Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 159 / Friday, August 17, 2007 / Notices 46289 

to address any issues that may be raised 

in the report. 

Issued on: August 10, 2007. 

David H. Hugel, 

Deputy Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E7–16207 Filed 8–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2007–28934] 

Public Comment on Educational 

Messages To Improve Use of Child 

Restraint Systems 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Request for comments. 

SUMMARY: NHTSA is working with 

representatives of the child restraint and 

automobile manufacturers and child 

passenger safety advocacy groups to 

identify common awareness messages 

that could be used by manufacturers, 

advocates and others to inform parents 

or caregivers about the importance of 

correct use of the Lower Anchors and 

Tethers for Children (LATCH) system. 

This notice presents proposed messages 

and solicits public comment on their 

suitability. 

DATES: Written comments may be 

submitted to the agency and must be 

received no later than August 30, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey Michael, Ed.D., Director of the 

Office of Impaired Driving and 

Occupant Protection, 202–366–4299 

(jeff.michael@dot.gov), NHTSA, NTI–

110, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments must 

refer to the docket number of this Notice 

and be submitted by any of the 

following methods: 

• Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments on the DOT electronic docket 

site. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. DOT, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, 

SE., Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Hand Delivery: Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

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

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

You may call Docket Management at 

202–366–9324 and visit the Docket from 

10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday. 

Note that all comments received will 

be posted without change to http:// 

dms.dot.gov, including any personal 

information provided. Please see the 

Privacy Act discussion under the 

heading ‘‘How do I prepare and submit 

comments?’’ at the end of this notice. 

Please see also the discussion there of 

confidential business information. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The LATCH system was introduced in 

1999 as a means to standardize 

installation of child restraint devices in 

motor vehicles without the use of 

vehicle seat belt systems. In March 

1999, NHTSA issued a final rule 

establishing Federal Motor Vehicle 

Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 225, 

‘‘Child Restraint Anchorage Systems,’’

requiring motor vehicle manufacturers 

to install a specified LATCH attachment 

system for child restraints (64 CFR 

10786; March 5, 1999) in nearly all new 

passenger vehicles. In September 1999, 

the Agency amended FMVSS 213, Child 

Restraint Systems, in a complementary 

manner, requiring the provision of 

LATCH attachment points including 

upper tether attachments. A phase-in 

period was specified for both the 

vehicle and child restraint requirements 

with full implementation in specified 

applications by 2002. 

To assess progress with 

implementation and consumer use, 

NHTSA conducted a detailed survey of 

LATCH system use from April to 

October 2005. Findings from the survey 

were published in December 2006 

(‘‘Child Restraint Use Survey—LATCH 

Use and Misuse,’’ available at http:// 

dms.dot.gov under Document number 

NHTSA–2006–26735–2; also available 

online at http://www.nhtsa.gov). The 

survey examined whether drivers of 

LATCH-equipped vehicles used 

available LATCH attachments to secure 

their child restraints to the vehicle, and 

if so, whether they properly installed 

the restraints. The survey recorded the 

make/model and the type of restraint 

installed in each seating position, and 

details on both the vehicle and child 

restraint equipment available in that 

seating position. In addition, 

information was gathered about the 

drivers’ knowledge of the LATCH 

system, opinions on its ease of use, and 

reasons for its use or nonuse. 

Findings from the survey indicate that 

while the users of the LATCH system 

correctly install the child restraint 

system more frequently than those 

observed in previous surveys using nonLATCH restraints and vehicles, a 

number of misuse problems still exist. 

On February 8, 2007, NHTSA 

convened a public meeting to discuss 

findings from the NHTSA survey along 

with information on use of LATCH 

systems available from auto and child 

restraint manufacturers, child passenger 

safety advocacy organizations and 

others. A transcript of this meeting is 

available under Document number 

NHTSA–2007–26833–23 or by visiting 

NHTSA Docket Management in person 

at Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC from 10 

a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

or by Internet through the Docket 

Management System Web page of the 

Department of Transportation (http:// 

dms.dot.gov). 

As a result of this meeting, NHTSA is 

working with representatives of the 

child restraint and automobile 

manufacturers and child passenger 

safety advocacy groups to identify 

common awareness messages that could 

be used by manufacturers, advocates 

and others to inform parents or 

caregivers about the importance of 

correct use of the Lower Anchors and 

Tethers for Children (LATCH) system. 

