Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 36 / Tuesday, February 24, 2015 / Notices 9849 

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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title 1: A Guide to Reporting Highway 

Statistics. 

OMB Control Number: 2125–0032. 

Abstract: A Guide to Reporting 

Highway Statistics provides for the 

collection of information by describing 

policies and procedures for assembling 

highway related data from the existing 

files of State agencies. The data includes 

motor-vehicle registration and fees, 

motor-fuel use and taxation, driver 

licensing, and highway taxation and 

finance. Federal, State, and local 

governments use the data for 

transportation policy discussions and 

decisions. Motor-fuel data are used in 

attributing receipts to the Highway 

Trust Fund and subsequently in the 

apportionment formula that are used to 

distribute Federal-Aid Highway Funds. 

The data are published annually in the 

FHWA’s Highway Statistics. 

Information from Highway Statistics is 

used in the joint FHWA and Federal 

Transit Administration required 

biennial report to Congress, Status of the 

Nation’s Highways, Bridges, and 

Transit: Conditions and Performance, 

which contrasts present status to future 

investment needs. 

Respondents: State and local 

governments of the 50 States, the 

District of Columbia, the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, 

American Samoa, the Northern 

Marianas, and the Virgin Islands share 

this burden. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: The estimated average 

reporting burden per response for the 

annual collection and processing of the 

data is 754 hours for each of the States 

(including local governments), the 

District of Columbia, the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, 

American Samoa, the Northern 

Marianas, and the Virgin Islands. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: The 

estimated total annual burden for all 

respondents is 42,206 hours. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Michael Dougherty, (202) 366–9234, 

Department of Transportation, Federal 

Highway Administration, Office of 

Policy, Office of Highway Policy 

Information, Highway Funding and 

Motor Fuels Division (HPPI–10), 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590. Office hours are from 7 a.m. 

to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Title 2: Highway Performance 

Monitoring System (HPMS). 

OMB Control Number: 2125–0028. 

Abstract: The HPMS data that is 

collected is used for management 

decisions that affect transportation, 

including estimates of the Nation’s 

future highway needs and assessments 

of highway system performance. The 

information is used by the FHWA to 

develop and implement legislation and 

by State and Federal transportation 

officials to adequately plan, design, and 

administer effective, safe, and efficient 

transportation systems. This data is 

essential to the FHWA and Congress in 

evaluating the effectiveness of the 

Federal-aid highway program. The 

HPMS also provides miles, lane-miles 

and travel components of the FederalAid Highway Fund apportionment 

formulae. The data that is required by 

the HPMS is continually reassessed and 

streamlined by the FHWA. 

Respondents: State governments of 

the 50 States, the District of Columbia, 

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: The estimated average burden 

per response for the annual collection 

and processing of the HPMS data is 

1,440 hours for each State, the District 

of Columbia and the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: The 

estimated total annual burden for all 

respondents is 74,880 hours. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Robert Rozycki, (202) 366–5059, 

Department of Transportation, Federal 

Highway Administration, Highway 

Systems Performance (HPPI–20), Office 

of Highway Policy Information, Office of 

Policy & Governmental Affairs, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590. Office hours are from 7:30 

a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Public Comments Invited 

You are asked to comment on any 

aspect of these information collections, 

including: (1) Whether the proposed 

collections are necessary for the 

FHWA’s performance; (2) the accuracy 

of the estimated burdens; (3) ways for 

the FHWA to enhance the quality, 

usefulness, and clarity of the collected 

information; and (4) ways that the 

burdens could be minimized, including 

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 these 

information collections. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

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

49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued On: February 18, 2015. 

Michael Howell, 

Information Collection Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03710 Filed 2–23–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA—2015–0007] 

Notice of Buy America Waiver 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of Buy America Waivers. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides 

NHTSA’s finding with respect to three 

requests from the North Carolina 

Department of Transportation, 

Governor’s Highway Safety Program 

(NCGHSP) to waive the Buy America 

requirement. NHTSA finds that a nonavailability waiver of the Buy America 

requirement is inappropriate for the 

purchase of seven different models of 

child safety seats because there are 

comparable products produced in the 

United States. In addition, NHTSA finds 

that a non-availability waiver is 

appropriate for NCGHSP to purchase ecitation printers, and HP printer 

cartridges and imaging drums because 

there are no comparable products 

produced domestically. 

