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to be able to respond to a collection of 

information; search data sources; 

complete and review the collection of 

information; and transmit or otherwise 

disclose the information. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Rubber tire manufacturing. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

41. 

Frequency of Response: Initially, 

annually, and semiannually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

13,323. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$1,266,476, which includes $1,250,076 

in labor costs, no capital/startup costs, 

and $16,400 in operation and 

maintenance (O&M) costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

increase in the number of affected 

facilities, labor hours, or the number of 

responses compared to the previous 

ICR. 

There is however, an increase in the 

estimated labor burden cost as currently 

identified in the OMB Inventory of 

Approved Burdens. This increase is not 

due to any program change. The change 

in the labor burden cost estimates has 

occurred because we updated the labor 

rates, which resulted in an increase in 

labor costs. There is also an increase of 

$400.00 to the operation and 

maintenance (O&M) costs. 

Dated: December 7, 2010. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31342 Filed 12–13–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2009–0477; FRL–8856–5] 

Endocrine Disruptor Screening 

Program; Second List of Chemicals for 

Tier 1 Screening; Extension of 

Comment Period 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: EPA published a notice in the 

Federal Register issue of November 17, 

2010, concerning the Endocrine 

Disruptor Screening Program’s (EDSP) 

second list of chemicals for Tier 1 

screening. This document extends the 

comment period from December 17, 

2010, to January 18, 2011. 

DATES: Comments, identified by docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ– 

OPPT–2009–0477, must be received on 

or before January 18, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed 

instructions as provided under 

ADDRESSES in the Federal Register 

notice of November 17, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information contact: William 

Wooge, Office of Science Coordination 

and Policy, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (202) 564–8476; e-mail 

address: wooge.william@epa.gov. 

For general information contact: The 

TSCA–Hotline, ABVI–Goodwill, 422 

South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 

14620; telephone number: (202) 554– 

1404; e-mail address: TSCA– 

Hotline@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document extends the public comment 

period established in the Federal 

Register notice of November 17, 2010 

(75 FR 70248) (FRL–8848–7). In that 

notice, EPA announced the second list 

of chemicals and substances for which 

EPA intends to issue test orders under 

EDSP and requested comment. EPA is 

hereby extending the comment period, 

which was set to end on December 17, 

2010, to January 18, 2011. 

To submit comments, or access the 

docket, please follow the detailed 

instructions as provided under 

ADDRESSES in the Federal Register 

notice of November 17, 2010. If you 

have questions, consult the technical 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Chemicals, 

Drinking water, Endocrine disruptors, 

Pesticides and pests. 

Dated: December 8, 2010. 

Stephen A. Owens, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31336 Filed 12–13–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9238–8] 

Notice of a Regional Waiver of Section 

1605 (Buy American Requirement) of 

the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to 

the City of Astoria (the City), OR 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Regional Administrator 

of EPA Region 10 is hereby granting a 

waiver request from the Buy American 

requirements of ARRA Section 1605 

under the authority of Section 

1605(b)(1) [inconsistent with the public 

interest] to the City for the utilization 

and installation of one (1) Slide Gate in 

the influent control structure and two 

(2) Stop Logs/Guides sets in access 

manholes as part of an overall 

Combined Sewage Overflow (CSO) 

control project. This is a project specific 

waiver and only applies to the use of the 

specified product for the ARRA project 

being proposed. Any other ARRA 

recipient that wishes to use the same 

product must apply for a separate 

waiver based on project specific 

circumstances. The City had the 

contractual obligation of the contractor 

and written verification from the 

manufacturer that the Slide Gate and 

Stop Logs/Guides would comply with 

Buy American requirements and be 

produced in a U.S. facility. However, 

the contractor observed that the Slide 

Gate and Stop Logs/Guides delivered to 

the site for installation had ‘‘Made in 

Canada’’ labeling. The contractor 

confirmed with the manufacturer that 

goods were actually manufactured in 

Canada, not in the U.S., and shipped to 

the project site in error. Due to 

contractual requirements, the contractor 

and manufacturer will absorb the costs 

of the Slide Gate and Stop Logs/Guides. 

Re-ordering the Slide Gate and Stop 

Logs/Guides and having them 

manufactured in a U.S. facility would 

delay project completion by at least nine 

to ten weeks. Of significant note, the 

City has a contractual obligation to the 

Oregon Department of Environmental 

Quality (DEQ) to begin project testing 

and start up by December 1, 2010 in 

order for the completed project to 

properly control CSOs and provide 

water quality protection during the 

typical wet weather associated with 

December and January, when CSOs are 

highest. Based upon information 

submitted by the City, EPA has 

concluded that requiring the installation 

of the domestic manufactured Slide 

Gate and Stop Logs/Guides, which 

would extend the project schedule by at 

least nine to ten weeks, would be 

inconsistent with the public interest, 

and that a waiver of the Buy American 

provisions is justified. The Regional 

Administrator is making this 

determination based on the review and 

recommendations of the Grants and 

Strategic Planning Unit. The Assistant 

Administrator of the Office of 

Administration and Resources 

Management has concurred on this 

decision to make an exception to the 

requirements of Section 1605(a) of 

ARRA. This action allows the 

installation of the foreign manufactured 

Slide Gate and Stop Logs/Guides, as 


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specified in the City’s October 28, 2010 

request. 

DATES: Effective Date: December 3, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bryan Fiedorczyk, CWSRF ARRA 

Program Management Analyst, Grants 

and Strategic Planning Unit, Office of 

Water & Watersheds (OWW), (206) 553– 

0506, U.S. EPA Region 10 (OWW–137), 

1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle, 

WA 98101. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with ARRA Section 1605(c), 

the EPA hereby provides notice that it 

is granting a project waiver of the 

requirements of Section 1605(a) of 

Public Law 111–5, Buy American 

requirements, to the City of Astoria, 

Oregon for the installation of one (1) 

Slide Gate in the influent control 

structure and two (2) Stop Logs/Guides 

sets in access manholes as part of an 

overall Combined Sewage Overflow 

(CSO) control project. Based on the 

information provided by the City, EPA 

has determined that it is inconsistent 

with the public interest for the City to 

further delay the project and pursue the 

purchase of a domestically made Slide 

Gate and Stop Logs/Guides. 

Section 1605 of the ARRA requires 

that none of the appropriated funds may 

be used for the construction, alteration, 

maintenance, or repair of a public 

building or a public works project 

unless all of the iron, steel, and 

manufactured goods used in the project 

is produced in the United States, or 

unless a waiver is provided to the 

recipient by the head of the appropriate 

agency, in this case, the EPA. A waiver 

may be provided under Section 1605(b) 

if EPA determines that (1) applying 

these requirements would be 

inconsistent with the public interest; (2) 

iron, steel, and the relevant 

manufactured goods are not produced in 

the United States in sufficient and 

reasonably available quantities and of a 

satisfactory quality; or (3) inclusion of 

iron, steel, and the relevant 

manufactured goods produced in the 

United States will increase the cost of 

the overall project by more than 25 

percent. 

Consistent with the direction of 

OMB’s regulation at 2 CFR 176.120, EPA 

will generally consider a waiver request 

with respect to components that were 

specified in the bid solicitation or in a 

general/primary construction contract or 

those made after obligating ARRA funds 

for a project to be a ‘‘late’’ request. 

However, in this case EPA has 

determined that the City’s request, 

though made after the date the contract 

was signed, can be evaluated as timely 

because the contractor informed the City 

that due to an oversight, the Slide Gate 

and Stop Logs/Guides that were 

delivered to the construction site had 

been manufactured in a Canadian 

facility. The need for a waiver was not 

determined until after the contractor 

observed and verified the delivery of the 

foreign manufactured Slide Gate and 

Stop Logs/Guides. The recipient could 

not reasonably have foreseen the need 

for a determination until informed of 

the error. Accordingly, EPA will 

evaluate the request as if it were timely. 

