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applicable to this waiver as this waiver 

is based on nonavailability rather than 

the cost disadvantage of domesticallysourced products. 

Executive Order 14005: Executive 

Order (E.O.) 14005, entitled ‘‘Ensuring 

the Future is Made in All of America by 

All of America’s Workers,’’ provides 

that Federal Agencies should, consistent 

with applicable law, maximize the use 

of goods, products, and materials 

produced in, and services offered in, the 

United States. 86 FR 7475 (Jan. 28, 

2021). Based on the information 

contained in the waiver request and the 

lack of responsive comments to the 

notice of waiver request identifying a 

domestic source for the waiver items, 

FHWA concludes that issuing a waiver 

is not inconsistent with E.O. 14005. 

Finding and Request for Comments 

Based on all the information available 

to the Agency, FHWA concludes that 

there are no Buy America-compliant 

versions of the waiver items and is 

waiving its Buy America requirements 

set forth at 23 U.S.C. 313 and 23 CFR 

635.410 for the following products used 

by IDOT in the relocation of Pump 

Station No. 37: 4 main submersible 

pumps with discharge capacity of 3,000 

gpm each and 2 low flow submersible 

pumps with discharge capacity of 921 

gpm each. This finding only includes 

the specified pumps identified in the 

waiver request and supporting 

documents included on FHWA’s 

website. 

This waiver is limited to applicable 

purchases by IDOT, IDOT’s contractors, 

or subcontractors (of whatever tier) of 

the waiver items for the Pump Station 

37 Project. The waiver does not apply to 

purchases made for any other products 

or projects. The proposed waiver would 

be effective from the effective date of the 

final waiver through the period of 

performance and closeout of FHWA’s 

financial assistance for the project, 

which is estimated to be in October 

2028. 

IDOT and its contractors and 

subcontractors involved in the 

procurement of the relevant submersible 

pumps are reminded of the need to 

comply with the Cargo Preference Act in 

46 CFR part 38, if applicable. 

In accordance with the provisions of 

Section 117 of the SAFETEA–LU 

Technical Corrections Act of 2008 (Pub. 

L. 110–244), FHWA is providing this 

notice as its finding that a waiver of Buy 

America requirements is appropriate. 

FHWA invites public comment on this 

finding for an additional 5 days 

following the effective date of the 

finding. Comments may be submitted to 

FHWA’s website via the link provided 

to the waiver page noted above. 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 313; Pub. L. 117– 

328; 23 CFR 635.410. 

Kristin R. White, 

Acting Administrator, Federal Highway 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2024–0021] 

Agency Requests for Approval of a 

New Information Collection: The 

Department of Transportation Title VI 

Program 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Transportation (DOT or Department) 

invites public comments about our 

intention to request the Office of 

Management and Budget’s (OMB) 

approval for an information collection 

for the Department’s activities 

conducted pursuant to Title VI of the 

Civil Rights Act of 1964. We are 

required to publish this notice in the 

Federal Register by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by November 29, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Docket No. DOT–OST– 

2024–0021 through one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket 

Management Facility, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12– 

140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except on Federal holidays. To 

ensure that someone is present to assist 

you, please call prior to visiting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chris Cialeo, Office of the General 

Counsel, Office of the Secretary, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590, (202) 366–8789 or 

christopher.cialeo@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title VI 

states that ‘‘[n]o person in the United 

States shall, on the grounds of race, 

color, or national origin, be excluded 

from participation in, be denied the 

benefits of, or be subjected to 

discrimination under any program or 

activity receiving Federal financial 

assistance.’’ 42. U.S.C. 2000d. 

To achieve this purpose, each Federal 

department and agency which provides 

financial assistance for any program or 

activity is authorized and directed by 

the Department of Justice (DOJ) to 

effectuate provisions of Title VI for each 

program or activity by issuing generally 

applicable regulations or requirements. 

