5968 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 21 / Tuesday, February 3, 2009 / Notices 

Dated: January 23, 2009. 

Brenda S. Sprague, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Passport 

Services, Bureau of Consular Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E9–2257 Filed 2–2–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6507] 

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Form DS–7002, Training/ 

Internship Placement Plan, OMB 

Control Number 1405–0170 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State is 

seeking Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval for the 

information collection described below. 

The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 

days for public comment in the Federal 

Register preceding submission to OMB. 

We are conducting this process in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

• Title of Information Collection: 

Exchange Visitor Program—Training/ 

Internship Placement Plan. 

• OMB Control Number: 1405–0170. 

• Type of Request: Revision of a 

Currently Approved Collection. 

• Originating Office: Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, ECA/ 

EC. 

• Form Number: Form DS–7002. 

• Respondents: Entities designated by 

the Department of State as sponsors of 

exchange visitor programs in the trainee 

or intern categories and U.S. businesses 

that provide the training or internship 

opportunity. 

• Estimated Number of Respondents: 

160. 

• Estimated Number of Responses: 

30,000. 

• Average Hours per Response: 1 

hour. 

• Total Estimated Burden: 30,000. 

• Frequency: On occasion. 

• Obligation to Respond: Required to 

Obtain Benefits. 

DATES: The Department will accept 

comments from the public up to 60 days 

from February 3, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by any of the following 

methods: 

• Persons with access to the Internet 

may also view this notice and provide 

comments by going to the 

regulations.gov Web site at: http:// 

www.regulations.gov/index.cfm. 

• Mail (paper, disk, or CD–ROM 

submissions): U.S. Department of State, 

Office of Exchange Coordination and 

Designation, SA–44, 301 4th Street, 

SW., Room 734, Washington, DC 20547 

• E-mail: jexchanges@state.gov. 

You must include the DS form 

number (if applicable), information 

collection title, and OMB control 

number in any correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stanley S. Colvin, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary, Office of Private Sector 

Exchange, U.S. Department of State, 

SA–44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 734, 

Washington, DC 20547; or e-mail at 

jexchanges@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper performance of our 

functions. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection, including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

• Minimize the reporting burden on 

those who are to respond, including the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of technology. 

Abstract of proposed collection: The 

collection is the continuation of 

information collected and needed by the 

Bureau of Educational and Cultural 

Affairs in administering the Exchange 

Visitor Program (J-Visa) under the 

provisions of the Mutual Educational 

and Cultural Exchange Act, as amended. 

Trainee/Internship Placement Plans are 

to be completed by designated program 

sponsors. A Training/Internship 

Placement Plan is required for each 

trainee or intern participant. It will set 

forth the training or internship program 

to be followed and includes the skills 

the trainee or intern will obtain, 

whether the trainee or intern will 

receive any remuneration for housing 

and living expenses (and if so, the 

amount), and estimates of the living 

expenses and other costs the trainees or 

interns are likely to incur while in the 

United States. The plan must be signed 

by the trainee or intern, sponsor, and 

the third party placement organization, 

if a third party organization is used in 

the conduct of the training or 

internship. 

Upon request, trainees or interns must 

present fully executed Trainee/ 

Internship Placement Plans on Form 

DS–7002 to any Consular Official 

interviewing them in connection with 

the issuance of J–1 visas. 

Methodology: The collection will be 

submitted to the Department by mail or 

fax as requested by DoS during the 

review of program sponsor files, 

redesignations, incidents, etc. 

Dated: January 26, 2009. 

Stanley S. Colvin, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Private 

Sector Exchange, Bureau of Educational and 

Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E9–2258 Filed 2–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Intent To Request Revision 

From the Office of Management and 

Budget of a Currently Approved 

Information Collection Activity, 

Request for Comments; Airports 

Grants Program 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FAA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) to approve a current information 

collection. The FAA collects 

information from airport sponsors and 

planning agencies in order to administer 

the Airports Grants Program. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

April 6, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carla Mauney on (202) 267–9895, or by 

e-mail at: Carla.Mauney@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 

Title: Airports Grants Program. 

Type of Request: Revision of an 

approved collection. 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0569. 

Forms(s): Forms 5100–100, 5100–101, 

5100–108, 5100–126, 5100–127, 5370–1. 

Affected Public: A total of 1,950 

Respondents. 

Frequency: The information is 

collected on occasion. 

Estimated Average Burden Per 

Response: Approximately 8.5 hours per 

response. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An 

estimated 78,156 hours annually. 

Abstract: The FAA collects 

information from airport sponsors and 

planning agencies in order to administer 

the Airports Grants Program. Data is 

used to determine eligibility, ensure 

proper use of Federal Funds, and ensure 

project accomplishments. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA 

at the following address: Ms. Carla 


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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 21 / Tuesday, February 3, 2009 / Notices 5969 

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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