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nongovernmental organizations. The 

Commission reports its findings and 

recommendations to the President, the 

Congress and the Secretary of State and 

the American people. Current 

Commission members include Barbara 

M. Barrett of Arizona, who is the 

Chairman; Harold Pachios of Maine; 

Ambassador Penne Percy Korth of 

Washington, DC.; Ambassador Elizabeth 

Bagley of Washington, DC.; Jay T. 

Snyder of New York; and Maria Sophia 

Aguirre of Washington, DC. 

Seating at this meeting is limited. To 

attend and for more information, please 

contact Carl Chan at (202) 203–7883. Email: chanck@state.gov. 

Dated: January 31, 2008. 

Carl Chan, 

Interim Executive Director, ACPD, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E8–2271 Filed 2–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

In the Matter of the Continuing Fitness 

of Boston-Maine Airways Corp. 

AGENCY: Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of Order to Show Cause 

(Order 2008–2–3) Dockets DOT–OST–

2000–7668, DOT–OST–2003–14985, 

and DOT–OST–2004–19919. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Transportation is directing all interested 

persons to show cause why it should 

not issue an order finding that BostonMaine Airways, Corp, is not fit, willing, 

and able, to provide air transportation as 

a U.S. certificated air carrier. 

DATES: Persons wishing to file 

objections should do so no later than 

March 3, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Objections and answers to 

objections should be filed in Dockets 

DOT–OST–2000–7668, DOT–OST–

2003–14985, and DOT–OST–2004–

19919 and addressed to Docket 

Management Facility, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave 

SE., West Building, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590, and should be 

served upon the parties listed in 

Attachment B to the order. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Vanessa R. Balgobin, Air Carrier Fitness 

Division, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave 

SE., West Building, Room W86–463, 

Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366–9721. 

Dated: February 1, 2008. 

Michael W. Reynolds, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Aviation and 

International Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E8–2275 Filed 2–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–99–5748, FMCSA–99–

6156] 

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption 

Applications; Vision 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of renewal of 

exemptions; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces its 

decision to renew the exemptions from 

the vision requirement in the Federal 

Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for 6 

individuals. FMCSA has statutory 

authority to exempt individuals from 

the vision requirement if the 

exemptions granted will not 

compromise safety. The Agency has 

concluded that granting these 

exemption renewals will provide a level 

of safety that is equivalent to, or greater 

than, the level of safety maintained 

without the exemptions for these 

commercial motor vehicle (CMV) 

drivers. 

DATES: This decision is effective March 

7, 2008. Comments must be received on 

or before March 10, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

bearing the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) Docket ID FMCSA–99–

5748, FMCSA–99–6156, 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 or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Each submission must include the 

Agency name and the docket number for 

this Notice. Note that DOT posts all 

comments received without change to 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information included in a 

comment. Please see the Privacy Act 

heading below. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov at any time or 

Room W12–140 on the ground level of 

the West Building, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

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

Friday, except Federal holidays. The 

FDMS is available 24 hours each day, 

365 days each year. If you want 

acknowledgment that we received your 

comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or 

postcard or print the acknowledgment 

page that appears after submitting 

comments on-line. 

Privacy Act: Anyone may search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or of the person signing the 

comment, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

You may review the DOT’s complete 

Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 

Register published on April 11, 2000 

(65 FR 19477–78; Apr. 11, 2000). This 

information is also available at http:// 

DocketInfo.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Mary D. Gunnels, Director, Medical 

Programs, (202) 366–4001, 

fmcsamedical@dot.gov, FMCSA, 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W64–

224, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

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

FMCSA may renew an exemption from 

the vision requirements in 49 CFR 

391.41(b)(10), which applies to drivers 

of CMVs in interstate commerce, for a 

two-year 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.’’ The 

procedures for requesting an exemption 

(including renewals) are set out in 49 

CFR part 381. 

Exemption Decision 

This notice addresses 6 individuals 

who have requested a renewal of their 

exemption in accordance with FMCSA 

procedures. FMCSA has evaluated these 

6 applications for renewal on their 

merits and decided to extend each 


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exemption for a renewable two-year 

period. They are: 

Dennis J. Lessard 

James D. Simon 

Robert J. Townsley 

Harry R. Littlejohn 

Wayland O. Timberlake 

Jeffery G. Wuensch 

These exemptions are extended 

subject to the following conditions: (1) 

That each individual have a physical 

examination every year (a) by an 

ophthalmologist or optometrist who 

attests that the vision in the better eye 

continues to meet the standard in 49 

CFR 391.41(b)(10), and (b) by a medical 

examiner who attests that the individual 

is otherwise physically qualified under 

49 CFR 391.41; (2) that each individual 

provide a copy of the ophthalmologist’s 

or optometrist’s report to the medical 

examiner at the time of the annual 

medical examination; and (3) that each 

individual provide a copy of the annual 

medical certification to the employer for 

retention in the driver’s qualification 

file and retain a copy of the certification 

on his/her person while driving for 

presentation to a duly authorized 

Federal, State, or local enforcement 

official. Each exemption will be valid 

for two years unless rescinded earlier by 

FMCSA. The exemption will be 

rescinded if: (1) The person fails 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. 31136(e) and 

31315. 

