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(d) ways that the burden could be 

minimized without reducing the quality 

of the collected information. The agency 

will summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 3, 

2011. 

Carla Scott, 

FAA Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, IT Enterprises Business Services 

Division, AES–200. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5469 Filed 3–9–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection: Certificated 

Training Centers 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA 

invites public comments about our 

intention to request the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval to renew an information 

collection. To determine regulatory 

compliance, there is a need for airmen 

to maintain records of certain training 

and recency of experience; a training 

center has to maintain records of 

student’s training, employee 

qualification and training, and training 

program approvals. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by May 9, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carla Scott on (202) 267–9895, or by email at: Carla.Scott@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0570. 

Title: Certificated Training Centers— 

Simulator Rule, Part 142. 

Form Numbers: There are no FAA 

forms associated with this collection. 

Type of Review: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

Background: 14 CFR part 142.73 

requires that training centers maintain 

records for a period of one year to show 

trainee qualifications for training, 

testing, or checking, training attempts, 

training checking, and testing results, 

and for one year following termination 

of employment the qualification of 

instructors and evaluators providing 

those services. The information is 

maintained by the certificate holder and 

subject to review by aviation safety 

inspectors (operations), designated to 

provide surveillance to training centers 

to ensure compliance with airman 

training, testing, and certification 

requirements specified in other parts of 

the 14 CFR. 

Respondents: Approximately 108 

training centers. 

Frequency: Information is collected 

on occasion. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 1,177.6 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

127,180 hours. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA 

at the following address: Ms. Carla 

Scott, Room 712, Federal Aviation 

Administration, IT Enterprises Business 

Services Division, AES–200, 800 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20591. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for FAA’s 

performance; (b) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information collection; and 

(d) ways that the burden could be 

minimized without reducing the quality 

of the collected information. The agency 

will summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 3, 

2011. 

Carla Scott, 

FAA Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, IT Enterprises Business Services 

Division, AES–200. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5468 Filed 3–9–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2011–0122] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments for a 

New Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) approval for a new information 

collection, which is summarized below 

under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We 

published a Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day public comment period 

on this information collection on 

December 29, 2010. We are required to 

publish this notice in the Federal 

Register by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

April 11, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

within 30 days to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503, Attention: DOT Desk Officer. 

You are asked to comment on any 

aspect of this information collection, 

including: (1) Whether the proposed 

collection is necessary for the FHWA’s 

performance; (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (3) ways for the 

FHWA to enhance the quality, 

usefulness, and clarity of the collected 

information; and (4) ways that the 

burden could be minimized, including 

the use of electronic technology, 

without reducing the quality of the 

collected information. All comments 

should include the Docket number 

FHWA–2011–0122. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kevin Douglas, 202–366–2601, Office of 

Human Environment, Federal Highway 

Administration, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Surface Transportation 

Environment and Planning (STEP) 

Cooperative Research Program. 

Background: Section 5207 of the Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users of 2005 (SAFETEA–LU) 

established a new cooperative research 

program for environment and planning 

research in section 507 of Title 23, 

United States Code, Highways 

(23 U.S.C. 507). The general objective of 

the STEP is to improve understanding of 

the complex relationship between 

surface transportation, planning, and 

the environment. The FHWA anticipates 

that the STEP program will provide 

resources for national research on issues 

related to planning, environment and 

realty. These resources are likely to be 

included in future surface 

transportation legislation. The research 

program established under this section 

shall ensure that stakeholders are 

involved in the governance of the 

program, at the executive, overall 

program, and technical levels, through 

the use of expert panels and 

committees. FHWA will be collecting 

feedback via a STEP Web site on the 18 

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be used to identify potential research for 

an annual Research Plan. 

The number of stakeholders with an 

interest in environment and planning 

research includes three groups: 

I—Federal Agencies and Tribal 

Governments 

II—State and Local Governments 

III—Nongovernmental Transportation 

and Environmental Stakeholders 

Respondents: An estimated 270 

participants annually for a total of 

approximately 810 participants during 

the three-year period while the OMB 

clearance is in effect. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 30 minutes each year. Due to 

the specialized nature of the 18 

emphasis areas, most commenters will 

provide input in only one area. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: Approximately 135 hours 

annually (405 hours total for the threeyear period). 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued on: March 2, 2011. 

Juli Huynh, 

Chief, Management Programs and Analysis 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5425 Filed 3–9–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

FY 2011 Discretionary Funding 

Opportunity: Paul S. Sarbanes Transit 

in Parks Program 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of availability: 

solicitation of project proposals. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) announces the 

upcoming availability of Fiscal Year 

(FY) 2011 Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in 

Parks Program (Transit in Parks 

Program) discretionary funds. This 

notice solicits proposals to compete for 

FY 2011 funds under the program, 

which was established by Section 3021 

of SAFETEA–LU, as amended (49 U.S.C. 

