### 37873 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 125 / Wednesday, June 30, 2010 / Notices

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]

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**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 applicantsare encouraged to submit preapplications in advance of the PreApplication Deadline, pre-applicationswill 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 properlyfiled. 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.


### 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]

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**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 isappropriate for the purchase of nondomestic steel tubing API 5L, gradeX52–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