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are correct. The mislabeling of these 

tires creates no unsafe condition. 

Goodyear states that the affected tire 

molds have been modified and all future 

production will have the correct 

material information shown on the 

sidewall. 

Goodyear also points out that NHTSA 

has previously granted petitions for 

sidewall marking noncompliances that 

it believes are similar to the present 

noncompliance. 

In summation, Goodyear states that it 

believes that because the 

noncompliances are inconsequential to 

motor vehicle safety that no corrective 

action is warranted. 

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, 

these provisions only apply to vehicles 

and equipment that have already passed 

from the manufacturer to an owner, 

purchaser, or dealer. 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views, and 

arguments on this petition. Comments 

must refer to the docket and notice 

number cited at the beginning of this 

notice and be submitted by any of the 

following methods: 

a. By mail addressed to: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Docket 

Operations, M–30, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590. 

b. By hand delivery to U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Docket 

Operations, M–30, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590. The Docket Section is open 

on weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

except Federal Holidays. 

c. Electronically: by logging onto the 

Federal Docket Management System 

(FDMS) Web site at http:// 

www.regulations.gov/. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Comments may also be faxed to 1–202– 

493–2251. 

Comments must be written in the 

English language, and be no greater than 

15 pages in length, although there is no 

limit to the length of necessary 

attachments to the comments. If 

comments are submitted in hard copy 

form, please ensure that two copies are 

provided. If you wish to receive 

confirmation that your comments were 

received, please enclose a stamped, selfaddressed postcard with the comments. 

Note that all comments received will be 

posted without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

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.). DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement in the 

Federal Register published on April 11, 

2000 (65 FR 19477–78). 

You may view documents submitted 

to a docket at the address and times 

given above. You may also view the 

documents on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov by following the 

online instructions for accessing the 

dockets available at that Web site. 

The petition, supporting materials, 

and all comments received before the 

close of business on the closing date 

indicated below will be filed and will be 

considered. All comments and 

supporting materials received after the 

closing date will also be filed and will 

be considered to the extent possible. 

When the petition is granted or denied, 

notice of the decision will be published 

in the Federal Register pursuant to the 

authority indicated below. 

Comment closing date: February 12, 

2009. 

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

delegations of authority at CFR 1.50 and 

501.8). 

Issued on: January 8, 2009. 

Claude H. Harris 

Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance. 

[FR Doc. E9–517 Filed 1–12–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency (OCC), Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The OCC, 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 continuing information 

collection, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. An agency may 

not conduct or sponsor, and a 

respondent is not required to respond 

to, an information collection unless the 

information collection displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

Currently, the OCC is soliciting 

comment concerning its extension, 

without change, of an information 

collection titled, ‘‘Release of Non-Public 

Information—12 CFR 4, Subpart C.’’ The 

OCC is also giving notice that it has 

submitted the collection to OMB for 

review. 

DATES: You should submit written 

comments by February 12, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You should direct all 

written comments to: Communications 

Division, Office of the Comptroller of 

the Currency, Public Information Room, 

Mailstop 1–5, Attention: 1557–0200, 

250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20219. In addition, comments may be 

sent by fax to (202) 874–4448, or by 

electronic mail to 

regs.comments@occ.treas.gov. You can 

inspect and photocopy the comments at 

the OCC’s Public Information Room, 250 

E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219. 

For security reasons, the OCC requires 

that visitors make an appointment to 

inspect comments. You may do so by 

calling (202) 874–5043. Upon arrival, 

visitors will be required to present valid 

government-issued photo identification 

and submit to security screening in 

order to inspect and photocopy 

comments. 

Additionally, you should send a copy 

of your comments to: OCC Desk Officer, 

1557–0200, by mail to U.S. Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street, NW., #10235, Washington, DC 

20503, or by fax to (202) 395–6974. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

can request additional information or a 

copy of the collection from Mary H. 

Gottlieb, OCC Clearance Officer, (202) 

874–5090, Legislative and Regulatory 

Activities Division, Office of the 

Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCC 

is proposing to extend OMB approval of 

the following information collection: 

Title: Release of Non-Public 

Information—12 CFR 4, Subpart C. 

OMB Control No.: 1557–0200. 

Form No.: None. 

Description: This submission covers 

an existing regulation and involves no 

change to the regulation or to the 

information collections embodied in the 

regulation. The OCC requests only that 

OMB renew its approval of the 

information collections in the current 

regulation. 

The information requirements require 

individuals who are requesting nonpublic OCC information to provide the 

OCC with information regarding the 

requester’s legal grounds for the request. 

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Release of non-public OCC information 

when the requester did not have 

sufficient legal grounds to obtain the 

information would inhibit open 

consultation between a bank and the 

OCC, thereby impairing the OCC’s 

supervisory and regulatory mission. The 

OCC is entitled, under statute and case 

law, to require requesters to 

demonstrate that they have sufficient 

legal grounds for the OCC to release 

non-public OCC information. The OCC 

needs to know the requester’s legal 

grounds to determine if it should release 

the requested non-public OCC 

information. 

