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public docket are also available for 

inspection and copying on the Internet 

at the docket facility’s Web site at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

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 

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). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 16, 

2009. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Ex Parte No. 670 (Sub—No. 2)] 

Notice of Rail Energy Transportation 

Advisory Committee Vacancies 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of vacancies on Federal 

Advisory Committee and solicitation of 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation 

Board (Board), hereby gives notice of 

two vacancies on the Board’s Rail 

Energy Transportation Advisory 

Committee (RETAC): (1) A 

representative of a Class II or III railroad 

and (2) a representative of a biofuel 

refiner, processor, or distributor, or 

biofuel feedstock grower or provider. 

The Board is soliciting suggestions for 

candidates to fill those vacancies. 

DATES: Suggestions of candidates for 

membership on RETAC are due July 31, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Suggestions may be 

submitted either via the Board’s e-filing 

format or in the traditional paper 

format. Any person using e-filing should 

attach a document and otherwise 

comply with the instructions at the EFILING link on the Board’s Web site, at 

http://www.stb.dot.gov. Any person 

submitting a filing in the traditional 

paper format should send an original 

and 10 copies to: Surface Transportation 

Board, Attn: STB Ex Parte No. 670, 395 

E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423– 

0001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott M. Zimmerman at 202–245–0202. 

Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Board, created by Congress in 1996 to 

take over many of the functions 

previously performed by the Interstate 

Commerce Commission, exercises broad 

authority over transportation by rail 

carriers, including regulation of railroad 

rates and service (49 U.S.C. 10701– 

10747, 11101–11124), as well as the 

construction, acquisition, operation, and 

abandonment of rail lines (49 U.S.C. 

10901–10907) and railroad line sales, 

consolidations, mergers, and common 

control arrangements (49 U.S.C. 10902, 

11323–11327). 

In 2007, the Board established RETAC 

as a Federal advisory committee 

consisting of a cross-section of energy 

and rail industry stakeholders to 

provide independent, candid policy 

advice to the Board and to foster open, 

effective communication among the 

affected interests on issues such as rail 

performance, capacity constraints, 

infrastructure planning and 

development, and effective coordination 

among suppliers, carriers, and users of 

energy resources. 

RETAC’s membership is a balanced 

representation of interested and affected 

parties, consisting of not less than: 5 

representatives from the Class I 

railroads, 3 representatives from Class II 

and III railroads, 3 representatives from 

coal producers, 5 representatives from 

electric utilities (including at least one 

rural electric cooperative and one stateor municipally-owned utility), 4 

representatives from biofuel refiners, 

processors, or distributors, or biofuel 

feedstock growers or providers, and 2 

representatives from private car owners, 

car lessors, or car manufacturers. 

RETAC may also include up to 3 

members with relevant experience but 

not necessarily affiliated with one of the 

aforementioned industries or sectors. 

Members are selected by the Chairman 

of the Board with the concurrence of a 

majority of the Board. The Chairman of 

the Board may invite representatives 

from the U.S. Departments of 

Agriculture, Energy and Transportation 

and the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission to serve on RETAC in 

advisory capacities as ex officio (nonvoting) members, and Board members 

serve as ex officio members of the 

Committee as well. 

RETAC functions solely as an 

advisory body, in compliance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act and its 

implementing regulations. RETAC 

typically meets four times per year, at 

the Board’s headquarters in Washington, 

DC. No honoraria, salaries, travel or per 

diem are available to members of the 

RETAC; however, reimbursement for 

travel expenses may be sought from the 

Board in cases of hardship. 

Two vacancies currently exist for 3- 

year terms on RETAC beginning 

September 1, 2009: (1) A representative 

of a Class II or III railroad, and (2) a 

representative of a biofuel refiner, 

processor, or distributor, or biofuel 

feedstock grower or provider. 

Suggestions for members to fill those 

vacancies should be submitted in letter 

form, identifying the name of the 

candidate and the entity the candidate 

would represent, and a representation 

that the candidate is willing to serve a 

3-year term as a member of the RETAC 

beginning in the Fall of 2009. 

Suggestions for candidates for 

membership on RETAC should be filed 

with the Board by July 31, 2009. 

This action will not significantly 

affect either the quality of the human 

environment or the conservation of 

energy resources. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 721, 49 U.S.C. 11101; 

49 U.S.C. 11121. 

Decided: July 16, 2009. 

By the Board, Anne K. Quinlan, Acting 

Secretary. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

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