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Download as PDF 45300 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 155 / Monday, August 13, 2007 / Notices vessel ownership or operation. However, brokers, freight forwarders and agents should encourage the carriers they represent to join the program. Commitment Any U.S.-flag vessel operator desiring to receive priority consideration in the award of DOD peacetime contracts must commit no less than 50 percent of its total U.S.-flag militarily useful capacity in Stage III of the VISA program. Participants operating vessels in international trade and desiring to bid on DOD peacetime contracts will be required to provide commitment levels to meet DOD-established Stages I and/or II minimum percentages of the participant’s militarily useful, oceangoing U.S-flag international trading fleet capacity on an annual basis. USTRANSCOM and the Maritime Administration will coordinate to ensure that the amount of sealift assets committed to Stages I and II will not have an adverse national economic impact. To minimize domestic commercial disruption, participants operating vessels exclusively in the domestic Jones Act trades are not required to commit the capacity of those U.S. domestic trading vessels to VISA Stages I and II. Overall VISA commitment requirements are based on annual enrollment. In order to protect a U.S.-flag vessel operator’s market share during contingency activation, VISA allows participants to join with other vessel operators in Carrier Coordination Agreements (CCAs) to satisfy commercial or DOD requirements. VISA provides a defense against antitrust laws in accordance with the DPA. CCAs must be submitted to the Maritime Administration for coordination with the Department of Justice for approval, before they can be utilized. jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES Compensation In addition to receiving priority in the award of DOD peacetime cargo, a participant will receive compensation during contingency activation. During enrollment, each participant may choose a compensation methodology which is commensurate with risk and service provided. The compensation methodology selection will be completed with the appropriate DOD agency. Enrollment New applicants may enroll by obtaining a VISA application package (Form MA–1020 (OMB Approval No. 2133–0532)) from the Director, Office of Sealift Support, at the address indicated VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:19 Aug 10, 2007 Jkt 211001 below. Form MA–1020 includes instructions for completing and submitting the application, blank VISA Application forms and a request for information regarding the operations and U.S. citizenship of the applicant company. A copy of the VISA document as published in the Federal Register on September 23, 2005, will also be provided with the package. This information is needed in order to assist the Maritime Administration in making a determination of the applicant’s eligibility. An applicant company must provide an affidavit that demonstrates that the company is qualified to document a vessel under 46 U.S.C., section 12103, and that it owns, or bareboat charters and controls, oceangoing, militarily useful vessel(s) for purposes of committing assets to the VISA program. As previously mentioned, VISA applicants must return the completed VISA application documents to the Maritime Administration not later than August 31, 2007. Once the Maritime Administration has reviewed the application and determined VISA eligibility, the Maritime Administration will sign the VISA application document which completes the eligibility phase of the VISA enrollment process. After VISA eligibility is approved by the Maritime Administration, approved applicants are required to execute a joint VISA Enrollment Contract (VEC) with DOD [USTRANSCOM and the Military Sealift Command (MSC)] which will specify the participant’s Stage III commitment for the period October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008. Once the VEC is completed, the applicant completes the DOD contracting process by executing a Drytime Contingency Contract (DCC) with MSC (for Charter Operators) and if applicable, a VISA Contingency Contract (VCC) with USTRANSCOM (for Liner Operators). The Maritime Administration reserves the right to revalidate all eligibility requirements without notice. For Additional Information and Applications Contact: Taylor E. Jones II, Director, Office of Sealift Support, U.S. Maritime Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone (202) 366–2323. Fax (202) 366–3128. Other information about the VISA can be found on the Maritime Administration’s Internet Web Page at https://www.marad.dot.gov. (Authority: 49 CFR 1.66) Dated: August 6, 2007. PO 00000 Frm 00086 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 By order of the Maritime Administrator. Daron Threet, Secretary, Maritime Administration. [FR Doc. E7–15825 Filed 8–10–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–81–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. A Federal Register Notice soliciting public comment on the ICR, with a 60-day comment period, was published on May 15, 2007 at 72 FR 27354. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 12, 2007. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Coleman Sachs, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance (NVS–223), West Building—Room W45–311, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590 (202–366–3151). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Title: Importation of Vehicles and Equipment Subject to the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety, Bumper, and Theft Prevention Standards. OMB Number: 2127–0002. Type of Request: Extension of a Currently Approved Collection. Abstract: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has requested OMB to extend that agency’s approval of the information collection that is incident to NHTSA’s administration of the regulations at 49 CFR parts 591, 592, and 593 that govern the importation of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment. The information collection includes declarations that are filed (on the HS– 7 Declaration form) with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) upon the importation of motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment that is subject to the Federal motor vehicle safety, bumper, E:\FR\FM\13AUN1.SGM 13AUN1 jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 155 / Monday, August 13, 2007 / Notices and theft prevention standards administered by NHTSA. The information collection also includes the Department of Transportation (DOT) conformance bond that is furnished to CBP (on form HS–474) for each motor vehicle offered for importation that does not conform to all applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS). The bond ensures that such vehicles are brought into conformity with those standards within 120 days from the date of entry or are exported from, or abandoned to, the United States. The information