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comments on the Sponsor’s request
must be delivered or mailed to: Bill
Farris, Program Manager, Orlando
Airports District Office, 5950 Hazeltine
National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, FL
32822–5024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill
Farris, Program Manager, Orlando
Airports District Office, 5950 Hazeltine
National Drive, Suite 400, Orlando, FL
32822–5024.
Bart Vernace,
Manager, Orlando Airports District Office,
Southern Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[U.S. DOT Docket No. NHTSA–2013–0112]

Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping
Requirements
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Request for public comment on
proposed collection of information.
AGENCY:

Before a Federal agency can
collect certain information from the
public, it must receive approval from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). Under procedures established
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, before seeking OMB approval,
Federal agencies must solicit public
comment on proposed collections of
information, including extensions and
reinstatements of previously approved
collections.
This document describes the
collection of information for which
NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before January 14, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by DOT Docket ID Number
NHTSA–2013–0112 using any of the
following methods:
Electronic submissions: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Docket Management Facility,
M–30, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC
20590.
Hand Delivery: West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. Fax:
1–(202) 493–2251.

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Instructions: Each submission must
include the Agency name and the
Docket number for this Notice. Note that
all comments received will be posted
without change to http://
www.regulations.gov including any
personal information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Kathy Sifrit, Contracting Officer’s
Technical Representative, Office of
Behavioral Safety Research (NTI–132),
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., W46–472, Washington, DC
20590. Dr. Sifrit’s phone number is
(202) 366–0868 and her email address is
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
before an agency submits a proposed
collection of information to OMB for
approval, it must publish a document in
the Federal Register providing a 60-day
comment period and otherwise consult
with members of the public and affected
agencies concerning each proposed
collection of information. The OMB has
promulgated regulations describing
what must be included in such a
document. Under OMB’s regulations (at
5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an agency must ask
for public comment on the following: (i)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(ii) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) how to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (iv) how to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses. In compliance with these
requirements, NHTSA asks public
comment on the following proposed
collection of information:
Physical Fitness and Driving
Performance
Type of Request—New information
collection requirement.
OMB Clearance Number—None.
Form Number—NHTSA Form 1227.
Requested Expiration Date of
Approval—3 years from date of
approval.
Summary of the Collection of
Information—The National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

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proposes to collect information from
licensed drivers about their driving
habits, and levels of physical activity in
order to determine whether they are
eligible to participate in a study of the
effects of physical activity on driving
performance. Study participation will
be voluntary and solicited among
residents of one or more planned
communities in the vicinity of Chapel
Hill, North Carolina. Solicitations will
be in the form of flyers posted at a
community center, and/or
announcements in newsletters and on
community listserves, and/or sign-ups
at a weekly farmer’s market and other
local events. Interested residents will
contact a designated staff member
through a toll-free number to enroll.
During a brief telephone pre-screening,
a project assistant will explain inclusion
and exclusion criteria for study
participation. Candidate participants
who meet inclusion criteria will
respond to a telephone questionnaire to
allow researchers to gauge activity and
fitness level.
A project assistant will make
appointments to visit each enrollee to
obtain his/her signature on the informed
consent agreement, answer questions
about study participation and provide
the subject with a physical activity
monitoring device. The remaining data
necessary for this study will be
collected by the physical activity
monitoring device, a driving
performance assessment conducted by a
driving rehabilitation specialist, and an
in-vehicle data collection system. The
in-vehicle system will include a device
to collect the vehicle’s Global
Positioning System coordinates and a
companion device to capture an image
of the driver to confirm that the driver
for each trip is the study participant.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use of the
Information—NHTSA was established
to reduce the number of deaths, injuries,
and economic losses resulting from
motor vehicle crashes on the Nation’s
highways. As part of this statutory
mandate, NHTSA is authorized to
conduct research as a foundation for the
development of motor vehicle standards
and traffic safety programs.
Previous research indicates that gains
in physical fitness improve a number of
functional abilities important for safe
driving. NHTSA needs to learn more
about these relationships between
fitness/activity and driving performance
to support the development of
recommendations and educational/
outreach materials aimed at older driver
safety. The proposed screening
questions and questions about fitness
and activity level will allow research

