46360 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 154 / Friday, August 8, 2008 / Notices 

interconnecting pipelines to four 

existing pipelines (Dauphin Island 

Gathering System Feedline, Transco 

Feedline, Destin Feedline, and Viosca 

Knoll Gathering System Feedline). 

The major components of the 

proposed deepwater port would be the 

Support Platform, two HiLoad floating 

LNG transfer and re-gasification units, 

two PLEMs with ancillary risers and 

terminal pipelines, HiLoad parking line 

pilings, and approximately 25 miles of 

new subsea pipeline. 

BOET will have an average 

throughput capacity of 1.2 billion 

standard cubic feet per day (Bscfd) of 

natural gas. No new onshore pipelines 

or LNG storage facilities are proposed 

with this action. A shore based facility 

will be used to facilitate movement of 

personnel, equipment, supplies, and 

disposable materials between the 

terminal and shore. 

Construction of the deepwater port 

would be expected to take 30 months; 

with startup of commercial operations 

in 2011, should a license be issued. The 

deepwater port, if licensed, would be 

designed, constructed and operated in 

accordance with applicable codes and 

standards and would have an expected 

operating life of approximately 25 years. 

Privacy Act 

The electronic form of all comments 

received into the Federal Docket 

Management System can be searched by 

the name of the individual submitting 

the comment (or signing the comment, 

if submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). The DOT 

Privacy Act Statement can be viewed in 

the Federal Register published on April 

11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70, pages 

19477–78) or you may visit http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

(Authority 49 CFR 1.66) 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Dated: August 1, 2008. 

Leonard Sutter, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–18100 Filed 8–7–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping 

Requirements; Agency Information 

Collection Activity: Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, 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) abstracted 

below will be forwarded to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. The ICR describes 

the nature of the information collection 

and the expected burden. The Federal 

Register Notice with a 60-day comment 

period was published on February 4, 

2008 (73 FR 6556–6558). No comments 

on this notice were received. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before 30 days from the date of 

publication. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30 

days, to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention NHTSA Desk Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Keith D. Williams at the National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

Enforcement and Justice Services 

Division (NTI–122), 202–366–0543, 

1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., W44–231, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

Title: Demonstration of Speed 

Management Programs; Including 

Automated and Traditional 

Enforcement. 

OMB Number: 2127—NEW. 

Type of Request: Collection of 

information. 

Abstract: The National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 

proposes to conduct a series of 

telephone surveys that will examine the 

effectiveness of a speed management 

research and demonstration program in 

the city of Tucson, Arizona. As part of 

the program, surveys will be 

administered pre and post 

implementation of the countermeasure 

treatment program to measure 

awareness of the program in both 

Tucson and an as yet to be selected 

comparison community/ies in the State 

of Arizona. The pretreatment telephone 

surveys would be administered during 

the fall-winter 2008/2009 time period 

and the post-treatment survey 24 

months afterward. The National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration 

was established to reduce the mounting 

number of deaths, injuries, and 

economic losses resulting from motor 

vehicle crashes on the Nation’s 

highways. As part of this statutory 

mandate, NHTSA is authorized to 

conduct research as a foundation for the 

development of motor vehicle standards 

and traffic safety programs. The speed 

demonstration project requires NHTSA 

to measure whether these initiatives 

were effective. The telephone surveys 

are instrumental in that measurement. 

The telephone surveys will be 

administered to a randomly selected 

sample of 400 persons pre and post 

treatment in the demonstration and 

comparison areas to persons age 18 and 

older. An essential part of this 

evaluation effort is to compare baseline 

and post-intervention measures of 

attitudes and intervention awareness to 

determine if the interventions were 

associated with changes on those 

indices. 

Affected Public: Randomly selected 

members of the general public in 

telephone households. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

266.67 hours (1,600 interviews 

averaging 10 minutes each). 

Comments Are Invited On: Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary or the proper performance 

of the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; the accuracy of 

the Department’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. 

A Comment to OMB is most effective if 

OMB receives it within 30 days of 

publication. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). 

Dated: August 4, 2008. 

Jeffrey Michael, 

Acting Associate Administrator, Research 

and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E8–18300 Filed 8–7–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

[REG–116641–01, TD 9136 (Final); REG–

163195–05 (NPRM)] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Regulation Project 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 154 / Friday, August 8, 2008 / Notices 46361 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is 

soliciting comments concerning existing 

proposed and final regulations, REG–

116641–01, (TD 9136 (final)) and REG–

163195–05 (NPRM), Information 

Reporting and Backup Withholding for 

Payment Card Transactions. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before October 7, 2008 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Glenn Kirkland, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6129, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the regulations should be 

directed to R. Joseph Durbala at Internal 

Revenue Service, Room 6129, 1111 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20224, or at (202) 622–3634, or 

through the Internet at 

RJoseph.Durbala@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Information Reporting and 

Backup Withholding for Payment Card 

Transactions. 

OMB Number: 1545–1819. 

Regulation Project Number: TD 9136. 

Abstract: This document contains 

proposed and final regulations relating 

to the information reporting 

requirements, information reporting 

penalties, and backup withholding 

requirements for payment card 

transactions. This document also 

contains final regulations relating to the 

IRS TIN Matching Program. 

Current Actions: As a result of the 

additional collection activities from the 

proposed regulations (REG–163195–05 

(NPRM)), we are reporting a total 

burden increase of 25,489,570 hours. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Total Annual Reporting 

Burden: 37,239,570 hours. 

Estimated Average Annual Burden 

per Respondent: 1 hour 55 minutes. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

31,254,000. 

The following paragraph applies to all 

of the collections of information covered 

by this notice: 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Books or records relating to a collection 

of information must be retained as long 

as their contents may become material 

in the administration of any internal 

revenue law. Generally, tax returns and 

tax return information are confidential, 

as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

and (e) estimates of capital or start-up 

costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Approved: August 4, 2008. 

Glenn P. Kirkland, 

IRS Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–18219 Filed 8–7–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

[REG–121063–97; TD 8972 (final)] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Regulation Project 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

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 take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is 

soliciting comments concerning an 

existing final regulation, REG–121063–

97 (TD 8972), Averaging of Farm Income 

(§ 1.1301–1). 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before October 7, 2008 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Glenn P. Kirkland, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6129, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the form and instructions 

should be directed to R. Joseph Durbala 

at Internal Revenue Service, Room 6129, 

1111 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20224, or at (202) 622–

3634, or through the Internet at 

RJoseph.Durbala@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Averaging of Farm Income. 

OMB Number: 1545–1662. 

Form Number: REG–121063–97; TD 

8972(Final). 

Abstract: Section 1301 of the Internal 

Revenue Code allows an individual 

engaged in a farming business to elect 

to reduce his or her regular tax liability 

by treating all or a portion of the current 

year’s farming income as if it had been 

earned in equal proportions over the 

prior three years. To take advantage of 

income averaging, § 1301 requires that 

the taxpayer calculate the § 1 tax using 

the three prior years’ tax tables and, if 

applicable, Schedule D, Capital Gains 

and Losses, (to apply the maximum 

capital gains tax rates), as well as the 

current year’s tax tables or tax rate 

schedules. The regulation requires the 

taxpayer to use Schedule J of Form 1040 

to record and total the amount of tax for 

each year of the four year calculation. 

Current Actions: There are no changes 

to this existing regulation. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

The burden for this requirement is 

reflected in the burden estimate for 

Schedule J of Form 1040. 

The following paragraph applies to all 

of the collections of information covered 

by this notice: 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Books or records relating to a collection 

of information must be retained as long 

as their contents may become material 

in the administration of any internal 

revenue law. Generally, tax returns and 

tax return information are confidential, 

as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. Comments are invited on: 


pwalker on PROD1PC71 with NOTICES