTSA will submit an 

individual Information Collection 

Request (ICR), detailing the specific 

nature and methodology of planned 

focus group sessions, to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) prior to 

any collection activity covered under 

this generic clearance. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use of the 

Information—The National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 

was established by the Highway Safety 

Act of l970 (23 U.S. C. 101) to carry out 

a Congressional mandate to reduce the 

mounting number of deaths, injuries, 

and economic losses resulting from 

motor vehicle crashes on the Nation’s 

highways. In support of this mission, 

NHTSA anticipates the occasional need 

to conduct focus group sessions in order 

to develop and refine effective 

interventions and countermeasures. 

NHTSA will use the findings from 

focus group sessions to help focus 

current programs, interventions and 

countermeasures in order to achieve the 

greatest benefit in decreasing crashes 

and resulting injuries and fatalities, and 

provide informational support to States, 

localities, and law enforcement agencies 

that will aid them in their efforts to 

reduce traffic crashes. 

Description of the Likely Respondents 

(Including Estimated Number, and 

Proposed Frequency of Response to the 

Collection of Information)—Each year 

NHTSA anticipates conducting 100 

focus groups sessions. Likely 

respondents are licensed drivers 18 

years of age and older who have not 

participated in a previous focus group 

session. 

Estimate of the Total Annual 

Reporting and Record Keeping Burden 

Resulting from the Collection of 

Information—Each of the 100 focus 

group sessions will consist of 10 

participants on average and last 

approximately 80 minutes. Participants 

will be recruited by intercept or 

telephone using a brief screening 

questionnaire estimated to take no more 

than 10 minutes. Therefore, the 

estimated annual burden is 1500 hours. 

The respondents would not incur any 

reporting cost from the information 

collection. The respondents also would 

not incur any record keeping burden or 

record keeping cost from the 

information collection. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. Section 3506(c)(2)(A). 

Issued on: February 19, 2010. 

Jeff Michael, 

Associate Administrator, Research and 

Program Development. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3656 Filed 2–23–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Civil Supersonic Aircraft Panel 

Discussion 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting participation. 

SUMMARY: This notice advises interested 

persons that the FAA is participating in 

a panel session on civil supersonic 

aircraft research. The session will 

include presentations on current 

research programs and a question and 

answer session for attendees. The FAA 

is seeking to raise public awareness of 

the continuing technological advances 

in supersonic aircraft technology aimed 

at reducing the intensity of sonic boom. 

DATES: The public session will take 

place on Wednesday, April 21, 2010. 

The panel discussion is from 7 p.m. to 

8:30 p.m. in Baltimore, Maryland. 

ADDRESSES: The symposium is 

sponsored by the joint meeting of the 

159th Acoustical Society of America 

and NOISE–CON 2010 and it will be 

held at the Baltimore Marriott 

Waterfront Hotel, Grand Ballroom V, 

700 Aliceanna Street, Baltimore, MD 

21202. Attendance is open to all 

interested parties, and there are no fees 

to attend this session. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laurette Fisher, Office of Environment 

and Energy (AEE–100), Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

facsimile (202) 267–5594, telephone 

(202) 267–3561. 

Background: Since March 1973, 

supersonic flight over land by civil 

aircraft has been prohibited in the 

United States. The Concorde was the 

only civil supersonic airplane that 

offered service to the United States, but 

that airplane is no longer in service. 

The interest in supersonic aircraft 

technology has not disappeared. Current 

research is dedicated toward reducing 

the impact of sonic booms as they reach 

the ground, in an effort to make 

overland flight acceptable. Recent 

research has produced promising results 

for low boom intensity, and has 

renewed interest in developing 

supersonic civil aircraft that could be 

considered environmentally acceptable 

for supersonic flight over land. 

The FAA led its first panel discussion 

entitled, ‘‘State of the Art of Supersonics 

Aircraft Technology—What has 

progressed in science since 1973,’’ in 

Chicago, IL on Friday, October 24, 2008, 

as part of the O’Hare Noise 

Compatibility Commission Symposium. 

The second panel discussion was held 

in Palm Springs, CA on Sunday, March 

1, 2009, as part of the Annual University 

of California Symposium on Aviation 

Noise and Air Quality. 

The FAA’s third presentation and 

panel discussion will take place on 

Wednesday, April 21, 2010, as part of 

the joint meeting of the 159th 

Acoustical Society of America and 


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1These proceedings are not consolidated; they are 

being handled together for administrative 

convenience. 

2Correspondence submitted in response to STB 

Docket No. AB–295 (Sub-No. 7X) has been placed 

in the public docket even if it has not been served 

on all parties. However, pursuant to 49 CFR 

1104.12, every document filed with the Board 

should include a certificate showing simultaneous 

service on all parties of record, if the filer intends 

for the document to be considered in the Board’s 

evaluation of the merits of the proceeding. 

NOISE–CON 2010. It will be held at the 

Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel, 

Grand Ballroom V, 700 Aliceanna 

Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. 

The purpose of this panel session is 

to raise public awareness on advances 

in supersonic technology, and for the 

FAA, the National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration (NASA), and 

industry to get feedback from interested 

persons. 

Public involvement is essential in any 

future definition of an acceptable new 

standard that would allow supersonic 

flights over land. We anticipate that this 

will be the second of many meetings 

informing the public on developments 

in the research of shaped sonic booms 

and other technical and environmental 

challenges that need to be addressed in 

developing a new supersonic airplane. 

More information about the ASA/ 

NOISE–CON joint meeting can be found 

at: http://asa.aip.org/Baltimore/ 

Baltimore.html and http:// 

www.inceusa.org/NC10/. 

Issued in Washington, DC on February 18, 

2010. 

Lourdes Q. Maurice, 

Acting Director of Environment and Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3726 Filed 2–23–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–295 (Sub-No. 7X); STB 

Docket No. AB–55 (Sub-No. 698X) 1] 

The Indiana Rail Road Company— 

Abandonment Exemption—in Martin 

and Lawrence Counties, IN; CSX 

Transportation, Inc.—Discontinuance 

of Service Exemption—in Clark, Floyd, 

Lawrence, Orange, and Washington 

Counties, IN 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: Staff members of the Surface 

Transportation Board will hold a public 

meeting concerning the abandonment 

and discontinuance petitions for 

exemption in the respective above-titled 

dockets. The purpose of the meeting is 

to allow interested persons to comment 

on the petitions for exemption. 

DATE/LOCATION: The public meeting will 

take place on March 5, 2010, beginning 

at 10 a.m., in the Community/Meeting 

Room of the Washington County Annex, 

806 Martinsburg Road, Salem, IN. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia 

Farr, (202) 245–0359. [Assistance for the 

hearing impaired is available through 

the Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.] 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A decision 

in STB Docket No. AB–295 (Sub-No. 

7X), served on February 16, 2010, 

provided that a public meeting 

conducted by Board staff will be held to 

permit interested persons to express 

their views about the petition under 49 

U.S.C. 10502 for exemption from the 

provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10903 filed by 

The Indiana Rail Road Company, 

requesting permission to abandon a 

21.15-mile line of railroad extending 

from milepost 241.35 east of Crane, IN, 

to milepost 262.50 in Bedford, IN 

(Crane-Bedford Line), and a track 

extending from the Crane-Bedford Line 

at approximately milepost 262.40 and 

proceeding in an open counterclockwise loop for approximately 1.65 

miles (Bedford Industrial Track). 

Letters of protest and requests for 

public hearing have been filed by: The 

Honorable Baron Hill, United States 

Congressman; Eric Koch, Indiana State 

Representative; Shawna Girgis, City of 

Bedford Mayor; Dan Terrell, City of 

Mitchell Mayor; Richard Wilson, on 

behalf of Radius Indiana; Citizens 

Against Rails-to-Trails; and several 

landowners. Correspondence expressing 

concern over the potential loss of rail 

service and, in one instance, requesting 

a hearing, has also been submitted by: 

Brent Steele, Indiana State Senator; 

Sandy Blanton, Indiana State 

Representative; David Bower, City of 

Salem Mayor; Douglas England, City of 

New Albany Mayor; David Branneman, 

Lawrence County Tourism Commission 

Executive Director; Gene McCracken, 

Lawrence County Economic Growth 

Council Executive Director; and Adele 

Bowden-Purlee, Bedford Area Chamber 

of Commerce President.2

Additionally, in STB Docket No. AB– 

55 (Sub-No. 698X), CSX Transportation, 

Inc.—Discontinuance of Service 

Exemption—in Clark, Floyd, Lawrence, 

Orange, and Washington Counties, IN, a 

petition for exemption was filed by CSX 

Transportation, Inc., to discontinue 

service over a line of railroad from a 

point south of Bedford to New Albany, 

IN, a distance of 62.3 miles. A number 

of the parties who have filed protests or 

comments in STB Docket No. AB–295 

(Sub-No. 7X) reference in their 

submissions the impact of both that 

proposed abandonment as well as the 

proposed discontinuance in STB Docket 

No. AB–55 (Sub-No. 698X). While the 

two proceedings are independent 

matters that will be treated separately by 

the Board, participants may discuss 

both proceedings at the public meeting. 

During the public meeting, staff from 

the Board’s Office of Proceedings will 

hear comments regarding both the 

abandonment proceeding and the 

discontinuance proceeding. The 

meeting will continue until all 

interested persons or parties have had 

an opportunity to speak. Persons 

wishing to speak should place their 

names on the list of speakers upon 

arrival at the Washington County 

Annex. A court reporter will transcribe 

the meeting and prepare a transcript 

that will be included in the public 

record of each proceeding. 

All decisions, notices, and filings in 

this proceeding are available on the 

Board’s Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. A transcript of the 

meeting will also be posted on the 

Board’s Web site. 

This action will not significantly 

affect either the quality of the human 

environment or the conservation of 

energy resources. 

Dated: February 18, 2010. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Andrea Pope-Matheson, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3576 Filed 2–23–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

February 18, 2010. 

The Department of the Treasury will 

submit the following public information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 on or after the 

publication date of this notice. A copy 

of the submission may be obtained by 

calling the Treasury Departmental 

Office Clearance Officer listed. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection should be addressed to the 

OMB reviewer listed and to the 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer, 

Department of the Treasury, 1750 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite 

11010, Washington, DC 20220. 


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