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than two years from its approval date 

and may be renewed upon application 

for additional two year periods. In 

accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 

31315, each of the 10 applicants has 

satisfied the entry conditions for 

obtaining an exemption from the vision 

requirements (66 FR 53826; 66 FR 

66966; 68 FR 69434; 71 FR 646; 68 FR 

61857; 68 FR 75715). Each of these 10 

applicants has requested renewal of the 

exemption and has submitted evidence 

showing that the vision in the better eye 

continues to meet the standard specified 

at 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10) and that the 

vision impairment is stable. In addition, 

a review of each record of safety while 

driving with the respective vision 

deficiencies over the past two years 

indicates each applicant continues to 

meet the vision exemption standards. 

These factors provide an adequate basis 

for predicting each driver’s ability to 

continue to drive safely in interstate 

commerce. Therefore, FMCSA 

concludes that extending the exemption 

for each renewal applicant for a period 

of two years is likely to achieve a level 

of safety equal to that existing without 

the exemption. 

Request for Comments 

FMCSA will review comments 

received at any time concerning a 

particular driver’s safety record and 

determine if the continuation of the 

exemption is consistent with the 

requirements at 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 

31315. However, FMCSA requests that 

interested parties with specific data 

concerning the safety records of these 

drivers submit comments by January 18, 

2008. 

FMCSA believes that the 

requirements for a renewal of an 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 

31315 can be satisfied by initially 

granting the renewal and then 

requesting and evaluating, if needed, 

subsequent comments submitted by 

interested parties. As indicated above, 

the Agency previously published 

notices of final disposition announcing 

its decision to exempt these 10 

individuals from the vision requirement 

in 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10). The final 

decision to grant an exemption to each 

of these individuals was based on the 

merits of each case and only after 

careful consideration of the comments 

received to its notices of applications. 

The notices of applications stated in 

detail the qualifications, experience, 

and medical condition of each applicant 

for an exemption from the vision 

requirements. That information is 

available by consulting the above cited 

Federal Register publications. 

Interested parties or organizations 

possessing information that would 

otherwise show that any, or all of these 

drivers, are not currently achieving the 

statutory level of safety should 

immediately notify FMCSA. The 

Agency will evaluate any adverse 

evidence submitted and, if safety is 

being compromised or if continuation of 

the exemption would not be consistent 

with the goals and objectives of 49 

U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315, FMCSA will 

take immediate steps to revoke the 

exemption of a driver. 

Issued on: December 12, 2007. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy and 

Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E7–24559 Filed 12–18–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket ID PHMSA–RSPA–1998–4470] 

Pipeline Safety: Meetings of the 

Pipeline Safety Standards Advisory 

Committees and a Public Workshop 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), Department of Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee 

meetings and workshop. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces public 

meetings of PHMSA’s Technical 

Pipeline Safety Standards Committee 

(TPSSC) and Technical Hazardous 

Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards 

Committee (THLPSSC). The Committees 

will meet in a joint session to discuss 

PHMSA’s regulatory agenda and 

strategic plan. In conjunction with the 

advisory committee meetings, PHMSA 

will hold a public workshop. 

PHMSA will hold a half day public 

workshop to gather comments on the 

use of the special permit process to 

allow transmission pipeline operators to 

vary from the 7-year reassessment 

interval in integrity management 

programs. Specifically, special permits 

would allow operators to tailor their 

reassessment intervals, based on pipe 

specific threats. PHMSA will ask for 

feedback on criteria developed for use 

in special permits. 

