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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 FRA–2008–

0066) 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 September 3, 

2008. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E8–20725 Filed 9–5–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–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 temporary waiver of 

compliance with certain requirements of 

its safety standards. The individual 

petition is described below, including 

the parties seeking relief, the regulatory 

provisions involved, the nature of the 

relief being requested, and the 

petitioner’s arguments in favor of relief. 

Norfolk Southern Railway 

[Waiver Petition Docket Number FRA–2008–

0083] 

The Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) 

has submitted a temporary waiver 

petition to support field testing of its 

processor-based train control system 

identified as NS Optimized Train 

Control (OTC) system, pursuant to 49 

CFR 211.7 and 211.51. 

An informational filing, as required 

under 49 CFR Part 236, Subpart H, has 

also been prepared and submitted in 

conjunction with this waiver petition, 

and can be found in the same docket as 

this waiver petition. 

The NS OTC Positive Train Control 

(PTC) system is designed to assist train 

crews in situational awareness, prevent 

authority limit and over-speed 

violations, provide open switch 

protection in non-signaled Track 

Warrant Control (TWC) territory, and to 

prevent equipped trains from entering 

the limits, without authorization, of ontrack authority granted to employees. 

NS desires to commence field testing 

of the NS OTC PTC system on or after 

September 1, 2008, or as soon as 

practicable thereafter, contingent upon 

FRA’s acceptance and approval of the 

informational filing and waiver petition. 

NS intends to test and develop the NS 

OTC PTC system on it’s Charleston 

district between milepost SC7.0 

(Charleston Station) and milepost 

SC128.9 (Andrews Yard Station, as well 

as on it’s Columbia district between 

milepost R0.0 Charlotte Junction 

station) and milepost R108.5 (Andrews 

Yard station). During this initial test 

phase, NS does not intend to activate 

the NS OTC PTC system’s locomotive 

enforcement functionality. 

NS is seeking regulatory relief for 

development testing and demonstration 

purposes only. Specifically, NS is 

requesting regulatory relief from the 

following FRA requirements: 

49 CFR 216.13 (Special Notice for 

Repairs—Locomotive); 

49 CFR 217.9 (Program of Operational 

Tests and Inspections—Recordkeeping); 

49 CFR 217.11 (Program of Instruction 

on Operating Rules—Recordkeeping, 

Electronic Recordkeeping); 

49 CFR Part 218 [Subpart D] 

(Prohibition against tampering with 

safety devices); 

49 CFR 229.7 (Prohibited Acts); 

49 CFR 229.135 (Event Recorders); 

49 CFR 233.9 (Annual Reports); 

49 CFR 235.5 (Changes Requiring 

Filing of Application); 

49 CFR 240.127 (Criteria for 

Examining Skill Performance); and 

49 CFR 240.129 (Criteria for 

Monitoring Operational Performance of 

Certified Engineers). 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in these proceedings by 

submitting written views, data, or 

comments. All communications 

concerning these proceedings should 

identify the appropriate docket number 

(Docket Number FRA–2008–0083) and 

may be submitted by one 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. 

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. 

Communications received within 30 

days of the date of this notice will be 

considered by FRA before final action 

being taken. Comments received after 

this period 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 

DOT Docket Management Facility, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W12–

140, in Washington DC. All documents 

in the public docket are also available 

for inspection and copying on the 

internet 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 

name of the individual submitting the 

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52080 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 174 / Monday, September 8, 2008 / Notices 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review the 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 September 3, 

2008. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E8–20708 Filed 9–5–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Open Meeting of the Advisory 

Committee on the Auditing Profession 

AGENCY: Office of the Undersecretary for 

Domestic Finance, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury’s Advisory Committee on the 

Auditing Profession will convene a 

telephone conference meeting on 

Friday, September 26, 2008, beginning 

at 10 a.m. Eastern Time. Members of the 

public may take part in the meeting by 

listening to the Webcast accessible on 

the Department’s Web site at http:// 

www.treas.gov/offices/domesticfinance/acap/index.shtml or by calling 

telephone number (866) 780–1271 and 

using access code number 62607180. 

