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Annual Estimated Total Burden
Hours: 144 hours.
ADDRESSES: All written comments must
refer to the docket number that appears
at the top of this document and be
submitted to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20503,
Attention: FTA Desk Officer.
Alternatively, comments may be sent
via email to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of
Management and Budget, at the
following address: oira_submissions@
omb.eop.gov
Comments are Invited On: Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; the accuracy of
the Department’s estimate of the burden
of the proposed information collection;
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
A comment to OMB is best assured of
having its full effect if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register.
William Hyre,
Deputy Associate Administrator for
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
[FTA Docket No. FTA 2017–0013]

Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review
AGENCY:

Federal Transit Administration,

DOT.
ACTION:

Notice of request for comments.

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Information
Collection Requirements (ICRs)
abstracted below have been forwarded
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and comment. The
ICR describe the nature of the
information collection and their
expected burdens. The Federal Register
notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following
collections of information was
published on January 17, 2017.

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Comments must be submitted on
or before June 19, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tia
Swain, Office of Administration,
Management Planning Division, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Mail Stop
TAD–10, Washington, DC 20590 (202)
366–0354 or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), Public Law 104–13, Section 2,
109 Stat. 163 (1995) (codified as revised
at 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), and its
implementing regulations, 5 CFR part
1320, require Federal agencies to issue
two notices seeking public comment on
information collection activities before
OMB may approve paperwork packages.
44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.5,
1320.8(d)(1), 1320.12. On January 17,
2017, published a 60-day notice (82 FR
4963) in the Federal Register soliciting
comments on the ICR that the agency
was seeking OMB approval. FTA
received no comments after issuing this
60-day notice. Accordingly, DOT
announces that these information
collection activities have been reevaluated and certified under 5
CFR1320.5(a) and forwarded to OMB for
review and approval pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.12(c).
Before OMB decides whether to
approve these proposed collections of
information, it must provide 30 days for
public comment. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b); 5
CFR 1320.12(d). Federal law requires
OMB to approve or disapprove
paperwork packages between 30 and 60
days after the 30-day notice is
published. 44 U.S.C. 3507 (b)-(c); 5 CFR
1320.12(d); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983,
Aug. 29, 1995. OMB believes that the
30-day notice informs the regulated
community to file relevant comments
and affords the agency adequate time to
digest public comments before it
renders a decision. 60 FR 44983, Aug.
29, 1995. Therefore, respondents should
submit their respective comments to
OMB within 30 days of publication to
best ensure having their full effect. 5
CFR 1320.12(c); see also 60 FR 44983,
Aug. 29, 1995.
The summaries below describe the
nature of the information collection
requirements (ICRs) and the expected
burden. The requirements are being
submitted for clearance by OMB as
required by the PRA.
Title: Statewide and Nonmetropolitan
Transportation Planning and
Metropolitan Transportation Planning
OMB Control Number: 2132–0529
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved information
collection
Abstract: The FTA and Federal
Highway Administration (FHWA)
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jointly carry out the federal mandate to
improve urban and rural transportation.
49 U.S.C. 5303 and 5304 and 23 U.S.C.
134 and 135 authorize the use of federal
funds to assist Metropolitan Planning
Organizations (MPOs), States, and local
public bodies in developing
transportation plans and programs to
serve the transportation needs of
urbanized areas over 50,000 in
population and other areas of States
outside of urbanized areas. The
information collection activities
involved in developing the Unified
Planning Work Program (UPWP), the
Metropolitan Transportation Plan, the
Long-Range Statewide Transportation
Plan, the Transportation Improvement
Program (TIP), and the Statewide
Transportation Improvement Program
(STIP) are necessary to identify and
evaluate the transportation issues and
needs in each urbanized area and
throughout every State. These products
of the transportation planning process
are essential elements in the reasonable
planning and programming of federally
funded transportation investments. In
addition to serving as a management
tool for MPOs, the UPWP is used by
both FTA and FHWA to monitor the
transportation planning activities of
MPOs. It also is needed to establish
national out year budgets and regional
program plans, develop policy on using
funds, monitor State and local
compliance with technical emphasis
areas, respond to Congressional
inquiries, prepare Congressional
testimony, and ensure efficiency in the
use and expenditure of Federal funds by
determining that planning proposals are
both reasonable and cost-effective. 49
U.S.C. 5303 and 23 U.S.C. 134(j) require
the development of TIPs for urbanized
areas; STIPs are mandated by 49 U.S.C.
5304 and 23 U.S.C. 135(g) for an entire
State. After approval by the Governor
and MPO, metropolitan TIPs in
attainment areas are to be incorporated
directly into the STIP. For
nonattainment areas, FTA/FHWA must
make a conformity finding on the TIPs
before including them in the STIP. The
complete STIP is then jointly reviewed
and approved or disapproved by FTA
and FHWA. These conformity findings
and approval actions constitute the
determination that States are complying
with the requirements of 23 U.S.C. 134
and 135 and 49 U.S.C. 5303 and 5304
as a condition of eligibility for federalaid funding. Without these documents,
approvals and findings, FTA and FHWA
cannot provide capital and/or operating
assistance.
The FTA and FHWA updated their
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burden hours of the transportation
planning programs on respondents to
reflect the Final Rule on Statewide and
Nonmetropolitan Transportation
Planning and Metropolitan
Transportation Planning. On July 6,
2012, the President signed into law
Public Law 112–141, the Moving Ahead
for Progress in the 21st Century Act
(MAP–21) and on December 4, 2015,
signed into law Public Law 114–94, the
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation
Act (FAST). The MAP–21 makes
significant changes to the statewide and
nonmetropolitan planning process and
the metropolitan transportation
planning process, and the FAST makes
minor changes to existing provisions. As
a result, FHWA and FTA have issued a
final rule that makes the regulations
consistent with current statutory
requirements. The rule is central to the
implementation of the overall
performance management framework
created by MAP–21. The changes to the
FHWA/FTA statewide and
nonmetropolitan and metropolitan
transportation planning regulations (23
CFR part 450 and 49 CFR part 613)
make the regulations consistent with
current statutory requirements. Major
regulatory revisions include a new
mandate for States and MPOs to take a
performance-based approach to
planning and programming; a new
emphasis on the nonmetropolitan
transportation planning process, by
requiring States to have a higher level of
involvement with nonmetropolitan local
officials and providing a process for the
creation of regional transportation
planning organizations (RTPOs); a
structural change to the membership of
the larger MPOs; a new framework for
voluntary scenario planning; and a
process for programmatic mitigation
plans. The revised burden hour
estimates reflect the annual compliance
burden of the requirements in the Final
Rule on Statewide and Nonmetropolitan
Transportation Planning and
Metropolitan Transportation Planning
published on May 27, 2016.
Annual Estimated Total Burden
Hours: 4,199,279 hours.
All written comments must
refer to the docket number that appears
at the top of this document and be
submitted to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20503,
Attention: FTA Desk Officer.
Alternatively, comments may be sent
via email to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of
Management and Budget, at the

