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1PRCC’s segment located between milepost 85.91 

and milepost 86.11 was authorized for 

abandonment in Palouse River & Coulee City 

Railroad. Inc.—Abandonment Exemption—in Latah 

County, ID (STB served August 17, 2007). 

2Pursuant to 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(2), the railroad 

must file a verified notice with the Board at least 

50 days before the abandonment or discontinuance 

is to be consummated. PRCC has indicated a 

proposed consummation date of September 9, 2009, 

but, because the verified notice was filed on July 

22, 2009, consummation may not take place prior 

to September 10, 2009. 

3The 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. 

4Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which currently is set at $1,500. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Delegation of Authority No. 326 ] 

Delegation by the Secretary of State as 

Chairperson of the Board of the 

Millennium Challenge Corporation to 

the Vice President for Compact 

Implementation 

By virtue of the authority vested in 

me as Chairperson of the Board of 

Directors of the Millennium Challenge 

Corporation by Section 18 of Article I of 

the Bylaws and other relevant 

provisions of the bylaws and law, 

including Section 614(d) of the 

Millennium Challenge Act, 2003, and 

Section 1(a)(4) of the State Department 

Basic Authorities Act of 1956, I hereby 

delegate to Darius Mans, Vice President 

for Compact Implementation, to the 

extent authorized by law, the functions, 

duties and powers of the chief executive 

officer, to be exercised subject to my 

direction. 

Any authorities covered by this 

delegation may also be exercised by me 

and may be redelegated to the extent 

authorized by law. 

This delegation shall enter into effect 

on July 31, 2009 and shall expire upon 

the appointment and entry upon duty of 

a new Chief Executive Officer pursuant 

to Section 604(b) of the Millennium 

Challenge Act of 2003. 

This delegation of authority shall be 

published in the Federal Register. 

Dated: July 15, 2009/ 

Hillary Rodham Clinton, 

Secretary of State, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E9–19218 Filed 8–10–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–570 (Sub–No. 3X)] 

Palouse River & Coulee City Railroad, 

Inc.—Abandonment Exemption—in 

Latah County, ID 

Palouse River & Coulee City Railroad, 

Inc. (PRCC) has filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR Part 1152 

Subpart F—Exempt Abandonments to 

abandon 2.98 miles of rail line 

consisting of the following three 

segments between: (1) Milepost 84.0, at 

the Washington-Idaho State line, and 

milepost 85.91, in Moscow, ID; (2) 

milepost 86.11 and milepost 86.9, in 

Moscow; and (3) milepost 85.5 and the 

end of the line at the intersection of A 

Street and Almon Street, in Moscow, 

Latah County, ID.1 The line traverses 

United States Postal Service Zip Code 

83843. 

PRCC has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the line for at 

least 2 years; (2) any overhead traffic on 

the line can be rerouted over other lines; 

(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 

September 10, 2009, unless stayed 

pending reconsideration.2 Petitions to 

stay that do 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 August 21, 2009. Petitions to 

reopen or requests for public use 

conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must 

be filed by August 31, 2009, 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 PRCC’s 

representative: Karl Morell, Ball Janik 

LLP, 1455 F Street, NW., Suite 225, 

Washington, DC 20005. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

PRCC has filed environmental and 

historic reports that address the effects, 

if any, of the abandonment on the 

environment and historic resources. 

SEA will issue an environmental 

assessment (EA) by August 14, 2009. 

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), PRCC shall file a notice of 

consummation with the Board to signify 

that it has exercised the authority 

granted and fully abandoned the line. If 

consummation has not been effected by 

PRCC’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by August 11, 2010, and 

there are no legal or regulatory barriers 

to consummation, the authority to 

abandon will automatically expire. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: August 6, 2009. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Kulunie L. Cannon, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. E9–19280 Filed 8–10–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[FTA Docket No. FTA 2009–0040] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT. 


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ACTION: Notice of request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration invites public comment 

about our intention to request the Office 

of Management and Budget’s (OMB) 

approval to renew the following 

information collection: Tribal Transit 

Program (OMB Number: 2132–0567). 

The information to be collected for this 

program is to ensure FTA’s compliance 

with applicable Federal laws and the 

Common Grant Rule. The Federal 

Register Notice with a 60-day comment 

period soliciting comments was 

published on May 13, 2009. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

before September 10, 2009. 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: Tribal Transit Program. 

Abstract: FTA’s Tribal Transit 

Program provides financial assistance to 

federally recognized Indian tribes for 

public transportation services on and 

around Indian reservations located in 

rural areas. Eligibility is based on the 

statutory provisions of 49 U.S.C. 5311- 

Nonurbanized Area Formula Program. 

The provisions of the American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, 

Title 49 U.S.C. section 5311, 49 CFR 

part 18 Uniform Administrative 

Requirements for Grants and 

Cooperative Agreements to State and 

Local Governments (the Common Grant 

Rule), and prudent administration of 

Federal grant funds dictate that grantor 

agencies review applications for Federal 

assistance to assure eligibility and other 

criteria, as appropriate, and monitor 

approved projects to ensure timely 

expenditure of Federal funds by grant 

recipients. Information collected under 

this program is structured to comply 

with Federal mandates. The reporting 

requirements are submitted by 

recipients in two stages: the application 

stage and the project management stage. 

The American Recovery Act of 2009 

(ARRA) established funding for the 

Tribal Transit Program. This program is 

a $17,000,000 discretionary grant 

program to support capital investments 

for public transit services that serve 

Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages. 

To meet the requirements of the 

American Recovery Act, FTA requested 

an emergency approval from OMB for 

the Tribal Transit Program. OMB 

approved FTA’s emergency request for 

approval on March 17, 2009. The OMB 

Control Number is 2132–0567. FTA 

published a Federal Register Notice on 

March 23, 2009, for Public 

Transportation on Indian Reservations 

Program: Tribal Transit Program under 

the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

3,195 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. 

Issued on: August 5, 2009. 

Ann M. Linnertz, 

Associate Administration for Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–19113 Filed 8–10–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; 

Notice of Applications for Modification 

of Special Permit 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: List of applications for 

modification of special permits. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

procedures governing the application 

for, and the processing of, special 

permits from the Department of 

Transportation’s Hazardous Material 

Regulations (49 CFR Part 107, Subpart 

B), notice is hereby given that the Office 

of Hazardous Materials Safety has 

received the applications described 

herein. This notice is abbreviated to 

expedite docketing and public notice. 

Because the sections affected, modes of 

transportation, and the nature of 

application have been shown in earlier 

Federal Register publications, they are 

not repeated here. Requests for 

modification of special permits (e.g., to 

provide for additional hazardous 

materials, packaging design changes, 

additional mode of transportation, etc.) 

are described in footnotes to the 

application number. Application 

numbers with the suffix ‘‘M’’ denote a 

modification request. These 

applications have been separated from 

the new application for special permits 

to facilitate processing. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before August 26, 2009. 

Address Comments to: Record Center, 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials, 

Safety Administration, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, Washington, DC 

20590. 

Comments should refer to the 

application number and be submitted in 

triplicate. If confirmation of receipt of 

comments is desired, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard showing 

the special permit number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the applications are available 

for inspection in the Records Center, 

East Building, PHH–30, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue, Southeast, Washington, 

DC or at http://regulations.gov. 

This notice of receipt of applications 

for modification of special permit is 

published in accordance with Part 107 

of the Federal hazardous materials 

transportation law (49 U.S.C. 5117(b); 

49 CFR 1.53(b)). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 6, 

2009. 

Delmer F. Billings, 

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials, 

Special Permits and Approvals. 


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