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person with a disability to operate, or 

ride as a passenger in, the motor vehicle 

and intends to avail itself of the 

exemption provided in 49 CFR 595.7 

shall submit the information required 

under paragraph (a) not later than 30 

days after it first modifies a motor 

vehicle to enable a person with a 

disability to operate, or ride as a 

passenger in, the motor vehicle. Each 

motor vehicle repair business who has 

submitted required information shall 

keep its entry current, accurate and 

compete by submitting revised 

information not later than 30 days after 

the relevant changes in the business 

occur.’’ 

This requirement is a one-time 

submission unless changes are made to 

the business as described in paragraph 

(b). NHTSA estimates that there are 

currently 471 businesses making 

modifications to motor vehicles to 

accommodate persons with disabilities. 

Of those 471, we estimate 85 percent 

will need to use the exemptions 

provided by 49 CFR 595.7 (400 

businesses). The initial registration of 

modifiers wishing to use the exemptions 

occurred in 2001. Now, we assume that 

five percent of the 400 businesses 

currently modifying vehicles will need 

to change their information or new 

registrants will elect to use the 

exemptions. We estimate registrations 

from 20 businesses each year of: 20 

businesses × 10 minutes/business = 3.33 

hours. 

We estimate the material cost 

associated with each submission to be 

54 cents per responding business, or 

$10.80 nationwide annually. 

Burden means the total time, effort, or 

financial resources expended by a 

person to generate, maintain, retain, 

disclose or provide information to or for 

a Federal agency. This includes the time 

needed to review instructions; develop, 

acquire, install, and utilize technology 

and systems for the purposes of 

collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements; train personnel to be able 

to respond to a collection of 

information; and transmit or otherwise 

disclose the information. 

We seek comment on: 

1. Is our estimate of 471 businesses 

engaged in vehicle modification to 

accommodate people with disabilities 

correct? 

2. Are we correct in assuming that a 

maximum of 85 percent of those 471 

businesses, or 400 businesses, will need 

to use the exemptions provided by 49 

CFR 595.7? 

3. Are our estimates of the burden 

hours and material cost of compliance 

with 49 CFR 595.6 reasonable? 

Modifiers who avail themselves of the 

exemptions in 49 CFR 595.7 are 

required to keep a record, for each 

applicable vehicle, listing which 

standards, or portions thereof, no longer 

comply with the Federal motor vehicle 

safety standards and to provide a copy 

to the owner of the vehicle modified 

(see 49 CFR 595.7(b) and (e) as 

published in the final rule). 

We estimate that: 

1. There are approximately 2,700 

vehicles modified for persons with 

disabilities per year by 471 businesses, 

2. If 85 percent of the 471 businesses 

use the exemptions provided by 49 CFR 

595.7, those 400 businesses will modify 

2,300 vehicles annually, and 

3. The burden for producing the 

record required by 49 CFR 595.7 in 

accordance with paragraph (e) for those 

vehicles will be 767 hours per year 

nationwide. 

In the final rule we anticipated that 

the least costly way for a repair business 

to comply with this portion of the new 

rule would be to annotate the vehicle 

modification invoice as to the 

exemption, if any, involved with each 

item on the invoice. The cost of 

preparing the invoice is not a portion of 

our burden calculation, as that 

preparation would be done in the 

normal course of business. The time 

needed to annotate the invoice, we 

estimate, is 20 minutes. Therefore, the 

burden hours for a full year are 

calculated as: 2,300 vehicles × 20 

minutes/vehicle = 766.7 hours. 

This burden includes the calculation 

required by 49 CFR 595.7(e)5, but not 

the gathering of the information 

required for the calculation. That 

information would be gathered in the 

normal course of the vehicle 

modification. The only extra burden 

required by the rule is the calculation of 

the reduction in loading carrying 

capacity and conveying this information 

to the vehicle owner. Again we are 

assuming that annotation on the invoice 

is the least burdensome way to 

accomplish this customer notification. 

There will be no additional material 

cost associated with compliance with 

this requirement since no additional 

materials need be used above those used 

to prepare the invoice in the normal 

course of business. We are assuming it 

is normal and customary in the course 

of vehicle modification business to 

prepare an invoice, to provide a copy of 

the invoice to the vehicle owner, and to 

keep a copy of the invoice for five years 

after the vehicle is delivered to the 

owner in finished form. 

We seek comment on whether our 

assumptions about the following are 

reasonable: 

1. The document required by 49 CFR 

595.7(b) and specified in paragraph (e) 

will need to be prepared for 

approximately 2,300 vehicles modified 

nationwide per year, 

2. Annotation of each vehicle 

modification invoice as to which 

exemptions were used will take an 

average of 20 minutes, and 

3. It is normal in the course of vehicle 

modification business to prepare an 

invoice, to provide a copy of the invoice 

to the vehicle owner, and to keep a copy 

of the invoice for five years after the 

vehicle is delivered to the owner in 

finished form. 

Affected Public: Business or other for 

profit. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 770 hours, 

and $10.80. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

400. 

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 respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Issued on: September 22, 2010. 

Nathaniel M. Beuse, 

Office of Crash Avoidance Standards, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 2010–24127 Filed 9–24–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Notice of Availability of Answers to 

Frequently Asked Questions 

Regarding Buy America & FRA’s HighSpeed Intercity Passenger Rail 

Program 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), United States 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: FRA announces the 

availability of Answers to Frequently 

Asked Questions regarding Buy America 

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Passenger Rail Program. The Answers to 

Frequently Asked Questions can be 

found on FRA’s Web site at http:// 

www.fra.dot.gov/Pages/11.shtml. 

