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1According to UP, BNSF Railway Company 

(BNSF) holds trackage rights authority over the 

involved line. See The Burlington Northern and 

Santa Fe Railway Company—Trackage Rights 

Exemption—Union Pacific Railroad Company, STB 

Finance Docket No. 34436 (STB served Dec. 2, 

2003). UP states that, in a subsequent filing, BNSF 

will seek Board authority to discontinue the 

trackage rights. UP adds that the Board should 

condition UP’s exercise of the abandonment 

exemption sought here upon BNSF’s obtaining 

authority to discontinue its trackage rights on the 

line. 

Mauney, Room 712, Federal Aviation 

Administration, IT Enterprises Business 

Services Division, AES–200, 800 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20591. 

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 estimates 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 in Washington, DC, on January 26, 

2009. 

Carla Mauney, 

FAA Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, IT Enterprises Business Services 

Division, AES–200. 

[FR Doc. E9–2202 Filed 2–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Meeting of the National Parks 

Overflights Advisory Group Aviation 

Rulemaking Committee 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) and the National 

Park Service (NPS), in accordance with 

the National Parks Air Tour 

Management Act of 2000, announce the 

next meeting of the National Parks 

Overflights Advisory Group (NPOAG) 

Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC). 

This notification provides the date, 

format, and agenda for the meeting. 

Dates and Location: The NPOAG ARC 

will hold a meeting on February 25th, 

2009. The meeting will be conducted as 

a telephone conference call. The 

meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 

p.m. Pacific Standard Time on February 

25th. This NPOAG meeting will be open 

to the public, Interested persons may 

listen in on the conference call (see 

Public Participation at the Meeting) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barry Brayer, AWP–1SP, Special 

Programs Staff, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Western-Pacific Region 

Headquarters, P.O. Box 92007, Los 

Angeles, CA 90009–2007, telephone: 

(310) 725–3800, e-mail: 

Barry.Brayerfaa.gov, or Vicki McCusker, 

National Park Service, Natural Sounds 

Program, 1201 Oakridge Dr., Suite 100, 

Fort Collins, CO, 80525, telephone: 

(970) 267–2117, e-mail: 

Vicki_McCusker@nps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The National Parks Air Tour 

Management Act of 2000 (NPATMA), 

enacted on April 5, 2000, as Public Law 

106–181, required the establishment of 

the NPOAG within one year after its 

enactment. The Act requires that the 

NPOAG be a balanced group of 

representatives of general aviation, 

commercial air tour operations, 

environmental concerns, and Native 

American tribes. The Administrator of 

the FAA and the Director of NPS (or 

their designees) serve as ex officio 

members of the group. Representatives 

of the Administrator and Director serve 

alternating 1-year terms as chairman of 

the advisory group. 

The duties of the NPOAG include 

providing advice, information, and 

recommendations to the FAA 

Administrator and the NPS Director on: 

Implementation of Public Law 106 181; 

quiet aircraft technology; other 

measures that might accommodate 

interests to visitors of national parks; 

and at the request of the Administrator 

and the Director, on safety, 

environmental, and other issues related 

to commercial air tour operations over 

national parks or tribal lands. 

Agenda for the February 25, 2009, 

NPOAG Meeting 

The agenda for the meeting will 

include, but is not limited to, the 

following: Review of a Strategic Plan for 

the NPOAG, review and approval of the 

meeting minutes from the December 1, 

2008 NPOAG telephone conference call 

meeting; discussion on the strawman for 

a competitive bidding process, and an 

update on ongoing Air Tour 

Management Plan (ATMP) program 

projects. 

Public Participation for the Meeting 

This NPOAG meeting will be 

conducted as a telephone conference 

call. Members of the public will be able 

to listen in on the proceedings. 

Information regarding how the public 

may access this conference call in a 

‘‘listen mode’’ will be posted on the 

FAA’s ATMP Web site (http:// 

www.atmp.faa.gov) by February 10, 

2009. Other supplementary meeting 

information may also be posted on the 

ATMP Web site. 

Record of the Meeting 

If you are unable to participate in this 

NPOAG meeting conference call, a 

summary record of the meeting will be 

made available under the NPOAG 

section of the FAA’s ATMP Web site at 

http://www.atmp.faa.gov or through the 

Special Programs Staff, Western-Pacific 

Region, Federal Aviation 

Administration, P.O. Box 92007, Los 

Angeles, CA 90009–207, telephone (310) 

725–3800. 

Issued in Hawthorne, CA, on January 26, 

2009. 

Barry S. Brayer, 

Manager, Special Programs Office, WesternPacific Region. 

[FR Doc. E9–2203 Filed 2–2–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–33 (Sub-No. 272X)] 

Union Pacific Railroad Company— 

Abandonment Exemption—in Kootenai 

County, ID 

On January 14, 2009, Union Pacific 

Railroad Company (UP) filed with the 

Surface Transportation Board a petition 

under 49 U.S.C. 10502 for exemption 

from the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10903 

to abandon a portion of its Coeur 

d’Alene Industrial Lead between 

milepost 7.5 near Gibbs, and the end of 

the line at milepost 8.79 near Coeur 

d’Alene, a distance of 1.29 miles in 

Kootenai County, ID.1 The line traverses 

U.S. Postal Service Zip Code 83814, and 

includes no stations. 

The line does not contain Federally 

granted rights-of-way. Any 

documentation in UP’s possession will 

be made available promptly to those 

requesting it. 

