Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 4 / Monday, January 8, 2007 / Notices 843 

Based on information provided by the 

AAR, it appears that the ECXX cars are 

owned and operated by ECDC 

Environmental located in Salt Lake City, 

Utah, and the DTTX car is owned by 

Trailer Train Company in Chicago, 

Illinois. 

At this time, FRA is not aware of any 

derailments attributed to the center sill 

failures on any of these cars. However, 

due to the severity and nature of the 

cracking and breaks in the center sills of 

these flat cars, and the high density 

traffic corridors in which the cars 

operate, FRA feels compelled to advise 

car owners and operating railroads of 

the potential for catastrophic failures 

and/or derailments involving these cars. 

FRA mechanical field inspectors will be 

conducting periodic nationwide 

inspections of this equipment to 

ascertain the magnitude of the car 

population and to gather further 

information regarding any failures. At 

this time, it appears that many of the 

above noted cars may have been 

overloaded or compacted, which may 

have contributed to center sill cracking 

and failure. Additional supplements to 

this Safety Advisory may follow as 

cause of the cracking and remedial 

measures are identified. 

Recommended Action 

In recognition of the need to ensure 

safety, FRA recommends that railroads 

and car owners carefully inspect the 

center sills of all flat cars used to carry 

containers of MSW. FRA further 

recommends that any such car found 

with a crack or cracks of any size in the 

center sill area be immediately bad 

ordered and sent to an appropriate shop 

for repairs consistent with quality shop 

repair. 

Failure of car owners and railroads to 

voluntarily take action consistent with 

the above recommendation may result 

in FRA pursuing other corrective 

measures to enforce public safety under 

its rail safety authority. FRA may 

modify Safety Advisory 2006–06, issue 

additional safety advisories, or take 

other appropriate action necessary to 

ensure the highest level of safety on the 

nation’s railroads. 

Issued in Washington, DC on January 3, 

2007. 

Jo Strang, 

Associate Administrator for Safety. 

[FR Doc. E7–29 Filed 1–5–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Secretary 

List of Countries Requiring 

Cooperation With an International 

Boycott 

In order to comply with the mandate 

of section 999(a)93) of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986, the Department 

of the Treasury is publishing a current 

list of countries which require or may 

require participation in, or cooperation 

with, an international boycott (within 

the meaning of section 999(b)(3) of the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986). 

On the basis of the best information 

currently available to the Department of 

the Treasury, the following countries 

require or may require participation in, 

or cooperation with, an international 

boycott (within the meaning of section 

999(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986): Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Qatar, 

Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab 

Emirates, Yemen, Republic of. 

Iraq is not included in this list, but its 

status with respect to future lists 

remains under review by the 

Department of the Treasury. 

Dated: January 1, 2007. 

Harry J. Hicks III, 

International Tax Counsel (Tax Policy). 

[FR Doc. 07–10 Filed 1–5–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4180–25–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Form 8610 and Schedule 

A (Form 8610) 

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 Form 

8610, Annual Low-Income Housing 

Credit Agencies Report, and Schedule A 

(Form 8610), Carryover Allocation of 

Low-Income Housing Credit. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before March 9, 2007 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Glenn P. Kirkland, Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6516, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the forms and instructions 

should be directed to Carolyn N. Brown, 

at (202) 622–6688, or at Internal 

Revenue Service, room 6516, 1111 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20224, or through the internet, at 

Carolyn N. Brown@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Form 8610, Annual Low-Income 

Housing Credit Agencies Report, and 

Schedule A (Form 8610), Carryover 

Allocation of Low-Income Housing 

Credit. 

OMB Number: 1545–0990. 

Form Number: Form 8610 and 

Schedule A (Form 8610). 

Abstract: State housing credit 

agencies (Agencies) are required by 

Code section 42(l)(3) to report annually 

the amount of low-income housing 

credits that they allocated to qualified 

buildings during the year. Agencies 

report the amount allocated to the 

building owners and to the IRS in Part 

I of Form 8609. Carryover allocations 

are reported to the Agencies in 

carryover allocation documents. The 

Agencies report the carryover 

allocations to the IRS on Schedule A 

(Form 8610). Form 8610 is a transmittal 

and reconciliation document for Forms 

8609, Schedule A (Form 8610), binding 

agreements, and election statements. 

Current Actions: There were 3 line 

items deleted on Form 8610 at this time. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: State, local or tribal 

governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

53. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 105 

hours, 38 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 5,599. 

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 


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