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may contact the Board’s Office of Public
Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and
Compliance at (202) 245–0238 or refer
to the full abandonment or
discontinuance regulations at 49 CFR
part 1152. Questions concerning
environmental issues may be directed to
the Board’s Office of Environmental
Analysis (OEA) at (202) 245–0305.
Assistance for the hearing impaired is
available through the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at
1–800–877–8339.
An environmental assessment (EA) (or
environmental impact statement (EIS), if
necessary) prepared by OEA will be
served upon all parties of record and
upon any agencies or other persons who
commented during its preparation.
Other interested persons may contact
OEA to obtain a copy of the EA (or EIS).
EAs in these abandonment proceedings
normally will be made available within
60 days of the filing of the petition. The
deadline for submission of comments on
the EA will generally be within 30 days
of its service.
This action will not significantly
affect either the quality of the human
environment or the conservation of
energy resources.
Decided: October 18, 2010.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Andrea Pope-Matheson,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2010–26544 Filed 10–20–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 33 (Sub-No. 290X)]

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Union Pacific Railroad Company—
Abandonment Exemption—in Pulaski
County, AR
Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP)
filed a verified notice of exemption
under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F–
Exempt Abandonments to abandon a
line of railroad known as the North
Little Rock Junction Bridge Line,
extending from milepost 343.65 to the
end of the line at milepost 343.97, a
distance of .32 miles, in North Little
Rock, in Pulaski County, Ark. The line
traverses United States Postal Service
Zip Code 72118.
UP has certified that: (1) No local
traffic has moved over the line for at
least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead
traffic to be rerouted; (3) no formal
complaint filed by a user of rail service
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such user) regarding cessation of service
over the line either is pending with the
Board or with any U.S. District Court or
has been decided in favor of
complainant within the 2-year period;
and (4) the requirements at 49 CFR
1105.7(c) (environmental report), 49
CFR 1105.11 (transmittal letter), 49 CFR
1105.12 (newspaper publication), and
49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to
governmental agencies) have been met.
As a condition to this exemption, any
employee adversely affected by the
abandonment shall be protected under
Oregon Short Line Railroad—
Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch
Between Firth & Ammon, In Bingham &
Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C.
91 (1979). To address whether this
condition adequately protects affected
employees, a petition for partial
revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d)
must be filed.
Provided no formal expression of
intent to file an offer of financial
assistance (OFA) has been received, this
exemption will be effective on
November 20, 2010, unless stayed
pending reconsideration. Petitions to
stay that do not involve environmental
issues,1 formal expressions of intent to
file an OFA under 49 CFR
1152.27(c)(2),2 and trail use/rail banking
requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be
filed by November 1, 2010. Petitions to
reopen or requests for public use
conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must
be filed by November 10, 2010, with the
Surface Transportation Board, 395 E
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423–
0001.
A copy of any petition filed with the
Board should be sent to UP’s
representative: Mack H. Shumate, Jr.,
Senior General Attorney, 101 North
Wacker Drive, #1920, Chicago, IL 60606.
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio.
UP has filed a combined
environmental and historic report
which addresses the effects, if any, of
the abandonment on the environment
and historic resources. OEA will issue
an environmental assessment (EA) by
October 26, 2010. Interested persons
may obtain a copy of the EA by writing
1 The Board will grant a stay if an informed
decision on environmental issues (whether raised
by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental
Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation)
cannot be made before the exemption’s effective
date. See Exemption of Out-of-Service Rail Lines, 5
I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any request for a stay should
be filed as soon as possible so that the Board may
take appropriate action before the exemption’s
effective date.
2 Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing
fee, which is currently set at $1,500. See 49 CFR
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to OEA (Room 1100, Surface
Transportation Board, Washington, DC
20423–0001) or by calling OEA, at (202)
245–0305. Assistance for the hearing
impaired is available through the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339. Comments
on environmental and historic
preservation matters must be filed
within 15 days after the EA becomes
available to the public.
Environmental, historic preservation,
public use, or trail use/rail banking
conditions will be imposed, where
appropriate, in a subsequent decision.
Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR
1152.29(e)(2), UP shall file a notice of
consummation with the Board to signify
that it has exercised the authority
granted and fully abandoned the line. If
consummation has not been effected by
UP’s filing of a notice of consummation
by October 21, 2011, and there are no
legal or regulatory barriers to
consummation, the authority to
abandon will automatically expire.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at http://
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: October 12, 2010.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Innovative Technology
Administration
Agency Information Collection;
Activity Under OMB Review; Omnibus
Household Survey Program
Research & Innovative
Technology Administration (RITA),
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
(BTS), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
requirements of section 3506(c) (2) (A)
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
this notice announces that the
Information Collection Request (ICR)
described below is being forwarded to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for approval for an extension of
a currently approved information
collection related to the use of and
satisfaction with the nation’s
transportation system. 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

SUMMARY:

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the following collection of information
was published on February 2, 2010 (75
FR 5370) and the comment period
ended on April 5, 2010. The 60-day
notice produced no comments.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by November 22, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Pheny Weidman, OHS Program
Manager, BTS, RITA, Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave.
SE., Room E32–318, Washington, DC
20590. Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to
5 p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. Telephone
(202) 366–2817, Fax (202) 493–0568 or
e-mail [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Omnibus Household Survey
(OHS) Program.
Type of Request: Approval of an
extension of a currently approved
information collection.
OMB Control Number: 2139–0012.
Affected Public: The target population
for the OHS Program is the noninstitutionalized population, aged 18
and older, who live in the United States.
A national probability sample of
households generated using list-assisted
random digit dialing (RDD)
methodology will be employed by the
survey. Individual survey respondents
within selected households will be
chosen at random.
Number of Respondents: 1,500.
Number of Responses: 1,500.
Total Annual Burden: 625 hours
(Based on previous data collections, we
estimate the average time to complete
the survey is 25 minutes. 25 minutes ×
1,500 respondents = 37,500 minutes/60
minutes = 625 hours). The estimated
average time to complete the survey has
increased from the 10 minutes stated for
previous data collections to 25 minutes.
The increase is largely due to the
increase in the length of questionnaire.
The survey sample size also will
increase from the 1,000 respondents
used by previous data collections to
1,500. The increase in sample size is
due to the inclusion of questions
regarding the safety of public transit. In
order to ensure that there will be
enough samples to produce reliable
estimates for those questions, a total of
500 individuals will be oversampled
from selected Metropolitan Statistical
Areas that provide public transit
services.
Abstract: In 2005, Congress passed,
and the President signed, the Safe,
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for
Users (SAFETEA–LU; Pub. L. 109–59).
SAFETEA–LU contained a number of
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providing data, statistics and analyses to
transportation decision-makers. The
Research and Innovative Technology
Administration, Bureau of
Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)
was tasked to accomplish this legislative
mandate under 49 U.S.C. 111 (c) (1).
RITA/BTS plans to use the Omnibus
Household Survey (OHS) to:
• Assess the public’s evaluation of
the nation’s transportation system in
light of the DOT’s strategic goals (safety,
reduced congestion, global connectivity,
environmental stewardship and
security, preparedness and response),
• Provide a vehicle for the operating
administrations within the DOT as well
as other governmental agencies, to
survey the public about current
transportation issues, and
• Provide national estimates of
transportation mode usage.
Each version of the OHS will focus on
some subset of topics taken from the list
below. Topics may vary from survey to
survey since covering all topics in one
questionnaire would make the
respondent burden unacceptable:
Choices and frequency of mode use in
the month and the week prior to the
survey data collection:
Commercial air;
Privately owned vehicle;
Taxi;
Rail transit (subway, streetcar, or light
rail);
Commuter rail;
Transit (local) and intercity (long
distance) bus;
Intercity Rail (Amtrak);
Other modes such as biking and
walking.
Confidence in the safety of the
following modes of transportation:
Commercial air;
Privately owned vehicle;
Taxi;
Rail transit (subway, streetcar, or light
rail);
Commuter rail;
Water transportation (taxis, ferries,
ships);
Transit (local) and intercity (long
distance) bus;
Intercity Rail (Amtrak);
Other modes such as biking/walking/
ferries.
Confidence in the security procedures
for the following modes of
transportation:
Commercial air;
Charter/general aviation;
Privately owned vehicle;
Rail transit (subway, streetcar, or light
rail);
Commuter rail;
Water transportation (taxis, ferries,
ships);

