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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. 

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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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