collection also includes paperwork that must be submitted to NHTSA and in some instances retained by registered importers (RIs) of motor vehicles that were not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable FMVSS. These items include information that a person or business entity must submit to NHTSA to be registered as an RI and to retain that status. The paperwork also includes the statement of conformity that an RI must submit to NHTSA following the completion of conformance modifications on an imported nonconforming vehicle to obtain release of the DOT conformance bond furnished for the vehicle at the time of entry. Also included is the petition that an RI or manufacturer may submit to NHTSA for the agency to decide that a vehicle that was not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable FMVSS is capable of being modified to conform to those standards and is therefore eligible for importation under 49 U.S.C. 30141. The information collection also includes applications that are filed with NHTSA for permission to import nonconforming vehicles for purposes of research, investigations, demonstrations, training, competitive racing events, and show or display, as well as applications requesting the agency to recognize vehicles manufactured for racing purposes as being qualified to be imported as vehicles that were not primarily manufactured for use on public roads, precluding the need for those vehicles to comply with the FMVSS. This information collection is necessary to ensure that motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment subject to the Federal motor vehicle safety, bumper, and theft prevention standards are lawfully imported into the United States and that RIs and applicants for RI status are capable of meeting their obligations under the statutes and regulations governing the importation of nonconforming vehicles. Affected Public: Individuals and commercial entities that import motor VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:19 Aug 10, 2007 Jkt 211001 vehicles or motor vehicle equipment subject to the FMVSS and vehicles that are not primarily manufactured for use on public roads, as well as applicants for RI status and existing RIs. Estimated Total Annual Burden: 42,413 hours; $1,655,613.00. ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30 days, to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725–17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention NHTSA Desk Officer. 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. • Whether the Department’s estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection is accurate. • Ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected. • 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 most effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication. Issued on: August 7, 2007. Daniel C. Smith, Associate Administrator for Enforcement. [FR Doc. E7–15739 Filed 8–10–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–59–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration [Docket: PHMSA–98–4957] Request for Public Comments and Office of Management and Budget Approval of Existing Information Collections (2137–0578 and 2137–0579) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Notice and request for comments. AGENCY: SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice announces that PHMSA has forwarded two Information Collection Requests to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the renewal and extension of two information collections: ‘‘Reporting of Safety-Related Conditions on Gas, Hazardous Liquid and Carbon Dioxide PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 45301 Pipelines and Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities’’ (2137–0578) and ‘‘Drug and Alcohol Testing of Pipeline Operators’’ (2137–0579). The purpose of this notice is to invite the public to submit comments on the requests to OMB. DATES: Submit comments on or before September 12, 2007. ADDRESSES: Send comments directly to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: Desk Office for the Department of Transportation, 725 17th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20503. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roger Little at (202) 366–4569, or by email at roger.little@dot.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice identifies two existing information collections PHMSA is submitting to OMB for renewal and extension. These information collections are found in 49 CFR Parts 192, 195, and 199 of the pipeline safety regulations. PHMSA has revised the burden estimates, where appropriate, to reflect current reporting levels or adjustments based on changes made since the last information collection approvals. PHMSA is now requesting that OMB grant a three-year term of approval for both information collections. Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, PHMSA is required to obtain OMB approval for information collections. The term ‘‘information collection’’ includes all work related to preparing and disseminating information related to these information collection requirements including completing paperwork, gathering information, and conducting telephone calls. PHMSA published a notice providing a 60-day period for comments on the renewal of information in the Federal Register on Friday 8, 2007 (72 FR 31896–31897), and received no comments. PHMSA invites comments on whether the proposed information collections are necessary for DOT’s proper performance. The comments may include (1) whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of DOT’s estimate of the burden of the proposed information collections; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collection; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Title of Information Collection Request: Reporting of Safety-Realted Conditions ono Gas, Hazardous Liquid and Carbon Dioxide Pipelines and Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities. E:\FR\FM\13AUN1.SGM 13AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 155 (Monday, August 13, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45300-45301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15739]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information 
Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information 
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR 
describes the nature of the information collection and its expected 
burden. A Federal Register Notice soliciting public comment on the ICR, 
with a 60-day comment period, was published on May 15, 2007 at 72 FR 
27354.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 12, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Coleman Sachs, Office of Vehicle 
Safety Compliance (NVS-223), West Building--Room W45-311, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590 (202-366-3151).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

    Title: Importation of Vehicles and Equipment Subject to the Federal 
Motor Vehicle Safety, Bumper, and Theft Prevention Standards.
