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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

Assistance to Small Shipyards Grant 

Program 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation, Office of 

Shipyards and Marine Technology. 

ACTION: Notice of Small Shipyard Grant 

Program. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number: 20.814. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean 

E. McKeever, Associate Administrator 

for Business and Workforce 

Development, Maritime Administration, 

1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, 

DC 20590; phone: (202) 366–5737; fax: 

(202) 366–6988; or e-mail: 

jean.mckeever@dot.gov. 

Key Dates: The period for submitting 

grant applications, as mandated by 

statute, commenced on February 17, 

2009 and will terminate on April 20, 

2009. The applications must be received 

by the Maritime Administration by 5 

p.m. EST on April 20, 2009. 

Applications received later than this 

time will not be considered. The 

Maritime Administrator intends to 

award grants no later than August 17, 

2009. 

Funding Opportunity: Section 3508 of 

the National Defense Authorization Act 

for Fiscal Year 2009 (Pub. L. 110–417) 

and the section entitled ‘‘Supplemental 

Grants for Assistance to Small 

Shipyards’’ in the American Recovery 

and Reinvestment Act, 2009, provide 

that the Maritime Administration shall 

establish an assistance program for 

small shipyards. Under this program, 

there is currently an aggregate of 

$98,000,000 available for grants for 

capital improvements, and related 

infrastructure improvements at qualified 

shipyard facilities that will be effective 

in fostering efficiency, competitive 

operations, and quality ship 

construction, repair, and 

reconfiguration. ($2,000,000 of the 

$100,000,000 appropriated for the 

program is reserved for program 

administration.) Such grants may not be 

used to construct buildings or other 

physical facilities or to acquire land 

unless such use is specifically approved 

by the Administrator as being consistent 

with and supplemental to capital and 

related infrastructure improvements. 

Grant funds may also be used for 

maritime training programs to foster 

technical skills and operational 

productivity in communities whose 

economies are related to or dependent 

upon the maritime industry. However, 

grants for such training programs may 

only be awarded to ‘‘Eligible 

Applicants’’ as described below but 

training programs can be established 

through vendors to such applicants. 

Award Information: The Maritime 

Administration intends to award the full 

amount of the available funding through 

grants to the extent that there are worthy 

applications. No more than 25 percent 

of the funds available will be awarded 

to shipyard facilities that have more 

than 600 production employees. The 

Maritime Administration will seek to 

obtain the maximum benefit from the 

available funding by awarding grants for 

as many of the most worthy projects as 

possible. The Maritime Administration 

may partially fund projects by selecting 

parts of the total project. The start date 

and period of performance for each 

award will depend on the specific 

project and must be agreed to by the 

Maritime Administration. 

Eligibility Information: 1. Eligible 

Applicants—the statutes referenced in 

‘‘Funding Opportunity’’ above provide 

that shipyards can apply for grants. The 

shipyard facility for which a grant is 

sought must be in a single geographical 

location, located in or near a maritime 

community, and may not have more 

than 1200 production employees. 2. 

Other Considerations in Making 

Awards—In providing grants, the 

Administrator shall take into account (a) 

the economic circumstances and 

conditions of the maritime community 

near to which a shipyard facility is 

located; (b) projects that would be 

effective in fostering efficiency, 

competitive operations, and quality ship 

construction, repair, and 

reconfiguration; and (c) projects that 

would be effective in fostering employee 

skills and enhancing productivity. 

Matching Requirements: (1) Except as 

provided in item (2) below, Federal 

funds for any eligible project shall not 

exceed 75 percent of the total cost of 

such project. The remaining portion of 

the cost shall be paid in funds from or 

on behalf of the awardee. The applicant 

will be required to submit detailed 

financial statements and any necessary 

supporting documentation 

demonstrating how and when such 

matching requirement is proposed to be 

funded. (2) Exceptions—If the 

Administrator determines that a 

proposed project merits support and 

cannot be undertaken without a higher 

percentage of Federal financial 

assistance, the Administrator may 

award a grant for such project with a 

lesser matching requirement than is 

described in item (1). (3) Unless waived 

for good cause, the awardee’s matching 

requirement must be paid prior to 

payment of any federal funds for the 

project. 

Application: An application should 

be filed on standard Form SF–424 

which can be found on the internet at 

Marad.dot.gov. Although the form is 

available electronically, we request that 

the application be filed in hard copy as 

indicated below due to the amount of 

information requested. A shipyard 

facility may include multiple projects in 

one application. In order to allow us to 

evaluate whether an applicant meets the 

statutory criteria, the application for a 

grant should also provide the following 

information as an addendum to Form 

SF–424: 

1. Unique identifier of entity’s parent 

company (when applicable): Data 

Universal Numbering System (DUNS + 

4 number) (when applicable). 

2. Shipyard company officer’s 

certification as to shipyard’s compliance 

with the following requirements: (a) The 

shipyard facility for which a grant is 

sought is located in a single 

geographical location in or near a 

maritime community and (b)(i) The 

shipyard facility has no more than 600 

production employees, or (ii) The 

shipyard facility has more than 600 

production employees, but less than 

1200 production employees. 

3. A comprehensive detailed 

description of the project. 

4. A description of the need for the 

project and an explanation of how the 

project will fulfill this need. 

5. An analysis demonstrating how the 

project will be effective in fostering 

efficiency, competitive operations, and 

quality ship construction, repair, or 

reconfiguration. 

6. A detailed itemization of the cost 

of the project together with supporting 

documentation, including vendor 

quotes and installation costs. 

7. Detailed methodology and timeline 

for implementing the project. 

8. A prioritized list of project 

elements and cost of each if funding for 

entire project is not available. 

9. Most recent CPA audited, reviewed 

or compiled financial statements. 

10. Detailed pro forma financial 

statements together with any supporting 

documentation demonstrating how and 

when such matching requirement is 

proposed to be funded. 

11. Shipyard company officer’s 

certification that the grant recipient has 

the authority to carry out the proposed 

project. 

12. Any existing programs or 

arrangements that can be used to 

supplement or leverage the federal grant 

assistance. 

13. Information concerning the 

economic circumstances and conditions 

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of the maritime community near to 

which the shipyard is located. 

14. Certification in accordance with 

the Department of Transportation’s 

regulation restricting lobbying, 49 CFR 

part 20, that the applicant has not, and 

will not, make any prohibited payments 

out of the requested grant. 

Additional information may be 

requested as deemed necessary by the 

Maritime Administration in order to 

facilitate and complete its review of the 

application. If such information is not 

provided, the Maritime Administration 

may deem the application incomplete 

and cease processing it. 

Where to File Application: An original 

copy of the application together with 

seven additional copies shall be 

submitted to Jean E. McKeever, 

Associate Administrator for Business 

and Workforce Development, Room 

W21–318, Maritime Administration, 

1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, 

DC 20590. 

Evaluation of Applications: The 

Administrator will evaluate the 

applications on the basis of the 

economic information provided and in 

terms of how well the project for which 

a grant is requested would be effective 

in fostering efficiency, competitive 

operations, and quality ship 

construction, repair, and 

reconfiguration. The Administrator will 

award grants in his sole discretion in 

such amounts and under such 

conditions for those projects he 

determines will best further the 

statutory purposes of the small shipyard 

grant program. 

Conditions Attached To Awards: The 

grant agreement will set out the records 

to be maintained by the awardee which 

must be available for review and audit 

by the Administrator, as well as any 

other conditions and requirements. 

Please note that the awardee will be 

required to submit periodic reports to 

include, among other things, the 

number of direct, on-project jobs created 

or sustained by the award, and to the 

extent possible, the estimated indirect 

jobs created or sustained in the 

associated supplying industries, 

including the number of job-years 

created and the total increase in 

employment since the date of enactment 

of the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009. 

(Authority: 46 U.S.C. 54101; 49 CFR 1.66) 

By Order of the Acting Deputy Maritime 

Administrator. 

Dated: February 26, 2009. 

Leonard Sutter, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–4532 Filed 3–3–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA–2009– 

0044] 

Reports, Forms and Record Keeping 

Requirements; Agency Information 

Collection Activity Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Request for public comment on 

proposed collection of information. 

SUMMARY: Before a Federal agency can 

collect certain information from the 

public, it must receive approval from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). Under procedures established 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, before seeking OMB approval, 

Federal agencies must solicit public 

comment on proposed collections of 

information, including extensions and 

reinstatement of previously approved 

collections. 

This document describes one 

collection of information for which 

NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before May 4, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Comments must refer to the 

docket notice numbers cited at the 

beginning of this notice and be 

submitted to Docket Management 

Facility: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. Please identify the 

proposed collection of information for a 

comment is provided, by referencing its 

OMB clearance Number. It is requested, 

but not required, that 2 copies of the 

comment be provided. The Docket 

Section is open on weekdays from 9 

a.m. to 5 p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Complete copies of each request for 

collection of information may be 

obtained at no charge from Sean H. 

McLaurin, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Room W55–123, NVS–420, 

Washington, DC 20590. Mr. McLaurin’s 

telephone number is (202) 366–4800. 

Please identify the relevant collection of 

information by referring to its OMB 

Control Number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

before an agency submits a proposed 

collection of information to OMB for 

approval, it must first publish a 

document in the Federal Register 

providing a 60-day comment period and 

otherwise consult with members of the 

public and affected agencies concerning 

each proposed collection of information. 

The OMB has regulations describing 

what must be included in such a 

document. Under OMB’s regulation (at 

5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an agency must ask 

for public comment on the following: 

(i.) Whether the proposed collection 

of information is necessary for the 

proper performance of the functions of 

the agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(ii.) The accuracy the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(iii.) How to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; 

(iv.) How to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g. permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

In compliance with these 

requirements, NHTSA asks for public 

comments on the following proposed 

collections of information: 

Title: Extension of Clearance. 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0001. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Government. 

Form Number: This collection of 

information uses no standard form. 

Abstract: The purpose of the NDR is 

to assist States and other authorized 

users in obtaining information about 

problem drivers. State motor vehicle 

agencies submit and use the information 

for driver licensing purposes. Other 

users obtain the information for 

transportation safety purposes. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 4157. 

Number of Respondents: The number 

of respondents is 51—the fifty States 

and the District of Columbia. 

Comments are Invited on: whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; the accuracy of 

the Department’s estimate of the burden 

of the proposed information collection; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondent, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology.