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the Search field. Then click the 

‘‘Comment Now’’ button and complete 

the comment form. 

• Email: PPTFormsOfficer@state.gov. 

You must include the DS form 

number (if applicable), information 

collection title, and the OMB control 

number in any correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Direct requests for additional 

information regarding the collection 

listed in this notice, including requests 

for copies of the proposed collection 

instrument and supporting documents, 

to PPT Forms Officer, U.S. Department 

of State, CA/PPT/S/L, 44132 Mercure 

Cir., P.O. Box 1227, Sterling, VA 20166– 

1227, or at PPTFormsOfficer@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

• Title of Information Collection: U.S. 

Passport Renewal Application for 

Eligible Individuals. 

• OMB Control Number: 1405–0020. 

• Type of Request: Revision of a 

Currently Approved Collection. 

• Originating Office: Bureau of 

Consular Affairs, Passport Services, 

Office of Legal Affairs and Law 

Enforcement Liaison (CA/PPT/S/L). 

• Form Number: DS–82. 

• Respondents: Individuals applying 

for a U.S. passport. 

• Estimated Number of Respondents: 

7,261,667. 

• Estimated Number of Responses: 

7,261,667. 

• Average Time per Response: 40 

Minutes. 

• Total Estimated Burden Time: 

4,841,111 hours. 

• Frequency: On occasion. 

• Obligation to Respond: Required to 

Obtain a Benefit. 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the time and cost burden for 

this proposed collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

• Minimize the reporting burden on 

those who are to respond, including the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Please note that comments submitted 

in response to this Notice are public 

record. Before including any detailed 

personal information, you should be 

aware that your comments as submitted, 

including your personal information, 

will be available for public review. 

Abstract of Proposed Collection 

The information collected on the DS– 

82 is used to facilitate the issuance of 

passports to U.S. citizens and nationals. 

The primary purpose of soliciting the 

information is to establish citizenship, 

identity, and entitlement to the issuance 

of the U.S. passport or related service, 

and to properly administer and enforce 

the laws pertaining to the issuance 

thereof. 

The DS–82 solicits data necessary for 

Passport Services to issue a United 

States passport (book and/or card 

format) in the exercise of authorities 

granted to the Secretary of State in 22 

United States Code (U.S.C.) section 211a 

et seq. and Executive Order (EO) 11295 

(August 5, 1966) for the issuance of 

passports to U.S. nationals. 

The issuance of U.S. passports 

requires the determination of identity, 

nationality, and entitlement, with 

reference to the provisions of title III of 

the Immigration and Nationality Act 

(INA) (8 U.S.C. 1401–1504), the 14th 

Amendment to the Constitution of the 

United States, other applicable treaties 

and laws and implementing regulations 

at 22 CFR part 50 and 51. The specific 

regulations pertaining to the 

Application for a U.S. Passport by Mail 

are at 22 CFR 51.20 and 51.21 

Methodology 

Passport Services collects information 

from U.S. citizens and non-citizen 

nationals who complete and submit the 

U.S. Passport Renewal Application. 

Passport applicants can either download 

the DS–82 from the internet or obtain 

one from an Acceptance Facility/

Passport Agency. The form must be 

completed, signed, and submitted along 

with the applicant’s previous U.S. 

passport. 

U.S. citizens overseas may download 

the DS–82 from the Internet or obtain 

one from the nearest U.S. embassy or 

consulate, along with the procedures to 

be followed when applying overseas. 

Additional Information 

The Privacy Act statement has been 

amended to clarify that an applicant’s 

failure to provide his or her Social 

Security number may result in the 

denial of an application, consistent with 

section 32101 of the Fixing America’s 

Surface Transportation Act (Pub. L. 

114–94), which authorizes the 

Department to deny U.S. passport 

applications when the applicant failed 

to include his or her Social Security 

number. It also makes clear that failure 

to include one’s Social Security number 

may also subject the applicant to a 

penalty enforced by the International 

Revenue Service. These requirements 

and the underlying legal authorities are 

further described on page 3 of the 

instructions titled ‘‘Federal Tax Law’’ 

which has also been amended to 

include a reference to Public Law 114– 

94. 