The City is requesting a waiver of the 

Buy American provision for installation 

of one (1) Slide Gate in the influent 

control structure and two (2) Stop Logs/ 

Guides sets in access manholes, which 

are necessary components of an overall 

Combined Sewage Overflow (CSO) 

control project. As context, the project 

cost is estimated at $8.8 million, of 

which $4 million is ARRA funded, and 

the Slide Gate and Stop Logs/Guides are 

estimated to cost $20,000 or less. 

The City’s general contractor 

submitted the Slide Gate and Stop Logs/ 

Guides shop drawings for review by the 

City Engineer; there was no indication 

in the shop drawings that equipment 

would be manufactured in Canada. 

Additionally, correspondence from the 

manufacturer for the equipment 

description proposal and purchase order 

were from a U.S. address in New 

Hampshire. Finally, in the additional 

quotation and delivery conditions, the 

manufacturer certified that its quotation 

complies with all specifications, which 

include ARRA Buy American 

requirements. For these reasons, the 

City had no reason to suspect that 

foreign made goods would be delivered 

to the project site. 

However, the contractor noticed that 

the Slide Gate and Stop Logs/Guides 

delivered to the site for installation had 

‘‘Made in Canada’’ labeling and verified 

with the manufacturer that they were 

actually manufactured in Canada, and 

not in the U.S. Due to contractual 

requirements, the contractor and 

manufacturer will absorb the costs of 

the Slide Gate and Stop Logs/Guides; 

thus, the cost of this equipment will not 

be paid by the City. The City, which 

could not reasonably foresee the need 

for a waiver to the Buy American 

provision of the ARRA, immediately 

contacted DEQ after they were informed 

by the contractor of the delivery 

oversight, and submitted a waiver 

request (October 29, 2010) after 

discussing the necessary course of 

action with DEQ and EPA Region 10. 

Re-ordering the Slide Gate and Stop 

Logs/Guides and having them 

manufactured in a U.S. facility would 

delay project completion by at least nine 

to ten weeks. Of significant note, the 

City has a contractual obligation to DEQ 

to begin project testing and start up by 

December 1, 2010 in order for the 

completed project to properly control 

CSOs and provide water quality 

protection during the typical wet 

weather associated with December and 

January, when CSOs are highest. 

Furthermore, the purpose of the 

ARRA is to stimulate economic recovery 

by funding current infrastructure 

construction, not to delay or require the 

substantial redesign of projects that are 

‘‘shovel ready’’, such as this project in 

Astoria, Oregon. The implementation of 

the ARRA Buy American requirements 

in this case would result in an 

unreasonable delay in its completion. 

Such delay would also directly conflict 

with a fundamental economic purpose 

of ARRA, which is to create or retain 

jobs. More importantly, the imposition 

of the Buy American requirement would 

result in additional risk to water quality 

protection. 

The Grants and Strategic Planning 

Unit has reviewed this waiver request 

and has determined that the supporting 

documentation provided by the City 

established a proper basis to specify that 

using the domestic manufactured good 

would be inconsistent with the public 

interest of the City of Astoria, Oregon. 

The information provided is sufficient 

to meet the following criteria listed 

under Section 1605(b)(1) of the ARRA 

and in the April 28, 2009 Memorandum: 

Applying these requirements would be 

inconsistent with the public interest. 

The March 31, 2009, Delegation of 

Authority Memorandum provided 

Regional Administrators with the 

authority to issue exceptions to Section 

1605 of ARRA within the geographic 

boundaries of their respective regions 

and with respect to requests by 

individual grant recipients. 

Having established both a proper 

basis to specify the particular good 

required for this project and that using 

a domestically available alternative 

manufactured good would be 

inconsistent with the public interest, the 

City of Astoria, Oregon is hereby 

granted a waiver from the Buy American 

requirements of Section 1605(a) of 

Public Law 111–5. This waiver permits 

use of ARRA funds for the installation 

and utilization of foreign manufactured 

Slide Gate and Stop Logs/Guides as 

documented in the City’s waiver request 

submittal dated October 28, 2010. This 

supplementary information constitutes 

the detailed written justification 

required by Section 1605(c) for waivers 

based on a finding under subsection (b). 

Authority: Public Law 111–5, section 1605. 


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Issued on: December 3, 2010. 

