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Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339.] 

An environmental assessment (EA) (or 

environmental impact statement (EIS), if 

necessary) prepared by SEA will be 

served upon all parties of record and 

upon any agencies or other persons who 

commented during its preparation. 

Other interested persons may contact 

SEA to obtain a copy of the EA (or EIS). 

EAs in these abandonment proceedings 

normally will be made available within 

60 days of the filing of the petition. The 

deadline for submission of comments on 

the EA will generally be within 30 days 

of its service. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at ‘‘http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov.’’

Decided: August 25, 2008. 

By the Board, David M. Konschnik, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Anne K. Quinlan, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–20218 Filed 8–29–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund; 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 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 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’) within 

the Department of the Treasury is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

Bank Enterprise Award (‘‘BEA’’) 

Program Application. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before November 3, 2008 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Jodie 

Harris, Depository Institutions Program 

Advisor, at the Community 

Development Financial Institutions 

Fund, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 

601 13th Street, NW., Suite 200 South, 

Washington, DC 20005, by e-mail to 

cdfihelp@cdfi.treas.gov or by facsimile 

to (202) 622–7754. This is not a toll free 

number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

BEA Program application may be 

obtained from the BEA page of the 

Fund’s Web site at http:// 

www.cdfifund.gov. Requests for 

additional information should be 

directed to Jodie Harris, Depository 

Institutions Program Advisor, 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund, U.S. Department of 

the Treasury, 601 13th Street, NW., 

Suite 200 South, Washington, DC 20005, 

or call (202) 622–6355. This is not a toll 

free number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Bank Enterprise Award Program 

Application. 

OMB Number: 1559–0005. 

Abstract: The purpose of the BEA 

Program is to provide an incentive to 

insured depository institutions to 

increase their activities in the form of 

loans, investments, services, and 

technical assistance, within distressed 

communities and provide financial 

assistance to community development 

financial institutions through grants, 

stock purchases, loans, deposits, and 

other forms of financial and technical 

assistance. The Fund will make awards 

through the BEA Program to insured 

depository institutions, based upon 

such institutions’ completion of certain 

qualified activities, as reported in the 

application. The application will solicit 

information concerning: applicants’

eligibility to participate in the BEA 

Program; the quantity (value) of 

applicants’ activities, and the extent to 

which such activities may be qualified 

activities; and appropriate supporting 

documentation. The questions that the 

application contains, and the 

information generated thereby, will 

enable the Fund to evaluate applicants’

activities and determine the extent of 

applicants’ eligibility for a BEA Program 

award. 

Current Actions: New collection. 

Type of Review: Regular review. 

Affected Public: Insured depository 

institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

60. 

Estimated Annual Time per 

Respondent: 15 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 900 hours. 

Requests for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record and 

will be published on the CDFI Fund 

Web site at http://www.cdfifund.gov. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Fund, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

Fund’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 technology; and (e) estimates of 

capital or start-up costs and costs of 

operation, maintenance, and purchase 

of services to provide information. 

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1834a, 4703, 4703 

note, 4713, 4717; 31 U.S.C 321; 12 CFR part 

1806. 

Dated: August 25, 2008. 

Donna J. Gambrell, 

Director, Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund. 

[FR Doc. E8–20182 Filed 8–29–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–70–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Secretary 

List of Countries Requiring 

Cooperation With an International 

Boycott 

In order to comply with the mandate 

of section 999(a)(3) of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986, the Department 

of the Treasury is publishing a current 

list of countries which require or may 

require participation in, or cooperation 

with, an international boycott (within 

the meaning of section 999(b)(3) of the 

Internal Revenue Code of 1986). 

On the basis of the best information 

currently available to the Department of 

the Treasury, the following countries 

require or may require participation in, 

or cooperation with, an international 

boycott (within the meaning of section 

999(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986). 

Kuwait 

Lebanon 

Libya 

Qatar 

Saudi Arabia 

Syria 

United Arab Emirates 

Yemen, Republic of 

Iraq is not included in this list, but its 

status with respect to future lists 

remains under review by the 

Department of the Treasury. 

Dated: August 25, 2008. 

John L. Harrington, 

International Tax Counsel (Tax Policy). 

[FR Doc. E8–20055 Filed 8–29–08; 8:45 am] 

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