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activities during the reporting period. 

The reports will indicate progress made, 

planned activities for the next period, 

and a listing of any purchases made 

with grant funds during the reporting 

period. In addition, the report will 

include an explanation of any deviation 

from the projected budget and timeline. 

Quarterly status reports will also 

contain, at a minimum, the following: 

(1) A statement as to whether the award 

recipient has used the grant funds 

consistent with the terms contemplated 

in the grant agreement; (2) if applicable, 

a description of the budgeted activities 

not procured by recipient; (3) if 

applicable, the rationale for recipient’s 

failure to execute the budgeted 

activities; (4) if applicable, an 

explanation as to how and when 

recipient intends to accomplish the 

purposes of the grant agreement; and (5) 

a budget summary showing funds 

expended since commencement, 

anticipated expenditures for the next 

reporting period, and expenditures 

compared to overall budget. 

For all non-planning grants, grant 

award recipients will also collect 

information and report on the project’s 

observed performance with respect to 

the relevant long-term outcomes that are 

expected to be achieved through the 

project. Performance indicators will not 

include formal goals or targets, but will 

include observed measures under 

baseline (pre-project) as well as postimplementation outcomes for an agreedupon timeline, and will be used to 

evaluate and compare projects and 

monitor the results that grant funds 

achieve to the intended long-term 

outcomes of the AMHP. Performance 

reporting continues for several years 

after project construction is completed, 

and MARAD does not provide 

America’s Marine Highway funding 

specifically for performance reporting. 

4. Requirements for Domestic Content 

(‘‘Buy American,’’ ‘‘Buy America,’’ and 

‘‘Cargo Preference’’) 

Consistent with the requirements of 

section 410 of Title IV of Division L, 

Transportation, Housing and Urban 

Development, and Related Agencies 

Appropriations Act, 2018, of the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 

(Pub. L. 115–141), the Buy American 

requirements of Chapter 83 of Title 41 

U.S.C. apply to funds made available 

under this Notice of Funding 

Opportunity. Depending on other 

funding streams, the project may be 

subject to ‘‘Buy America’’ requirements. 

If a project intends to use any product 

with foreign content or of foreign origin, 

this information should be listed and 

addressed in the application. If certain 

foreign content is granted an exception 

or waiver from Buy American or Buy 

America requirements, a Cargo 

Preference requirement may apply. 

Applications should expressly address 

how the applicant plans to comply with 

domestic-preference requirements and 

whether there are any potential foreigncontent issues with their proposed 

project. In accord with the Executive 

Order 13788, applications that use grant 

funds for domestic-content purchases 

will be viewed favorably. 

G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts 

For further information concerning 

this notice, please contact Tori Collins, 

Office of Ports & Waterways Planning, 

Room W21–315, Maritime 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. 

SE, Washington, DC 20590, phone 202– 

366–0795 or email Tori.Collins@dot.gov. 

To ensure applicants receive accurate 

information about eligibility, the 

program, or in response to other 

questions, applicants are encouraged to 

contact MARAD directly, rather than 

through intermediaries or third parties. 

* * * * * 

Dated: June 22, 2018. 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13798 Filed 6–26–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2017–0063; Notice 2; 

Docket No. NHTSA–2017–0065; Notice 2] 

Autocar Industries, LLC and Autocar, 

LLC, Grant of Petitions for Decision of 

Inconsequential Noncompliance 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Grant of petitions. 

SUMMARY: Autocar Industries, LLC and 

Autocar, LLC (collectively referred to as 

‘‘Autocar’’), have determined that 

certain model year (MY) 2014–2018 

Autocar Xspotter and Xpeditor trucks 

do not fully comply with Federal Motor 

Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 

101, Controls and Displays. Autocar 

filed noncompliance reports dated June 

12, 2017; June 14, 2017; and later 

revised one of their reports on August 

29, 2017. Autocar also submitted two 

petitions to NHTSA on June 19, 2017, 

and submitted supplemental petitions 

on August 29, 2017, for a decision that 

the subject noncompliance, present in 

each model, is inconsequential as it 

relates to motor vehicle safety. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joshua Campbell, Office of Vehicle 

Safety Compliance, NHTSA, telephone 

(202) 366–5307, facsimile (202) 366– 

3081. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Overview 

Autocar has determined that certain 

MY 2014–2018 Autocar Xspotter and 

Xpeditor trucks do not fully comply 

with Table 2 of FMVSS No. 101, 

Controls and Displays (49 CFR 571.101). 

Autocar filed noncompliance reports 

dated June 12, 2017; June 14, 2017; and 

later revised one of their reports on 

August 29, 2017, pursuant to 49 CFR 

part 573, Defect and Noncompliance 

Responsibility and Reports. Autocar also 

submitted two petitions to NHTSA on 

June 19, 2017, and submitted 

supplemental petitions on August 29, 

2017, for an exemption from the 

notification and remedy requirements of 

49 U.S.C. Chapter 301 on the basis that 

this noncompliance is inconsequential 

as it relates to motor vehicle safety, 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 

30120(h) and 49 CFR part 556. 

Notices of receipt of the petitions 

were published with a 30-day public 

comment period, on August 16, 2017, in 

the Federal Register (82 FR 38995) and 

(82 FR 38999). No comments were 

received. 

II. Vehicles Involved 

Approximately 644 MY 2014–2018 

Autocar Xspotter trucks, manufactured 

between September 12, 2013 and 

August 4, 2017, and approximately 

5,545 MY 2014–2018 Autocar Xpeditor 

trucks, manufactured between 

September 3, 2013, and June 2, 2017, are 

potentially involved. 

III. Noncompliance 

Autocar explains that the 

noncompliance is that the low brake air 

pressure telltale for air brake systems 

displays the word ‘‘BRAKE PRESSURE’’ 

along with a symbol specified in 

Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety 

Standard (CMVSS) 101 rather than the 

words ‘‘Brake Air’’ as specified in Table 

2 of FMVSS No. 101. Autocar states that 

the telltale is accompanied by an 

audible alert and pressure gauges. 

IV. Rule Requirements 

Paragraphs S5 and S5.2.1 of FMVSS 

No. 101, include the requirements 

relevant to this petition: 

• Each passenger car, multipurpose 

passenger vehicle, truck and bus that is 


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fitted with a control, a telltale, or an 

indicator listed in Table 1 or Table 2 

must meet the requirements of FMVSS 

No. 101 for the location, identification, 

color, and illumination of that control, 

telltale or indicator. 

• Each control, telltale and indicator 

that is listed in column 1 of Table 1 or 

Table 2 must be identified by the 

symbol specified for it in column 2 or 

the word or abbreviation specified for it 

in column 3 of Table 1 or Table 2. 

V. Summary of Petition 

Autocar described the subject 

noncompliance and stated it believes 

that the noncompliance is 

inconsequential as it relates to motor 

vehicle safety. 

In support of Autocar’s petitions, the 

company submitted the following 

arguments: 

(a) Autocar notes that the purpose of 

the low brake air pressure telltale is to 

alert the driver to a low air condition, 

consistent with the requirements of 

FMVSS No. 121, S5.1.5 (warning 

signal). The words ‘‘BRAKE 

PRESSURE’’ instead of ‘‘Brake Air,’’ 

together with display of the CMVSS 

required symbol and sounding of an 

audible alert that occurs inside the 

subject vehicles would alert the driver 

to an air pressure issue with the brake 

system. Once alerted, the driver can 

check the actual air pressure by reading 

the primary and secondary air gauges 

and by observing the contrasting color 

on the gauges indicating low pressure. 

