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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[Docket No. USCG–2008–1183] 

Accounting of Recreational Boating 

Safety Projects, Programs and 

Activities Funded Under Provisions of 

the Transportation Equity Act for the 

21st Century 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In 1999, the Transportation 

Equity Act for the 21st Century made $5 

million available to the Secretary of 

Homeland Security for payment per 

year of Coast Guard expenses for 

personnel and activities directly related 

to coordinating and carrying out the 

national recreational boating safety 

program. In 2005, the law was amended 

and the amount was increased to $5.5 

million. The Coast Guard is publishing 

this notice published to satisfy a 

requirement of the Act that a detailed 

accounting of the projects, programs, 

and activities funded under the national 

recreational boating safety program 

provision of the Act be published 

annually in the Federal Register. In this 

notice, we have specified the amount of 

monies the Coast Guard has committed, 

obligated, or expended during fiscal 

year 2008, as of September 30, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Ludwig, Regulations Development 

Manager, telephone 202–372–1062, fax 

202–372–1932. 

Background and Purpose: The 

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 

Century became law on June 9, 1998 

(Pub. L. 105–178; 112 Stat. 107). The 

Act required that of the $5 million made 

available to carry out the national 

recreational boating safety program each 

year, $2 million shall be available only 

to ensure compliance with Chapter 43 of 

Title 46, U.S. Code—Recreational 

Vessels. On September 29, 2005, the 

Sportfishing and Recreational Boating 

Safety Amendments Act of 2005 was 

enacted (Pub. L. 109–74; 119 Stat. 2031). 

This Act increased the funds available 

to the national recreational boating 

safety program from $5 million to $5.5 

million annually, and stated that ‘‘not 

less than’’ $2 million shall be available 

only to ensure compliance with Chapter 

43 of Title 46, U.S. Code—Recreational 

Vessels. 

The responsibility to administer these 

funds was delegated to the Commandant 

of the United States Coast Guard. 

Subsection (c) of section 7405 of the Act 

directs that no funds available to the 

Secretary under this subsection may be 

used to replace funding traditionally 

provided through general 

appropriations, nor for any purposes 

except those purposes authorized; 

namely, for personnel and activities 

directly related to coordinating and 

carrying out the national recreational 

boating safety program. Amounts made 

available each fiscal year from 1999 

through 2008 shall remain available 

until expended. 

Use of these funds requires 

compliance with standard Federal 

contracting rules with associated lead 

and processing times resulting in a lag 

time between available funds and 

spending. The total amount of funding 

transferred to the Coast Guard from the 

Sport Fish Restoration and Boating 

Trust Fund and committed, obligated, 

and/or expended during fiscal year 2008 

for each activity is shown below. 

Factory Visit Program: Funding was 

provided to continue the national 

recreational boat factory visit program, 

initiated in January 2001. The factory 

visit program currently allows 

contractor personnel, acting on behalf of 

the Coast Guard, to visit 2,000 

recreational boat manufacturers each 

year to either inspect for compliance 

with Federal regulations, communicate 

with the manufacturers as to why they 

need to comply with Federal 

regulations, or educate them, as 

necessary, on how to comply with 

Federal regulations. ($2,306,062). 

Radar Reflective Gelcoat Testing: 

Funding was provided to Carderock 

Naval Surface Warfare Center to test and 

evaluate a newly developed coating 

that, when properly applied to 

fiberglass, should greatly increase the 

radar reflectivity of the fiberglass. If the 

test results prove positive, applying the 

radar reflective coating to fiberglass 

recreational boats would greatly 

increase the ability to detect these 

vessels using radar which would 

improve boating safety, would improve 

the ability to find boats in distress, 

would improve navigability of multiuse 

waterways, and would improve the 

ability to maintain security zones. 

($58,000). 

New Recreational Boating Safety 

Associated Travel: Travel by employees 

of the Boating Safety Division was 

performed to carry out additional 

recreational boating safety actions and 

to gather background and planning 

information for new recreational boating 

safety initiatives. ($10,469). 

Boating Accident News Clipping 

Service: Funding was provided to 

continue to gather daily news stories of 

recreational boating accidents nationally 

for more real time accident information 

and to identify accidents that may 

involve regulatory non-compliances or 

safety defects. ($34,100). 

Accident Investigation Tiger Team: 

Funding was provided to continue to 

provide on-call expert accident 

investigative services for any boating 

accident that appeared to involve a 

regulatory non-compliance or safety 

defect. ($104,120). 

Web-Based Document Management 

System: Funding was provided to 

continue to provide a Web-based 

document management system to better 

enable the handling of thousands of 

recreational boating recall case and 

campaign reports. ($54,078). 

Recreational Boating Safety (RBS) 

Outreach Program: Funding was 

provided for this program which 

provides full marketing, media, public 

information, and program strategy 

support to the nation-wide RBS effort. 

The goal is to coordinate the RBS 

outreach initiatives and campaigns 

some of which include: National 

Boating Under the Influence Campaign 

(BUI), ‘‘You’re in Command. Boat 

Responsibly!’’, PFD Wear, Vessel Safety 

Check Program (VSC), Boating Safety 

Education Courses, Propeller Strike 

Avoidance, Carbon Monoxide 

Poisoning, and other recreational 

boating safety issues on an as needed 

basis. ($865,875). 

