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in order to minimize their potential for 

distraction. 

The proposed NHTSA Guidelines 

were published in the Federal Register 

on February 24, 2012 (77 FR 11200) and 

are available on the Web pages listed 

above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT and also in the rulemaking 

docket. The notice is also available at 

http://www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/

rulemaking/pdf/Distraction_NPFG02162012.pdf. 

Background information concerning 

proposal in particular and the problem 

of distracted driving in general is 

available at http://www.nhtsa.gov/

About+NHTSA/Press+Releases/2012/ 

U.S.+Department+of+Transportation+

Proposes+‘Distraction’+Guidelines+for+

Automakers and at http://

www.distraction.gov/. 

Public Hearing Procedures. For 

planning purposes, each speaker should 

anticipate speaking for approximately 

ten minutes, although we may need to 

shorten that time if there is a large 

number of people wishing to make 

presentations. Once we learn how many 

people have registered to speak at each 

public hearing, we will allocate an 

appropriate amount of time to each 

participant, allowing time for necessary 

breaks. In addition, we will reserve a 

block of time for anyone else in the 

audience who wishes to give an oral 

presentation. 

We request that you bring three copies 

of your statement or other material to 

the hearing for the NHTSA panel. To 

accommodate as many speakers as 

possible, we prefer that speakers not use 

technological aids (e.g., audio-visuals, 

computer slideshows). However, if you 

wish to do so, you must notify the 

contact person in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section above. 

You must also make arrangements to 

provide your presentation or any other 

aids to NHTSA in advance of the 

hearing in order to facilitate set-up. 

NHTSA will conduct the hearings 

informally. Thus, technical rules of 

evidence will not apply. We will 

arrange for a written transcript of each 

hearing. Presenters wishing to provide 

supplementary information should 

submit it to the address given above for 

written comments by the April 24th 

deadline for those comments. Panel 

members may ask clarifying questions 

during the oral presentations, but will 

not respond to the presentations at that 

time. You may make arrangements for 

copies of the transcripts directly with 

the court reporter. Written statements 

and supporting information submitted 

during the comment period will be 

considered with the same weight as oral 

comments and supporting information 

presented at the public hearings. 

Issued on February 27, 2012. 

David L. Strickland, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5098 Filed 2–28–12; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[NHTSA Docket No. NHTSA–2012–0027] 

Appointment/Reappointment to the 

National Emergency Medical Services 

Advisory Council (NEMSAC) 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of Request for Applicants 

for Appointment/Reappointment to the 

National Emergency Medical Services 

Advisory Council (NEMSAC). 

SUMMARY: NHTSA is soliciting 

applications for appointment or 

reappointment to DOT’s NEMSAC. The 

purpose of NEMSAC is to serve as a 

nationally recognized council of 

emergency medical services (EMS) 

representatives and consumers to 

provide advice and recommendations 

regarding EMS to DOT and its modal 

administration, NHTSA, and through 

NHTSA to the Federal Interagency 

Committee on EMS (FICEMS). 

DATES: Applications for membership 

(including resume or curriculum vitae 

(CV), letters of recommendation, and a 

statement identifying the EMS sector or 

discipline that the applicant seeks to 

represent) should reach NHTSA at the 

address below on or before 5 p.m. EST, 

on Friday, March 30, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: If you wish to apply for 

membership, your application should be 

submitted by: 

• Email: NEMSAC@dot.gov. 

• Fax: (202) 366–7149. 

• Mail: Use only overnight mail such 

as UPS or FedEx to: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration, Office of 

Emergency Medical Services, Attn: 

NEMSAC, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

NTI–140, Washington, DC 20590. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Designated Federal Officer, Drew 

Dawson, Director, Office of Emergency 

Medical Services, telephone (202) 366– 

9966; email drew.dawson@dot.gov, or 

Noah Smith at (202) 366–5030 or via 

email at noah.smith@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NEMSAC 

is an advisory council established by 

DOT in accordance with the provisions 

of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), Public Law 92–463, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.) and DOT 

Order 1120.3B. NEMSAC provides 

information, advice, and 

recommendations to the Secretary via 

the Administrator of NHTSA, and 

through NHTSA to FICEMS on matters 

relating to all aspects of development 

and implementation of EMS. 

