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15 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).

submission, all subsequent 

amendments, all written statements 

with respect to the proposed rule 

change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for inspection and copying in 

the Commission’s Public Reference 

Section, 100 F Street NE., Washington, 

DC 20549. Copies of such filings will 

also be available for inspection and 

copying at the principal office of the 

Exchange. All comments received will 

be posted without change; the 

Commission does not edit personal 

identifying information from 

submissions. You should submit only 

information that you wish to make 

available publicly. All submissions 

should refer to File Number SR–NSX–

2005–08 and should be submitted on or 

before November 30, 2005.

For the Commission by the Division of 

Market Regulation, pursuant to the delegated 

authority.15

Jonathan G. Katz, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 05–22294 Filed 11–8–05; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. OST–2005–22902] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Currenlty Approved Information 

Collection

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended) this 

notice announces the Department of 

Transportation’s (DOT) intention to 

request an extension without change for 

a currently approved information 

collection.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by January 9, 2006.

ADDRESSES: To ensure that you do not 

duplicate your docket submissions, 

please submit them by only one of the 

following means, identified by DOT 

DMS Docket Number OST–2005–22902:

(1) By mail to the Docket Management 

Facility, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Room PL–401, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20590–0001. [It is important to 

note that because of current security 

procedures affecting the U.S. Mail, 

other means (e.g., FedEx, UPS) may 

be faster]; 

(2) By delivery 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. 

(3) By fax to the Docket Management 

Facility at (202) 493–2551; or 

(4) By electronic means through the web 

site for the Docket Management 

System at: http://dms.dot.gov.

The Docket Management Facility 

maintains the public docket for this 

rulemaking. Comments to the docket 

will be available for inspection or 

copying at 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. 

The public may also review docketed 

comments electronically at http://

dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Cynthia A. Roscoe, Committee 

Management Officer, Executive 

Secretariat, Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Transportation, at the 

address listed above. Telephone: (202) 

366–9764.

SUPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Advisory Committee Candidate 

Biographical Information Request, DOT 

F1120.1. 

OMB Control Number: 2105–0009. 

Type of Request: Extension without 

change for a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: The collection of 

information obtained by the Advisory 

Committee Candidate Biographical 

Information Request form enables 

Department officials to review the 

qualifications of individuals who wish 

to serve on Department-sponsored 

advisory committees and the 

qualifications of persons who have been 

recommended to serve. The collection 

provides uniform data for each 

individual and enables DOT to comply 

with the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act (Pub. L. 92–463) (5 U.S.C. App.) 

which requires that advisory committee 

membership be balanced. 

A number of DOT’s advisory 

committees were created by statute and 

have statutory requirements for 

education, experience, or expertise. The 

data collection enables DOT to comply 

with such membership requirements, by 

providing information form which 

officials may determine which 

individuals meet specific qualification 

standards for particular advisory 

committees and for particular positions 

within a committee. In fact, some 

statutory committees require very 

narrow and specific expertise for each 

position on the committee, which can 

be ascertained by reviewing the 

Advisory Committee Candidate 

Biographical Request form. 

Finally, the data collection allows 

officials to retain a file of interested 

applicants. As vacancies occur on 

specific advisory committees, the 

applications and qualifications can be 

reviewed for possible placement.

In the absence of the data collection, 

officials would have to contact by 

telephone or by letter each person who 

expressed an interest or who was 

recommended for an advisory 

committee position to determine his/her 

interest, education, experience, or 

expertise. This would be a more timeconsuming and costly data collection 

effort which would have to be repeated 

if the individual were to be considered 

at a later time for vacancies on other 

advisory committees. 

Respondents: Individuals who have 

contacted DOT to indicate interest in 

appointment to an advisory committee 

and individuals who have been 

recommended for membership on an 

advisory committee. Only one collection 

is expected per individual. 

Estimated Number of Respondents 

per year: 100. 

Total Burden: 35 hours. 

This information collection is 

available for inspection at the Office of 

the Executive Secretariat, Room 10205, 

Office of the Secretary, DOT, at the 

above address. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the continued collection of the 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Department, (b) the accuracy of the 

Department’s estimate of the burden of 

the current information collection, (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information collection, (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information being 

collected and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized an included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record.

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Issued in Washington, DC on November 3, 

2005. 

Michael C. Dannenhauer, 

Director, Executive Secretariat.

[FR Doc. 05–22356 Filed 11–8–05; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary 

Aviation Proceedings, Agreements 

Filed the Week Ending October 28, 

2005 

The following Agreements were filed 

with the Department of Transportation 

under the sections 412 and 414 of the 

Federal Aviation Act, as amended (49 

U.S.C. 1382 and 1384) and procedures 

governing proceedings to enforce these 

provisions. Answers may be filed within 

21 days after the filing of the 

application.

