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the discussion as long as time permits 

and at the discretion of the chairman. 

Dated: October 7, 2008. 

Marcee Craighill, 

Secretary, Fine Arts Committee, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. E8–24516 Filed 10–14–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2007–0108] 

National Task Force to Develop Model 

Contingency Plans to Deal with 

Lengthy Airline On-Board Ground 

Delays 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the National Task Force to 

Develop Model Contingency Plans to 

Deal with Lengthy Airline On-Board 

Ground Delays. 

DATES: The Task Force meeting is 

scheduled for November 12, 2008, from 

8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES: The Task Force meeting 

will be held at the U.S. Department of 

Transportation (U.S. DOT), 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, in 

the Oklahoma City Conference Room on 

the lobby level of the West Building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO

CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT CONCERNING

THE TASK FORCE: Livaughn Chapman, Jr., 

or Kathleen Blank-Riether, Office of the 

General Counsel, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave., 

SE., W–96–429, Washington, DC 20590– 

0001; Phone: (202) 366–9342; Fax: (202) 

366–7152; E-mail: 

Livaughn.Chapman@dot.gov, or 

Kathleen.Blankriether@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, 

and the General Services 

Administration regulations covering 

management of Federal advisory 

committees, 41 CFR Part 102–3, this 

notice announces a meeting of the 

National Task Force to Develop Model 

Contingency Plans to Deal with Lengthy 

Airline On-Board Ground Delays. The 

meeting will be held on November 12, 

2008, between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. at 

the U.S. Department of Transportation 

(U.S. DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue, 

SE., Washington, DC, in the Oklahoma 

City Conference Room on the lobby 

level of the West Building. 

DOT’s Office of Inspector General 

recommended, in its audit report, 

entitled ‘‘Actions Needed to Minimize 

Long, On-Board Flight Delays,’’ issued 

on September 25, 2007, that the 

Secretary of Transportation establish a 

national task force of airlines, airports, 

and the Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) to coordinate and 

develop contingency plans to deal with 

lengthy delays, such as working with 

carriers and airports to share facilities 

and make gates available in an 

emergency. To effectuate this 

recommendation, on January 3, 2008, 

the Department, consistent with the 

requirements of the FACA, established 

the National Task Force to Develop 

Model Contingency Plans to Deal with 

Lengthy Airline On-Board Ground 

Delays. The first meeting of the Task 

Force took place on February 26, 2008. 

The November 12, 2008, meeting will be 

the seventh and final meeting of the task 

force. 

The agenda topics for the November 

12, 2008, meeting will include a vote by 

Task Force members for or against 

recommending the contingency 

planning document to the Secretary of 

Transportation as a tool to help manage/ 

minimize the impact of lengthy onboard ground delays, and presentations 

by Task Force members on their views 

of the contingency planning document. 

Attendance is open to the public, and 

time will be provided for comments by 

members of the public. Since access to 

the U.S. DOT headquarters building is 

controlled for security purposes, any 

member of the general public who plans 

to attend this meeting must notify the 

Department contact noted above no later 

than ten (10) calendar days prior to the 

meeting. Attendance will be necessarily 

limited by the size of the meeting room. 

Members of the public may present 

written comments at any time and, at 

the discretion of the Chairman and time 

permitting, oral comments at the 

meeting. Any oral comments permitted 

must be limited to agenda items and 

will be limited to five (5) minutes per 

person. Members of the public who 

wish to present oral comments must 

notify the Department contact noted 

above via e-mail at least ten (10) 

calendar days prior to the meeting that 

they wish to attend and present oral 

comments. For the November 12, 2008, 

meeting, no more than one hour will be 

set aside for oral comments. Although 

written material may be filed in the 

docket at any time, comments regarding 

upcoming meeting topics should be sent 

to the Task Force docket, (10) calendar 

days prior to the meeting. Members of 

the public may also contact the 

Department contact noted above to be 

placed on the Task Force mailing list. 

Persons with a disability requiring 

special accommodations, such as an 

interpreter for the hearing impaired, 

should get in touch with the Department 

contact noted above at least seven (7) 

calendar days prior to the meeting. 

Notice of this meeting is provided in 

accordance with the FACA and the 

General Service Administration 

regulations covering management of 

Federal advisory committees. 

Issued on: October 9, 2008. 

Samuel Podberesky, 

Assistant General Counsel for Aviation 

Enforcement & Proceedings, U.S. Department 

of Transportation. 

[FR Doc. E8–24538 Filed 10–14–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2008–45] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of 14 CFR. 

