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Expiration Date of Approval: Three 

years from date of approval by the 

Office of Management and Budget. 

Summary of Collection of 

Information: This collection of 

information is used to gather 

information regarding the location of 

U.S.-flag vessels and certain other U.S. 

citizen-owned vessels for the purpose of 

search and rescue in the saving of lives 

at sea and for the marshalling of ships 

for national defense and safety 

purposes. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

collection of information is necessary 

for maintaining a current plot of U.S.- 

flag and U.S.-owned vessels. 

Description of Respondents: U.S.-flag 

and U.S. citizen-owned vessels. 

Annual Responses: 29,280 responses. 

Annual Burden: 2,050 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. 

Dated: May 18, 2009. 

By order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Christine Gurland, 

Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–12608 Filed 5–29–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[FTA Docket No. 2009–0029] 

Notice of Request for Reinstatement of 

Information Collections 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

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 

reinstatement of the following 

information collections: 

(1) Bus Testing Program 

(2) Transit Research, Development, 

Demonstration and Deployment Projects 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

before July 31, 2009. 

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: 202–493–2251. 

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 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: 

—Mr. Marcel Belanger, FTA Office of 

Research, Demonstration and 

Innovation, (202) 366–0725, or e-mail: 

marcel.belanger@dot.gov (for the Bus 

Testing Program). 

—Mr. Bruce Robinson, FTA Office of 

Research, Demonstration and 

Innovation, (202) 366–4052, or e-mail: 

bruce.robinson@dot.gov (for Transit 

Research, Development, Demonstration 

and Deployment Projects). 

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: Bus Testing Program (OMB 

Number: 2132–0550) 

Background: 49 U.S.C. Section 

5323(c) provides that no federal funds 

appropriated or made available after 

September 30, 1989, may be obligated or 

expended for the acquisition of a new 

bus model (including any model using 

alternative fuels) unless the bus has 

been tested at the Bus Testing Center 

(Center in Altoona, Pennsylvania. 49 

U.S.C. Section 5318(a) further specifies 

that each new bus model is to be tested 

for maintainability, reliability, safety, 

performance (including braking 

performance), structural integrity, fuel 

economy, emissions and noise. 

The operator of the Bus Testing 

Center, the Thomas D. Larson 

Pennsylvania Transportation Institute 

(LTI), has entered into a cooperative 

agreement with FTA. LTI operates and 

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maintains the Center and establishes 

and collects fees for the testing of the 

vehicles at the facility. Upon 

completion of the testing of the vehicles 

at the Center, a test report is provided 

to the manufacturer of the new bus 

model. The bus manufacturer certifies to 

an FTA grantee that the bus the grantee 

is purchasing has been tested at the 

Center. Also, grantees that are planning 

to purchase a bus use this report to 

assist them in making their purchasing 

decisions. LTI maintains a reference file 

for all the test reports which are made 

available to the public. 

Respondents: Bus Manufacturers. 

Estimated Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 30 testing determinations 

at 3 hours each; 18 tests at 3 hours each 

and 520 requirements at 0.5 hours each. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 404 

hours. 

Frequency: Annual. 

Title: 49 U.S.C. Section 5312(a) 

Transit Research, Development, 

Demonstration and Deployment 

Projects. 

Background: 49 U.S.C. Section 

5312(a) authorizes the Secretary of 

Transportation to make grants or 

contracts for research, development, 

demonstration and deployment projects 

and evaluation of technology of national 

significance to public transportation 

that the Secretary determines will 

improve mass transportation service or 

help transportation service meet the 

total urban transportation needs at a 

minimum cost. In carrying out the 

provisions of this section, the Secretary 

is also authorized to request and receive 

appropriate information from any 

source. As an example, FTA’s United 

We Ride Program is funded under the 

Transit Research Program. Research for 

the United We Ride Program is being 

conducted to gather information on how 

the objectives of Executive Order 13330 

on Human Services Transportation 

Coordination are being achieved. 

The information collected is 

submitted as part of the application for 

grants and cooperative agreements and 

is used to determine eligibility of 

applicants. Collection of this 

information also provides 

documentation that the applicants and 

recipients are meeting program 

objectives and are complying with FTA 

Circular 6100.1B and other federal 

requirements. 

Respondents: FTA grant recipients. 

Estimated Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 56.2 hours for each of the 

200 respondents. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

11,240 hours. 

Frequency: Annual. 

Issued: May 26, 2009. 

Ann M. Linnertz, 

Associate Administrator for Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–12605 Filed 5–29–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–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 a foreign 

Three-Ton Chain Hoist in the Federalaid construction project for the Hood 

Canal Bridge BR–0104 (25) retrofit and 

replacement in Washington. 

DATES: The effective date of the waiver 

is June 2, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about this notice, please 

contact Mr. Gerald Yakowenko, FHWA 

Office of Program Administration, (202) 

366–1562, or via e-mail at 

gerald.yakowenko@dot.gov. For legal 

questions, please contact Mr. Michael 

Harkins, FHWA Office of the Chief 

Counsel, (202) 366–4928, or via e-mail 

at michael.harkins@dot.gov. Office 

hours for the FHWA are from 7:45 a.m. 

to 4:15 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 of such requirements 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 for the Three-Ton 

Chain Hoist for the Hood Canal Bridge 

retrofit and replacement in Washington. 

In accordance with Division I, section 

126 of the ‘‘Omnibus Appropriations 

Act, 2009’’ (Pub. L. 111–8), the FHWA 

published a notice of intent to issue a 

waiver on its Web site for the Three-Ton 

Chain Hoist (http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ 

construction/contracts/ 

waivers.cfm?id=32) on April 16. The 

FHWA received no comments in 

response to this notice, which suggested 

that the Three-Ton Chain Hoist may not 

be available domestically. During the 

15-day comment period, the FHWA 

conducted an additional nationwide 

review to locate potential domestic 

manufacturers for the Three-Ton Chain 

Hoist. Based on all the information 

available to the agency, the FHWA 

concludes that there are no domestic 

manufacturers for the Three-Ton Chain 

Hoist. Thus, the FHWA concludes that 

a Buy America waiver is appropriate as 

provided by 23 CFR 635.410(c)(1). 

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 

Washington waiver page noted above. 

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

23 CFR 635.410. 

Issued on: May 15, 2009. 

King W. Gee, 

Associate Administrator for Infrastructure. 

[FR Doc. E9–12637 Filed 5–29–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; 

Notice of Delays in Processing of 

Special Permits Applications 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: List of applications delayed 

more than 180 days. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5117(c), 

PHMSA is publishing the following list 

of special permit applications that have 

been in process for 180 days or more. 

The reason(s) for delay and the expected