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http://www.regulations.gov at any time 

or to the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

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

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Frances Shaver, (202) 267–9681, or 

Katrina Holiday, (202) 267–3603, Office 

of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 8, 

2008. 

Pamela Hamilton-Powell, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2008–0737. 

Petitioner: Light Aircraft 

Manufacturers Association. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 

§ 21.190(c)(2). 

Description of Relief Sought: The 

petitioner seeks relief to permit manual 

feathering of a propeller in an aircraft 

certificated as a Special or Experimental 

Light Sport Aircraft-Glider. 

[FR Doc. E8–21080 Filed 9–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2008–0009, Notice No. 3] 

Declaration of Emergency Events 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of declaration of 

emergency events. 

SUMMARY: On August 28 and September 

4, 2008, the Administrator of the FRA 

determined that the impending landfall 

of hurricanes Gustav, Hanna, and Ike 

and the related requests for Presidential, 

Federal Disaster Declarations from the 

Governors of the States of Texas and 

Louisiana, constituted emergency events 

as related to railroad operations. 

Accordingly, the Administrator 

activated the Emergency Relief Docket. 

This document provides notice of the 

Administrator’s determinations. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

28 and September 4, 2008, the 

Administrator of the FRA determined 

that the impending landfall of 

hurricanes Gustav, Hanna, and Ike and 

the related requests for Presidential, 

Federal Disaster Declarations from the 

Governors of the States of Texas and 

Louisiana, constituted emergency events 

pursuant to 49 CFR 211.45(c) and that 

public safety required the 

implementation of FRA’s emergency 

waiver rule directly related to those 

emergencies. Accordingly, the 

Administrator activated the Emergency 

Relief Docket (docket number FRA– 

2008–0009) and in accordance with 49 

CFR 211.45(g), petitions received in that 

docket pursuant to these emergency 

events will be handled according to the 

requirements of 49 CFR 211.45(g)–(j). 

Interested parties are reminded that 

the procedures in 49 CFR 211.45 

provide for expedited review and 

processing of emergency waiver 

petitions. Accordingly, in accordance 

with 49 CFR 211.45(h), any person 

wishing to comment on petitions for 

emergency waivers should submit their 

comments to the docket within 72 hours 

from the close of business on the day 

that the petition is posted in the public 

docket. Any person desiring a public 

hearing on any petition being processed 

in accordance with the emergency 

waiver procedures must notify FRA of 

such request in their comments 

submitted to the docket. 49 CFR 

211.45(i). 

Interested persons may submit their 

comments using any of the following 

methods: 

(1) E-mail to FRA at 

RRS.Correspondence@dot.gov; 

(2) Fax to FRA at: 202–493–6309; or 

(3) Hand deliver or expedited delivery 

to the Docket Clerk, Docket Operations 

Facility, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590 or electronically via the Internet 

at http://www.regulations.gov. 

All communications concerning any 

petition in the Emergency Relief Docket 

should identify the appropriate docket 

number (e.g., FRA–2008–0009). 

Privacy 

Anyone is able to search all 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 

665, Number 7, Pages 19477–78). The 

statement may also be found at http:// 

www.dot.gov/privacy.html. 

Issued in Washington, DC on September 8, 

2008. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E8–21336 Filed 9–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[FTA Docket No. FTA–2008–0040] 

Notice of Request for the Extension of 

a Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

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: 

49 U.S.C. Section 5316—Job Access and 

Reverse Commute Program 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

before November 12, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: To ensure that your 

comments are not entered more than 

once into the docket, submit comments 

identified by the docket number by only 

one of the following methods: 

1. Web site: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on the U.S. Government electronic 

docket site. (Note: The U.S. Department 

of Transportation’s (DOT’s) electronic 

docket is no longer accepting electronic 

comments.) All electronic submissions 

must be made to the U.S. Government 

electronic docket site at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Commenters 

should follow the directions below for 

mailed and hand-delivered comments. 

2. Fax: 202–366–7951. 

3. Mail: 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. 

4. Hand Delivery: 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. 

Instructions: You must include the 

agency name and docket number for this 

notice at the beginning of your 

comments. Submit two copies of your 

comments if you submit them by mail. 

For confirmation that FTA has received 

your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Note that 

all comments received, including any 

personal information, will be posted 

and will be available to Internet users, 

without change, to http:// 


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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] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–P 

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 

compliance with applicable federal 


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