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personal and business nature, and credit 

card information so that the Department 

can receive reimbursement. 

Methodology: 

This information will be collected in 

hard copy format, which is either 

mailed or transmitted by facsimile 

machine to the Foreign Service Institute. 

Dated: August 26, 2008. 

Catherine J. Russell, 

Executive Director, Foreign Service Institute, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E8–21126 Filed 9–10–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–34–P 

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY 

Meeting of the TVA Regional Resource 

Stewardship Council 

AGENCY: Tennessee Valley Authority 

(TVA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The TVA Regional Resource 

Stewardship Council (RRSC) will hold a 

meeting on October 9 and October 10, 

2008, to obtain views and advice on the 

topic of TVA’s Commercial and 

Dispersed Recreation Strategy and its 

Violations & Encroachments Strategy. 

The RRSC was established to advise 

TVA on its natural resource stewardship 

activities. Notice of this meeting is given 

under the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, (FACA). 

The meeting agenda includes the 

following: 

(1) TVA Updates; 

(2) TVA’s Environmental Policy and a 

summary of the RRSC Recommendations on Stewardship Issues; 

(3) TVA’s Commercial Recreation 

Strategy; 

(4) TVA’s Dispersed Recreation 

Strategy; 

(5) TVA’s Violations & Encroachments 

Strategy; 

(6) Public Comments; 

(7) Council Discussion and Advice. 

The TVA Regional Resource 

Stewardship Council will hear opinions 

and views of citizens by providing a 

public comment session. The public 

comment session will be held at 9:30 

a.m., EDT, on Friday, October 10. 

Persons wishing to speak are requested 

to register at the door by 9 a.m., EDT, 

on October 10 and will be called on 

during the public comment period. 

Handout materials should be limited to 

one printed page. Written comments are 

also invited and may be mailed to the 

Regional Resource Stewardship Council, 

Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West 

Summit Hill Drive, WT 11B, Knoxville, 

Tennessee 37902. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, October 9, 2008, from 8:30 

a.m. to 4:15 p.m., EDT, and on Friday, 

October 10, 2008, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 

p.m., EDT. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the Auditorium of the TVA 

Headquarters at 400 West Summit Hill 

Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902, and 

will be open to the public. Anyone 

needing special access or 

accommodations should let the contact 

below know at least a week in advance. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth 

Keel, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT 

11B, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902, (865) 

632–6113. 

Dated: September 5, 2008. 

Peyton T. Hairston, Jr., 

Senior Vice President, Corporate 

Responsibility & Diversity, Tennessee Valley 

Authority. 

[FR Doc. E8–21201 Filed 9–10–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8120–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

Sunshine Act Meetings; Unified Carrier 

Registration Plan Board of Directors 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

TIME AND DATE: October 9, 2008, 12 

noon to 3 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time. 

PLACE: This meeting will take place 

telephonically. Any interested person 

may call Mr. Avelino Gutierrez at (505) 

827–4565 to receive the toll free number 

and pass code needed to participate in 

these meetings by telephone. 

STATUS: Open to the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The 

Unified Carrier Registration Plan Board 

of Directors (the Board) will continue its 

work in developing and implementing 

the Unified Carrier Registration Plan 

and Agreement and to that end, may 

consider matters properly before the 

Board. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Avelino Gutierrez, Chair, Unified 

Carrier Registration Board of Directors at 

(505) 827–4565. 

Dated: September 9, 2008. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy and 

Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E8–21324 Filed 9–9–08; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 34992] 

Itasca County Regional Rail 

Authority—Petition for Exemption—

Construction of a Line of Railroad in 

Itasca County, MN 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. 

ACTION: Issuance of a decision granting 

an exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502 

from the prior approval requirements of 

49 U.S.C. 10901 to construct a 9-mile 

rail line in Itasca County, MN. 

SUMMARY: By petition filed on March 9, 

2007, the Itasca County Regional Rail 

Authority, a noncarrier, seeks an 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502 from 

the prior approval requirements of 49 

U.S.C. 10901 to construct a 9-mile rail 

line from a connection with an existing 

rail line at Taconite, MN, to the site of 

a new steel mill to be built by 

Minnesota Steel Industries LLC at 

Nashwauk, MN, all located in Itasca 

County. The Board’s decision served in 

this proceeding on September 8, 2008, 

grants the requested exemption and 

authorizes the construction, subject to 

environmental mitigation measures 

recommended in the Post 

Environmental Assessment (Post EA). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph H. Dettmar, (202) 245–0395. 

[Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at: 1–

800–877–8339]. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a 

decision served on May 14, 2007, the 

Board instituted a proceeding under 49 

U.S.C. 10502(b). The Board’s Section of 

Environmental Analysis (SEA) 

conducted an environmental review of 

the proposed construction and 

alternatives to the proposal. An 

Environmental Assessment (EA), 

prepared by SEA, was issued for public 

review and comment on March 28, 

2008. SEA then prepared a Post EA 

dated June 30, 2008. The Post EA 

considers all of the comments received 

on the EA, reflects SEA’s further 

independent analysis, and sets forth 

SEA’s final recommendations on 

alternatives and environmental 

mitigation. 

After considering the entire record, 

including both the transportation 

aspects of the petition and the potential 

environmental issues, the Board is 

granting the requested exemption and 

authorizing the construction of the route 

designated as Alternative 2, subject to 

the environmental mitigation measures 


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recommended in the Post EA, which are 

set forth in the Appendix to the Board’s 

decision served on September 8, 2008. 

For additional information regarding 

this decision, including additional 

background information, a discussion of 

the Board’s rail transportation analysis 

and environmental analysis, and the 

mitigation measures imposed in this 

proceeding, see the Board’s decision 

served September 8, 2008, in Itasca 

County Regional Rail Authority—

Petition for Exemption—Construction of 

a line of Railroad in Itasca County, MN, 

STB Finance Docket No. 34992. 

Board decisions, notices, and filings 

in this and other Board proceedings are 

available on the Board’s Web site at 

http://www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: September 5, 2008. 

By the Board, Chairman Nottingham, Vice 

Chairman Mulvey, and Commissioner 

Buttrey. 

Anne K. Quinlan, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–21081 Filed 9–10–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Form 1099–SA 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

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 IRS is 

soliciting comments concerning Form 

1099–SA, Distributions From an HSA, 

Archer MSA or Medical Advantage 

MSA. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before November 10, 

2008 to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Glenn Kirkland, Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6129, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the form and instructions 

should be directed to Allan Hopkins at 

(202) 622–6665, or at Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6129, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224, 

or through the Internet, at 

Allan.M.Hopkins@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Distributions From an HSA, 

Archer MSA or Medical Advantage 

MSA. 

OMB Number: 1545–1517. 

Form Number: 1099–SA. 

Abstract: This form is used to report 

distributions from a medical savings 

account as required by Internal Revenue 

Code section 220(h). 

Current Actions: There are no changes 

being made to the form at this time. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

25,839. 

Estimated Time per Response: 8 min. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 3,618. 

The following paragraph applies to all 

of the collections of information covered 

by this notice: 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Books or records relating to a collection 

of information must be retained as long 

as their contents may become material 

in the administration of any internal 

revenue law. Generally, tax returns and 

tax return information are confidential, 

as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’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 automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Approved: September 4, 2008. 

Allan Hopkins, 

IRS Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–21168 Filed 9–10–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Form 8308 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

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 IRS is 

soliciting comments concerning Form 

8308, Report of a Sale or Exchange of 

Certain Partnership Interests. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before November 10, 

2008 to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Glenn Kirkland, Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6129, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the form(s) and instructions 

should be directed to Allan Hopkins, 

(202) 622–6665, Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6129, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224, 

or through the internet at 

Allan.M.Hopkins@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Report of a Sale or Exchange of 

Certain Partnership Interests. 

OMB Number: 1545–0941. 

Form Number: 8308. 

Abstract: Form 8308 is an information 

return that gives the IRS the names of 

the parties involved in an exchange of 

a partnership interest under Internal 

Revenue Code section 751(a). It is also 

used by the partnership as a statement 

to the transferor and transferee. It alerts 

the transferor that a portion of the gain 

on the sale of a partnership interest may 

be ordinary income. 

Current Actions: There are no changes 

being made to Form 8308 at this time. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 


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