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than ten percent of LDR Holding 

Corporation, and therefore LDR Holding 

Corporation is considered an Associate 

of Telegraph Hill Partners SBIC as 

described in 13 CFR 107.50. 

Therefore, this transaction is 

considered a financing of an Associate 

requiring an exemption. Notice is 

hereby given that any interested person 

may submit written comments on the 

transaction within fifteen days of the 

date of this publication to the Associate 

Administrator for Investment, U.S. 

Small Business Administration, 409 

Third Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20416. 

Dated: August 12, 2008. 

A. Joseph Shepard, 

Associate Administrator for Investment. 

[FR Doc. E8–20458 Filed 9–3–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

[Docket No. OST–2007–27407] 

National Surface Transportation 

Infrastructure Financing Commission 

AGENCY: Department of Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting location and 

time. 

SUMMARY: This notice lists the location 

and time of the fourteenth and fifteenth 

meetings of the National Surface 

Transportation Infrastructure Financing 

Commission. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

V. Wells, Chief Economist, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, (202) 

366–9224, jack.wells@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By 

Federal Register Notice dated March 12, 

2007, and in accordance with the 

requirements of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (‘‘FACA’’) (5 U.S.C. App. 

2) and the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 

Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 

Legacy for Users (‘‘SAFETEA–LU’’) 

(Pub. L. 109–59, 119 Stat. 1144), the 

U.S. Department of Transportation (the 

‘‘Department’’) issued a notice of intent 

to form the National Surface 

Transportation Infrastructure Financing 

Commission (the ‘‘Financing 

Commission’’). Section 11142(a) of 

SAFETEA–LU established the National 

Surface Transportation Infrastructure 

Financing Commission and charged it 

with analyzing future highway and 

transit needs and the finances of the 

Highway Trust Fund and with making 

recommendations regarding alternative 

approaches to financing surface 

transportation infrastructure. 

Notice of Meeting Location and Time 

The Commissioners have agreed to 

hold their fourteenth meeting in two 

sessions, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on 

Tuesday, September 16, 2008, and from 

8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, 

September 17, 2008. The 

Commissioners have also agreed to hold 

their fifteenth meeting in two sessions, 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, 

October 21, 2008, and from 8:30 a.m. to 

4 p.m. on Wednesday, October 22, 2008. 

The session of the fourteenth meeting 

on September 17, 2008, is scheduled to 

take place at the office of the American 

Public Transportation Association 

(APTA), at 1666 K Street, NW., Eleventh 

Floor, Washington, DC 20006. The other 

three sessions, on September 16, 2008, 

October 21, 2008, and October 22, 2008, 

are scheduled to take place at the office 

of the Information Technology and 

Innovation Foundation (ITIF), 1250 I 

(‘‘Eye’’) Street, NW., Suite 200, 

Washington, DC 20005. Each session 

will be open to the public. 

If you need accommodations because 

of a disability or require additional 

information to attend any of these 

meetings, please contact John V. Wells, 

Chief Economist, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, (202) 366–9224, 

jack.wells@dot.gov. 

Issued on this 28th day of August, 2008. 

John V. Wells, 

Chief Economist, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Designated Federal Official. 

[FR Doc. E8–20493 Filed 9–3–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2007–0108] 

National Task Force To Develop Model 

Contingency Plans To Deal With 

Lengthy Airline On-Board Ground 

Delays 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the National Task Force to 

Develop Model Contingency Plans to 

Deal with Lengthy Airline On-Board 

Ground Delays. 

DATES: The Task Force meeting is 

scheduled for September 22, 2008, from 

8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES: The Task Force meeting 

will be held at the U.S. Department of 

Transportation (U.S. DOT), 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, in 

the Oklahoma City Conference Room on 

the lobby level of the West Building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO

CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT CONCERNING

THE TASK FORCE: Livaughn Chapman, Jr., 

or Kathleen Blank-Riether, Office of the 

General Counsel, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave., 

SE., W–96–429, Washington, DC 20590–

0001; Phone: (202) 366–9342; Fax: (202) 

366–7152; e-mail: 

Livaughn.Chapman@dot.gov, or 

Kathleen.Blankriether@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

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

and the General Services 

Administration regulations covering 

management of Federal advisory 

committees, 41 CFR part 102–3, this 

notice announces a meeting of the 

National Task Force to Develop Model 

Contingency Plans to Deal with Lengthy 

Airline On-Board Ground Delays. The 

meeting will be held on September 22, 

2008, between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. at 

the U.S. Department of Transportation 

(U.S. DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue, 

SE., Washington, DC, in the Oklahoma 

City Conference Room on the lobby 

level of the West Building. 

DOT’s Office of Inspector General 

recommended, in its audit report, 

entitled ‘‘Actions Needed to Minimize 

Long, On-Board Flight Delays,’’ issued 

on September 25, 2007, that the 

Secretary of Transportation establish a 

national task force of airlines, airports, 

and the Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) to coordinate and 

develop contingency plans to deal with 

lengthy delays, such as working with 

carriers and airports to share facilities 

and make gates available in an 

emergency. To effectuate this 

recommendation, on January 3, 2008, 

the Department, consistent with the 

requirements of the FACA, established 

the National Task Force to Develop 

Model Contingency Plans to Deal with 

Lengthy Airline On-Board Ground 

Delays. The first meeting of the Task 

Force took place on February 26, 2008. 

The September 22, 2008, meeting will 

be the sixth meeting of the task force. 

