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3. Participants will not act as a broker 

for DoD cargo unless requested by 

USTRANSCOM. 

VII. Application and Agreement 

The Administrator, in coordination 

with the Commander has adopted the 

following form (‘‘Application to 

Participate in the Voluntary Intermodal 

Sealift Agreement’’) on which 

intermodal ship operators may apply to 

become a Participant in this Agreement. 

The form incorporates, by reference, the 

terms of this Agreement. 

United States of America, Department 

of Transportation, Maritime 

Administration 

Application To Participate in the 

Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement 

The applicant identified below hereby 

applies to participate in the Maritime 

Administration’s agreement entitled 

‘‘Voluntary Intermodal Sealift 

Agreement.’’ The text of said Agreement 

is published in lll Federal Register 

lllll, lllll, 20lll. This 

Agreement is authorized under section 

708 of the Defense Production Act of 

1950, as amended (50 App. U.S.C. 

2158). Regulations governing this 

Agreement appear at 44 CFR part 332 

and are reflected at 49 CFR subtitle A. 

The applicant, if selected, hereby 

acknowledges and agrees to the 

incorporation by reference into this 

Application and Agreement of the entire 

text of the Voluntary Intermodal Sealift 

Agreement published in lll Federal 

Register lllll, lllll, 20___, 

as though said text were physically 

recited herein. 

The Applicant, as a Participant, agrees 

to comply with the provisions of section 

708 of the Defense Production Act of 

1950, as amended, the regulations of 44 

CFR part 332 and as reflected at 49 CFR 

subtitle A, and the terms of the 

Voluntary Intermodal Sealift 

Agreement. Further, the applicant, if 

selected as a Participant, hereby agrees 

to contractually commit to make 

specifically enrolled vessels or capacity, 

intermodal equipment and management 

of intermodal transportation systems 

available for use by the Department of 

Defense and to other Participants as 

discussed in this Agreement and the 

subsequent Department of Defense 

Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement 

Enrollment Contract for the purpose of 

meeting national defense requirement. 

Attest: 

lllllllllllllllllll

(Corporate Secretary) 

(CORPORATE SEAL) 

Effective Date: lllllllllll

lllllllllllllllllll

(Secretary) 

(SEAL) 

lllllllllllllllllll

(Applicant-Corporate Name) 

lllllllllllllllllll

(Signature) 

lllllllllllllllllll

(Position Title) 

United States of America, Department of 

Transportation, Maritime 

Administration 

By: llllllllllllllll

Maritime Administrator 

Dated: November 1, 2007. 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Christine S. Gurland, 

Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

International Standards on the 

Transport of Dangerous Goods; Public 

Notice 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice is to advise 

interested persons that PHMSA will 

conduct a public meeting in preparation 

for the 32nd session of the United 

Nation’s Sub-Committee of Experts on 

the Transport of Dangerous Goods 

(UNSCOE) to be held December 3–7, 

2007 in Geneva, Switzerland. In 

addition, input will be solicited on a 

five year agenda prioritizing PHMSA’s 

international work. 

DATES: Tuesday, November 27, 2007; 

9:30 am–1:30 pm. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the new DOT Headquarters, West 

Building, Oklahoma City Conference 

Room, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Duane Pfund, Director, Office of 

International Standards, Office of 

Hazardous Materials Safety, Department 

of Transportation, Washington, DC 

20590; (202) 366–0656. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

primary purpose of this meeting will be 

to prepare for the 32nd session of the 

UNSCOE and to discuss draft U.S. 

positions on UNSCOE proposals. The 

32nd session of the UNSCOE is the 

second meeting in the current biennium 

cycle. The UNSCOE will consider 

proposals for the 16th Revised Edition 

of the United Nations Recommendations 

on the Transport of Dangerous Goods 

Model Regulations which will come 

into force in the international 

regulations from January 1, 2011. Topics 

to be covered during the public 

meetings include: 

Transport of limited quantities and 

consumer commodities, classification of 

corrosive substances, provisions for 

training of personnel, use of electronic 

documentation, subsidiary labeling for 

toxic by inhalation liquids, 

requirements for cryogenic receptacles, 

provisions for impact testing of portable 

tanks, requirements for lithium 

batteries, fumigated units and dry ice, 

harmonization with the IAEA 

Regulations for the safe transport of 

radioactive materials, guiding principles 

for the development of the Model 

Regulations, and various miscellaneous 

proposals related to listing, 

classification, and hazard 

communication. 

In addition to the discussion on 

proposals to be submitted to the 

UNSCOE, time will be provided to 

discuss two issues of importance to our 

stakeholders: (1) Transport of limited 

quantities and consumer commodities, 

and (2) docket HM–215F. The 

discussion on limited quantities will be 

for the purpose of summarizing progress 

made during the first year of the 

biennium and identifying a way forward 

for further work during the second year. 

The discussion on HM–215F will 

include a review of the recently issued 

corrections document under the same 

docket, and will provide time for any 

additional comments regarding the 

conditions and limitations for the use of 

international regulations. 

