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1The Board exempted intra-corporate family 

transactions of motor carriers of passengers that do 

not result in significant operational changes, 

adverse changes in service levels, or a change in the 

competitive balance with carriers outside the 

corporate family in Class Exemption for Motor 

Passenger Intra-Corporate Family Transactions, 

STB Finance Docket No. 33685 (STB served Feb. 18, 

2000). 

2Laidlaw International, Inc. has changed its name 

to FirstGroup International, Inc., and instead of 

being a direct subsidiary of FirstGroup will become 

an indirect subsidiary, with two subsidiaries having 

interests in FMCSA-registered motor carriers of 

passengers: (1) FGI Canada Holdings Ltd., which 

will control Greyhound Canada Transportation 

Corp., which will be changed from an Ontario 

corporation to an Alberta unlimited liability 

corporation, and (2) First Group America Holdings, 

Inc., formerly Laidlaw Transit Holdings, Inc., which 

will control First Student, Inc., First Transit, Inc., 

and Greyhound Lines, Inc., which will continue to 

have control of Americanos U.S.A., LLC and Valley 

Transit Co., Inc. 

(one vacancy), commercial air tour 

operators (two vacancies), 

environmental concerns (two 

vacancies), and Native American tribal 

concerns (one vacancy) and invites 

interested persons to apply to fill the 

vacancies. 

DATES: Persons interested in serving on 

the NPOAG ARC should contact Mr. 

Barry Brayer in writing and postmarked 

or e-mailed on or before May 20, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barry Brayer, AWP–1SP, Special 

Programs Staff, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Western-Pacific Region 

Headquarters, PO Box 92007, Los 

Angeles, CA 90009–2007, telephone: 

(310) 725–3800, e-mail: 

Barry.Brayer@faa.gov, or Karen Trevino, 

National Park Service, Natural Sounds 

Program, 1201 Oakridge Dr., Suite 100, 

Ft. Collins, CO 80525, telephone (970) 

225–3563, e-mail: 

Karen_Trevino@nps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The National Parks Air Tour 

Management Act of 2000 (the Act) was 

enacted on April 5, 2000, as Public Law 

106–181. The Act required the 

establishment of the advisory group 

within 1 year after its enactment. The 

advisory group was established in 

March 2001, and is comprised of a 

balanced group of representatives of 

general aviation, commercial air tour 

operations, environmental concerns, 

and Native American tribes. The 

Administrator of the FAA and the 

Director of NPS (or their designees) 

serve as ex officio members of the 

group. Representatives of the 

Administrator and Director serve 

alternating 1-year terms as chairman of 

the advisory group. 

The advisory group provides ‘‘advice, 

information, and recommendations to 

the Administrator and the Director— 

(1) On the implementation of this title 

[the Act] and the amendments made by 

this title; 

(2) On commonly accepted quiet 

aircraft technology for use in 

commercial air tour operations over a 

national park or tribal lands, which will 

receive preferential treatment in a given 

air tour management plan; 

(3) On other measures that might be 

taken to accommodate the interests of 

visitors to national parks; and 

(4) At the request of the Administrator 

and the Director, safety, environmental, 

and other issues related to commercial 

air tour operations over a national park 

or tribal lands.’’ 

Members of the advisory group may 

be allowed certain travel expenses as 

authorized by section 5703 of Title 5, 

United States Code, for intermittent 

Government service. 

By FAA Order No. 1110–138, signed 

by the FAA Administrator on October 

10, 2003, the NPOAG became an 

Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC). 

FAA Order No. 1110–138, was amended 

and became effective as FAA Order No. 

1110–138A, on January 20, 2006. 

The current NPOAG ARC is made up 

of one member representing general 

aviation, three members representing 

the commercial air tour industry, four 

members representing environmental 

concerns, and two members 

representing Native American tribal 

concerns. Current members of the 

NPOAG ARC are: Claire Kultgen, 

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association; 

Alan Stephen, fixed-winged air tour 

operator representative; Elling 

Halvorson, Papillon Airways, Inc.; 

Matthew Zuccaro, Helicopters 

Association International; Chip 

Dennerlein, Siskiyou Project; Gregory 

Miller, American Hiking Society; 

Kristen Brengel, The Wilderness 

Society; Don Barger, National Parks 

Conservation Association; Rory 

Majenty, Huatapai Nation; and Richard 

Deertrack, Taos Pueblo. 

Public Participation in the NPOAG 

ARC 

In order to retain balance within the 

NPOAG ARC, the FAA and NPS invite 

persons interested in serving on the 

ARC to represent general aviation, 

commercial air tour operators, 

environmental concerns, or Native 

American tribal concerns, to contact Mr. 

Barry Brayer (contact information is 

written above in FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT). 

Requests to serve on the ARC must be 

made to Mr. Brayer in writing and 

postmarked or e-mailed on or before 

May 20, 2009. The request should 

indicate whether or not you are a 

member of an association or group 

representing general aviation, 

commercial air tours, environmental 

concerns, or Native American tribal 

concerns or have another affiliation 

with issues relating to aircraft flights 

over national parks. The request should 

also state what expertise you would 

bring to the NPOAG ARC as related to 

the vacancy you are seeking to fill (e.g., 

general aviation). The term of service for 

NPOAG ARC members is 3 years. 

Issued in Hawthorne, CA on March 30, 

2009. 

Barry Brayer, 

NPOAG Chairman, Manager, Special 

Programs Staff, Western-Pacific Region. 

[FR Doc. E9–7695 Filed 4–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. MC–F–21032] 

FirstGroup plc—Intra-Corporate Family 

Transaction Exemption 

FirstGroup plc (FirstGroup), a 

noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of 

exemption under the Board’s class 

exemption procedure at 49 CFR 1182.9.1

The exempt transaction involves the 

reorganization by the FirstGroup family 

of companies.2

The transaction is intended to 

reorganize the North American structure 

of FirstGroup to reduce the taxes 

payable by its family of companies and 

thereby to retain more of their earnings 

to render the operations of their motor 

carriers of passengers as safely and 

comfortably as possible. 

The transaction was expected to be 

consummated on March 27, 2009. 

This is a transaction within a 

corporate family of the type specifically 

exempted from prior review and 

approval under 49 CFR 1182.9. 

FirstGroup states that the transaction 

will not result in adverse changes in 

service levels, significant operational 

changes, or a change in the competitive 

balance with carriers outside the 

corporate family. FirstGroup also states 

that (1) no contracts or agreements have 

been entered into to effect the proposed 

changes within the FirstGroup’s North 

American structure, and (2) there will 

be no foreseeable effect upon the 

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employees of the companies involved in 

the restructuring. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the Board shall 

summarily revoke the exemption and 

require divestiture. Petitions to revoke 

the exemption under 49 U.S.C. 13541(d) 

may be filed at any time. See 49 CFR 

1182.9(c). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Docket No. 

MC–F–21032, 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 Fritz R. 

Kahn, Fritz R. Kahn, P.C., 1920 N Street, 

NW. (8th floor), Washington, DC 20036. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: March 25, 2009. 

By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. E9–7211 Filed 4–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

In accordance with Part 211 of Title 

49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

notice is hereby given that the Federal 

Railroad Administration (FRA) has 

received a request for a waiver of 

compliance with certain requirements of 

its safety standards. The individual 

petition is described below, including 

the party seeking relief, the regulatory 

provisions involved, the nature of the 

relief being requested, and the 

petitioner’s arguments in favor of relief. 

National Railroad Passenger 

Corporation (Amtrak) 

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA–2009– 

0022] 

Amtrak seeks to modify the terms and 

conditions of a permanent waiver of 

compliance granted to operate TALGO 

trainsets in the Pacific Northwest, over 

the Cascades Service route between 

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 

and Portland, Oregon, by adding 

General Electric (GE) P32–8 and P40/42 

locomotives to this service. 

Amtrak currently operates TALGO 

trainsets powered by General Motors 

Electromotive Division F59PH 

locomotives over BNSF trackage 

between Portland, OR, and Blaine, WA, 

at speeds up to 79 miles per hour and 

cant deficiency up to but not exceeding 

six inches. Amtrak lacks sufficient 

F59PH locomotives to provide effective 

service without interruption due to 

required inspection and repair cycles. 

Therefore, Amtrak is requesting 

permission from FRA to utilize GE P32– 

8 and P40/42 locomotives, which were 

static lean tested in 1991 and 1993 

respectively, and meet the requirements 

of 49 CFR 213.57 Elevation in Curves for 

four inches cant deficiency. Also, based 

on the current unloading criteria 

specified in this section that no wheel 

of the equipment unloads to a value less 

than 60% of its static value, the static 

lean test results indicated a maximum 

safe cant deficiency operation of up to 

ten inches for the P40/42 locomotive 

and eight inches for the P32–8 

locomotive. Further, Amtrak recently 

demonstrated and received approval for 

five inch cant deficiency operation of 

these GE locomotives on Amtrak’s 

Northeast Corridor (NEC) and 

Harrisburg, PA, routes. 

With FRA’s approval, Amtrak is 

proposing to demonstrate the suitability 

and safety of using these GE 

locomotives with TALGO trainsets by 

conducting two end-to-end route tests 

between Portland, OR, and Blaine, WA. 

This will confirm correspondence with 

the dynamic test results obtained during 

the recent NEC dynamic testing of GE 

locomotives, as well as demonstrate the 

safe dynamic performance of these 

locomotives at speeds in curves that 

generate up to six inches cant 

deficiency. Amtrak has submitted a Test 

Plan for FRA approval. The dynamic 

test includes use of accelerometers 

placed on the carbody and trucks of 

each GE locomotive in order to 

continuously measure the steady-state 

and dynamic response of the 

locomotives to the track alignment and 

track geometry deviations over the 

entire route at timetable speeds. 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in these proceedings by 

submitting written views, data, or 

comments. FRA does not anticipate 

scheduling a public hearing in 

connection with these proceedings since 

the facts do not appear to warrant a 

hearing. If any interested party desires 

an opportunity for oral comment, they 

should notify FRA, in writing, before 

the end of the comment period and 

specify the basis for their request. 

All communications concerning these 

proceedings should identify the 

appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver 

Petition Docket Number FRA–2009– 

0022) and may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

• Web site: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Operations Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Communications received within 45 

days of the date of this notice will be 

considered by FRA before final action is 

taken. Comments received after that 

date will be considered as far as 

practicable. All written communications 

concerning these proceedings are 

available for examination during regular 

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

above facility. All documents in the 

public docket are also available for 

inspection and copying on the Internet 

at the docket facility’s Web site at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of any written 

communications and 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.). You may 

review 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 April 3, 

2009. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E9–8180 Filed 4–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Bureau of the Public Debt 

Proposed Collection: Comment 

Request 

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 proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, 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 Public Debt within the Department 

of the Treasury is soliciting comments 

concerning the Description of United