Dated: May 9, 2016. 

Brenda S. Sprague, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Passport 

Services, Bureau of Consular Affairs, 

Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2016–11623 Filed 5–16–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection: Application for 

Employment With the Federal Aviation 

Administration; Withdrawal 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments; withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: This action withdraws the 

Notice to collect information to process 

and report Unmanned Aircraft Systems 

(UAS) airborne and ground based 

observations by the public of drone 

behavior that they consider suspicious 

or illegal. The document contained 

errors, and needs further clarification. 

DATES: May 17, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ronda Thompson, Room 441, Federal 

Aviation Administration, ASP–110, 950 

L’Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC 

20024, by phone at (202) 267–1416, or 

by email at Ronda.Thompson@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

published in the Federal Register of 

May 10, 2016 (81 FR 28930) a Notice 

and request for comments on the FAA’s 

intention to request Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval for a new information 

collection to process and report UAS 

airborne and ground based observations 

by the public of drone behavior that 

they consider suspicious or illegal. The 

Notice and request for comments 

contained errors; therefore the Notice 

and request for comments is being 

withdrawn. 

The Withdrawal 

In consideration of the foregoing, the 

Notice and request for comments as 

published in the Federal Register of 

May 10, 2016 (81 FR 28930) FR Doc. 

2016–10976, is hereby withdrawn. 


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Issued in Washington, DC, on May 12, 

2016. 

Lorelei Peter, 

Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations. 

[FR Doc. 2016–11573 Filed 5–12–16; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Buy America Waiver Notification 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides 

information regarding FHWA’s finding 

that a Buy America waiver is 

appropriate for the obligation of 

Federal-aid funds for 34 State projects 

involving the acquisition of vehicles 

and equipment on the condition that 

they be assembled in the U.S. 

DATES: The effective date of the waiver 

is May 18, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about this notice, please 

contact Mr. Gerald Yakowenko, FHWA 

Office of Program Administration, 

telephone 202–366–1562, or via email at 

gerald.yakowenko@dot.gov. For legal 

questions, please contact Ms. Jennifer 

Mayo, FHWA Office of the Chief 

Counsel, 202–366–1523, or via email at 

jennifer.mayo@dot.gov. Office hours for 

the FHWA are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

An electronic copy of this document 

may be downloaded from the Federal 

Register’s Web site at http://

www.archives.gov and the Government 

Printing Office’s database at http://

www.access.gpo.gov/nara. 

Background 

This notice provides information 

regarding FHWA’s finding that a Buy 

America waiver is appropriate for the 

obligation of Federal-aid funds for 34 

State projects involving the acquisition 

of vehicles (including sedans, vans, 

pickups, trucks, buses, and street 

sweepers) and equipment (such as trail 

grooming equipment) on the condition 

that they be assembled in the U.S. The 

waiver would apply to approximately 

2,528 vehicles and equipment 

acquisitions. The requests for the fourth 

quarter of calendar year 2015, available 

at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/

construction/contracts/

cmaq160317.cfm, are incorporated by 

reference into this notice. These projects 

are being undertaken to implement air 

quality improvement, safety, and 

mobility goals under FHWA’s 

Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality 

Improvement Program and the 

Recreational Trails Program. 

Title 23, section 635.410, Code of 

Federal Regulations (23 CFR 635.410) 

requires that steel or iron materials 

(including protective coatings) that will 

be permanently incorporated in a 

Federal-aid project must be 

manufactured in the U.S. For FHWA, 

this means that all the processes that 

modified the chemical content, physical 

shape or size, or final finish of the 

material (from initial melting and 

mixing, continuing through the bending 

and coating) occurred in the U.S. The 

statute and regulations create a process 

for granting waivers from the Buy 

America requirements when its 

application would be inconsistent with 

the public interest or when satisfactory 

quality domestic steel and iron products 

are not sufficiently available. 

