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1The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Section of 

Environmental Analysis (SEA) in its independent 

investigation) cannot be made before the 

exemption’s effective date. See Exemption of Outof-Service Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any 

request for a stay should be filed as soon as possible 

so that the Board may take appropriate action before 

the exemption’s effective date. 

2Effective July 18, 2008, the filing fee for an OFA 

increased to $1,500. See Regulations Governing 

Fees for Services Performed in Connection with 

Licensing and Related Services—2008 Update, STB 

Ex Parte No. 542 (Sub-No. 15) (STB served June 18, 

2008). 

3NSR states that it does not have fee title to the 

entire right-of-way underlying the line proposed for 

abandonment and, therefore, that it will not have 

a contiguous corridor available for public use. 

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78). 

Dated: July 29, 2008. 

By order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Leonard Sutter, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–17923 Filed 8–4–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2008–0074] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Invitation for public comments 

on a requested administrative waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel 

HARMONY. 

SUMMARY: As authorized by Public Law 

105–383 and Public Law 107–295, the 

Secretary of Transportation, as 

represented by the Maritime 

Administration (MARAD), is authorized 

to grant waivers of the U.S.-build 

requirement of the coastwise laws under 

certain circumstances. A request for 

such a waiver has been received by 

MARAD. The vessel, and a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. The complete application 

is given in DOT docket MARAD–2008–

XXXX at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Interested parties may comment on the 

effect this action may have on U.S. 

vessel builders or businesses in the U.S. 

that use U.S.-flag vessels. If MARAD 

determines, in accordance with Public 

Law 105–383 and MARAD’s regulations 

at 46 CFR part 388 (68 FR 23084; April 

30, 2003), that the issuance of the 

waiver will have an unduly adverse 

effect on a U.S.-vessel builder or a 

business that uses U.S.-flag vessels in 

that business, a waiver will not be 

granted. Comments should refer to the 

docket number of this notice and the 

vessel name in order for MARAD to 

properly consider the comments. 

Comments should also state the 

commenter’s interest in the waiver 

application, and address the waiver 

criteria given in § 388.4 of MARAD’s 

regulations at 46 CFR part 388. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

September 4, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

docket number MARAD–2008–XXXX. 

Written comments may be submitted by 

hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations, M–30, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. You may also 

send comments electronically via the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

All comments will become part of this 

docket and will be available for 

inspection and copying at the above 

address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

E.T., Monday through Friday, except 

federal holidays. An electronic version 

of this document and all documents 

entered into this docket is available on 

the World Wide Web at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joann Spittle, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Maritime 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Room W21–203, 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202–

366–5979. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

described by the applicant the intended 

service of the vessel HARMONY is: 

Intended Use: ‘‘Inland Waterway and 

Coastwise Sailing Charters.’’

Geographic Region: ‘‘Florida.’’

Privacy Act 

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78). 

Dated: July 29, 2008. 

By order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Leonard Sutter, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–17924 Filed 8–4–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–290 (Sub-No. 289X)] 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company—

Abandonment Exemption—in Hamilton 

County, OH 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company 

(NSR) has filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart 

F-Exempt Abandonments to abandon a 

1.10-mile line of railroad between 

milepost CT 2.50 (Cincinnati) and 

milepost CT 3.60 (Norwood), in 

Hamilton County, OH. The line 

traverses United States Postal Service 

Zip Codes 45207 and 45212. 

NSR has certified that: (1) No local or 

overhead traffic has moved over the line 

for at least 2 years; (2) overhead traffic 

on the line, if any, could be 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 Surface 

Transportation Board (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 1105.7 

(environmental report), 49 CFR 1105.8 

(historic report), 49 CFR 1105.11 

(transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12 

(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 

1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental 

agencies) have been met. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

abandonment 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 

September 4, 2008, unless stayed 

pending reconsideration. Petitions to 

stay that do not involve environmental 

issues,1 formal expressions of intent to 

file an OFA under 49 CFR 

1152.27(c)(2),2 and trail use/rail banking 

requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be 

filed by August 15, 2008.3 Petitions to 

reopen or requests for public use 

conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must 

be filed by August 25, 2008, with the 

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 


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representative: James R. Paschall, Senior 

General Attorney, Norfolk Southern 

Corporation, Three Commercial Place, 

Norfolk, VA 23510. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

NSR has filed environmental and 

historic reports that address the effects, 

if any, of the abandonment on the 

environment and historic resources. 

