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www.regulations.gov. You may review 

DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement 

in the Federal Register published April 

11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or you may visit 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents and 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov at any time. 

Background documents and comments 

received may also be viewed at the U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Docket 

Operations, M–30, West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001 between 9 

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

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

David Schneider, FTA Office of Program 

Management (202) 493–017, or e-mail: 

David.Schneider@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested 

parties are invited to send comments 

regarding any aspect of this information 

collection, including: (1) The necessity 

and utility of the information collection 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the FTA; (2) the accuracy 

of the estimated burden; (3) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the collected information; and (4) 

ways to minimize the collection burden 

without reducing the quality of the 

collected information. Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval of this 

information collection. 

Title: 49 U.S.C. Section 5316—Job 

Access and Reverse Commute Program 

(OMB Number: 2132–0563). 

Background: 49 U.S.C. 5316, the Job 

Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) 

Program, authorizes the Secretary of 

Transportation to make grants to states 

for areas with a population of less than 

200,000 and designated recipients in 

urbanized areas of 200,000 persons or 

greater to transport welfare recipients 

and other low-income individuals to 

and from jobs and activities related to 

employment. Grant recipients are 

required to make information available 

to the public and to publish a program 

of projects which identifies the 

subrecipients and projects for which the 

State or designated recipient is applying 

for financial assistance. FTA uses the 

information to determine eligibility for 

funding and to monitor the grantees’ 

progress in implementing and 

completing project activities. FTA 

collects performance information 

annually from designated recipients in 

rural areas, small urbanized areas, other 

direct recipients for small urbanized 

areas, and designated recipients in 

urbanized areas of 200,000 persons or 

greater. FTA collects milestone and 

financial status reports from designated 

recipients in large urbanized areas on a 

quarterly basis. The information 

submitted ensures FTA’s compliance 

with applicable federal laws and OMB 

Circular A–102. 

Respondents: State and local 

government, private non-profit 

organizations and public transportation 

authorities. 

Estimated Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 251 hours for each of the 

206 respondents. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

122,374 hours. 

Frequency: Annual. 

Issued: September 8, 2008. 

Ann M. Linnertz, 

Associate Administrator for Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–21175 Filed 9–11–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[FTA Docket No. FTA–2008–0041] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

under OMB Review 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of the 

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to 

request the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) to extend the following 

currently approved information 

collection: Rail Fixed Guideway 

Systems, State Safety Oversight. The 

Federal Register Notice with a 60-day 

comment period soliciting comments 

was published on June 23, 2008. No 

comments were received in response to 

that notice. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

before October 14, 2008. A comment to 

OMB is most effective if OMB receives 

it within 30 days of publication. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

LaStar Matthews, Office of 

Administration, Office of Management 

Planning, (202) 366–2295 or e-mail: 

LaStar.Matthews@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Rail Fixed Guideway Systems, 

State Safety Oversight. 

OMB Number: 2132–0558. 

Abstract: 49 U.S.C. 5330 requires 

States to designate a State Safety 

Oversight (SSO) agency to oversee the 

safety and security of each rail transit 

agency within the State’s jurisdiction. 

To comply with Section 5330, SSO 

agencies must develop program 

standards which meet FTA’s minimum 

requirements. In the Program Standard, 

which must be approved by FTA, each 

SSO agency must require each rail 

transit agency in the State’s jurisdiction 

to prepare and implement a System 

Safety Program Plan (SSPP) and System 

Security Plan (SSP). The SSO agency 

also requires the rail transit agencies in 

its jurisdiction to conduct specific 

activities, such as accident 

investigation, implementation of a 

hazard management program, and the 

management of an internal safety and 

security audit process. SSO agencies 

review and approve the SSPPs and SSPs 

of the rail transit agencies. Once every 

three years, States conduct an on-site 

review of the rail transit agencies in 

their jurisdictions to assess SSPP/SSP 

implementation and to determine 

whether these plans are effective and if 

they need to be updated. SSO agencies 

develop final reports documenting the 

findings from these on-site reviews and 

require corrective actions. SSO agencies 

also review and approve accident 

investigation reports, participate in the 

rail transit agency’s hazard management 

program, and oversee implementation of 

the rail transit agency’s internal safety 

and security audit process. SSO 

agencies review and approve corrective 

action plans and track and monitor rail 

transit agency activities to implement 

them. 

Collection of this information enables 

each SSO agency to monitor each rail 

transit agency’s implementation of the 

State’s requirements as specified in the 

Program Standard approved by FTA. 

Without this information, States would 

not be able to oversee the rail transit 

agencies in their jurisdictions. Recent 

recommendations from the National 

Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and 

the Government Accountability Office 

(GAO) have encouraged States and rail 

transit agencies to devote additional 

resources to these safety activities and 

safety oversight in general. 

SSO agencies also submit an annual 

certification to FTA that the State is in 

compliance with Section 5330 and an 

annual report documenting the State’s 

safety and security oversight activities. 

FTA uses the annual information 

submitted by the States to monitor 

implementation of the program. If a 

State fails to comply with Section 5330, 

FTA may withhold up to five percent of 

the funds appropriated for use in a State 

or urbanized area in the State under 

section 5307. The information 

submitted by the States ensures FTA’s 

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laws, OMB Circular A–102, and 49 CFR 

Part 18, ‘‘Uniform Administrative 

Requirements for Grants and 

Cooperative Agreements with State and 

Local Governments.’’ 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

142,393 hours. 