DATES: The effective date of this waiver 

is March 2, 2015. Written comments 

regarding this notice may be submitted 

to NHTSA and must be received on or 

before: March 11, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted using any one of the 

following methods: 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

M–30, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building, Ground 

Floor, Rm. W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

• Fax: Written comments may be 

faxed to (202) 493–2251. 

• Internet: To submit comments 

electronically, go to the Federal 

regulations Web site at http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 


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1NCGHSP requests to purchase the following 

models of child safety seats: Baby Trend Inertia, 

Chicco Keyfit 30, Cybex Aton Q, Graco HeadWise 

70, Graco Nautilus, Graco Affix, and Evenflo 

Rightfit Booster. 

• Hand Delivery: West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: All comments submitted 

in relation to this waiver must include 

the agency name and docket number. 

Please note that all comments received 

will be posted without change to 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided. You 

may also call the Docket at 202–366– 

9324. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

For program issues, contact Barbara 

Sauers, Office of Regional Operations 

and Program Delivery, NHTSA (phone: 

202–366–0144). For legal issues, contact 

Andrew DiMarsico, Office of Chief 

Counsel, NHTSA (phone: 202–366– 

5263). You may send mail to these 

officials at National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

This notice provides NHTSA’s finding 

that a waiver of the Buy America 

requirements, 23 U.S.C. 313, is not 

appropriate for NCGHSP to purchase 

seven different models of child safety 

seats using grant funds authorized 

under 23 U.S.C. 402. This notice also 

provides NHTSA’s finding that a nonavailability waiver is appropriate for the 

purchase of e-citation printers, and HP 

printer cartridges and imaging drums 

using grant funds authorized under 

sections 23 U.S.C. 405(c) and 402, 

respectively. 

Section 402 funds are available for 

use by State Highway Safety Programs 

that, among other things, encourage the 

proper use of occupant protection 

devices, including child restraint 

systems. 23 U.S.C. 402(a). Section 405(c) 

funds are available for use by State 

highway safety programs to support the 

development and implementation of 

effective State programs that, among 

other things, improve the timeliness, 

accuracy, completeness, uniformity, 

integration, and accessibility of State 

traffic safety data. 23 U.S.C. 405(c)(1). 

Buy America provides that NHTSA 

‘‘shall not obligate any funds authorized 

to be appropriated to carry out the 

Surface Transportation Assistance Act 

of 1982 (96 Stat. 2097) or [Title 23] and 

administered by the Department of 

Transportation, unless steel, iron, and 

manufactured products used in such 

project are produced in the United 

States.’’ 23 U.S.C. 313. However, 

NHTSA may waive those requirements 

if (1) their application would be 

inconsistent with the public interest; (2) 

such materials and products are not 

produced in the United States in 

sufficient and reasonably available 

quantities and of a satisfactory quality; 

or (3) the inclusion of domestic material 

will increase the cost of the overall 

project contract by more than 25 

percent. 23 U.S.C. 313(b). 

NCGHSP seeks waivers to use Federal 

highway safety grant funds to purchase 

(1) seven different models of child 

safety seats for use in its Child 

Passenger Safety Program;1 (2) e-citation 

printers for use by local police officers; 

and (3) Hewlett-Packard(HP) 130A 

LaserJet Toner Cartridges and HP 126A 

LaserJet Imaging Drum CE314A for 

existing printers used by occupant 

protection program staff in their daily 

activities. In this notice, we first address 

the child safety seats, then the e-citation 

printers, and lastly the HP cartridges 

and imaging drums. 

NCGHSP seeks a waiver to use 

Federal highway safety grant funds to 

purchase various models of foreign 

made car seats in its Child Passenger 

Safety (CPS) program to train 

prospective and new technicians. 

NCGHSP states that it is unable to 

identify any comparable domestic made 

car seats to use in its CPS certification 

and renewal training classes. However, 

NHTSA conducted an assessment and 

identified comparable American 

manufactured car seats that could be 

used to fulfill the purpose of NCGHSP’s 

CPS certification and renewal training 

classes. Consequently, as explained 

below, NHTSA has determined that a 

waiver to purchase these foreign made 

car seats is inappropriate. 

NCGHSP states the purpose of the 

CPS certification and renewal training 

classes is to offer CPS technicians and 

prospective technicians the opportunity 

for hands-on training of a wide variety 

of child safety seats and booster seats. 