In accordance with the NEMSAC 

Charter, a copy of which is available at 

www.EMS.gov/nemsac, members should 

represent a cross-section of the diverse 

agencies, organizations, and individuals 

involved in EMS activities and 

programs in the U.S. NEMSAC consists 

of not more than 26 members, each of 

whom shall be appointed by the 

Secretary. Members serve in a 

‘‘representatives’’ capacity on NEMSAC 

and not as Special Government 

Employees. Pursuant to the charter, 24 

of these members must represent the 

perspectives of particular sectors of the 

EMS community. Members will be 

selected for their individual expertise 

and to reflect a balanced representation 

of interests from across the EMS 

community, but no member will 

represent a specific organization. 

To the extent practical, the final 

council membership shall assure 

representation from the following 

sectors of the EMS community: 

• Volunteer EMS 

• Fire-based (career) EMS 

• Private (career non-fire) EMS 

• Hospital-based EMS 

• Tribal EMS 

• Air Medical EMS 

• Local EMS service directors/ 

administrators 

• EMS Medical Directors 

• Emergency Physicians 

• Trauma Surgeons 

• Pediatric Emergency Physicians 

• State EMS Directors 

• State Highway Safety Directors 

• EMS Educators 

• Public Safety Call-taker/Dispatcher 

(911) 

• EMS Data Managers 

• EMS Researchers 

• Emergency Nurses 

• Hospital Administration 

• Public Health 

• Emergency Management 

• State Homeland Security Director 

• Consumers (not directly affiliated 

with an EMS or healthcare 

organization) 

• State or local legislative bodies (e.g. 

city/county councils; state 

legislatures) 

Qualified individuals interested in 

serving on the NEMSAC are invited to 


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1EMR recognizes that the Board’s jurisdiction 

only covers the acquisition of the line to the U.S.- 

Canada border. 

2These trackage rights would enable EMR access 

over the line owned by the State of Maine and 

extend from milepost 109 near Millinocket, Me., to 

milepost 260 near Madawaska, Me. MMA 

previously obtained these trackage rights in 

Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, Ltd.— 

Trackage Rights Exemption—Maine Northern 

Railway Company, FD 35505 (STB served May 27, 

2011). 

3See Me. N. Ry.—Trackage Rights Exemption— 

Montreal, Me. & Atl. Ry., FD 35518 (STB served 

June 3, 2011). 

4See Canadian Natl. Ry.—Trackage Rights 

Exemption—Bangor and Aroostook R.R. and Van 

Buren Bridge Co., FD 34014 (STB served Mar. 21, 

2001). 

5See Waterloo Ry.—Acquis. Exemption—Bangor 

and Aroostook R.R. and Van Buren Bridge Co., FD 

34015 (STB served Mar. 21, 2001). 

1See Montreal, Me. & Atl. Ry.—Discon. of Service 

and Aban.—In Aroostook and Penobscot Cntys., 

Me., AB 1043 (Sub-No. 1) (STB served Dec. 27, 

2010). 

2See Montreal, Me. & Atl. Ry.—Modified Rail 

Certificate—In Aroostook and Penobscot Cntys., 

Me., FD 35463 (STB served Jan. 26, 2011). 

apply for appointment by submitting a 

resume or CV along with letters of 

recommendation to NHTSA at the 

addresses listed above by March 30, 

2012. Each applicant must identify the 

EMS sector or discipline that he or she 

seeks to represent. Current NEMSAC 

members whose terms are ending 

should notify the Designated Federal 

Officer of their interest in 

reappointment in lieu of submitting a 

new application, and should provide an 

updated resume or CV and a restatement 

of the current sector they represent by 

March 30, 2012. 

The NEMSAC meets in plenary 

session approximately once per quarter. 

Members serve without compensation 

from the Federal Government; however, 

pursuant to the terms of the Charter, 

they receive travel reimbursement and 

per diem in accordance with applicable 

Federal Travel Regulations. 

Issued on: February 28, 2012. 