    OMB Number: 2127-0002.
    Type of Request: Extension of a Currently Approved Collection.
    Abstract: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 
(NHTSA) has requested OMB to extend that agency's approval of the 
information collection that is incident to NHTSA's administration of 
the regulations at 49 CFR parts 591, 592, and 593 that govern the 
importation of motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment. The 
information collection includes declarations that are filed (on the HS-
7 Declaration form) with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) upon 
the importation of motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment that is 
subject to the Federal motor vehicle safety, bumper,

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and theft prevention standards administered by NHTSA. The information 
collection also includes the Department of Transportation (DOT) 
conformance bond that is furnished to CBP (on form HS-474) for each 
motor vehicle offered for importation that does not conform to all 
applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS). The bond 
ensures that such vehicles are brought into conformity with those 
standards within 120 days from the date of entry or are exported from, 
or abandoned to, the United States. The information collection also 
includes paperwork that must be submitted to NHTSA and in some 
instances retained by registered importers (RIs) of motor vehicles that 
were not originally manufactured to comply with all applicable FMVSS. 
These items include information that a person or business entity must 
submit to NHTSA to be registered as an RI and to retain that status. 
The paperwork also includes the statement of conformity that an RI must 
submit to NHTSA following the completion of conformance modifications 
on an imported nonconforming vehicle to obtain release of the DOT 
conformance bond furnished for the vehicle at the time of entry. Also 
included is the petition that an RI or manufacturer may submit to NHTSA 
for the agency to decide that a vehicle that was not originally 
manufactured to comply with all applicable FMVSS is capable of being 
modified to conform to those standards and is therefore eligible for 
importation under 49 U.S.C. 30141. The information collection also 
includes applications that are filed with NHTSA for permission to 
import nonconforming vehicles for purposes of research, investigations, 
demonstrations, training, competitive racing events, and show or 
display, as well as applications requesting the agency to recognize 
vehicles manufactured for racing purposes as being qualified to be 
imported as vehicles that were not primarily manufactured for use on 
public roads, precluding the need for those vehicles to comply with the 
FMVSS. This information collection is necessary to ensure that motor 
vehicles and motor vehicle equipment subject to the Federal motor 
vehicle safety, bumper, and theft prevention standards are lawfully 
imported into the United States and that RIs and applicants for RI 
status are capable of meeting their obligations under the statutes and 
regulations governing the importation of nonconforming vehicles.
    Affected Public: Individuals and commercial entities that import 
motor vehicles or motor vehicle equipment subject to the FMVSS and 
vehicles that are not primarily manufactured for use on public roads, 
as well as applicants for RI status and existing RIs.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 42,413 hours; $1,655,613.00.
    ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30 days, to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
725-17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention NHTSA Desk 
Officer.
    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.
     Whether the Department's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed information collection is accurate.
     Ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the 
information to be collected.
     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 most effective if OMB receives it within 30 
days of publication.

    Issued on: August 7, 2007.
Daniel C. Smith,
Associate Administrator for Enforcement.
 [FR Doc. E7-15739 Filed 8-10-07; 8:45 am]
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