The interest of railroad employees 

will be protected by the conditions set 

forth in Oregon Short Line R. Co.— 

bandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91 

(1979). 

By issuance of this notice, the Board 

is instituting an exemption proceeding 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final 

decision will be issued by May 4, 2009. 

Any offer of financial assistance 

(OFA) under 49 CFR 1152.27(b)(2) will 

be due no later than 10 days after 


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service of a decision granting the 

petition for exemption. Each OFA must 

be accompanied by a $1,500 filing fee. 

See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25). 

All interested persons should be 

aware that, following abandonment of 

rail service and salvage of the line, the 

line may be suitable for other public 

use, including interim trail use. Any 

request for a public use condition under 

49 CFR 1152.28 or for trail use/rail 

banking under 49 CFR 1152.29 will be 

due no later than February 23, 2009. 

Each trail use request must be 

accompanied by a $200 filing fee. See 49 

CFR 1002.2(f)(27). 

All filings in response to this notice 

must refer to STB Docket No. AB–33 

(Sub-No. 272X), and must be sent to: (1) 

Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423– 

0001; and (2) Gabriel S. Meyer, 1400 

Douglas St., STOP 1580, Omaha, NE 

68179. Replies to UP’s petition are due 

on or before February 23, 2009. 

Persons seeking further information 

concerning abandonment procedures 

may contact the Board’s Office of Public 

Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and 

Compliance at (202) 245–0238 or refer 

to the full abandonment or 

discontinuance regulations at 49 CFR 

part 1152. Questions concerning 

environmental issues may be directed to 

the Board’s Section of Environmental 

Analysis (SEA) at (202) 245–0305. 

[Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339.] 

An environmental assessment (EA) (or 

environmental impact statement (EIS), if 

necessary) prepared by SEA will be 

served upon all parties of record and 

upon any agencies or other persons who 

commented during its preparation. 

Other interested persons may contact 

SEA to obtain a copy of the EA (or EIS). 

EAs in these abandonment proceedings 

normally will be made available within 

60 days of the filing of the petition. The 

deadline for submission of comments on 

the EA will generally be within 30 days 

of its service. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at ‘‘http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov.’’ 

Decided: January 23, 2009. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. E9–2105 Filed 1–30–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

Release of Waybill Data 

The Surface Transportation Board has 

received a request from Covington & 

Burlington on behalf of Union Pacific 

Corporation (WB468–10—1/5/09), for 

permission to use certain data from the 

Board’s 2007 Carload Waybill Sample. 

A copy of the 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. E9–2222 Filed 2–2–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Additional Designation of Entities 

Pursuant to Executive Order 12978 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Treasury Department’s 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

(‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the names of 

two newly-designated entities whose 

property and interests in property are 

blocked pursuant to Executive Order 

12978 of October 21, 1995, ‘‘Blocking 

Assets and Prohibiting Transactions 

with Significant Narcotics Traffickers.’’ 

In addition, OFAC is publishing 

changes to the identifying information 

associated with five persons previously 

designated pursuant to Executive Order 

12978. 

DATES: The designation by the Director 

of OFAC of the two entities identified in 

this notice pursuant to Executive Order 

12978 is effective on January 28, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Assistant Director, Compliance 

Outreach & Implementation, Office of 

Foreign Assets Control, Department of 

the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220, 

tel.: 202–622–2490. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability 

This document and additional 

information concerning OFAC are 

available from OFAC’s Web site 

(www.treas.gov/ofac) or via facsimile 

through a 24-hour fax-on demand 

service, tel.: (202) 622–0077. 

Background 

On October 21, 1995, the President, 

invoking the authority, inter alia, of the 

International Emergency Economic 

Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706), 

issued Executive Order 12978 (60 FR 

54579, October 24, 1995) (the ‘‘Order’’). 

In the Order, the President declared a 

national emergency to deal with the 

threat posed by significant foreign 

narcotics traffickers centered in 

Colombia and the harm that they cause 

in the United States and abroad. 

Section 1 of the Order blocks, with 

certain exceptions, all property and 

interests in property that are in the 

United States, or that hereafter come 

within the United States or that are or 

hereafter come within the possession or 

control of United States persons, of: (1) 

The persons listed in an Annex to the 

Order; (2) any foreign person 

determined by the Secretary of 

Treasury, in consultation with the 

Attorney General and Secretary of State: 

(a) To play a significant role in 

international narcotics trafficking 

centered in Colombia; or (b) to 

materially assist in, or provide financial 

or technological support for or goods or 

services in support of, the narcotics 

trafficking activities of persons 

designated in or pursuant to the Order; 

and (3) persons determined by the 

Secretary of the Treasury, in 

consultation with the Attorney General 

and the Secretary of State, to be owned 

or controlled by, or to act for or on 

behalf of, persons designated pursuant 

to the Order. 

On January 28, 2009, the Director of 

OFAC, in consultation with the 

Attorney General and Secretary of State, 

as well as the Secretary of Homeland 

Security, designated two entities whose 

property and interests in property are 

blocked pursuant to the Order. 

The list of additional designees is as 

follows: 

1. AQUILEA S.A., Carrera 21 No. 

13B–21, Cali, Colombia; Carrera 21 No. 

13B–33, Cali, Colombia; Carrera 23 No. 

12–41, Cali, Colombia; NIT # 

900061351–6 (Colombia); (ENTITY) 

[SDNT] 

2. MEGAPLAST S.A., Calle 0 No. 2– 

276, Palmira, Valle, Colombia; NIT # 


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