Persons needing special 

accommodations to take part because of 

a disability should notify the contact 

person listed below. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Friday, September 26, 2008, at 10 a.m. 

Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES: The public is invited to 

submit written statements with the 

Advisory Committee by any of the 

following methods: 

Electronic Statements 

• Use the Department’s Internet 

submission form (http://www.treas.gov/ 

offices/domestic-finance/acap/ 

comments); or 

Paper Statements 

• Send paper statements in triplicate 

to Advisory Committee on the Auditing 

Profession, Office of Financial 

Institutions Policy, Room 1418, 

Department of the Treasury, 1500 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20220. 

In general, the Department will post 

all statements on its Web site (http:// 

www.treas.gov/offices/domesticfinance/acap/comments) without 

change, including any business or 

personal information provided such as 

names, addresses, e-mail addresses, or 

telephone numbers. The Department 

will also make such statements available 

for public inspection and copying in the 

Department’s Library, Room 1428, Main 

Department Building, 1500 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20220, on official 

business days between the hours of 10 

a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time. You can 

make an appointment to inspect 

statements by telephoning (202) 622–

0990. All statements, including 

attachments and other supporting 

materials, received are part of the public 

record and subject to public disclosure. 

You should submit only information 

that you wish to make available 

publicly. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristen E. Jaconi, Senior Policy Advisor 

to the Under Secretary for Domestic 

Finance, Department of the Treasury, 

Main Department Building, 1500 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20220, at (202) 927–

6618. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with section 10(a) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 

U.S.C. App. 2 and the regulations 

thereunder, David G. Nason, Designated 

Federal Officer of the Advisory 

Committee, has ordered publication of 

this notice that the Advisory Committee 

will convene a telephone conference 

meeting on Friday, September 26, 2008, 

beginning at 10 a.m. Eastern Time. 

Members of the public may take part in 

the meeting by listening to the Webcast 

accessible on the Department’s Web site 

at http://www.treas.gov/offices/ 

domestic-finance/acap/index.shtml or 

by calling telephone number (866) 780–

1271 and using access code number 

62607180. The agenda for this meeting 

includes adoption of the Advisory 

Committee’s final report to the 

Department. 

Dated: September 2, 2008. 

Taiya Smith, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–20705 Filed 9–5–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–25–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency (OCC), Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The OCC, 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 a continuing information 

collection, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. An agency may 

not conduct or sponsor, and a 

respondent is not required to respond 

to, an information collection unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. The OCC is soliciting comment 

concerning its information collection 

titled, ‘‘Fair Housing Home Loan Data 

System Regulation—12 CFR 27.’’ The 

OCC is also giving notice that it has 

submitted the collection to OMB for 

review. 

DATES: You should submit your 

comments by October 8, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You should direct all 

written comments to: Communications 

Division, Office of the Comptroller of 

the Currency, Public Information Room, 

Mailstop 1–5, Attention: 1557–0159, 

250 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20219. In addition, comments may be 

sent by fax to (202) 874–4448, or by 

electronic mail to 

regs.comments@occ.treas.gov. You can 

inspect and photocopy the comments at 

the OCC’s Public Information Room, 250 

E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219. 

For security reasons, the OCC requires 

that visitors make an appointment to 

inspect comments. You may do so by 

calling (202) 874–5043. Upon arrival, 

visitors will be required to present valid 

government-issued photo identification 

and submit to security screening in 

order to inspect and photocopy 

comments. 

Additionally, you should send a copy 

of your comments to OCC Desk Officer, 

1557–0159, by mail to U.S. Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street, NW., #10235, Washington, DC 

20503, or by fax to (202) 395–6974. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

can request additional information from 

Mary H. Gottlieb, OCC Clearance 

Officer, (202) 874–5090, Legislative and 

Regulatory Activities Division, Office of 

the Comptroller of the Currency, 250 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20219. 

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