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received will be posted without change 

to http://dms.dot.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Please 

see the Privacy Act heading under 

Regulatory Notes. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room PL–

401 on the plaza level of the Nassif 

Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal Holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Caffin Gordon, Chief, Compliance 

Operations Division, S–34, Department 

Office of Civil Rights, Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, 

SW., Wahington, DC 20590, (202) 366–

9370 or (TTY) 202–366–0663. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Form Titles: (1) Equal Employment 

Opportunity Counselor Checklist; (2) 

ONE DOT Sharing Neutrals Program—

Mediation Intake; (3) Agreement to 

Mediate; (4) Exit Survey for Mediation 

Participants; (5) Agreement to Postpone 

the Final Interview and to Extend the 

Counseling Period; (6) Notice of Right to 

File a Discrimination Complaint; (7) 

Notice of Rights and Responsibilities; 

(8) Individual Complaint of 

Employment Discrimination; (9) 

Designation of Representative; and (10) 

Final Agency Decision Request. 

OMB Control Numbers: Initial 

Request. 

Type of Request: New Collection. 

Abstract: DOT will utilize ten forms to 

collect information necessary to process 

EEO discrimination complaints filed by 

individuals who are not Federal 

employees and are applicants for 

employment with the Department. 

These complaints are processed in 

accordance with the Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission’s regulations, 

29 CFR part 1614, as amended. DOT 

will use the forms to: (a) Ensure that the 

DOT EEO Counselor explains to the 

complainant his/her rights and 

responsibilities; (b) communicate the 

complainant’s request to participate in 

the Department’s alternative resolution 

process; (c) document complainant’s 

agreement to mediate; (d) complete exit 

survey for mediation participants; (e) 

document the complainant agreement to 

extend EEO counseling for up to an 

additional 60 days; (f) inform 

complainant of his/her right to file an 

EEO discrimination complaint; (g) 

provide the complainant with a written 

notice of his/her rights and 

responsibilities; (h) request requisite 

information from the applicant for 

processing his/her EEO employment 

discrimination complaint; and (i) obtain 

information to identify an individual or 

his or her attorney or other 

representative, if appropriate; and (j) 

communicate a complainant’s request 

for a final agency decision concerning 

his/her complaint. An applicant’s filing 

of an EEO employment complaint is 

solely voluntary. DOT estimates that it 

takes an applicant approximately 1.58 

hours to complete all ten forms. 

Respondents: Job Applicants filing 

EEO employment discrimination 

complaints. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 10 

per year. 

Estimated Total Burden on 

Respondents: 15.8 hours per year. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is reasonable for the proper performance 

of the EEO functions of the Department, 

and (b) the accuracy of the Department’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

information collection. All responses to 

the notice will be summarized and 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval. All 

comments also will become a matter of 

public record. 

Issued in Washington, DC on October 18, 

2005. 

J. Michael Trujillo, 

Director, Departmental Office of Civil Rights. 

[FR Doc. 05–21382 Filed 10–28–05; 8:45am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

Notice of Receipt of Petition for 

Decision that Nonconforming 1999–

2005 Ducati ST4s Motorcycles are 

Eligible for Importation 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, DOT 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of petition for 

decision that nonconforming 1999–2005 

Ducati ST4s motorcycles are eligible for 

importation. 

SUMMARY: This doclument announces 

receipt by the National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a 

petition for a decision that 1999–2005 

Ducati ST4s motorcylces that were not 

originally manufactured to comply with 

all applicable Federal motor vehicle 

safety standards (FMVSS) are eligible 

for importation into the United States 

because (1) they are substantially 

similar to vehicles that were originally 

manufactured for importation into and 

sale in the United States and that were 

certified by their manufacturer as 

complying with the safety standards, 

and (2) they are capable of being readily 

altered to conform to the standards. 

DATES: The closing date for comments 

on the petition is November 30, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

the docket number and notice number, 

and be submitted to: Docket 

Management, Room PL–401, 400 

Seventh St., SW., Washington, DC 

20590. [Docket hours are from 9 a.m. to 

5 p.m.] 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.). 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) or you 

may visit http://dms.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Coleman Sachs, Office of Vehicle Safety 

Compliance, NHTSA (202–366–3151). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A), a 

motor vehicle that was not originally 

manufactured to conform to all 

applicable FMVSS shall be refused 

admission into the United States unless 

NHTSA has decided that the motor 

vehicle is substantially similar to a 

motor vehicle originally manufactured 

for importation into and sale in the 

United States, certified under 49 U.S.C. 

