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expeditious receipt and consideration of
petitions, USTR has arranged to accept
on-line submissions via http://
www.regulations.gov. To submit
petitions via this site, enter docket
number USTR–2009–0034 on the home
page and click ‘‘search.’’ The site will
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Find a reference to this notice by
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Public versions of all documents
relating to this review will be available
for review no latter than two weeks after
the due date at www.regulations.gov,
docket number USTR–2009–0034.
Carmen Suro-Bredie,
Chairman, Trade Policy Staff Committee.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2009–0001–N–21]

Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
AGENCY: Federal Railroad
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Requirement (ICR) abstracted
below has been forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comment. The ICR describes
the nature of the information collection
and its expected burden. The Federal
Register notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting comments on the
following collection of information was
published on June 26, 2009 (74 FR
30662).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before October 23, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Robert Brogan, Office of Safety,
Planning and Evaluation Division, RRS–
21, Federal Railroad Administration,
1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., 3rd Floor,
Mail Stop 25, Washington, DC 20590
(telephone: (202) 493–6292), or Ms.
Nakia Jackson, Office of Information
Technology, RAD–20, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave.,
SE., 3rd Floor, Mail Stop 35,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6073). (These telephone numbers
are not toll-free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), Public Law 104–13, Section 2,
109 Stat. 163 (1995) (codified as revised
at 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), and its
implementing regulations, 5 CFR Part
1320, require Federal agencies to issue
two notices seeking public comment on
information collection activities before
OMB may approve paperwork packages.
44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.5,
1320.8(d)(1), 1320.12. On June 26, 2009,
FRA published a 60-day notice in the
Federal Register soliciting comment on
this ICR that the agency was seeking
OMB approval. 74 FR 30662. FRA
received no comments in response to
this notice.
Before OMB decides whether to
approve these proposed collections of
information, it must provide 30-days for
public comment. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b); 5
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OMB to approve or disapprove
paperwork packages between 30 and 60
days after the 30-day notice is
published. 44 U.S.C. 3507 (b)-(c); 5 CFR
1320.12(d); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983,
Aug. 29, 1995. OMB believes that the
30-day notice informs the regulated
community to file relevant comments
and affords the agency adequate time to
digest public comments before it
renders a decision. 60 FR 44983, Aug.
29, 1995. Therefore, respondents should
submit their respective comments to
OMB within 30 days of publication to
best ensure having their full effect. 5
CFR 1320.12(c); see also 60 FR 44983,
Aug. 29, 1995.
The summary below describes the
nature of the information collection
requirement (ICR) and the expected
burden for the ICR being submitted for
clearance by OMB as required by the
PRA.
Title: Notice of Funding Availability
and Solicitation of Applications for
Grants under the Railroad Rehabilitation
and Repair Grant Program.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0580.
Type of Request: Regular Approval of
a Previously Approved Collection of
Information under Emergency Clearance
Procedures.
Affected Public: 39 States/Local
Governments.
Abstract: On September 30, 2008,
President Bush signed Public Law 110–
329, The Consolidated Security, Disaster
Assistance, and Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2009. As part of
this Act, Congress provided $20 million
in disaster relief funds to FRA to award
to States in one or more grants for
eligible projects related to repair and
rehabilitation of Class II and Class III
railroad infrastructure damaged by
hurricanes, floods, and other natural
disasters in counties for which the
President declared a major disaster
under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act of 1974. Approximately
$5 million of these funds remain
available for rehabilitation and repairs
of railroad right-of-way, bridges, signals,
and other infrastructure which are part
of the general railroad system of
transportation and primarily used by
railroads to move freight traffic. The
Secretary may retain up to one-half of
one (1) percent of these funds for the
oversight of the design and
implementation of projects funded by
grants under this Program. Funds
provided under this grant program may
constitute no more than 80 percent of
the total cost of a selected project, with
the remaining cost funded from other
sources. The funding provided under
these grants will be made available to

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grantees on a reimbursement basis. FRA
anticipates awarding grants to multiple
eligible participants. FRA may choose to
award a grant or grants within the
available funds in any amount. Funding
made available through grants provided
under this program, together with
funding from other sources that is
committed by a grantee as part of a grant
agreement, must be sufficient to
complete the funded project and
achieve the anticipated rehabilitation
and repairs to Class II and Class IIII
railroads. FRA will be publishing a
second Notice of Funding Availability
shortly and will begin accepting grant
applications 10 days after publication of
this second Notice of Funding
Availability in the Federal Register.
Please see this Notice for further
information.
Form Number(s): SF–424.
Annual Estimated Burden Hours:
4,875 hours.
Addressee: Send comments regarding
this information collection to the Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, 725
Seventeenth Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20503, Attention: FRA Desk Officer.
Comments may also be sent via e-mail
to OMB at the following address:
oira_submissions@omb.eop.gov.
Comments are invited on the
following: Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Department, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; the accuracy of the
Department’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 best assured of
having its full effect if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register.

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Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Issued in Washington, DC, on September
16, 2009.
Donna Alwine,
Acting Director, Office of Financial
Management, Federal Railroad
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2009–0160]

Public Hearing To Determine Whether
Transportation Collaborative, Inc. (TCI)
Has Met Notification and Remedy
Requirements
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of public hearing.
SUMMARY: NHTSA will hold a public
hearing to gather information on
whether Transportation Collaborative,
Inc. of Warwick, New York, (‘‘TCI’’) has
reasonably met its obligations under the
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle
Safety Act, as amended, to notify
owners, purchasers, and dealers and/or
remedy failures to comply with federal
motor-vehicle safety standards (FMVSS)
or defects related to motor vehicle safety
in fifteen (15) recalls involving vehicles
built by U.S. Bus, Inc. of Suffern, New
York (‘‘U.S. Bus’’). The proceeding may
result in the issuance of an order
directing TCI to provide proper
notification and/or an effective remedy
in one or more of the recalls.
DATES: The public hearing will be held
beginning at 10 a.m. on Friday, October
23, 2009 in Room 4 of the D.O.T.
Conference Center, located at 1200 New
Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, DC 20590.
NHTSA recommends that all persons
attending the hearing arrive at least 45
minutes early in order to facilitate entry
into the Conference Center. If you wish
to attend or speak at the hearing, you
must register in advance no later than
Tuesday, October 20, 2009, by following
the instructions in the PROCEDURAL
MATTERS section of this notice.
NHTSA will consider late registrants to
the extent time and space allows, but
NHTSA cannot ensure that late
registrants will be able to attend or
speak at the hearing. To ensure that
NHTSA has an opportunity to consider
comments, NHTSA must receive written
comments by Tuesday, October 20,
2009.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
to the docket number identified in the
heading of this document by any of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: go to
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility,
M–30, U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building, Ground
Floor, Rm. W12–140, 1200 New Jersey
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• Hand Delivery or Courier: West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., between
9 am and 5 pm Eastern Time, Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
• Fax: (202) 493–2251.
Regardless of how you submit your
comments, you should mention the
docket number of this document.
You may call the Docket at 202–366–
9324.
Note that all comments received will
be posted without change to http://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Zachary Dunlap, Office of Chief
Counsel, National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590;
(202) 366–5263. Information related to
the recalls is available through NHTSA’s
Web site: http://www.safercar.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to 49 U.S.C. 30118(e), 30120(e), and 49
CFR 557.7, NHTSA’s Administrator has
decided that it is necessary to schedule
a public hearing to determine whether
TCI reasonably met notification and
remedy requirements for noncompliant
and defective vehicles manufactured by
U.S. Bus. TCI purchased U.S. Bus’ assets
in an asset sale on or about November
1, 2007. Prior to this sale, U.S. Bus filed
at least fifteen (15) reports with NHTSA
that vehicles it manufactured failed to
comply with applicable FMVSS or
contained safety defects. Since the date
of the asset sale, neither U.S. Bus nor
TCI have taken any actions to remedy
the defects and noncompliances.
According to current and former U.S.
Bus officials, U.S. Bus ceased operations
on or about October 31, 2007 and no
longer manufactures buses. TCI and U.S.
Bus have continuity of ownership,
management, personnel, assets, and
general business operations. Based on
available information, the shareholders
of both U.S. Bus and TCI—Debra Bess
Deutsch-Corr, Steven Marksohn, Jerome
B. Marksohn, Bart Marksohn, and
Helena Marksohn—are the same.
A. Requirements Applicable to
Recalls:
If a manufacturer of a motor vehicle
learns that a vehicle contains a defect
and determines that the defect relates to
motor-vehicle safety, or determines that
the vehicle does not comply with an
applicable motor vehicle safety
standard, the manufacturer shall notify
the Secretary of Transportation and the
owners, purchasers, and dealers of the
vehicle. 49 U.S.C. 30118(c). Notification
shall be given within a reasonable time
after the manufacturer first decides that
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