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involving steel carcass ply tires. The 

CrossClimate SUV is a passenger car, 

sport utility, and light truck tire line 

with a polyester carcass. The tire is not 

intended for retreading. The concern for 

service personnel related to steel carcass 

construction is not relevant for this tire 

line. 

2. Corrective Measures 

a. Upon identification of the 

mismarking, MNA instituted a block on 

the affected SKU. A total of 782 tires 

were captured and retained in MNA 

inventory. These tires will be repaired 

to display the correct single ply 

marking, or they will be scrapped. 

b. The tire specification drawing has 

been corrected and the mold plate has 

been updated to show the correct single 

ply marking. All tires currently being 

produced have the correct marking. 

3. Prior NHTSA Decisions 

MNA states that NHTSA has 

concluded in other petitions related to 

the number of plies marking that this 

type of noncompliance is 

inconsequential to safety. Examples of 

prior decisions include: 

• Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., 83 

FR 13002 (March 26, 2018) 

• Continental Tire the Americas, LLC, 

83 FR 36668 (July 30, 2018) 

• Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, 82 

FR 17075 (April 7, 2017) 

• Hankook Tire America Corp., 79 FR 

30688 (May 28, 2014) 

• Bridgestone Americas Tire 

Operations, LLC, 78 FR 47049 (August 

2, 2013) 

MNA concludes by contending that 

the subject noncompliance is 

inconsequential as it relates to motor 

vehicle safety, and that its petition 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, be granted. 

VII. NHTSA’s Analysis 

NHTSA has evaluated the merits of 

MNA’s petition and agrees that, based 

on the facts presented, the subject 

noncompliance is inconsequential to 

motor vehicle safety. The Agency 

considered the following prior to 

making this determination: 

1. Operational Safety & Performance: 

NHTSA agrees that the subject 

noncompliance has no effect on the 

operational safety of vehicles. Michelin 

stated that the affected tires meet all the 

applicable FMVSS performance 

requirements as well as Michelin’s own 

internal testing requirements. 

2. Tire Identification and Traceability: 

The tires have the required information 

per 49 CFR 574.5 to ensure that the tires 

may be properly registered for the 

purposes of a safety recall. The TIN is 

both legible and easily discernible. 

3. Downstream Operations: The 

Agency must also consider other 

interested parties besides the 

manufacturer and end-user. 

Downstream entities involved in tire 

repair, retreading, and recycling 

operations require certain information 

to determine if tires may be safely used 

in their operations. The existence of 

steel in a tire’s sidewall and tread can 

be relevant to the manner in which it 

should be repaired or retreaded. The use 

of steel cord construction in the 

sidewall and tread is the primary safety 

concern of these industries. The Agency 

believes the noncompliance of the 

subject tires will have no measurable 

effect on the safety of the tire retread, 

repair, and recycling industries since 

the tire sidewalls are marked correctly 

for the number of steel plies. 

4. Public & Consumer Groups 

Feedback: The Agency has concluded, 

based on previous feedback, that the tire 

construction information (number of 

plies and cord material in the sidewall 

and tread plies) influences very few 

consumers when they are deciding to 

buy a motor vehicle or replacement 

tires. This conclusion is based on 

comments submitted to the docket for 2 

separate Advance Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking documents that were 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 1, 2000, (65 FR 75222) and 

December 19, 2018, (84 FR 69698). 

VII. NHTSA’s Decision 

In consideration of the foregoing, 

NHTSA finds that MNA has met its 

burden of persuasion that the subject 

FMVSS No. 139 noncompliance in the 

affected tires is inconsequential to 

motor vehicle safety. Accordingly, 

MNA’s petition is hereby granted and 

MNA is consequently exempted from 

the obligation of providing notification 

of, and a free remedy for, that 

noncompliance 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 tires 

that MNA no longer controlled at the 

time it determined that the 

noncompliance existed. However, the 

granting of this petition does not relieve 

tire distributors and dealers of the 

prohibitions on the sale, offer for sale, 

or introduction or delivery for 

introduction into interstate commerce of 

the noncompliant tires under their 

control after MNA 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) 

Otto G. Matheke III, 

Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02460 Filed 2–4–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

DOT’s Identification of Federal 

Financial Assistance Infrastructure 

Programs Subject to the Build 

America, Buy America Provisions of 

the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 

Act 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: Section 70913(a) of the 

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 

requires that the head of each Federal 

agency shall submit to the Office of 

Management and Budget and to 

Congress a report that identifies each 

Federal financial assistance program for 

infrastructure administered by the 

Federal agency, and that that report be 

published in the Federal Register. The 

Department of Transportation is issuing 

this notice to make the public aware of 

the availability of that report on its 

website. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Darren Timothy at darren.timothy@

dot.gov or at 202–366–4051. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The Bipartisan 

Infrastructure Law (known officially as 

the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 

Act), signed by President Biden on 

November 15, 2021, includes the Build 

America, Buy America Act (BABA), 

which requires each agency to submit to 

OMB and Congress a report within 60 

days of enactment that lists all Federal 

financial assistance programs for 

infrastructure administered by the 

agency and that identifies the programs 

that are ‘‘deficient,’’ as defined in the 

Act. 