The Department of Transportation 

(DOT) has issued its regulations 

implementing this DOJ mandate at 49 

CFR part 21. 

Pursuant to its Title VI regulations, 

DOT is responsible for ensuring that 

DOT-assisted programs and activities 

are carried out in a manner consistent 

with Title VI. The employment practices 

of a grant applicant, recipient, or subrecipient are also covered under Title VI 

if the primary purpose of the DOTsupported program is to provide 

employment, or if those employment 

practices would result in discrimination 

against beneficiaries of DOT-assisted 

services and benefits. All project 

sponsors receiving financial assistance 

pursuant to a DOT-funded project shall 

not discriminate in the provision of 

services because of race, color, or 

national origin. This information 

collection will cover all Title VI 

information collections undertaken by 

DOT and its operating administrations 

(OAs) and would eliminate the need for 

different DOT OAs to submit individual 

Title VI information collection requests 

to OMB. Collection of Title VI 

information includes Title VI 

certifications and assurances, pre-award 

assessments, Title VI program plans, 

community participation plans, and 

compliance reviews. DOT’s Title VI 

implementing regulations and the 

Department of Justice (DOJ) regulation 

Coordination of Non-discrimination in 

Federally Assisted Programs provide for 

the collection of data and information 

from recipients (see 49 CFR 21.7(a), 

21.9; 28 CFR 42.406, 42.407(a)). 

We have characterized this as a new 

collection because it is the first time that 

the Department-wide clearance has been 

sought for the Department’s Title VI 

information collections, though Title VI 

information collections have been 

sought in the past by different OAs and 

for different grant programs. Upon OMB 

approval of this Title VI collection, DOT 

plans to terminate any duplicative OA 

collections that were previously 

approved separately. In addition, 

pursuant to the Department’s current 

Title VI Order (DOT Order 1000.12C), 

DOT will be collecting information 

pursuant to its Title VI-related activities 

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preceding Title VI Order. Specifically, 

new information will include 

community participation plans and preaward assessments, in addition to the 

Title VI plans and compliance reviews 

collected under the preceding Title VI 

Order that will continue to be collected 

under DOT Order 1000.12C. Because 

OAs are authorized by the Title VI 

Order to tailor their financial assistance 

application guidelines, the actual 

information collected may vary between 

OAs. A copy of the Department’s 

proposed Title VI pre-award assessment 

template form is available for public 

comment in the docket. 

To help commenters provide 

information that will better allow the 

Department to include the appropriate 

paperwork burden within this 

collection, we offer the following 

clarifications. A ‘‘collection of 

information,’’ is defined as ‘‘the 

obtaining, causing to be obtained, 

soliciting, or requiring the disclosure to 

an agency, third parties or the public of 

information by or for an agency by 

means of identical questions posed to, 

or identical reporting, recordkeeping, or 

disclosure requirements imposed on, 

ten or more persons.’’ 5 CFR 

1320.3(c)(1). The activities that 

constitute the ‘‘burden’’ associated with 

a collection are defined in 5 CFR 

1320.3(b)(1) as ‘‘the total time, effort, or 

financial resources expended by persons 

to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose 

or provide information to or for a 

Federal agency.’’ Importantly, this 

burden is not necessarily the same as 

the entire regulatory burden for a 

program or an aspect of a program. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the 

Department’s performance; (b) the 

accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) 

ways for the Department to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collection; and (d) ways 

that the burden could be minimized 

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. 

Respondents: Airports, cities, 

counties, ports, Metropolitan Planning 

Organizations, railroads, shipyards, 

States, transit agencies, and universities. 

Estimated Annual Burden per 

Respondent: Burden hours are provided 

by OA based on the specific Title VI 

compliance activity. The total number 

listed is the number that would be 

required to complete all five identified 

activities (Title VI Assurances, PreAward Assessments, Title VI Plans, 

Community Participation Plans, and 

Compliance Reviews). Because certain 

activities, such as Compliance Reviews 

and the Pre-Award Assessment Form, 

will not apply to every recipient every 

year, the actual burden per respondent 

is likely to be lower. 

