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Cooperation intended to meet regularly. 

The mandate of the Working Group is to 

advance environmental protection in 

Morocco by developing cooperative 

environmental activities that take into 

account environmental priorities and 

that are agreed to by the two 

Governments. The Working Group will 

develop a Plan of Action towards 

meeting this goal. 

The 2005–2007 Plan of Action 

focused on a set of mutually identified 

goals in line with the main themes of 

cooperation noted above. These goals 

were: (1) Strengthening the capacity to 

develop, implement and enforce 

environmental laws and regulations, (2) 

encouraging the development of 

incentives and voluntary mechanisms to 

contribute to the achievement and 

maintenance of high levels of 

environmental protection, (3) promoting 

opportunities for public participation in 

environmental protection efforts and 

improving public access to information 

and access to justice on environmental 

issues, (4) protecting coastal 

environmental zones and estuaries and 

preventing the over-exploitation of 

fisheries resources, (5) safeguarding 

important natural resources, such as 

water, and protected areas in Morocco, 

and (6) promoting the growth of the 

environmental-technology business 

sector. Some indicative actions 

undertaken in these areas have included 

workshops on environmental impact 

assessment and the use of economic 

incentives for environmental decision 

making. Ongoing work includes: 

Assistance to Morocco on enhanced 

compliance with the Convention on 

International Trade in Endangered 

Species of Wild Flora and Fauna 

(CITES) through legislation; technical 

assistance for a plan to enforce 

environmental rules in the textile sector; 

and development of a plan to manage 

waste from olive oil factories. The 

United States Agency for International 

Development, the Department of the 

Interior, the Department of Commerce, 

the Environmental Protection Agency, 

the Department of Agriculture and the 

Trade and Development Agency and 

others have been involved in 

implementing these activities. The 

2009–2011 Plan of Action seeks to build 

upon the progress made in the previous 

Plan of Action. 

The Plan of Action to be developed 

envisions cooperative activities in four 

main priority areas: Institutional and 

policy strengthening; biodiversity 

conservation and improved 

management of protected areas; 

improved private sector environmental 

performance; and environmental 

education, transparency, and public 

participation in environmental decisionmaking and enforcement. 

Please refer to the State Department 

Web site at http://www.state.gov/g/oes/ 

env/trade/. 

Dated: October 13, 2009. 

Lawrence J. Gumbiner, 

Director, Office of Environmental Policy, U.S. 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E9–25081 Filed 10–16–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2009–0256] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Revision of a Currently 

Approved Information Collection 

Request: Financial Responsibility for 

Motor Carriers of Passengers and 

Motor Carriers of Property 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

FMCSA announces its plan to submit 

the Information Collection Request (ICR) 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for its 

review and approval and invites public 

comment. The information collected 

will be used to help ensure that motor 

carriers of passengers and property 

maintain appropriate levels of financial 

responsibility to operate on public 

highways. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before December 18, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

bearing the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) Docket Number 

FMCSA–2009–0256 using any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

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

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington 

DC 20590–0001 between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Each submission must include the 

Agency name and the docket number for 

this Notice. Note that DOT posts all 

comments received without change to 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information included in a 

comment. Please see the Privacy Act 

heading below. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov at any time or 

Room W12–140 on the ground level of 

the West Building, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. The FDMS is available 24 

hours each day, 365 days each year. If 

you want acknowledgement that we 

received your comments, please include 

a self-addressed, stamped envelope or 

post card or print the acknowledgement 

page that appears after submitting them 

on-line. 

Privacy Act: Anyone may search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or of the person signing the 

comment, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

You may review the DOT’s complete 

Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 

Register on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19476). This information is also 

available at http://docketsinfo.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Dorothea Grymes, Commercial 

Enforcement Division, Federal Motor 

Carrier Safety Administration, West 

Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

Telephone: 202–385–2405; e-mail: 

dorothea.grymes@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The Secretary of 

Transportation is responsible for 

implementing regulations which 

establish minimal levels of financial 

responsibility for: (1) For-hire motor 

carriers of property to cover public 

liability, property damage and 

environment restoration, and (2) for-hire 

motor carriers of passengers to cover 

public liability and property damage. 

The Endorsement for Motor Carrier 

Policies of Insurance for Public Liability 

(Forms MCS–90/90B) and the Motor 

Carrier Public Liability Surety Bond 

(Forms MCS–82/82B) contain the 

minimum amount of information 

necessary to document that a motor 

carrier of property or passengers has 

obtained, and has in effect, the 

minimum levels of financial 

responsibility as set forth in applicable 

regulations (motor carriers of property— 


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49 CFR 387.9; and motor carrier of 

passengers—49 CFR 387.33). FMCSA 

and the public can verify that a motor 

carrier of property or passengers has 

obtained, and has in effect, the required 

minimum levels of financial 

responsibility, by use of the information 

enclosed within these documents. 

Title: Financial Responsibility for 

Motor Carrier of Passengers and Motor 

Carriers of Property. 

OMB Control Number: 2126–0008. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently-approved information 

collection. 

