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the Queensland East Coast Trawl 

Fishery, and the Torres Strait Prawn 

Fishery are eligible for entry under this 

provision. For France, shrimp harvested 

in the French Guiana domestic trawl 

fishery are eligible for entry under this 

provision. An official of the competent 

domestic fisheries authority for the 

country where the shrimp were 

harvested must sign the DS–2031 form 

accompanying these imports into the 

United States. 

In addition, the Department has 

determined that shrimp harvested in the 

Spencer Gulf region in Australia and 

Mediterranean red shrimp (Aristeus 

antennatus) harvested in the 

Mediterranean Sea by Spain may be 

exported to the United States under the 

DS–2031 section 7(A)(4) provision for 

‘‘shrimp harvested in a manner or under 

circumstances determined by the 

Department of State not to pose a threat 

of the incidental taking of sea turtles.’’ 

An official of the Government of 

Australia or Spain must certify the DS– 

2031 form accompanying these imports 

into the United States. 

Dated: May 20, 2015. 

David A. Balton, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for 

Oceans and Fisheries, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2015–12750 Filed 5–26–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 9148] 

Determination and Certification Under 

Section 40A of the Arms Export 

Control Act 

Pursuant to section 40A of the Arms 

Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2781), and 

Executive Order 13637, as amended, I 

hereby determine and certify to the 

Congress that the following countries 

are not cooperating fully with United 

States antiterrorism efforts: 

Eritrea 

Iran 

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 

(DPRK, or North Korea) 

Syria 

Venezuela 

This determination and certification 

shall be transmitted to the Congress and 

published in the Federal Register. 

Dated: May 11, 2015. 

John Kerry, 

Secretary of State. 

[FR Doc. 2015–12747 Filed 5–26–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Buy America Waiver Notification 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides 

information regarding FHWA’s finding 

that a Buy America waiver is 

appropriate for the obligation of 

Federal-aid funds for 21 State projects 

involving the acquisition of vehicles 

and equipment on the condition that 

they be assembled in the U.S. 

DATES: The effective date of the waiver 

is May 28, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about this notice, please 

contact Mr. Gerald Yakowenko, FHWA 

Office of Program Administration, 202– 

366–1562, or via email at 

gerald.yakowenko@dot.gov. For legal 

questions, please contact Mr. Jomar 

Maldonado, FHWA Office of the Chief 

Counsel, 202–366–1373, or via email at 

jomar.maldonado@dot.gov. Office hours 

for the FHWA are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., e.t., 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 

This notice provides information 

regarding FHWA’s finding that a Buy 

America waiver is appropriate for the 

obligation of Federal-aid funds for 21 

State projects involving the acquisition 

of vehicles (including sedans, vans, 

pickups, trucks, buses, and street 

sweepers) and equipment (such as 

snooper truck and trail grooming 

equipment) on the condition that they 

be assembled in the U.S. The waiver 

would apply to approximately 249 

vehicles. The requests, available at 

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/construction/

contracts/cmaq150325.cfm, are 

incorporated by reference into this 

notice. These projects are being 

undertaken to implement air quality 

improvement, safety, and mobility goals 

under FHWA’s Congestion Mitigation 

and Air Quality Improvement Program; 

National Bridge and Tunnel Inventory 

and Inspection Program; and the 

Recreational Trails Program. 

Title 23, Code of Federal Regulations, 

section 635.410 requires that steel or 

iron materials (including protective 

coatings) that will be permanently 

incorporated in a Federal-aid project 

must be manufactured in the U.S. For 

FHWA, this means that all the processes 

that modified the chemical content, 

physical shape or size, or final finish of 

the material (from initial melting and 

mixing, continuing through the bending 

and coating) occurred in the U.S. The 

statute and regulations create a process 

for granting waivers from the Buy 

America requirements when its 

application would be inconsistent with 

the public interest or when satisfactory 

quality domestic steel and iron products 

are not sufficiently available. In 1983, 

FHWA determined that it was both in 

the public interest and consistent with 

the legislative intent to waive Buy 

America for manufactured products 

other than steel manufactured products. 

However, FHWA’s national waiver for 

manufactured products does not apply 

to the requests in this notice because 

they involve predominately steel and 

iron manufactured products. The 

FHWA’s Buy America requirements do 

not have special provisions for applying 

Buy America to ‘‘rolling stock’’ such as 

vehicles or vehicle components (see 49 

U.S.C. 5323(j)(2)(C), 49 CFR 661.11, and 

49 U.S.C. 24405(a)(2)(C) for examples of 

Buy America rolling stock provisions for 

other DOT agencies). 

Based on all the information available 

to the agency, FHWA concludes that 

there are no domestic manufacturers 

that produce the vehicles and vehicle 

components identified in this notice in 

such a way that their steel and iron 

elements are manufactured 

domestically. The FHWA’s Buy America 

requirements were tailored to the types 

of products that are typically used in 

highway construction, which generally 

meet the requirement that steel and iron 

materials be manufactured domestically. 

In today’s global industry, vehicles are 

assembled with iron and steel 

components that are manufactured all 

over the world. The FHWA is not aware 

of any domestically produced vehicle 

on the market that meets FHWA’s Buy 

America requirement to have all its iron 

and steel be manufactured exclusively 

in the U.S. For example, the Chevrolet 

Volt, which was identified by many 

commenters in a November 21, 2011, 

Federal Register Notice (76 FR 72027) 

as a car that is made in the U.S., is 

comprised of only 45 percent of U.S. 

and Canadian content according to the 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration’s Part 583 American 

Automobile Labeling Act Report Web 

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