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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG–2008–1183]
Accounting of Recreational Boating
Safety Projects, Programs and
Activities Funded Under Provisions of
the Transportation Equity Act for the
21st Century
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: In 1999, the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century made $5
million available to the Secretary of
Homeland Security for payment per
year of Coast Guard expenses for
personnel and activities directly related
to coordinating and carrying out the
national recreational boating safety
program. In 2005, the law was amended
and the amount was increased to $5.5
million. The Coast Guard is publishing
this notice published to satisfy a
requirement of the Act that a detailed
accounting of the projects, programs,
and activities funded under the national
recreational boating safety program
provision of the Act be published
annually in the Federal Register. In this
notice, we have specified the amount of
monies the Coast Guard has committed,
obligated, or expended during fiscal
year 2008, as of September 30, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Ludwig, Regulations Development
Manager, telephone 202–372–1062, fax
202–372–1932.
Background and Purpose: The
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century became law on June 9, 1998
(Pub. L. 105–178; 112 Stat. 107). The
Act required that of the $5 million made
available to carry out the national
recreational boating safety program each
year, $2 million shall be available only
to ensure compliance with Chapter 43 of
Title 46, U.S. Code—Recreational
Vessels. On September 29, 2005, the
Sportfishing and Recreational Boating
Safety Amendments Act of 2005 was
enacted (Pub. L. 109–74; 119 Stat. 2031).
This Act increased the funds available
to the national recreational boating
safety program from $5 million to $5.5
million annually, and stated that ‘‘not
less than’’ $2 million shall be available
only to ensure compliance with Chapter
43 of Title 46, U.S. Code—Recreational
Vessels.
The responsibility to administer these
funds was delegated to the Commandant
of the United States Coast Guard.
Subsection (c) of section 7405 of the Act
directs that no funds available to the
Secretary under this subsection may be
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used to replace funding traditionally
provided through general
appropriations, nor for any purposes
except those purposes authorized;
namely, for personnel and activities
directly related to coordinating and
carrying out the national recreational
boating safety program. Amounts made
available each fiscal year from 1999
through 2008 shall remain available
until expended.
Use of these funds requires
compliance with standard Federal
contracting rules with associated lead
and processing times resulting in a lag
time between available funds and
spending. The total amount of funding
transferred to the Coast Guard from the
Sport Fish Restoration and Boating
Trust Fund and committed, obligated,
and/or expended during fiscal year 2008
for each activity is shown below.
Factory Visit Program: Funding was
provided to continue the national
recreational boat factory visit program,
initiated in January 2001. The factory
visit program currently allows
contractor personnel, acting on behalf of
the Coast Guard, to visit 2,000
recreational boat manufacturers each
year to either inspect for compliance
with Federal regulations, communicate
with the manufacturers as to why they
need to comply with Federal
regulations, or educate them, as
necessary, on how to comply with
Federal regulations. ($2,306,062).
Radar Reflective Gelcoat Testing:
Funding was provided to Carderock
Naval Surface Warfare Center to test and
evaluate a newly developed coating
that, when properly applied to
fiberglass, should greatly increase the
radar reflectivity of the fiberglass. If the
test results prove positive, applying the
radar reflective coating to fiberglass
recreational boats would greatly
increase the ability to detect these
vessels using radar which would
improve boating safety, would improve
the ability to find boats in distress,
would improve navigability of multiuse
waterways, and would improve the
ability to maintain security zones.
($58,000).
New Recreational Boating Safety
Associated Travel: Travel by employees
of the Boating Safety Division was
performed to carry out additional
recreational boating safety actions and
to gather background and planning
information for new recreational boating
safety initiatives. ($10,469).
Boating Accident News Clipping
Service: Funding was provided to
continue to gather daily news stories of
recreational boating accidents nationally
for more real time accident information
and to identify accidents that may
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involve regulatory non-compliances or
safety defects. ($34,100).
Accident Investigation Tiger Team:
Funding was provided to continue to
provide on-call expert accident
investigative services for any boating
accident that appeared to involve a
regulatory non-compliance or safety
defect. ($104,120).