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following address: oira_submissions@
omb.eop.gov
Comments are Invited On: Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; the accuracy of
the Department’s estimate of the burden
of the proposed information collection;
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
A comment to OMB is best assured of
having its full effect if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register.
William Hyre,
Deputy Associate Administrator for
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD–2017–0090]

Requested Administrative Waiver of
the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel
TEMPLAR; Invitation for Public
Comments
Maritime Administration, DOT.
Notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Secretary of
Transportation, as represented by the
Maritime Administration (MARAD), is
authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.build requirement of the coastwise laws
under certain circumstances. A request
for such a waiver has been received by
MARAD. The vessel, and a brief
description of the proposed service, is
listed below.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
June 19, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to
docket number MARAD–2017–0090.
Written comments may be submitted by
hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk,
U.S. Department of Transportation,
Docket Operations, M–30, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. You may also
send comments electronically via the
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
All comments will become part of this
docket and will be available for
inspection and copying at the above
address between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00
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p.m., Monday through Friday, except
federal holidays. An electronic version
of this document and all documents
entered into this docket is available at
http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bianca Carr, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Room W23–453,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202–
366–9309, Email [email protected].
As
described by the applicant the intended
service of the vessel TEMPLAR is:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

—Intended Commercial Use of Vessel:
‘‘Charter business for all inclusive
upscale vacations’’
—Geographic region: ‘‘Florida’’
The complete application is given in
DOT docket MARAD–2017–0090 at
http://www.regulations.gov. Interested
parties may comment on the effect this
action may have on U.S. vessel builders
or businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.flag vessels. If MARAD determines, in
accordance with 46 U.S.C. 12121 and
MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part
388, that the issuance of the waiver will
have an unduly adverse effect on a U.S.vessel builder or a business that uses
U.S.-flag vessels in that business, a
waiver will not be granted. Comments
should refer to the docket number of
this notice and the vessel name in order
for MARAD to properly consider the
comments. Comments should also state
the commenter’s interest in the waiver
application, and address the waiver
criteria given in § 388.4 of MARAD’s
regulations at 46 CFR part 388.
Privacy Act
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c),
DOT/MARAD solicits comments from
the public to better inform its
rulemaking process. DOT/MARAD posts
these comments, without edit, to
www.regulations.gov, as described in
the system of records notice, DOT/ALL–
14 FDMS, accessible through
www.dot.gov/privacy. In order to
facilitate comment tracking and
response, we encourage commenters to
provide their name, or the name of their
organization; however, submission of
names is completely optional. Whether
or not commenters identify themselves,
all timely comments will be fully
considered. If you wish to provide
comments containing proprietary or
confidential information, please contact
the agency for alternate submission
instructions.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

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