DATES: The TPSSC and the THLPSSC 

will meet on Thursday, January 17, from 

1 p.m. to 5 p.m. EST. The public 

meeting on special permit consideration 

and criteria discussion for 7-year 

reassessments will be on Friday, January 

18, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. EST. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be at the 

Hotel Palomar Arlington, 1121 North 

19th Street, Arlington, VA 22209. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

• Technical Advisory Committee 

Meetings: Cheryl Whetsel (202) 366–

4431, cheryl.whetsel@dot.gov; 

• Public Workshop on Special Permit 

Consideration and Criteria Discussion 

for 7-Year Reassessments: Zach Barrett 

(405) 954–5559, zach.barrett@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Meeting Details 

Members of the public may attend 

and may make a statement during the 

advisory committee meetings or during 

the public workshop. If you plan to 

make a statement please notify the 

relevant contact under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION by January 9. Please note 

the meetings’ presiding officer may 

deny a nonscheduled request to make a 

statement and may also limit the time of 

any speaker. 

Comments should reference Docket ID 

PHMSA–RSPA–1998–4470 (advisory 

committee) or Docket ID PHMSA–

RSPA–2000–7666 (7-year reassessment 

workshop). Comments may be 

submitted in the following ways: 

• E-Gov Web Site: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. This site allows 

the public to enter comments on any 

Federal Register notice issued by any 

agency. Follow the instructions for 

submitting comments. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management System: 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W12–

140, Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: DOT Docket 

Management System; Room W12–140, 

on the ground floor of the West 

Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

Instructions: Identify the docket ID, at 

the beginning of your comments. If you 

submit your comments by mail, submit 

two copies. If you wish to receive 

confirmation that PHMSA received your 

comments, include a self-addressed 

stamped postcard. Internet users may 

submit comments at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Note: Comments 

will be posted without changes or edits 

to http://www.regulations.gov including 

any personal information provided. 

Please see the Privacy Act heading in 

the Regulatory Analyses and Notices 

section of the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for additional information. 

Privacy Act Statement: Anyone may 

search the electronic form of all 

comments received for any of our 

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1A copy of a draft Agreement for Sale of Stock, 

as required by 49 CFR 1180.6(a)(7)(ii), was filed 

under seal along with a motion for protective order. 

The motion is being addressed in a separate 

decision. 

dockets. You may review DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement in the 

Federal Register published April 11, 

2000 (65 FR 19477). 

Information on Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities: For 

information on facilities or services for 

individuals with disabilities, or to 

request special assistance at the 

meeting, please contact Cheryl Whetsel 

before January 2. 

II. Committee Background 

The TPSSC and the THLPSSC are 

advisory committees mandated by 

statute to advise PHMSA on proposed 

safety standards, risk assessments, and 

safety policies for natural gas and 

hazardous liquid pipelines. These 

advisory committees are established 

under the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C. App. 1) 

and the pipeline safety law (49 U.S.C. 

chap. 601). Each committee consists of 

15 members, five each representing 

government, industry, and the public. 

The TPSSC and the THLPSSC 

determine the reasonableness, costeffectiveness, and practicability of each 

proposed safety standard. The 

committees also evaluate the costbenefit analysis and risk assessment 

information on each proposal. 

III. Preliminary Meeting Schedules 

Joint Meeting of the Technical 

Advisory Committees 

Thursday, January 17 (1 p.m. to 5 

p.m.) 

The TPSSC and THLPSSC will meet 

to introduce new members and to 

discuss their roles and responsibilities. 

They will also discuss PHMSA’s 2008 

regulatory agenda and plans to carry out 

the DOT and PHMSA strategic plans. 

Special Permit Consideration and 

Criteria Discussion for 7-Year 

Reassessments Friday, January 18 (8 

a.m.–12 p.m.) 

Integrity management regulations 

applicable to gas transmission pipelines 

required all operators to do a baseline 

assessment of pipelines. PHMSA will 

hold a public workshop to gather 

comments on the use of a special permit 

to allow certain transmission pipeline 

operators to tailor reassessment 

intervals, based on pipe specific threats, 

instead of using the 7-year mandatory 

reassessment required now. PHMSA 

will ask for feedback on criteria 

developed for these special permits. 

PHMSA will post more detailed 

agendas and any additional information 

or changes on its Web page (http:// 

phmsa.dot.gov) approximately 15 days 

before the meeting date. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60102, 60115; 60118. 