Web-Based Document Management
System: Funding was provided to
continue to provide a Web-based
document management system to better
enable the handling of thousands of
recreational boating recall case and
campaign reports. ($54,078).
Recreational Boating Safety (RBS)
Outreach Program: Funding was
provided for this program which
provides full marketing, media, public
information, and program strategy
support to the nation-wide RBS effort.
The goal is to coordinate the RBS
outreach initiatives and campaigns
some of which include: National
Boating Under the Influence Campaign
(BUI), ‘‘You’re in Command. Boat
Responsibly!’’, PFD Wear, Vessel Safety
Check Program (VSC), Boating Safety
Education Courses, Propeller Strike
Avoidance, Carbon Monoxide
Poisoning, and other recreational
boating safety issues on an as needed
basis. ($865,875).
Boating Accident Report Database
(BARD) Web System: BARD Web System
funding enables reporting authorities in
the 50 States, five U.S. Territories, and
the District of Columbia to manage their
accident reports electronically over a
secure Internet environment. The
system also enables the user community
to generate statistical reports that show
the frequency, nature, and severity of
boating accidents. FY 08 funds
supported system maintenance,
development, and technical (hotline)
support. ($462,586).
Personnel Support: Funding was
provided for personnel to support the
development of new regulations, to
support new contracting activities
associated with the additional funding,
and to monitor and manage the
contracts awarded. ($689,521).
Reimbursable Salaries: Funding was
provided to carry out the work as
prescribed in 46 U.S.C. 13106(c) and as
described herein. The first function was
that of a professional mathematician/
statistician to conduct necessary
national surveys and studies as well as
to serve as a liaison to other Federal
agencies that are conducting boating
surveys so that we can pool our
resources and reduce costs. The second
function was that of Outreach
coordinator for special RBS campaigns
with responsibility of overseeing and
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managing all RBS related projects in
support of ‘surge campaigns’ for such
elements as: Carbon monoxide
poisoning, boating under the influence
of alcohol or drugs, operation
BoatSmart, etc. ($274,696).
Of the $5.5 million made available to
the Coast Guard in fiscal year 2008,
$2,854,920 has been committed,
obligated, or expended and an
additional $2,004,587 of prior fiscal year
funds have been committed, obligated
or expended, as of September 30, 2008.
Approximately $8.8 million has not
been committed, obligated, or expended
from previous years, and is being
reserved for a multi-year national
boating survey.
Publication of this notice in the
Federal Register satisfies the
requirements of 46 U.S.C. 13107(c)(4).
The Coast Guard has also submitted a
copy of this notice for publication on
https://www.Grants.gov.
Dated: March 11, 2009.
J.A. Watson,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of
Prevention Policy.
[FR Doc. E9–6807 Filed 3–25–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
[Docket No. TSA–2002–11602]
Intent To Request Renewal From OMB
of One Current Public Collection of
Information: Security Programs for
Foreign Air Carriers
AGENCY: Transportation Security
Administration, DHS.
ACTION: 60 day reinstatement notice.
SUMMARY: The Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) invites public
comment on one currently approved
Information Collection Request (ICR),
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number 1652–0005. The
ICR, which is abstracted below, will be
submitted to OMB for reinstatement in
compliance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The ICR describes the
nature of the information collection and
its expected burden. This information
collection is mandatory for foreign air
carriers and must be submitted prior to
entry into the United States.
DATES: Send your comments by May 26,
2009.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed
or delivered to Ginger LeMay, PRA
Officer, Office of Information
Technology, Transportation Security
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Administration, 601 South 12th Street,
Arlington, VA 20598–6011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ginger LeMay, PRA Officer, Office of
Information Technology, TSA–11,
Transportation Security Administration,
601 South 12th Street, Arlington, VA
20598–6011; telephone (571) 227–3616;
e-mail: ginger.lemay@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Comments Invited
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), an agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a valid OMB control
number. The ICR documentation is
available at https://www.reginfo.gov.
Therefore, in preparation for OMB
review and approval of the following
information collection, TSA is soliciting
comments to—
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
information requirement is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including using
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
and (4) total amount of cargo screened,
including cargo screened at 100 percent
and cargo screened at 50 percent.
