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Verification, and Compliance, to the 

extent authorized by law, the authorities 

and functions pertaining to the Director 

of the United States National Authority. 

This delegation of authority shall take 

effect on October 1, 2010. 

As used in this delegation of 

authority, the word ‘‘function’’ includes 

any duty, obligation, power, authority, 

responsibility, right, privilege, 

discretion or activity. A reference in this 

delegation of authority to a statute or 

delegation of authority shall be deemed 

to be a reference to such statute or 

delegation of authority as amended from 

time to time. 

Notwithstanding any provision of this 

delegation of authority, the Secretary of 

State, the Deputy Secretary, the Deputy 

Secretary for Management and 

Resources, and the Under Secretary for 

Arms Control and International Security 

may at any time exercise any function 

delegated by this delegation of 

authority. 

This delegation of authority shall be 

published in the Federal Register. 

Dated: September 24, 2010. 

Ellen O. Tauscher, 

Under Secretary of State for Arms Control 

and International Security. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25613 Filed 10–12–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–27–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[FTA Docket No. FTA–2010–37] 

Notice of Request for the Approval of 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of the 

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to 

request the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) to approve the following 

information collection: 49 U.S.C. Part 

611—Major Capital Investment Projects. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

before December 13, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: To ensure that your 

comments are not entered more than 

once into the docket, submit comments 

identified by the docket number by only 

one of the following methods: 

1. Web site: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on the U.S. Government electronic 

docket site. (Note: The U.S. Department 

of Transportation’s (DOT’s) electronic 

docket is no longer accepting electronic 

comments.) All electronic submissions 

must be made to the U.S. Government 

electronic docket site at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Commenters 

should follow the directions below for 

mailed and hand-delivered comments. 

2. Fax: 202–366–7951. 

3. Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

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

West Building, Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

4. Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

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

West Building, Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except federal holidays. 

Instructions: You must include the 

agency name and docket number for this 

notice at the beginning of your 

comments. Submit two copies of your 

comments if you submit them by mail. 

For confirmation that FTA has received 

your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Note that 

all comments received, including any 

personal information, will be posted 

and will be available to Internet users, 

without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. You may review 

DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement 

in the Federal Register published April 

11, 2000, (65 FR 19477), or you may 

visit http://www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents and 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov at any time. 

Background documents and comments 

received may also be viewed at the U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Docket 

Operations, M–30, West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001 between 9 

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

Friday, except federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Day, Office of Planning and 

Environment, (202) 366–5159, or e-mail: 

elizabeth.day@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested 

parties are invited to send comments 

regarding any aspect of this information 

collection, including: (1) The necessity 

and utility of the information collection 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the FTA; (2) the accuracy 

of the estimated burden; (3) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the collected information; and (4) 

ways to minimize the collection burden 

without reducing the quality of the 

collected information. Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval of this 

information collection. 

Title: 49 U.S.C. Part 611—49 CFR 

Major Capital Investment Projects. 

OMB Number: 2132–0561. 

Background: On August 10, 2005, the 

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users (SAFETEA–LU) was enacted. 

Sections 3011(d)(5) and 3011(e)(6) of 

SAFETEA–LU require FTA to issue 

regulations on the manner in which 

candidate projects for major capital 

investment grants for new fixed 

guideway systems, extensions to 

existing fixed guideway systems, or 

significant corridor based bus 

investments (‘‘New Starts’’ and ‘‘Small 

Starts’’) will be evaluated and rated for 

purposes of the FTA Capital Investment 

Grant program under 49 U.S.C. Section 

5309. An Advanced Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (ANPRM) for this 

regulation was issued on January 30, 

2006, (71 FR 22841). A Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) was 

issued on August 3, 2007, (72 FR 

43328). The NPRM was withdrawn on 

February 17, 2009, due to an intervening 

statutory change resulting from the 

passage of the SAFETEA–LU Technical 

Corrections Act in June 2008. Another 

ANPRM for the regulation was issued 

on June 2, 2010 (75 FR 31383). FTA is 

reviewing the comments received on the 

ANPRM, and at this time a date for 

publication of the NPRM is not known. 

FTA has a longstanding requirement 

to evaluate proposed projects against a 

prescribed set of statutory criteria at 

specific points during the projects’ 

development including when they seek 

to enter preliminary engineering, final 

design, and a Full Funding Grant 

Agreement. In addition, FTA must 

report on its evaluations and ratings 

annually to Congress. The Surface 

Transportation and Uniform Relocation 

Assistance Act of 1987 (STURAA) 

established in law a set of criteria that 

proposed projects had to meet in order 

to be eligible for federal funding. The 

requirement for summary project ratings 

has been in place since 1998. Thus, the 

requirements for project evaluation and 

data collection for New Starts projects 

are not new. One addition included in 

SAFETEA–LU is the Small Starts 

program. The Small Starts program 

enables smaller cost projects with a 

smaller requested share of Section 5309 

major capital investment funds to 

progress through a simplified and 

streamlined project evaluation and data 

collection process. In general, the 

information used by FTA for New and 

Small Starts project evaluation and 

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rating should arise as a part of the 

normal planning process. 