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staff to ensure that prospective
participants meet study inclusion
criteria and facilitate their study
participation.
The purpose of the study is to assess
the effect(s) of physical activity and
physical fitness training on the driving
performance of adults 70 and older.
Analyses of these data will provide
information about whether people age
70 and older who participate in regular
physical activity perform better in a
driving evaluation and/or drive more
than do healthy, sedentary drivers of a
similar age; whether particular physical
training activities relate to improved
functioning in specific driving tasks;
and the extent to which driving
performance and/or exposure of
sedentary older adults will improve,
following participation in physical
activity. NHTSA will use the
information to inform recommendations
to the public regarding how improved
physical fitness can result in better
driving performance for the purpose of
reducing injuries and loss of life on the
highway.
Description of the Likely Respondents
(Including Estimated Number, and
Proposed Frequency of Response to the
Collection of Information)—
Respondents will include community
dwelling, independently living licensed
drivers, age 70 and older, from Chapel
Hill, North Carolina and surrounding
areas. It is estimated that 270 telephone
conversations will be conducted with
respondents to descriptive solicitations
to yield 180 study participants. This
assumes that up to one-third of
interested older drivers will not meet
inclusion/exclusion criteria for study
participation.
Estimate of the Total Annual
Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden
Resulting from the Collection of
Information—The 270 telephone
conversations will average 15 minutes
in length including introduction,
qualifying questions, potential
participant questions, logistical
questions, and conclusion. The total
estimated annual burden will be 67.5
hours. Participants will incur no costs
from the data collection and
participants will incur no record
keeping burden and no record keeping
cost from the information collection.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
Issued on November 12, 2013.
Jeff Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and
Program Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. FD 35780]

Dynegy Inc., Illinois Power Holdings,
LLC and Illinois Power Holdings II,
LLC—Acquisition of Control
Exemption—Coffeen and Western
Railroad Company and Joppa &
Eastern Railroad Company
Dynegy Inc. (Dynegy), Illinois Power
Holdings, LLC (IPH) and Illinois Power
Holdings II, LLC (IPH II) 1 (collectively,
Applicants), all noncarriers, have filed a
verified notice of exemption under 49
CFR 1180.2(d)(2) to acquire control of
the Coffeen and Western Railroad
Company (CWRC) and the Joppa &
Eastern Railroad (JERR), both Class III
rail carriers that operate within the State
of Illinois.
According to Applicants, Dynegy, a
noncarrier holding company, and
Ameren Corporation (Ameren) have
entered into an agreement dated March
14, 2013, in which Dynegy’s wholly
owned subsidiary, IPH, will acquire
Ameren’s subsidiary, Ameren Energy
Resources Company, LLC (AER) and
AER’s subsidiaries, Ameren Energy
Generating Company (AEGC), Ameren
Energy Resources Generating Company,
Ameren Energy Fuels and Services
Company, and Ameren Energy
Marketing Company, including several
electric generating plants, and other
properties of AER. As part of that
agreement, Dynegy, through IPH and
IPH II, also will acquire control through
stock ownership of CWRC and JERR.2
The stock of CWRC is currently owned
by AEGC, a wholly owned subsidiary of
AER. The stock of JERR is currently
owned by Electric Energy, Inc., in which
AEGC holds an 80% ownership interest.
The remaining 20% ownership interest
is held by Kentucky Utilities Company.
Applicants state that, following
consummation of the transaction, AER
will be wholly owned by IPH and AER’s
name will be changed to Illinois Power
Resources Company, LLC, and AEGC
will be wholly owned by Illinois Power
Resources Company, LLC and its named
will be changed to Illinois Power
Generating Company.
Applicants intend to consummate the
transaction on or about December 2,
2013.
1 Both IPH and IPH II are wholly owned
subsidiaries of Dynegy.
2 A redacted version of the agreement was filed
with the notice of exemption. The Applicants
concurrently filed a motion for protective order
pursuant to 49 CFR 1104.14(b) to allow the filing
under seal of the unredacted agreement. That
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Applicants state that: (1) The rail lines
operated by CWRC and JERR do not
connect with each other or with any rail
lines operated by rail carriers in the
Dynegy corporate family; (2) the
transaction is not part of a series of
anticipated transactions that would
connect the rail lines operated by CWRC
and JERR with each other or with any
railroad in the Dynegy corporate family;
and (3) the transaction does not involve
a Class I rail carrier. Therefore, the
transaction is exempt from the prior
approval requirements of 49 U.S.C.
11323 pursuant to 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2).
Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board
may not use its exemption authority to
relieve a rail carrier of its statutory
obligation to protect the interests of its
employees. Section 11326(c), however,
does not provide for labor protection for
transactions under §§ 11324 and 11325
that involve only Class III rail carriers.
Accordingly, the Board may not impose
labor protective conditions here,
because all of the carriers involved are
Class III carriers.
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the
exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d)
may be filed at any time. The filing of
a petition to revoke will not
automatically stay the effectiveness of
the exemption. Stay petitions must be
filed no later than November 22, 2013
(at least 7 days before the exemption
becomes effective).
An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD
35780, must be filed with the Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20423–0001. In
addition, a copy must be served on
Andrew B. Kolesar III, Slover & Loftus
LLP, 1224 Seventeenth Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20036.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: November 12, 2013.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request for Form 8879–EX
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.

AGENCY:

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