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National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

Title: 49 CFR part 556, Exemption for 

Inconsequential Defect or 

Noncompliance. 

OMB Number: 2127—0045. 

Type of Request: Reinstatement, 

without change, of a previously 

approved collection which has expired. 

Abstract: The National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration’s statute at 

49 U.S.C. 30118, Notification of Defects 

and Noncompliance, and 49 U.S.C. 

30120, Remedies for Defects and 

Noncompliance, generally requires 

manufacturers of motor vehicles and 

items of replacement equipment to 

conduct a notification and remedy 

campaign (recall) when their products 

are determined to contain a safetyrelated defect or a noncompliance with 

a Federal motor vehicle safety standard 

(FMVSS). Those sections require a 

manufacturer of motor vehicles or motor 

vehicle equipment to notify distributors, 

dealers, and purchasers if any of the 

manufacturer’s products are determined 

to either contain a safety-related defect 

or fail to comply with an applicable 

FMVSS. The manufacturer is under a 

concomitant obligation to remedy such 

defect or noncompliance. Pursuant to 49 

U.S.C. 30118(d) and 30120(h), 

Exemptions, a manufacturer may seek 

an exemption from these notification 

and remedy requirements on the basis 

that the defect or noncompliance is 

inconsequential as it relates to motor 

vehicle safety. NHTSA exercised this 

statutory authority to excuse 

inconsequential defects or 

noncompliances when it promulgated 

49 CFR part 566, Exemption for 

Inconsequential Defect or 

Noncompliance. This regulation 

establishes the procedures for 

manufacturers to submit exemption 

petitions to the agency and the 

procedures the agency will use in 

evaluating those petitions. Part 556 

allows the agency to ensure that 

inconsequentiality petitions are both 

properly substantiated and efficiently 

processed. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit entities. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 200. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30 

days, to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725–17th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention NHTSA Desk Officer. 

Comments Are Invited On: Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Agency, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; the accuracy of 

the Agency’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. 

A comment to OMB is most effective 

if OMB receives it within 30 days of 

publication. 

Issued on: February 5, 2008. 

Daniel C. Smith, 

Associate Administrator for Enforcement. 

[FR Doc. E8–2374 Filed 2–7–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket Number PHMSA–2007–28119; 

Notice No. 07–9] 

Proposed Recommended Practices for 

Bulk Loading and Unloading of 

Hazardous Materials in Transportation 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA). 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments; 

extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: PHMSA is extending until 

March 14, 2008, the period for 

interested persons to submit comments 

on the agency’s January 4, 2008 notice 

concerning proposed recommended 

practices for bulk loading and unloading 

of hazardous materials. The January 4, 

2008 notice summarizes incident data 

related to bulk loading and unloading 

operations; discusses recommendations 

issued by the National Transportation 

Safety Board and the Chemical Safety 

and Hazard Investigation Board; 

provides an overview of current Federal 

regulations applicable to bulk loading 

and unloading operations; summarizes 

the results of a public workshop 

PHMSA hosted last year; and sets forth 

proposed recommended practices for 

bulk loading and unloading operations. 

Based on information and comments 

received, we plan to consider strategies 

for enhancing the safety of bulk loading 

and unloading operations, including 

whether additional regulatory 

requirements may be necessary. 

DATES: Submit comments by March 14, 

2008. To the extent possible, we will 

consider comments received after this 

date and consider strategies including 

additional regulatory requirements, as 

necessary. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by the docket number 

PHMSA–2007–28119; Notice No. 07–9 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Web Site: http://dms.dot.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments on the DOT electronic docket 

site. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Operations, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, West 

Building, Ground Floor, Room W12–

140, Routing Symbol M–30, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Hand Delivery: To Docket 

Operations, Room W12–140 on the 

ground floor of the West Building, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

Holidays. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number for this notice at the beginning 

of the comment. Note that all comments 

received will be posted without change 

to the docket management system, 

including any personal information 

provided. 

