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laws of a given State, the maximum 

interest rate will be the rate permitted 

by the constitution or laws of the given 

State. 

Richard C. Blewett, 

Acting Director, Office of Financial 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2010–15856 Filed 6–29–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice Number: 7005] 

U.S. Advisory Commission on Public 

Diplomacy; Notice of Meeting 

The U.S. Advisory Commission on 

Public Diplomacy will hold a public 

meeting on July 20, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 

11 a.m. in the conference room of the 

International Foundation for Electoral 

Systems (IFES) located at 1850 K Street, 

NW., Fifth Floor, Washington, DC 

20006. 

The Commissioners will discuss 

public diplomacy issues, including 

measurement of U.S. government public 

diplomacy efforts. 

The Advisory Commission was 

originally established under Section 604 

of the United States Information and 

Exchange Act of 1948, as amended (22 

U.S.C. 1469) and Section 8 of 

Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 

1977. It was reauthorized pursuant to 

Public Law 11–70 (2009), 22 U.S.C. 

6553. 

The Advisory Commission is a 

bipartisan panel created by Congress to 

assess public diplomacy policies and 

programs of the U.S. government and 

publicly funded nongovernmental 

organizations. The Commission reports 

its findings and recommendations to the 

President, the Congress and the 

Secretary of State and the American 

people. Current Commission members 

include William Hybl of Colorado, who 

serves as Chairman; Jay Snyder of New 

York; Penne Korth Peacock of Texas; 

Lyndon Olson of Texas; John Osborn of 

Pennsylvania; and Lezlee Westine of 

Virginia. 

The public may attend this meeting as 

seating capacity allows. To attend this 

meeting and for further information, 

please contact Gerald McLoughlin at 

(202) 632–6570, e-mail: 

acpdmeeting@state.gov. Any member of 

the public requesting reasonable 

accommodation at this meeting should 

contact Mr. McLoughlin prior to July 

15th. Requests received after that date 

will be considered, but might not be 

possible to fulfill. 

Dated: June 24, 2010. 

Carl Chan, 

Executive Director, ACPD. 

[FR Doc. 2010–15895 Filed 6–29–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2010–0076] 

Notice of Funding Availability for the 

Department of Transportation’s 

National Infrastructure Investments 

Under the Transportation, Housing and 

Urban Development, and Related 

Agencies Appropriations Act for 2010 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of extension of deadline 

to submit pre-applications. 

SUMMARY: On June 1, 2010, DOT 

published a notice (75 FR 30461) 

announcing the availability of funding 

and requesting proposals for DOT’s 

National Infrastructure Investments 

grant program under the FY 2010 

Appropriations Act. The DOT is 

referring to the grants for National 

Infrastructure Investments as ‘‘TIGER II 

Discretionary Grants.’’ Through this 

notice, DOT is extending the deadline to 

submit pre-applications for TIGER II 

Discretionary Grants from July 16, 2010, 

at 5 p.m. EDT to July 26, 2010, at 5 p.m. 

EDT. The deadline for submitting final 

applications is not being extended, and 

remains August 23, 2010, at 5 p.m. EDT. 

DATES: Pre-applications must be 

submitted by July 26, 2010, at 5 p.m. 

EDT (the ‘‘Pre-Application Deadline’’). 

Final applications must be submitted 

through Grants.gov by August 23, 2010, 

at 5 p.m. EDT (the ‘‘Application 

Deadline’’). The DOT pre-application 

system opened on June 23, 2010 to 

allow prospective applicants to submit 

pre-applications. Subsequently, the 

Grants.gov ‘‘Apply’’ function will open 

on July 30, 2010, allowing applicants to 

submit applications. While applicants 

are encouraged to submit preapplications in advance of the PreApplication Deadline, pre-applications 

will not be reviewed until after the PreApplication Deadline. Similarly, while 

applicants are encouraged to submit 

applications in advance of the 

Application Deadline, applications will 

not be evaluated, and awards will not be 

made, until after the Application 

Deadline. Pursuant to the FY 2010 

Appropriations Act, the DOT will 

evaluate all applications and announce 

the projects that have been selected to 

receive TIGER II Discretionary Grants no 

sooner than September 15, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Pre-applications must be 

submitted electronically to DOT, and 

applications must be submitted 

electronically through Grants.gov. Only 

pre-applications received by DOT and 

applications received through 

Grants.gov will be deemed properly 

filed. Instructions for submitting preapplications to DOT and applications 

through Grants.gov are included in 

Section VIII (Pre-Application and 

Application Cycle) of the June 1 notice 

of funding availability (75 FR 30461). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information concerning this 

notice, please contact the TIGER II 

Discretionary Grant program manager 

via e-mail at TIGERIIGrants@dot.gov, or 

call Robert Mariner at 202–366–8914. A 

TDD is available for individuals who are 

hearing impaired at 202–366–3993. In 

addition, DOT will regularly post 

answers to questions and requests for 

clarifications on DOT’s Web site at 

http://www.dot.gov/recovery/ost/ 

TIGERII. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 

26, 2010, DOT published an interim 

notice (75 FR 21695) announcing the 

availability of funding and requesting 

proposals for the Department of 

Transportation’s National Infrastructure 

Investments program under the 

Transportation, Housing and Urban 

Development, and Related Agencies 

Appropriations Act for 2010 (Div. A of 

the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2010 (Pub. L. 111–117, Dec. 16, 2009)) 

(the ‘‘FY 2010 Appropriations Act’’). The 

DOT is referring to the grants for 

National Infrastructure Investments 

under the FY 2010 Appropriations Act 

as ‘‘TIGER II Discretionary Grants.’’ 

Because this is a new program, the 

interim notice also requested comments 

on the proposed selection criteria and 

guidance for awarding TIGER II 

Discretionary Grants. The DOT 

considered the comments that were 

submitted in accordance with the 

interim notice and published an 

additional notice revising some 

elements of the interim notice on June 

1, 2010 (75 FR 30461). This notice 

makes one additional revision to the 

notice published on June 1, 2010. This 

notice extends the deadline for 

submitting pre-applications from July 

16, 2010, at 5 p.m. EDT to July 26, 2010, 

at 5 p.m. EDT. The deadline for 

submitting final applications is not 

being extended, and remains August 23, 

2010, at 5 p.m. EDT. 

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37874 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 125 / Wednesday, June 30, 2010 / Notices 

Issued on: June 24, 2010. 

Ray LaHood, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–15936 Filed 6–29–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2010–0072] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Request for 

Extension of Currently Approved 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request for extension 

of currently approved information 

collection. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) approval for renewal of an 

existing information collection that is 

summarized below under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We are 

required to publish this notice in the 

Federal Register by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

August 30, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

2010–0072 by any of the following 

methods: 

Web Site: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: Go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gloria Williams, 202–366–5032, 

Department of Transportation, Federal 

Highway Administration, Office of 

Highway Policy Information, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 

20590, Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 

Certification of Enforcement of the 

Heavy Vehicle Use Tax. 

OMB Control #: 2125–0541 

Background: Title 23 United States 

Code, Section 141(c), provides that a 

State’s apportionment of funds under 23 

U.S.C. 104(b)(4) shall be reduced in an 

amount up to 25 percent of the amount 

to be apportioned during any fiscal year 

beginning after September 30, 1984, if 

vehicles subject to the Federal heavy 

vehicle use tax are lawfully registered in 

the State without having presented 

proof of payment of the tax. The annual 

certification by the State Governor or 

designated official regarding the 

collection of the heavy vehicle use tax 

serves as the FHWA’s primary means of 

determining State compliance. The 

FHWA has determined that an annual 

certification of compliance by each State 

is the least obtrusive means of 

administering the provisions of the 

legislative mandate. In addition, States 

are required to retain for 1 year a 

Schedule 1, IRS Form 2290, Heavy 

Vehicle Use Tax Return (or other 

suitable alternative provided by 

regulation). The FHWA conducts 

compliance reviews at least once every 

3 years to determine if the annual 

certification is adequate to ensure 

effective administration of 23 U.S.C. 

141(c). 

The estimated annual reporting 

burden is 102 hours; the estimated 

recordkeeping burden is 510 hours for a 

total of 612 hours. The 50 States and the 

District of Columbia share this burden. 

Preparing and processing the annual 

certification is estimated to require 2 

hours per State. Recordkeeping is 

estimated to require an average of 10 

hours per State. 

Respondents: 50 State Transportation 

Departments, and the District of 

Columbia for a total of 51 respondents. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Estimated Average Annual Burden 

per Response: The average burden to 

submit the certification and to retain 

required records is 12 hours per 

respondent. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: Total estimated average annual 

burden is 612 hours. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the U.S. 

DOT’s performance, including whether 

the information will have practical 

utility; (2) the accuracy of the U.S. 

DOT’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, 

and clarity of the collected information; 

and (4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized, including the use of 

electronic technology, without reducing 

the quality of the collected information. 

The agency will summarize and/or 

include your comments in the request 

for OMB’s clearance of this information 

collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued on: June 24, 2010. 

Juli Huynh, 

Chief, Management Programs and Analysis 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2010–15891 Filed 6–29–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Buy America Waiver Notification 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides 

information regarding the FHWA’s 

finding that a Buy America waiver is 

appropriate for the purchase of nondomestic steel tubing API 5L, grade 

X52–PSLI, for construction of Federalaid project # IM–HPP–080–5(086) in 

New Jersey State. 

DATES: The effective date of the waiver 

is July 1, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about this notice, please 

contact Mr. Gerald Yakowenko, FHWA 

Office of Program Administration, (202) 

366–1562, or via e-mail at 

gerald.yakowenko@dot.gov. For legal 

questions, please contact Mr. Michael 

Harkins, FHWA Office of the Chief 

Counsel, (202) 366–4928, or via e-mail 

at michael.harkins@dot.gov. Office 

hours for the FHWA are from 7:45 a.m. 

to 4:15 p.m., est., 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 

The FHWA’s Buy America policy in 

23 CFR 635.410 requires a domestic 

manufacturing process for any steel or 

iron products (including protective 

coatings) that are permanently 

incorporated in a Federal-aid 

construction project. The regulation also 

provides for a waiver of the Buy 

America requirements when the 

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