DATES: Written comments on FRA’s Buy 

America Answers to Frequently Asked 

Questions may be provided to the FRA 

on or before October 18, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit your 

comments by one of the following 

means, identifying your submissions by 

docket number FRA–2010–0147. All 

electronic submissions must be made to 

the U.S. Government electronic site at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Commenters should follow the 

instructions below for mailed and handdelivered comments. 

(1) Web Site: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on the U.S. Government electronic 

docket site; 

(2) Fax: (202) 493–2251; 

(3) Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Docket Operations, M–30, 

Room W12–140, Washington, DC, 

20590–0001; or 

(4) Hand Delivery: Room W12–140 on 

the first floor of the West Building, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC, 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

make reference to the ‘‘Federal Railroad 

Administration’’ and include docket 

number FRA–2010–0147. Due to 

security procedures in effect since 

October 2001, mail received through the 

U.S. Postal Service may be subject to 

delays. Parties making submissions 

responsive to this notice should 

consider using an express mail firm to 

ensure the prompt filing of any 

submissions not filed electronically or 

by hand. Note that all submissions 

received, including any personal 

information therein, will be posted 

without change or alteration to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. For more 

information, you may review DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement in the 

Federal Register published on April 11, 

2000 (65 FR 19477), or visit http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about this notice, please 

contact Ms. Linda Martin, AttorneyAdvisor, FRA Office of Chief Counsel, 

(202) 493–6062 or via e-mail at 

Linda.Martin@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Passenger Rail Investment and 

Improvement Act of 2008 (PRIIA) 

(Division B of Pub. L. 111–432) 

authorized the appropriation of funds to 

establish several new passenger rail 

grant programs, including capital 

investment grants to support intercity 

passenger rail service (§ 301), highspeed corridor development (§ 501), and 

congestion grants (§ 302). FRA 

consolidated these and other closely 

related programs into the High-Speed 

Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) 

program, as detailed in FRA’s HighSpeed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) 

Interim Guidance (74 FR 29900 (June 

23, 2009)) and as further detailed in a 

second set of HSIPR interim program 

guidance governing the distribution of 

fiscal year 2010 funding (75 FR 38344 

and 38365 (July 1, 2010). Spending 

authorized under PRIIA is subject to the 

Buy America provision of 49 U.S.C. 

24405(a). 

In 2009, President Obama, together 

with Vice President Biden and Secretary 

of Transportation LaHood, articulated a 

new ‘‘Vision for High-Speed Rail in 

America’’ (available on FRA’s Web site). 

The HSIPR program is a component of 

that vision, as is the American Recovery 

and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), 

which appropriated funds for PRIIAauthorized grant programs. The vision 

includes a goal to bolster American 

passenger rail expertise and resources. 

The Buy America requirements 

reinforce this goal, and aid in 

encouraging a domestic market in the 

rail sector. PRIAA authorized FRA to 

operate the grant programs under 

guidance, prior to the issuance of final 

regulations. FRA is beginning the 

process of implementing regulations to 

govern the application of the Buy 

America statute to all PRIIA-authorized 

spending as part of the HSIPR program. 

As required, the proposed regulation 

will be published in the Federal 

Register for public comment under RIN 

2130–AC23 and docket number FRA– 

2010–0147. In the interim, to aid 

grantees who must immediately apply 

Section 24405(a) to funds granted them 

by FRA, FRA is providing Answers to 

Frequently Asked Questions describing 

its procedures for applying the Buy 

America provision in the HSIPR 

program on its Web site at http:// 

www.fra.dot.gov/Pages/11.shtml. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

22, 2010. 

Mark E. Yachmetz, 

Associate Administrator for Railroad Policy 

and Development, Federal Railroad 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–24126 Filed 9–24–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Early Scoping for the Alternatives 

Analysis of the North Corridor Transit 

Project in Metropolitan Seattle 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Early Scoping Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) and the Central 

Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority 

(Sound Transit) issue this early scoping 

notice to advise other agencies and the 

public that they intend to explore 

alternatives for improving transit service 

between Northgate in Seattle and 

Lynnwood, in King and Snohomish 

counties, Washington. The early scoping 

is being conducted within the context of 

the Council on Environmental Quality’s 

regulations for complying with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) and is part of a planning 

Alternatives Analysis (AA) required by 

Title 49 United States Code (U.S.C.) 

5309 to analyze the potential for a fixed 

guideway alternative to be implemented 

as an FTA-assisted major capital transit 

investment. The AA process results in 

the selection or confirmation of a locally 

preferred alternative which is the 

proposed action. The early scoping 

notice is intended to invite public 

comments on the scope of the AA study, 

including the transportation problems to 

be addressed, a range of alternatives, the 

transportation and community impacts 

and benefits to be considered, the 

capital and operating costs, the financial 

plans and other factors that the public 

and agencies believe should be 

considered in analyzing alternatives. If 

preparation of an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) is warranted following 

completion of the planning AA, a notice 

of intent to prepare an EIS will be 

published. This early scoping process is 

intended to support the future NEPA 

scoping process. Public meetings and 

the range of alternatives currently 

identified to address the project’s 

purpose are described below. 

DATES: Three public scoping meetings 

and one agency scoping meeting to 

accept comments will be held on the 

following dates and locations: 

Public Meetings 

North Seattle: October 7, 2010. 

Ingraham High School, 1819 N. 135th 

St., Seattle, 98133. 

Lynnwood: October 12, 2010. 

Lynnwood Convention Center, 3711 

196th St., SW., Lynnwood, 98036. 


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