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Requirements for existing passenger 

cars. Specifically, DRDM has petitioned 

for one lightweight passenger car built 

in 1949 for Canadian National Railway 

(now Coach RPCX 422). DRDM operates 

this car on its Polar Express, which is 

a roundtrip of 40 miles on track owned 

by Genesee & Wyoming Railroad. This 

car was purchased by DRDM in 2008 

from the Locomotive and Tower 

Preservation Fund, LTD. There have 

been no accidents and/or incidents 

attributed directly or indirectly to 

window glazing failures in this 

equipment while under current 

ownership. There has been one act of 

vandalism (with one cracked window; 

no resultant injuries) that occurred in 

the fall of 2009. The maximum 

authorized speed for this train is 45 

mph, mostly rural in nature. The car 

operates in excursion service during two 

weekends in December, with two 

roundtrips on Fridays and four on 

Saturdays and Sundays (20 Polar 

Express trips; annual mileage is 

approximately 800). 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in these proceedings by 

submitting written views, data, or 

comments. FRA does not anticipate 

scheduling a public hearing in 

connection with these proceedings since 

the facts do not appear to warrant a 

hearing. If any interested party desires 

an opportunity for oral comment, they 

should notify FRA, in writing, before 

the end of the comment period and 

specify the basis for their request. 

All communications concerning these 

proceedings should identify the 

appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver 

Petition Docket Number FRA–2010– 

0179) and may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

• Web site: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Operations Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Communications received within 45 

days of the date of this notice will be 

considered by FRA before final action is 

taken. Comments received after that 

date will be considered as far as 

practicable. All written communications 

concerning these proceedings are 

available for examination during regular 

business hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at the 

above facility. All documents in the 

public docket are also available for 

inspection and copying on the Internet 

at the docket facility’s Web site at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of any written 

communications and comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

document (or signing the document, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review the U.S. Department of 

Transportation’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Page 19477–78) or at 

http://www.dot.gov/privacy.html. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 11, 

2011. 

Robert C. Lauby, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Regulatory and Legislative Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20789 Filed 8–15–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Major Capital Investment Projects; 

Guidance on News Starts/Small Starts 

Policies and Procedures 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice is intended to 

inform the public that no significant 

changes are proposed to the existing 

guidance on the New Starts and Small 

Starts programs. FTA is required by 

statute to publish policy guidance every 

two years on the New Starts and Small 

Starts programs. This notice serves to 

notify the public that FTA intends to 

continue use of existing guidance at this 

time. 

DATES: Effective Date: This notification 

is effective August 16, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions on the New or Small Starts 

program, contact Elizabeth Day, Office 

of Planning and Environment, telephone 

(202) 366–5159; for questions of a legal 

nature, contact Christopher Van Wyk, 

Office of Chief Counsel, (202) 366–1733. 

Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 

5 p.m., EST, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

10, 2005, President Bush signed the 

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users (SAFETEA–LU) (Pub. L. 110– 

244), which amends 49 U.S.C. 5309. 

Section 5309(d)(6) of Title 49, U.S. 

Code, requires the Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) to publish policy 

guidance on the New and Small Starts 

capital project review and evaluation 

process and criteria each time 

significant changes are made, but not 

less frequently than once every two 

years. 

FTA last published Guidance on New 

and Small Starts Policies and 

Procedures in September 2009. Thus, 

FTA is publishing today a notice that no 

significant changes are proposed to the 

New Starts and Small Starts review and 

evaluation process at this time. 

Information describing the current New 

and Small Starts review process can be 

found on FTA’s Web site at http:// 

www.fta.dot.gov/planning/planning_

environment_5221.html. 

This notification should not be 

confused with the Advanced Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) 

published by FTA in June 2010, which 

sought public comment on the New 

Starts and Small Starts project 

justification criteria. Information 

gathered from that ANPRM is being 

used to inform FTA’s broader effort to 

amend the regulations that govern the 

New Starts and Small Starts programs. 

Issued on: August 10, 2011. 

Peter Rogoff, 

Administrator, Federal Transit 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20851 Filed 8–15–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Designation of Two Entities Pursuant 

to Executive Order 13382 

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 

13382 of June 28, 2005, ‘‘Blocking 

Property of Weapons of Mass 

Destruction Proliferators and Their 

Supporters.’’ 

DATES: The designation by the Director 

of OFAC, pursuant to Executive Order 

13382, of the entities identified in this 

notice is effective on August 10, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Assistant Director, Compliance 

Outreach & Implementation, Office of 

Foreign Assets Control, Department of 


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