Docket: For access to the dockets to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov or http:// 

dms.dot.gov (until December 31, 2007) 

or DOT’s Docket Operations Office (see 

ADDRESSES). 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of any written 

communications and comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

document (or signing the document, 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 (65 FR 

19477) or you may visit http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick 

Boyle, Office of Hazardous Materials 

Technology, (202) 366–4545 or Kurt 

Eichenlaub, Office of Hazardous 

Materials Standards, (202) 366–8553, 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 4, 2008, the Pipeline and 

Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration (PHMSA, we) published 

a notice (No. 07–9) under Docket 

PHMSA–2007–28119 soliciting 

information and comments on proposed 

recommended practices for loading and 


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unloading operations involving bulk 

packagings used to transport hazardous 

materials. 

In the January 4, 2008 notice, we 

summarized incident data related to 

bulk loading and unloading operations; 

discussed recommendations issued by 

the National Transportation Safety 

Board and the Chemical Safety and 

Hazard Investigation Board; provided an 

overview of current Federal regulations 

applicable to bulk loading and 

unloading operations; summarized the 

results of a public workshop we hosted 

last year; and set forth proposed 

recommended practices for bulk loading 

and unloading operations. The comment 

period for the notice was to end on 

February 8, 2008. 

The American Trucking Association 

(ATA) requests an additional 30 days in 

which to submit comments to the 

notice. ATA states additional time will 

allow its members to more fully 

understand and comment on the 

potential impact of the proposed 

recommended practices to the trucking 

industry. We agree that an extension of 

30 days is in the public interest and, 

accordingly, we are extending the 

closing date of the comment period 

until March 14, 2008. 

Issued in Washington, DC on February 5, 

2008. 

Robert Richard, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Hazardous Materials Safety. 

[FR Doc. E8–2364 Filed 2–7–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Notice 2007–100 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is 

soliciting comments concerning Notice 

2007–100, Transition Relief and 

Guidance on Corrections of Certain 

Failures of a Nonqualified Deferred 

Compensation Plan to Comply with 

section 409(a) in Operation. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before April 8, 2008 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Glenn P. Kirkland, Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6129, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of notice should be directed to 

Allan Hopkins, at (202) 622–6665, or at 

Internal Revenue Service, room 6129, 

1111 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20224, or through the 

Internet, at Allan.M.Hopkins@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Transition Relief and Guidance 

on Corrections of Certain Failures of a 

Nonqualified Deferred Compensation 

Plan to Comply with section 409(a) in 

Operation 

OMB Number: 1545–2086. 

Notice Number: Notice 2007–100. 

Abstract: This notice sets forth the 

procedures to be followed by service 

recipients and service providers in order 

to correct certain operational failures of 

a nonqualified deferred compensation 

plan to comply with section 409A(a). It 

also describes the types of operational 

failures that can be corrected under the 

notice. 

Current Actions: There are no changes 

being made to the notice at this time. 

Type of Review: This is an extension 

of a currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit institutions, not-for-profit 

institutions, and individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

10,000. 

Estimated Average Time per 

Respondent: 30 min. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 5,000. 

The following paragraph applies to all 

of the collections of information covered 

by this notice: 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Books or records relating to a collection 

of information must be retained as long 

as their contents may become material 

in the administration of any internal 

revenue law. Generally, tax returns and 

tax return information are confidential, 

as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the collection of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Approved: February 1, 2008. 

Allan Hopkins, 

IRS Reports Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–2311 Filed 2–7–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Form 8896 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is 

soliciting comments concerning Form 

8896, Low Sulfur Diesel Fuel 

Production Credit. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before April 8, 2008 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Glenn Kirkland, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6512, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for copies of the form and 

instructions should be directed to Allan 

Hopkins, at Internal Revenue Service, 

Room 6129, 1111 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20224, or at (202) 

622–6665, or through the internet at 

Allan.M.Hopkins@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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