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applied to their projections of 

recapitalization costs and revenues. 

Comments: Several respondents 

suggested that adjustments to capital 

costs should be considered for 

extraordinary cost increases or inflation; 

cost effectiveness break points should 

also be adjusted due to these cost 

escalations. 

Response: FTA currently allows cost 

increases related to unforeseen 

commodities escalation or inflation. Per 

FTA’s April 2005 Dear Colleague letter, 

the cost-effectiveness breakpoints are 

adjusted annually using the increase in 

the Gross National Product deflator. 

6. Contractor Review of Information for 

the Before and After Study 

FTA adopts as final its proposal that 

contractors involved in a project’s 

capital cost estimation and travel 

forecasting be given an opportunity to 

review and comment each time the 

project sponsor is required to submit 

information for the ‘‘before and after’’

study. The contractor’s comments, if 

any, must be included in the 

information submitted to FTA. 

The intent of this provision is to 

facilitate communication between 

project sponsors and contractors on the 

responsibilities of contractors for 

variances between forecasts at the three 

milestones before a project opens and 

actual results two years after the project 

opens for revenue service. If this 

communication does not result in a 

common understanding that can be 

documented in the submittal of 

information from the ‘‘before and after’’

study to FTA, the contractor’s 

comments would have to be included in 

the submittal by the project sponsor. 

Comments: There was significant 

support for and no opposition to this 

requirement. 

Issued in Washington, DC this 4th day of 

August, 2008. 

James S. Simpson, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E8–18315 Filed 8–7–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. Marad 2008 0047] 

Information Collection Available for 

Public Comments and 

Recommendations 

ACTION: Notice of intention to request 

extension of OMB approval and request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Maritime 

Administration’s (MARAD’s) intention 

to request extension of approval (with 

modifications) for three years of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

on or before October 7, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Harrelson, Maritime 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

Telephone: 202–366–5737; or e-mail: 

tom.harrelson@dot.gov. Copies of this 

collection also can be obtained from that 

office. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: Monthly Report of 

Ocean Shipments Moving under ExportImport Bank Financing. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

currently approved information 

collection. 

OMB Control Number: 2133–0013. 

Form Numbers: MA–518. 

Expiration Date of Approval: Three 

years from date of approval by the 

Office of Management and Budget. 

Summary of Collection of 

Information: 46 App. U.S.C. 1241–1, 

Public Resolution 17, required MARAD 

to monitor and enforce the U.S.-flag 

shipping requirements relative to the 

loans/guarantees extended by the 

Export-Import Bank (EXIMBANK) to 

foreign borrowers. Public Resolution 17 

requires that shipments financed by 

Eximbank and that move by sea, must 

be transported exclusively on U.S.-flag 

registered vessels unless a waiver is 

obtained from MARAD. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

prescribed monthly report is necessary 

for MARAD to fulfill its responsibilities 

under Public Resolution 17, to ensure 

compliance of ocean shipping 

requirements operating under Eximbank 

financing, and to ensure equitable 

distribution of shipments between U.S.- 

flag and foreign ships. MARAD will use 

this information to report annually to 

Congress the total shipping activities 

during the calendar year. 

Description of Respondents: Shippers 

subject to Eximbank financing. 

Annual Responses: 336 responses. 

Annual Burden: 169 hours. 

Comments: Comments should refer to 

the docket number that appears at the 

top of this document. Written comments 

may be submitted to the Docket Clerk, 

U.S. DOT Dockets, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. Comments also 

may be submitted by electronic means 

via the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp. 

Specifically address whether this 

information collection is necessary for 

proper performance of the functions of 

the agency and will have practical 

utility, accuracy of the burden 

estimates, ways to minimize this 

burden, and ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected. All 

comments received will be available for 

examination at the above address 

between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT (or 

EST), Monday through Friday, except 

Federal Holidays. An electronic version 

of this document is available on the 

World Wide Web at http:// 

www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received into 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 April 11, 2000 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78) or you 

may visit http://www.regulations.gov/ 

search/index.jsp. 

Authority: 49 CFR 1.66. 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Dated: August 4, 2008. 

Leonard Sutter, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–18378 Filed 8–7–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[USCG–2006–24644] 

TORP Terminal LP, Bienville Offshore 

Energy Terminal Liquefied Natural Gas 

Deepwater Port License Application; 

Final Application Public Hearing and 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; notice of 

public hearing; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration 

and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) 

announce the availability of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) 

for the TORP Terminal LP, Bienville 

Offshore Energy Terminal Liquefied 

Natural Gas Deepwater Port license 

application. The application describes a 

project that would be located in the Gulf 

of Mexico, in Main Pass block MP 258, 

approximately 63 miles south of Mobile 

Point, Alabama. The Coast Guard and 

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comments on the FEIS and application. 

Publication of this notice begins a 45 

day comment period and provides 

information on how to participate in the 

process. 

DATES: A public hearing will be held in 

Mobile, Alabama on August 26, 2008. 

The public hearing will be held from 5 

p.m. to 7 p.m. and will be preceded by 

an open house from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

The public hearing may end later than 

the stated time, depending on the 

number of persons wishing to speak. 