Foreign air carriers are required to
provide this information via electronic
means. Foreign air carriers with limited
electronic systems may need to modify
their current systems or generate a new
computer system in order to submit the
requested information. Additionally,
foreign air carriers must maintain these
records as well as training records for
crew members and individuals
performing security-related functions,
and make them available to TSA for
inspection upon request.
Foreign air carriers must conduct a
comparison of their passenger names
against the TSA-issued watch lists and
report passengers who have been
confirmed as a match to the TSA watch
lists. TSA will continue to collect
information to determine foreign air
carrier compliance with other
requirements of 49 CFR part 1546.
TSA estimates that there will be
approximately 252 respondents to the
information collection, with an annual
burden estimate of 747,462 hours.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on March 20,
2009.
Ginger LeMay,
Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of
Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Information Collection Requirement
[Docket No. FR–5285–N–07]
1652–0005; Security Programs for
Foreign Air Carriers, 49 CFR Part 1546.
TSA uses the information collected to
determine compliance with 49 CFR part
1546 and to ensure passenger safety by
monitoring foreign air carrier security
procedures. Foreign air carriers must
carry out security measures to protect
persons and property against acts of
criminal violence, aircraft piracy, and
terrorist activities. This information
collection is mandatory for foreign air
carriers and must be submitted prior to
entry into the United States.
The information TSA collects
includes identiftying information on
foreign air carriers’ flight crews and
passengers. Specifically, TSA requires
foreign air carriers to submit the
following information: (1) A master
crew list of all flight and cabin crew
members flying to and from the United
States; (2) the flight crew list on a flightby-flight basis; (3) passenger
information on a flight-by-flight basis;
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Comment Request;
Insurance Termination Request for
Multifamily Mortgage
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AGENCY: Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing
Commissioner, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The proposed information
collection requirement described below
will be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The Department is
soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: May 26,
2009.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
Control Number and should be sent to:
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2008-1183]
Accounting of Recreational Boating Safety Projects, Programs and
Activities Funded Under Provisions of the Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In 1999, the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
made $5 million available to the Secretary of Homeland Security for
payment per year of Coast Guard expenses for personnel and activities
directly related to coordinating and carrying out the national
recreational boating safety program. In 2005, the law was amended and
the amount was increased to $5.5 million. The Coast Guard is publishing
this notice published to satisfy a requirement of the Act that a
detailed accounting of the projects, programs, and activities funded
under the national recreational boating safety program provision of the
Act be published annually in the Federal Register. In this notice, we
have specified the amount of monies the Coast Guard has committed,
obligated, or expended during fiscal year 2008, as of September 30,
2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Ludwig, Regulations Development
Manager, telephone 202-372-1062, fax 202-372-1932.
Background and Purpose: The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century became law on June 9, 1998 (Pub. L. 105-178; 112 Stat. 107).
The Act required that of the $5 million made available to carry out the
national recreational boating safety program each year, $2 million
shall be available only to ensure compliance with Chapter 43 of Title
46, U.S. Code--Recreational Vessels. On September 29, 2005, the
Sportfishing and Recreational Boating Safety Amendments Act of 2005 was
enacted (Pub. L. 109-74; 119 Stat. 2031). This Act increased the funds
available to the national recreational boating safety program from $5
million to $5.5 million annually, and stated that ``not less than'' $2
million shall be available only to ensure compliance with Chapter 43 of
Title 46, U.S. Code--Recreational Vessels.
The responsibility to administer these funds was delegated to the
Commandant of the United States Coast Guard. Subsection (c) of section
7405 of the Act directs that no funds available to the Secretary under
this subsection may be used to replace funding traditionally provided
through general appropriations, nor for any purposes except those
purposes authorized; namely, for personnel and activities directly
related to coordinating and carrying out the national recreational
boating safety program. Amounts made available each fiscal year from
1999 through 2008 shall remain available until expended.
Use of these funds requires compliance with standard Federal
contracting rules with associated lead and processing times resulting
in a lag time between available funds and spending. The total amount of
funding transferred to the Coast Guard from the Sport Fish Restoration
and Boating Trust Fund and committed, obligated, and/or expended during
fiscal year 2008 for each activity is shown below.