Federal Aviation Administration: 43 

hours (1 hour for Title VI Assurances, 

2 hours for Pre-Award Assessments, 

20 hours for Title VI plans, 10 hours 

for Community Participation Plans, 10 

hours for Compliance Reviews) 

Federal Highway Administration: 138 

hours (1 hour for Title VI Assurances, 

5 hours for Pre-Award Assessments, 

60 hours for Title VI plans, 40 hours 

for Community Participation Plans, 32 

hours for Compliance Reviews) 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration: 13 hours (1 hour for 

Title VI Assurances, 3 hours for PreAward Assessments, 3 hours for Title 

VI plans, 3 hours for Community 

Participation Plans, 3 hours for 

Compliance Reviews) 

Federal Railroad Administration: 209 

hours (1 hour for Title VI Assurances, 

8 hours for Pre-Award Assessments, 

80 hours for Title VI plans, 80 hours 

for Community Participation Plans, 40 

hours for Compliance Reviews) 

Federal Transit Administration: 37 

hours (1 hour for Title VI Assurances, 

3 hours for Pre-Award Assessments, 

16 hours for Title VI plans, 2 hours for 

Community Participation Plans, 15 

hours for Compliance Reviews) 

Maritime Administration: 163 hours (1 

hour for Title VI Assurances, 22 hours 

for Pre-Award Assessments, 20 hours 

for Title VI plans, 40 hours for 

Community Participation Plans, 80 

hours for Compliance Reviews) 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration: 141 hours (1 hour for 

Title VI Assurances, 40 hours for PreAward Assessments, 40 hours for 

Title VI plans, 60 hours for 

Community Participation Plans) 

Office of the Secretary: 49 hours (1 hour 

for Title VI Assurances, 8 hours for 

Pre-Award Assessments, 25 hours for 

Title VI plans, 15 hours for 

Community Participation Plans) 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration: 16 hours (1 hour for 

Title VI Assurances, 7 hours for PreAward Assessments, 6 hours for Title 

VI plans, 2 hours for Community 

Participation Plans) 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

133,422 hours, Department-wide. A 

breakdown of the total burden by OA is 

included below. 

Federal Aviation Administration: 59,800 

hours 

Federal Highway Administration: 7,314 

hours 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration: 1,672 hours 

Federal Railroad Administration: 6,360 

hours 

Federal Transit Administration: 10,508 

hours 

Maritime Administration: 15,948 hours 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration: 10,716 hours 

Office of the Secretary: 2,940 hours 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration: 4,400 hours 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as 

amended; and 49 CFR 1.49. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

25, 2024. 

Peter Constantine, 

Assistant General Counsel for General Law. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2023–0099] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Office of the Departmental 

Chief Information Officer, Office of the 

Secretary of Transportation, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, the United States 

Department of Transportation (DOT) 

intends to rename, update, and reissue 

an existing system of records notice 

currently titled ‘‘DOT/ALL 24 

Departmental Office of Civil Rights 

(DOCR) System.’’ This Notice is 

necessary for DOT records that are not 

covered by the Government-wide 

System of Records Notices (SORNs) for 

the Office of Personnel Management 

(OPM/GOVT–1) and the Equal 

Employment Opportunity Commission 

(EEOC/GOVT–1). OPM/GOVT–1 covers 

general personnel records pertaining to 

Federal employees. The EEOC/GOVT–1 

covers equal employment opportunity 

records pertaining to claims by Federal 

employees and applicants for Federal 

employment who allege they have been 

discriminated against by a Federal 

agency under title VII of the Civil Act 

of 1964, as amended; section 15 of the 

Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 

section 501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 

1973, as amended; and the Equal Pay 

Act. The DOT system known as the 

DOCR General Support System (GSS) 


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