Material submitted in response to the 

request for comments on the FEIS and 

application must reach the Docket 

Management Facility by September 22, 

2008 ending the 45 day comment 

period. 

Federal and State agencies must also 

submit comments, recommended 

conditions for licensing, or letters of no 

objection by October 10, 2008 (45 days 

after the final public hearing). Also by 

October 10, 2008, the Governor of 

Alabama (the adjacent coastal state) may 

approve, disapprove, or notify the 

Maritime Administration of 

inconsistencies with State programs 

relating to environmental protection, 

land and water use, and coastal zone 

management for which the Maritime 

Administration may condition the 

license to make consistent. 

The Maritime Administration must 

issue a record of decision (ROD) to 

approve, approve with conditions, or 

deny the DWP license application by 

November 24, 2008 (90 days after the 

public hearing). 

ADDRESSES: The public hearing in 

Mobile will be held at the Mobile 

Convention Center, One South Water 

Street, Room 203, Mobile, Alabama 

36602; telephone: 251–208–2100. 

The FEIS, the application, comments 

and associated documentation are 

available for viewing at the Federal 

Docket Management System Web site: 

http://www.regulations.gov under 

docket number USCG–2006–24644. The 

FEIS is also available at public libraries 

in Mobile (Ben May Main Library and 

Spring Hill College Library), Bayou La 

Batre (Mose Hudson Tapia Public 

Library), Orange Beach (Orange Beach 

Public Library), Daphne (Daphne Public 

Library), and Gulf Shores (Thomas B. 

Norton Public Library). 

Docket submissions for USCG–2006–

24644 should be addressed to: 

Department of Transportation, Docket 

Management Facility, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., West Building, Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

The Federal Docket Management 

Facility accepts hand-delivered 

submissions, and makes docket contents 

available for public inspection and 

copying at this address between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. The Facility 

telephone number is 202–366–9329, the 

fax number is 202–493–2251, and the 

web site for electronic submissions or 

for electronic access to docket contents 

is http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LT 

Hannah Kim, U.S. Coast Guard, 

telephone: 202–372–1438, e-mail: 

Hannah.Kim@uscg.mil. If you have 

questions on viewing the docket, call 

Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, 

Docket Operations, telephone: 202–493–

0402. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Request for Comments 

We request public comments or other 

information on the FEIS and 

application. The public hearing is not 

the only opportunity you have to 

comment. In addition to or in place of 

attending a hearing, you can submit 

comments to the Docket Management 

Facility during the public comment 

period (see DATES ). The Coast Guard 

and the Maritime Administration will 

consider all comments and material 

received during the comment period. 

Submissions should include: 

• Docket number USCG–2006–24644. 

• Your name and address. 

Submit comments or material using 

only one of the following methods: 

• Electronic submission to FDMS, 

http://www.regulations.gov . 

• Fax, mail, or hand delivery to the 

Docket Management Facility (see 

ADDRESSES). Faxed or hand delivered 

submissions must be unbound, no larger 

than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, and suitable for 

copying and electronic scanning. If you 

mail your submission and want to know 

when it reaches the Facility, include a 

stamped, self-addressed postcard or 

envelope. 

Regardless of the method used for 

submitting comments or material, all 

submissions will be posted, without 

change, to the FDMS Web site (http:// 

www.regulations.gov), and will include 

any personal information you provide. 

Therefore, submitting this information 

makes it public. You may wish to read 

the Privacy Act notice that is available 

on the FDMS Web site, or the 

Department of Transportation Privacy 

Act Statement that appeared in the 

Federal Register on April 11, 2000 (65 

FR 19477). 

You may view docket submissions at 

the Federal Docket Management Facility 

(see ADDRESSES), electronically on the 

FDMS Web site, or later in this notice 

(see PRIVACY ACT). 

Background 

Information about deepwater ports, 

the statutes, and regulations governing 

their licensing, and the receipt of the 

current application for a liquefied 

natural gas (LNG) deepwater port 

appears in Volume 71 FR 26605, Friday, 

May 5, 2006. The Notice of Intent to 

Prepare an EIS for the proposed action 

was published in the Federal Register 

in Volume 71 FR 31258, Thursday, June 

1, 2006 and the Notice of Availability of 

the Draft EIS was published in Volume 

72 FR 37074, Friday, July 6, 2007. The 

FEIS, application materials and 

associated comments are available on 

the docket. Information from the 

‘‘Summary of the Application’’ from 

previous Federal Register notices is 

included below for your convenience. 

Proposed Action and Alternatives 

The proposed action requiring 

environmental review is the Federal 

licensing of the proposed deepwater 

port described in ‘‘Summary of the 

Application’’ below. The alternatives to 

licensing the proposed port are: (1) 

Licensing with conditions (including 

conditions designed to mitigate 

environmental impact), and (2) denying 

the application, which for purposes of 

environmental review is the ‘‘no-action’’

alternative. These alternatives are more 

fully discussed in the FEIS. The Coast 

Guard and the Maritime Administration 

are the lead Federal agencies for the 

preparation of the EIS. You can address 

any questions about the proposed action 

or the FEIS to the Coast Guard project 

manager identified in FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Summary of the Application 

TORP Terminal LP, proposes to own, 

construct, and operate a deepwater port, 

named Bienville Offshore Energy 

Terminal (BOET), in the Federal waters 

of the Outer Continental Shelf on Main 

Pass block MP 258, approximately 63 

miles south of Mobile Point, Alabama, 

in a water depth of approximately 425 

feet. The BOET Deepwater Port would 

be capable of mooring two LNG carriers 

of up to approximately 250,000 cubic 

meter capacity by means of Single 

Anchor Leg Moorings (SALMs). 

