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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. 

2Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which, as of July 18, 2008, is set at $1500. See 

49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25). 

Title: Application for Certificate of 

Registration for Foreign Motor Carriers 

and Foreign Motor Private Carriers. 

OMB Control Number: 2126–0019. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently-approved information 

collection. 

Respondents: Foreign motor carriers 

and commercial motor vehicle drivers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

615. 

Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours 

to complete Form OP–2. 

Expiration Date: August 31, 2008. 

Frequency of Response: Other (Once). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

2,460 hours [615 responses × 4 hours to 

complete Form OP–2 = 2,460]. 

Background: Title 49 U.S.C. 13902(c) 

contains basic licensing procedures for 

registering foreign motor carriers to 

operate across the Mexico-U.S. border 

into the United States. Part 368 of title 

49, CFR, contains the regulations that 

require Mexico-domiciled motor carriers 

to apply to FMCSA for a Certificate of 

Registration to provide interstate 

transportation in municipalities in the 

United States on the U.S.-Mexico 

international border or within the 

commercial zones of such 

municipalities as defined in 49 U.S.C. 

13902(c)(4)(A). FMCSA carries out this 

registration program under authority 

delegated by the Secretary of 

Transportation. 

Foreign (Mexico-based) motor carriers 

use Form OP–2 to apply for a Certificate 

of Registration from the FMCSA. The 

form requests information on the foreign 

motor carrier’s name, address, U.S. DOT 

Number, form of business (e.g., 

corporation, sole proprietorship, 

partnership), locations where the 

applicant plans to operate, types of 

registration requested (e.g., for-hire 

motor carrier, motor private carrier), 

insurance, safety certifications, 

household goods arbitration 

certifications, and compliance 

certifications. 

Public Comments Invited: You may 

comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the FMCSA to perform it’s 

functions; (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (3) ways for the 

FMCSA to enhance the quality, 

usefulness, and clarity of the collected 

information; and (4) ways that the 

burden could be minimized without 

reducing the quality of the collected 

information. 

Issued on: August 6, 2008. 

Terry Shelton, 

Associate Administrator for Research and 

Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. E8–18902 Filed 8–14–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–55 (Sub-No. 687X)] 

CSX Transportation, Inc.—

Abandonment Exemption—in Fulton 

and Clayton Counties, GA 

CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) has 

filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt 

Abandonments to abandon a 1.67-mile 

line of railroad on its Southern Region, 

Atlanta Division, Atlanta Terminal 

Subdivision in College Park, between 

Valuation Station 0+00 and the end of 

the line, Valuation Station 88+00, in 

Fulton and Clayton Counties, GA. The 

line traverses United States Postal 

Service Zip Code 30337. 

CSXT has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the line for at 

least 2 years; (2) any overhead traffic on 

the line can 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 

or with any U.S. District Court or has 

been decided in favor of complainant 

within the 2-year period; and (4) the 

requirements of 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 13, 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 25, 2008. Petitions to 

reopen or requests for public use 

conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must 

be filed by September 3, 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 CSXT’s 

representative: Louis E. Gitomer, 600 

Baltimore Avenue, Suite 301, Towson, 

MD 21204. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

CSXT has filed an environmental and 

historic report addressing the effects, if 

any, of the abandonment on the 

environment and historic resources. 

SEA will issue an environmental 

assessment (EA) by August 19, 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), CSXT 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 

CSXT’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by August 14, 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: August 11, 2008. 

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1On August 4, 2008, LRR filed a correction to its 

verified notice of exemption filed on July 31, 2008, 

amending the description of the line to reflect that 

the acquired line ends at milepost 32.69± instead 

of milepost 33.75±. 

2LRR clarified, in its correction, that LT&T is not 

being acquired by LRR. 

3LRR states that it is also acquiring an adjacent 

rail yard that is owned by Amherst Industries of 

Pennsylvania, Inc., a corporate affiliate of LRI, and 

operated by LT&T, but further states that, pursuant 

to 49 U.S.C. 10906, this acquisition of yard track 

does not require authorization of the Board. 

