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levels of access (e.g., final peer reviewed 

manuscript or final published article, 

access under fair use versus alternative 

license), for federal agencies and 

scientific disciplines? 

8. How should peer-reviewed papers 

arising from federal investment be made 

publicly available? In what format 

should the data be submitted in order to 

make it easy to search, find, and retrieve 

and to make it easy for others to link to 

it? Are there existing digital standards 

for archiving and interoperability to 

maximize public benefit? How are these 

anticipated to change? 

9. Access demands not only 

availability, but also meaningful 

usability. How can the Federal 

government make its collections of peerreviewed papers more useful to the 

American public? By what metrics (e.g., 

number of articles or visitors) should 

the Federal government measure 

success of its public access collections? 

What are the best examples of usability 

in the private sector (both domestic and 

international)? And, what makes them 

exceptional? Should those who access 

papers be given the opportunity to 

comment or provide feedback? 

III. Deadline Extension 

OSTP received more than 150 

substantive responses in the first week 

of this public forum. OSTP also received 

several requests to extend the deadline 

for comments because of the time 

constraints inherent in the holiday 

season. As a result, OSTP will extend 

the deadline for comments through 

January 21, 2010. 

Dated: December 22, 2009. 

M. David Hodge, 

Operations Manager. 

[FR Doc. E9–30725 Filed 12–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act Public Transportation on Indian 

Reservations Program Project 

Selections and Tribal Transit Program 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Project 

Selections 

Correction 

In notice document E9–30197 

beginning on page 67302 in the issue of 

Friday, December 18, 2009, make the 

following corrections: 

On page 67303, before the file line, 

three photo pages were meant to 

publish. They are printed in their 

entirety below: 


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1See STB Finance Docket No. 35250, LRY, LLC 

D.B.A. Lake Railway—Lease and Operation 

Exemption—Union Pacific Railroad Company and 

STB Finance Docket No. 35250 (Sub-No. 1), LRY 

LLC D.B.A. Lake Railway—Lease and Operation 

Exemption—Rail Line in Lake County, OR. The 

notices were served and published in the Federal 

Register on December 18, 2009 (74 FR 67304–5). 

2According to applicant, as President of YCR, he 

is in a position to control YCR. 

3Applicant states in the notice that he plans to 

consummate the transaction on or about January 16, 

2010. 4 YCR will operate a rail line in south central 

Oregon and LRY will operate rail lines in 

northeastern California and southwestern Oregon. 

According to applicant, YCR and LRY lines are 380 

miles apart. 

[FR Doc. Z9–30197 Filed 12–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1301–00–D 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 35337] 

Paul Didelius—Continuance in Control 

Exemption—YCR Corporation 

Paul Didelius (applicant), a 

noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of 

exemption to continue in control of YCR 

Corporation (YCR), upon YCR’s 

becoming a Class III rail carrier. 

Currently, applicant owns 100 percent 

of noncarrier, LRY, LLC D.B.A. Lake 

Railway (LRY). LRY concurrently filed 

two notices of exemption to lease and 

operate: (1) 62.21 miles of railroad 

owned by Union Pacific Railroad 

Company, consisting of: (a) Part of the 

Modoc Subdivison, extending from 

milepost 445.6 near MacArthur, CA, to 

milepost 506.1, near Perez, CA, and (b) 

part of the Lakeview Branch, extending 

from milepost 456.89 to milepost 458.60 

at Alturas, CA; and (2) 54.45 miles of 

railroad owned by Lake County, OR, 

extending from milepost 458.60 at 

Alturas, to milepost 513.05, at 

Lakeview, OR. Once consummation 

occurs, on or after January 1, 2010, LRY 

will become a Class III carrier.1

YCR, a new corporation owned in part 

by applicant (49%) 2 and Stan Patterson 

(51%) has been established for the 

purpose of leasing and operating a line 

of railroad owned by Yakima County, 

WA. The subject line extends between 

Wesley Junction (Toppenish) and White 

Swan, WA, a distance of approximately 

20.56 miles. The line was formerly 

operated by Washington Central 

Railroad Company (WCRC) and Yakima 

County acquired the line after WCRC 

was authorized to abandon it. On 

December 16, 2009, YCR filed an 

application for a modified certificate of 

public convenience and necessity in 

STB Finance Docket No. 35336, YCR 

Corporation—Modified Rail Certificate, 

wherein YCR seeks to lease and operate 

the line. 

This transaction cannot be 

consummated until January 17, 2010, 

the effective date of the exemption (30 

days after the exemption is filed).3

Applicant states that: (1) The rail line 

to be acquired by YCR does not connect 

with any other railroad in its corporate 

family; (2) the transaction is not part of 

a series of anticipated transactions that 

would connect the rail line with any 

other railroad in its corporate family; 4

and (3) the transaction does not involve 

a Class I rail carrier. 

Therefore, the transaction is exempt 

from the prior approval requirements of 

49 U.S.C. 11323. See 49 CFR 

1180.2(d)(2). 

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 verified 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 effectiveness of 

the exemption. Stay petitions must be 

filed no later than January 8, 2010 (at 

least 7 days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 35337, 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 John D. 

Heffner, 1750 K Street, NW., Suite 200, 

Washington, DC 20006. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at: ‘‘http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov.’’ 

Decided: December 24, 2009. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Andrea Pope-Matheson, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. E9–31037 Filed 12–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2008–0183; Notice 2] 

Ford Motor Company, Grant of Petition 

for Decision of Inconsequential 

Noncompliance 

Ford Motor Company (Ford) has 

determined that certain complete model 

year 2007–2008 Ford Expedition and 

Lincoln Navigator multipurpose 

passenger vehicles (MPV) built with the 

Limousine Builders Package and certain 

complete 2008 model year Ford Crown 

Victoria Police Interceptor (CVPI) 

passenger cars built with two front 

bucket seats did not fully comply with 

paragraph S4.3(b) of 49 CFR 571.110 

(Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 

(FMVSS) No. 110, Tire Selection and 

Rims, for Motor Vehicles With a GVWR 

of 4,536 Kilograms (10,000 Pounds) or 

Less). Ford has filed an appropriate 

report pursuant to 49 CFR part 573, 

Defect and Noncompliance 

Responsibility and Reports. 

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 

30120(h) and the rule implementing 

those provisions at 49 CFR part 556, 

Ford has petitioned for an exemption 

from the notification and remedy 

requirements of 49 U.S.C. Chapter 301 

on the basis that this noncompliance is 

inconsequential to motor vehicle safety. 

Notice of receipt of the petition was 


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