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collection also can be obtained from that 

office. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime 

Administration (MARAD). 

Title: Title XI Obligation Guarantees. 

OMB Control Number: 2133–0018. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals/ 

businesses interested in obtaining loan 

guarantees for construction or 

reconstruction of vessels as well as 

businesses interested in shipyard 

modernization and improvements. 

Forms: MA–163, MA–163A. 

Abstract: In accordance with the 

Merchant Marine Act, 1936, MARAD is 

authorized to execute a full faith and 

credit guarantee by the United States of 

debt obligations issued to finance or 

refinance the construction or 

reconstruction of vessels. In addition, 

the program allows for financing 

shipyard modernization and 

improvement projects. 

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 700 

hours. 

Addressees: Send comments to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503, Attention 

MARAD Desk Officer. 

Comments Are Invited on: Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; ways 

to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

A comment to OMB is best assured of 

having its full effect if OMB receives it 

within 30 days of publication. 

Dated: August 16, 2011. 

By Order of the Maritime Administration. 

Julie Agarwal, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21325 Filed 8–19–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA–2011– 

0126] 

Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping 

Requirements 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Request for public comment on 

proposed collection of information. 

SUMMARY: Before a Federal agency can 

collect certain information from the 

public, it must receive approval from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). Under procedures established 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, before seeking OMB approval, 

Federal agencies must solicit public 

comment on proposed collections of 

information, including extensions and 

reinstatement of previously approved 

collections. 

This document describes one 

collection of information for which 

NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 21, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the docket number in the 

heading of this document, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on the electronic docket site by clicking 

on ‘‘Help’’ or ‘‘FAQ.’’ 

• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

Regardless of how you submit 

comments, you should mention the 

docket number of this document. 

You may call the Docket Management 

Facility at 202–366–9826. 

Instructions: For detailed instructions 

on submitting comments and additional 

information on the rulemaking process, 

see the Public Participation heading of 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

of this document. Note that all 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78) or you may visit http:// 

www.dot.gov/privacy.html. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or the street 

address listed above. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: KilJae Hong, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., W52–232, NPO–520, 

Washington, DC 20590. Ms. Hong’s 

telephone number is (202) 493–0524 

and e-mail address is kiljae.hong@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

before an agency submits a proposed 

collection of information to OMB for 

approval, it must first publish a 

document in the Federal Register 

providing a 60-day comment period and 

otherwise consult with members of the 

public and affected agencies concerning 

each proposed collection of information. 

The OMB has promulgated regulations 

describing what must be included in 

such a document. Under OMB’s 

regulation (at 5CFR 1320.8(d), an agency 

must ask for public comment on the 

following: 

(i) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(ii) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(iii) How to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; 

(iv) How to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including the use 

of appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g. permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

In compliance with these 

requirements, NHTSA asks for public 

comments on the following proposed 

collection of information for which the 

agency is seeking approval from OMB: 

Title: 49 CFR 575—Consumer 

Information Regulations (sections 103 

and 105) Quantitative Research. 

OMB Control Number: Not Assigned. 

Form Number: None. 

Affected Public: Passenger vehicle 

consumers. 


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1Ex Parte No. 492, Montana Rail Link, Inc., and 

Wisconsin Central Ltd., Joint Petition For 

Rulemaking With Respect To 49 CFR 1201, 8 I.C.C. 

2d 625 (1992), raised the revenue classification 

level for Class I railroads from $50 million (1978 

dollars) to $250 million (1991 dollars), effective for 

the reporting year beginning January 1, 1992. The 

Class II threshold was also raised from $10 million 

(1978 dollars) to $20 million (1991 dollars). 

Requested Expiration Date of 

Approval: Three years from approval 

date. 

Abstract: The Energy Independence 

and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), 

enacted in December 2007, included a 

requirement that the National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 

develop a consumer information and 

education campaign to improve 

consumer understanding of automobile 

performance with regard to fuel 

economy, Greenhouse Gases (GHG) 

emissions and other pollutant 

emissions; of automobile use of 

alternative fuels; and of thermal 

management technologies used on 

automobiles to save fuel. In order to 

effectively achieve the objectives of the 

consumer education program and fulfill 

its statutory obligations, NHTSA 

proposes a multi-phased research 

project to gather the data and apply 

analyses and results from the project to 

develop the consumer information 

program and education campaign. 

NHTSA has conducted qualitative 

research and is now requesting to 

conduct follow-up quantitative research 

with consumers to assess current levels 

of knowledge surrounding these issues, 

explore current available fuel economyrelated content for clarity and 

understanding, evaluate potential 

consumer-facing messages and their 

potential to encourage consumers to 

seek more fuel economy-related 

information from NHTSA, and explore 

communications channels in which 

these messages should be present. The 

research will allow NHTSA to refine the 

fuel economy-related content and 

consumer-facing messaging that will be 

used throughout the consumer 

education campaign by identifying what 

relevant issues consumers care more 

about and what information they still 

need to make more informed purchase 

and driver behavior decisions. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 1,333.33 

hours. 

Number of Respondents: 4,000. 

NHTSA proposed to conduct two 

research phases. For the first phase, 

NHTSA conducted one type of 

qualitative research consisting of two (2) 

focus groups in each of four (4) cities. 

The results of that research phase were 

used to inform the quantitative phase of 

research which this notice addresses. 

This quantitative research will consist 

of an online survey that will require 

approximately 20 minutes for each 

respondent to complete, and will 

require 4,000 participants. NHTSA 

plans to administer this study one time. 

The estimated annual burden hour for 

the second phase of research is 1,333.33 

hours (20 minutes × 4,000 participants). 

Based on the Bureau of Labor and 

Statistics’ median hourly wage (all 

occupations) in the May 2010 National 

Occupational Employment and Wage 

Estimates, NHTSA estimates that it will 

take an average of $16.27 per hour for 

professional and clerical staff to gather 

data, develop and distribute material. 

Therefore, the agency estimates that the 

cost associated with the burden hours is 

$21,693.28 ($16.27 per hour × 1,333.33 

burden hours). 

Comments are invited on: Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; the accuracy of 

the Department’s estimate of the burden 

of the proposed information collection; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Issued on: August 17, 2011. 

Gregory A. Walter, 

Senior Associate Administrator, Policy and 

Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21399 Filed 8–19–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

Indexing the Annual Operating 

Revenues of Railroads 

The Surface Transportation Board 

(STB) is publishing the annual inflationadjusted index factors for 2010. These 

factors are used by the railroads to 

adjust their gross annual operating 

revenues for classification purposes. 

This indexing methodology insures that 

railroads are classified based on real 

business expansion and not from the 

affects of inflation. Classification is 

important because it determines the 

extent to which individual railroads 

must comply with STB reporting 

requirements. 

The STB’s annual inflation-adjusted 

factors are based on the annual average 

Railroad’s Freight Price Index which is 

developed by the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (BLS). The STB’s deflator 

factor is used to deflate revenues for 

comparison with established revenue 

thresholds. 

The base year for railroads is 1991. 

The inflation index factors are presented 

as follows: 

STB RAILROAD INFLATION-ADJUSTED

INDEX AND DEFLATOR FACTOR TABLE

Year Index Deflator 

1991 .......................... 409.50 1 100.00 

1992 .......................... 411.80 99.45 

1993 .......................... 415.50 98.55 

1994 .......................... 418.80 97.70 

1995 .......................... 418.17 97.85 

1996 .......................... 417.46 98.02 

1997 .......................... 419.67 97.50 

1998 .......................... 424.54 96.38 

1999 .......................... 423.01 96.72 

2000 .......................... 428.64 95.45 

2001 .......................... 436.48 93.73 

2002 .......................... 445.03 91.92 

2003 .......................... 454.33 90.03 

2004 .......................... 473.41 86.40 

2005 .......................... 522.41 78.29 

2006 .......................... 567.34 72.09 

2007 .......................... 588.30 69.52 

2008 .......................... 656.78 62.28 

2009 .......................... 619.73 66.00 

2010 .......................... 652.29 62.71 

DATES: Effective Date: January 1, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Decker 202–245–0330. [Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the 

hearing impaired: 1–800–877–8339.] 

By the Board, William F. Huneke, Director, 

Office of Economics. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21276 Filed 8–19–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Designation of Additional Entities 

Pursuant to Executive Order 13405 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Treasury Department’s 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

(‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the names of 

four newly-designated entities whose 

property and interests in property are 

blocked pursuant to Executive Order 

13405 of June 16, 2006, ‘‘Blocking 

Property of Certain Persons 

Undermining Democratic Processes or 

Institutions in Belarus.’’ 

DATES: The designation by the Director 

of OFAC of the four entities identified 

in this notice, pursuant to Executive 


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