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5. Authorization for the Social 

Security Administration to Obtain 

Account Records from a Financial 

Institution and Request for Records 

(Medicare)—0960–0729. The Medicare 

Prescription Drug, Improvement, and 

Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) 

established the Medicare Part D program 

for voluntary prescription drug coverage 

of premium, deductible, and copayment 

costs for individuals with limited 

income and resources. The MMA 

mandates that the Government provide 

subsidies for those individuals who 

qualify for the program, and who meet 

eligibility criteria for help with 

premium, deductible, or co-payment 

costs. SSA uses the SSA–4640, 

Authorization for the Social Security 

Administration to Obtain Account 

Records from a Financial Institution and 

Request for Records (Medicare) to 

determine if subsidy applicants or 

recipients qualify, or continue to 

qualify, for the subsidy. SSA uses Form 

SSA–4640 to: 

(1) Obtain the individual’s consent to 

verify balances of financial institution 

(FI) accounts; and (2) obtain verification 

of such balances from the FI. 

Respondents are Medicare Part D 

program subsidy applicants or 

claimants, and their financial 

institutions. 

This is a correction notice. SSA 

published this information collection as 

a revision on March 9, 2015 at 80 FR 

12542. Since we are not revising the 

Privacy Act Statement, this is now an 

extension of an OMB-approved 

information collection. 

Type of Request: Extension of an 

OMB-approved information collection. 

Modality of completion Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Average 

burden per 

response 

(minutes) 

Estimated total 

annual burden 

(hours) 

Medicare Part D Subsidy Applicants ............................................................... 5,000 1 1 83 

Financial Institutions ........................................................................................ 5,000 1 4 333 

Total .......................................................................................................... 10,000 ........................ ........................ 416 

Dated: May 20, 2015. 

Faye I. Lipsky, 

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2015–12671 Filed 5–26–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 9147] 

Certifications Pursuant to Section 609 

of Public Law 101–162 

SUMMARY: On April 27, 2015, the 

Department of State certified, pursuant 

to Section 609 of Public Law 101–162, 

that 14 nations have adopted programs 

to reduce the incidental capture of sea 

turtles in their shrimp fisheries 

comparable to the program in effect in 

the United States. The Department also 

certified that the fishing environments 

in 26 other countries and one economy 

do not pose a threat of the incidental 

taking of sea turtles protected under 

Section 609. 

DATES: Effective on Publication. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen J. Wilger, Office of Marine 

Conservation, Bureau of Oceans and 

International Environmental and 

Scientific Affairs, Department of State, 

Washington, DC 20520–7818; telephone: 

(202) 647–3263; email: wilgersj2@

state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

609 of Public Law 101–162 (‘‘Section 

609’’) prohibits imports of certain 

categories of shrimp unless the 

President certifies to the Congress by 

May 1, 1991, and annually thereafter, 

either: (1) That the harvesting nation has 

adopted a program governing the 

incidental capture of sea turtles in its 

commercial shrimp fishery comparable 

to the program in effect in the United 

States and has an incidental take rate 

comparable to that of the United States; 

or (2) that the fishing environment in 

the harvesting nation does not pose a 

threat of the incidental taking of sea 

turtles. The President has delegated the 

authority to make this certification to 

the Department of State (‘‘the 

Department’’). Revised State Department 

guidelines for making the required 

certifications were published in the 

Federal Register on July 2, 1999 (Vol. 

64, No. 130, Public Notice 3086). 

On April 27, 2015, the Department 

certified 14 nations on the basis that 

their sea turtle protection programs are 

comparable to that of the United States: 

Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El 

Salvador, Gabon, Guatemala, Guyana, 

Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, 

Pakistan, Panama, and Suriname. The 

Department also certified 26 shrimp 

harvesting nations and one economy as 

having fishing environments that do not 

pose a danger to sea turtles. Sixteen 

nations have shrimping grounds only in 

cold waters where the risk of taking sea 

turtles is negligible. They are: 

Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Chile, 

Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, 

Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, 

Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United 

Kingdom, and Uruguay. Ten nations 

and one economy only harvest shrimp 

using small boats with crews of less 

than five that use manual rather than 

mechanical means to retrieve nets, or 

catch shrimp using other methods that 

do not threaten sea turtles. Use of such 

small-scale technology does not 

adversely affect sea turtles. The 10 

nations and one economy are: The 

Bahamas, Belize, China, the Dominican 

Republic, Fiji, Hong Kong, Jamaica, 

Oman, Peru, Sri Lanka, and Venezuela. 

