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d. Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

outline instructions. 

Instruction: All submissions must 

include the agency name and the docket 

number for this rulemaking. Note that 

all comments received will be posted 

without change to http:// 

wwww.regulations.gov including any 

personal information provided. Please 

see the Privacy Act heading under 

Regulatory Notices. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov at any time or to 

Room PL–401 of the Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Dated: August 26, 2008. 

By order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Leonard Sutter, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–20197 Filed 8–29–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket Number: MARAD 2008 0085] 

Application of Foreign Underwriters To 

Write Marine Hull Insurance 

The Maritime Administration has 

received an application under 46 CFR 

part 249 from Fortis Corporate 

Insurance N.V., a Netherlands based 

underwriter, to write Marine hull 

insurance on vessels guaranteed under 

46 U.S.C. Chapter 537 (formerly Title XI 

of The Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as 

amended). In accordance with 46 CFR 

249.7(b), interested persons are hereby 

afforded an opportunity to bring to the 

Maritime Administration’s attention any 

discriminatory laws or practices relating 

to the placement of marine hull 

insurance which may exist in the 

applicant’s country of domicile. 

You may submit comments regarding 

this information collection by any of the 

following methods: 

a. Web site: www.regulations.gov. 

Following the instructions for 

submitting comments on the electronic 

docket site. 

b. Mail: Docket Management Facility: 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room PL–401, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

c. Hand Delivery: Room PL–410 of the 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC. Between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

d. Federal E-Rulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

outline instructions. 

Instruction: All submissions must 

include the agency name and the docket 

number for this rulemaking. Note that 

all comments received will be posted 

without change to http:// 

wwww.regulations.gov including any 

personal information provided. Please 

see the Privacy Act heading under 

Regulatory Notices. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov at any time or to 

Room PL–401 of the Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Dated: August 26, 2008. 

By order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Leonard Sutter, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–20198 Filed 8–28–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2008 0082] 

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 

L’ESPRIT LIBRE II. 

SUMMARY: As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 

12121, 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–

0082 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 46 

U.S.C. 12121 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 

October 2, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

docket number MARAD–2008–0082. 

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 L’ESPRIT LIBRE II 

is: 

Intended Use: ‘‘charter.’’

Geographic Region: ‘‘Maine, New 

Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode 

Island, Connecticut, New York, New 

Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, 

North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, 

Florida, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and 

Caribbean.’’

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: August 25, 2008. 


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1Effective 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). 

2TA states that it intends to convey the involved 

trackage to its affiliate Herzog Contracting Corp. 

(HCC), which will use the trackage to provide noncommon carrier switching service in order to 

continue and expand operations at its shop 

facilities. 

By order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Leonard Sutter, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–20196 Filed 8–29–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Research and Innovative Technology 

Administration 

[Docket: RITA 2007–27185] 

Agency Information Collection; 

Activity Under OMB Review; Report of 

Traffic and Capacity Statistics—The 

T–100 System 

AGENCY: Research & Innovative 

Technology Administration (RITA), 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics 

(BTS), 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 has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

extension of currently approved 

collections. The ICR describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its expected burden. The Federal 

Register Notice with a 60-day comment 

period soliciting comments on the 

following collection of information was 

published on June 5, 2008 (73 FR 

32078). The Commerce Department’s 

Bureau of Economic Analysis filed a 

letter strongly supporting the 

continuation of the T–100 System. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by October 2, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bernie Stankus, Office of Airline 

Information, RTS–42, RITA, BTS, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590–0001, Telephone Number 

(202) 366–4387, Fax Number (202) 366–

3383 or e-mail 

bernard.stankus@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics 

(BTS) 

Title: Report of Traffic and Capacity 

Statistics—The T–100 System. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

OMB Control Number: 2138–0040. 

Forms: Schedule T–100 and T–100(f). 

Affected Public: Certificated, 

commuter and foreign air carriers. 

Abstract: T–100 reports are used to 

measure the air transportation activity 

to, from and within the United States. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 

18,000. 

The Confidential Information 

Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act 

of 2002 (44 USC 3501), requires a 

statistical agency to clearly identify 

information it collects for non-statistical 

purposes. BTS hereby notifies the 

respondents and the public that BTS 

uses the information it collects under 

this OMB approval for non-statistical 

purposes including, but not limited to, 

publication of both respondent’s 

identity and its data, submission of the 

information to agencies outside BTS for 

review, analysis and possible use in 

regulatory and other administrative 

matters. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503, Attention: BTS 

Desk Officer. 

Comments are invited on: Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Department 

concerning consumer protection. 

Comments should address 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. 

M. Clay Moritz, Jr., 

Acting Assistant Director, Airline 

Information. 

[FR Doc. E8–20233 Filed 8–29–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–FE–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–1019X] 

Transit America, LLC—Abandonment 

Exemption—in Buchanan County, MO 

On August 13, 2008, Transit America, 

LLC (TA) filed with the Surface 

Transportation Board a petition under 

49 U.S.C. 10502 for exemption from the 

provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10903 to 

abandon approximately 2 miles of a rail 

line known as the Missouri Branch Line, 

between approximately milepost 200.4 

and milepost 198.4, in St. Joseph, 

Buchanan County, MO. The line 

traverses U.S. Postal Service ZIP Codes 

64503 and 64507, and includes no 

stations. 

The line does not contain Federally 

granted rights-of-way. Any 

documentation in TA’s possession will 

be made available promptly to those 

requesting it. 

The interest of railroad employees 

will be protected by the conditions set 

forth in Oregon Short Line R. Co.—

Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91 

(1979). 

By issuance of this notice, the Board 

is instituting an exemption proceeding 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final 

decision will be issued by December 1, 

2008. 

Any offer of financial assistance 

(OFA) under 49 CFR 1152.27(b)(2) will 

be due no later than 10 days after 

service of a decision granting the 

petition for exemption. Each OFA must 

be accompanied by a $1,500 filing fee. 

See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).1

All interested persons should be 

aware that, following abandonment of 

rail service and salvage of the line, the 

line may be suitable for other public 

use, including interim trail use.2 Any 

request for a public use condition under 

49 CFR 1152.28 or for trail use/rail 

banking under 49 CFR 1152.29 will be 

due no later than September 22, 2008. 

Each trail use request must be 

accompanied by a $200 filing fee. See 49 

CFR 1002.2(f)(27). 

All filings in response to this notice 

must refer to STB Docket No. AB–

1019X, and must be sent to: (1) Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001; and (2) 

Brendon P. Fowler, 1601 K St., NW., 

Washington, DC 20006. Replies to TA’s 

petition are due on or before September 

22, 2008. 

Persons seeking further information 

concerning abandonment procedures 

may contact the Board’s Office of Public 

Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and 

Compliance at (202) 245–0238 or refer 

to the full abandonment or 

discontinuance regulations at 49 CFR 

part 1152. Questions concerning 

environmental issues may be directed to 

the Board’s Section of Environmental 

Analysis (SEA) at (202) 245–0305. 

[Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 


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