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Work, Date and Place of Next 

Meeting, Closing Remarks, 

Adjourn). 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairmen, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 3, 

2005. 

Natalie Ogletree, 

FAA General Engineer, RTCA Advisory 

Committee. 

[FR Doc. 05–22401 Filed 11–9–05; 8:45am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2005–22728] 

Notice of Request for Comments on 

Extension of a Currently Approved 

Collection of Information: Financial 

Responsibility, Trucking and Freight 

Forwarding 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), FMCSA announces 

the Information Collection Request (ICR) 

described below has been sent to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR 

describes a currently approved 

collection activity and its expected cost 

and burden. The Federal Register notice 

allowing for a 60-day comment period 

on the ICR was published on June 21, 

2005 (70 FR 35766). No comments were 

received. 

DATES: Please send your comments by 

December 12, 2005. OMB must receive 

your comments by this date in order to 

act quickly on the ICR. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, 725 Seventeenth Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503, Attention DOT/ 

FMCSA Desk Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Ruth Bullen, (202) 385–2430, 

Commercial Enforcement Division (MC–

ECC), Office of Enforcement and 

Compliance, Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration, 400 Seventh 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20590. 

Office hours are from 7 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Financial Responsibility, 

Trucking and Freight Forwarding. 

OMB Control Number: 2126–0017. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Background: The Secretary of 

Transportation (Secretary) is authorized 

to register for-hire motor carriers of 

regulated commodities under the 

provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13902, surface 

freight forwarders under 49 U.S.C. 

13903, and property brokers under 49 

U.S.C. 13904. These persons may 

conduct transportation services only if 

they are registered pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 

13901. The Secretary has delegated 

authority pertaining to these 

registrations to FMCSA. Registration 

remains valid only as long as the 

transportation entities maintain on file 

with FMCSA evidence of the required 

levels of insurance coverage pursuant to 

49 U.S.C. 13906. Regulations governing 

financial responsibility are contained in 

49 CFR part 387. 

Forms BMC–91, 91X, and 82 provide 

evidence of the required coverage for 

bodily injury and property damage 

(BI&PD) liability. Forms BMC–34 and 83 

establish compliance with cargo liability 

requirements. Forms BMC–84 and 85 

are filed by brokers to comply with the 

requirement for a $10,000 surety bond 

or trust fund agreement. Forms BMC–

35, 36, and 85 are used to cancel prior 

filings. Forms BMC–90 and 32 are 

endorsements that must be attached to 

BI&PD and cargo insurance policies, 

respectively, but are not filed with the 

FMCSA. 

Motor carriers can also apply to selfinsure BI&PD and/or cargo liability in 

lieu of filing certificates of insurance or 

surety bonds with the FMCSA. Form 

BMC–40 is the application used to 

apply for self-insurance authority. 

Respondents: Motor carriers, freight 

forwarders, and brokers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

165,954. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Average Burden Per Response: For 

Form BMC–40, the estimated average 

burden per response is 40 hours. For 

each of the other forms (BMC–32, 34, 

35, 36, 82, 83, 84, 85, 90, 91, and 91X), 

the estimated average burden per 

response is 10 minutes per form. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: The 

estimated total annual burden is 600 

hours for the BMC–40 based on 15 

filings per year [15 filings per year x 40 

hours to complete = 600 hours]. The 

estimated total annual burden for all 

other forms described above is 50,170 

hours based on 301,022 filings per year 

[301,022 filings per year x 10 minutes to 

complete divided by 60 minutes = 

50,170 total burden hours]. Therefore, 

the estimated annual burden hours for 

the ICR is 50,770 total burden hours. 

We particularly request comments on: 

Whether the collection of information is 

necessary for FMCSA to meet its goal of 

reducing truck crashes and its 

usefulness to this goal; the accuracy of 

the estimate of the burden of the 

information collection; ways to enhance 

the quality, utility and clarity of the 

information collected; and ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

using automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 

49 U.S.C. 13901, 13902, 13903, 13904 and 

13906; and 49 CFR 1.73. 

Issued on: November 2, 2005. 

Annette M. Sandberg, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 05–22394 Filed 11–9–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA–2005–

21964] 

Long Island Rail Road; Notice of Public 

Hearing 

On September 16, 2005, FRA 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register announcing the Long Island 

Railroad’s intent to be granted a waiver 

of compliance from certain provisions of 

the Railroad Operating Practices 

regulations, 49 CFR 218, regarding blue 

signal protection of workers. See 70 FR 

54801. Specifically, the LIRR requests 

relief from the requirements of 49 CFR 

218.29 Alternate methods of protection, 

at its Diesel Service Facilities in 

Richmond Hills, NY, and Long Island 

City, NY. 