4LRR states that the terms of the agreement 

between LRRR, LRI and LT&T are being finalized 

and that it expects to enter into an agreement on 

or after August 31, 2008. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Anne K. Quinlan, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–18923 Filed 8–14–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 35170] 

Landisville Railroad, LLC—Acquisition 

and Operation Exemption—The 

Landisville Railroad Inc. and 

Landisville Terminal & Transfer 

Company 

Landisville Railroad, LLC (LRR), a 

noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of 

exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to 

acquire from Landisville Railroad, Inc. 

(LRI), and operate approximately 1.92 

miles of rail line between milepost 

30.77± at the connection to Norfolk 

Southern Railway (NSR) on National 

Railroad Passenger Corporation’s 

(Amtrak’s) Harrisburg Line and milepost 

32.69± at the end of track south of Nolt 

Road and north of Stony Battery Road, 

in West Hempfield, Lancaster County, 

PA.1

The line is currently operated by 

Landisville Terminal & Transfer 

Company (LT&T). LLR states that, as a 

result of this transaction, LT&T will 

terminate its current lease of the line 

and assign all of its rights to the line to 

LRR.2 LRR states that, after 

consummation, it will be the owner and 

operator of the rail line.3

According to LRR, it will interchange 

with NSR at Landisville, PA, and that 

there are no existing interchange 

commitments with NSR as the thirdparty connecting carrier, and none are 

contemplated by this transaction. 

The effective date of the exemption is 

August 30, 2008. The transaction is 

scheduled to be consummated on or 

after August 31, 2008 (more than 30 

days after the notice of exemption was 

filed).4

LRR certifies that its projected annual 

revenues as a result of this transaction 

will not exceed those that qualify it as 

a Class III rail carrier. 

Pursuant to the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2008, Pub. L. No. 

110–161, § 193, 121 Stat. 1844 (2007), 

nothing in this decision authorizes the 

following activities at any solid waste 

rail transfer facility: collecting, storing 

or transferring solid waste outside of its 

original shipping container; or 

separating or processing solid waste 

(including baling, crushing, compacting 

and shredding). The term ‘‘solid waste’’

is defined in section 1004 of the Solid 

Waste Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. 6903. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the 

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

may be filed at any time. The filing of 

a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the effectiveness of 

the exemption. Petitions to stay must be 

filed no later than August 22, 2008 (at 

least 7 days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to STB Finance 

Docket No. 35170 must be filed with the 

Surface Transportation Board, 395 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy must be served 

on Eric M. Hocky, Thorp Reed & 

Armstrong, LLP, One Commerce Square, 

2005 Market Street, Suite 1910, 

Philadelphia, PA 19103. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: August 8, 2008. 

By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Anne K. Quinlan, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–18867 Filed 8–14–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund 

Funding Opportunity Title: Notice of 

Funds Availability (NOFA) Inviting 

Applications for the FY 2009 Funding 

Round of the Community Development 

Financial Institutions (CDFI) Program 

Announcement Type: Initial 

announcement of funding opportunity. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 21.020. 

DATES: Application deadlines for the FY 

2009 funding round of the CDFI 

Program (hereafter, the FY 2009 

Funding Round) are as follows: (i) If you 

wish to apply for Financial Assistance 

(FA) and/or Technical Assistance (TA) 

funding, your funding application must 

be received by midnight, ET, 

Wednesday, October 29, 2008; and (ii) if 

you wish to apply for CDFI certification, 

your certification application must be 

received by midnight, ET, Wednesday, 

October 1, 2008. 

TABLE 1—FY 2009 CDFI PROGRAM DEADLINES

[All midnight, ET deadlines] 

Application type Application deadline Last date to contact fund staff 

CDFI Certification Application ........................................ Wednesday, October 1, 2008 ....................................... Friday, September 26, 2008. 

CDFI Program Funding Application (FA and/or TA) 

(Core/SECA).

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 ..................................... Monday, October 27, 2008. 

Executive Summary: Subject to 

funding availability, this NOFA is 

issued in connection with the FY 2009 

funding round of the CDFI Program. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

A. Through the CDFI Program, the 

Fund provides: (i) FA awards to CDFIs 

that have Comprehensive Business 

Plans for creating demonstrable 

community development impact 

through the deployment of credit, 

capital, and financial services within 

their respective Target Markets or the 

expansion into new Investment Areas, 

Low-Income Targeted Populations, or 

Other Targeted Populations, and (ii) TA 

grants to CDFIs and entities proposing 

to become CDFIs in order to build their 

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