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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2010–1066] 

Recreational Boating Safety Projects, 

Programs and Activities Funded Under 

Provisions of the Transportation 

Equity Act for the 21st Century; 

Accounting of 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In 1999, the Transportation 

Equity Act for the 21st Century made $5 

million available to the Secretary of 

Homeland Security for payment per 

year of Coast Guard expenses for 

personnel and activities directly related 

to coordinating and carrying out the 

national recreational boating safety 

program. In 2005, the law was amended, 

and the amount was increased to $5.5 

million. The Coast Guard is publishing 

this notice to satisfy a requirement of 

the Act that a detailed accounting of the 

projects, programs, and activities 

funded under the national recreational 

boating safety program provision of the 

Act be published annually in the 

Federal Register. In this notice, we have 

specified the amount of monies the 

Coast Guard has committed, obligated, 

or expended during fiscal year 2010, as 

of September 30, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions on this notice, call Jeff 

Ludwig, Regulations Development 

Manager, telephone 202–372–1061. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background and Purpose 

The Transportation Equity Act for the 

21st Century became law on June 9, 

1998 (Pub. L. 105–178; 112 Stat. 107). 

The Act required that of the $5 million 

made available to carry out the national 

recreational boating safety program each 

year, $2 million shall be available only 

to ensure compliance with Chapter 43 of 

Title 46, U.S. Code—Recreational 

Vessels. On September 29, 2005, the 

Sportfishing and Recreational Boating 

Safety Amendments Act of 2005 was 

enacted (Pub. L. 109–74; 119 Stat. 2031). 

This Act increased the funds available 

to the national recreational boating 

safety program from $5 million to $5.5 

million annually, and stated that ‘‘not 

less than’’ $2 million shall be available 

only to ensure compliance with Chapter 

43 of Title 46, U.S. Code—Recreational 

Vessels. 

These funds are available to the 

Secretary for payment of expenses of the 

Coast Guard for personnel and activities 

directly related to coordinating and 

carrying out the national recreational 

boating safety program. Subsection (c) of 

section 7405 of the Transportation 

Equity Act for the 21st Century directs 

that no funds available to the Secretary 

under this subsection may be used to 

replace funding traditionally provided 

through general appropriations, nor for 

any purposes except those purposes 

authorized; namely, for personnel and 

activities directly related to 

coordinating and carrying out the 

national recreational boating safety 

program. Amounts made available each 

fiscal year from 1999 through 2010 shall 

remain available until expended. 

Use of these funds requires 

compliance with standard Federal 

contracting rules with associated lead 

and processing times resulting in a lag 

time between available funds and 

spending. The total amount of funding 

transferred to the Coast Guard from the 

Sport Fish Restoration and Boating 

Trust Fund and committed, obligated, 

and/or expended during fiscal year 2010 

for each activity is shown below. 

Factory Visit Program/Boat Testing 

Program: Funding was provided to 

continue the national recreational boat 

factory visit program, initiated in 

January 2001. The factory visit program 

currently allows contractor personnel, 

acting on behalf of the Coast Guard, to 

visit 2,000 recreational boat 

manufacturers each year to either 

inspect for compliance with Federal 

regulations, communicate with the 

manufacturers as to why they need to 

comply with Federal regulations, or 

educate them, as necessary, on how to 

comply with Federal regulations. 

Funding was also provided for testing of 

certain associated equipment and inwater testing of atypical and used 

recreational boats for compliance with 

capacity and flotation standards. This 

funding satisfies the legal requirements 

that ‘‘not less than’’ $2 million be 

available to ensure compliance with 

Chapter 43 of Title 46, U.S. Code— 

Recreational Vessels. ($2,313,078). 

New Recreational Boating Safety 

Associated Travel: Travel by members 

of the Boating Safety Division’s strategic 

planning panel was undertaken to 

attend meetings to develop the next 

iteration of the national recreational 

boating safety program strategic plan. 

($18,882). 

Boating Accident News Clipping 

Services: Funding was provided to 

continue to gather daily news stories of 

recreational boating accidents nationally 

for more real time accident information 

and to identify accidents that may 

involve regulatory non-compliances or 

safety defects. ($26,000). 

Accident Investigation Tiger Team: 

Funding was provided to continue to 

provide on-call expert accident 

investigative services for any boating 

accident that appeared to involve a 

regulatory non-compliance or safety 

defect. ($17,335). 

Web-based Document Management 

System: Funding was provided to 

continue to provide a web-based 

document management system to better 

enable the handling of thousands of 

recreational boating recall case and 

campaign reports. ($60,000). 

Recreational Boating Safety (RBS) 

Outreach Program: Funding was 

provided for this program which 

provides full marketing, media, public 

information, and program strategy 

support to the nation-wide RBS effort. 

The goal is to coordinate the RBS 

outreach initiatives and campaigns, 

some of which include: National 

Boating Under the Influence Campaign 

(BUI), ‘‘Boat Responsibly!’’, Life Jacket 

Wear, Vessel Safety Check Program 

(VSC), Boating Safety Education 

Courses, Propeller Strike Avoidance, 

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, and other 

recreational boating safety issues on an 

as needed basis. ($597,621). 

Web site Support: Funding for this 

initiative provides a full range of public 

media and boating safety information at 

http://www.uscgboating.org for a 

worldwide audience. It covers a wide 

spectrum of boating safety related topics 

and is dedicated to reducing loss of life, 

injuries, and property damage that occur 

on U.S. waterways by improving the 

knowledge, skills, and abilities of 

recreational boaters. ($104,723). 

