E8-27824. National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission

AGENCY:

Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION:

Notice of meeting location and time.

SUMMARY:

This notice lists the location and time of the seventeenth meeting of the National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

John V. Wells, Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Transportation, [phone], [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

By Federal Register Notice dated March 12, 2007, and in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (“FACA”) (5 U.S.C. App. 2) and the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (“SAFETEA-LU”) (Pub. L. 109-59, 119 Stat. 1144), the U.S. Department of Transportation (the “Department”) issued a notice of intent to form the National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission (the “Financing Commission”). Section 11142(a) of SAFETEA-LU established the National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission and charged it with analyzing future highway and transit needs and the finances of the Highway Trust Fund and with making recommendations regarding alternative approaches to financing surface transportation infrastructure.

Notice of Meeting Location and Time

The Commissioners have agreed to hold their seventeenth meeting from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, December 10, 2008, at the office of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), 1250 I (“Eye”) Street, NW., Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005. The meeting will be open to the public.

If you need accommodations because of a disability or require additional information to attend the meeting, please contact John V. Wells, Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Transportation, [phone], [e-mail].

Issued on this 14 day of November, 2008.

John V. Wells,

Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Transportation, Designated Federal Official.