According to LIRR, both facilities are 

stub-end yards jointly used by both 

Transportation and Mechanical forces. 

These yards function to service, 

maintain, inspect, and dispatch the 

diesel passenger fleet for the LIRR. Each 

facility has a speed limit of 5 mph, with 

fixed derails on each service track, and 

manually operated switches. Yard 

movement is controlled by a 

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yardmaster. Due to the configuration 

and service demands, the yard cannot 

facilitate the placement of a derail at the 

150-foot interval as prescribed in 

§ 218.29. Additionally, LIRR believes 

that lining and locking the manual 

switches increases potential error of 

proper switch alignment, and is a safety 

concern for all employees working in 

the area. Therefore, LIRR requested that 

employees at these two facilities be 

allowed to place derails at a distance of 

50-feet from the equipment. LIRR stated 

that they will post signage to reinforce 

the 5 mph speed restriction, as well as 

paint physical clearance lines denoting 

the 50-foot distance. 

As a result of the comments received 

by FRA concerning this waiver petition, 

FRA has determined that a public 

hearing is necessary before a final 

decision is made on this petition. 

Accordingly, a public hearing is hearby 

set to begin at 9 a.m. on December 21, 

2005, in Conference Room 820 at the 

Hunters Point Plaza, 47–40 21st Street, 

Long Island City, New York, 11101. 

Interested parties are invited to present 

oral statements at this hearing. 

The hearing will be informal and will 

be conducted in accordance with FRA’s 

Rules of Practice (49 CFR Part 211.25) 

by a representative designated by FRA. 

FRA’s representative will make an 

opening statement outlining the scope 

of the hearing, as well as any additional 

procedures for the conduct of the 

hearing. The hearing will be a nonadversarial proceeding in which all 

interested parties will be given the 

opportunity to express their views 

regarding this waiver petition, without 

cross-examination. After all initial 

statements have been completed, those 

persons wishing to make brief rebuttal 

statements will be given an opportunity 

to do so in the same order in which 

initial statements were made. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 4, 

2005. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Implementation. 

[FR Doc. 05–22393 Filed 11–9–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–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) 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 favour of relief. 

Norfolk Southern Corporation 

[Docket Number FRA–2005–22822] 

The Norfolk Southern Corporation 

(NS) seek a permanent waiver of 

compliance with the Locomotive Safety 

Standards, 49 CFR 229.21(a), as it 

pertains to the recordkeeping 

requirement for locomotive daily 

inspection reports. If the request is 

granted, NS would file the required 

report electronically in a secure 

centralized data base that would be set 

up to track and store the records for the 

required ninety two days. The railroad 

states that each employee performing 

the inspections would be provided a 

unique electronic identification which 

will be utilized in place of the signature. 

All requirements, date, time, location, 

person conducting inspection, and any 

non-complying conditions will be 

reported electronically. NS utilizes an 

onboard record of daily inspection and 

will continue to do so if their request is 

granted. 

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–2005–

22822) and must be submitted to the 

Docket Clerk, DOT Central Docket 

Management Facility, Room Pl–401, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

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://dms.dot.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 4, 

2005. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. 05–22391 Filed 11–9–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Ex Parte No. 656 (Sub-No. 1)] 

Investigation into the Practices of the 

National Classification Committee 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Extension of deadline for filing 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Board is extending, by 14 

days, the deadline for filing the 

comments requested in its decision 

served on October 13, 2005, and 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 19, 2005, at 70 FR 60881–82. 

DATES: The deadline for filing opening 

comments in this proceeding is 

extended to December 2, 2005. The 

deadline for filing a reply by the 

National Classification Committee is 

extended to December 22, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Any filing submitted in this 

proceeding must refer to STB Ex Parte 

No. 656 (Sub-No. 1) and must be 

submitted either via the Board’s e-filing 

format or in the traditional paper 

format. Any person using e-filing should 

comply with the instructions found on 

the Board’s http://www.stb.dot.gov Web 

site, at the ‘‘E-FILING’’ link. Any person 

submitting a filing in the traditional 

paper format should send an original 

and 10 paper copies of the filing (and 

also an IBM-compatible floppy disk 

with any textual submission in any 

version of either Microsoft Word or 

WordPerfect) to: Surface Transportation 

Board, 1925 K Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20423–0001. Because all comments 

will be posted to the Board’s Web site, 

persons filing them with the Board need 

not serve them on other participants but 

must furnish a hard copy on request to 

any participant. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph H. Dettmar (202) 565–1609. 

(Federal Information Relay Service for 

the hearing impaired: 1–800–877–8339.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additional information appears in the 

Board’s decision granting this deadline 

extension and in the Board’s prior 

decision served on October 13, 2005, 

and posted on the Board’s Web site at 

http://www.stb.dot.gov, both under