Factory Visit Program: Funding was provided to continue the
national recreational boat factory visit program, initiated in January
2001. The factory visit program currently allows contractor personnel,
acting on behalf of the Coast Guard, to visit 2,000 recreational boat
manufacturers each year to either inspect for compliance with Federal
regulations, communicate with the manufacturers as to why they need to
comply with Federal regulations, or educate them, as necessary, on how
to comply with Federal regulations. ($2,306,062).
Radar Reflective Gelcoat Testing: Funding was provided to Carderock
Naval Surface Warfare Center to test and evaluate a newly developed
coating that, when properly applied to fiberglass, should greatly
increase the radar reflectivity of the fiberglass. If the test results
prove positive, applying the radar reflective coating to fiberglass
recreational boats would greatly increase the ability to detect these
vessels using radar which would improve boating safety, would improve
the ability to find boats in distress, would improve navigability of
multiuse waterways, and would improve the ability to maintain security
zones. ($58,000).
New Recreational Boating Safety Associated Travel: Travel by
employees of the Boating Safety Division was performed to carry out
additional recreational boating safety actions and to gather background
and planning information for new recreational boating safety
initiatives. ($10,469).
Boating Accident News Clipping Service: Funding was provided to
continue to gather daily news stories of recreational boating accidents
nationally for more real time accident information and to identify
accidents that may involve regulatory non-compliances or safety
defects. ($34,100).
Accident Investigation Tiger Team: Funding was provided to continue
to provide on-call expert accident investigative services for any
boating accident that appeared to involve a regulatory non-compliance
or safety defect. ($104,120).
Web-Based Document Management System: Funding was provided to
continue to provide a Web-based document management system to better
enable the handling of thousands of recreational boating recall case
and campaign reports. ($54,078).
Recreational Boating Safety (RBS) Outreach Program: Funding was
provided for this program which provides full marketing, media, public
information, and program strategy support to the nation-wide RBS
effort. The goal is to coordinate the RBS outreach initiatives and
campaigns some of which include: National Boating Under the Influence
Campaign (BUI), ``You're in Command. Boat Responsibly!'', PFD Wear,
Vessel Safety Check Program (VSC), Boating Safety Education Courses,
Propeller Strike Avoidance, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, and other
recreational boating safety issues on an as needed basis. ($865,875).
Boating Accident Report Database (BARD) Web System: BARD Web System
funding enables reporting authorities in the 50 States, five U.S.
Territories, and the District of Columbia to manage their accident
reports electronically over a secure Internet environment. The system
also enables the user community to generate statistical reports that
show the frequency, nature, and severity of boating accidents. FY 08
funds supported system maintenance, development, and technical
(hotline) support. ($462,586).
Personnel Support: Funding was provided for personnel to support
the development of new regulations, to support new contracting
activities associated with the additional funding, and to monitor and
manage the contracts awarded. ($689,521).
Reimbursable Salaries: Funding was provided to carry out the work
as prescribed in 46 U.S.C. 13106(c) and as described herein. The first
function was that of a professional mathematician/statistician to
conduct necessary national surveys and studies as well as to serve as a
liaison to other Federal agencies that are conducting boating surveys
so that we can pool our resources and reduce costs. The second function
was that of Outreach coordinator for special RBS campaigns with
responsibility of overseeing and
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managing all RBS related projects in support of `surge campaigns' for
such elements as: Carbon monoxide poisoning, boating under the
influence of alcohol or drugs, operation BoatSmart, etc. ($274,696).
Of the $5.5 million made available to the Coast Guard in fiscal
year 2008, $2,854,920 has been committed, obligated, or expended and an
additional $2,004,587 of prior fiscal year funds have been committed,
obligated or expended, as of September 30, 2008. Approximately $8.8
million has not been committed, obligated, or expended from previous
years, and is being reserved for a multi-year national boating survey.
Publication of this notice in the Federal Register satisfies the
requirements of 46 U.S.C. 13107(c)(4). The Coast Guard has also
submitted a copy of this notice for publication on https://www.Grants.gov.
Dated: March 11, 2009.
J.A. Watson,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of Prevention Policy.
[FR Doc. E9-6807 Filed 3-25-09; 8:45 am]
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