SEA will issue an environmental 

assessment (EA) by August 8, 2008. 

Interested persons may obtain a copy of 

the EA by writing to SEA (Room 1100, 

Surface Transportation Board, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001) or by 

calling SEA, at (202) 245–0305. 

[Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339.] Comments on 

environmental and historic preservation 

matters must be filed within 15 days 

after the EA becomes available to the 

public. 

Environmental, historic preservation, 

public use, or trail use/rail banking 

conditions will be imposed, where 

appropriate, in a subsequent decision. 

Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 

1152.29(e)(2), NSR shall file a notice of 

consummation with the Board to signify 

that it has exercised the authority 

granted and fully abandoned the line. If 

consummation has not been effected by 

NSR’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by August 5, 2009, and 

there are no legal or regulatory barriers 

to consummation, the authority to 

abandon will automatically expire. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: July 28, 2008. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Anne K. Quinlan, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–17675 Filed 8–4–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–New (VA Form 

0730a)] 

Agency Information Collection (Child 

Care Subsidy) Activities Under OMB 

Review 

AGENCY: Human Resources 

Management, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3521), this notice 

announces that the Office of 

Management (OM), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, has submitted the 

collection of information abstracted 

below to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and comment. 

The PRA submission describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its expected cost and burden and it 

includes the actual data collection 

instrument. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before September 4, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information through 

http://www.Regulations.gov; or to VA’s 

OMB Desk Officer, OMB Human 

Resources and Housing Branch, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503 (202) 395–7316. 

Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–

New (VA Form 0730a)’’ in any 

correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY OF

THE SUBMISSION CONTACT: Denise 

McLamb, Records Management Service 

(005R1B), Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461–7485, 

fax (202) 273–0443 or e-mail: 

denise.mclamb@mail.va.gov. Please 

refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–New 

(VA Form 0730a).’’

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Titles: 

a. Child Care Subsidy Application 

Form, VA Form 0730a. 

b. Child Care Provider Information 

(For the Child Care Subsidy Program), 

VA Form 0730b. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–New. 

Type of Review: Existing collection in 

use without an OMB control number. 

Abstracts: 

a. VA employees complete VA Form 

0730a to request participation in VA’s 

child care subsidy program. VA will use 

the data collected to determine the 

percentage of monthly cost to be 

subsidized for child care. 

b. VA Form 0730b is completed by the 

child care provider. The data will be 

used to determine whether the child 

care provider is licensed and/or 

regulated by the state to perform child 

care. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on this collection 

of information was published on May 

14, 2008, at pages 27893–27894. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households and Business or other forprofit. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 

a. VA Form 0730a—667 hours. 

b. VA Form 0730b—333 hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 

a. VA Form 0730a—20 minutes. 

b. VA Form 0730B—10 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

a. VA Form 0730a—2,000. 

b. VA Form 0730b—2,000. 

Dated: July 29, 2008. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Denise McLamb, 

Program Analyst, Records Management 

Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–17843 Filed 8–4–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0119] 

Agency Information Collection (Report 

of Treatment in Hospital) Activities 

Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3521), this notice 

announces that the Veterans Benefits 

Administration (VBA), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, will submit the 

collection of information abstracted 

below to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and comment. 

The PRA submission describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its expected cost and burden; it includes 

the actual data collection instrument. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before September 5, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information through 

www.Regulations.gov; or to VA’s OMB 

Desk Officer, OMB Human Resources 

and Housing Branch, New Executive 

Office Building, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395–7316. 

Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–

0119’’ in any correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Denise McLamb, Records Management 

Service (005R1B), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461–

7485, fax (202) 273–0443 or e-mail 

denise.mclamb@mail.va.gov. Please 

refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0119.’’


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