Jeffrey P. Michael, 

Associate Administrator for Research and 

Program Development. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5088 Filed 3–1–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35588] 

Eastern Maine Railway Company— 

Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption—Montreal, Maine & Atlantic 

Railway, Ltd. 

Eastern Maine Railway Company 

(EMR), a Class III rail carrier, has filed 

a verified notice of exemption under 49 

CFR 1150.41 to acquire from Montreal, 

Maine & Atlantic Railway, Ltd. (MMA), 

and to operate approximately 28.75 

miles of rail line between the rail line 

owned by the State of Maine near 

Madawaska, Me. to the Canadian 

National Railway (CN) rail line near St. 

Leonard, N.B. at milepost 194.1 of CN’s 

Nappadoggin Subdivision. Specifically, 

the 28.75 miles of rail line consist of: (1) 

MMA’s Madawaska Subdivision 

extending from milepost 260 to milepost 

264.13; (2) MMA’s Van Buren 

Subdivision extending from milepost 

0.0 to milepost 23.69; and (3) an 

additional 0.93 miles of rail line, 

including the Van Buren Bridge, for 

connection to the CN rail line near St. 

Leonard, N.B.1

This transaction is related to a 

concurrently filed verified notice of 

exemption in Docket No. FD 35598, 

Eastern Maine Railway Company— 

Assignment of Trackage Rights 

Exemption—Montreal, Maine & Atlantic 

Railway, Ltd. and Maine Northern 

Railway Company, wherein EMR seeks 

to acquire overhead trackage rights by 

assignment from MMA.2

The Maine Northern Railway 

Company (MNRC) currently has 

overhead trackage rights over the 28.75 

miles of rail line owned by MMA. EMR 

is acquiring the line subject to these 

trackage rights. Therefore, MNRC’s 

overhead trackage rights will remain 

unchanged by EMR’s acquisition of the 

MMA line.3 Also, CN currently has 

limited trackage rights over a portion of 

the line,4 and CN’s indirect subsidiary 

Waterloo Railway Company has a 

limited easement over a portion of the 

line.5 EMR is acquiring the line subject 

to these rights as well. 

The transaction is expected to be 

consummated on or about March 19, 

2012. 

EMR certifies that its projected annual 

revenues as a result of this transaction 

will not result in the creation of a Class 

II or Class I rail carrier. Because EMR’s 

projected annual revenues will exceed 

$5 million, EMR certified to the Board 

on January 17, 2012, that it had 

complied with the requirements of 49 

CFR 1150.32(e) by providing notice to 

employees and their labor unions on the 

affected 28.75 miles of rail line. Under 

49 CFR 1150.32(e), this exemption 

cannot become effective until 60 days 

after the date notice was provided, 

which would be March 17, 2012. 

If the verified 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. Petitions to stay must be 

filed no later than March 9, 2012 (at 

least 7 days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

35588, 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 Karyn A. Booth, Thompson 

Hine LLP, Suite 800, 1920 N Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20036. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: February 28, 2012. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5079 Filed 3–1–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35598] 

Eastern Maine Railway Company— 

Assignment of Trackage Rights 

Exemption—Montreal, Maine & Atlantic 

Railway, Ltd. and Maine Northern 

Railway Company 

Pursuant to a written agreement, 

Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, 

Ltd. (MMA) has agreed to assign its 

overhead trackage rights to the Eastern 

Maine Railway Company (EMR) over 

approximately 151 miles of rail line 

owned by the State of Maine (State) 

extending between milepost 109 near 

Millinocket, Me., and milepost 260 near 

Madawaska, Me. (the Line). 

This transaction is related to a 

concurrently filed verified notice of 

exemption in Docket No. FD 35588, 

Eastern Maine Railway Company— 

Acquisition and Operation Exemption— 

Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, 

Ltd., wherein EMR seeks to acquire from 

MMA and to operate 28.75 miles of rail 

line. 

MMA, the former owner of the Line, 

proposed to abandon it and several 

other lines in 2010.1 The State 

purchased the Line and the other 

trackage to ensure rail service continued 

in northern Maine.2 Pursuant to a lease 

and operating agreement between Maine 

Northern Railway Company (MNRC) 

and the State, MNRC was selected as the 


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