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Transit (local) and intercity (long
distance) bus;
Intercity Rail (Amtrak).
Assessment of/satisfaction with
security procedures for the following
modes of transportation:
Commercial air;
Charter/general aviation;
Rail transit (subway, streetcar, or light
rail);
Commuter rail;
Water transportation (taxis, ferries,
ships);
Transit (local) and intercity (long
distance) bus;
Intercity Rail (Amtrak).
Processing through security at:
Commercial airports;
Train stations;
Waterway entry points for ferries, water
taxis, cruises.
Knowledge of current check-in
procedures at:
Commercial airports;
Train stations;
Waterway entry points for ferries, water
taxis, cruises.
Knowledge of/confidence in the Alien
Flight Student Program.
Experiences with transit delays
related to suspicious/unattended
baggage.
Willingness/tolerance of
transportation security risk management
procedures.
Information on journey to work:
Transportation used (single mode/
multiple mode);
Time required for one-way trip;
Number of days traveled;
Assessment of congestion;
Methods for dealing with congestion;
Telecommuting information;
Commuting costs;
Availability of transportation subsidies.
Impact of congestion on commute.
Impact of on-line shopping on
passenger and freight travel.
Impact of accessibility of
transportation on livability of
communities.
Assessment of/opinions regarding
distracted driving behaviors.
Public Comments Invited: Interested
parties are invited to send comments
regarding any aspect of this information
collection, including, but not limited to:
(1) The necessity and utility of the
information collection for the proper
performance of the functions of the
DOT; (2) the accuracy of the estimated
burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the collected
information; and (4) ways to minimize
the collection burden without reducing
the quality of the collected information.
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Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, 725
17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20503, Attention: BTS Desk Officer.
Issued in Washington, DC on this 14th day
of October, 2010.
Steven K. Smith,
Acting Director, Bureau of Transportation
Statistics, Research and Innovative
Technology Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010–26488 Filed 10–20–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Consensus Standards, Standard
Practice for Inspection of Airplane
Electrical Wiring Systems
Federal Aviation
Administration, DOT.

AGENCY:

Notice of availability; request
for comments.

ACTION:

This notice announces the
availability of consensus standards and
the Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) intention to accept the ASTM
International’s F2696–08 Standard
Practice for Inspection of Airplane
Electrical Wiring Systems (Standard
Practice) as an acceptable means of
compliance to 14 CFR part 23 sections
concerning electrical wiring systems. By
this notice, the FAA finds the standards
to be acceptable methods and
procedures for inspection of electrical
wiring systems for normal, utility,
acrobatic, and commuter category
airplanes.

SUMMARY:

Comments must be received on
or before November 22, 2010.