The agenda topics for the September 

22, 2008, meeting will include a 

continuation of the final review and 

discussion of the draft model 

contingency planning document for 

dealing with lengthy tarmac delays that 

was developed by the Contingency Plan 

Working Group, the working group that 

is tasked with reviewing existing airline 

and airport contingency plans for 

extended tarmac delays for best 

practices and developing a model 

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Attendance is open to the public, and 

time will be provided for comments by 

members of the public. Since access to 

the U.S. DOT headquarters building is 

controlled for security purposes, any 

member of the general public who plans 

to attend this meeting must notify the 

Department contact noted above no later 

than ten (10) calendar days prior to the 

meeting. Attendance will be necessarily 

limited by the size of the meeting room. 

Members of the public may present 

written comments at any time and, at 

the discretion of the Chairman and time 

permitting, oral comments at the 

meeting. Any oral comments permitted 

must be limited to agenda items and 

will be limited to five (5) minutes per 

person. Members of the public who 

wish to present oral comments must 

notify the Department contact noted 

above via e-mail at least ten (10) 

calendar days prior to the meeting that 

they wish to attend and present oral 

comments. For the September 22, 2008, 

meeting, no more than one hour will be 

set aside for oral comments. Although 

written material may be filed in the 

docket at any time, comments regarding 

upcoming meeting topics should be sent 

to the Task Force docket, (10) calendar 

days prior to the meeting. Members of 

the public may also contact the 

Department contact noted above to be 

placed on the Task Force mailing list. 

Persons with a disability requiring 

special accommodations, such as an 

interpreter for the hearing impaired, 

should get in touch with the Department 

contact noted above at least seven (7) 

calendar days prior to the meeting. 

Notice of this meeting is provided in 

accordance with the FACA and the 

General Service Administration 

regulations covering management of 

Federal advisory committees. 

Issued on: August 27, 2008. 

Samuel Podberesky, 

Assistant General Counsel for Aviation 

Enforcement & Proceedings, U.S. Department 

of Transportation. 

[FR Doc. E8–20485 Filed 9–3–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[FMCSA Docket No. FMCSA–2006–25756] 

Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) 

Standards; Volvo Trucks North 

America, Renewal of Exemption 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of final disposition. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA previously 

announced its decision to renew Volvo 

Trucks North America’s (Volvo) 

exemption for eight of its drivers to 

enable them to test-drive commercial 

motor vehicles (CMVs) in the United 

States without a commercial driver’s 

license (CDL) issued by one of the 

States. FMCSA requested comment on 

the renewal of the exemption, but 

received no comments. 

DATES: This exemption is effective from 

February 4, 2008 through February 4, 

2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Richard Clemente, FMCSA Driver and 

Carrier Operations Division; Office of 

Bus and Truck Standards and 

Operations; Telephone: 202–366–4325. 

e-mail: MCPSD@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under 49 U.S.C. 31315 and 31136(e), 

FMCSA may grant or renew an 

exemption from the CDL requirements 

in 49 CFR 383.23 for a maximum twoyear period if it finds ‘‘such exemption 

would likely achieve a level of safety 

that is equivalent to, or greater than, the 

level that would be achieved absent 

such exemption.’’ FMCSA evaluated 

Volvo’s application on its merits and 

decided to grant the renewal of the 

exemption for eight of Volvo’s engineers 

and technicians for a two-year period, 

effective February 4, 2008, as previously 

announced in the Federal Register (73 

FR 6552, February 4, 2008). 

Comments 

The FMCSA received no response to 

its request for public comments 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 4, 2008 (73 FR 6552). 

Terms and Conditions for the 

Exemption 

Based upon its evaluation of the 

application for an exemption, FMCSA 

granted Volvo a renewal of the 

exemption from the Federal CDL 

requirement in 49 CFR 383.23 for eight 

drivers (Christer Milding, Jonas 

Gustafsson, Sten-Ake Sandberg, Daniel 

Kanebratt, Urban Walter, Fredrik 

Wattwil, Jonas Nilsson, and Bjorn 

Nyman) to test-drive CMVs within the 

U.S., subject to the following terms and 

conditions: (1) That these drivers are 

subject to drug and alcohol testing 

regulations, including testing, as 

provided in 49 CFR part 382, (2) that 

these drivers are subject to the same 

driver disqualification rules under 49 

CFR parts 383 and 391 that apply to 

other CMV drivers in the U.S., (3) that 

these drivers keep a copy of the 

exemption in the vehicle they are 

driving at all times, (4) that Volvo notify 

FMCSA in writing of any accident, as 

defined in 49 CFR 390.5, involving one 

of the exempted drivers, and (5) that 

Volvo notify FMCSA in writing if any 

driver is convicted of a disqualifying 

offense described in section 383.51 or 

391.15 of the FMCSRs. 

The exemption will be revoked if: (1) 

The drivers for Volvo fail to comply 

with the terms and conditions of the 

exemption; (2) the exemption has 

resulted in a lower level of safety than 

was maintained before it was granted; or 

(3) continuation of the exemption would 

not be consistent with the goals and 

objectives of 49 U.S.C. 31315 and 31136. 

Issued on: August 27, 2008. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy and 

Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E8–20511 Filed 9–3–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket ID. FMCSA–2008–0266] 

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption 

Applications; Vision 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of applications for 

exemptions; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces receipt of 

applications from 25 individuals for 

exemptions from the vision requirement 

in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Regulations. If granted, the exemptions 

would enable these individuals to 

qualify as drivers of commercial motor 

vehicles (CMVs) in interstate commerce 

without meeting the Federal vision 

standard. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 6, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

bearing the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) Docket ID FMCSA–

2008–0266 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

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

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 


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