Respondents: Insurance and surety 

companies of motor carriers of property 

(Forms MCS–90 and MCS–82) and 

motor carriers of passengers (Forms 

MCS–90B and MCS–82B). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

175,338. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

FMCSA estimates it takes two minutes 

to complete the Endorsement for Motor 

Carrier Policies of Insurances for Public 

Liability or three minutes for the Motor 

Carrier Public Liability Surety Bond; 

and one minute to place either 

document on board the vehicle (foreigndomiciled motor carriers only) [49 CFR 

387(f)]. These endorsements are 

maintained at the motor carrier’s 

principal place of business [49 CFR 

387.7(iii)(d)]. 

Expiration Date: March 31, 2010. 

Frequency of Response: Upon 

creation, change or replacement of an 

insurance policy or surety bond. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 4, 

056 burden hours [182 hours for 

Passenger Carriers + 3,401 hours for 

Property Carriers + 33 hours for 

Property Carrier Surety Bonds) + 440 

hours for placing financial 

responsibility documents in Canadadomiciled and Mexico- and Non-North 

America (NNA)-domiciled carriers]. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the performance of 

FMCSA’s functions; (2) the accuracy of 

the estimated burden; (3) ways for the 

FMCSA to enhance the quality, 

usefulness, and clarity of the collected 

information; and (4) ways that the 

burden could be minimized without 

reducing the quality of the collected 

information. The agency will summarize 

or include your comments in the request 

for OMB’s clearance of this information 

collection. 

Issued on: October 9, 2009. 

David Anewalt, 

Acting Associate Administrator, for Research 

and Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. E9–25071 Filed 10–16–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Federal Fiscal Year 2010 Annual List of 

Certifications and Assurances for 

Federal Transit Administration Grants 

and Cooperative Agreements 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5323(n), 

FTA is authorized to consolidate the 

certifications and assurances required 

by Federal law or regulations for its 

programs into a single document. FTA 

is also required by 49 U.S.C. 5323(n) to 

publish a list of those certifications and 

assurances annually. 

Appendix A of this Notice contains 

the comprehensive compilation of 

FTA’s Certifications and Assurances for 

Federal Fiscal Year (Federal FY) 2010 

applicable to the various Federal 

assistance programs that FTA will 

administer during that Federal FY. 

FTA’s Certifications and Assurances for 

Federal FY 2010 reflect Federal 

statutory, regulatory, and programmatic 

changes that have now become effective. 

DATES: Effective Date: These FTA 

Certifications and Assurances are 

effective on October 1, 2009, the first 

day of Federal FY 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FTA 

staff in the appropriate FTA Regional 

Office or FTA Metropolitan Office listed 

below. For copies of other related 

documents, see the FTA Web site at 

http://www.fta.dot.gov or contact FTA’s 

Office of Administration at 202–366– 

4022. 

Region 1: Boston 

States served: Connecticut (bus only), 

Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, 

Rhode Island, and Vermont. Telephone 

# 617–494–2055. 

Region 2: New York 

States served: Connecticut (rail only), 

New York, and New Jersey. Telephone 

# 212–668–2170. 

Region 3: Philadelphia 

States served: Delaware, Maryland, 

Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West 

Virginia. Telephone # 215–656–7100. 

Region 4: Atlanta 

States served: Alabama, Florida, 

Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North 

Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, 

Territories served: Puerto Rico and the 

U.S. Virgin Islands. Telephone # 404– 

865–5600. 

Region 5: Chicago 

States served: Illinois, Indiana, 

Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and 

Wisconsin. Telephone # 312–353–2789. 

Region 6: Dallas/Ft. Worth 

States served: Arkansas, Louisiana, 

New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. 

Telephone # 817–978–0550. 

Region 7: Kansas City 

States served: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, 

and Nebraska. Telephone # 816–329– 

3920. 

Region 8: Denver 

States served: Colorado, Montana, 

North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and 

Wyoming. Telephone # 720–963–3300. 

Region 9: San Francisco 

States served: Arizona, California, 

Hawaii, Nevada, Territories served: 

Guam, American Samoa, and the 

Northern Mariana Islands. Telephone # 

415–744–3133. 

Region 10: Seattle 

States served: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, 

and Washington. Telephone # 206–220– 

7954. 

Chicago Metropolitan Office 

Area served: Chicago Metropolitan 

Area. Telephone # 312–886–1616. 

Los Angeles Metropolitan Office 

Area served: Los Angeles 

Metropolitan Area. Telephone # 213– 

202–3950. 

Lower Manhattan Recovery Office 

Area served: Lower Manhattan. 

Telephone # 212–668–1770. 

New York Metropolitan Office 

Area served: New York Metropolitan 

Area. Telephone # 212–668–2201. 

Philadelphia Metropolitan Office 

Area served: Philadelphia 

Metropolitan Area. Telephone # 215– 

656–7070. 

Washington DC Metropolitan Office 

Area served: Washington DC 

Metropolitan Area. Telephone # 202– 

219–3562/219–3565. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Purposes 

The purposes of this Notice are to: 


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