[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 203 (Monday, October 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84240-84241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24293]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2024-0136]


Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved 
Collection: Port Infrastructure Development Program

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) invites public comments on 
our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
approval to renew an information collection in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed collection OMB 2133-0552 
(Port Infrastructure Development Program) is being updated to reflect 
the elimination of the MA-1083 Port Infrastructure Development Program 
(PIDP) Project Information Form, which is no longer needed. The total 
respondents and public burden have also reduced since this collection 
was implemented in 2019. We are required to publish this notice in the 
Federal Register to obtain comments from the public and affected 
agencies.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collections should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
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for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Holt, 202-366-8713, Office of 
Port Infrastructure Development, Maritime Administration, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a6ecc9c8c7d2cec7c888eec9cad2e6c2c9d288c1c9d0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a0eacfcec1d4c8c1ce8ee8cfccd4e0c4cfd48ec7cfd6">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Port Infrastructure Development Program.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0552.
    Type of Request: Extension With Change of a Currently Approved 
Collection.
    Abstract: The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Pub. L. 117-
58, November 15, 2021) (``Bipartisan Infrastructure Law'' or ``BIL'') 
appropriated $450 million to the PIDP for FY 2024 to make discretionary 
grants for eligible projects. On March 9, 2024, the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2024 (Pub. L. 118-42) (``FY 2024 Appropriations 
Act'') appropriated an additional $120,460,124 for the FY 2024 PIDP 
grant program. Of that amount, $50 million is available to be awarded 
as discretionary grants. Altogether, a total $500 million in funding is 
now available to be awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation 
(Department) for the Port Infrastructure Development Program (Program). 
This appropriations act allows the Department to make discretionary 
grants to improve port facilities at or near coastal seaports. The 
purpose of the Program is to accept applications to make grants. 
Submitted applications will be reviewed to determine if respondents 
meet the criteria for selection as grant recipients.
    The Port Infrastructure Development Program was established under 
46 U.S.C. 50302. The statute authorizes the Department of 
Transportation (``Department'' or ``DOT'') to establish a port 
infrastructure development program for the improvement of port 
facilities. To carry out a project under this program, the Department 
may provide financial assistance, including grants to port authorities 
or commissions, or to their subdivisions and agents, for port and 
intermodal infrastructure-related projects.
    The Department seeks to fund projects that will advance 
Departmental priorities of safety, equity, Justice40, climate and 
sustainability, workforce development, job quality, and wealth 
creation, as described in the DOT's Strategic Plan and executive 
orders. MARAD encourages applicants to propose projects that will 
improve safety, efficiency, or the reliability of the movement of goods 
through ports and intermodal connection to ports, and reduce greenhouse 
gas emissions in the transportation sector. Proposed projects must also 
create proportional impacts to all populations in a project area, 
increase equitable access to project benefits, support the creation of 
good-paying jobs with the free and fair choice to join a union, and 
include the incorporation of strong labor standards, training, and 
placement programs, especially registered apprenticeships.
    Respondents: A State, a political subdivision of a State or a local 
government, a public agency or publicly chartered authority established 
by one or more States, a special purpose district with a transportation 
function, an Indian Tribe or consortium of Indian Tribes, a multistate 
or multijurisdictional group of entities, or a lead entity described 
above jointly with a private entity or group of private entities 
(including the owners or operators of a facility, or collection of 
facilities, at a port).
    Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 200.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 200.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 160.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 32,000.
    Frequency of Response: Once Annually.
    A 60-day Federal Register Notice soliciting comments on this 
information collection was published on July 29, 2024, in the Federal 
Register (FR 60966, Vol. 89, No. 145). The posting received one 
comment, which expressed support for the continued collection of 
information about program applicants to PIDP, and concern that the 
elimination of form MA-1083 would result in a loss of information about 
applicants to the program. MARAD does not agree that without the form, 
MARAD will lose information about program applicants. The MA-1083 form 
has not been required from PIDP applicants for multiple fiscal years, 
without major impacts to the grant program or its operations. Program 
staff are confident that necessary information about PIDP applicants 
will continue to be collected without the required MA-1083 form. 
Additionally, the elimination of the required form will provide modest 
reductions in the annual burden for PIDP applicants.

(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 
35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.49).

    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-24293 Filed 10-18-24; 8:45 am]
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