45900 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 171 / Friday, September 4, 2009 / Notices 

in the summary is intended to affect the 

legal status of the petition or its final 

disposition. 

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number 

involved and must be received on or 

before September 24, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2009–0772 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Government-wide rulemaking Web 

site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions for sending 

your comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to the Docket 

Management Facility; U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Fax: Fax comments to the Docket 

Management Facility at 202–493–2251. 

• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to 

the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

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

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Privacy: We will post all comments 

we receive, without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. 

Using the search function of our docket 

Web site, anyone can find and read the 

comments received into any of our 

dockets, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for 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). 

Docket: To read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time 

or to the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

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

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Linsenmeyer, Aircraft Certification 

Service—Production Certification 

Branch, AIR–220, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 950 L’Enfant Plaza, 

SW., Room 514B Washington, DC 

20024; telephone (202) 385–6364, 

facsimile (202) 267–5580; e-mail 

john.linsenmeyer@faa.gov. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 31, 

2009. 

Pamela Hamilton-Powell, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2009–0772. 

Petitioner: General Electric (GE) 

Aviation. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: §§ 21.151 

and 21.153. 

Description of Relief Sought: General 

Electric seeks relief to enable it to apply 

for and FAA to approve an expanded 

production limitation record issued as 

part of a production certificate (PC) or 

amended PC to include parts of typecertificated products. 

[FR Doc. E9–21356 Filed 9–3–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Surface Transportation Environment 

and Planning Cooperative Research 

Program (STEP) 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Section 5207 of the Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users (SAFETEA–LU) established the 

Surface Transportation Environment 

and Planning Cooperative Research 

Program (STEP). The FHWA anticipates 

that resources for STEP or a similar 

program to carry out national research 

on issues related to planning, 

environment, and realty are likely to be 

included in future surface 

transportation legislation even though 

SAFETEA–LU expires at the end of this 

fiscal year. Legislation preceding 

SAFETEA–LU—the Intermodal Surface 

Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 

(ISTEA) and the Transportation Equity 

Act for the 21st Century (TEA–21)— 

provided resources for FHWA to carry 

out surface transportation research 

initiatives that included planning, 

environment, and realty research. 

SAFETEA–LU continued FHWA’s 

research program funding and 

established STEP. 

The purpose of this notice is to 

announce the proposed FY 2010 STEP 

implementation strategy in anticipation 

that the FHWA is likely to receive 

resources for national research on issues 

related to environment and planning as 

a part of future transportation legislation 

and to request suggested lines of 

research for FY 2010 via the STEP Web 

site at: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep/ 

step/index.htm. Stakeholder feedback 

from the STEP Web site provides useful 

research ideas and helps to prevent 

redundant areas of research, saving 

valuable research funds. 

DATES: Suggestions for lines of research 

should be submitted to the STEP Web 

site on or before December 3, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Felicia Young, Office of Interstate and 

Border Planning, (202) 366–1263, 

Felicia.young@dot.gov; or Grace Reidy, 

Office of the Chief Counsel, (202) 366– 

6226; Federal Highway Administration, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are 

from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., e.t., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

An electronic copy of this notice may 

be downloaded from the Office of the 

Federal Register’s home page at http:// 

www.archives.gov and the Government 

Printing Office’s Web site at http:// 

www.access.gpo.gov. 

Background 

Section 5207 of SAFETEA–LU (Pub. 

L. 109–59, Aug. 10, 2005) established 

the Surface Transportation Environment 

and Planning Cooperative Research 

Program. STEP was codified in section 

507 of Title 23, United States Code. The 

FHWA anticipates that the STEP or a 

similar program, to provide resources 

for national research on issues related to 

planning, environment, and realty, is 

likely to be included in future surface 

transportation legislation. The general 

objective of STEP is to improve 

understanding of the complex 

relationship between surface 

transportation, planning, and the 

environment. 

SAFETEA–LU provided $16.875 

million per year for fiscal years 2006— 

2009 to implement this cooperative 

research program. Due to obligation 

limitations, rescissions, and 

Congressional designation of Title V 

Research in SAFETEA–LU, on average 

$13 million of the $16.875 million 

authorized was available each fiscal 

year. We anticipate similar funding 

levels in the next authorization or 

related legislation to extend SAFETEA– 

LU. 

