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agency must ask for public comment on 

the following: 

(i) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(ii) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(iii) How to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; 

(iv) How to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including the use 

of appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g. permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

In compliance with these 

requirements, NHTSA asks for public 

comments on the following proposed 

collection of information for which the 

agency is seeking approval from OMB: 

Title: 49 CFR 575—Consumer 

Information Regulations (sections 103 

and 105). 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0049. 

Form Number: None. 

Affected Public: Motor vehicle 

manufacturers of light trucks and utility 

vehicles. 

Requested Expiration Date of 

Approval: Three years from approval 

date. 

Abstract: NHTSA must ensure that 

motor vehicle manufacturers comply 

with 49 CFR Part 575, Consumer 

Information Regulation part 575.103 

Truck-camper loading and Part 575.105 

Utility Vehicles. Part 575.103, requires 

that manufacturers of light trucks that 

are capable of accommodating slide-in 

campers provide information on the 

cargo weight rating and the longitudinal 

limits within which the center of gravity 

for the cargo weight rating should be 

located. Part 575.105, requires that 

manufacturers of utility vehicles affix a 

sticker in a prominent location alerting 

drivers that the particular handling and 

maneuvering characteristics of utility 

vehicles require special driving 

practices when these vehicles are 

operated. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 300 hours. 

Number of Respondents: 15. 

Based on prior years’ manufacturer 

submissions, the agency estimates that 

15 responses will be submitted 

annually. Currently 12 light truck 

manufacturers comply with 49 CFR part 

575. These manufacturers file one 

response annually and submit an 

additional response when they 

introduce a new model. Changes are 

rarely filed with the agency, but we 

estimate that three manufacturers will 

alter their information because of model 

changes. The light truck manufacturers 

gather only pre-existing data for the 

purposes of this regulation. Based on 

previous years’ manufacturer 

information, the agency estimates that 

light truck manufacturers use a total of 

20 hours to gather and arrange the data 

in its proper format (9 hours), to 

distribute the information to its 

dealerships and attach labels to light 

trucks that are capable of accomodating 

slide-in campers (4 hours), and to print 

the labels and utility vehicle 

information in the owner’s manual or a 

separate document included with the 

owner’s manual (7 hours). The 

estimated annual burden hour is 300 

hours. This number reflects the total 

responses (15) times the total hours (20). 

Prior years’ manufacturer information 

indicates that it takes an average of 

$35.00 per hour for professional and 

clerical staff to gather data, distribute 

and print material. Therefore, the 

agency estimates that the cost associated 

with the burden hours is $10,500 

($35.00 per hour × 300 burden hours). 

Comments are invited on: whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; the accuracy of 

the Department’s estimate of the burden 

of the proposed information collection; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Issued on: January 12, 2009. 

Stephen R. Kratzke, 

Associate Administrator for Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. E9–946 Filed 1–15–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 35210] 

Nicholas B. Temple, Eric Temple, 

Columbia Basin Railroad Company, 

Inc, Central Washington Railroad 

Company and Portland Vancouver 

Junction Railroad, LLC—Corporate 

Family Transaction Exemption 

Pursuant to an assignment and 

assumption agreement, Nicholas B. 

Temple and Eric Temple (collectively, 

the Temples), Columbia Basin Railroad 

Company, Inc. (CBRW), Central 

Washington Railroad Company (CWA), 

and Portland Vancouver Junction 

Railroad, LLC (PVJR) have filed a 

verified notice of exemption for a 

transaction within a corporate family. 

The Temples are noncarrier individuals. 

CBRW and CWA are Class III rail 

carriers. PVJR is a newly formed, wholly 

owned subsidiary of CBRW. 

In Columbia Basin Railroad 

Company, Inc.—Lease and Operation 

Exemption—Clark County, WA, STB 

Finance Docket No. 34472 (STB served 

Mar.11, 2004), CBRW was authorized to 

acquire by lease and to operate 14 miles 

of rail line owned by Clark County, WA, 

extending between milepost 0.0 at 

Vancouver Junction, WA, and milepost 

14.1 at Battle Ground, WA. In Columbia 

Basin Railroad Company, Inc.—Lease 

and Operation Exemption—Clark 

County, WA, STB Finance Docket No. 

34661 (STB served Mar. 3, 2005), CBRW 

was also authorized to acquire by lease 

and to operate an additional 19 miles of 

rail line owned by Clark County, WA, 

extending between milepost 14.1 at 

Battle Ground, WA, and milepost 33.1 at 

or near Chelatchie, WA. In Central 

Washington Railroad Company-Lease 

and Operation Exemption—The 

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe 

Railway Company, STB Finance Docket 

No. 34640 (STB served Jan. 21, 2005), 

CWA was authorized to lease from The 

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe 

Railway Company (BNSF) and to 

operate 41.57 miles of rail line 

extending between specified points in 

the State of Washington. CWA was also 

assigned certain trackage rights by BNSF 

as part of that transaction. The Temples 

control both CBRW and CWA. See 

Nicholas B. Temple and Eric Temple— 

Control Exemption—Central 

Washington Railroad Company, STB 

Finance Docket No. 34641 (STB served 

Jan. 21, 2005). 

