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FTA REGIONAL AND METROPOLITAN OFFICES
Mary Beth Mello, Regional Administrator, Region 1—Boston, Kendall
Square, 55 Broadway, Suite 920, Cambridge, MA 02142–1093, Tel.
617–494–2055.
States served: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Brigid Hynes-Cherin, Regional Administrator, Region 2—New York,
One Bowling Green, Room 429, New York, NY 10004–1415, Tel.
212–668–2170.
States served: New Jersey, New York
New York Metropolitan Office, Region 2—New York, One Bowling
Green, Room 428, New York, NY 10004–1415, Tel. 212–668–2202.
Letitia Thompson, Regional Administrator, Region 3—Philadelphia,
1760 Market Street, Suite 500, Philadelphia, PA 19103–4124, Tel.
215–656–7100.
States served: Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and District of Columbia.
Philadelphia Metropolitan Office, Region 3—Philadelphia, 1760 Market
Street, Suite 500, Philadelphia, PA 19103–4124, Tel. 215–656–7070.
Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Office, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 510,
Washington, DC 20006, Tel. 202–219–3562.
Yvette Taylor, Regional Administrator, Region 4—Atlanta, 230 Peachtree Street, NW Suite 800, Atlanta, GA 30303, Tel. 404–865–5600.
States served: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North
Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, and the Virgin Islands.

Marisol Simon, Regional Administrator, Region 5—Chicago, 200 West
Adams Street, Suite 320, Chicago, IL 60606, Tel. 312–353–2789.
States served: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
Chicago Metropolitan Office, Region 5—Chicago, 200 West Adams
Street, Suite 320, Chicago, IL 60606, Tel. 312–353–2789.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD 2011–0017]

Information Collection Available for
Public Comments and
Recommendations
Notice and request for
comments.

ACTION:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Maritime
Administration’s (MARAD’s) intention
to request extension of approval for
three years of a currently approved
information collection.
DATES: Comments should be submitted
on or before May 3, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita
Jackson, Maritime Administration, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington,
DC 20590. Telephone: (202) 366–0284;
or e-mail: [email protected]. Copies
of this collection can also be obtained
from that office.

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States served: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico and
Texas.
Mokhtee Ahmad, Regional Administrator, Region 7—Kansas City, MO,
901 Locust Street, Room 404, Kansas City, MO 64106, Tel. 816–
329–3920.
States served: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.
Terry Rosapep, Regional Administrator, Region 8—Denver, 12300
West Dakota Ave., Suite 310, Lakewood, CO 80228–2583, Tel. 720–
963–3300.
States served: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah,
and, Wyoming.

Leslie T. Rogers, Regional Administrator, Region 9—San Francisco,
201 Mission Street, Room 1650, San Francisco, CA 94105–1926,
Tel. 415–744–3133.
States served: American Samoa, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii,
Nevada, and the Northern Mariana, Islands.
Los Angeles Metropolitan Office, Region 9—Los Angeles, 888 S.
Figueroa Street, Suite 1850, Los Angeles, CA 90017–1850, Tel.
213–202–3952.
Rick Krochalis, Regional Administrator, Region 10—Seattle, Jackson
Federal Building, 915 Second Avenue, Suite 3142, Seattle, WA
98174–1002, Tel. 206–220–7954.
States served: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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SUMMARY:

Robert C. Patrick, Regional Administrator, Region 6—Ft. Worth, 819
Taylor Street, Room 8A36, Ft. Worth, TX 76102, Tel. 817–978–0550.

Title of Collection: Request for Waiver
of Service Obligation, Request for
Deferment of Service Obligation, and
Application for Review.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved information
collection.
OMB Control Number: 2133–0510.
Form Numbers: MA–935, MA–936,
MA–937.
Expiration Date of Approval: Three
years from date of approval by the
Office of Management and Budget.
Summary of Collection of
Information: This information collection
is essential for determining if a student
or graduate of the United States
Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA)
or subsidized student or graduate of a
State maritime academy has a waivable
situation preventing them from fulfilling
the requirements of a service obligation
contract signed at the time of their
enrollment in a Federal maritime
training program. It also permits the
Maritime Administration (MARAD) to
determine if a graduate, who wishes to
defer the service obligation to attend
graduate school, is eligible to receive a
deferment. Their service obligation is
required by law.

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Need and Use of the Information:
This information collected establishes
overall compliance with the service
obligation contract in support of the
Economic Growth and Trade and
National Security goals identified in the
DOT Strategic Plan. Because the
graduates are required to serve as
commissioned officers in the U.S.
Merchant Marine Reserve, U.S. Naval
Reserve (as an aspect of the service
obligation), they become the Navy’s
single largest source of naval reserve
officers except for Naval R.O.T.C. In
their civilian capacities, they are
required first to sail on their
professional merchant marine licenses
or work in the maritime industry ashore.
This dual role makes the graduates
especially valuable because national
defense planning initiatives and the
Nation’s economic needs depend on
available personnel who are highly
trained.
Description of Respondents: U.S.
Merchant Marine Academy students
and graduates, and subsidized students
and graduates who attend the State
Maritime Academies.
Annual Responses: 11.
Annual Burden: 3.30 hours.

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Comments: Comments should be
referred 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. 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.
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.
Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: February 14, 2011.
Christine Gurland,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
Petition for Exemption From the
Federal Motor Vehicle Motor Theft
Prevention Standard; Jaguar Land
Rover
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Grant of petition for exemption.
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AGENCY:

This document grants in full
the petition of Jaguar Land Rover North
America’s, (Land Rover) petition for an
exemption of the Range Rover Evoque
vehicle line in accordance with 49 CFR
part 543, Exemption from the Theft
Prevention Standard. This petition is

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granted because the agency has
determined that the antitheft device to
be placed on the line as standard
equipment is likely to be as effective in
reducing and deterring motor vehicle
theft as compliance with the partsmarking requirements of the Theft
Prevention Standard (49 CFR part 541).
DATES: The exemption granted by this
notice is effective beginning with the
2012 model year.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Carlita Ballard, Office of International
Policy, Fuel Economy and Consumer
Programs, NHTSA, W43–439, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC
20590. Ms. Ballard’s phone number is
(202) 366–5222. Her fax number is (202)
493–2990.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a
petition dated November 22, 2010, Land
Rover requested an exemption from the
parts-marking requirements of the theft
prevention standard (49 CFR Part 541)
for the Range Rover Evoque vehicle line
beginning with MY 2012. The petition
has been filed pursuant to 49 CFR part
543, Exemption from Vehicle Theft
Prevention Standard, based on the
installation of an antitheft device as
standard equipment for the entire
vehicle line.
Under § 543.5(a), a manufacturer may
petition NHTSA to grant an exemption
for one vehicle line per model year. In
its petition, Land Rover provided a
detailed description and diagram of the
identity, design, and location of the
components of the antitheft device for
the Range Rover Evoque vehicle line.
Land Rover stated that the Range Rover
Evoque vehicles will be equipped with
a passive, transponder based, electronic
engine immobilizer antitheft device as
standard equipment beginning with the
2012 model year. Key components of its
antitheft device will include a power
train module, instrument cluster, body
control module, remote frequency
receive immobilizer antenna unit, smart
key, door control units and a perimeter
alarm system. The immobilizer device is
automatically immobilized when the
Smart Key is removed from the vehicle.
Land Rover stated that the Smart Key is
programmed and synchronized to the
vehicle by means of a unique
identification code key and a secret
code key which is randomly generated
and unique to each vehicle.
Additionally, Land Rover states that its
antitheft device will include an audible
and visual perimeter alarm system as
standard equipment that can be armed
manually or programmed to arm
automatically with the Smart Key. If the
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entry, the vehicle siren alarm will sound
and the exterior lights will flash.
Land Rover stated that there are three
methods of vehicle operation and
engine start: (1) Pulling the driver’s door
handle with correct Smart Key
authentication, and pressing the ignition
start button; (2) unlocking the vehicle
with the Smart Key unlock button; and
(3) using the emergency key blade.
In addressing the specific content
requirements of 543.6, Land Rover
provided information on the reliability
and durability of its proposed device.
To ensure reliability and durability of
the device, Land Rover conducted tests
based on its own specified standards.
Land Rover provided a detailed list of
the tests conducted (i.e., temperature
and humidity cycling, high and low
temperature cycling, mechanical shock,
random vibration, thermal stress/shock
tests, material resistance tests, dry heat,
dust and fluid ingress tests). Land Rover
stated that it believes that its device is
reliable and durable because it complied
with specified requirements for each
test. Additionally, Land Rover stated
that the vehicle’s key recognition
sequence includes in excess of a billion
code combinations with encrypted data
that is secure against copying. The
coded data transfer between modules
also use a unique secure identifier,
random number and secure public
algorithm.
Land Rover stated that since the
Range Rover Evoque is a new vehicle
line, there is no data from a previous
generation vehicle to compare theft rate
data, although, it stated, the immobilizer
in the Range Rover Evoque is
substantially similar to the antitheft
device installed on the MY 2010 Jaguar
XJ vehicle line that was previously
granted an exemption by the agency on
November 16, 2009. Land Rover stated
that based on 2006–2008 MY theft data
information published by NHTSA, Land
Rover vehicles equipped with
immobilizers had theft rates that were
below the median. Land Rover also
stated that the immobilizer in the Range
Rover Evoque line is no less effective
than devices NHTSA has already
granted full exemptions (i.e., Jaguar XK
and XJ). Additionally, Land Rover
submitted a Highway Loss Data Institute
news release (July 19, 2000) showing an
approximate 50% reduction in theft for
vehicles installed with an immobilizer
device.
Based on the evidence submitted by
Land Rover, the agency believes that the
antitheft device for the Range Rover
Evoque vehicle line is likely to be as
effective in reducing and deterring
motor vehicle theft as compliance with

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