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expeditious receipt and consideration of 

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on-line submissions via http:// 

www.regulations.gov. To submit 

petitions via this site, enter docket 

number USTR–2009–0034 on the home 

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Find a reference to this notice by 

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Comments’’ field, or by attaching a 

document. USTR prefers comments to 

be submitted as attachments. When 

doing this, it is sufficient to type ‘‘See 

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Submissions in Microsoft Word (.doc) or 

Adobe Acrobat (pdf) are preferred. 

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business confidential information 

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comments’’ in the ‘‘Comment’’ field. 

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submitting a business confidential 

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submission. Submissions should not 

attach separate cover letters; rather, 

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submission itself and not as separate 

files. 

Public versions of all documents 

relating to this review will be available 

for review no latter than two weeks after 

the due date at www.regulations.gov, 

docket number USTR–2009–0034. 

Carmen Suro-Bredie, 

Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee. 

[FR Doc. E9–22860 Filed 9–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3190–D2–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2009–0001–N–21] 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice 

announces that the Information 

Collection Requirement (ICR) abstracted 

below has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. The ICR describes 

the nature of the information collection 

and its expected burden. The Federal 

Register notice with a 60-day comment 

period soliciting comments on the 

following collection of information was 

published on June 26, 2009 (74 FR 

30662). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before October 23, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Robert Brogan, Office of Safety, 

Planning and Evaluation Division, RRS– 

21, Federal Railroad Administration, 

1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., 3rd Floor, 

Mail Stop 25, Washington, DC 20590 

(telephone: (202) 493–6292), or Ms. 

Nakia Jackson, Office of Information 

Technology, RAD–20, Federal Railroad 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave., 

SE., 3rd Floor, Mail Stop 35, 

Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 

493–6073). (These telephone numbers 

are not toll-free.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), Public Law 104–13, Section 2, 

109 Stat. 163 (1995) (codified as revised 

at 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), and its 

implementing regulations, 5 CFR Part 

1320, require Federal agencies to issue 

two notices seeking public comment on 

information collection activities before 

OMB may approve paperwork packages. 

44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.5, 

1320.8(d)(1), 1320.12. On June 26, 2009, 

FRA published a 60-day notice in the 

Federal Register soliciting comment on 

this ICR that the agency was seeking 

OMB approval. 74 FR 30662. FRA 

received no comments in response to 

this notice. 

Before OMB decides whether to 

approve these proposed collections of 

information, it must provide 30-days for 

public comment. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b); 5 

CFR 1320.12(d). Federal law requires 

OMB to approve or disapprove 

paperwork packages between 30 and 60 

days after the 30-day notice is 

published. 44 U.S.C. 3507 (b)-(c); 5 CFR 

1320.12(d); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983, 

Aug. 29, 1995. OMB believes that the 

30-day notice informs the regulated 

community to file relevant comments 

and affords the agency adequate time to 

digest public comments before it 

renders a decision. 60 FR 44983, Aug. 

29, 1995. Therefore, respondents should 

submit their respective comments to 

OMB within 30 days of publication to 

best ensure having their full effect. 5 

CFR 1320.12(c); see also 60 FR 44983, 

Aug. 29, 1995. 

The summary below describes the 

nature of the information collection 

requirement (ICR) and the expected 

burden for the ICR being submitted for 

clearance by OMB as required by the 

PRA. 

Title: Notice of Funding Availability 

and Solicitation of Applications for 

Grants under the Railroad Rehabilitation 

and Repair Grant Program. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0580. 

Type of Request: Regular Approval of 

a Previously Approved Collection of 

Information under Emergency Clearance 

Procedures. 

Affected Public: 39 States/Local 

Governments. 

Abstract: On September 30, 2008, 

President Bush signed Public Law 110– 

329, The Consolidated Security, Disaster 

Assistance, and Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2009. As part of 

this Act, Congress provided $20 million 

in disaster relief funds to FRA to award 

to States in one or more grants for 

eligible projects related to repair and 

rehabilitation of Class II and Class III 

railroad infrastructure damaged by 

hurricanes, floods, and other natural 

disasters in counties for which the 

President declared a major disaster 

under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act of 1974. Approximately 

$5 million of these funds remain 

available for rehabilitation and repairs 

of railroad right-of-way, bridges, signals, 

and other infrastructure which are part 

of the general railroad system of 

transportation and primarily used by 

railroads to move freight traffic. The 

Secretary may retain up to one-half of 

one (1) percent of these funds for the 

oversight of the design and 

implementation of projects funded by 

grants under this Program. Funds 

provided under this grant program may 

constitute no more than 80 percent of 

the total cost of a selected project, with 

the remaining cost funded from other 

sources. The funding provided under 

these grants will be made available to 

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grantees on a reimbursement basis. FRA 

anticipates awarding grants to multiple 

eligible participants. FRA may choose to 

award a grant or grants within the 

available funds in any amount. Funding 

made available through grants provided 

under this program, together with 

funding from other sources that is 

committed by a grantee as part of a grant 

agreement, must be sufficient to 

complete the funded project and 

achieve the anticipated rehabilitation 

and repairs to Class II and Class IIII 

railroads. FRA will be publishing a 

second Notice of Funding Availability 

shortly and will begin accepting grant 

applications 10 days after publication of 

this second Notice of Funding 

Availability in the Federal Register. 

