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that provision would otherwise prevent
the U.S. Executive Directors of the
EBRD from voting in favor of these
projects.
This Determination shall be reported
to the Congress and published in the
Federal Register.
Dated: July 10, 2006.
Daniel Fried,
Assistant Secretary of State for European and
Eurasian Affairs, Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory
Committee Meeting on Transport
Airplane and Engine Issues
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: This notice announces a
public meeting of the FAA’s Aviation
Rulemaking Advisory Committee
(ARAC) to discuss transport airplane
and engine (TAE) issues.
DATES: The meeting is scheduled for
Thursday, August 3, 2006, starting at 11
am eastern daylight time. Arrange for
oral presentations by July 28, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence
Ave., SW., Room 810, Washington, DC
20591.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Linsenmeyer, Office of Rulemaking,
ARM–207, FAA, 800 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591,
Telephone (202) 267–5174, FAX (202)
267–5075, or e-mail at
[email protected].

Pursuant
to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
463; 5 U.S.C. app. III), notice is given of
an ad hoc ARAC meeting to be held
August 3, 2006 at the Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence
Ave., Room 810, Washington, DC. The
meeting/teleconference is being held to
consider the report on new advisory
material from the Avionics Systems
Harmonization Working Group
(ASHWG). The report from the ASHWG
is a critical part of FAA’s effort to
develop new guidance for integration of
new electronic flight deck display
systems for transport category airplanes.
The agenda will include:
• Opening Remarks.
• ASHWG Report.

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• FAA update on future activities
regarding Advisory Circular 25–11.
Attendance is open to the public, but
will be limited to the availability of
meeting room space. Please confirm
your attendance with the person listed
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section no later than July 28,
2006. Please provide the following
information: Full legal name, country of
citizenship, and name of your industry
association, or applicable affiliation. If
you are attending as a public citizen,
please indicate so.
For persons participating
domestically by telephone, the call-in
number is (202) 366–3920; the Passcode
is ‘‘8348’’ To insure that sufficient
telephone lines are available, please
notify the person listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
your intent to participate by telephone
by July 28, 2006. Anyone calling from
outside the Washington, DC
metropolitan area will be responsible for
paying long-distance charges.
The public must make arrangements
by July 28, 2006, to present oral
statements at the meeting. Written
statements may be presented to the
committee at any time by providing 25
copies to the Assistant Executive
Director for Transport Airplane and
Engine Issues or by providing copies at
the meeting. Copies of the document to
be presented to ARAC for decision by
the FAA may be made available by
contacting the person listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
If you need assistance or require a
reasonable accommodation for the
meeting or meeting documents, please
contact the person listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
Sign and oral interpretation, as well as
a listening device, can be made
available if requested 10 calendar days
before the meeting.
Issued in Washington, DC on July 10, 2006.
Tony F. Fazio,
Director, Office of Rulemaking.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2006–25074]

Notice of Request for Comments on
Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection: OMB Control
Number 2126–0031 (Annual and
Quarterly Report of Class I Motor
Carriers of Passengers) (Formerly
OMB 2129–0003)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration announces its intent to
submit a currently approved
Information Collection Request (ICR),
Annual and Quarterly Report of Class I
Motor Carriers of Passengers, to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR
describes the relevant information
collection activities and their expected
costs and burdens. The Agency
published a Federal Register notice
providing a 60-day comment period on
this ICR in April 2006 (71 FR 18136,
Apr. 10, 2006). The Agency received
two comments in support of
continuation of this information
collection.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before August 14, 2006. A comment
to OMB is most effective if OMB
receives it within 30 days of this
publication.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 Seventeenth Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: DOT/
FMCSA Desk Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Toni Proctor, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, Office of
Research and Analysis, Washington, DC
20590; phone (202) 366–2998; Fax (202)
366–3518; e-mail [email protected].
Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
e.t., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Annual and Quarterly Report of
Class I Motor Carriers of Passengers
(formerly OMB Control Number 2129–
0003). On September 29, 2004, the
Secretary of Transportation (Secretary)
transferred this information collection
(IC) from the Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS), now a part of the
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Administration (RITA), to the Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Information
(FMCSA) (69 FR 51009, Aug. 17, 2004).
FMCSA IC: OMB Control No. 2126–
0031.
Form No.: MP–1.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Respondents: Class I Motor Carriers of
Passengers.
Number of Respondents: 26.
Estimated Time Per Response: 1.5
hours.
Expiration Date: August 31, 2006.
Frequency: Quarterly and Annually.
Total Annual Burden: 195 hours [130
responses x 1.5 hour per response = 195
hours].
Background

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The Annual and Quarterly Report of
Class I Motor Carriers of Passengers is
a mandated reporting requirement
applicable to certain motor carriers of
passengers. Motor carriers (both
interstate and intrastate) subject to the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Regulations are classified on the basis of
their gross carrier operating revenues.1
Class I passenger motor carriers are
required to file with the Agency motor
carrier quarterly and annual reports
(Form MP–1) providing financial and
operating data (see 49 U.S.C. 14123).
Under the financial and operating
statistics (F&OS) program, FMCSA
collects balance sheet and income
statement data along with information
on tonnage, mileage, employees,
transportation equipment, and related
data. The Agency uses this information
to assess the health of the industry and
identify industry changes that could
affect national transportation policy.
The data also indicate company
financial stability and operational
characteristics. The data and
information collected are made publicly
available and used by FMCSA to
determine a passenger carrier’s
compliance with the F&OS program
1 For purposes of the Financial & Operating
Statistics (F&OS) program, passenger carriers are
classified into the following two groups: (1) Class
I carriers are those having average annual gross
transportation operating revenues (including
interstate and intrastate) of $5 million or more from
passenger motor carrier operations after applying
the revenue deflator formula in the Note of 49 CFR
1420.3; (2) Class II passenger carriers are those
having average annual gross transportation
operating revenues (including interstate and
intrastate) of less than $5 million from passenger
motor carrier operations after applying the revenue
deflator formula as shown in Note A of § 1420.3.
Only Class I carriers of passengers are required to
file Annual and Quarterly Report Form MP–1, but
Class II passenger carriers must notify the Agency
when there is a change in their classification or
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requirements set forth in 49 CFR Part
1420.
The F&OS reporting regulations were
formerly administered by the Interstate
Commerce Commission. They were
transferred to the U.S. Department of
Transportation on January 1, 1996, by
Section 103 of the ICC Termination Act
of 1995 (ICCTA) (Pub. L. 104–88, 109
Stat. 803, December 29, 1995), now
codified at 49 U.S.C. 14123. On
September 30, 1998, the Secretary
transferred the authority to administer
the F&OS program to BTS (63 FR
52192). Effective September 29, 2004,
the Secretary transferred this program
responsibility from BTS and redelegated
it to FMCSA (69 FR 51009, Aug. 17,
2004). FMCSA will publish a final rule
that transfers and redesignates the F&OS
program reporting requirements,
currently at 49 CFR 1420, from BTS
(now RITA) to FMCSA.
We particularly request comments on:
(1) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for FMCSA to
meet its goal of reducing commercial
motor vehicle crashes, and the
usefulness of the information with
respect to this goal; (2) the accuracy of
the estimated IC burden; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information collected; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents (including use of
automated collection techniques and
other information technologies) without
reducing the quality of the collected
information. The Agency will
summarize and/or include your
comments in the request for OMB
approval of this IC.
Issued on: July 7, 2006.
David H. Hugel,
Acting Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Environmental Impact Statement:
DesertXpress High Speed Train
Between Victorville, CA and Las
Vegas, NV
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), U.S. Department
of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The FRA is issuing this notice
to advise the public that an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
will be prepared for the proposed

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DesertXpress high-speed train project.
The project includes passenger stations,
a maintenance facility, and a new
railroad line along the I–15 corridor
between Victorville, California and Las
Vegas, Nevada. FRA is issuing this
notice to solicit public and agency input
into the development of the scope of the
EIS and to advise the public that
outreach activities conducted by the
FRA will be considered in the
preparation of the EIS. Federal
cooperating agencies for the EIS are the
Surface Transportation Board (STB), the
Federal Highway Administration
(FHWA) and the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM). Alternatives to be
evaluated and analyzed in the EIS
include (1) take no action (No-Project or
No-Build); and, (2) construction of a
privately financed steel-wheel-on-steelrail high-speed train, including a
proposed station in Victorville and a
station in Las Vegas, and a maintenance
facility in Victorville. Several
alternative routings would be
considered in the EIS.
DATES: Three scoping meetings will be
held during July of 2006. Scoping
meetings will be advertised locally and
are scheduled for the following cities on
the dates indicated below:
• July 25, 2006, Las Vegas Nevada at
The White House, 3260 Joe Brown Drive
time 5–8 pm.
• July 26, 2006, Barstow, California at
the Ramada Inn, 1571 E. Main Street,
time 12—2 pm, and
• July 26, 2006, Victorville, California
at the San Bernardino County
Fairgrounds Building 3, time 5–8 pm.
Persons interested in providing
comments on the scope of the EIS
should do so by August 15, 2006.
Comments can be sent to Mr. David
Valenstein at the FRA address identified
below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
David Valenstein, Environmental
Program Manager, Office of Railroad
Development, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1120 Vermont Avenue,
(Mail Stop 20), Washington, DC 20590,
(telephone 202/ 493–6368). Information
and documents regarding the
environmental review process will be
made available through the FRA’s Web
site: http://www.fra.dot.gov at Passenger
Rail, Environment, Current Reviews,
DesertXpress.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FRA
will prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the proposed
DesertXpress high-speed train project.
The FRA is an operating administration
of the U.S. Department of
Transportation and is primarily
responsible for railroad safety

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