8750 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 32 / Wednesday, February 18, 2015 / Notices 

Dated: February 9, 2015. 

Evan Ryan, 

Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational 

and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of 

State. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03309 Filed 2–17–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 9039] 

Notice of Proposal To Extend the 

Memorandum of Understanding 

Between the Government of United 

States of America and the Government 

of the Republic of Italy Concerning the 

Imposition of Import Restrictions on 

Categories of Archaeological Material 

Representing the Pre-Classical, 

Classical, and Imperial Roman Periods 

of Italy 

The Government of the Republic of 

Italy has informed the Government of 

the United States of America of its 

interest in an extension of the 

Memorandum of Understanding 

Between the Government of United 

States of America and the Government 

of the Republic of Italy Concerning the 

Imposition of Import Restrictions on 

Categories of Archaeological Material 

Representing the Pre-Classical, 

Classical, and Imperial Roman Periods 

of Italy (‘‘MOU’’). 

Pursuant to the authority vested in the 

Assistant Secretary of State for 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, and 

pursuant to the requirement under 19 

U.S.C. 2602(f)(1), an extension of this 

MOU is hereby proposed. 

Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 2602(f)(2), the 

views and recommendations of the 

Cultural Property Advisory Committee 

regarding this proposal will be 

requested. 

A copy of the MOU, the Designated 

List of restricted categories of material, 

and related information can be found at 

the following Web site: http://

culturalheritage.state.gov. 

Dated: February 9, 2015. 

Evan Ryan, 

Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational 

and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of 

State. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03311 Filed 2–17–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2015–0024] 

Parts and Accessories Necessary for 

Safe Operation; Application for an 

Exemption From Virginia Tech 

Transportation Institute (VTTI) 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of application for 

exemption; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration (FMCSA) 

requests public comment on an 

application for exemption from VTTI to 

allow the placement of camera-based 

data acquisition systems (DAS) at the 

bottom of windshields on commercial 

motor vehicles (CMVs). The Federal 

Motor Carrier Safety Regulations 

(FMCSRs) currently require antennas, 

transponders, and similar devices to be 

located not more than 6 inches below 

the upper edge of the windshield, 

outside the area swept by the 

windshield wipers, and outside the 

driver’s sight lines to the road and 

highway signs and signals. VTTI is 

coordinating device development and 

installation of the DASs for a National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration 

(NHTSA) research program in up to 150 

CMVs. The exemption would enable 

VTTI and NHTSA to conduct research 

on the reliability of collision avoidance 

systems for CMVs. VTTI believes that 

mounting the DASs at the bottom of the 

windshield would maintain a level of 

safety that is equivalent to, or greater 

than, the level of safety achieved 

without the exemption. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 20, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

bearing the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) Docket ID FMCSA– 

2015–0024 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Web site: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on the Federal electronic docket site. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. 

• Hand Delivery: Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, DOT Building, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. e.t., Monday– 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the Agency name and docket 

number for this notice. For detailed 

instructions on submitting comments 

and additional information on the 

exemption process, see the ‘‘Public 

Participation’’ heading below. Note that 

all comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Please 

see the ‘‘Privacy Act’’ heading for 

further information. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov or to Room W12– 

140, DOT Building, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 

U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments 

from the public to better inform its 

rulemaking process. DOT posts these 

comments, without edit, including any 

personal information the commenter 

provides, to www.regulations.gov, as 

described in the system of records 

notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can 

be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy. 

Public participation: The http://

www.regulations.gov Web site is 

generally available 24 hours each day, 

365 days each year. You may find 

electronic submission and retrieval help 

and guidelines under the ‘‘help’’ section 

of the http://www.regulations.gov Web 

site as well as the DOT’s http://

docketsinfo.dot.gov Web site. If you 

would like notification that we received 

your comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or 

postcard or print the acknowledgment 

page that appears after submitting 

comments online. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Mike Huntley, Vehicle and Roadside 

Operations Division, Office of Carrier, 

Driver, and Vehicle Safety, MC–PSV, 

(202) 366–4235, Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Section 4007 of the Transportation 

Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA– 

21) [Pub. L. 105–178, June 9, 1998, 112 

Stat. 401] amended 49 U.S.C. 31315 and 

31136(e) to provide authority to grant 

exemptions from the Federal Motor 

Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). 

On August 20, 2004, FMCSA published 

a final rule (69 FR 51589) implementing 

section 4007. Under this rule, FMCSA 

must publish a notice of each exemption 


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