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applied to their projections of
recapitalization costs and revenues.
Comments: Several respondents
suggested that adjustments to capital
costs should be considered for
extraordinary cost increases or inflation;
cost effectiveness break points should
also be adjusted due to these cost
escalations.
Response: FTA currently allows cost
increases related to unforeseen
commodities escalation or inflation. Per
FTA’s April 2005 Dear Colleague letter,
the cost-effectiveness breakpoints are
adjusted annually using the increase in
the Gross National Product deflator.
6. Contractor Review of Information for
the Before and After Study
FTA adopts as final its proposal that
contractors involved in a project’s
capital cost estimation and travel
forecasting be given an opportunity to
review and comment each time the
project sponsor is required to submit
information for the ‘‘before and after’’
study. The contractor’s comments, if
any, must be included in the
information submitted to FTA.
The intent of this provision is to
facilitate communication between
project sponsors and contractors on the
responsibilities of contractors for
variances between forecasts at the three
milestones before a project opens and
actual results two years after the project
opens for revenue service. If this
communication does not result in a
common understanding that can be
documented in the submittal of
information from the ‘‘before and after’’
study to FTA, the contractor’s
comments would have to be included in
the submittal by the project sponsor.
Comments: There was significant
support for and no opposition to this
requirement.
Issued in Washington, DC this 4th day of
August, 2008.
James S. Simpson,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
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[Docket No. Marad 2008 0047]
Information Collection Available for
Public Comments and
Recommendations
Notice of intention to request
extension of OMB approval and request
for comments.
ACTION:
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Maritime
Administration’s (MARAD’s) intention
to request extension of approval (with
modifications) for three years of a
currently approved information
collection.
Comments should be submitted
on or before October 7, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas Harrelson, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Telephone: 202–366–5737; or e-mail:
tom.harrelson@dot.gov. Copies of this
collection also can be obtained from that
office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Monthly Report of
Ocean Shipments Moving under ExportImport Bank Financing.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved information
collection.
OMB Control Number: 2133–0013.
Form Numbers: MA–518.
Expiration Date of Approval: Three
years from date of approval by the
Office of Management and Budget.
Summary of Collection of
Information: 46 App. U.S.C. 1241–1,
Public Resolution 17, required MARAD
to monitor and enforce the U.S.-flag
shipping requirements relative to the
loans/guarantees extended by the
Export-Import Bank (EXIMBANK) to
foreign borrowers. Public Resolution 17
requires that shipments financed by
Eximbank and that move by sea, must
be transported exclusively on U.S.-flag
registered vessels unless a waiver is
obtained from MARAD.
Need and Use of the Information: The
prescribed monthly report is necessary
for MARAD to fulfill its responsibilities
under Public Resolution 17, to ensure
compliance of ocean shipping
requirements operating under Eximbank
financing, and to ensure equitable
distribution of shipments between U.S.flag and foreign ships. MARAD will use
this information to report annually to
Congress the total shipping activities
during the calendar year.
Description of Respondents: Shippers
subject to Eximbank financing.
Annual Responses: 336 responses.
Annual Burden: 169 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 https://
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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 https://
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 https://www.regulations.gov/
search/index.jsp.
Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: August 4, 2008.
Leonard Sutter,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
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TORP Terminal LP, Bienville Offshore
Energy Terminal Liquefied Natural Gas
Deepwater Port License Application;
Final Application Public Hearing and
Final Environmental Impact Statement
Maritime Administration, DOT.
Notice of availability; notice of
public hearing; request for comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration
and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
announce the availability of the Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
for the TORP Terminal LP, Bienville
Offshore Energy Terminal Liquefied
Natural Gas Deepwater Port license
application. The application describes a
project that would be located in the Gulf
of Mexico, in Main Pass block MP 258,
approximately 63 miles south of Mobile
Point, Alabama. The Coast Guard and
Maritime Administration request public
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. Marad 2008 0047]
Information Collection Available for Public Comments and
Recommendations
ACTION: Notice of intention to request extension of OMB approval and
request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Maritime Administration's (MARAD's) intention to
request extension of approval (with modifications) for three years of a
currently approved information collection.
DATES: Comments should be submitted on or before October 7, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Harrelson, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Telephone: 202-366-5737; or e-mail: tom.harrelson@dot.gov. Copies of
this collection also can be obtained from that office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Collection: Monthly Report of Ocean Shipments Moving under
Export-Import Bank Financing.
Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information
collection.
OMB Control Number: 2133-0013.
Form Numbers: MA-518.
Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of approval by
the Office of Management and Budget.
Summary of Collection of Information: 46 App. U.S.C. 1241-1, Public
Resolution 17, required MARAD to monitor and enforce the U.S.-flag
shipping requirements relative to the loans/guarantees extended by the
Export-Import Bank (EXIMBANK) to foreign borrowers. Public Resolution
17 requires that shipments financed by Eximbank and that move by sea,
must be transported exclusively on U.S.-flag registered vessels unless
a waiver is obtained from MARAD.
Need and Use of the Information: The prescribed monthly report is
necessary for MARAD to fulfill its responsibilities under Public
Resolution 17, to ensure compliance of ocean shipping requirements
operating under Eximbank financing, and to ensure equitable
distribution of shipments between U.S.-flag and foreign ships. MARAD
will use this information to report annually to Congress the total
shipping activities during the calendar year.
Description of Respondents: Shippers subject to Eximbank financing.
Annual Responses: 336 responses.
Annual Burden: 169 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 https://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 https://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
https://www.regulations.gov/search/index.jsp.
Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: August 4, 2008.
Leonard Sutter,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-18378 Filed 8-7-08; 8:45 am]
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