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by expedited procedures. Such
procedures may consist of the adoption
of a show-cause order, a tentative order,
or in appropriate cases a final order
without further proceedings.
Docket Number: OST–1998–3727.
Date Filed: June 19, 2006.
Due Date for Answers, Conforming
Applications, or Motion to Modify
Scope: July 10, 2006.
Description: Second Application of
Ethiopian Airlines Enterprise requesting
a further amendment to its application
for an initial foreign air carrier permit to
encompass the full extent of operating
authority authorized under Annex I and
Annex II of the U.S.-Ethiopia Open
Skies Agreement.
Docket Number: OST–2004–19617.
Date Filed: June 22, 2006.
Due Date for Answers, Conforming
Applications, or Motion to Modify
Scope: July 13, 2006.
Description: Application of Eos
Airlines, Inc., requesting a certificate of
public convenience and necessity to
engage in foreign scheduled air
transportation of persons, property and
mail between the United States and the
United Kingdom (excluding London’s
Heathrow and Gatwick Airports), the
Netherlands, and Germany, via
intermediate points and to points
beyond. By this application, Eos seeks
to amend its certificate to add France as
an additional point in Europe, i.e., to
add the following authority: Between
the United States via intermediate
points, on the one hand, and France and
beyond, on the other hand.
Renee V. Wright,
Program Manager, Docket Operations,
Federal Register Liaison.
[FR Doc. E6–11037 Filed 7–12–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2006–23727]

Notice of Intent To Survey Medical
Examiners Who Certify the Physical
Qualifications of Commercial Motor
Vehicle Drivers
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
FMCSA announces the Information
Collection Request (ICR) described
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Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. The ICR describes
a proposed collection activity and its
expected cost and burden. The Federal
Register notice allowing for a 60-day
comment period on the ICR was
published on September 29, 2005. Three
comments were received supporting the
concept of a national registry of
qualified medical examiners, but none
specifically addressed the information
collection process.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before August 14, 2006. OMB must
receive your comments by this date to
act quickly on the request.
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: Dr.
Mary D. Gunnels, Chief, Physical
Qualifications Division, (202) 366–4001,
[email protected], FMCSA,
Department of Transportation, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Room 8301,
Washington, DC 20590–0001. Office
hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 4116 of The Safe,
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for
Users (SAFETEA–LU) (Pub. L. 109–59,
119 Stat.1144 (August 10, 2005))
requires the Secretary of Transportation
‘‘to establish and maintain a current
national registry of medical examiners
who are qualified to perform
examinations and issue medical
certificates.’’ To implement this
requirement, the Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration (FMCSA) is
developing the National Registry of
Certified Medical Examiners (NRCME)
program that was announced at a June
22, 2005, public meeting in Arlington,
Virginia (70 FR 28596; May 18, 2005).
The NRCME would be comprised, in
part, of a training and testing program
and include a database of qualified
medical examiners. These examiners
would conduct medical examinations of
interstate commercial motor vehicle
(CMV) drivers and determine their
physical qualifications to operate CMVs
in interstate commerce as defined in 49
CFR part 391. The NRCME program
would require training using a
standardized curriculum, a certification
test, and procedures to maintain the
quality of the program in accordance
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Once the program is implemented,
FMCSA would accept as valid only
medical examinations conducted only
by NRCME medical examiners.
A Role Delineation Study is a critical
component of developing a
standardized training curriculum and
valid, reliable, and fair certification test.
The goal of the Role Delineation Study
is to inform the policies that guide the
NRCME program in accordance with
national accreditation standards. The
study is an assessment of the
knowledge, skills, and abilities
necessary for a medical examiner to
perform competently. The Role
Delineation Study incorporates the
following components: (1) Develop a
medical examiner task list through a
variety of techniques; (2) measure
agreement on each task in the list by a
representative sample of medical
examiners; (3) disqualify tasks lacking
sufficient agreement; (4) identify critical
tasks; and (5) create specifications for a
certification test. The information
derived from the Role Delineation Study
is necessary to form the basis of a
professionally sound quality
management system that supports
accreditation of the certification
program. A survey of medical examiners
is one of the techniques for gathering
data from FMCSA medical examiners
for the Role Delineation Study.
Respondents: Members of the five
medical examiner professional
categories: Advanced Practice Nurses
(APNs), Doctors of Chiropractic (DCs),
Doctors of Osteopathy (DOs), Medical
Doctors (MDs), and Physician Assistants
(PAs) who are currently performing
FMCSA physical examinations of CMV
drivers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
4,000.
Frequency of Response: One time.
Average Burden per Response: The
estimated average burden per response
for each survey is 60 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: The
estimated total annual burden is 4,000
hours for the information collection
based on the following requirement for
statistical significance: 800 responses
for each of the five medical examiner
professional categories; [4,000
respondents per survey × 1 hour per
respondent = 4,000 hours].
We particularly request comments on
the necessity and usefulness of the
collection of information for FMCSA to
meet its goal of reducing truck and bus
crashes; the accuracy of the estimate of
the burden of the information collected;
suggestions to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information
collected; and suggestions to minimize
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information on respondents, including
using automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Issued on: July 3, 2006.
John H. Hill,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. E6–11005 Filed 7–12–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
Office of Hazardous Materials Safety;
Notice of Delays in Processing of
Special Permit Applications
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration, DOT.
ACTION: List of applications delayed
more than 180 days.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: In accordance with the
requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5117(c),
PHMSA is publishing the following list
of special permit applications that have
been in process for 180 days or more.
The reasons(s) for delay and the
expected completion date for action on
each application is provided in
association with each identified
application.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann
Mazzullo, Office of Hazardous Materials
Special Permits and Approvals, Pipeline
and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20590–0001, (202)
366–4535.