The information requirements in 12 

CFR part 4, subpart C, are located as 

follows: 

• 12 CFR 4.33: Request for non-public 

OCC records or testimony. 

• 12 CFR 4.35(b)(3): Third parties 

requesting testimony. 

• 12 CFR 4.37(a)(2): OCC former 

employee notifying OCC of subpoena. 

• 12 CFR 4.37(a) and (b): Limitation 

on dissemination of released 

information. 

• 12 CFR 4.39(d): Request for 

authenticated records or certificate of 

nonexistence of records. 

The OCC uses the information to 

process requests for non-public OCC 

information and to determine if 

sufficient grounds exist for the OCC to 

release the requested information or 

provide testimony. This information 

collection makes the mechanism for 

processing requests more efficient and 

facilitates and expedites the OCC’s 

release of non-public information and 

testimony to the requester. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit; individuals. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

110. 

Estimated Frequency of Response: On 

occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 467 

hours. 

On November 3, 2008, the OCC 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register soliciting comment for 60 days 

on this information collection (73 FR 

65447). No comments were received. 

Comments continue to be invited on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information has 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 on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and 

(e) Estimates of capital or startup costs 

and costs of operation, maintenance, 

and purchase of services to provide 

information. 

Dated: January 6, 2009. 

Michele Meyer, 

Assistant Director, Legislative & Regulatory 

Activities Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–431 Filed 1–12–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Departmental Offices; Debt 

Management Advisory Committee; 

Meeting 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. App. 2, § 10(a)(2), that a meeting 

will be held at the Hay-Adams Hotel, 

16th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC, on February 3, 

2009 at 10:30 a.m. of the following debt 

management advisory committee: 

Treasury Borrowing Advisory 

Committee of the Securities Industry 

and Financial Markets Association. 

The agenda for the meeting provides 

for a charge by the Secretary of the 

Treasury or his designate that the 

Committee discuss particular issues and 

conduct a working session. Following 

the working session, the Committee will 

present a written report of its 

recommendations. The meeting will be 

closed to the public, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. App. 2, § 10(d) and Public Law 

103–202, § 202(c)(1)(B)(31 U.S.C. 3 121 

note). 

This notice shall constitute my 

determination, pursuant to the authority 

placed in heads of agencies by 5 U.S.C. 

App. 2, § 10(d) and vested in me by 

Treasury Department Order No. 101–05, 

that the meeting will consist of 

discussions and debates of the issues 

presented to the Committee by the 

Secretary of the Treasury and the 

making of recommendations of the 

Committee to the Secretary, pursuant to 

Public Law 103–202, § 202(c)(1)(B). 

Thus, this information is exempt from 

disclosure under that provision and 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(3)(B). In addition, the 

meeting is concerned with information 

that is exempt from disclosure under 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(A). The public interest 

requires that such meetings be closed to 

the public because the Treasury 

Department requires frank and full 

advice from representatives of the 

financial community prior to making its 

final decisions on major financing 

operations. Historically, this advice has 

been offered by debt management 

advisory committees established by the 

several major segments of the financial 

community. When so utilized, such a 

committee is recognized to be an 

advisory committee under 5 U.S.C. App. 

2, § 3. 

Although the Treasury’s final 

announcement of financing plans may 

not reflect the recommendations 

provided in reports of the Committee, 

premature disclosure of the Committee’s 

deliberations and reports would be 

likely to lead to significant financial 

speculation in the securities market. 

Thus, this meeting falls within the 

exemption covered by 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(9)(A). 

Treasury staff will provide a technical 

briefing to the press on the day before 

the Committee meeting, following the 

release of a statement of economic 

conditions, financing estimates and 

technical charts. This briefing will give 

the press an opportunity to ask 

questions about financing projections 

and technical charts. The day after the 

Committee meeting, Treasury will 

release the minutes of the meeting, any 

charts that were discussed at the 

meeting, and the Committee’s report to 

the Secretary. 

The Office of Debt Management is 

responsible for maintaining records of 

debt management advisory committee 

meetings and for providing annual 

reports setting forth a summary of 

Committee activities and such other 

matters as may be informative to the 

public consistent with the policy of 5 

U.S.C. 552(b). The Designated Federal 

Officer or other responsible agency 

official who may be contacted for 

additional information is Karthik 

Ramanathan, Acting Assistant Secretary 

for Financial Markets (202) 622–2042. 

Dated: January 6, 2009. 

Karthik Ramanathan, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Financial 

Markets. 

[FR Doc. E9–399 Filed 1–12–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–35–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Information 

Collection; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency (OCC), Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The OCC, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the