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to initiate Preliminary Engineering, in

accordance with the FTA New Starts

regulation (49 CFR part 611). FTA will

consider the merits of the project at that

time, in comparison with other projects

across the nation competing for New

Starts funding, and either recommend or

not recommend that the preferred

alternative advance into Preliminary

Engineering, which would include the

preparation of the Final EIS.

Issued on: December 12, 2001.

Lee O. Waddleton,

Regional Administrator, Federal Transit

Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–31527 Filed 12–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–57–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD–11185]

Information Collection Available for

Public Comments and

Recommendations

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the Maritime

Administration’s (MARAD’s) intentions

to request extension of approval for

three years of a currently approved

information collection.

DATES: Comments should be submitted

on or before February 19, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patricia Thomas, Maritime

Administration, MAR–250, 400 Seventh

St., SW., Washington, DC 20590.

Telephone: 202–366–2646 or Fax 202–

493–2288.

Copies of this collection can also be

obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title of Collection: Regulations for

Making Excess or Surplus Federal

Property Available to the U.S. Merchant

Marine Academy and State Maritime

Academies.

Type of Request: Extension of

currently approved information

collection.

OMB Control Number: 2133–0504.

Form Numbers: None.

Expiration Date of Approval: June 30,

2002.

Summary of Collection of

Information: In accordance with U.S.C.

12959, MARAD requires approved

maritime training institutions seeking

excess or surplus property to provide a

statement of need/justification prior to

acquiring the property.

Need and Use of the Information:

This information collection is used by

the requestor to provide a justification

of the intended use of the surplus

property, and is needed by MARAD to

determine compliance with applicable

statutory requirements.

Description of Respondents: Maritime

training institutions.

Annual Responses: 60.

Annual Burden: 60 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 PL–401, 400

Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC

20590. Comments may also be

submitted by electronic means via the

Internet at http://dmses.dot.gov/submit.

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,

Monday through Friday, except Federal

Holidays. An electronic version of this

document is available on the World

Wide Web at http://dms.dot.gov.

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

Dated: December 17, 2001.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–31451 Filed 12–20–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA–2001–10902]

Insurer Reporting Requirements;

Reports under 49 U.S.C. on Section

33112(c)

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA),

Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: This notice announces

publication by NHTSA of the annual

insurer report on motor vehicle theft for

the 1996 reporting year. Section

33112(c) of Title 49 of the U.S. Code,

requires this information to be compiled

periodically and published by the

agency in a form that will be helpful to

the public, the law enforcement

community, and Congress. As required

by section 33112(c), this report provides

information on theft and recovery of

vehicles; rating rules and plans used by

motor vehicle insurers to reduce

premiums due to a reduction in motor

vehicle thefts; and actions taken by

insurers to assist in deterring thefts.

ADDRESSES: Due to the voluminous

content of this report, interested persons

may obtain a copy of this report by

contacting the Docket Section, NHTSA,

Room 5109, 400 Seventh Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20590. Docket hours

are from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday

through Friday. Requests should refer to

Docket No. 99–001; Notice 04. This

report without appendices may also be

viewed on-line at: http://

www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/theft.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Ms. Rosalind

Proctor, Office of Planning and

Consumer Programs, NHTSA, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20590. Ms. Proctor’s telephone number

is (202) 366–0846. Her fax number is

(202) 493–2290.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Motor

Vehicle Theft Law Enforcement Act of

1984 (Theft Act) was implemented to

enhance detection and prosecution of

motor vehicle theft (Pub. L. 98–547).

The Theft Act added a new Title VI to

the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost

Savings Act, which required the

Secretary of Transportation to issue a

theft prevention standard for identifying

major parts of certain high-theft lines of

passenger cars. The Act also addressed

several other actions to reduce motor

vehicle theft, such as increased criminal

penalties for those who traffic in stolen

vehicles and parts, curtailment of the

exportation of stolen motor vehicles and

off-highway mobile equipment,

establishment of penalties for

dismantling vehicles for the purpose of

trafficking in stolen parts, and

development of ways to encourage

decreases in premiums charged to

consumers for motor vehicle theft

insurance.

Title VI (which has since been

recodified as 49 U.S.C. chapter 331),

was designed to impede the theft of

motor vehicles by creating a theft

prevention standard which required

manufacturers of designated high-theft

car lines to inscribe or affix a vehicle

identification number onto major

components and replacement parts of

all vehicle lines selected as high theft.

The theft standard became effective in

Model Year 1987 for designated hightheft car lines.

The Anti Car Theft Act of 1992 (Pub.

L. 102–519) amended the law relating to

the parts-marking of major component