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of Automotive Engineers guidelines for 

commercial vehicles; and (3) placement 

of video event recorders just below the 

larger swept area of the wipers will be 

well outside of useable driver’s sight 

lines, and will not negatively affect 

safety. The Agency believes that the 

potential safety gains from the use of 

video event recorders to improve driver 

behavior will improve the overall level 

of safety to the motoring public. 

The Agency hereby grants the 

exemption for a two-year period, 

beginning March 19, 2009 and ending 

March 21, 2011. 

During the exemption period, 

Greyhound must ensure that all video 

event recorders are mounted not more 

than 50 mm (2 inches) below the upper 

edge of the area swept by the 

windshield wipers, and outside the 

driver’s sight lines to the road and 

highway signs and signals. 

Interested parties possessing 

information that would demonstrate 

that Greyhound is not achieving the 

requisite statutory level of safety should 

immediately notify FMCSA. The 

Agency will evaluate any such 

information and, if safety is being 

compromised or if the continuation of 

the exemption is not consistent with 49 

U.S.C. 31315(b) and 31136(e), will take 

immediate steps to revoke Greyhound’s 

exemption, if warranted. 

Preemption 

During the period the exemption is in 

effect, no State shall enforce any law or 

regulation that conflicts with or is 

inconsistent with this exemption with 

respect to a person operating under the 

exemption. 

Issued on: March 12, 2009. 

Rose A. McMurray, 

Acting Deputy Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E9–5990 Filed 3–18–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Notice of Informational Filing 

For informational purposes only, the 

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 

is providing notice that it has received 

an informational filing from BNSF 

Railway Company (BNSF) to continue 

testing Version II of the railroad’s 

Electronic Train Management System 

(ETMS) submitted pursuant to Title 49 

Code of Federal Regulations § 236.913. 

The informational filing is described 

below, including the submitting party 

and the requisite docket number where 

the informational filing and any related 

information may be found. The 

document is available for public 

inspection; however, FRA is not 

accepting public comment on the 

document. 

BNSF Railway Company (Docket 

Number FRA–2006–23687) 

The BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) 

has submitted an informational filing to 

FRA to extend operational testing of 

ETMS Version II on to its Wichita Falls 

Subdivision. This continued testing will 

allow BNSF to obtain the necessary 

information required to amend its 

currently approved Product Safety Plan 

for ETMS Version I for a future 

submittal to FRA. The informational 

filing has been placed under Docket 

Number FRA–2006–23687 and is 

available for public inspection. 

Interested parties are invited to 

review the informational filing and 

associated documents at the DOT 

Docket Management facility during 

regular business hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room 

W12–140, Washington, DC 20590. All 

documents in the public docket are also 

available for inspection and copying on 

the internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of any written 

communications received into any of 

our dockets by name of the individual 

submitting the document (or signing the 

document, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

You may review the DOT’s complete 

Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 

Register published on April 11, 2000 

(Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477– 

78). 

Issued in Washington, DC on March 12, 

2009. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E9–5842 Filed 3–18–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[FTA Docket No. FTA–2009–0014] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration invites public comments 

about our intention to request the Office 

of Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) 

approval of the following new 

information collection: 

Grant Accrual Surveys of FTA Grantees 

The information to be collected is 

necessary to determine the grantees’ 

average billing cycle for various FTA 

programs and projects and the amount 

payable to the grantees at the end of the 

accounting period. FTA will use the 

information to calculate a reasonable 

grant accrual liability estimate that will 

be included in its financial statements. 

This will satisfy the requirements of the 

financial statements audit and the Chief 

Financial Officer Act. 

The Federal Register Notice with a 

60-day comment period soliciting 

comments was published on December 

19, 2008. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

before April 20, 2009. A comment to 

OMB is most effective if OMB receives 

it within 30 days of publication. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sylvia L. Marion, Office of 

Administration, Office of Management 

Planning, (202) 366–6680. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: The 

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) 

administers over 40 programs which 

include Formula grants, New Starts, 

Fixed Guideway Modernization and the 

Bus and Bus Facilities Program. FTA is 

required to estimate and record accrued 

liability and expenses in its financial 

statements for grant expenses incurred 

but not yet submitted to FTA for 

reimbursement by grantees. This is 

required by the Department of 

Transportation, Office of the Secretary, 

and the Federal Accounting Standards 

Advisory Board guidelines. The surveys 

covered in this request will provide 

FTA with a means to gather data 

directly from its grantees. The 

information obtained from the surveys 

will be used to assess how FTA 

estimates the amount owed to its 

grantees at the end of each accounting 

period. FTA needs the survey 

information to meet its Chief Financial 

Officer’s Act financial statement audit 

requirements. The surveys will be 

limited to data collections that solicit 

voluntary opinions and will not involve 

information that is required by 

regulations. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 750 

hours. 

ADDRESSES: All written comments must 

refer to the docket number that appears 

at the top of this document and be 

submitted to the Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, 

725–17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503, Attention: FTA Desk Officer. 


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