Between March and July 2007 this 

working group of representatives met by 

conference call and in person to discuss 

awareness goals and to identify several 

message variations that were 

subsequently tested for effectiveness in 

focus groups of parents and caregivers. 

The messages were selected with the 

assumption that they would supplement 

rather than supplant existing and 

additional LATCH educational and 

instructional communications from 

individual manufacturers, government 

agencies and advocacy organizations. 

An advertising agency was enlisted by 

NHTSA to assist with development of 

appropriate messages. 

The message and graphic listed below 

were those identified by the working 

group that proved most effective in 

focus group testing. NHTSA is seeking 

public comment on the suitability of the 

message and graphic for use as a 

supplement to other LATCH education 

and instruction efforts in a variety of 

settings to include news periodicals 

(print and electronic), Web sites, 

posters, brochures, vehicle owner’s 

manuals, child restraint manufacturers’

instructions, child restraint packaging, 

in-store displays, and advertising (print 

and broadcast). 


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II. LATCH Awareness Message 

Please note that the Federal 

Register produces its manual in black 

and white and is void of color. 

The illustration above has the 

following color specifications. 

The Color Specs (Coated): 

Pantone 123 C 

Pantone Process Black C 

The Color Specs (Uncoated): 

Pantone 109 U 

Pantone Process Black U 

Public comments will be considered 

by the working group as they finalize 

identification of LATCH awareness 

message(s). 

III. Public Participation 

How do I prepare and submit 

comments? 

Your comments must be written and 

in English. To ensure that your 

comments are correctly filed in the 

Docket, please include the docket 

number of this document in your 

comments. 

Your primary comments must not be 

more than 15 pages long (49 CFR 

553.21). However, you may attach 

additional documents to your primary 

comments. There is no limit on the 

length of the attachments. 

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78) or you 

may visit http://dms.dot.gov. 

How can I be sure that my comments 

were received? 

If you wish Docket Management to 

notify you upon its receipt of your 

comments, enclose a self-addressed, 

stamped postcard in the envelope 

containing your comments. Upon 

receiving your comments, Docket 

Management will return the postcard by 

mail. 

How do I submit confidential business 

information? 

If you wish to submit any information 

under a claim of confidentiality, send 

three copies of your complete 

submission, including the information 

you claim to be confidential business 

information, to the Chief Counsel, 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration, Room W41–227, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590. Include a cover letter 

supplying the information specified in 

our confidential business information 

regulation (49 CFR part 512). 

In addition, send two copies from 

which you have deleted the claimed 

confidential business information to: 

Docket Management, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, or submit them 

electronically, in the manner described 

at the beginning of this notice. 

Will the agency consider late 

comments? 

We will consider all comments that 

Docket Management receives before the 

close of business on the comment 

closing date indicated above under 

DATES. To the extent possible, we will 

also consider comments that Docket 

Management receives after that date. 

Please note that even after the 

comment closing date, we will continue 

to file relevant information in the docket 

as it becomes available. Further, some 

people may submit late comments. 

Accordingly, we recommend that you 

periodically check the docket for new 

material. 

How can I read the comments submitted 

by other people? 

You may read the comments by 

visiting Docket Management in person 

at Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC from 10 

a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. 

You may also see the comments on 

the Internet by taking the following 

steps: 

• Go to the Docket Management 

System (DMS) Web page of the 

Department of Transportation (http:// 

dms.dot.gov). 

• On that page, click on ‘‘Simple 

Search.’’

• On the next page (http:// 

dms.dot.gov/search/ 

searchFormSimple.cfm/) type in the 

five-digit docket number shown at the 

beginning of this notice. Click on 

‘‘Search.’’

• On the next page, which contains 

docket summary information for the 

docket you selected, click on the desired 

comments. You may also download the 

comments. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30111, 30168; 

delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50 and 

501.8. 


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1A redacted draft version of the trackage rights 

agreement between CWRY and NSR was filed with 

the notice of exemption. The full draft version was 

concurrently filed under seal along with a motion 

for protective order, which will be addressed in a 

separate decision. As required by 49 CFR 

1180.6(a)(7)(ii), the parties must file a copy of the 

executed agreement within 10 days of the date the 

agreement is executed. 

