Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 224 / Tuesday, November 21, 2006 / Notices 67425 

Passenger Cars: installation of a tire 

information placard. 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on the petition 

described above. Comments should refer 

to the docket number and be submitted 

to: Docket Management, Room PL–401, 

400 Seventh St., SW., Washington, DC 

20590. [Docket hours are from 9 a.m. to 

5 p.m.]. It is requested but not required 

that 10 copies be submitted. 

All comments received before the 

close of business on the closing date 

indicated above will be considered, and 

will be available for examination in the 

docket at the above address both before 

and after that date. To the extent 

possible, comments filed after the 

closing date will also be considered. 

Notice of final action on the petition 

will be published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to the authority 

indicated below. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(B) and 

(b)(1); 49 CFR 593.8; delegations of authority 

at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.8. 

Issued on: November 16, 2006. 

Claude H. Harris, 

Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance. 

[FR Doc. E6–19685 Filed 11–20–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

International Standards on the 

Transport of Dangerous Goods; Public 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice is to advise 

interested persons that PHMSA will 

conduct a public meeting in preparation 

for the 30th session of the United 

Nation’s Sub-Committee of Experts on 

the Transport of Dangerous Goods 

(UNSCOE) to be held 4–12 (a.m.) 

December 2006 in Geneva, Switzerland. 

DATES: Wednesday, November 29, 2006; 

9:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

DOT Headquarters, Nassif Building, 

Room 8418, 400 Seventh Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20590. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Duane Pfund, Director, Office of 

International Standards, Office of 

Hazardous Materials Safety, Department 

of Transportation, Washington, DC 

20590; (202) 366–0656. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

primary purpose of this meeting will be 

to prepare for the 30th session of the 

UNSCOE and to discuss draft U.S. 

positions on UNSCOE proposals. The 

30th session of the UNSCOE is the final 

meeting in the current biennium cycle. 

The UNSCOE will consider proposals 

for the 15th Revised Edition of the 

United Nations Recommendations on 

the Transport of Dangerous Goods 

Model Regulations which will come 

into force in the international 

regulations from January 1, 2009. Topics 

to be covered during the public meeting 

include: 

Transport of dangerous goods in 

excepted quantities, testing of 

intermediate bulk containers, transport 

of infectious substances, transport of 

chlorosilanes, provisions for fireworks, 

portable tank instructions for toxic by 

inhalation liquids, transport of 

compressed gases, requirements for fuel 

cell cartridges, harmonization with the 

IAEA Regulations for the safe transport 

of radioactive materials, guiding 

principles for the development of the 

Model Regulations, and various 

miscellaneous proposals related to 

listing, classifications, and hazard 

communication. In addition, we are 

soliciting comments on possible work 

items for inclusion in the UNSCOE’s 

program of work for the upcoming 

2007–2008 biennium. 

Immediately following the portion of 

the public meeting designated for 

discussion on the 30th session of the 

UNSCOE, PHMSA will hold a 

discussion relative to the safe transport 

of lithium batteries. This discussion will 

feature an update from the Consumer 

Product Safety Commission on the 

status of lithium battery recalls, 

discussion of UN proposals relative to 

lithium batteries, industry best practice 

experience, and a structured discussion 

on developing a collaborative roadmap 

addressing regulatory, best practice and 

outreach initiatives to enhance lithium 

battery transport safety. 

The public is invited to attend 

without prior notification. Due to the 

heightened security measures 

participants are encouraged to arrive 

early to allow time for security checks 

necessary to obtain access to the 

building. In lieu of conducting a public 

meeting after the 30th session of the 

UNSCOE to present the results of the 

session, PHMSA will place a copy of the 

Sub-Committee’s report and an updated 

copy of the pre-meeting summary 

document on PHMSA’s Hazardous 

Materials Safety Homepage at http:// 

hazmat.dot.gov/regs/intl/ 

intstandards.htm. 

Documents 

Copies of documents for the UNSCOE 

meeting and the meeting agenda may be 

obtained by downloading them from the 

United Nations Transport Division’s 

Web site at: http://www.unece.org/trans/ 

main/dgdb/dgsubc/c32006.html. This 

site may also be accessed through 

PHMSA’s Hazardous Materials Safety 

Homepage at http://hazmat.dot.gov/ 

regs/intl/intstandards.htm. PHMSA’s 

site provides additional information 

regarding the UNSCOE and related 

matters such as a summary of decisions 

taken at previous sessions of the 

UNSCOE. 

Robert A. McGuire, 

Associate Administrator for Hazardous 

Materials Safety. 

[FR Doc. 06–9324 Filed 11–21–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–6 (Sub–No. 447X)] 

BNSF Railway Company—

Abandonment Exemption—in Kane 

County, IL 

BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) has 

filed a notice of exemption under 49 

CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt 

Abandonments to abandon a 0.04-mile 

line of railroad that extends between 

milepost 3.53 and milepost 3.57, at Nifa, 

in Kane County, IL, The line traverses 

United States Postal Service Zip Code 

60542. 

BNSF has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the line for at 

least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead 

traffic on the line to be rerouted; (3) no 

formal complaint filed by a user of rail 

service on the line (or by a state or local 

government entity acting on behalf of 

such user) regarding cessation of service 

over the line either is pending with the 

Surface Transportation Board or with 

any U.S. District Court or has been 

decided in favor of complainant within 

the 2-year period; and (4) the 

requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7 

(environmental reports), 49 CFR 1105.8 

(historic reports), 49 CFR 1105.11 

(transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12 

(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 

1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental 

agencies) have been met. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

abandonment shall be protected under 

Oregon Short Line R. Co.—

Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91 

(1979). To address whether this 

condition adequately protects affected 


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