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business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78) or you 

may visit http://www.regulations.gov/ 

search/index.jsp. 

Authority: 49 CFR 1.66. 

By order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Dated: September 18, 2008. 

Leonard Sutter, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–22227 Filed 9–22–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD 2008 0089] 

Information Collection Available for 

Public Comments and 

Recommendations 

ACTION: Notice of intention to request 

extension of OMB approval and request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Maritime 

Administration’s (MARAD’s) intention 

to request extension of approval (with 

modifications) for three years of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

on or before November 24, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ruth Develbis, Maritime 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

Telephone: 202–366–2314; or e-mail: 

ruth.develbis@dot.gov. Copies of this 

collection also can be obtained from that 

office. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime 

Administration (MARAD). 

Title of Collection: Records Retention 

Schedule. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

currently approved information 

collection. 

OMB Control Number: 2133–0501. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Expiration Date of Approval: Three 

years from date of approval by the 

Office of Management and Budget. 

Summary of Collection of 

Information: Section 801, Merchant 

Marine Act, 1936, as amended, requires 

retention of records pertaining to 

financial assistance programs for ship 

construction and ship operations. These 

records are required to be retained to 

permit proper financial review of 

pertinent records at the conclusion of a 

contract when the contractor was 

receiving government financial 

assistance. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

information is needed in order that the 

Maritime Administration may conduct 

financial reviews of pertinent records at 

the conclusion of the contract. 

Description of Respondents: United 

States shipping companies receiving 

government financial aid. 

Annual Responses: 1 response. 

Annual Burden: 50 hours. 

Comments: Comments should refer to 

the docket number that appears at the 

top of this document. Written comments 

may be submitted to the Docket Clerk, 

U.S. DOT Dockets, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. Comments also 

may be submitted by electronic means 

via the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp. 

Specifically address whether this 

information collection is necessary for 

proper performance of the functions of 

the agency and will have practical 

utility, accuracy of the burden 

estimates, ways to minimize this 

burden, and ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected. All 

comments received will be available for 

examination at the above address 

between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT (or 

EST), Monday through Friday, except 

Federal Holidays. An electronic version 

of this document is available on the 

World Wide Web at http:// 

www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of 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 

65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78) or you 

may visit http://www.regulations.gov/ 

search/index.jsp. 

Authority: 49 CFR 1.66. 

By order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Dated: September 18, 2008. 

Leonard Sutter, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–22229 Filed 9–22–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2008–0086] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Invitation for public comments 

on a requested administrative waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel 

SERENDIPITY. 

SUMMARY: As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 

12121, the Secretary of Transportation, 

as represented by the Maritime 

Administration (MARAD), is authorized 

to grant waivers of the U.S.-build 

requirement of the coastwise laws under 

certain circumstances. A request for 

such a waiver has been received by 

MARAD. The vessel, and a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. 

The complete application is given in 

DOT docket MARAD–2008–0086 at 

http://www.regulations.gov. Interested 

parties may comment on the effect this 

action may have on U.S. vessel builders 

or businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.- 

flag vessels. If MARAD determines, in 

accordance with 46 U.S.C. 12121 and 

MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR Part 

388 (68 FR 23084; April 30, 2003), that 

the issuance of the waiver will have an 

unduly adverse effect on a U.S.-vessel 

builder or a business that uses U.S.-flag 

vessels in that business, a waiver will 

not be granted. Comments should refer 

to the docket number of this notice and 

the vessel name in order for MARAD to 

properly consider the comments. 

Comments should also state the 

commenter’s interest in the waiver 

application, and address the waiver 

criteria given in § 388.4 of MARAD’s 

regulations at 46 CFR Part 388. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

October 23, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

docket number MARAD–2008–0086. 

Written comments may be submitted by 

hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations, M–30, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. You may also 

send comments electronically via the 

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

All comments will become part of this 

docket and will be available for 

inspection and copying at the above 

address between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

E.T., Monday through Friday, except 

federal holidays. An electronic version 


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of this document and all documents 

entered into this docket is available on 

the World Wide Web at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joann Spittle, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Maritime 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Room W21–203, 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202– 

366–5979. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

described by the applicant the intended 

service of the vessel SERENDIPITY: 

Intended Use: ‘‘Passenger service to/ 

from various ports in the Puget Sound 

region (including Canada) to 

supplement existing service by other 

operators when such service is unable to 

meet the demand and to develop 

demand for new service (this will be 

especially important during the closure 

of the Hood Canal Bridge in 2009). 

