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109 Stat. 163 (1995) (codified as revised
at 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), and its
implementing regulations, 5 CFR part
1320, require Federal agencies to issue
two notices seeking public comment on
information collection activities before
OMB may approve paperwork packages.
44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.5,
1320.8(d)(1), 1320.12. On May 9, 2016,
FTA published a 60-day notice (81 FR
28158) in the Federal Register soliciting
comments on the ICR that the agency
was seeking OMB approval. FTA
received no comments after issuing this
60-day notice. Accordingly, DOT
announces that these information
collection activities have been reevaluated and certified under 5 CFR
1320.5(a) and forwarded to OMB for
review and approval pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.12(c).
Before OMB decides whether to
approve these proposed collections of
information, it must provide 30 days for
public comment. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b); 5
CFR 1320.12(d). Federal law requires
OMB to approve or disapprove
paperwork packages between 30 and 60
days after the 30 day notice is
published. 44 U.S.C. 3507 (b)–(c); 5 CFR
1320.12(d); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983,
Aug. 29, 1995. OMB believes that the 30
day notice informs the regulated
community to file relevant comments
and affords the agency adequate time to
digest public comments before it
renders a decision. 60 FR 44983, Aug.
29, 1995. Therefore, respondents should
submit their respective comments to
OMB within 30 days of publication to
best ensure having their full effect. 5
CFR 1320.12(c); see also 60 FR 44983,
Aug. 29, 1995.
The summaries below describe the
nature of the information collection
requirements (ICRs) and the expected
burden. The requirements are being
submitted for clearance by OMB as
required by the PRA.
Title: 49 U.S.C. Section 5339, Bus and
Bus Facilities Program.
OMB Control Number: 2132–0576.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: 49 U.S.C. Section 5339, the
Bus and Bus Facilities Program, was
originally authorized by the Moving
Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century
(MAP–21). The program was
reauthorized under the Fixing America’s
Surface Transportation (FAST) Act
Section 3017. This program authorizes
the Secretary of Transportation to
provide funding to replace, rehabilitate
and purchase buses and related
equipment and to construct bus-related
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changes or innovations to modify low or
no emission vehicles or facilities.
Funding is provided through formula
allocations and competitive grants. With
the passing of the FAST Act, two
competitive grant programs were added:
5339(b) for bus and bus facility projects
and 5339(c) for bus and bus facility
projects that support low and zeroemission vehicles. Eligible recipients
include 5307 Direct Recipients, States
and Federally Recognized Tribes.
Eligible sub-recipients include those
recipients that that receive a grant under
the formula or discretionary programs
and may allocate amounts from the
grant to sub-recipients that are public
agencies or private nonprofit
organizations engaged in public
transportation. Recipients apply for
grants electronically and FTA collects
milestone and financial status reports
from designated recipients and states on
a quarterly basis. The information
submitted ensures FTA’s compliance
with applicable federal laws.
Annual Estimated Total Burden
Hours: 60,650 hours.
All written comments must
refer to the docket number that appears
at the top of this document and be
submitted to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20503,
Attention: FTA Desk Officer.
Alternatively, comments may be sent
via email to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of
Management and Budget, at the
following address:
oira_submissions@omb.eop.gov.
Comments are Invited On: Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; the accuracy of
the Department’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 of this
notice in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES:

William Hyre,
Deputy Associate Administrator for
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
[FTA Docket No. FTA–2016–0033]

Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review
AGENCY:

Federal Transit Administration,

DOT.
ACTION:

Notice of request for comments.

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Requirements (ICRs)
abstracted below have been forwarded
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and comment. The
ICRs describe the nature of the
information collections and their
expected burdens. The Federal Register
notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following
collections of information was
published on May 9, 2016 (81 FR
28157).

SUMMARY:

Comments must be submitted on
or before November 2, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tia
Swain, Office of Administration,
Management Planning Division, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Mail Stop
TAD–10, Washington, DC 20590 (202)
366–0354.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), Public Law 104–13, Section 2,
109 Stat. 163 (1995) (codified as revised
at 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), and its
implementing regulations, 5 CFR part
1320, require Federal agencies to issue
two notices seeking public comment on
information collection activities before
OMB may approve paperwork packages.
44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.5,
1320.8(d)(1), 1320.12. On May 9, 2016,
FTA published a 60-day notice (81 FR
28157) in the Federal Register soliciting
comments on the ICR that the agency
was seeking OMB approval. FTA
received no comments after issuing this
60-day notice. Accordingly, DOT
announces that these information
collection activities have been reevaluated and certified under 5 CFR
1320.5(a) and forwarded to OMB for
review and approval pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.12(c).
Before OMB decides whether to
approve these proposed collections of
information, it must provide 30 days for
public comment. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b); 5
CFR 1320.12(d). Federal law requires
OMB to approve or disapprove
paperwork packages between 30 and 60
days after the 30 day notice is
DATES:

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published. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b)–(c); 5 CFR
1320.12(d); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983,
Aug. 29, 1995. OMB believes that the 30
day notice informs the regulated
community to file relevant comments
and affords the agency adequate time to
digest public comments before it
renders a decision. 60 FR 44983, Aug.
29, 1995. Therefore, respondents should
submit their respective comments to
OMB within 30 days of publication to
best ensure having their full effect. 5
CFR 1320.12(c); see also 60 FR 44983,
Aug. 29, 1995.
The summaries below describe the
nature of the information collection
requirements (ICRs) and the expected
burden. The requirements are being
submitted for clearance by OMB as
required by the PRA.
Title: 49 U.S.C. Section 5337, the
State of Good Repair Grants Program.
OMB Control Number: 2132–0577.
Type of Request: Extension without
change of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: 49 U.S.C. Section 5337, the
State of Good Repair Grants Program
was authorized by Moving Ahead for
Progress in the 21st Century (MAP–21).
It was reauthorized under the Fixing
America’s Surface Transportation
(FAST) Act Section 3015. This program
authorizes the Secretary of
Transportation to make grants to
designated recipients to maintain,
replace, and rehabilitate high intensity
fixed guideway systems and high
intensity motorbus systems. Eligible
recipients include state and local
government authorities in urbanized
areas with high intensity fixed
guideway systems and/or high intensity
motorbus systems operating for at least
seven years. Projects are funded at 80
percent federal with a 20 percent local
match requirement by statute. FTA will
apportion funds to designated
recipients. The designated recipients
will then allocate funds as appropriate
to recipients that are public entities in
the urbanized areas. FTA can make
grants to direct recipients after suballocation of funds. Recipients apply for
grants electronically, and FTA collects
milestone and financial status reports
from designated recipients on a
quarterly basis. The information
submitted ensures FTA’s compliance
with applicable federal laws.
Annual Estimated Total Burden
Hours: 9,120 hours.
ADDRESSES: All written comments must
refer to the docket number that appears
at the top of this document and be
submitted to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
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Street NW., Washington, DC 20503,
Attention: FTA Desk Officer.
Alternatively, comments may be sent
via email to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of
Management and Budget, at the
following address: oira_submissions@
omb.eop.gov.
Comments are Invited on: Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; the accuracy of
the Department’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 of this
notice in the Federal Register.
William Hyre,
Deputy Associate Administrator for
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
Acceptance of Applications for the
Award of Two Maritime Security
Program Operating Agreements
Maritime Administration,
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice of application period for
the Maritime Security Program.
AGENCY:

The Maritime Administration
(MARAD) is issuing this request for
applications for eligible vessels to enroll
in two Maritime Security Program
(MSP) Operating Agreements, subject to
the availability of appropriations, in
accordance with the provisions of the
Maritime Security Act of 2003, Public
Law 108–136, div. C, title XXXV, as
amended by Section 3508 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year (FY) 2013, Public Law 112–
239 (NDAA 2013). The MSP maintains
a fleet of active, commercially viable,
militarily useful, privately owned
vessels to meet national defense and
other security requirements and to
maintain a United States presence in
international commercial shipping. This
request for applications provides,
among other things, application criteria
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applications for vessel enrollment in the
MSP.
Applications for the enrollment
of two vessels must be received no later
than November 2, 2016. Applications
should be submitted to the address
listed in the ADDRESSES section below.

DATES:

Application forms and
instructions are available on the
MARAD Web site at http://
www.marad.dot.gov/ships-andshipping/strategic-sealift/maritimesecurity-program-msp/. Applications
shall be addressed to the Director, Office
of Sealift Support, Maritime
Administration, Department of
Transportation, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., W25–310, Washington, DC
20590.

ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William G. McDonald, Director, Office
of Sealift Support, Maritime
Administration, (202) 366–0688. For
military utility questions, call Mr. Tim
Boemecke, United States Transportation
Command (USTRANSCOM), (618) 220–
1452.
Section
53102(a) of Title 46, United States Code,
directs the Secretary of Transportation
(Secretary), in consultation with the
Secretary of Defense (SecDef), to
establish a fleet of active, commerciallyviable, militarily-useful, privatelyowned vessels to meet national defense
and other security requirements.
Payments to participating operators are
subject to the availability of
appropriations and are limited to the
following amounts: $3.5 million per
ship for FY 2016, $4.99995 million per
ship for FY 2017, $5.0 million per ship
for FY 2018 through 2020, $5.233463
million per ship for FY 2021, and $3.7
million per ship for FY 2022 through FY
2025. Consistent with the National
Security Requirements section below,
participating operators are required to
make their commercial transportation
resources available upon request by
SecDef during times of war or national
emergency.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Application Criteria
The NDAA 2013 amended the
procedures in 46 U.S.C. 53103(c) for
awarding new MSP Operating
Agreements. Namely, it established a
revised priority system whereby
applications would first be evaluated on
the basis of vessel type, as determined
by Department of Defense (DOD)
requirements, with secondary
consideration then provided to the
citizenship status of the applicant.

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