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1954 (concerning submarine cables).
section 2(b) of Executive Order 11423
and section 3(b) of Executive Order
13337 authorizes the Secretary of State
to issue such further rules and
regulations and to prescribe such further
procedures as may from time to time be
deemed necessary or desirable for the
exercise of the authority conferred by
the Executive Orders.
As noted in the preamble to Executive
Order 11423, it is desirable to provide
a systematic method of evaluation in
connection with the issuance of
Presidential permits. Moreover,
Executive Order 13212 instructs federal
agencies to expedite their review of
permits for energy related projects or
take other actions as necessary to
accelerate the completion of such
projects, while maintaining safety,
public health, and environmental
protections. Therefore, in accordance
with Executive Orders 11423 and 13337
and in furtherance of this foreign affairs
function, the Department of State plans
to assemble an interagency working
group, consisting of relevant State
Department personnel and personnel
from other interested federal agencies,
to develop guidance regarding a
definition of ‘‘U.S. facilities at the
borders of the United States for the
exportation or importation of petroleum,
petroleum products, coal, or other
fuels’’ for purposes of Presidential
permits issued under Executive Order
13337, and ‘‘construction, connection,
operation, or maintenance, at the
borders of the United States, of facilities
for the exportation or importation of
water or sewage to or from a foreign
country’’ for purposes of Presidential
permits under Executive Order 11423.
The Department intends to focus in
particular on what portion of an
international pipeline should be
considered to constitute ‘‘facilities at the
borders of the United States’’ for these
purposes. The Department is also
considering whether to apply this
definition to all pending and future
applications for Presidential permits
under section 1(a) of Executive Order
13337 and section 1(a)(i)–(ii) of
Executive Order 11423, both for new
pipeline proposals and for
modifications to or transfers of
previously-permitted pipeline facilities.
(In considering this change, the
Department does not intend to issue a
new or amended Presidential permit
with respect to a previously-permitted
pipeline facility, where the application
is submitted solely for the purpose of
limiting the definition of ‘‘U.S.
facilities’’ in the existing permit).
Establishing a consistent definition is
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prepare appropriate documentation in
support of applications for Presidential
permits subject to section 1(a) of
Executive Order 13337 and section
1(a)(i)–(ii) of Executive Order 11423.
The scope of the definition would also
have implications for the scope of the
environmental review conducted by the
Department in accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act (42
U.S.C. 4321, et. seq.), regulations issued
by the Council on Environmental
Quality (40 CFR Parts 1500–1508), and
the Department of State’s implementing
regulations (22 CFR Part 161; see, in
particular 22 CFR 161.7(c)(1)).
The Department’s final decision and
guidelines, if any, on this issue will be
published in the Federal Register.
DATES: The Department of State
welcomes public comment and invites
those who are interested in submitting
comments relative to this issue to
provide such comments on or before
November 29, 2007 to Jeff Izzo,
International Energy Commodity Policy,
Room 4843, Department of State,
Washington, DC 20520, or e-mail to
izzojr@state.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Izzo, Office of International Energy and
Commodity Policy (EEB/ESC/IEC/EPC),
Room 4843, Department of State,
Washington, DC 20520, telephone 202–
647–1291, facsimile 202–647–4037, email izzojr@state.gov.
Dated: October 23, 2007.
Stephen J. Gallogly,
Director, Office of International Energy and
Commodities Policy, Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2007–29137]

Agency Information Collections;
Extension of a Currently Approved
Collection: Transportation of
Hazardous Materials, Highway Routing
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
FMCSA announces its plan to submit
the Information Collection Request (ICR)
described below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval and invites public
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approval to extend an existing
information collection entitled
‘‘Transportation of Hazardous Materials,
Highway Routing,’’ which requires
States and Indian tribes to identify
designated/restricted routes and
restrictions or limitations affecting how
motor carriers may transport certain
hazardous materials on the highway.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before December 31, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
bearing the Department of
Transportation (DOT) Docket
Management System (DMS) Docket
Number FMCSA Docket Number
FMCSA–2007–29137 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: West Building,
Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington,
DC 20590 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
e.t., 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
DMS is available 24 hours each day, 365
days each year. If you want
acknowledgement that we received your
comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or post
card or print the acknowledgement page
that appears after submitting 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 on April 11, 2000 (65 FR

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19477–19478; April 11, 2000). This
information is also available at http://
Docketinfo.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
James O. Simmons, Hazardous Materials
Division, phone (202) 366–6121; FAX
(202) 366–3921; or e-mail
james.simmons@dot.gov; Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration, DOT,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are
from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST, Monday
through Friday, except Federal
Holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The data for the
Transportation of Hazardous Materials;
Highway Routing designations are
collected under authority of 49 U.S.C.
5112 and 5125. That authority places
responsibility on the Secretary of
Transportation (Secretary) to specify
and regulate standards for establishing,
maintaining, and enforcing routing
designations.
Under 49 CFR 397.73, the
Administrator has the authority to
request that each State and Indian tribe,
through its routing agency, provide
information identifying hazardous
materials routing designations within
their jurisdictions. That information is
collected and consolidated by the
FMCSA and published annually in
whole, or as updates, in the Federal
Register.
Title: Transportation of Hazardous
Materials, Highway Routing.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0014.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: The reporting burden is
shared by the 50 States, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, American
Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, and
the Virgin Islands.
Frequency: There is one response
annually from approximately 53
respondents.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 13 hours [53 respondents x 1
response x15 minutes per response/60
minutes = 13.25 hours, rounded to 13
hours].
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection is
necessary for the performance of
FMCSA’s functions; (2) the accuracy of
the estimated burden; (3) ways for the
FMCSA to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the collected
information; and (4) ways that the
burden could be minimized without
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information. The agency will summarize
and/or include your comments in the
request for OMB’s clearance of this
information collection.
Issued On: October 24, 2007.
Michael S. Griffith,
Acting Associate Administrator for Research
and Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2000–7257; Notice No. 38]

Railroad Safety Advisory Committee
(RSAC); Working Group Activity
Update
The Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), U.S. Department
of Transportation.
ACTION: Announcement of Railroad
Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC)
working group activities.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: FRA is updating its
announcement of RSAC’s working
group activities to reflect its current
status.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Larry Woolverton, RSAC Coordinator,
at: FRA; 1120 Vermont Avenue, NW.,
Mailstop 25; Washington, DC 20590;
telephone (202) 493–6212, or Grady C.
Cothen, Jr., FRA Deputy Associate
Administrator for Safety, at: FRA; 1120
Vermont Avenue, NW., Mailstop 25;
Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202)
493–6302.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice serves to update FRA’s last
announcement of working group
activities and status reports as of
September 25, 2006 (71 FR 55823). The
32nd full Committee meeting was held
June 26, 2007.
Since its first meeting in April 1996,
the RSAC has accepted 24 tasks. The
status for each of the tasks is provided
below:
Open Tasks
Task 96–4: Reviewing the
appropriateness of the agency’s current
policy regarding the applicability of
existing and proposed regulations to
tourist, excursion, scenic, and historic
railroads. This task was accepted on
April 2, 1996, and a working group was
established. The working group
monitored the steam locomotive
regulation task. Planned future activities
involve the review of other regulations
for possible adaptation to the safety
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Contact: Grady Cothen, (202) 493–
6302.
Task 03–01: Passenger Safety. This
task was accepted on May 20, 2003, and
a working group was established. Before
embarking on substantive discussions
about a specific task, the working group
wrote a specific description of the task.
The working group reports planned
activity to the full Committee at each
scheduled, full RSAC meeting,
including milestones for the completion
of projects and progress toward
completion. At the first meeting held
September 9–10, 2003, a consolidated
list of issues were completed. At the
second meeting held November 6–7,
2003, four task groups were established:
Emergency preparedness, mechanicalgeneral issues, mechanical-safety
appliances, and track/vehicle
interaction. The task groups met and
reported on activities for working group
consideration at the third meeting held
May 11–12, 2004, and a fourth meeting
was held October 26–27, 2004. The
working group met March 21–22, 2006,
and again on September 12–13, 2006, at
which time the group agreed to establish
a task force on general passenger safety.
The working group met on April 17–18,
2007, and the next meeting is scheduled
for December 11–12, 2007.
(Emergency Preparedness) At the
working group meeting of March 9–10,
2005, the working group received and
approved the consensus report of the
Emergency Preparedness Task Force
related to emergency egress and rescue
access. These recommendations were
presented to and approved by the full
Committee on May 18, 2005. The
working group met September 7–8,
2005, and additional, supplementary
recommendations were presented to,
and accepted by, the full RSAC on
October 11, 2005. The Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) was
published on August 24, 2006, and was
open for comments until October 23,
2006. The working group agreed upon
recommendations for the resolution of
final comments during the April 17–18,
2007, meeting. The recommendations
were presented to, and approved by, the
full RSAC Committee on June 26, 2007,
and FRA is currently preparing the final
rule. The next working group meeting is
scheduled for October 17–18, 2007.
Contact: Brenda Moscoso, (202) 493–
6282.
(General Mechanical) (Completed)
Initial recommendations on mechanical
issues (revisions to Title 49 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 238)
were approved by the full Committee on
January 26, 2005. At the working group
meeting of September 7–8, 2005, the

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