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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DOT–2012- DOT–OST–2012– 

0184] 

Privacy Act of 1974; Department of 

Transportation, Office of the Secretary 

of Transportation; DOT/ALL–25; 

Department of Transportation 

Biographies System of Records 

AGENCY: Office of the Departmental 

Chief Information Officer, Office of the 

Secretary of Transportation, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Privacy Act system of 

records and consolidate two legacy 

systems of records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of 

Transportation’s Office of the Secretary 

of Transportation (DOT/OST) intends to 

establish a DOT-wide System of Records 

of Transportation system of records 

titled, ‘‘DOT/ALL–25, Department of 

Transportation Biographies System of 

Records.’’ The Department also intends 

to consolidate the following legacy 

record systems DOT/FAA 837 

Photographs and Biographical 

Information (April 11, 2000) and DOT/ 

MARAD 011 Biographical Files (April 

11, 2000) as part of the same. This 

system of records will allow the 

Department of Transportation, to 

include its Operating Administrations 

and Secretarial Offices, to collect and 

maintain biographical information of 

Department of Transportation 

employees and other individuals for the 

purpose of publicizing skills, 

experiences, and expertise relevant to 

Department of Transportation activities 

and services. These records are separate 

and distinct from and are not compiled 

from records maintained by the 

Department for any other function 

including but not limited to human 

resources. This system, titled 

Biographies, will be included in the 

Department of Transportation’s 

inventory of record systems. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted on or before May 31, 2013. 

The Department may publish an 

amended SORN in light of any 

comments received. This new system 

will be effective May 31, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number DOT– 

2012–DOT–OST–2012–0184 by any of 

the following methods: 

• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Ave. SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., between 9 

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

Friday, except Federal Holidays. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

Instructions: You must include the 

agency name and docket number DOT– 

OST–2012–0184. All comments 

received will be posted without change 

to http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received in any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

statement in the Federal Register 

published on January 17, 2008 (73 FR 

3316–3317). 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov or to the street 

address listed above. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the docket. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions, please contact: Claire W. 

Barrett, Departmental Chief Privacy 

Officer, Privacy Office, Department of 

Transportation, Washington, DC 20590; 

privacy@dot.gov; or (202) 366–8134. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 

1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Department of 

Transportation (DOT)/Office of the 

Secretary of Transportation (OST) 

proposes to issue a DOT system of 

records titled, ‘‘DOT/ALL–25 

Biographies.’’ 

The Department wishes to create a 

new system of records for biographical 

information, including photographs, of 

senior leadership, employees and others 

who are engaged in activities on behalf 

of the Department. The Department will 

use this biographical information to 

provide information to the media and 

the public about agency expertise and 

services, to provide introductory 

materials for speeches and other events 

and meetings, and to provide 

information to the media and public 

about the qualifications of the 

Department’s employees, contractors, or 

others about whom the Department 

collects biographical information. The 

Department also intends to consolidate 

the following legacy record systems 

DOT/FAA 837 Photographs and 

Biographical Information (April 11, 

2000) and DOT/MARAD 011 

Biographical Files (April 11, 2000) as 

part of the same. These records are 

separate and distinct from and are not 

compiled from records maintained by 

the Department for any other function 

including but not limited to human 

resources. 

These routine uses are compatible 

with the purposes for which the 

information was collected. Individuals 

whose PII is in this system of records 

have provided it to DOT to enable DOT 

to make that information available to the 

public, through the DOT Web site or 

other means, for the purpose of 

furthering DOT missions and promoting 

its expertise. 

The information contained within this 

system of records will be collected 

directly from the individual employees 

or individuals who are the subject of the 

record. Through this collection 

mechanism, these individuals will have 

the opportunity to determine which 

categories of their PII may be disclosed 

pursuant to the routine uses provided in 

this SORN. All collections are voluntary 

and individuals may request that use of 

the information be discontinued at any 

time. This updated system will be 

included in DOT’s inventory of record 

systems. 

