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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Issued in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 18,
2019.
Rans D. Black,
Manager, Jackson Airports District Office
Southern Region.
[FR Doc. 2019–14135 Filed 7–1–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
[FTA Docket No. FTA 2019–0008]

Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review
AGENCY:

Federal Transit Administration,

DOT.
ACTION:

Notice of request for comments.

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to
request the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) to approve the extension
of a currently approved information
collection: Bus Testing Program.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
before September 3, 2019.

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SUMMARY:

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To ensure that your
comments are not entered more than
once into the docket, submit comments
identified by the docket number by only
one of the following methods:
1. Website: www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting
comments on the U.S. Government
electronic docket site. (Note: The U.S.
Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s)
electronic docket is no longer accepting
electronic comments.) All electronic
submissions must be made to the U.S.
Government electronic docket site at
www.regulations.gov. Commenters
should follow the directions below for
mailed and hand-delivered comments.
2. Fax: 202–366–7951.
3. Mail: U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Docket Operations, M–30,
West Building, Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001.
4. Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Docket Operations, M–30,
West Building, Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001
between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except federal
holidays.
Instructions: You must include the
agency name and docket number for this
notice at the beginning of your
comments. Submit two copies of your
comments if you submit them by mail.
For confirmation that FTA has received
your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Note that
all comments received, including any
personal information, will be posted
and will be available to internet users,
without change, to www.regulations.gov.
You may review DOT’s complete
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal
Register published April 11, 2000, (65
FR 19477), or you may visit
www.regulations.gov. Docket: For access
to the docket to read background
documents and comments received, go
to www.regulations.gov at any time.
Background documents and comments
received may also be viewed at the U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Docket
Operations, M–30, West Building,
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001 between
9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bus
Testing Program—Mr. Marcel Belanger,
Office of Research, Demonstration and
Innovation (202) 366–0725, or email:
marcel.belanger@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested
parties are invited to send comments
regarding any aspect of this information
ADDRESSES:

Graham Coffelt, Program Manager,
Jackson Airports District Office, 100
West Cross Street, Suite B, Jackson, MS
39208–2307, (601) 664–9886. The land
release request may be reviewed in
person at this same location.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
provisions of Title 49, U.S.C. Section
47153(c). The FAA is reviewing a
request by the Mobile Airport Authority
to designate 7.50 acres of land for nonaeronautical use on the airport layout
plan. The airport layout plan update, if
approved as submitted, would change
the use of 7.50 aces on the Mobile
Downtown Airport from aeronautical to
non-aeronautical. The property will be
leased for Commercial Development.
The location of the land relative to
existing or anticipated aircraft noise
contours greater than 65ldn are not
considered to be an issue. The proceeds
from the lease of this property will be
used for airport purposes. The proposed
use of this property is compatible with
airport operations.
Any person may inspect the request
in person at the FAA office listed above
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
In addition, any person may, upon
request, inspect the request, notice and
other documents germane to the request
in person at the Mobile Downtown
Airport (BFM).

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collection, including: (1) The necessity
and utility of the information collection
for the proper performance of the
functions of the FTA; (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. Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval of this
information collection.
Title: Bus Testing Program
(OMB Number: 2132–0550)
Background: 49 U.S.C. Section
5318(e) provides that Federal funds
appropriated or otherwise made
available under 49 U.S.C. Chapter 53
[FTA funding] may not be obligated or
expended for the acquisition of a new
bus model unless a bus of that model
has been tested for maintainability,
reliability, safety, performance
(including braking performance),
structural integrity, fuel economy,
emissions, and noise at a bus testing
facility authorized under 49 U.S.C.
Section 5318(a).
At this time, there is one active Bus
Testing Center operated by the Thomas
D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation
Institute of the Pennsylvania State
University (LTI). LTI operates and
maintains the Center under a
cooperative agreement with FTA, and
establishes and collects fees for the
testing of the vehicles at the facility.
Two additional bus testing facilities
authorized to test low and no-emission
(LoNo) buses have been authorized by
Congress. FTA is working with Auburn
University and The Ohio State
University to establish those facilities,
which are not yet operational. The
nature and quantity of the information
that must be collected to operate the Bus
Testing Program will not change
significantly when these additional
centers become operational. Auburn and
Ohio State separately received
appropriations to conduct testing of
components for LoNo buses. Those
projects are separate from Bus Testing
and FTA does not expect them to affect
the paperwork burden for the Bus
Testing Program. Upon completion of
the testing of the vehicle at the Center
with a passing test score, a draft Bus
Testing Report is provided to the
manufacturer of the new bus model. If
the manufacturer approves the Report
for publication, the bus model becomes
eligible for FTA funding. 49 CFR 665.7
requires a recipient of FTA funds to
certify that a bus model has been tested

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at the bus testing facility, that the bus
model received a passing score, and that
the recipient has a copy of the
applicable Bus Testing Report(s) on a
bus model before final acceptance of
any buses of that model. Recipients are
strongly encouraged to review the Bus
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model before final acceptance and/or
selection of that bus model.
Respondents: Bus manufacturers and
recipients of FTA funds.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 40 testing determination
requirements requests at 32 hours each,
20 testing authorization requests at 32
hours each, 16 tests scheduled at 10

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hours each, and 3 retest requests at 17
hours each.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
2,131 hours.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Nadine Pembleton,
Director, Office of Management Planning.
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