30115, and of the same model year as 

the model of the motor vehicle to be 

compared, and is capable of being 

readily altered to conform to all 

applicable FMVSS. 

Petitions for eligibility decisions may 

be submitted by either manufacturers or 

importers who have registered with 

NHTSA pursuant to 49 CFR part 592. As 

specified in 49 CFR 593.7, NHTSA 

publishes notice in the Federal Register 

of each petition that it receives, and 

affords interested persons an 

opportunity to comment on the petition. 

At the close of the comment period, 

NHTSA decides, on the basis of the 

petition and any comments that it has 

received, whether the vehicle is eligible 

for importation. The agency then 

publishes this decision in the Federal 

Register. 

US SPECS of Aberdeen, Maryland 

(Registered Importer 03–321) has 

petitioned NHTSA to decide whether 

non-U.S. certified 1999–2005 Ducati 

ST4s motorcycles are eligible for 

importation into the United States. The 

vehicles that US SPECS believes are 

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substantially similar are 1999–2005 

Ducati ST4s motorcycles that were 

manufactured for importation into and 

sale in the United States and were 

certified by their manufacturer as 

conforming to all applicable FMVSS. 

The petitioner claims that it carefully 

compared non-U.S. certified 1999–2005 

Ducati ST4s motorcycles to their U.S. 

certified counterparts, and found the 

vehicles to be substantially similar with 

respect to compliance with most 

FMVSS. 

US SPECS submitted information 

with its petition intended to 

demonstrate that non-U.S. certified 

1999–2005 Ducati ST4s motorcycles, as 

originally manufactured, conform to 

many FMVSS in the same manner as 

their U.S. certified counterparts, or are 

capable of being readily altered to 

conform to those standards. 

Specifically, the petitioner claims that 

non-U.S. certified 1999–2005 Ducati 

ST4s motorcycles are identical to their 

U.S. certified counterparts with respect 

to compliance with Standard Nos. 106 

Brake Hoses, 116 Brake Fluid, 119 New 

Pneumatic Tires for Vehicles other than 

Passenger Cars, and 122 Motorcycle 

Brake Systems. 

The petitioner further contends that 

the vehicles are capable of being readily 

altered to meet the following standards, 

in the manner indicated below: 

Standard No. 108 Lamps, Reflective 

Devices and Associated Equipment: 

inspection of all vehicles and 

replacement of the following with U.S.- 

model components on vehicles not 

already so equipped: (a) Headlamps; (b) 

tail lamps: (c) front and rear turn signal 

lamps; and (d) front and rear sidemounted reflex reflectors. 

Standard No. 111 Rearview Mirrors: 

installation of a U.S.-model passenger 

side rearview mirror, or inscription of 

the required warning statement on the 

face of that mirror. 

Standard No. 120 Tire Selection and 

Rims for Vehicles other than Passenger 

Cars: (a) installation of a tire 

information placard; and (b) inspection 

of all vehicles to ensure compliance 

with rim marking requirements, and 

replacement of rims that are not 

properly marked with U.S.-model rims. 

Standard No. 123 Motorcycle Controls 

and Displays: installation of a U.S.- 

model speedometer, or modification of 

the speedometer so that it reads in miles 

per hour. 

Standard No. 205 Glazing Materials: 

inspection of all vehicles, and removal 

of noncompliant glazing or replacement 

of the glazing with U.S.-model 

components on vehicles that are not 

already so equipped. 

Comments should refer to the docket 

number and be submitted to: Docket 

Management, Room PL–401, 400 

Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, DC 

20590. It is requested but not required 

that 10 copies be submitted. 

All comments received before the 

close of business on the closing date 

indicated above will be considered, and 

will be available for examination in the 

docket at the above address both before 

and after that date. To the extent 

possible, comments filed after the 

closing date will also be considered. 

Notice of final action on the petition 

will be published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to the authority 

indicated below. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A) and 

(b)(1); 49 CFR 593.8; delegations of authority 

at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.8. 

Claude H. Harris, 

Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 05–21581 Filed 10–28–05; 8:45 am] 

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