Finally, PHMSA is soliciting 

comments on how to further enhance 

harmonization for international 

transport of hazardous materials. 

PHMSA is developing a five year plan 

to address international harmonization 

and welcomes input on items which 

stakeholders believe should be included 

in this plan. 

The public is invited to attend 

without prior notification. Due to the 

heightened security measures 

participants are encouraged to arrive 

early to allow time for security checks 

necessary to obtain access to the 

building. In lieu of conducting a public 

meeting after the 32nd session of the 

UNSCOE to present the results of the 

session, PHMSA will place a copy of the 

Sub-Committee’s report and an updated 

copy of the pre-meeting summary 

document on PHMSA’s Hazardous 

Materials Safety Homepage at http:// 


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1Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which currently is set at $1,300. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

2Because this is a discontinuance proceeding and 

not an abandonment, trail use/rail banking and 

public use conditions are not appropriate. Likewise, 

no environmental or historical documentation is 

required here under 49 CFR 1105.6(c) and 

1105.8(b), respectively. 

hazmat.dot.gov/regs/intl/ 

intstandards.htm. 

Documents 

Copies of documents for the UNSCOE 

meeting and the meeting agenda may be 

obtained by downloading them from the 

United Nations Transport Division’s 

Web site at: http://www.unece.org/trans/ 

main/dgdb/dgsubc/c32007.html. This 

site may also be accessed through 

PHMSA’s Hazardous Materials Safety 

Web site at: http://hazmat.dot.gov/regs/ 

intl/intstandards.htm. PHMSA’s site 

provides additional information 

regarding the UNSCOE and related 

matters such as a summary of decisions 

taken at previous sessions of the 

UNSCOE. 

Robert A. Richard, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Hazardous Materials Safety. 

[FR Doc. 07–5544 Filed 11–6–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–290 (Sub-No. 297X)] 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company—

Discontinuance of Service 

Exemption—in Chester County, PA 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company 

(NSR) has filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 

subpart F—Exempt Abandonments and 

Discontinuances of Service to 

discontinue service over a 7.70 mile line 

of railroad between milepost PX 3.10 

and milepost PX 10.80 in Phoenixville, 

Chester County, PA. The line traverses 

United States Postal Service Zip Codes 

19453 and 19460, and includes the 

stations of Phoenixville, Pickering, and 

Devault. 

NSR has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the line for at 

least 2 years; (2) that all overhead traffic, 

if any, has been rerouted over other 

lines; (3) no formal complaint filed by 

a user of rail service on the line (or by 

a state or local government entity acting 

on behalf of such user) regarding 

cessation of service over the line either 

is pending with the Board or with any 

U.S. District Court or has been decided 

in favor of complainant within the 2- 

year period; and (4) the requirements at 

49 CFR 1105.12 (newspaper 

publication), and 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) 

(notice to governmental agencies) have 

been met. 

As a condition to these exemptions, 

any employee adversely affected by the 

discontinuance of service shall be 

protected under Oregon Short Line R. 

Co.—Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 

91 (1979). To address whether this 

condition adequately protects affected 

employees, a petition for partial 

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

must be filed. 

Provided no formal expression of 

intent to file an offer of financial 

assistance (OFA) has been received, this 

exemption will be effective on 

December 7, 2007, unless stayed 

pending reconsideration. Petitions to 

stay that do not involve environmental 

issues and formal expressions of intent 

to file an OFA for continued rail service 

under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),1 must be 

filed by November 19, 2007.2 Petitions 

to reopen must be filed by November 27, 

2007, with: Surface Transportation 

Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20423–0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to NSR’s 

representative: James R. Paschall, Senior 

General Attorney, Norfolk Southern 

Railway Company, Three Commercial 

Place, Norfolk, VA 23510. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at: http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: October 30, 2007. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–21832 Filed 11–6–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Veterans’ Advisory Committee on 

Rehabilitation; Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92–

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that a meeting of the Veterans’ Advisory 

Committee on Rehabilitation will be 

held on November 27–28, 2007 in Room 

819 at the Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 811 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC. The sessions will 

begin at 8 a.m. and will end at 4:30 p.m. 

each day. The meeting is open to the 

public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

provide recommendations to the 

Secretary of Veterans Affairs on the 

rehabilitation needs of veterans with 

disabilities and on the administration of 

VA’s rehabilitation programs. 

During the meeting, there will be 

briefings on various VA rehabilitationrelated initiatives. The Committee will 

discuss VA’s polytrauma centers and 

how their programs address 

rehabilitation needs of veterans with 

disabilities. 

No time will be allocated at this 

meeting for oral presentations from the 

public. Any member of the public 

wishing to attend the meeting is 

requested to contact Mr. Joseph Tucker, 

Designated Federal Officer, at (202) 

461–9637. The Committee will accept 

written comments. Comments should be 

addressed to Mr. Tucker at the 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 

Veterans Benefits Administration (28), 

810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20420. In 

communication with the Committee, 

writers must identify themselves and 

state the organizations, associations, or 

person(s) they represent. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

Dated: October 31, 2007. 

E. Philip Riggin, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–5540 Filed 11–6–07; 8:45 am] 

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