(b) NHTSA stated in a 2005 FMVSS 

No. 101 rulemaking that the reason for 

including vehicles over 10,000 pounds 

GVWR in the application of the 

standard is that drivers of heavier 

vehicles need to see and identify their 

displays, just like drivers of lighter 

vehicles. See 70 FR 48295, 48298 (Aug. 

17, 2005). Drivers of commercial 

vehicles conduct pre-trip daily 

inspections. For vehicles with 

pneumatic brake systems, the in-cab 

checks of the air-brake warning light 

and buzzer would familiarize the driver 

with the specific telltale display and 

audible warning in the event a low-air 

condition was to occur during 

operation. 

(c) There are two scenarios when a 

low brake air pressure condition would 

exist: a parked vehicle and a moving 

vehicle. In both conditions, the driver 

would be alerted to a low-air condition 

by the following means: 

• Red contrasting color of the telltale 

indicating ‘‘BRAKE PRESSURE’’ 

• Audible alert to the driver as long as 

the vehicle has low air 

• Air pressure gauges for the primary 

and secondary air reservoirs clearly 

indicating the level of air pressure in 

the system 

• Red contrasting color on the air 

gauges indicating pressure below 60 

PSI 

The functionality of both the parking 

brake system and the service brake 

system remains unaffected by using 

‘‘BRAKE PRESSURE’’ instead of ‘‘Brake 

Air’’ for the telltale in the subject 

vehicles. 

(d) NHTSA Precedents—Autocar 

notes that NHTSA has previously 

granted petitions for inconsequential 

noncompliance for similar brake telltale 

issues. See Docket No. NHTSA–2012– 

0004, 78 FR 69931 (November 21, 2013) 

(grant of petition for Ford Motor 

Company); Docket No. NHTSA–2014– 

0046, 79 FR 78559 (December 30, 2014) 

(grant of petition for Chrysler Group, 

LLC); and Docket No. NHTSA–2016– 

0103, 82 Federal Register 17084 (April 

7, 2017) (grant of petition for Daimler 

Trucks North America). In all of these 

instances, the vehicles at issue did not 

meet the exact requirements listed in 

FMVSS No. 101, Table 2. The available 

warnings, however, were deemed 

sufficient to provide the necessary 

driver warning. Autocar respectfully 

suggests that the same is true for the 

subject vehicles: the red ‘‘BRAKE 

PRESSURE’’ telltale, the audible alert, 

and the contrasting colors on the air 

pressure gauges are fully sufficient to 

warn the driver of a low brake air 

pressure situation. 

Autocar concluded by expressing 

their belief that the subject 

noncompliance is inconsequential as it 

relates to motor vehicle safety, and that 

NHTSA should grant Autocar’s petitions 

to be exempted from providing 

notification of the noncompliance, as 

required by 49 U.S.C. 30118, and a 

remedy for the noncompliance, as 

required by 49 U.S.C. 30120. 

Autocar’s petitions and all supporting 

documents are available by logging onto 

the Federal Docket Management System 

(FDMS) website at: https://

www.regulations.gov and following the 

online search instructions to locate the 

docket numbers listed in the title of this 

notice. 

VI. NHTSA’s Analysis 

NHTSA has considered the arguments 

presented in Autocar’s petitions and has 

determined that the subject 

noncompliance is inconsequential to 

motor vehicle safety. NHTSA believes 

that the subject noncompliance poses no 

risk to motor vehicle safety because 

multiple sources of information, as 

described in the petition and discussed 

below, are simultaneously activated to 

warn the driver of a low air condition. 

1. When a low air pressure situation 

exists, for both a parked or moving 

vehicle, the ‘‘BRAKE PRESSURE’’ 

telltale will activate in red letters with 

a black background. There are no 

requirements in FMVSS No. 101 for the 

color of the telltale, but Autocar’s use of 

red, which is an accepted color 

representing an urgent condition, 

provides a definitive indication of a 

situation that needs attention. 