As part of a corporate restructuring, 

CBRW will assign all of its interests in 

the 33-mile Clark County line to PVJR. 

Applicants state that, upon completion 

of the transaction, PVJR will assume the 

common carrier obligation regarding the 

Clark County line. 

The transaction is expected to be 

consummated on or after January 30, 

2009 (30 days after the exemption was 

filed). 

Applicants state that the intracorporate restructuring will reflect that 

the Clark County line is geographically 

and operationally distinct from the 

remainder of CBRW’s rail system and 

that it will insulate each of CBRW and 

PVJR from the financial, legal and 

operational risks of the other. 

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This is a transaction within a 

corporate family of the type exempted 

from prior review and approval under 

49 CFR 1180.2(d)(3). The parties state 

that the transaction will not result in 

adverse changes in service levels, 

significant operational changes, or 

changes in the competitive balance with 

carriers outside the corporate family. 

Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board 

may not use its exemption authority to 

relieve a rail carrier of its statutory 

obligation to protect the interests of its 

employees. Section 11326(c), however, 

does not provide for labor protection for 

transactions under sections 11324 and 

11325 that involve only Class III rail 

carriers. Accordingly, the Board may not 

impose labor protective conditions here, 

because all of the carriers involved are 

Class III carriers. 

If the notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

may be filed at any time. The filing of 

a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the transaction. 

Petitions for stay must be filed no later 

than January 23, 2009 (at least 7 days 

before the effective date of the 

exemption). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 35210, must be filed with 

the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423– 

0001. In addition, one copy of each 

pleading must be served on applicants’ 

representative, Rose-Michele Nardi, 

Weiner Brodsky Sidman Kider PC, 1300 

19th Street, NW., Fifth Floor, 

Washington, DC 20036–1609. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: January 9, 2009. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. E9–836 Filed 1–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

United States Mint 

Notification of Citizens Coinage 

Advisory Committee January 2009 

Public Meeting 

ACTION: Notification of Citizens Coinage 

Advisory Committee January 2009 

Public Meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to United States 

Code, Title 31, section 5135(b)(8)(C), the 

United States Mint announces the 

Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee 

(CCAC) public meeting scheduled for 

January 27, 2009. 

Date: January 27, 2009. 

Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

Location: United States Mint, 801 9th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20220. 

Subject: Review candidate reverse 

designs for the obverses of the 2010 

Presidential $1 Coins. 

Interested persons should call 202– 

354–7502 for the latest update on 

meeting time and room location. 

In accordance with 31 U.S.C. 5135, 

the CCAC: 

• Advises the Secretary of the 

Treasury on any theme or design 

proposals relating to circulating coinage, 

bullion coinage, Congressional Gold 

Medals, and national and other medals. 

• Advises the Secretary of the 

Treasury with regard to the events, 

persons, or places to be commemorated 

by the issuance of commemorative coins 

in each of the five calendar years 

succeeding the year in which a 

commemorative coin designation is 

made. 

• Makes recommendations with 

respect to the mintage level for any 

commemorative coin recommended. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cliff 

Northup, United States Mint Liaison to 

the CCAC; 801 9th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20220; or call 202–354– 

7200. 

Any member of the public interested 

in submitting matters for the CCAC’s 

consideration is invited to submit them 

by fax to the following number: 202– 

756–6830. 

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 5135(b)(8)(C). 

Dated: January 12, 2009. 

Edmund C. Moy, 

Director, United States Mint. 

[FR Doc. E9–906 Filed 1–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–37–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Advisory Committee on Disability 

Compensation; Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

gives notice under Public Law 92–463 

(Federal Advisory Committee Act) that 

the Advisory Committee on Disability 

Compensation will meet on February 2– 

3, 2009, in the Carlton Room, at the St. 

Regis Washington, DC, 923 16th and K 

Streets, NW., from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

The meeting is open to the public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

on establishing and supervising a 

schedule to conduct periodic reviews of 

the VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities. 

The Committee will receive briefings 

about studies on compensation for 

veterans with service-connected 

disabilities and other veteran benefits 

programs. The Committee will break 

into subcommittees on the afternoon of 

February 2 and the morning of February 

3 to begin working on 

recommendations. An open forum for 

verbal statements from the public will 

be available in the afternoon on 

February 3. People wishing to make oral 

statements before the Committee will be 

accommodated on a first-come, firstserved basis and will be provided three 

minutes per statement. 

Interested persons may submit written 

statements to the Committee before the 

meeting, or within 10 days after the 

meeting, by sending them to Ms. Ersie 

Farber, Designated Federal Officer, 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 

Veterans Benefits Administration 

(211A), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20420. Any member of 

the public wishing to attend the meeting 

should contact Ms. Farber at (202) 461– 

9728. 

Dated: January 12, 2009. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–977 Filed 1–15–09; 8:45 am] 

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