Boating Accident Report Database 

(BARD) Web System: BARD Web System 

funding enables reporting authorities in 

the 50 States, five U.S. Territories, and 

the District of Columbia to submit their 

accident reports electronically over a 

secure Internet connection. The system 

also enables the user community to 

generate statistical reports that show the 

frequency, nature, and severity of 

boating accidents. Fiscal year 2010 

funds supported system maintenance, 

development, and technical (hotline) 

support. ($128,305). 

Personnel Support: Funding was 

provided for personnel to support the 

development of new regulations and to 

conduct boating safety-related research 

and analysis ($669,338). 

Printing: Funding was provided for 

printing the brochure ‘‘A GUIDE TO 

THE FEDERAL REQIREMENTS FOR 

RECREATIONAL BOATS.’’ This 

publication is used to educate boaters 

on the safety equipment carriage 

requirements for recreational boats, and 

proper and safe boating practices. The 

Coast Guard, USCG Auxiliary, U.S. 

Power Squadrons, and State agencies 


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distribute this product to the public at 

local boating events, during classroom 

instruction, and during Vessel Safety 

Checks. ($101,420). 

Reimbursable Salaries: Funding was 

provided to carry out the work as 

prescribed in 46 U.S.C. 13106(c) and as 

described herein. The first position was 

that of a professional mathematician/ 

statistician to conduct necessary 

national surveys and studies on 

recreational boating activities as well as 

to serve as a liaison to other Federal 

agencies that are conducting boating 

surveys so that we can pool our 

resources and reduce costs. The second 

position was that of Outreach 

coordinator with responsibility of 

overseeing and managing RBS projects 

related to carbon monoxide poisoning, 

propeller injury mitigation, 

manufacturer compliance initiatives, 

etc. ($320,518). 

Of the $5.5 million made available to 

the Coast Guard in fiscal year 2010, 

$2,726,496 has been committed, 

obligated, or expended and an 

additional $1,630,723 of prior fiscal year 

funds have been committed, obligated, 

or expended, as of September 30, 2010. 

Approximately $10.6 million has not 

been committed, obligated, or expended 

from previous years and is being 

reserved for a multi-year national 

boating survey. 

This notice is issued under the 

authority of 46 U.S.C. 13106(c)(4). 

Dated: December 10, 2010. 

Kevin S. Cook, 

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of 

Prevention Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31558 Filed 12–15–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: North American Free Trade 

Agreement Duty Deferral 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP), Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for 

comments; extension of an existing 

collection of information: 1651–0071. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, CBP invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to comment 

on an information collection 

requirement concerning the North 

American Free Trade Agreement 

(NAFTA) Duty Deferral. This request for 

comment is being made pursuant to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(Pub. L. 104–13; 44 U.S.C. 3505(c)(2)). 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before February 14, 2011, 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

Attn: Tracey Denning, Regulations and 

Rulings, Office of International Trade, 

799 9th Street, NW., 5th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20229–1177. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Tracey Denning, 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

Regulations and Rulings, Office of 

International Trade, 799 9th Street, 

NW., 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20229– 

1177, at 202–325–0265. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CBP 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13; 

44 U.S.C. 3505(c)(2)). The comments 

should address: (a) Whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimates of the burden of the 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; (d) 

ways to minimize the burden including 

the use of automated collection 

techniques or the use of other forms of 

information technology; and (e) the 

annual costs burden to respondents or 

record keepers from the collection of 

information (a total capital/startup costs 

and operations and maintenance costs). 

The comments that are submitted will 

be summarized and included in the CBP 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval. All comments 

will become a matter of public record. 

In this document CBP is soliciting 

comments concerning the following 

information collection: 

Title: NAFTA Duty Deferral. 

OMB Number: 1651–0071. 

Abstract: The provisions of North 

American Free Trade Agreement 

(NAFTA) were adopted by the U.S. with 

the enactment of the North American 

Free Trade Agreement Implementation 

Act of 1993 (Pub. L. 103–182). The 

objectives of NAFTA are to eliminate 

barriers between countries, to facilitate 

conditions of fair competition within 

the free trade area, and to liberalize 

conditions for investments with the free 

trade area. 

19 CFR 181.53 sets forth procedures 

and documentation required for those 

seeking a reduction in duties when 

merchandise is withdrawn from a U.S. 

duty deferral program for exportation to 

another NAFTA country. Claimants 

must provide this information to CBP so 

a determination can be made to reduce 

or waive duties on imported 

merchandise. Information on how to file 

claims under NAFTA duty deferral can 

be found at: http://www.cbp.gov/xp/ 

cgov/trade/trade_programs/

international_agreements/free_trade/

nafta/duty_deferral/. 

Current Actions: CBP proposes to 

extend the expiration date of this 

information collection with no change 

to the burden hours or to the 

information being collected. 

Type of Review: Extension (without 

change). 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

50. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 28. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 1,400. 

Estimated Time per Response: 12 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 280. 

Dated: December 13, 2010. 

Tracey Denning, 

Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31636 Filed 12–15–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

Notice of Issuance of Final 

Determination Concerning the Fairplay 

Hoss and the Fairplay Eve Electric 

Vehicles 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, Department of Homeland 

Security. 

ACTION: Notice of final determination. 

SUMMARY: This document provides 

notice that U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (‘‘CBP’’) has issued a final 

determination concerning the country of 

origin of the Fairplay Hoss and the 

Fairplay Eve lines of electric vehicles. 

Based upon the facts presented, CBP has 

concluded in the final determination 

that the United States is the country of 

origin of the Fairplay Hoss and Eve lines 

of electric vehicles for purposes of U.S. 

Government procurement. 


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