Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 13 / Friday, January 18, 2008 / Notices 3543 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

Release of Waybill Data 

The Surface Transportation Board has 

received a request from BST Associates 

(WB616—1 1/7/2008) for access to 

certain data from the Board’s 2005–2006 

Carload Waybill Samples. A copy of the 

request may be obtained from the Office 

of Economics, Environmental Analysis, 

and Administration. 

The waybill sample contains 

confidential railroad and shipper data; 

therefore, if any parties object to this 

request, they should file their objections 

with the Director of the Board’s Office 

of Economics, Environmental Analysis, 

and Administration within 14 calendar 

days of the date of this notice. The rules 

for release of waybill data are codified 

at 49 CFR 1244.9. 

Contact: Mac Frampton, (202) 245–

0317. 

Anne K. Quinlan, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–892 Filed 1–17–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Departmental Offices; Debt 

Management Advisory Committee 

Meeting 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. App. 2, 10(a)(2), that a meeting 

will be held at the Hay-Adams Hotel, 

16th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC, on January 29, 

2008 at 10:30 a.m. of the following debt 

management advisory committee: 

Treasury Borrowing Advisory 

Committee of The Securities Industry 

and Financial Markets Association. 

The agenda for the meeting provides 

for a charge by the Secretary of the 

Treasury or his designate that the 

Committee discuss particular issues, 

and a working session. Following the 

working session, the Committee will 

present a written report of its 

recommendations. The meeting will be 

closed to the public, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. App. 2, section 10(d) and Public 

Law 103–202, § 202(c)(1)(B)(8) (31 

U.S.C. section 3121 note). 

This notice shall constitute my 

determination, pursuant to the authority 

placed in heads of agencies by 5 U.S.C. 

App. 2, section 10(d) and vested in me 

by Treasury Department Order No. 101–

05, that the meeting will consist of 

discussions and debates of the issues 

presented to the Committee by the 

Secretary of the Treasury and the 

making of recommendations of the 

Committee to the Secretary, pursuant to 

Public Law 103–202, section 

202(c)(1)(B). Thus, this information is 

exempt from disclosure under that 

provision and 5 U.S.C. section 

552b(c)(3)(B). In addition, the meeting is 

concerned with information that is 

exempt from disclosure under 5 U.S.C. 

section 552b(c)(9)(A). The public 

interest requires that such meetings be 

closed to the public because the 

Treasury Department requires frank and 

full advice from representatives of the 

financial community prior to making its 

final decisions on major financing 

operations. Historically, this advice has 

been offered by debt management 

advisory committees established by the 

several major segments of the financial 

community. When so utilized, such a 

committee is recognized to be an 

advisory committee under 5 U.S.C. App. 

2, section 3. 

Although the Treasury’s final 

announcement of financial plans may 

not reflect the recommendations 

provided in reports of the Committee, 

premature disclosure of the Committee’s 

deliberations and reports would be 

likely to lead to significant financial 

speculation in the securities market. 

Thus, this meeting falls within the 

exemption covered by 5 U.S.C. section 

552b(c)(9)(A). 

Treasury staff will provide a technical 

briefing to the press on the day before 

the Committee meeting, following the 

release of a statement of economic 

conditions, financing estimates and 

technical charts. This briefing will give 

the press an opportunity to ask 

questions about financing projections 

and technical charts. The day after the 

Committee meeting, Treasury will 

release the minutes of the meeting, any 

charts that were discussed at the 

meeting, and the Committee’s report to 

the Secretary. 

The Office of Debt Management is 

responsible for maintaining records of 

debt management advisory committee 

meetings and for providing annual 

reports setting forth a summary of 

Committee activities and such other 

matters as may be informative to the 

public consistent with the policy of 5 

U.S.C. section 552(b). The Designated 

Federal Officer or other responsible 

agency official who may be contacted 

for additional information is Karthik 

Ramanathan, Director, Office of Debt 

Management, at (202) 622–2042. 

Dated: January 14, 2008. 

Anthony W. Ryan, 

Assistant Secretary, Financial Markets. 

[FR Doc. 08–162 Filed 1–17–08: 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–25–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Thrift Supervision 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request—Minority Thrift Certification 

Form 

AGENCY: Office of Thrift Supervision 

(OTS), Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to comment on 

proposed and continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. 3507. The OTS within the 

Department of the Treasury will submit 

the proposed information collection 

requirement described below to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. Today, OTS 

is soliciting public comments on its 

proposal to extend this information 

collection. 

DATES: Submit written comments on or 

before March 18, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referring to 

the collection by title of the proposal or 

by OMB approval number, to 

Information Collection Comments, Chief 

Counsel’s Office, Office of Thrift 

Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20552; send a facsimile 

transmission to (202) 906–6518; or send 

an e-mail to 

infocollection.comments@ots.treas.gov. 

OTS will post comments and the related 

index on the OTS Internet Site at 

http://www.ots.treas.gov. In addition, 

interested persons may inspect 

comments at the Public Reading Room, 

1700 G Street, NW., by appointment. To 

make an appointment, call (202) 906–

5922, send an e-mail to 

public.info@ots.treas.gov, or send a 

facsimile transmission to (202) 906–

7755. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

can request additional information 

about this proposed information 

collection from Nicola Kelly, (202) 906–

7891, Office of Thrift Supervision, 1700 

G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OTS may 

not conduct or sponsor an information 

collection, and respondents are not 

required to respond to an information 

collection, unless the information 

collection displays a currently valid 

OMB control number. As part of the 


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