Geographic Region: ‘‘Washington 

State (Puget Sound and adjacent waters 

including Hood Canal, Strait of Juan de 

Fuca, San Juan Islands, etc.); and lower 

British Columbia.’’ 

Privacy Act 

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of 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 

65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78). 

Dated: September 16, 2008. 

By order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Leonard Sutter, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–22137 Filed 9–22–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Docket No. AB–355 (Sub-No. 38X)] 

Springfield Terminal Railway 

Company—Discontinuance of Service 

Exemption—Cumberland and Oxford 

Counties, ME 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of exemption. 

SUMMARY: Under 49 U.S.C. 10502, the 

Board, on its own motion, is exempting 

a discontinuance from the prior 

approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 

10903 for Springfield Terminal Railway 

Company to discontinue its operations 

over an approximately 43.81-mile rail 

line extending from milepost 7.3 to 

milepost 51.11 in Cumberland and 

Oxford Counties, ME. This exemption is 

subject to employee protective 

conditions. 

DATES: The exemption is effective 

retroactively as of December 17, 1994. 

ADDRESSES: An original and 10 copies of 

all pleadings, referring to STB Docket 

No. AB–355 (Sub-No. 38X), must be 

filed with the Surface Transportation 

Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20423–0001. In addition, one copy 

of all pleadings must be served on 

petitioner’s representative: Robert B. 

Culliford, Pan Am Railways, Inc., Pease 

International Airport, Portsmouth, NH 

03801. 

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: 

Additional information is contained in 

the Board’s decision. Board decisions 

and notices are available on our Web 

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

Decided: September 16, 2008. 

By the Board, Chairman Nottingham, Vice 

Chairman Mulvey, and Commissioner 

Buttrey. 

Anne K. Quinlan, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–22222 Filed 9–22–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Fiscal Service 

Surety Companies Acceptable on 

Federal Bonds—Termination: Trinity 

Universal Insurance Company 

AGENCY: Financial Management Service, 

Fiscal Service, Department of the 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This is Supplement No. 2 to 

the Treasury Department Circular 570, 

2008 Revision, published July 1, 2008, 

at 73 FR 37644. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Surety Bond Branch at (202) 874–6850. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that the Certificate of 

Authority issued by the Treasury to the 

above-named company under 31 U.S.C. 

9305 to qualify as an acceptable surety 

on Federal bonds is terminated effective 

September 12, 2008. Federal bondapproving officials should annotate 

their reference copies of the Treasury 

Department Circular 570 (‘‘Circular’’), 

2008 Revision, to reflect this change. 

With respect to any bonds currently 

in force with this company, bondapproving officers may let such bonds 

run to expiration and need not secure 

new bonds. However, no new bonds 

should be accepted from this company, 

and bonds that are continuous in nature 

should not be renewed. 

The Circular may be viewed and 

downloaded through the Internet at 

http://www.fms.treas.gov/c570. 

Questions concerning this notice may 

be directed to the U.S. Department of 

the Treasury, Financial Management 

Service, Financial Accounting and 

Services Division, Surety Bond Branch, 

3700 East-West Highway, Room 6F01, 

Hyattsville, MD 20782. 

Dated: September 12, 2008. 

Vivian L. Cooper, 

Director, Financial Accounting and Services 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E8–22089 Filed 9–22–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–35–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Designation of Five Individuals and 

Two Entities Pursuant to Executive 

Order 13438 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Treasury Department’s 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

(‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the names of 

five newly designated individuals and 

two newly designated entities whose 

property and interests in property are 

blocked pursuant to Executive Order 

13438 of July 17, 2007, ‘‘Blocking 

Property of Certain Persons Who 

Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq.’’ 

DATES: The designation by the Secretary 

of the Treasury of the five individuals 

and two entities identified in this notice 

pursuant to Executive Order 13438 is 

effective on September 16, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Assistant Director, Compliance 

Outreach & Implementation, Office of 

Foreign Assets Control, Department of 

the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220, 

tel.: 202/622–2490. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability 

This document and additional 

information concerning OFAC are 

available from OFAC’s Web site 


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