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required by 49 U.S.C. 30120 should be 

granted. 

VI. NHTSA’s Decision: NHTSA has 

reviewed GM’s analyses that the subject 

noncompliance is inconsequential to 

motor vehicle safety. GM has identified 

an intermittent condition during which 

the automatic transmission positions on 

the console-mounted transmission 

control will not be illuminated at key 

startup. FMVSS No. 102, paragraph 

S3.1.4.1 requires the indicator to display 

identification of an automatic 

transmission’s positions, including the 

position selected and the positions in 

relation to each other in view of the 

driver. FMVSS No. 101, paragraph 

S5.3.1(b) and Table 1 require the 

automatic transmission control position 

indicator to be illuminated whenever 

the headlamps are activated. GM stated 

that the failure of illumination is very 

rare, has occurred only at startup (not 

during driving), and has never been 

found to repeat on consecutive ignition 

cycles. However, when it does occur, 

the transmission position indicator on 

the console will not be illuminated 

throughout that operating period. The 

indicator identifies P,R,N,D or M (M1– 

M6) and, except when the 

noncompliance occurs at key startup, is 

illuminated as required. 

FMVSS No. 102 paragraph S3.1.4 

permits a redundant display providing 

some or all of the required information. 

GM identified two instrument clusters 

used in the affected vehicles that 

provide different amounts of redundant 

information. The transmission position 

selected is always displayed on both 

clusters. In addition, for vehicles other 

than the base model (approximately 15 

percent of the affected vehicles), the 

cluster display includes the position 

selected and the positions in relation to 

each other for three seconds whenever 

the transmission is shifted. 

The redundant display on the cluster 

identifies the transmission position 

selected for all affected vehicles. It is 

likely that drivers will become 

accustomed to looking at the instrument 

cluster rather than looking down at the 

console to confirm the desired 

transmission position, i.e., ‘‘D,’’ has 

been selected. So the lack of 

illumination on the console at startup 

may go unnoticed. In a panic situation, 

an inexperienced driver may not be 

familiar with the other positions, i.e., 

how to shift from ‘‘D’’ to ‘‘N’’ to recover 

control of the vehicle if an unintended 

acceleration occurs. Since the cluster of 

85 percent of the vehicles displays this 

information for 3 seconds after every 

shift, this frequent reminder is 

considered sufficient to alert the driver 

about the relationship to the other 

transmission positions. The 15 percent 

(base models) are not so equipped and 

present an unreasonable risk to safety. 

In consideration of the foregoing, 

NHTSA has decided that for all except 

the base model vehicles, GM has met its 

burden of persuasion that the subject 

FMVSS No. 102 noncompliance is 

inconsequential to motor vehicle safety. 

Accordingly, GM’s petition is hereby 

partially granted and GM is exempted 

from the obligation of providing 

notification of, and a remedy for the 

subject noncompliance for the non-base 

model Malibu vehicles (approximately 

85 percent of the affected vehicles) 

under 49 U.S.C. 30118 and 30120. 

For the base model Malibu vehicles 

(approximately 15 percent of the 

affected vehicles), NHTSA has decided 

that GM has not met its burden of 

persuasion that the FMVSS No. 102 

noncompliance is inconsequential to 

motor vehicle safety. Accordingly, for 

those vehicle’s GM’s petition is hereby 

denied and GM is obligated to provide 

notification of, and a remedy for, the 

subject noncompliance under 49 U.S.C. 

30118 and 30120. 

NHTSA notes that the statutory 

provisions (49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 

30120(h)) that permit manufacturers to 

file petitions for a determination of 

inconsequentiality allow NHTSA to 

exempt manufacturers only from the 

duties found in sections 30118 and 

30120, respectively, to notify owners, 

purchasers, and dealers of a defect or 

noncompliance and to remedy the 

defect or noncompliance. Therefore, this 

decision only applies to the 23,910 

model year 2013 Chevrolet Malibu 

passenger cars that GM no longer 

controlled at the time it determined that 

the noncompliance existed. However, 

the granting of this petition does not 

relieve vehicle distributors and dealers 

of the prohibitions on the sale, offer for 

sale, or introduction or delivery for 

introduction into interstate commerce of 

the noncompliant vehicles under their 

control after GM notified them that the 

subject noncompliance existed. 

Authority: (49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120: 

delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and 

501.8) 

Nancy Lummen Lewis, 

Associate Administrator for Enforcement. 

[FR Doc. 2015–04150 Filed 2–27–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

Notice and Request for Comments 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. 

ACTION: 60-day notice of request for 

extension: Notifications of Trails Act 

Agreement and Substitute Sponsorship. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3519 (PRA), the Surface Transportation 

Board (STB or Board) gives notice of its 

intent to seek from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) an 

extension of approval for the collection: 

Notifications of Trails Act Agreement 

and Substitute Sponsorship. 

Under 16 U.S.C. 1247(d) and its 

regulations, the STB will issue a 

Certificate of Interim Trail Use (CITU) or 

Notice of Interim Trail Use (NITU) to a 

prospective trail sponsor who offers to 

assume managerial, tax, and legal 

responsibility for a right-of-way that a 

rail carrier would otherwise abandon. 

The CITU/NITU permits parties, for 180 

days, to negotiate for a railbanking 

agreement. If parties reach an 

agreement, the CITU/NITU 

automatically authorizes railbanking/

interim trail use. If no agreement is 

reached, then upon expiration of the 

negotiation period, the CITU/NITU 

authorizes the railroad to exercise its 

option to fully abandon the line without 

further action by the Board. 

Pursuant to 49 CFR 1152.29, parties 

must jointly notify the Board when a 

trail use agreement has been reached, 

and must identify the exact location of 

the right-of-way subject to the 

agreement, including a map and 

milepost marker information. The rules 

also require parties to file a petition to 

modify or vacate the CITU/NITU if the 

trail use agreement applies to less of the 

right-of-way than covered by the CITU/ 

NITU. Finally, the rules require that a 

substitute trail sponsor must 

acknowledge that interim trail use is 

subject to restoration and reactivation at 

any time. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

(1) The accuracy of the Board’s burden 

estimates; (2) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; (3) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology when 

appropriate; and (4) whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Board, including 

whether the collection has practical 

utility. Submitted comments will be 

summarized and included in the 

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Description of Collection 

Title: Notifications of Trails Act 

Agreement and Substitute Sponsorship 

OMB Control Number: 2140–0017. 

STB Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change. 

Respondents: Parties to an interim 

trail use agreement; substitute trail 

sponsors. 

Number of Respondents: 40. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours (annually 

including all respondents): 40 hours. 

Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost: None 

identified. Filings are submitted 

electronically to the Board. 

Needs and Uses: The submissions 

ensure that the affected public and the 

agency will have notice whenever a 

trails use agreement is reached or 

modified. They also ensure that any trail 

sponsor, including any substitute trail 

sponsor, acknowledges that interim trail 

use is subject to restoration and 

reactivation at any time. 

Retention Period: Information in this 

report will be maintained in the Board’s 

files for 10 years, after which it is 

transferred to the National Archives. 

DATES: Comments on this information 

collection should be submitted by May 

1, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to 

Chris Oehrle, Surface Transportation 

Board, 395 E Street SW., Washington, 

DC 20423–0001, or to PRA@stb.dot.gov. 

When submitting comments, please 

refer to ‘‘Notifications of Trails Act 

Agreement and Substitute 

Sponsorship.’’ For further information 

regarding this collection, contact PRA@

stb.dot.gov. [Federal Information Relay 

Service (FIRS) for the hearing impaired: 

(800) 877–8339.] Filings made in 

responses to this collection are available 

on the Board’s Web site at 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA, a federal agency conducting or 

sponsoring a collection of information 

must display a currently valid OMB 

control number. A collection of 

information, which is defined in 44 

U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c), 

includes agency requirements or 

requests that persons submit reports, 

keep records, or provide information to 

the agency, third parties, or the public. 

Under § 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, 

federal agencies are required to provide, 

prior to an agency’s submitting a 

collection to OMB for approval, a 60- 

day notice and comment period through 

publication in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension of an existing collection of 

information. 

Dated: February 25, 2015. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2015–04250 Filed 2–27–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Bureau of the Fiscal Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposals, Submissions, 

and Approvals; Proposed Collection of 

Information: Application by Voluntary 

Guardian of Incapacitated Owner of 

United States Savings Bonds or 

Savings Notes 

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 a proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collection, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 

13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). Currently 

the Bureau of the Fiscal Service within 

the Department of the Treasury is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

‘‘Application by Voluntary Guardian of 

Incapacitated Owner of United States 

Savings Bonds or Savings Notes’’. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before May 1, 2015 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

and requests for further information to 

Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Bruce A. 

Sharp, 200 Third Street A4–A, 

Parkersburg, WV 26106–1328, or 

bruce.sharp@fiscal.treasury.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Application by Voluntary 

Guardian of Incapacitated Owner of 

United States Savings Bonds or Savings 

Notes. 

OMB Number: 1530–0031 (Previously 

approved as 1535–0036 as a collection 

conducted by Department of the 

Treasury/Bureau of the Public Debt.) 

Transfer of OMB Control Number: 

The Bureau of Public Debt (BPD) and 

the Financial Management Service 

(FMS) have consolidated to become the 

Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal 

Service). Information collection requests 

previously held separately by BPD and 

FMS will now be identified by a 1530 

prefix, designating Fiscal Service. 

Form Number: PD F 2513. 

Abstract: The information is 

requested to establish the right of a 

voluntary guardian to conduct 

transactions on behalf of a mentally 

incapacitated bond or note owner. 

Current Actions: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

7,650. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 20 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,600. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the collection of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Dated: February 23, 2015. 

Bruce A. Sharp, 

Bureau Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–04257 Filed 2–27–15; 8:45 am] 

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