DATES:

Comments may be mailed
to: Federal Aviation Administration,
Small Airplane Directorate, Continued
Operational Safety, ACE–111, Attention:
James Brady, Room 301, 901 Locust,
Kansas City, Missouri 64106, or by
e-mail to: [email protected]. All
comments must be marked: Consensus
Standards Comments, and must specify
the standard being addressed by ASTM
F2696–08 Standard Practice for
Inspection of Airplane Electrical Wiring
Systems.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James Brady, Aerospace Engineer,
Regulations and Policy Branch (ACE–
111), Small Airplane Directorate,
Aircraft Certification Service, Federal
Aviation Administration, 901 Locust,
Room 301, Kansas City, Missouri 64106;
telephone (816) 329–4132; e-mail:
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This
notice announces the availability of
consensus standards. The FAA expects
a suitable consensus standard to be
reviewed at least every two years. The
two-year review cycle will result in a
standard revision or reapproval. A
standard is issued under a fixed
designation (i.e., F2696–08); the number
immediately following the designation
indicates the year of original adoption
or, in the case of revision, the year of
last revision. A number in parentheses
indicates the year of last reapproval. A
reapproval indicates a two-year review
cycle completed with no technical
changes. A superscript epsilon (e)
indicates an editorial change since the
last revision or reapproval. A notice of
availability (NOA) will only be issued
for new or revised standards.
Reapproved standards issued with no
technical changes or standards issued
with editorial changes only (i.e.,
superscript epsilon (e)) are considered
accepted by the FAA without need for
an NOA.
Comments Invited: Interested persons
are invited to submit such written data,
views, or arguments, as they may desire.
Communications should identify the
consensus standard number and be
submitted to the address specified
above. All communications received on
or before the closing date for comments
will be forwarded to ASTM
International Committee F39 for
consideration. The standard may be
changed in light of the comments
received. The FAA will address all
comments received during the recurring
review of the consensus standard and
will participate in the consensus
standard revision process.
Background: Under the provisions of
the revised Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) Circular A–119, ‘‘Federal
Participation in the Development and
Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards
and in Conformity Assessment
Activities,’’ dated February 10, 1998,
industry and the FAA have been
working with ASTM International to
develop consensus standards for the
design, fabrication, modification,
inspection, and maintenance of
electrical systems installed on normal
and utility category airplanes.
These consensus standards satisfy the
FAA’s goal for airworthiness
certification and a verifiable minimum
safety level for normal, utility, acrobatic,
and commuter category airplanes.
Instead of developing airworthiness
standards through the rulemaking
process, the FAA participates as a
member of Committee F39 in
developing these standards. The use of
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government and industry discussion
and agreement on appropriate standards
for the required level of safety.
Consensus Standards in This Notice of
Availability
The FAA has reviewed the standards
presented in this NOA for compliance
with the regulatory requirements of the
rule. Any normal, utility, acrobatic, and
commuter aircraft issued an
airworthiness certificate, which has
been designed, manufactured, operated,
and maintained, in accordance with this
and previously accepted ASTM
consensus standards provides the public
with the appropriate level of safety
established under the regulations. The
FAA maintains a listing of all accepted
standards on the FAA Web site.
The FAA finds the following new
consensus standards acceptable for
inspection of the specified aircraft. The
consensus standard listed below may be
used unless the FAA publishes a
specific notification otherwise.
ASTM Designation F2696–08, titled:
Standard Practice for Inspection of
Airplane Electrical Wiring Systems.
Availability
These consensus standards are
copyrighted by ASTM International, 100
Barr Harbor Drive, Post Office Box C700,
West Conshohocken, PA 19428–2959.
Individual reprints of this standard
(single or multiple copies, or special
compilations and other related technical
information) may be obtained by
contacting ASTM at this address, or at
(610) 832–9585 (phone), (610) 832–9555
(fax), through [email protected] (e-mail),
or through the ASTM Web site at
http://www.astm.org. To inquire about
standard content and/or membership or
about ASTM International Offices
abroad, contact Daniel Schultz, Staff
Manager for Committee F39 on Normal
and Utility Category Airplane Electrical
Wiring Systems: (610) 832–9716,
[email protected].
Issued in Kansas City, Missouri, on
October 13, 2010.
John Colomy,
Acting Manager, Small Airplane Directorate,
Aircraft Certification Service.
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