DOT’s report was developed in 

accordance with the requirements found 

in section 70913 of the BABA and OMB 

guidance issued on December 20, 2021. 

It provides a listing of the Federal 

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infrastructure administered by DOT; a 

discussion of domestic preference laws 

and requirements that apply to those 

programs; and identifies those programs 

that are currently not fully consistent 

with the requirements of section 70914 

of the BABA. The report provides 

information on the Federal financial 

assistance programs for infrastructure 

and associated Buy America(n) 

requirements administered by DOT and 

its operating administrations, including 

the Federal Aviation Administration 

(FAA), Federal Highway Administration 

(FHWA), Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA), and the Maritime 

Administration (MARAD), as well as the 

Office of the Secretary (OST). 

The report is available online on the 

Department of Transportation website at 

https://www.transportation.gov/officepolicy/transportation-policy/made-inamerica/build-america-buy-america-60- 

day-report. 

Dated: February 1, 2022. 

Michael Shapiro, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02441 Filed 2–4–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund 

Notice of Information Collection and 

Request for Public Comment 

ACTION: Notice and request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Treasury, 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 proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Currently, the 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund), U.S. 

Department of the Treasury, is soliciting 

comments concerning the Certification 

of Material Events Form. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before April 8, 2022 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments via 

email to Heather Hunt, Office of 

Compliance Monitoring and Evaluation 

(OCME) Program Manager, CDFI Fund, 

at ccme@cdfi.treas.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Heather Hunt, OCME Program Manager, 

CDFI Fund, U.S. Department of the 

Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20220 or by phone 

at (202) 653–0385. The Certification of 

Material Events Form may be obtained 

from the CDFI Fund’s website at https:// 

www.cdfifund.gov/news. Other 

information regarding the CDFI Fund 

and its programs may be obtained 

through the CDFI Fund’s website at 

https://www.cdfifund.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Certification of Material Events 

Form. 

OMB Number: 1559–0037. 

Abstract: This information collection 

captures information related to specified 

‘‘material events’’ that recipients and/or 

allocatees are required to report per 

applicable Assistance, Award, 

Allocation, or Bond Loan Agreement for 

New Markets Tax Credit Program, CDFI 

Bond Guarantee Program, Bank 

Enterprise Award Program, Small Dollar 

Loan Program, Capital Magnet Fund 

Program, CDFI Program/Native 

American CDFI Assistance Program, 

including Technical Assistance, 

Financial Assistance, Healthy Food 

Financing Initiative Financial 

Assistance, Disability Funds Financial 

Assistance, Persistent Poverty Counties 

Financial Assistance, and/or the CDFI 

Rapid Response Program. The revised 

form requires recipients and/or 

allocatees to indicate their material 

event, explain the event, and describe 

their organization’s response. 

Type of Review: Regular Review. 

Affected Public: CDFIs and CDEs; 

including business or other for-profit 

institutions, non-profit entities, and 

State, local and Tribal entities 

participating in CDFI Fund programs. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

200. 

Estimated Annual Time per 

Respondent: .25 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 50 hours. 

Requests for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

CDFI Fund, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the CDFI Fund’s 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

of information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of technology; and (e) 

estimates of capital or start-up costs and 

costs of operation, maintenance, and 

purchase of services to provide 

information. 

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.; 26 

U.S.C. 45D. 

Jodie L. Harris, 

Director, Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02448 Filed 2–4–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–70–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Bureau of the Fiscal Service 

Proposed Collection of Information: 

Voucher for Payment of Awards 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, 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 proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

Currently the Bureau of the Fiscal 

Service within the Department of the 

Treasury is soliciting comments 

concerning the Voucher for Payment of 

Awards. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before April 8, 2022 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

and requests for additional information 

to Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Bruce A. 

Sharp, Room #4006–A, PO Box 1328, 

Parkersburg, WV 26106–1328, or 

bruce.sharp@fiscal.treasury.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Voucher for Payment of Awards. 

OMB Number: 1530–0012. 

Form Number: FS Form 5135. 

Abstract: Awards certificate to 

Treasury are paid annually as funds are 

received from foreign governments. 

Vouchers are mailed to award holders 

showing payments due. Award holders 

sign vouchers certifying that he/she is 

entitled to payment. Executed vouchers 

are used as a basis for payment. 

Current Actions: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,400. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 30 

minutes. 


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