II. Privacy Act 

The Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) 

governs the means by which the Federal 

Government collects, maintains, and 

uses personally identifiable information 

(PII) in a System of Records. A ‘‘System 

of Records’’ is a group of any records 

under the control of a Federal agency 

from which information about 

individuals is retrieved by name or 

other personal identifier. The Privacy 

Act requires each agency to publish in 

the Federal Register a System of 

Records notice (SORN) identifying and 

describing each System of Records the 

agency maintains, including the 

purposes for which the agency uses PII 

in the system, the routine uses for 

which the agency discloses such 

information outside the agency, and 

how individuals to whom a Privacy Act 

record pertains can exercise their rights 

under the Privacy Act (e.g., to determine 

if the system contains information about 

them and to contest inaccurate 

information). 

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), 

DOT has provided a report of this 

system of records to the Office of 

Management and Budget and to 

Congress. 

SYSTEM OF RECORDS 

Department of Transportation (DOT)/ 

ALL—25 

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SYSTEM NAME: 

Department of Transportation (DOT)/ 

ALL—25, Biographies System of 

Records 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Records are maintained at the 

Department of Transportation and in 

component offices of the Department of 

Transportation in both Washington, DC 

and field offices. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Any individual, including 

Department of Transportation senior 

leadership, past and present, whose 

biographical information is collected 

and distributed by DOT. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Categories of records in the system 

may include but are not limited to: 

• Individual’s name; 

• Individual’s place of birth; 

• Individual’s photo; 

• Individual’s work history and 

experience; 

• Individual’s education; 

• Individual’s military experience; 

• Individual’s civil duties and 

awards; 

• Individual’s hometown; 

• Individual’s other relevant areas of 

information that may be collected and 

distributed to the public. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

5 U.S.C. 301; The Federal Records 

Act, 44 U.S.C. 3101; 49 U.S.C. 301 

PURPOSE(S): 

The purpose of this system is to 

collect biographical information of 

individuals, primarily DOT employees 

and senior leadership, in order to 

provide information to the media and 

the public. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

In addition to those disclosures 

generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 

552a(b) of the Privacy Act, all or a 

portion of the records or information 

contained in this system may be 

disclosed outside DOT as a routine use 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as 

follows: 

1. To individuals or organizations, 

both public and private, for the purpose 

of introduction at speaking 

engagements, meetings and other 

events; 

2. To professional societies, civil 

clubs, industrial and other 

organizations, Federal, state and local 

government agencies, representatives of 

the news media, researchers, authors, 

Congress, and members of the public by 

posting such information on the Internet 

or in DOT publications to further of 

DOT mission and activities; 

3. To professional societies, civil 

clubs, industrial and other 

organizations, state and local 

governments, representatives of the 

news media, and other Federal, state 

and local government agencies for 

publications related to DOT’s mission 

and activities; 

4. See ‘‘Prefatory Statement of General 

Routine Uses’’ (available at http:// 

www.dot.gov/privacy/ 

privacyactnotices). Other possible 

routine uses of the information, 

applicable to all DOT Privacy Act 

systems of records, are published in the 

Federal Register at 75 FR 82132, 

December 29, 2010, and 77 FR 42796, 

July 20, 2012 (available at http:// 

www.dot.gov/privacy). 

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES: 

None. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Records in this system are stored 

electronically and/or on paper in secure 

facilities. Electronic records may be 

stored on magnetic disc, tape, digital 

media, and CD–ROM. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Records may be retrieved by 

individual’s name. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Records in this system are 

safeguarded in accordance with 

applicable rules and policies, including 

all applicable DOT automated systems 

security and access policies. Strict 

controls have been imposed to minimize 

the risk of compromising the 

information that is being stored. Access 

to records in this system is limited to 

those individuals who have a need to 

know the information for the 

performance of their official duties and 

who have appropriate clearances or 

permissions. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

DOT is preparing a new records 

disposition schedule (Standard Form 

115) for submission to the National 

Archives and Records Administration 

(NARA), which will include the 

following proposed retention periods: 

Records at the executive level (e.g. 

Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and Chief 

of Staff) are permanent. These records 

are cut off when superseded or obsolete, 

and are transferred to NARA one year 

after cut off. Other records will be 

retained for two years from the date of 

collection and then disposed. 

DOT will retain all records until a 

disposition schedule is approved by 

NARA. 

SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS: 

For office of the secretary components 

of DOT, the system manager is the 

Director, Public Affairs, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. 

SE., Washington, DC, 20590. For 

Operating Administrations of DOT, the 

System Manager can be found at 

http://www.dot.gov/briefingroom under 

‘‘Press Offices.’’ 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Individuals seeking notification of 

and access to any record contained in 

this system of records, or seeking to 

contest its content, may submit a 

request in writing to the modal Privacy 

Officer where the records are kept 

whose contact information can be found 

at http://www.dot.gov/foia under 

‘‘Contact Us.’’ If an individual believes 

more than one component maintains 

Privacy Act records concerning him or 

her, the individual may submit the 

request to the Departmental Freedom of 

Information Act Office, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, Room W94–122, 1200 

New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 

20590, ATTN: FOIA request. 

When seeking records about yourself 

from this system of records or any other 

Departmental system of records your 

request must conform with the Privacy 

Act regulations set forth in 49 CFR part 

10. You must sign your request, and 

your signature must either be notarized 

or submitted under 28 U.S.C. 1746, a 

law that permits statements to be made 

under penalty of perjury as a substitute 

for notarization. While no specific form 

is required, you may obtain forms for 

this purpose from the Chief Freedom of 

Information Act Officer, http:// 

www.dot.gov/foia or 202.366.4542. In 

addition you should provide the 

following: 

An explanation of why you believe 

the Department would have information 

on you; 

• Identify which component(s) of the 

Department you believe may have the 

information about you; 

• Specify when you believe the 

records would have been created; 

• Provide any other information that 

will help the FOIA staff determine 

which DOT component agency may 

have responsive records; and 

If your request is seeking records 

pertaining to another living individual, 

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you must include a statement from that 

individual certifying his/her agreement 

for you to access his/her records. 

Without this bulleted information the 

component(s) may not be able to 

conduct an effective search, and your 

request may be denied due to lack of 

specificity or lack of compliance with 

applicable regulations. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

See ‘‘Notification procedure’’ above. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

See ‘‘Notification procedure’’ above. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Records are obtained from DOT 

employees and other individuals who 

are the subject of such records. 

Collection and use of all records is 

voluntary and individuals may decline 

from providing such information for the 

purposes described within this notice. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

Issued in Washington, DC on May 2, 2013. 

Claire W. Barrett, 

Departmental Chief Privacy Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–10842 Filed 5–7–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[FHWA Docket No. FHWA–2013–0014] 

Including Specific Pavement Types in 

Federal-aid Highway Traffic Noise 

Analyses 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA requests input 

from stakeholders and interested parties 

on expanding the specific pavement 

types used in Federal-aid highway 

traffic noise analyses. Current highway 

traffic noise analyses rely on data from 

three pavement types: dense-graded 

asphaltic concrete (DGAC), open-graded 

asphaltic concrete (OGAC), and 

Portland cement concrete (PCC). 

Prediction of future noise levels is based 

on the ‘‘average’’ pavement type, 

calculated as the average of the DGAC 

and PCC vehicle noise emission levels. 

