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notice, imports of eligible products from 

Guinea and Madagascar qualify for the 

textile and apparel benefits provided for 

under AGOA. 

DATES: Effective Date: December 15, 

2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Constance Hamilton, Deputy Assistant 

U.S. Trade Representative for Africa, 

Office of the United States. Trade 

Representative, at (202) 395–9514. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

AGOA (Title I of the Trade and 

Development Act of 2000, Public Law 

106–200, as amended provides 

preferential tariff treatment for imports 

of certain textile and apparel products 

of beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

countries. The textile and apparel trade 

benefits under AGOA are available to 

imports of eligible products from 

countries that the President designates 

as ‘‘beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

countries,’’ provided that these 

countries: (1) Have adopted an effective 

visa system and related procedures to 

prevent unlawful transshipment of 

textile and apparel articles and the use 

of counterfeit documents in connection 

with shipment of such articles; and (2) 

have implemented and follow, or are 

making substantial progress toward 

implementing and following, certain 

customs procedures that assist the 

Customs Service in verifying the origin 

of the products. In Proclamation 8741 

(October 25, 2011) the President 

designated Guinea as a ‘‘beneficiary subSaharan Africa country’’ and 

proclaimed that, for purposes of section 

112(c) of the AGOA, Guinea shall be 

considered a lesser developed 

beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

country. In Proclamation 9145 (June 26, 

2014), the President similarly 

designated Madagascar as a ‘‘beneficiary 

sub-Saharan Africa country’’ and, for 

purposes of section 112(c) of the AGOA, 

shall be considered a lesser developed 

beneficiary sub-Saharan African 

country. 

In Proclamation 7350 (October 2, 

2000), the President authorized the 

USTR to perform the function of 

determining whether eligible subSaharan beneficiary countries have met 

the two requirements described above. 

The President directed the USTR to 

announce any such determinations in 

the Federal Register and to implement 

them through modifications the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTS). Based on actions 

that both Guinea and Madagascar have 

taken, I have determined that each 

country have satisfied these two 

requirements. Accordingly, pursuant to 

the authority assigned to the USTR in 

Proclamation 7350, U.S. note 7(a) to 

subchapter II of chapter 98 of the HTS, 

and U.S. notes 1 and 2(d) to subchapter 

XIX of the HTS are modified by 

inserting ‘‘Guinea’’ and ‘‘Madagascar’’ 

in alphabetical sequence in the list of 

countries. The foregoing modifications 

to the HTS are effective with respect to 

articles entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse for consumption, on date of 

publication. Importers claiming 

preferential tariff treatment under the 

AGOA for entries of textile and apparel 

articles should ensure that those entries 

meet the applicable visa requirements. 

See Visa Requirements Under the 

African Growth and Opportunity Act, 

66 FR 7837 (2001). 

Michael B.G. Froman, 

United States Trade Representative. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29169 Filed 12–12–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions 

on Proposed Highway in California 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims 

for Judicial Review of Actions by the 

California Department of Transportation 

(Caltrans), pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA, on behalf of 

Caltrans, is issuing this notice to 

announce actions taken by Caltrans that 

are final within the meaning of 23 

U.S.C. 139(l)(1). The actions relate to a 

proposed highway project, widen and 

seismically retrofit the existing 

Riverside Drive Bridge (53C–1298), 

located south of the junction of Victory 

Boulevard, Sonora Avenue and 

Riverside Drive; and north of Zoo Drive 

in the Hollywood Community Planning 

Area in the City and County of Los 

Angeles, State of California. Those 

actions grant licenses, permits, and 

approvals for the project. 

DATES: By this notice, the FHWA, on 

behalf of Caltrans, is advising the public 

of final agency actions subject to 23 

U.S.C. 139(l)(1). A claim seeking 

judicial review of the Federal agency 

actions on the highway project will be 

barred unless the claim is filed on or 

before May 14, 2015 If the Federal law 

that authorizes judicial review of a 

claim provides a time period of less 

than 150 days for filing such claim, then 

that shorter time period still applies. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

Caltrans: Tami Podesta, Branch Chief, 

Division of Environmental Planning, 

California Department of 

Transportation, 100 South Main Street, 

Los Angeles, California, 90275, Regular 

Office Hours M–F 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., 

Phone Number (213) 897–0309, Email 

tami_podesta@dot.ca.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective 

July 1, 2007, the Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA) assigned, and 

the California Department of 

Transportation (Caltrans) assumed, 

environmental responsibilities for this 

project pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327. 

Notice is hereby given that the Caltrans 

has taken final agency actions subject to 

23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1) by issuing licenses, 

permits, and approvals for the following 

highway project in the State of 

California: The City of Los Angeles and 

the California Department of 

Transportation propose to widen and 

seismically retrofit the existing 

Riverside Drive Bridge (53C–1298), 

located south of the junction of Victory 

Boulevard, Sonora Avenue and 

Riverside Drive; and north of Zoo Drive 

in the Hollywood Community Planning 

Area of the City and County of Los 

Angeles. The project would include 

widening and rehabilitating the existing 

four-lane bridge to correct existing 

geometrical design deficiencies, address 

seismic vulnerabilities, and improve 

pedestrian and bicycle travel; BHLS5006 (205). The actions by the Federal 

agencies, and the laws under which 

such actions were taken, are described 

in the Environmental Assessment (EA) 

for the project, approved on May 7, 

2013, in the FHWA Finding of No 

Significant Impact issued on August 

29,2013, and in other documents in the 

FHWA project records. The EA, FONSI 

and other project records are available 

by contacting Caltrans at the addresses 

provided above. The Caltrans EA and 

FONSI can be viewed and downloaded 

from the project Web site at http://

www.dot.ca.gov/dist07/resources/

envdocs/docs/Riverside_Drive_Bridge_

Final_IS–EA_APPROVED.pdf. 

This notice applies to all Federal 

agency decisions as of the issuance date 

of this notice and all laws under which 

such actions were taken, including but 

not limited to: 

1. General: The National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (42 

U.S.C. 4321–4351) 

2. Safe, Accountable, Flexible and 

Efficient, Transportation Equity Act, A 

Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU) 

3. MAP 21- Moving Ahead for 

Progress in the 21st Century 

4. US Army Corps of engineers 

(USACE)- Section 404 and Section 408 

5. US Fish and Wildlife Service 

(USFWS)- Section 7 


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74158 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 240 / Monday, December 15, 2014 / Notices 

6. State Historic Preservation OfficeSection 106 (MOA) 

7. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 

1964 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning 

and Construction. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

program.) 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1) 

Issued on: December 4, 2014. 

Tami Podesta, 

Senior Environmental Planner, California 

Department of Transportation. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29238 Filed 12–12–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–RY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2014–0237] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; New Information Collection: 

Generic Clearance of Customer 

Satisfaction Surveys 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

FMCSA announces its plan to submit 

the Information Collection Request (ICR) 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for its 

review and approval and invites public 

comment. Executive Order 12862 

directs Federal agencies to provide 

service to the public that matches or 

exceeds the best service available in the 

private sector. In order to work 

continuously to ensure that our 

programs are effective and meet our 

customers’ needs, the Federal Motor 

Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) 

seeks to obtain OMB approval of a 

generic clearance to collect feedback on 

our service delivery. By feedback we 

mean information that provides useful 

insights on perceptions and opinions, 

but are not statistical surveys that yield 

quantitative results that can be 

generalized to the population of study. 

On August 29, 2014, FMCSA published 

a notice in the Federal Register (79 FR 

51639) allowing for a 60-day comment 

period on this ICR. The agency received 

no comments in response to that notice. 

DATES: Please send your comments by 

January 14, 2015. OMB must receive 

your comments by this date in order to 

act on the ICR. 

ADDRESSES: All comments should 

reference Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) Docket Number 

FMCSA–2014–0237. Interested persons 

are invited to submit written comments 

on the proposed information collection 

to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget. Comments 

should be addressed to the attention of 

the Desk Officer, Department of 

Transportation/Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration, and sent via 

electronic mail to oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov, or faxed to (202) 395– 

6974, or mailed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Brian Ronk, Program Manager, FMCSA, 

Office of Enforcement and Program 

Delivery, Outreach Division/MC–ESO. 

Telephone (202) 366–1072; or email 

brian.ronk@dot.gov. Department of 

Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

Mr. Jeff Loftus,, Supervisory 

Transportation Specialist, Technology 

Division/MC–RRT, Office of Analysis, 

Research and Technology, Telephone 

(202) 385–2363; or email jeff.loftus@

dot.gov, Department of Transportation, 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Generic Clearance of Customer 

Satisfaction Surveys. 

OMB Control Number: 2126–00XX. 

Type of Request: New collection. 

Respondents: State and local agencies, 

general public and stakeholders, 

original equipment manufacturers 

(OEM) and suppliers to the commercial 

motor vehicle (CMV) industry, fleets, 

owner-operators, state CMV safety 

agencies, research organizations and 

contractors, news organizations, safety 

advocacy groups, and other Federal 

agencies. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

5,900. 

Estimated Time per Response: Range 

from 10—120 minutes per response. 

Expiration Date: N/A. This is a new 

ICR. 

Frequency of Response: Generally, on 

an annual basis. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

5,274 hours. 

Background 

Executive Order 12862 ‘‘Setting 

Customer Service Standards,’’ direct 

Federal agencies to provide service to 

the public that matches or exceeds the 

best service available in the private 

sector (58 FR 48257, September 11, 

1993). In order to work continuously to 

ensure that our programs are effective 

and meet our customers’ needs, FMCSA 

seeks to obtain OMB approval of a 

generic clearance to collect qualitative 

feedback from our customers on our 

service delivery. The surveys covered in 

this generic clearance will provide a 

means for FMCSA to collect this data 

directly from our customers. By 

qualitative feedback we mean 

information that provides useful 

insights on perceptions and opinions, 

but are not statistical surveys that yield 

quantitative results that can be 

generalized to the population of study. 

This feedback will provide insights into 

customer or stakeholder perception, 

experiences and expectations, provide 

an early warning of issues with service, 

or focus attention on areas of 

communication, training or changes in 

operations that might improve delivery 

of products or services. These 

collections will allow for ongoing, 

collaborative and actionable 

communications between the Agency 

and its customers and stakeholders. It 

will also allow feedback to contribute 

directly to the improvement of program 

management. 

The solicitation of feedback will target 

areas such as: Timeliness, 

appropriateness, accuracy of 

information, courtesy, efficiency of 

service delivery, and resolution of 

issues with service delivery. Responses 

will be assessed to plan and inform 

efforts to improve or maintain the 

quality of service offered to the public. 

If this information is not collected, vital 

feedback from customers and 

stakeholders on the Agency’s services 

will be unavailable. 

The Agency will only submit a 

collection for approval under this 

generic clearance if it meets the 

following conditions: 

• The collections are voluntary. 

• The collections are low-burden for 

respondents (based on considerations of 

total burden hours, total number of 

respondents, or burden-hours per 

respondent) and are low-cost for both 

the respondents and the Federal 

Government. 

• The collections are 

noncontroversial and do not raise issues 

of concern to other Federal agencies. 

• Any collection is targeted to the 

solicitation of opinions from 

respondents who have experience with 

the program or may have experience 

with the program in the near future. 


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