Issued in Washington, DC on December 14, 

2007. 

Jeffrey D. Wiese, 

Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety. 

[FR Doc. 07–6099 Filed 12–14–07; 2:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Ex Parte No. 385 (Sub-No. 6)] 

Waybill Sample 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Clarification. 

SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation 

Board provides notice that all railroads 

required to submit a waybill sample 

under 49 CFR part 1244 shall report fuel 

surcharge revenues in the waybill field 

‘‘Freight Revenue,’’ columns 83–91 in 

the waybill file record layout. 

DATES: Effective Date: This notice is 

effective on January 1, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mac 

Frampton, (202) 245–0317 or 

mac.frampton@stb.dot.gov. [Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the 

hearing impaired: 1–800–877–8339.] 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A carload 

waybill, which is a document describing 

the characteristics of an individual rail 

shipment, identifies originating and 

terminating freight stations, the names 

of all railroads participating in the 

movement, the points of all railroad 

interchanges, the number of cars, the car 

types, movement weight in 

hundredweight, the commodity, and the 

freight revenue. Under 49 CFR part 

1244, a railroad is required to file 

carload waybill sample information 

(Waybill Sample) for all line-haul 

revenue waybills terminating on its 

lines if, in any of the three preceding 

years, it terminated 4500 or more 

carloads, or it terminated at least 5% of 

the total revenue carloads that terminate 

in a particular state. 

The Waybill Sample is the Board’s 

primary source of information about 

freight rail shipments terminated in the 

United States. Of particular importance, 

the Board relies on the data in the 

Freight Revenue field to compute its 

‘‘Revenue Shortfall Allocation Method’’

(RSAM) benchmarks. 

For the most part, carriers are already 

reporting revenue derived from fuel 

surcharges within the Freight Revenue 

field. However, a few carriers are using 

the ‘‘Miscellaneous Charges’’ field to 

report fuel surcharge revenue. This 

notice clarifies that all reporting carriers 

should report their fuel surcharge 

revenues in the Freight Revenue field. 

This clarification will provide for 

uniformity in the reporting of fuel 

surcharge revenue in the Waybill 

Sample and therefore improve the 

accuracy and utility of the Board’s 

RSAM calculations. 

To purchase a copy of this decision, 

write to, e-mail or call: ASAP Document 

Solutions, 9332 Annapolis Rd., Suite 

103, Lanham, MD 20706; e-mail 

asapdc@verizon.net; telephone (202) 

306–4004. [Assistance for the hearing 

impaired is available through FIRS at 1–

800–877–8339.] 

Board decisions, notices, filings, and 

hearings transcripts are also available on 

our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: December 12, 2007. 

By the Board, Chairman Nottingham, Vice 

Chairman Buttrey, and Commissioner 

Mulvey. 

Vernon A. Williams, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–24589 Filed 12–18–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 35108] 

Permian Basin Railways, Inc.—

Acquisition of Control Exemption—

Mount Hood Railroad 

Permian Basin Railways, Inc. (PBR) 

has filed a verified notice of exemption 

to permit PBR to acquire control of the 

Mount Hood Railroad (MHRR) by 

purchasing 100% of the outstanding 

stock of MHRR.1

PBR is a noncarrier holding company, 

and a wholly owned subsidiary of Iowa 

Pacific Holdings, also a noncarrier. PBR 

owns the following Class III rail carriers: 

Texas-New Mexico Railroad, West 

Texas & Lubbock Railway, Arizona 

Eastern Railway, San Luis & Rio Grande 

Railroad, and the Chicago Terminal 

Railway. 

The transaction is scheduled to be 

consummated on or about December 31, 

2007, but consummation can lawfully 

occur no earlier than January 2, 2008, 

the effective date of the exemption (30 

days after the exemption was filed). 

Applicant states that: (i) The rail lines 

involved in this transaction do not 

connect with any rail lines now 

controlled, directly or indirectly, by 

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