Basis for Renewing Exemptions 

Under 49 U.S.C. 31315(b)(1), an 

exemption may be granted for no longer 

than two years from its approval date 

and may be renewed upon application 

for additional two-year periods. In 

accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 

31315, each of the 6 applicants has 

satisfied the entry conditions for 

obtaining an exemption from the vision 

requirements (64 FR 40404; 64 FR 

66962; 67 FR 10475; 69 FR 8260; 71 FR 

6824; 64 FR 54948; 65 FR 159). Each of 

these 6 applicants has requested 

renewal of the exemption and has 

submitted evidence showing that the 

vision in the better eye continues to 

meet the standard specified at 49 CFR 

391.41(b)(10) and that the vision 

impairment is stable. In addition, a 

review of each record of safety while 

driving with the respective vision 

deficiencies over the past two years 

indicates each applicant continues to 

meet the vision exemption standards. 

These factors provide an adequate basis 

for predicting each driver’s ability to 

continue to drive safely in interstate 

commerce. Therefore, FMCSA 

concludes that extending the exemption 

for each renewal applicant for a period 

of two years is likely to achieve a level 

of safety equal to that existing without 

the exemption. 

Request for Comments 

FMCSA will review comments 

received at any time concerning a 

particular driver’s safety record and 

determine if the continuation of the 

exemption is consistent with the 

requirements at 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 

31315. However, FMCSA requests that 

interested parties with specific data 

concerning the safety records of these 

drivers submit comments by March 10, 

2008. 

FMCSA believes that the 

requirements for a renewal of an 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 

31315 can be satisfied by initially 

granting the renewal and then 

requesting and evaluating, if needed, 

subsequent comments submitted by 

interested parties. As indicated above, 

the Agency previously published 

notices of final disposition announcing 

its decision to exempt these 6 

individuals from the vision requirement 

in 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10). The final 

decision to grant an exemption to each 

of these individuals was based on the 

merits of each case and only after 

careful consideration of the comments 

received to its notices of applications. 

The notices of applications stated in 

detail the qualifications, experience, 

and medical condition of each applicant 

for an exemption from the vision 

requirements. That information is 

available by consulting the above cited 

Federal Register publications. 

Interested parties or organizations 

possessing information that would 

otherwise show that any, or all of these 

drivers, are not currently achieving the 

statutory level of safety should 

immediately notify FMCSA. The 

Agency will evaluate any adverse 

evidence submitted and, if safety is 

being compromised or if continuation of 

the exemption would not be consistent 

with the goals and objectives of 49 

U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315, FMCSA will 

take immediate steps to revoke the 

exemption of a driver. 

Issued on: January 31, 2008. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy and 

Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E8–2216 Filed 2–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[Docket No: FTA–2008–0002] 

National Transit Database: 

Amendments to Urbanized Area 

Annual Reporting Manual 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of 

Proposed Amendments to the 2007 

National Transit Database Urbanized 

Area Annual Reporting Manual. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides 

interested parties with the opportunity 

to comment on changes to the Federal 

Transit Administration’s (FTA) 2008 

National Transit Database (NTD) 

Urbanized Area Annual Reporting 

Manual (Annual Manual). Pursuant to 

49 U.S.C. 5335, FTA requires recipients 

of FTA Urbanized Area Formula Grants 

to provide an annual report to the 

Secretary of Transportation via the NTD 

reporting system according to a uniform 

system of accounts (USOA). Other 

transit agencies in urbanized areas 

report to the NTD under these 

requirements on a voluntary basis, for 

purposes of including data from their 

transit agencies in the apportionment of 

Urbanized Area Formula Grants. In an 

ongoing effort to improve the NTD 

reporting system and be responsive to 

the needs of the transit agencies 

reporting to the NTD, FTA annually 

refines and clarifies the reporting 

requirements through revisions to the 

Annual Manual. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 10, 2008. FTA will 

consider late filed comments to the 

extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

[identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

FTA–2008–0002] at the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Fax: 202–493–2251. 

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 or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., between 

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

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: When submitting 

comments you must use docket number 

FTA–2008–0002. This will ensure that 

your comment is placed in the correct 

docket. If you submit comments by 


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