2. Simultaneous to illumination of the 

‘‘BRAKE PRESSURE’’ telltale is 

activation of an audible alert, further 

notifying the operator that a 

malfunction exists requiring corrective 

action. Although the alert would not in 

and of itself identify the problem, a 

driver would be prompted by the 

warning tone to heed the telltale (i.e., 

‘‘BRAKE PRESSURE’’). 

3. In a low-pressure situation, the 

operator is provided additional feedback 

by the primary and secondary 

instrument cluster air gauges which are 

marked with numerical values in PSI 

units along with red contrasting colors 

on the gauges during a low-pressure 

condition. 

4. Further, NHTSA agrees with 

Autocar’s contention that the 

functionality of the parking brake 

system and the braking performance of 

the service brake system remain 

unaffected by use of the telltale wording 

‘‘BRAKE PRESSURE’’ instead of ‘‘Brake 

Air’’ on the subject vehicles. 

5. Lastly, NHTSA believes that, as the 

affected trucks are predominately used 

as commercial vehicles with 

professional drivers, operators will 

monitor their vehicle’s condition and 

take note of any warning signs and 

gauge readings to ensure proper 

functionality of all systems. Autocar 

states, and the agency agrees, that 

professional drivers will be familiar 

with the meaning of telltales and other 

warnings, and that the feedback 

provided to the driver in these vehicles 

if a low brake pressure condition exists 

would be well understood. 

NHTSA concludes that simultaneous 

activation of the red ‘‘BRAKE 

PRESSURE’’ telltale with a black 

contrasting background, an audible alert 

for a low air pressure condition, along 

with the primary and secondary air 

gauge indicators, and the reduced 

drivability of the vehicles under a low 

air pressure condition, provide adequate 

notification to the operator that a brake 

malfunction exists. NHTSA further 

concludes that the discrepancy with the 

telltale requirement is unlikely to lead 

to any misunderstanding since other 

sources of correct information beyond 

the ‘‘BRAKE PRESSURE’’ telltale are 

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1On April 3, 2018, the OCC published a 60-Day 

notice for this information collection. 2 42 U.S.C. 4001–4129. 

VII. NHTSA’s Decision 

In consideration of the foregoing, 

NHTSA finds that Autocar has met its 

burden of persuasion that the FMVSS 

No. 101 noncompliance is, in each case, 

inconsequential as it relates to motor 

vehicle safety. Accordingly, Autocar’s 

petitions are hereby granted, and 

Autocar is consequently exempted from 

the obligation to provide notification of, 

and remedy for, the subject 

noncompliance in the affected vehicles 

under 49 U.S.C. 30118 and 30120. 

NHTSA notes that the statutory 

provisions (49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 

30120(h)) that permit manufacturers to 

file petitions for a determination of 

inconsequentiality allow NHTSA to 

exempt manufacturers only from the 

duties found in sections 30118 and 

30120, respectively, to notify owners, 

purchasers, and dealers of a defect or 

noncompliance and to remedy the 

defect or noncompliance. Therefore, this 

decision only applies to the subject 

vehicles that Autocar no longer 

controlled at the time it determined that 

the noncompliance existed. However, 

the granting of these petitions does not 

relieve vehicle distributors and dealers 

of the prohibitions on the sale, offer for 

sale, or introduction or delivery for 

introduction into interstate commerce of 

the noncompliant vehicles under their 

control after Autocar notified them that 

the subject noncompliance existed. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120: 

delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and 

501.8. 

Michael A. Cole, 

Acting Director, Office of Vehicle Safety 

Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13830 Filed 6–26–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Information Collection 

Renewal; Submission for OMB Review; 

Loans in Areas Having Special Flood 

Hazards 

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency (OCC), Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The OCC, as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invites the 

general public and other federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on a continuing information 

collection as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). 

In accordance with the requirements 

of the PRA, the OCC may not conduct 

or sponsor, and the respondent is not 

required to respond to, an information 

collection unless it displays a currently 

valid Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number. 