5320). The amount of funding available 

will be determined by Congressional 

appropriation prior to the selection of 

awardees, and based on the timing of 

such funding becoming available, may 

also include funding for Fiscal Year 

2012. The program is administered by 

FTA in partnership with the Department 

of the Interior (DOI) and the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture’s Forest 

Service. 

The program funds capital and 

planning expenses for alternative 

transportation systems such as buses, 

trams and non-motorized trails in 

federally-managed parks and public 

lands. Federal land management 

agencies, as well as State, tribal and 

local governments acting with the 

consent of a Federal land management 

agency are eligible to apply. DOI, after 

consultation with and in cooperation 

with FTA, will determine the final 

selection and funding of projects. 

Geographic diversity will be considered 

when allocating funds. 

This announcement is available on 

the FTA Web site at: http:// 

www.fta.dot.gov. FTA will announce 

final selections on the Web site and in 

the Federal Register. A synopsis of this 

funding opportunity will be posted in 

the FIND module of the governmentwide electronic grants Web site at 

http://www.grants.gov. 

DATES: Complete proposals must be 

received by 12 midnight EST on May 9, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Project proposals must be 

submitted electronically through the 

GRANTS.GOV Web site and applicants 

must be properly registered. Anyone 

intending to apply electronically 

through GRANTS.GOV should initiate 

the process of registering on the 

GRANTS.GOV site immediately to 

ensure completion of registration before 

the deadline for submission. 

GRANTS.GOV applicants should 

receive two confirmation e-mails. The 

first will confirm that the application 

was received and a subsequent e-mail 

will be sent within 24–48 hours 

indicating whether the application was 

validated or rejected by the system. If 

interested parties experience difficulties 

at any point during the registration or 

application process, please call the 

GRANTS.GOV Customer Support 

Hotline at 1–800–518–4726, Monday– 

Friday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. EST. The 

required electronic project proposal 

template as well as guidance on 

completing a proposal template can also 

be found on GRANTS.GOV and on the 

program Web site at http:// 

www.fta.dot.gov/funding/grants/ 

grants_financing_6106.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact the appropriate FTA Regional 

Administrator (Appendix A) for 

proposal-specific information or the 

appropriate land management agency 

(Appendix B) for the Paul S. Sarbanes 

Transit in Parks Program. For general 

program information, contact Adam 

Schildge, Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in 

Parks Program, (202) 366–0778, 

Adam.Schildge@dot.gov. A TDD is 

available at 1–800–877–8339 (TDD/ 

FIRS). For technical assistance or 

general inquiries regarding alternative 

transportation in federal lands, contact 

the Transit in Parks Technical 

Assistance Center at http:// 

www.triptac.org, (877) 704–5292, or 

helpdesk@triptac.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

A. Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks Program 

I. Overview 

II. Program Purpose 

III. Program Information 

1. Eligible Applicants 

2. Eligible Projects 

3. Financial Limitations and Cost Sharing 

4. Application Content 

5. Evaluation Criteria 

IV. Technical Assistance and Other Program 

Information 

Appendix A—FTA Regional Offices 

Appendix B—Land Management Agency 

Contacts 

I. Overview 

Section 3021 of the Safe, Accountable, 

Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 

Act—A Legacy for Users of 2005 

(SAFETEA–LU), as amended, 

established the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit 

in Parks Program (Transit in Parks 

Program) (49 U.S.C. 5320). The program 

is administered by the Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) in partnership 

with the Department of the Interior 

(DOI) and the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture’s Forest Service. 

Congestion in and around parks and 

public lands causes traffic delays and 

noise and air pollution that 

substantially detract from the visitor’s 

experience and the protection of natural 

resources. In August 2001, the 

Department of Transportation (DOT) 

and DOI published a comprehensive 

study of alternative transportation needs 

in national parks and related Federal 

lands. The study identified significant 

alternative transportation needs at sites 

managed by the National Park Service, 

the Bureau of Land Management, and 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

Additionally, a supplement to this 

report identified Forest Service sites 

that would benefit from such services. 

II. Program Purpose 

The purpose of the program is to 

provide for the planning and capital 

costs of alternative transportation 

systems that will enhance the protection 

of national parks and Federal lands; 

increase the enjoyment of visitors’ 

experience by conserving natural, 

historical, and cultural resources; 

reduce congestion and pollution; 

improve visitor mobility and 

accessibility; enhance visitor 


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