Based on their request, NCGHSP seeks 

a Buy America waiver to purchase 

various foreign-made car seat models to 

perform car seat training for CPS 

technicians and prospective 

technicians. In general, the car seats that 

NCGHSP seeks to purchase are 

categorized into four classes of seats: (1) 

Rear-facing only seats, (2) convertible 

seats, (3) combination seats, and (4) 

booster seats. NHTSA found that both 

Britax and Dorel manufacture seats in 

all four requested classes in the United 

States. Based on this information, 

NCGHSP has not demonstrated that it 

meets the Buy America waiver 

requirements to purchase foreign-made 

child safety car seats to use in its CPS 

certification and renewal training 

classes. 

NCGHSP states that each of the seven 

child seats has a feature that is not 

found on domestically produced car 

seats or the seat is popular with 

consumers. NHTSA recognizes that 

there are dozens of different car seat 

models in class of child restraints and 

that some domestic car seats may lack 

similar features available in the car seat 

models requested by North Carolina, but 

these features are marketing based 

features that have little overall impact 

on the functionality of the seats. Thus, 

even without the features of the car 

seats that NCGHSP seeks, the overall 

function of domestic made seats fulfill 

the purpose for the CPS certification 

and renewal training classes. The 

purpose of these classes is to provide 

the basic knowledge and technical skills 

of the correct use and installation of car 

restraints (i.e. rear facing, convertibles, 

forward facing), booster seats, and seat 

belts necessary to certify technicians to 

conduct safety inspection stations and 

provide basic community education. 

With such a large variety of car seats in 

the market, and with marketing features 

to distinguish a restraint from 

competitors, the CPS training classes 

must provide basic training that is 

common to all seats. A large number of 

domestically produced car seats are 

available for this purpose. Since 

comparable models of the requested 

classes of car seats are produced 

domestically, NCGHSP’s Buy America 

waiver is denied. NHTSA invites public 

comment on this conclusion. 

NCGHSP also seeks a waiver to 

purchase mobile printers to assist North 

Carolina law enforcement agencies in 

participating in North Carolina’s statewide e-citation program. North 

Carolina’s e-citation program is an 

integrated state-wide system that 

permits data obtained from by an officer 

during a traffic stop to be available 

instantaneously in the state court 

system. Following state procurement 

procedures, NCGHSP opened a publicly 

advertised bid for two types of e-citation 

printers: (1) Inkjet printer and (2) 

thermal printer. None of the bids 

received offered a printer that was 

produced in the United States. The 

specifications NCGHSP requires for the 

inkjet printers are as follows: print 

resolution of 600 DPI Black and 4800 × 

1200 DPI color; print speed of 22 ppm 

Black and 18 ppm color; compatible 

with Windows; Borderless printing (up 

to 4 x 6 in); USB 2.0 connectivity; and 

Bluetooth capability. The specifications 

that NCGHSP requires for thermal 

printers are as follows: Print resolution 


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2See http://www.printek.com/index.php/mobile/

about. 

of 300 DPI; print speed of 6 ppm; 

compatible with Windows; must be able 

to print 4’’ thermal roll paper and and 

8.5’’ sheet feed thermal paper; product 

weight of 1.1 lbs; USB 2.0 connectivity; 

and Bluetooth capability. 

NHTSA conducted a market analysis 

that did not locate any comparable 

American manufactured e-citation 

printers that are compatible with North 

Carolina’s state-wide e-citation program. 

NHTSA was able to identify the 

FieldPro Series, a direct thermal mobile 

printer manufactured in the United 

States by Printek, Inc.2 However, it does 

not appear that the FieldPro Series 

meets the specifications required by 

North Carolina. The FieldPro Series 

printer is unable to print 8.5’’ sheet feed 

thermal paper; it prints at 2.8 ips and at 

a resolution of 203 dps. Since the 

FieldPro Series printer does not meet 

the specifications required by NCGHSP, 

NHTSA has determined that there are 

no comparable products manufactured 

domestically. Therefore, a Buy America 

waiver is appropriate since Printek’s 

FieldPro Series does not not meet the 

specification required by NCGHSP for 

its e-citation program. NHTSA invites 

public comment on this conclusion. 

Lastly, NCGHSP seeks a waiver to 

purchase HP printer cartridges and 

imaging drums for existing HP printers. 