The purpose of this notice is to improve 

the public’s awareness of, and 

participation in, this aspect of FAA’s 

regulatory activities. Neither publication 

of this notice nor the inclusion or 

omission of information in the summary 

is intended to affect the legal status of 

the petition or its final disposition. 

DATE: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number 

involved and must be received on or 

before November 4, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2008–0927 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Government-wide rulemaking Web 

site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions for sending 

your comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to the Docket 

Management Facility; U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Fax: Fax comments to the Docket 

Management Facility at 202–493–2251. 

• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to 

the Docket Management Facility in 


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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. 

Privacy: We will post all comments 

we receive, without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. 

Using the search function of our docket 

Web site, anyone can find and read the 

comments received into any of our 

dockets, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for 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 

19477–78). 

Docket: To read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

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 October 9, 

2008. 

Pamela Hamilton-Powell, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2008–0927. 

Petitioner: Honeywell, Defense & 

Space Electronics System. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 

§ 21.195(d)(2). 

Description of Relief Sought: 

Honeywell requests an exemption to 

gain an experimental airworthiness 

certificate to conduct customer crew 

training with less than 50 flight hours. 

[FR Doc. E8–24442 Filed 10–14–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Buy America Waiver Notification 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides 

information regarding the FHWA’s 

finding that a Buy America waiver is 

appropriate for certain steel products 

used in Federal-aid bridge construction 

projects in North Carolina. 

DATES: The effective date of the waiver 

is October 16, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about this notice, please 

contact Mr. Gerald Yakowenko, FHWA 

Office of Program Administration, (202) 

366–1562, gerald.yakowenko@dot.gov. 

For legal questions, please contact Mr. 

Michael Harkins, FHWA Office of the 

Chief Counsel, (202) 366–4928, 

michael.harkins@dot.gov. Office hours 

for the FHWA are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 

p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

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. 

Background 

The FHWA’s Buy America policy in 

23 CFR 635.410 requires a domestic 

manufacturing process for any steel or 

iron products (including protective 

coatings) that are permanently 

incorporated in a Federal-aid 

construction project. The regulation also 

provides for a waiver of the Buy 

America requirements when application 

of the requirements would be 

inconsistent with the public interest or 

when satisfactory quality domestic steel 

and iron products are not sufficiently 

available. This notice provides 

information regarding the FHWA’s 

finding that a Buy America waiver is 

appropriate for specialty machinery and 

motor brakes used on certain bridge 

projects in North Carolina. 

In accordance with section 130 of 

Division K of the ‘‘Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2008’’ (Pub. L. 110– 

161), on August 21, 2008, the FHWA 

published on its Web site a notice of 

intent to issue a waiver for machinery 

and motor brakes (http:// 

www.fhwa.dot.gov/construction/ 

contracts/waivers.cfm?id=19). The 

FHWA received one comment which 

supported the waiver if it is not for 

multiple applications. During the 15- 

day comment period, the FHWA 

conducted an additional nationwide 

review to locate potential domestic 

manufacturers of machinery and motor 

brakes. Based on all the information 

available to the Agency, including the 

response received to the notice as well 

as the Agency’s nationwide review, the 

FHWA concludes that there are no 

domestic manufacturers for these 

products, and a Buy America waiver is 

appropriate as provided by 23 CFR 

635.410(c)(1). 

In accordance with the provisions of 

section 117 of the ‘‘SAFETEA–LU 

Technical Corrections Act of 2008’’ 

(Pub. L. 110–244, 122 Stat.1572), the 

FHWA is providing this notice as its 

finding that a waiver of Buy America 

requirements is appropriate. The FHWA 

invites public comment on this finding 

for an additional 15 days following the 

effective date of the finding. Comments 

may be submitted to the FHWA’s Web 

site via the links above to the North 

Carolina waiver pages noted above. 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 313; Pub. L. 110–161, 

23 CFR 635.410. 

Issued on: October 6, 2008. 

Thomas J. Madison, Jr., 

Federal Highway Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E8–24529 Filed 10–14–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[FMCSA Docket No. FMCSA–2008–0175] 

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption 

Applications; Diabetes 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of final disposition. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces its 

decision to exempt forty-seven 

individuals from its rule prohibiting 

persons with insulin-treated diabetes 

mellitus (ITDM) from operating 

commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in 

interstate commerce. The exemptions 

will enable these individuals to operate 

CMVs in interstate commerce. 

DATES: The exemptions are effective 

October 15, 2008. The exemptions 

expire on October 15, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Mary D. Gunnels, Director, Medical 

Programs, (202) 366–4001, 

fmcsamedical@dot.gov, FMCSA, Room 

W64–224, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 

5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

You may see all the comments online 

through the Federal Document 


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