FTA has been collecting project 

evaluation information from project 

sponsors under the existing OMB 

approval for this program (OMB No. 

2132–0561). However, due to 

modifications in the project evaluation 

criteria and FTA evaluation and rating 

procedures for the New Starts program 

and the addition of the Small Starts 

program, it became apparent that some 

information now required might be 

beyond the scope of ordinary planning 

activities. In particular, SAFETEA–LU 

creates additional requirements for 

before-and-after data collection as a 

condition of obtaining a Full Funding 

Grant Agreement (FFGA) or a Project 

Construction Grant Agreement (PCGA). 

Respondents: State and local 

government. 

Estimated Annual Burden on 

Respondents: Approximately 275 hours 

for each of the 135 respondents. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

37,070 hours. 

Frequency: Annual. 

Issued: October 6, 2010. 

Ann M. Linnertz, 

Associate Administrator for Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–25653 Filed 10–12–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[FTA Docket No. FTA–2010–0038] 

Notice of Request for the Approval of 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of the 

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to 

request the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) to approve the following 

information collection: 

Metropolitan and Statewide 

Transportation Planning. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

before December 13, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: To ensure that your 

comments are not entered more than 

once into the docket, submit comments 

identified by the docket number by only 

one of the following methods: 

1. Web site: http://www.regulations. 

gov. Follow the instructions for 

submitting comments on the U.S. 

Government electronic docket site. 

(Note: The U.S. Department of 

Transportation’s (DOT’s) electronic 

docket is no longer accepting electronic 

comments.) All electronic submissions 

must be made to the U.S. Government 

electronic docket site at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Commenters 

should follow the directions below for 

mailed and hand-delivered comments. 

2. Fax: 202–366–7951. 

3. Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

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

West Building, Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

4. Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

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

West Building, Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except federal holidays. 

Instructions: You must include the 

agency name and docket number for this 

notice at the beginning of your 

comments. Submit two copies of your 

comments if you submit them by mail. 

For confirmation that FTA has received 

your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Note that 

all comments received, including any 

personal information, will be posted 

and will be available to Internet users, 

without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. You may review 

DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement 

in the Federal Register published April 

11, 2000, (65 FR 19477), or you may 

visit http://www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents and 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov at any time. 

Background documents and comments 

received may also be viewed at the U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Docket 

Operations, M–30, West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001 between 9 

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

Friday, except federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Candace Noonan, Office of Planning and 

Environment, (202) 366–1648, or e-mail: 

candace.noonan@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested 

parties are invited to send comments 

regarding any aspect of this information 

collection, including: (1) The necessity 

and utility of the information collection 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the FTA; (2) the accuracy 

of the estimated burden; (3) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the collected information; and (4) 

ways to minimize the collection burden 

without reducing the quality of the 

collected information. Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval of this 

information collection. 

Title: Metropolitan and Statewide 

Transportation Planning. 

OMB Number: 2132–0529. 

Background: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) and Federal 

Highway Administration (FHWA) 

jointly carry out the federal mandate to 

improve urban and rural transportation. 

49 U.S.C. Sections 5303 and 5304 and 

23 U.S.C. 134 and 135 authorize the use 

of federal funds to assist Metropolitan 

Planning Organizations (MPOs), States, 

and local public bodies in developing 

transportation plans and programs to 

serve the transportation needs of 

urbanized areas over 50,000 in 

population and other areas of States 

outside of urbanized areas. The 

information collection activities 

involved in developing the Unified 

Planning Work Program (UPWP), the 

Metropolitan Transportation Plan, the 

Statewide Transportation Improvement 

Plan, the Transportation Improvement 

Program (TIP), and the Statewide 

Transportation Improvement Program 

(STIP) are necessary to identify and 

evaluate the transportation issues and 

needs in each urbanized area and 

throughout every state. These products 

of the transportation planning process 

are essential elements in the reasonable 

planning and programming of federally 

funded transportation investments. 

In addition to serving as management 

tools for MPOs and State DOTs, the 

UPWP and State Planning and Research 

(SP&R) Work Program are used by both 

FTA and FHWA to monitor the 

transportation planning activities of 

those agencies. It is also needed to 

establish national out year budgets and 

regional program plans, develop policy 

on using funds, monitor State and local 

compliance with national technical 

emphasis areas, respond to 

Congressional inquiries, prepare 

Congressional testimony, and ensure 

efficiency in the use and expenditure of 

federal funds by determining that 

planning proposals are both reasonable 

and cost-effective. 49 U.S.C. Section 

5303 and 23 U.S.C. 134(h) require the 

development of TIPs for urbanized 

areas; STIPs are mandated by 49 U.S.C. 

Section 5304 and 23 U.S.C. 235(f) for an 

entire State. After approval by the 

Governor and MPO, metropolitan TIPs 

in attainment areas are to be 

incorporated directly into the STIP. For 

nonattainment areas, FTA/FHWA must 

make a conformity finding on the TIPs 

before including them into the STIP. 

The complete STIP is then jointly 

reviewed and approved or disapproved 

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