Key to ‘‘Reason for Delay’’
1. Awaiting additional information
from applicant.
2. Extensive public comment under
review.

3. Application is technically complex
and is of significant impact or
precedent-setting and requires extensive
analysis.
4. Staff review delayed by other
priority issues or volume of special
permit applications.
Meaning of Application Number
Suffixes
N—New application.
M—Modification request.
X—Renewal.
PM—Party to applicant with
modification request.
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 10,
2006.
R. Ryan Posten,
Chief, Special Permits Program, Office of
Hazardous Materials Safety, Special Permits
& Approvals.

NEW SPECIAL PERMIT APPLICATIONS
Application No.
13563–N
14184–N
14229–N
14239–N
14257–N
14266–N
14277–N
14285–N
14289–N
14301–N
14298–N
14283–N
14237–N
14232–N

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Applicant
Applied Companies, Valencia, CA ......................................................................................
Global Refrigerants, Inc., Denver, CO ................................................................................
Senex Explosives, Inc., Cuddy, PA ....................................................................................
Marlin Gas Transport, Inc., Odessa, FL .............................................................................
Origin Energy American Samoa, Inc., Pago Pago, AS ......................................................
NCF Industries, Inc., Santa Maria, CA ...............................................................................
Ascus Technologies, Ltd., Cleveland, OH ..........................................................................
INO Therapeutics LLC, Port Allen, LA ...............................................................................
City Machine & Welding, Inc., Amarillo, TX .......................................................................
Triple S Gas Tanks (PTY) Ltd dba, Gascon, Elsieriver, South Africa ...............................
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA ..............................................................
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Washington, DC ........................................................
Advanced Technology Materials, Inc., (ATMI), Danbury, CT .............................................
Luxfer Gas Cylinders—Composite, Cyclinder Division, Riverside, CA ..............................

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MODIFICATION TO SPECIAL PERMIT
Application No.
11903–M
13583–M
11691–M
12677–M

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Reason for
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Applicant
Comptank Corporation, Bothwell, ON ................................................................................
Structural Composites Industries, Pomona, CA .................................................................
Sensient Flavors, Inc., Indianapolis, IN ..............................................................................
Austin Powder Illinois Company, Cleveland, OH ...............................................................

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration

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[Docket No. PHMSA–04–19091; Grant 2]

Pipeline Safety: Petition for Waiver;
Tuscarora Gas Transmission Company
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), DOT.
ACTION: Grant; petition for waiver.
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SUMMARY: Tuscarora Gas Transmission
Company (Tuscarora) requests a waiver
of the pipeline safety regulation on
valve spacing from PHMSA. The
pipeline safety regulation requires each
point on a pipeline in a Class 1 location
be within 10 miles of a block valve. This
document grants Tuscarora’s request for
waiver.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background
The pipeline safety regulation at 49
CFR 192.179(a)(4) requires each point

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