Docket Number: OST–2005–22825. 

Date Filed: October 24, 2005. 

Parties: Members of the International 

Air Transport Association. 

Subject: TC23/TC123 Europe-South 

West Pacific. Geneva & Teleconference, 

15–16 September 2005. (Memo 0099). 

Intended effective date: 1 December 

2005.

Docket Number: OST–2005–22848. 

Date Filed: October 27, 2005. 

Parties: Members of the International 

Air Transport Association. 

Subject: TC23 Mail Vote 462. Between 

Europe and South Asian Subcontinent. 

Geneva & Teleconference, 15–16 

September 2005. (Memo 0141). 

Intended effective date: 1 December 

2005.

Renee V. Wright, 

Program Manager, Docket Operations, 

Federal Register Liaison.

[FR Doc. 05–22354 Filed 11–8–05; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Innovative Technology 

Administration 

Agency Information Collection; 

Activity Under OMB Review; National 

Ferry Database

AGENCY: Research & Innovative 

Technology Administration (RITA), 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics 

(BTS), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice 

announces that the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) described 

below is being forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

approval for a new information 

collection related to the Nation’s ferry 

operations. The ICR describes the nature 

of the information collection and its 

expected burden. The Federal Register

notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on the following 

collection of information was published 

on August 30, 2005 (70 FR 51409) and 

the comment period ended on October 

30, 2005. The 60-day notice produced 

no comments.

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by December 9, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

June Taylor Jones, Passenger Travel 

Program Manager, Room 3430, RITA, 

BTS, Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590–0001. Telephone (202) 366–4743, 

Fax (202) 493–0568 or e-mail 

june.jones@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: National Ferry Study. 

Type of Request: Approval of a new 

information collection. 

OMB Control Number: New. 

Affected Public: Ferry operators 

nationwide. 

Number of Respondents: 300. 

Number of Responses: 300. 

Total Annual Burden: 100 hours 

(Average estimate of 20 minutes to 

complete the survey for each of 300 

resulting in a total of 6000 minutes or 

100 hours). 

Abstract: The Transportation Equity 

Act for the 21st Century (TEA—21) 

(Pub. L. 105–178), section 1207(c), 

directed the Secretary of Transportation 

to conduct a study of ferry 

transportation in the United States and 

its possessions. In 2000, the Federal 

Highway Administration (FHWA) Office 

of Intermodal and Statewide Planning 

conducted a survey of approximately 

250 known ferry operators. The Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy 

for Users (SAFETEA–LU; H.R. 3, 

Section 1801(e)) requires that the 

Secretary, acting through the BTS, shall 

establish and maintain a national ferry 

database containing information on 

routes, vessels, passengers and vehicles 

carried, funding sources and such other 

information as the Secretary considers 

useful. Data collection will rely on a 

written survey. An electronic version of 

the questionnaire will also be available 

to respondents on request. Data will be 

collected from the entire population of 

ferry operators (estimate 300 or less). 

The survey will ask respondents to 

provide information on: (1) Points 

served; (2) amount and source of 

Federal, State, and/or local funds used 

in the past 24 months; (3) type of 

ownership; (4) number of passengers 

and vehicles carried in the past 12 

months; (5) any new routes expected to 

be added within the next five years; and 

(6) highways that are connected by the 

ferries. It is estimated that the survey 

will take, on average, 20 minutes to 

complete for a total burden of 100 hours 

(300 respondents*20 minutes/60 = 100 

hours). 

The National Ferry Database may 

collect business sensitive information. 

The confidentiality of these data will be 

protected under 49 CFR 7.17. In 

accordance with this regulation, only 

statistical and non-sensitive business 

information will be made available 

through publications and public use 

data files. The statistical public use data 

are intended to provide an aggregated 

source of information on ferry boat 

operations nationwide.

ADDRESSES: The agency seeks public 

comments on its proposed information 

collection. Comments should address 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

agency’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. 

Send comments to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725–

17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503, Attention: BTS Desk Officer.

Issued in Washington, DC on this 2nd day 

of November, 2005. 

William Bannister, 

Assistant Director, Office of Advanced 

Studies, Research and Advanced Technology 

Administration, Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics, Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 05–22355 Filed 11–8–05; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–HY–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 34658] 

The Alaska Railroad Corporation—

Petition for Exemption To Construct 

and Operate a Rail Line Between 

Eielson Air Force Base (North Pole) 

and Fort Greely (Delta Junction), AK

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, 

DOT.