The State intends to use the printer 

cartridges and imaging drums in the 

Injury Prevention section of its Buckle 

Up Kids/Safe Kids NC program. The 

requested equipment will be used to 

print outreach and educational 

materials for the program. NCGHSP 

states that only HP cartridges and 

imaging drums should be used in the 

program’s HP printers because 

equipment produced by other 

manufacturers may cause degradation or 

quality issues when used in place of HP 

products. It is unable to identify any 

printer cartridges and imaging drums for 

existing HP printers that meet the Buy 

America requirements. The State noted 

that HP is a large, multinational 

corporation with facilities, including 

manufacturing facilities, world-wide. 

NCGHSP is unable to identify the 

location of the facilities that produce the 

replacement HP printer cartridges and 

imaging drums. NHTSA conducted 

similar assessments and cannot confirm 

that HP printer cartridges and imaging 

drums are produced domestically and is 

not aware of any comparable printer 

cartridges and imaging drums produced 

in the United States. Therefore, the Buy 

America waiver is appropriate. NHTSA 

invites public comment on this 

conclusion. 

In light of the above discussion, and 

pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 313(b)(2), NHTSA 

finds that it is appropriate to grant 

waivers from the Buy America 

requirements to NCGHSP in order for it 

to use Federal highway safety grant 

funds to purchase e-citation printers 

and HP printer cartridges and imaging 

drums. These waivers apply to North 

Carolina and all other States seeking to 

use section 405(c) funds to purchase ecitation printers meeting the 

specifications described above and 

section 402 funds for HP printer 

cartridges and imaging drums for the 

purposes mentioned herein. These 

waivers will continue through fiscal 

year 2015 and will allow the purchase 

of these items as required for North 

Carolina’s Governor’s Highway Safety 

Program. Accordingly, these waivers 

will expire at the conclusion of fiscal 

year 2015 (September 30, 2015). In 

accordance with the provisions of 

Section 117 of the Safe, Accountable, 

Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 

Act: A Legacy of Users Technical 

Corrections Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110– 

244, 122 Stat. 1572), NHTSA is 

providing this notice as its finding that 

a waiver of the Buy America 

requirement is appropriate. 

NHTSA also determines that it is 

inappropriate to grant a waiver from the 

Buy America requirement for NCGHSP 

to use Federal highway safety grant 

funds to purchase various models of car 

seats in its Child Passenger Safety 

Program. 

Written comments on these findings 

may be submitted through any of the 

methods discussed above. NHTSA may 

reconsider these findings, if through 

comment, it learns of additional 

relevant information regarding its 

decisions related to NCGHSP’s waiver 

requests. 

These findings should not be 

construed as an endorsement or 

approval of any products by NHTSA or 

the U.S. Department of Transportation. 

The United States Government does not 

endorse products or manufacturers. 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 313; Pub. L. 110–161. 

Issued in Washington, DC under authority 

delegated in 49 CFR 1.95. 

O. Kevin Vincent, 

Chief Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03695 Filed 2–23–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA—2015–0005] 

Notice of Buy America Waiver 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of Buy America waiver. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides 

NHTSA’s finding with respect to a 

request to waive the requirement of Buy 

America from the Traffic Safety Office 

(TSO) of the Ohio Department of Public 

Safety. NHTSA finds that a nonavailability waiver of the Buy America 

requirement is appropriate for the 

purchase of printers using Federal 

highway traffic safety grant funds 

because there are no suitable products 

produced in the United States. 

DATES: The effective date of this waiver 

is March 2, 2015. Written comments 

regarding this notice may be submitted 

to NHTSA and must be received on or 

before: March 11, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted using any one of the 

following methods: 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

M–30, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building, Ground 

Floor, Rm. W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

• Fax: Written comments may be 

faxed to (202) 493–2251. 

• Internet: To submit comments 

electronically, go to the Federal 

regulations Web site at http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Hand Delivery: West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: All comments submitted 

in relation to this waiver must include 

the agency name and docket number. 

Please note that all comments received 

will be posted without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. You 

may also call the Docket at 202–366– 

9324. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

program issues, contact Barbara Sauers, 

Office of Regional Operations and 

Program Delivery, NHTSA (phone: 202– 

366–0144). For legal issues, contact 

Andrew DiMarsico, Office of Chief 

Counsel, NHTSA (phone: 202–366– 

5263). You may send mail to these 

officials at the National Highway Traffic 


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