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The County’s submission clearly has 

provided sufficient documentation that 

the relevant manufactured goods are not 

produced in the United States in 

sufficient and reasonably available 

quantity and of a satisfactory quality to 

meet its technical specifications. 

The April 28, 2009 EPA Headquarters 

Memorandum, ‘‘Implementation of Buy 

American provisions of Public Law 

111–5, the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009,’’ defines 

‘‘satisfactory quality’’ as ‘‘the quality of 

steel, iron or manufactured goods 

specified in the project plans and 

designs.’’ 

EPA’s national contractor prepared a 

technical assessment report dated July 

14, 2010 based on the submitted waiver 

request. The report determined that the 

waiver request submittal was complete, 

that adequate technical information was 

provided, but did not agree with the 

County that there were no available U.S. 

manufacturers that produced the wafer 

check valves. Subsequently, on 

September 30, 2010, the EPA contractor 

prepared an amended technical 

assessment report based on 

supplemental information provided by 

Hernando County and determined a 

waiver was supported by the available 

evidence. The purpose of the ARRA 

provisions was to stimulate economic 

recovery by funding current 

infrastructure construction, not to delay 

projects that are already shovel ready by 

requiring entities, like the County, to 

revise their design and potentially 

choose a more costly and less efficient 

project. The imposition of ARRA Buy 

American requirements on such projects 

would result in unreasonable delay and 

thus displace the ‘‘shovel ready’’ status 

for this project. To further delay 

construction is in direct conflict with 

the most fundamental economic 

purposes of ARRA: To create or retain 

jobs. 

The Region 4 Grants and 

Infrastructure Branch has reviewed this 

waiver request and has determined that 

the supporting documentation provided 

by the County is sufficient to meet the 

criteria listed under ARRA Section 

1605(b), OMB’s regulation at 2 CFR 

176.100 and the aforementioned EPA 

Headquarters Memorandum of April 28, 

2009. ARRA Section 1605(b)(2) permits 

a waiver if ‘‘iron, steel, and 

manufactured goods are not produced in 

the United States in sufficient and 

reasonably available quantities and of a 

satisfactory quality.’’ This waiver 

request meets this criterion and is 

justified. 

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 

application of the Buy American 

requirements would be inconsistent 

with the public interest, the County is 

hereby granted a waiver from the Buy 

American requirements. Having 

established both a proper basis to 

specify the particular good required for 

this project, and that this manufactured 

good was not available from a producer 

in the United States, Hernando County 

Utilities Department is granted a waiver 

from the Buy American requirements of 

Section 1605(a) of Public Law 111–5 for 

the purchase of four wafer swing check 

valves as specified in the County’s 

request of July 02, 2010, with 

supplemental information provided on 

September 7, 2010. This supplementary 

information constitutes the detailed 

written justification required by Section 

1605(c) for waivers ‘‘based on a finding 

under subsection 9b.’’ requirements of 

Section 1605(a) of Public Law 111–5. 

Authority: Pub. L. 111–5, section 1605. 

Dated: December 20, 2010. 

A. Stanley Meiburg, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

[FR Doc. 2011–2773 Filed 2–7–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE U.S. 

[Public Notice 2011–0015] 

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 Approved 

Finance Provider (EIB 10–06) 

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 Approved 

Finance Provider will be used to 

determine if the finance provider has 

the financial strength and 

administrative staff to originate, 

administer, collect, and if needed, 

restructure international loans. This 

application will also improve Ex-Im 

Bank’ s compliance with the Open 

Government initiative by providing 

transparency into specific information 

used to determine if an applicant is 

qualified to use our loan guarantee 

programs. Export-Import Bank potential 

finance providers will be able to submit 

this form on paper. In the future, we 

will consider allowing the submission 

of this information electronically. 

This application can be viewed at 

http://www.exim.gov/pub/pending/ 

EIB10_06.pfd. 

DATES: Comments should be received on 

or before March 10, 2011 to be assured 

of consideration. 

ADRESSES: Comments may be submitted 

electronically on www.regulations.gov 

or by mail to Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, 725 17th Street, NW 

Washington, DC 20038 attn: OMB 3048– 

NEW. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Titles and Form Number: EIB 10–06 

Application for Approved Finance 

Provider. 

OMB Number: 3048–xxxx. 

Type of Review: New. 

Need and Use: The Application for 

Approved Finance Provider will be used 

to determine the financial and 

administrative capabilities of a financial 

provider who will arrange, fund and 

administer international loans. 

Annual Number of Respondents: 50. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 3 

hours. 

Government Annual Burden Hours: 8 

hours. 

Frequency of Reporting or Use: As 

needed. 

Sharon A. Whitt, 

Agency Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–2711 Filed 2–7–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6690–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[CC Docket No. 92–237; DA 11–179] 

Next Meeting of the North American 

Numbering Council 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission released a 

public notice announcing the meeting 

and agenda of the North American 

Numbering Council (NANC). The 

intended effect of this action is to make 

the public aware of the NANC’s next 

meeting and agenda. 

DATES: Wednesday, March 9, 2011, 9:30 

a.m. 


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