The LNG carriers would be off loaded 

one at a time to HiLoad floating regasification facilities, which use four 

submerged shell-and-tube heat 

exchangers to vaporize the LNG before 

sending natural gas via 14-inch diameter 

flexible risers to a Pipeline End 

Manifold (PLEM) on the seafloor, then 

through a 30-inch diameter pipeline to 

the support platform, where the gas will 

be metered and further sent via 


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interconnecting pipelines to four 

existing pipelines (Dauphin Island 

Gathering System Feedline, Transco 

Feedline, Destin Feedline, and Viosca 

Knoll Gathering System Feedline). 

The major components of the 

proposed deepwater port would be the 

Support Platform, two HiLoad floating 

LNG transfer and re-gasification units, 

two PLEMs with ancillary risers and 

terminal pipelines, HiLoad parking line 

pilings, and approximately 25 miles of 

new subsea pipeline. 

BOET will have an average 

throughput capacity of 1.2 billion 

standard cubic feet per day (Bscfd) of 

natural gas. No new onshore pipelines 

or LNG storage facilities are proposed 

with this action. A shore based facility 

will be used to facilitate movement of 

personnel, equipment, supplies, and 

disposable materials between the 

terminal and shore. 

Construction of the deepwater port 

would be expected to take 30 months; 

with startup of commercial operations 

in 2011, should a license be issued. The 

deepwater port, if licensed, would be 

designed, constructed and operated in 

accordance with applicable codes and 

standards and would have an expected 

operating life of approximately 25 years. 

Privacy Act 

The electronic form of all comments 

received into the Federal Docket 

Management System can be searched by 

the name of the individual submitting 

the comment (or signing the comment, 

if submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). The DOT 

Privacy Act Statement can be viewed in 

the Federal Register published on April 

11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70, pages 

19477–78) or you may visit http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

(Authority 49 CFR 1.66) 

By Order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Dated: August 1, 2008. 

Leonard Sutter, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–18100 Filed 8–7–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping 

Requirements; Agency Information 

Collection Activity: Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice 

announces that the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted 

below will be forwarded to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. The ICR describes 

the nature of the information collection 

and the expected burden. The Federal 

Register Notice with a 60-day comment 

period was published on February 4, 

2008 (73 FR 6556–6558). No comments 

on this notice were received. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before 30 days from the date of 

publication. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30 

days, to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention NHTSA Desk Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Keith D. Williams at the National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

Enforcement and Justice Services 

Division (NTI–122), 202–366–0543, 

1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., W44–231, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

Title: Demonstration of Speed 

Management Programs; Including 

Automated and Traditional 

Enforcement. 

OMB Number: 2127—NEW. 

Type of Request: Collection of 

information. 

Abstract: The National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 

proposes to conduct a series of 

telephone surveys that will examine the 

effectiveness of a speed management 

research and demonstration program in 

the city of Tucson, Arizona. As part of 

the program, surveys will be 

administered pre and post 

implementation of the countermeasure 

treatment program to measure 

awareness of the program in both 

Tucson and an as yet to be selected 

comparison community/ies in the State 

of Arizona. The pretreatment telephone 

surveys would be administered during 

the fall-winter 2008/2009 time period 

and the post-treatment survey 24 

months afterward. The National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration 

was established to reduce the mounting 

number of deaths, injuries, and 

economic losses resulting from motor 

vehicle crashes on the Nation’s 

highways. As part of this statutory 

mandate, NHTSA is authorized to 

conduct research as a foundation for the 

development of motor vehicle standards 

and traffic safety programs. The speed 

demonstration project requires NHTSA 

to measure whether these initiatives 

were effective. The telephone surveys 

are instrumental in that measurement. 

The telephone surveys will be 

administered to a randomly selected 

sample of 400 persons pre and post 

treatment in the demonstration and 

comparison areas to persons age 18 and 

older. An essential part of this 

evaluation effort is to compare baseline 

and post-intervention measures of 

attitudes and intervention awareness to 

determine if the interventions were 

associated with changes on those 

indices. 

Affected Public: Randomly selected 

members of the general public in 

telephone households. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

266.67 hours (1,600 interviews 

averaging 10 minutes each). 

Comments Are Invited On: Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary or 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 respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

A Comment to OMB is most effective if 

OMB receives it within 30 days of 

publication. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). 

Dated: August 4, 2008. 

Jeffrey Michael, 

Acting Associate Administrator, Research 

and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E8–18300 Filed 8–7–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

[REG–116641–01, TD 9136 (Final); REG–

163195–05 (NPRM)] 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Regulation Project 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 


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