The OCC is soliciting comment 

concerning the renewal of its 

information collection titled ‘‘Loans in 

Areas Having Special Flood Hazards.’’ 

The OCC also is giving notice that the 

information collection has been 

submitted to OMB for review. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

July 27, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Commenters are encouraged 

to submit comments by email, if 

possible. You may submit comments by 

any of the following methods: 

• Email: prainfo@occ.treas.gov. 

• Mail: Legislative and Regulatory 

Activities Division, Office of the 

Comptroller of the Currency, Attention: 

1557–0326, 400 7th Street SW, suite 3E– 

218, Washington, DC 20219. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: 400 7th 

Street SW, Suite 3E–218, Washington, 

DC 20219. 

• Fax: (571) 465–4326. 

Instructions: You must include 

‘‘OCC’’ as the agency name and ‘‘1557– 

0326’’ in your comment. In general, the 

OCC will publish your comment on 

www.reginfo.gov without change, 

including any business or personal 

information that you provide, such as 

name and address information, email 

addresses, or phone numbers. 

Comments received, including 

attachments and other supporting 

materials, are part of the public record 

and subject to public disclosure. Do not 

include any information in your 

comment or supporting materials that 

you consider confidential or 

inappropriate for public disclosure. 

Additionally, please send a copy of 

your comments by mail to: OCC Desk 

Officer, 1557–0326, U.S. Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street NW, #10235, Washington, DC 

20503 or by email to oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov. 

You may review comments and other 

related materials that pertain to this 

information collection 1 following the 

close of the 30-Day comment period for 

this notice by any of the following 

methods: 

• Viewing Comments Electronically: 

Go to www.reginfo.gov. Click on the 

‘‘Information Collection Review’’ tab. 

Underneath the ‘‘Currently under 

Review’’ section heading, from the dropdown menu, select ‘‘Department of 

Treasury’’ and then click ‘‘submit.’’ This 

information collection can be located by 

searching by OMB control number 

‘‘1557–0326’’ or ‘‘Loans in Areas Having 

Special Flood Hazards.’’ Upon finding 

the appropriate information collection, 

click on the related ‘‘ICR Reference 

Number.’’ On the next screen, select 

‘‘View Supporting Statement and Other 

Documents’’ and then click on the link 

to any comment listed at the bottom of 

the screen. 

• For assistance in navigating 

www.reginfo.gov, please contact the 

Regulatory Information Service Center 

at (202) 482–7340. 

• Viewing Comments Personally: You 

may personally inspect comments at the 

OCC, 400 7th Street SW, Washington, 

DC. For security reasons, the OCC 

requires that visitors make an 

appointment to inspect comments. You 

may do so by calling (202) 649–6700 or, 

for persons who are deaf or hearing 

impaired, TTY, (202) 649–5597. Upon 

arrival, visitors will be required to 

present valid government-issued photo 

identification and submit to security 

screening in order to inspect comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sharon A. Johnson, OCC Clearance 

Officer, (202) 649–5490 or, for persons 

who are deaf or hearing impaired, TTY, 

(202) 649–5597, Legislative and 

Regulatory Activities Division, Office of 

the Comptroller of the Currency, 400 7th 

Street SW, Suite 3E–218, Washington, 

DC 20219. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), federal 

agencies must obtain approval from the 

OMB for each collection of information 

that they conduct or sponsor. 

‘‘Collection of information’’ is defined 

in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 

1320.3(c) to include agency requests or 

requirements that members of the public 

submit reports, keep records, or provide 

information to a third party. The OCC 

asks OMB to extend its approval of the 

following information collection. 

Title: Loans in Areas Having Special 

Flood Hazards. 

OMB Control No.: 1557–0326. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Description: This information 

collection is required to evidence 

compliance with the requirements of the 

federal flood insurance statutes with 

respect to lenders and servicers and set 

forth in OCC regulations at 12 CFR part 

22. These provisions are required by the 

National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 

and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 

1973, as amended.2 The information 


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