Please see this Notice for further 

information. 

Form Number(s): SF–424. 

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 

4,875 hours. 

Addressee: Send comments regarding 

this information collection to the Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

Seventeenth Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20503, Attention: FRA Desk Officer. 

Comments may also be sent via e-mail 

to OMB at the following address: 

oira_submissions@omb.eop.gov. 

Comments are invited on the 

following: 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. 

A comment to OMB is best assured of 

having its full effect if OMB receives it 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

16, 2009. 

Donna Alwine, 

Acting Director, Office of Financial 

Management, Federal Railroad 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–22940 Filed 9–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2009–0160] 

Public Hearing To Determine Whether 

Transportation Collaborative, Inc. (TCI) 

Has Met Notification and Remedy 

Requirements 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of public hearing. 

SUMMARY: NHTSA will hold a public 

hearing to gather information on 

whether Transportation Collaborative, 

Inc. of Warwick, New York, (‘‘TCI’’) has 

reasonably met its obligations under the 

National Traffic and Motor Vehicle 

Safety Act, as amended, to notify 

owners, purchasers, and dealers and/or 

remedy failures to comply with federal 

motor-vehicle safety standards (FMVSS) 

or defects related to motor vehicle safety 

in fifteen (15) recalls involving vehicles 

built by U.S. Bus, Inc. of Suffern, New 

York (‘‘U.S. Bus’’). The proceeding may 

result in the issuance of an order 

directing TCI to provide proper 

notification and/or an effective remedy 

in one or more of the recalls. 

DATES: The public hearing will be held 

beginning at 10 a.m. on Friday, October 

23, 2009 in Room 4 of the D.O.T. 

Conference Center, located at 1200 New 

Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

NHTSA recommends that all persons 

attending the hearing arrive at least 45 

minutes early in order to facilitate entry 

into the Conference Center. If you wish 

to attend or speak at the hearing, you 

must register in advance no later than 

Tuesday, October 20, 2009, by following 

the instructions in the PROCEDURAL 

MATTERS section of this notice. 

NHTSA will consider late registrants to 

the extent time and space allows, but 

NHTSA cannot ensure that late 

registrants will be able to attend or 

speak at the hearing. To ensure that 

NHTSA has an opportunity to consider 

comments, NHTSA must receive written 

comments by Tuesday, October 20, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

to the docket number identified in the 

heading of this document by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

M–30, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building, Ground 

Floor, Rm. W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., between 

9 am and 5 pm Eastern Time, Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

Regardless of how you submit your 

comments, you should mention the 

docket number of this document. 

You may call the Docket at 202–366– 

9324. 

Note that all comments received will 

be posted without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Zachary Dunlap, Office of Chief 

Counsel, National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590; 

(202) 366–5263. Information related to 

the recalls is available through NHTSA’s 

Web site: http://www.safercar.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to 49 U.S.C. 30118(e), 30120(e), and 49 

CFR 557.7, NHTSA’s Administrator has 

decided that it is necessary to schedule 

a public hearing to determine whether 

TCI reasonably met notification and 

remedy requirements for noncompliant 

and defective vehicles manufactured by 

U.S. Bus. TCI purchased U.S. Bus’ assets 

in an asset sale on or about November 

1, 2007. Prior to this sale, U.S. Bus filed 

at least fifteen (15) reports with NHTSA 

that vehicles it manufactured failed to 

comply with applicable FMVSS or 

contained safety defects. Since the date 

of the asset sale, neither U.S. Bus nor 

TCI have taken any actions to remedy 

the defects and noncompliances. 

According to current and former U.S. 

Bus officials, U.S. Bus ceased operations 

on or about October 31, 2007 and no 

longer manufactures buses. TCI and U.S. 

Bus have continuity of ownership, 

management, personnel, assets, and 

general business operations. Based on 

available information, the shareholders 

of both U.S. Bus and TCI—Debra Bess 

Deutsch-Corr, Steven Marksohn, Jerome 

B. Marksohn, Bart Marksohn, and 

Helena Marksohn—are the same. 

A. Requirements Applicable to 

Recalls: 

If a manufacturer of a motor vehicle 

learns that a vehicle contains a defect 

and determines that the defect relates to 

motor-vehicle safety, or determines that 

the vehicle does not comply with an 

applicable motor vehicle safety 

standard, the manufacturer shall notify 

the Secretary of Transportation and the 

owners, purchasers, and dealers of the 

vehicle. 49 U.S.C. 30118(c). Notification 

shall be given within a reasonable time 

after the manufacturer first decides that 

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