50398 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 166 / Tuesday, August 26, 2008 / Notices 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: §§ 26.11, 

26.43, 26.45, and 26.49. 

Description of Relief Sought: BAE 

Systems (Operations) Ltd. requests an 

exemption from the design approval 

holder requirements of §§ 26.11, 26.43, 

26.45, and 26.49 for the HS748 Series 

2A and 2B airplane type. Section 26.11 

requires development of instructions for 

continued airworthiness applicable to 

an airplane’s electrical wiring 

interconnection system. Sections 26.43, 

26.45, and 26.49 are requirements 

related to development of damage 

tolerance data for repairs and 

alterations. 

[FR Doc. E8–19710 Filed 8–25–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

In accordance with Part 211 of Title 

49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

notice is hereby given that the Federal 

Railroad Administration (FRA) received 

a request for a waiver of compliance 

with certain requirements of its safety 

standards. The individual petition is 

described below, including the party 

seeking relief, the regulatory provisions 

involved, the nature of the relief being 

requested, and the petitioner’s 

arguments in favor of relief. 

Port Authority Trans-Hudson 

Corporation 

[Docket Number FRA–2008–0085] 

The Port Authority Trans-Hudson 

Corporation (PATH), seeks a waiver of 

compliance from certain provisions of 

Safety Appliance Standards, 49 CFR 

Part 231, that requires a sill step, side, 

and end handhold on each side and 

each end of a passenger car. 

Specifically, the PATH request is to use 

an alternate location of the sill step and 

side handhold and not install end 

handholds for the production of PATH’s 

new fleet of passenger cars in passenger 

train service. 

PATH operates on 13.8 miles of an 

interstate rail transit system between 

five major terminals and eight 

intermediate stations linking New Jersey 

and New York. The PATH system is a 

closed system, does not interchange and 

has other railroads with no highway rail 

crossings. Currently, PATH operates 326 

vehicles of similar comparable design 

with relatively short headways and high 

platforms over a system that one-half of 

which is located in tunnels below 

ground level carrying 250,000 

passengers in a 24-hour period. There is 

no interchange of car equipment 

between PATH and any rapid transit 

system or railroad. Because of the 

unique characteristics of PATH that is 

more representative of an inter-urban 

rapid transit system, PATH requests a 

waiver of certain provisions of FRA 

requirements, which they believe are 

not totally applicable. PATH also 

believes that in the past, FRA, while 

asserting jurisdiction over PATH, has 

acknowledged that PATH’s operations 

are analogous to that of an inter-urban 

rapid transit system. 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in these proceedings by 

submitting written views, data, or 

comments. FRA does not anticipate 

scheduling a public hearing in 

connection with these proceedings since 

the facts do not appear to warrant a 

hearing. If any interested party desires 

an opportunity for oral comment, they 

should notify FRA, in writing, before 

the end of the comment period and 

specify the basis for their request. 

All communications concerning these 

proceedings should identify the 

appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver 

Petition Docket Number 2008–0085) and 

may be submitted by any of the 

following methods: 

• Web site: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Operations Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Communications received within 45 

days of the date of this notice will be 

considered by FRA before final action is 

taken. Comments received after that 

date will be considered as far as 

practicable. All written communications 

concerning these proceedings are 

available for examination during regular 

business hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at the 

above facility. All documents in the 

public docket are also available for 

inspection and copying on the Internet 

at the docket facility’s Web site at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of any written 

communications and 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). 

Issued in Washington, DC on August 20, 

2008. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E8–19673 Filed 8–25–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Departmental Offices, Office of 

Financial Education; Proposed 

Collection; Comment Request 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, invites 

the general public and other Federal 

agencies to comment on a proposed 

information collection, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). The Office of Financial 

Education within the Department of the 

Treasury is soliciting comments on a 

proposed new collection of information 

concerning the Workplace Financial 

Education Honor Roll Program (Honor 

Roll) application. To keep America 

competitive in the future, it is important 

to continue to increase the levels of 

financial literacy in the U.S. The 

purpose of the Honor Roll is to 

recognize employers that provide 

successful financial education programs 

to their employees. The Honor Roll is 

intended to spur interest in financial 

education by highlighting successful 

initiatives that show the benefits of 

financial education through both private 

sector and public sector efforts. The 

Honor Roll is one of the initiatives that 

the newly created President’s Advisory 

Council on Financial Literacy has 

recommended to the Department of the 

Treasury. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before October 27, 2008 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Dubis Correal, Director, Office of 

Financial Education, Department of the 

Treasury, Room 1328, 1500 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20220 or 

Dubis.Correal@do.treas.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the Honor Roll application 

should be directed to Dubis Correal, 

Director, Office of Financial Education, 

Department of the Treasury, Room 1328, 


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