In 1983, FHWA determined that it 

was both in the public interest and 

consistent with the legislative intent to 

waive Buy America for manufactured 

products other than steel manufactured 

products. However, FHWA’s national 

waiver for manufactured products does 

not apply to the requests in this notice 

because they involve predominately 

steel and iron manufactured products. 

The FHWA’s Buy America requirements 

do not have special provisions for 

applying Buy America to ‘‘rolling stock’’ 

such as vehicles or vehicle components 

(see 49 U.S.C. 5323(j)(2)(C), 49 CFR 

661.11, and 49 U.S.C. 24405(a)(2)(C) for 

examples of Buy America rolling stock 

provisions for other DOT agencies). 

Based on all the information available 

to the agency, FHWA concludes that 

there are no domestic manufacturers 

that produce the vehicles and vehicle 

components identified in this notice in 

such a way that their steel and iron 

elements are manufactured 

domestically. The FHWA’s Buy America 

requirements were tailored to the types 

of products that are typically used in 

highway construction, which generally 

meet the requirement that steel and iron 

materials be manufactured domestically. 

In today’s global industry, vehicles are 

assembled with iron and steel 

components that are manufactured all 

over the world. The FHWA is not aware 

of any domestically produced vehicle 

on the market that meets FHWA’s Buy 

America requirement to have all its iron 

and steel be manufactured exclusively 

in the U.S. For example, the Chevrolet 

Volt, which was identified by many 

commenters in a November 21, 2011, 

Federal Register Notice (76 FR 72027) 

as a car that is made in the U.S., is 

comprised of only 45 percent of U.S. 

and Canadian content according to the 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration’s part 583 American 

Automobile Labeling Act Report Web 

page (http://www.nhtsa.gov/Laws+&+

Regulations/Part+583+American+

Automobile+Labeling+Act+(AALA)

+Reports). Moreover, there is no 

indication of how much of this 45 

percent content is U.S. manufactured 

(from initial melting and mixing) iron 

and steel content. 

In accordance with Division K, 

section 122 of the Consolidated and 

Further Continuing Appropriations Act 

of 2015 (Pub. L. 113–235), FHWA 

published a notice of intent to issue a 

waiver on its Web site at http://www.

fhwa.dot.gov/construction/contracts/

waivers.cfm?id=119 on March 17th. The 

FHWA received 11 comments in 

response to the publication. Three 

commenters support granting the waiver 

and stated that ‘‘the vehicles represent 

an ideal way for domestic clean fuel to 

be used and help air quality, economic 

security, and the regions.’’ Five 

commenters opposed granting the 

waiver and three commenters provided 

general comments suggesting that: (1) 

Buy America is supposed to bring 

manufacturing jobs back home; (2) the 

list is very expansive and appeared to be 

a list of products that are based on 

preference but could not be purchased 

domestically; and (3) some of the 

Recreational Trail items are specialized 

items available off the shelf. These 

commenters did not provide a 

recommendation for domestic products 

that fully comply with FHWA’s Buy 

America requirements. 

Based on FHWA’s conclusion that 

there are no domestic manufacturers 

that can produce the vehicles and 

equipment identified in this notice in 

such a way that steel and iron materials 

are manufactured domestically, and 

after consideration of the comments 

received, FHWA finds that application 

of FHWA’s Buy America requirements 

to these products is inconsistent with 

the public interest (23 U.S.C. 313(b)(1) 

and 23 CFR 635.410(c)(2)(i)). 

However, FHWA believes that it is in 

the public interest and consistent with 

the Buy America requirements to 

impose the condition that the vehicles 

and the vehicle components be 

assembled in the U.S. Requiring final 

assembly to be performed in the U.S. is 

consistent with past guidance to FHWA 

Division Offices on manufactured 

products (see Memorandum on Buy 

America Policy Response, December 22, 


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