ADDRESSES: All written comments must 

refer to the docket number that appears 

at the top of this document and be 

submitted to the Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention: FTA Desk Officer. 

Comments are Invited On: Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Department, 

including 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. 

Issued: September 8, 2008. 

Ann M. Linnertz, 

Associate Administrator for Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–21180 Filed 9–11–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[NHTSA Docket No. NHTSA–2008–0147] 

National Emergency Medical Services 

Advisory Council (NEMSAC); Notice of 

Federal Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

SUMMARY: The NHTSA announces a 

meeting of NEMSAC to be held in the 

Metropolitan Washington, DC area. This 

notice announces the date, time and 

location of the meeting, which will be 

open to the public. The purpose of 

NEMSAC is to provide a nationally 

recognized council of emergency 

medical services representatives and 

consumers to provide advice and 

recommendations regarding Emergency 

Medical Services (EMS) to the U.S. 

DOT’s NHTSA. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

October 2, 2008, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. 

and October 3, 2008, from 8 a.m. to 11 

a.m. A public comment period will take 

place on October 3, 2008, between 10 

a.m. and 10:30 a.m. 

Comment Date: Written comments or 

requests to make oral presentations 

must be received by September 25, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Marriott Crystal City at Reagan 

National Airport, 1999 Jefferson Davis 

Highway, Arlington, VA 22202. Persons 

wishing to make an oral presentation or 

who are unable to attend or speak at the 

meeting may submit written comments. 

Written comments and requests to make 

oral presentations at the meeting should 

reach Drew Dawson at the address listed 

below and must be received by 

September 25, 2008. All submissions 

received must include the docket 

number, NHTSA–2008–0147 and may 

be submitted by any one of the 

following methods: You may submit or 

retrieve comments online through the 

Document Management System (DMS) 

at http://www.regulations.gov/ under 

the docket number listed at the 

beginning of this notice. The DMS is 

available 24 hours each day, 365 days 

each year. Electronic submission and 

retrieval help guidelines are available 

under the help section of the Web site. 

An electronic copy of this document 

may be downloaded from the Federal 

Register’s home page at http:// 

www.archives.gov and the Government 

Printing Office’s database at http:// 

www.access.gpo.gov/nara. 

Please note that even after the 

comment closing date, we will continue 

to file relevant information in the docket 

as it becomes available. 

E-mail: drew.dawson@dot.gov or 

susan.mchenry@dot.gov. 

Fax: (202) 366–7149. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Drew Dawson, Director, Office of 

Emergency Medical Services, National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., NTI–140, 

Washington, DC 20590, Telephone 

number (202) 366–9966; e-mail 

Drew.Dawson@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is given under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public 

Law 92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 

1 et seq.) The NEMSAC will be holding 

its third meeting on Thursday and 

Friday, October 2 and 3, 2008, at the 

Marriott Crystal City at Reagan National 

Airport, 1999 Jefferson Davis Highway, 

Arlington, VA 22202. 

Agenda of Council Meeting, October 2– 

3, 2008 

The tentative agenda includes the 

following: 

Thursday, October 2, 2008 

(1) Opening Remarks; 

(2) Introduction of Members and all in 

attendance; 

(3) Review and Approval of Minutes 

of last meeting; 

(4) Committee Reports and Discussion 

of Recommendations. 

Friday, October 3, 2008 

(1) Welcome and Introductions; 

(2) Unfinished Business from October 

2nd; 

(3) Federal Interagency Committee on 

Emergency Medical Services Report; 

(4) Report on ‘‘From Evidence to EMS 

Practice’’ Conference; 

(5) Public comment period; 

(6) Next steps and future meetings. 

A public comment period will take 

place on October 3, 2008, between 10 

a.m. and 10:30 a.m. 

Public Attendance: The meeting is 

open to the public. Persons with 

disabilities who require special 

assistance should advise Drew Dawson 

of their anticipated special needs as 

early as possible. Members of the public 

who wish to make comments on Friday, 

October 3 between 10 a.m. and 10:30 

a.m. are requested to register in 

advance. In order to allow as many 

people as possible to speak, speakers are 

requested to limit their remarks to 3 

minutes. For those wishing to submit 

written comments, please follow the 

procedure noted above. 

This meeting will be open to the 

public. Individuals wishing to register 

must provide their name, affiliation, 

phone number, and e-mail address to 

Drew Dawson by e-mail at 

drew.dawson@dot.gov or by telephone 

at (202) 366–9966 no later than 

September 25, 2008. There will be 

limited seating, so please register early. 

Pre-registration is necessary to enable 

proper arrangements. 

Minutes of the NEMSAC Meeting will 

be available to the public online through 

the DOT Document Management System 

(DMS) at: http://www.regulations.gov 

under the docket number listed at the 

beginning of this notice. 

Issued on: September 5, 2008. 

Jeffrey P. Michael, 

Acting Associate Administrator for Research 

and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E8–20970 Filed 9–11–08; 8:45 am] 

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