Boating Accident Report Database 

(BARD) Web System: BARD Web System 

funding enables reporting authorities in 

the 50 States, five U.S. Territories, and 

the District of Columbia to manage their 

accident reports electronically over a 

secure Internet environment. The 

system also enables the user community 

to generate statistical reports that show 

the frequency, nature, and severity of 

boating accidents. FY 08 funds 

supported system maintenance, 

development, and technical (hotline) 

support. ($462,586). 

Personnel Support: Funding was 

provided for personnel to support the 

development of new regulations, to 

support new contracting activities 

associated with the additional funding, 

and to monitor and manage the 

contracts awarded. ($689,521). 

Reimbursable Salaries: Funding was 

provided to carry out the work as 

prescribed in 46 U.S.C. 13106(c) and as 

described herein. The first function was 

that of a professional mathematician/ 

statistician to conduct necessary 

national surveys and studies as well as 

to serve as a liaison to other Federal 

agencies that are conducting boating 

surveys so that we can pool our 

resources and reduce costs. The second 

function was that of Outreach 

coordinator for special RBS campaigns 

with responsibility of overseeing and 

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managing all RBS related projects in 

support of ‘surge campaigns’ for such 

elements as: Carbon monoxide 

poisoning, boating under the influence 

of alcohol or drugs, operation 

BoatSmart, etc. ($274,696). 

Of the $5.5 million made available to 

the Coast Guard in fiscal year 2008, 

$2,854,920 has been committed, 

obligated, or expended and an 

additional $2,004,587 of prior fiscal year 

funds have been committed, obligated 

or expended, as of September 30, 2008. 

Approximately $8.8 million has not 

been committed, obligated, or expended 

from previous years, and is being 

reserved for a multi-year national 

boating survey. 

Publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register satisfies the 

requirements of 46 U.S.C. 13107(c)(4). 

The Coast Guard has also submitted a 

copy of this notice for publication on 

http://www.Grants.gov. 

Dated: March 11, 2009. 

J.A. Watson, 

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of 

Prevention Policy. 

[FR Doc. E9–6807 Filed 3–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Transportation Security Administration 

[Docket No. TSA–2002–11602] 

Intent To Request Renewal From OMB 

of One Current Public Collection of 

Information: Security Programs for 

Foreign Air Carriers 

AGENCY: Transportation Security 

Administration, DHS. 

ACTION: 60 day reinstatement notice. 

SUMMARY: The Transportation Security 

Administration (TSA) invites public 

comment on one currently approved 

Information Collection Request (ICR), 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number 1652–0005. The 

ICR, which is abstracted below, will be 

submitted to OMB for reinstatement in 

compliance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. The ICR describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its expected burden. This information 

collection is mandatory for foreign air 

carriers and must be submitted prior to 

entry into the United States. 

DATES: Send your comments by May 26, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed 

or delivered to Ginger LeMay, PRA 

Officer, Office of Information 

Technology, Transportation Security 

Administration, 601 South 12th Street, 

Arlington, VA 20598–6011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ginger LeMay, PRA Officer, Office of 

Information Technology, TSA–11, 

Transportation Security Administration, 

601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA 

20598–6011; telephone (571) 227–3616; 

e-mail: ginger.lemay@dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments Invited 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq.), an agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a valid OMB control 

number. The ICR documentation is 

available at http://www.reginfo.gov. 

Therefore, in preparation for OMB 

review and approval of the following 

information collection, TSA is soliciting 

comments to— 

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

information requirement is necessary for 

the proper performance of the functions 

of the agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including using 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Information Collection Requirement 

1652–0005; Security Programs for 

Foreign Air Carriers, 49 CFR Part 1546. 

TSA uses the information collected to 

determine compliance with 49 CFR part 

1546 and to ensure passenger safety by 

monitoring foreign air carrier security 

procedures. Foreign air carriers must 

carry out security measures to protect 

persons and property against acts of 

criminal violence, aircraft piracy, and 

terrorist activities. This information 

collection is mandatory for foreign air 

carriers and must be submitted prior to 

entry into the United States. 

The information TSA collects 

includes identiftying information on 

foreign air carriers’ flight crews and 

passengers. Specifically, TSA requires 

foreign air carriers to submit the 

following information: (1) A master 

crew list of all flight and cabin crew 

members flying to and from the United 

States; (2) the flight crew list on a flightby-flight basis; (3) passenger 

information on a flight-by-flight basis; 

and (4) total amount of cargo screened, 

including cargo screened at 100 percent 

and cargo screened at 50 percent. 

Foreign air carriers are required to 

provide this information via electronic 

means. Foreign air carriers with limited 

electronic systems may need to modify 

their current systems or generate a new 

computer system in order to submit the 

requested information. Additionally, 

foreign air carriers must maintain these 

records as well as training records for 

crew members and individuals 

performing security-related functions, 

and make them available to TSA for 

inspection upon request. 

Foreign air carriers must conduct a 

comparison of their passenger names 

against the TSA-issued watch lists and 

report passengers who have been 

confirmed as a match to the TSA watch 

lists. TSA will continue to collect 

information to determine foreign air 

carrier compliance with other 

requirements of 49 CFR part 1546. 

TSA estimates that there will be 

approximately 252 respondents to the 

information collection, with an annual 

burden estimate of 747,462 hours. 

Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on March 20, 

2009. 

Ginger LeMay, 

Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of 

Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. E9–6682 Filed 3–25–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5285–N–07] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Comment Request; 

Insurance Termination Request for 

Multifamily Mortgage 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement described below 

will be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. The Department is 

soliciting public comments on the 

subject proposal. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: May 26, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

Control Number and should be sent to: