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ll Small (gross annual revenues of less
than $5.3 million).
F. Existing Fleet and Employee Information:
ll Total number of over-the-road buses in
fleet.
ll Number of over-the-road buses in fleet
used for intercity fixed-route service.
ll Number of over-the-road buses intercityfixed-route service that currently have
lifts.
ll Number of over-the-road buses in fleet
used for Other Service, e.g., Charter,
Tour, & Commuter.
ll Number of over-the-road buses used in
‘‘other’’ service that currently have lifts.
ll Number of Employees.
G. Estimate of the proportion of service, if
any, that is intercity fixed-route ll %
of services is intercity fixed-route.
H. Describe your technical, legal, and
financial capacity to implement the
proposed project. Include evidence of
operating authority.
2. Project Information
A. Federal Amount Requested (Up to 90%
Federal Share):
Intercity Fixed Route Service:
$ llll for # llll New Over-the-road
Buses
$ llll for # llll Retrofits
$ llll for # llll Employees—
Training
Other Service (Commuter, Charter, or Tour)
$ llll for # llll New Over-the-road
Buses
$ llll for # llll Retrofits
$ llll for # llll Employees—
Training
B. If requesting funding for intercity service,
provide evidence of any of the following
that are applicable:
1. The applicant provides scheduled,
intercity, fixed route, over-the-road bus
service that interlines with one or more
scheduled, intercity bus operators. Such
evidence includes applicant’s membership in
the National Bus Traffic Association or
participation in separate interline
agreements, and participation in interline
tariffs or price lists issued by, or on behalf
of, scheduled, intercity bus operators with
whom the applicant interlines.
2. The applicant has obtained authority
from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration or the Interstate Commerce
Commission to operate scheduled, intercity,
fixed route service.
3. The applicant is included in Russell’s
Official National Motor Coach Guide
showing that it provides regularly scheduled,
fixed route OTRB service with meaningful
connections with scheduled intercity bus
service to more distant points.
4. The applicant maintains a website
showing routes and schedules of its regularly
scheduled, fixed route OTRB service and its
meaningful connections to other scheduled,
intercity bus service.
5. The applicant maintains published
schedules showing its regularly scheduled,
fixed route OTRB service and its meaningful
connections to other scheduled, intercity bus
service.
6. The applicant participates in the
International Registration Plan (IRP)
apportionment program.

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C. Document Matching Funds, including
Amount and Source
D. Describe Project, including Components to
be funded (i.e., lifts, tie-downs, moveable
seats or training).
E. Provide Project Time Line, including
significant milestones such as date of
contract for purchase of vehicle(s), and
actual or expected delivery date of
vehicles.
F. Project Evaluation Criteria
Provide information addressing the
following criteria:
• The identified need for OTRB
accessibility for persons with disabilities in
the areas served by the applicant (20 points).
• The extent to which the applicant
demonstrated innovative strategies and
financial commitment to providing access to
OTRBs to persons with disabilities (20
points).
• The extent to which the over-the-road
bus operator acquired equipment required by
DOT’s OTRB accessibility rule prior to the
required time frame in the rule (20 points).
• The extent to which financing the costs
of complying with DOT’s rule presents a
financial hardship for the applicant (20
points).
• The impact of accessibility requirements
on the continuation of OTRB service with
particular consideration of the impact of the
requirements on service to rural areas and for
low income individuals (20 points).
G. Labor Information
• List labor organizations that may
represent your employees and all labor
organizations that represent the employees of
any transit providers in the service area of
the project.
• For each local of a nationally affiliated
union, provide the name of the national
organization and the number or other
designation of the local union.
• For each independent labor organization,
provide the local information, including:
Name of organization, address, contact
person, phone and fax numbers.
• For transit employee unions in service
area of project, provide information
including: Contact person, address,
telephone number and fax number for your
company and associated union information.

Appendix B—FTA Regional Offices
Region I—Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont
and Maine. Richard H. Doyle, FTA
Regional Administrator, Volpe National
Transportation Systems Center, Kendall
Square, 55 Broadway, Suite 920,
Cambridge, MA 02142–1093, (617) 494–
2055.
Region II—New York, New Jersey, Virgin
Islands. Brigid Hynes-Cherin, FTA
Regional Administrator, One Bowling
Green, Room 429, New York, NY 10004–
1415, (212) 668–2170.
Region III—Pennsylvania, Maryland,
Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware,
Washington, DC. Letitia Thompson, FTA
Regional Administrator, 1760 Market
Street, Suite 500, Philadelphia, PA 19103–
4124, (215) 656–7100.
Region IV—Georgia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee,

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Kentucky, Alabama, Puerto Rico. Yvette G.
Taylor, FTA Regional Administrator, 230
Peachtree Street, NW., Suite 800, Atlanta,
GA 30303, (404) 865–5620.
Region V—Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Michigan. Marisol R. Simon,
FTA Regional Administrator, 200 West
Adams Street, Suite 320, Chicago, IL
60606–5232, (312) 353–2789.
Region VI—Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana,
Arkansas, Oklahoma. Robert Patrick, FTA
Regional Administrator, 819 Taylor Street,
Room 8A36, Ft. Worth, TX 76102, (817)
978–0550.
Region VII—Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas,
Missouri. Mokhtee Ahmad, FTA Regional
Administrator, 901 Locust Street, Suite
404, Kansas City, MO 64106, (816) 329–
3920.
Region VIII—Colorado, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Utah. Terry
Rosapep, Acting FTA Regional
Administrator, 12300 West Dakota Avenue,
Suite 310, Lakewood, CO 80228–2583,
(720) 963–3300.
Region IX—California, Arizona, Nevada,
Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam. Leslie
Rogers, FTA Regional Administrator, 201
Mission Street, Suite 1650, San Francisco,
CA 94105–1831, (415) 744–3133.
Region X—Washington, Oregon, Idaho,
Alaska. Richard Krochalis, FTA Regional
Administrator, Jackson Federal Building,
915 Second Avenue, Suite 3142, Seattle,
WA 98174–1002, (206) 220–7954.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping
Requirements; Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review
Maritime Administration, DOT.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Information
Collection abstracted below will be
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval. The nature of the information
collection is described as well as its
expected burden. The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following
collection of information was published
on June 25, 2007. No comments were
received.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before October 15, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention:
MARAD Desk Officer.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Frances Jerry, Maritime Administration,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone:
(202) 366–5861; or e-mail:
frances.jerry@dot.gov. Copies of this
collection also can be obtained from that
office.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Maritime

Administration (MARAD).
Title of Collection: Uniform Financial
Reporting Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 2133–0005.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved information
collection.
Affected Public: Vessel owners
acquiring ships from MARAD on credit,
companies chartering ships from
MARAD, and companies having Title XI
guarantee obligations.
Form Numbers: MA–172.
Abstract: The Uniform Financial
Reporting Requirements are used as a
basis for preparing and filing semiannual and annual financial statements
with the Maritime Administration.
Regulations requiring financial reports
to MARAD are authorized by Section
801, Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as
amended (46 App. U.S.C. 1211).
Financial reports are also required by
regulation of purchasers of ships from
MARAD on credit, companies
chartering ships from MARAD, and of
companies having Title XI guarantee
obligations (46 CFR Part 298).
Expiration Date of Approval: Three
years from date of approval by the
Office of Management and Budget.
Annual Estimated Burden Hours:
1276 hours.
Comments are invited on: 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; the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection; ways
to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
A comment to OMB is best assured of
having its full effect, if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication.
Dated: September 6, 2007.
Daron T. Threet,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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Maritime Administration
Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping
Requirements; Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review
Maritime Administration, DOT.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Information
Collection abstracted below will be
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval. The nature of the information
collection is described as well as its
expected burden. The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following
collection of information was published
on June 25, 2007. No comments were
received.

Comments must be submitted on
or before October 15, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe
Strassburg, Maritime Administration,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone:
(202) 366–4156; or e-mail:
joe.strassburg@dot.gov. Copies of this
collection also can be obtained from that
office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime
Administration (MARAD).
Title of Collection: War Risk
Insurance, Applications and Related
Information.
OMB Control Number: 2133–0011.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved information
collection.
Affected Public: Vessel owners or
charterers interested in participating in
MARAD’s war risk insurance program.
Form Numbers: MA–355; MA–528;
MA–742; MA–828, and MA–942.
Abstract: As authorized by Section
1202, Title XII, Merchant Marine Act,
1936, as amended, the Secretary of the
U.S. Department of Transportation may
provide war risk insurance adequate for
the needs of the waterborne commerce
of the United States if such insurance
cannot be obtained on reasonable terms
from qualified insurance companies
operating in the United States. This
collection is required for the program.
Expiration Date of Approval: Three
years from date of approval by the
Office of Management and Budget.
Annual Estimated Burden Hours:
1378 hours.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
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Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention:
MARAD Desk Officer.
Comments are invited on: 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; the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection; ways
to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
A comment to OMB is best assured of
having its full effect, if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication.
Dated: September 6, 2007.
Daron T. Threet,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD 2007 29216]

Requested Administrative Waiver of
the Coastwise Trade Laws
Maritime Administration,
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Invitation for public comments
on a requested administrative waiver of
the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel
OCEAN SPIRIT.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: As authorized by Public Law
105–383 and Public Law 107–295, the
Secretary of Transportation, as
represented by the Maritime
Administration (MARAD), is authorized
to grant waivers of the U.S.-build
requirement of the coastwise laws under
certain circumstances. A request for
such a waiver has been received by
MARAD. The vessel, and a brief
description of the proposed service, is
listed below. The complete application
is given in DOT docket MARAD–2007–
29216 at http://dms.dot.gov. Interested
parties may comment on the effect this
action may have on U.S. vessel builders
or businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.flag vessels. If MARAD determines, in
accordance with Public Law 105–383
and MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR
part 388 (68 FR 23084; April 30, 2003),
that the issuance of the waiver will have
an unduly adverse effect on a U.S.vessel builder or a business that uses

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