Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 13 / Wednesday, January 21, 2015 / Notices 3005 

Dated: January 8, 2015. 

John F. Kerry, 

Secretary of State. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00908 Filed 1–20–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–AD–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Buy America Waiver Notification 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides 

information regarding the FHWA’s 

finding that a Buy America waiver is 

appropriate for the use of non-domestic 

Mobile Harbor Crane with 100 tons 

minimum capacity for the Virginia Ports 

Authority. 

DATES: The effective date of the waiver 

is January 22, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about this notice, please 

contact Mr. Gerald Yakowenko, FHWA 

Office of Program Administration, (202) 

366–1562, or via email at 

gerald.yakowenko@dot.gov. For legal 

questions, please contact Mr. Jomar 

Maldonado, FHWA Office of the Chief 

Counsel, (202) 366–1373, or via email at 

Jomar.Maldonado@dot.gov. Office hours 

for the FHWA are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

An electronic copy of this document 

may be downloaded from the Federal 

Register’s home page at: http://

www.archives.gov and the Government 

Printing Office’s database at: http://

www.access.gpo.gov/nara. 

Background 

The FHWA’s Buy America policy in 

23 CFR 635.410 requires a domestic 

manufacturing process for any steel or 

iron products (including protective 

coatings) that are permanently 

incorporated in a Federal-aid 

construction project. The regulation also 

provides for a waiver of the Buy 

America requirements when the 

application would be inconsistent with 

the public interest or when satisfactory 

quality domestic steel and iron products 

are not sufficiently available. This 

notice provides information regarding 

the FHWA’s finding that a Buy America 

waiver is appropriate in procurement of 

non-domestic Mobile Harbor Crane, 100 

tons minimum capacity for the Virginia 

Ports Authority. 

In accordance with Division A, 

section 122 of the ‘‘Consolidated and 

Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

2012’’ (Pub. L. 112–55), the FHWA 

published a notice of intent to issue a 

waiver on its Web site for non-domestic 

Mobile Harbor Crane with 100 tons 

minimum capacity (http://

www.fhwa.dot.gov/construction/

contracts/waivers.cfm?id=100) on 

October 8th. The FHWA received no 

comments in response to the 

publication. During the 15-day comment 

period, the FHWA conducted additional 

nationwide review to locate potential 

domestic manufacturers of Mobile 

Harbor Crane with 100 tons minimum 

capacity. Based on all the information 

available to the agency, the FHWA 

concludes that there are no domestic 

manufacturers of the Mobile Harbor 

Crane with 100 tons minimum capacity 

In accordance with the provisions of 

section 117 of the SAFETEA–LU 

Technical Corrections Act of 2008 (Pub. 

L. 110–244, 122 Stat. 1572), the FHWA 

is providing this notice as its finding 

that a waiver of Buy America 

requirements is appropriate. The FHWA 

invites public comment on this finding 

for an additional 15 days following the 

effective date of the finding. Comments 

may be submitted to the FHWA’s Web 

site via the link provided to the Virginia 

waiver page noted above. 

(Authority: 23 U.S.C. 313; Pub. L. 110–161, 

23 CFR 635.410) 

Dated: January 9, 2015. 

Gregory G. Nadeau, 

Acting Administrator, Federal Highway 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00850 Filed 1–20–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. DOT–MARAD 2015—0006] 

Agency Requests for Renewal of a 

Previously Approved Information 

Collection(s): Effective U.S. Control 

(EUSC)/Parent Company 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration 

(MARAD) invites public comments 

about our intention to request the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval to renew an information 

collection. The purpose of the collection 

is to aid in identifying oceangoing 

vessels that may be both useful and 

available to the Department of Defense 

for deploying U.S. military equipment 

(such as tanks and other tracked and 

wheeled vehicles) and the full range of 

supplies (including petroleum products 

and fuel) necessary to sustain a force in 

a foreign theater of operations. We are 

required to publish this notice in the 

Federal Register by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 

13. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by March 23, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

[identified by Docket No. DOT– 

MARAD–2015–0006] through one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket 

Management Facility, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., West Building, Room W12– 

140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 

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

Friday, except on Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Russ 

Krause, 202–366–1031, Division of 

Sealift Operations and Emergency 

Response, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, 20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB 

Control Number: 2133–0511. 

Title: Effective U.S. Control/Parent 

Company. 

Form Numbers: N/A. 

Type of Review: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

Background: The Effective U.S. 

Control (EUSC)/Parent Company 

collection consists of an inventory of 

foreign-registered vessels owned by U.S. 

citizens. Specially, the collection 

consists of responses from vessel 

owners verifying or correcting vessel 

ownership data and characteristics 

found in commercial publications. The 

information obtained could be vital in a 

national or international emergency and 

is essential to the logistical support 

planning operations conducted by 

Maritime Administration officials. 

Respondents: U.S. citizens who own 

foreign-registered vessels. 

Number of Respondents: 60. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Number of Responses: 60. 

Total Annual Burden: 30 Hours. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including (a) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the 

Department’s performance; (b) the 

accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) 


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