The Department of State has 

communicated the certifications under 

Section 609 to the Office of Field 

Operations of U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection. 

All DS–2031 forms accompanying 

shrimp imports from uncertified nations 

must be originals and signed by the 

competent domestic fisheries authority. 

Shrimp harvested with turtle excluder 

devices (TEDs) in an uncertified nation 

may, under specific circumstances, be 

eligible for importation into the United 

States under the DS–2031 section 

7(A)(2) provision for ‘‘shrimp harvested 

by commercial shrimp trawl vessels 

using TEDs comparable in effectiveness 

to those required in the United States.’’ 

Use of this provision requires that the 

Department of State determine in 

advance that the government of the 

harvesting nation has put in place 

adequate procedures to monitor the use 

of TEDS in the specific fishery in 

question and to ensure the accurate 

completion of the DS–2031 forms. At 

this time, the Department has made 

such a determination only with respect 

to specific and limited fisheries in 

Australia and France. Thus, the 

importation of TED-caught shrimp from 

any other uncertified nation will not be 

allowed. For Australia, shrimp 

harvested in the Exmouth Gulf Prawn 

Fishery, the Northern Prawn Fishery, 

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the Queensland East Coast Trawl 

Fishery, and the Torres Strait Prawn 

Fishery are eligible for entry under this 

provision. For France, shrimp harvested 

in the French Guiana domestic trawl 

fishery are eligible for entry under this 

provision. An official of the competent 

domestic fisheries authority for the 

country where the shrimp were 

harvested must sign the DS–2031 form 

accompanying these imports into the 

United States. 

In addition, the Department has 

determined that shrimp harvested in the 

Spencer Gulf region in Australia and 

Mediterranean red shrimp (Aristeus 

antennatus) harvested in the 

Mediterranean Sea by Spain may be 

exported to the United States under the 

DS–2031 section 7(A)(4) provision for 

‘‘shrimp harvested in a manner or under 

circumstances determined by the 

Department of State not to pose a threat 

of the incidental taking of sea turtles.’’ 

An official of the Government of 

Australia or Spain must certify the DS– 

2031 form accompanying these imports 

into the United States. 

Dated: May 20, 2015. 

David A. Balton, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for 

Oceans and Fisheries, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2015–12750 Filed 5–26–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 9148] 

Determination and Certification Under 

Section 40A of the Arms Export 

Control Act 

Pursuant to section 40A of the Arms 

Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2781), and 

Executive Order 13637, as amended, I 

hereby determine and certify to the 

Congress that the following countries 

are not cooperating fully with United 

States antiterrorism efforts: 

Eritrea 

Iran 

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 

(DPRK, or North Korea) 

Syria 

Venezuela 

This determination and certification 

shall be transmitted to the Congress and 

published in the Federal Register. 

Dated: May 11, 2015. 

John Kerry, 

Secretary of State. 

[FR Doc. 2015–12747 Filed 5–26–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–10–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 21 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 28, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about this notice, please 

contact Mr. Gerald Yakowenko, FHWA 

Office of Program Administration, 202– 

366–1562, or via email at 

gerald.yakowenko@dot.gov. For legal 

questions, please contact Mr. Jomar 

Maldonado, FHWA Office of the Chief 

Counsel, 202–366–1373, or via email at 

jomar.maldonado@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 home page 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 21 

State projects involving the acquisition 

of vehicles (including sedans, vans, 

pickups, trucks, buses, and street 

sweepers) and equipment (such as 

snooper truck and trail grooming 

equipment) on the condition that they 

be assembled in the U.S. The waiver 

would apply to approximately 249 

vehicles. The requests, available at 

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

contracts/cmaq150325.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; 

National Bridge and Tunnel Inventory 

and Inspection Program; and the 

Recreational Trails Program. 

Title 23, Code of Federal Regulations, 

section 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 

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