Dennis J. McLerran, 

Regional Administrator, EPA, Region 10. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31335 Filed 12–13–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE U.S. 

[Public Notice 2010–0059] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Final Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Export-Import Bank of the U.S. 

ACTION: Submission for OMB review and 

comments request. 

Form Title: Application for Express 

Insurance. 

SUMMARY: The Export-Import Bank of 

the United States (Ex-Im Bank), as a part 

of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public and other 

Federal Agencies to comment on the 

proposed information collection, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. 

The Application for Express 

Insurance will be used to determine the 

eligibility of the applicant and the 

creditworthiness of one of the 

applicant’s foreign buyers for ExportImport Bank assistance under its 

insurance program. Export-Import Bank 

customers will be able to submit this 

form on paper. 

This is a new application form for use 

by small U.S. businesses with limited 

export experience. Companies that are 

eligible to use the Express policy will 

need to answer approximately 20 

questions and sign an acknowledgement 

of the certifications that appear on the 

reverse of the application form. This 

program does not provide discretionary 

credit authority to the U.S. exporter, and 

therefore the financial and credit 

information needs are minimized. This 

new form incorporates the recently 

updated standard Certification and 

Notices section as well as two questions 

about the amount of U.S. employment to 

be supported by this policy. 

Based upon comments received we 

have changed the name of this form 

from Application for Short-Term 

Express Export Credit Insurance Policy 

to Application for Express Insurance. 

The form can be viewed at http:// 

www.exim.gov/pub/pending/ 

EIB10_02.pdf. 

DATES: Comments should be received on 

or before January 13, 2011 to be assured 

of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Comments maybe submitted 

electronically on http:// 

www.regulations.gov or by mail to 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, 725 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20038 attn: OMB 3048– 

xxxx. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Titles and 

Form Number: EIB 10–02 Application 

for Express Insurance. 

OMB Number: 3048–xxxx. 

Type of Review: New. 

Need and Use: The Application for 

Express Insurance will be used to 

determine the eligibility of the applicant 

and the transaction for Export-Import 

Bank assistance under its insurance 

program. 

Annual Number of Respondents: 500. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 15 

minutes. 

Government Annual Burden Hours: 

1,000 hours. 

Frequency of Reporting or Use: Once 

per year. 

Sharon A. Whitt, 

Agency Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31303 Filed 12–13–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6690–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 

Federal Communications Commission, 

Comments Requested 

December 7, 2010. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork burden 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection(s), as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

Comments are requested concerning (a) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, and (e) ways to 

further reduce the information 

collection burden on small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

The FCC may not conduct or sponsor 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid control 

number. No person shall be subject to 

any penalty for failing to comply with 

a collection of information subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that 

does not display a valid OMB control 

number. 

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) comments should be 

submitted on or before January 13, 2011. 

If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the contact listed below as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 

Management and Budget via fax at 202– 

395–5167 or via e-mail to 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and 

to PRA@fcc.gov and 

Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. Include in the 

e-mail the OMB control number of the 

collection. If you are unable to submit 

your comments by e-mail contact the 

person listed below to make alternate 

arrangements. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection, contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918, or via 

Internet at Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov, and/ 

or PRA@fcc.gov. To view a copy of this 

information collection request (ICR) 

submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the Web 

page http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the 

Web page called ‘‘Currently Under 

Review,’’ (3) click on the downwardpointing arrow in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ 

box below the ‘‘Currently Under 

Review’’ heading, (4) select ‘‘Federal 

Communications Commission’’ from the 

list of agencies presented in the ‘‘Select 

Agency’’ box, (5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ 

button to the right of the ‘‘Select 

Agency’’ box, (6) when the list of FCC 

ICRs currently under review appears, 

look for the OMB control number of this 

ICR and then click on the ICR Reference 

Number. A copy of the FCC submission 

to OMB will be displayed. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–xxxx. 

Title: Structure and Practices of the 

Video Relay Service Program, CG 

Docket No. 10–51. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: New collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 13 respondents; 169 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: .017 

hours (1 minute average per response). 

Frequency of Response: Annual and 

monthly reporting requirements. 


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