2See Commonwealth Railway Incorporated—

Lease, Operation, and Acquisition Exemption—Rail 

Lines in Portsmouth, Chesapeake, and Suffolk, VA, 

Finance Docket No. 31528 (ICC served Sept. 8, 

1989). But in Commonwealth Railway 

Incorporated—Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption—Norfolk Southern Railway Company, 

STB Finance Docket No. 34954 (STB served Dec. 

21, 2006), CWRY was authorized to acquire and 

operate approximately 12.5 miles of rail line owned 

by NSR between milepost F–4.0 and milepost F–

16.5 near Portsmouth, VA, and CWRY agreed to 

grant NSR and CSX Transportation, Inc. trackage 

rights over a portion of the line between milepost 

F–16.5 and milepost F–9.9 to allow each connecting 

carrier equal access to CWRY and the rail line. 

According to NSR, the parties have not yet 

consummated the sale transaction, but contemplate 

that the trackage rights that are the subject of this 

notice will be effective regardless of whether CWRY 

is the lessee/operator or the owner/operator of the 

line. 

Dated: August 10, 2007. 

Nicole R. Nason, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 07–4022 Filed 8–15–07; 8:54 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 35067] 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company—

Trackage Rights Exemption—

Commonwealth Railway Incorporated 

Pursuant to a written trackage rights 

agreement, Commonwealth Railway 

Incorporated (CWRY) has agreed to 

grant non-exclusive overhead trackage 

rights to Norfolk Southern Railway 

Company (NSR) over CWRY’s rail line 

extending between milepost F–9.90 near 

Churchland, VA, and milepost F–16.50 

near Suffolk, VA, a distance of 

approximately 6.60 miles.1

CWRY indicates that the transaction 

is scheduled to be consummated on the 

later of September 3, 2007, or the 

effective date of the exemption. Because 

this notice was filed on August 6, 2007, 

the earliest the transaction could be 

consummated is September 5, 2007 (30 

days after the exemption was filed). 

The purpose of the trackage rights is 

to allow the parties to achieve operating 

economies and provide improved 

service on the line through NSR’s 

operation of its trains, locomotives, cars 

and equipment with its own crews, in 

its own account, to access CWRY’s 

Marshalling Yard and related main line 

trackage for the purpose of interchange 

of railcars between NSR and CWRY. 

NSR will not perform any local freight 

service on the line. CWRY currently 

leases the line from NSR.2

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employees affected by the trackage 

rights will be protected by the 

conditions imposed in Norfolk and 

Western Ry. Co.—Trackage Rights—BN, 

354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in 

Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.—Lease and 

Operate, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980). 

This notice is filed under 49 CFR 

1180.2(d)(7). If the notice contains false 

or misleading information, the 

exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to 

revoke the exemption under 49 U.S.C. 

10502(d) may be filed at any time. The 

filing of a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the effectiveness of 

the exemption. Stay petitions must be 

filed by August 29, 2007 (at least 7 days 

before the exemption becomes 

effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 35067, must be filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each 

pleading must be served on James R. 

Paschall, Senior General Attorney, 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company, 

Three Commercial Place, Norfolk, VA 

23510. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: August 10, 2007. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–16211 Filed 8–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Open Meeting of the Area 5 Committee 

of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel 

(Including the States of Iowa, Kansas, 

Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, 

Oklahoma, and Texas) 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: An open meeting of the Area 

5 Committee of the Taxpayer Advocacy 

Panel will be conducted. The Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel is soliciting public 

comment, ideas, and suggestions on 

improving customer service at the 

Internal Revenue Service. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Tuesday, September 11, 2007, at 9:30 

a.m. Central Time. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Ann Delzer at 1–888–912–1227, or 

(414) 231–2360. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given pursuant to section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) 

that a meeting of the Area 5 Taxpayer 

Advocacy Panel will be held Tuesday, 

September 11, 2007, at 9:30 a.m. Central 

Time via a telephone conference call. 

You can submit written comments to 

the Panel by faxing to (414) 231–2363, 

or by mail to Taxpayer Advocacy Panel, 

Stop1006MIL, 211 West Wisconsin 

Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53203–2221, or 

you can contact us at http:// 

www.improveirs.org. Please contact 

Mary Ann Delzer at 1–888–912–1227 or 

(414) 231–2360 for additional dial-in 

information. 

The agenda will include the 

following: Various IRS issues. 

Dated: August 13, 2007. 

John Fay, 

Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. 

[FR Doc. E7–16179 Filed 8–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 


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