The FHWA is issuing this Federal 

Register Notice to invite stakeholders 

and interested parties to provide 

comments and suggestions on whether 

and how to include additional 

pavement types in Federal-aid highway 

traffic noise analyses. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 8, 2013. Late comments 

will be considered to the extent 

practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Mail or hand deliver 

comments to the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Dockets Management 

Facility, Room W12–140, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 

20590, or fax comments to (202) 493– 

2251. Alternatively, comments may be 

submitted to the Federal eRulemaking 

portal at http://www.regulations.gov. All 

comments must include the docket 

number that appears in the heading of 

this document. All comments received 

will be available for examination and 

copying at the above address from 9 

a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. Those 

desiring notification of receipt of 

comments must include a selfaddressed, stamped postcard or you 

may print the acknowledgment page 

that appears after submitting comments 

electronically. Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments in 

any one of our dockets by the name of 

the individual submitting the comment 

(or signing the comment, if submitted 

on behalf of an association, business, or 

labor union). Anyone may review DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement in the 

Federal Register published on April 11, 

2000 (Volume 65, Number 70, Pages 

19477–78). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about the program discussed 

herein, contact Mr. Mark Ferroni, Office 

of Natural Environment, (202) 366– 

3233, or via email at 

mark.ferroni@dot.gov. For legal 

questions, please contact Mr. Robert 

Black, Office of the Chief Counsel, (202) 

366–1359, or via email at 

robert.black@dot.gov. Office hours are 

from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., e.t., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access and Filing 

You may submit or retrieve comments 

online through the Federal eRulemaking 

portal at: http://www.regulations.gov. 

The Web site is available 24 hours each 

day, 365 days each year. Please follow 

the instructions. Electronic submission 

and retrieval help and guidelines are 

available under the help section of the 

Web site. An electronic copy of this 

document may also be downloaded 

from the Office of the Federal Register’s 

home page at: http://www.archives.gov 

and the Government Printing Office’s 

Web page at: http:// 

www.access.gpo.gov/nara. 

Background 

Section 109(i) of Title 23, United 

States Code authorizes FHWA to issue 

noise standards which are set forth in 23 

CFR Part 772. Highway traffic noise 

analyses provide data for 

decisionmakers to make informed 

decisions on project alternatives and 

noise abatement measures. Current 

highway traffic noise analyses rely on 

data from three pavement types: DGAC, 

OGAC, and PCC. Prediction of future 

noise levels is based on the ‘‘average’’ 

pavement type, calculated as the 

average of the DGAC and PCC vehicle 

noise emission levels. 

The FHWA remains actively involved 

in what the highway noise industry 

refers to as ‘‘low noise pavements’’ or 

‘‘quieter pavements.’’ In 2003, the 

FHWA entered into the Quiet Pavement 

Pilot Program with the Arizona 

Department of Transportation, cosponsored the 2004 International Scan 

on ‘‘Quieter Pavement Systems in 

Europe,’’ and funded several national 

workshops, trainings, and informational 

outreach pieces on this topic. 

In 2005, the FHWA began funding the 

‘‘Pavement Effects Implementation 

Study’’ (PEI) to look at ways to 

incorporate options to consider a wider 

range of asphaltic concrete and PCC 

pavements within the agency’s traffic 

noise model. When using the term, 

‘‘specific pavement types, ’’ within the 

Federal-aid highway traffic noise 

analyses, the FHWA is referring to these 

pavements used in the PEI Study, but 

also any other specific pavement that a 

highway agency may want to consider 

in their noise analysis. For more 

information on the PEI see: http:// 

www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/noise/

traffic_noise_model/documents_

and_references/pavement_effects

_implementation_study/pei00.cfm). 

Because of the evolution of the use of 

quiet pavements in the highway 

industry, the FHWA is interested in 

how some of these new technologies 

and techniques could potentially be 

integrated into the FHWA’s noise 

program to offer the most flexibility and 

utility to our stakeholders. The FHWA 

requests input from stakeholders and 

other interested parties on including 

specific pavement types in Federal-aid 

highway traffic noise analyses. While 

the FHWA invites any comments 

regarding use of specific pavement types 

in Federal-aid highway traffic noise 

analyses, the following questions may 

serve as a guide: 

(1) What is your position regarding 

the possible inclusion of specific 

pavement types in the Federal-aid 

highway traffic noise analysis process? 

(a) If you support the inclusion of 

specific pavement types, explain why, 

how you think this should be 

implemented (from both a regulatory 

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