STEP is the primary source of funds 

for FHWA to conduct research and 

develop tools and technologies to 

advance the state of the practice 

regarding national surface 

transportation and environmental 

decisionmaking. In FY 2010, the FHWA 

expects to seek partnerships that can 


srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 171 / Friday, September 4, 2009 / Notices 45901 

leverage limited research funding in 

STEP with other stakeholders and 

partners in order to increase the total 

amount of resources available to address 

the nation’s surface transportation 

research needs. 

In FY 2010, the FHWA anticipates 

that it is likely to receive funds for STEP 

or other research funding to: 

(1) Conduct research to develop 

climate change mitigation and 

adaptation strategies; 

(2) Improve state of the practice 

regarding livability and the impact of 

transportation on the environment; 

(3) Develop and/or support the 

implementation of models and tools for 

evaluating transportation measures and 

develop indicators of economic, social, 

and environmental performance of 

transportation systems; 

(4) Develop and deploy research to 

address congestion reduction efforts; 

(5) Develop transportation safety 

planning strategies for surface 

transportation systems and 

improvements; 

(6) Improve planning, operation, and 

management of surface transportation 

systems and rights of way; 

(7) Enhance knowledge of strategies to 

improve transportation in rural areas 

and small communities; 

(8) Strengthen and advance State/ 

local and tribal capabilities regarding 

surface transportation and the 

environment; 

(9) Improve transportation 

decisionmaking and coordination across 

borders; 

(10) Conduct research to promote 

environmental streamlining/ 

stewardship; 

(11) Disseminate research results and 

advances in state of the practice through 

peer exchanges, workshops, 

conferences, etc; 

(12) Meet additional priorities as 

determined by the Secretary; and 

(13) Refine the scope and research 

emphases through active outreach and 

in consultation with stakeholders. 

The FHWA is issuing this notice to: 

(1) Announce the proposed FY 2010 

STEP Implementation Strategy in 

anticipation of future surface 

transportation legislation, and (2) solicit 

comments on proposed research 

activities likely to be undertaken in the 

FY 2010 STEP via the STEP Web site. 

The STEP Implementation Strategy 

includes updated information regarding 

historical planning and environment 

research funding and proposed FY 2010 

STEP funding levels, goals, and research 

activities. 

We invite the public to visit this Web 

site to obtain additional information on 

STEP, as well as information on the 

process for forwarding comments to 

FHWA regarding the STEP 

implementation plan. The URL for the 

STEP Web site is:http:// 

www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep/step/index.htm. 

The FHWA will use this Web site as a 

major mechanism for informing the 

public regarding the status of STEP. 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 507. 

Issued on August 31, 2009. 

Victor M. Mendez, 

Federal Highway Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E9–21378 Filed 9–3–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

[Revenue Procedure 2009–37] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Revenue Procedure 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, 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 proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is 

soliciting comments concerning an 

existing revenue procedure, RP 2009– 

37, Internal Revenue Code Section 

108(i) Election. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before November 3, 2009 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to R. Joseph Durbala, Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6129, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the regulations should be 

directed to Allan Hopkins at Internal 

Revenue Service, room 6129, 1111 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20224, or at (202) 622–6665, or 

through the Internet at 

Allan.M.Hopkins@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Internal Revenue Code Section 

108(i) Election. 

OMB Number: 1545–2147. 

Regulation Project Number: Revenue 

Procedure 2009–37. 

Abstract: The law allows taxpayers to 

defer for 5 years taxation of certain 

income arising in 2009 or 2010. 

Taxpayers then must include the 

deferred amount in income ratably over 

5 years. The election statement advises 

that a taxpayer makes the election and 

the election and information statements 

provide information necessary to track 

the income. Respondents are C 

corporations and other persons in a 

business that reacquire debt 

instruments. 

Current Actions: There is no change to 

this revenue procedure. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

50,000. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 6 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 300,000. 

The following paragraph applies to all 

of the collections of information covered 

by this notice: 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Books or records relating to a collection 

of information must be retained as long 

as their contents may become material 

in the administration of any internal 

revenue law. Generally, tax returns and 

tax return information are confidential, 

as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB 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. 

Approved: August 26, 2009. 

R. Joseph Durbala, 

IRS Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–21345 Filed 9–3–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 


srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES