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no substantial changes in the operations
of all six (6) pipelines than those
originally authorized and further stated
that the future operation of the pipelines
will remain essentially unchanged from
that previously permitted. Therefore, in
accordance with 22 CFR 161.7(b)(3) and
the Department’s Procedures for
Issuance of a Presidential Permit Where
There Has Been a Transfer of the
Underlying Facility, Bridge or Border
Crossing for Land Transportation (70 FR
30990, May 31, 2005), the Department of
State does not intend to conduct an
environmental review of the application
unless information is brought to its
attention that the transfer potentially
would have a significant impact on the
quality of the human environment.
As required by E.O. 13337, the
Department of State is circulating this
application to concerned Federal
agencies for comment.
Interested parties are invited to
submit, in duplicate, comments relative
to this application on or before February
4, 2011 to Michael P. Stewart, Office of
International Energy and Commodity
Policy (EB/ESC/IEC/EPC), Department
of State, Washington, DC 20520; or by
telephone at (202) 647–1291; or by email at StewartMP@State.gov. The
application and related documents that
are part of the record to be considered
by the Department of State in
connection with this application are
available for inspection in the Office of
International Energy and Commodities
Policy during normal business hours.
DATES:
For
information regarding environmental
concerns and permitting, contact Alex
Yuan at (202) 647–4284; or by e-mail at
YuanAW@State.gov. For all other
concerns, contact Michael P. Stewart,
Office of International Energy and
Commodity Policy (EB/ESC/IEC/EPC),
Department of State, Washington, DC
20520; or by telephone at (202) 647–
1291; or by e-mail at
StewartMP@State.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dated: December 29, 2010.
Stephen J. Gallogly,
Director, Office of International Energy and
Commodity Policy, Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Commercial Space Transportation
Advisory Committee—Public
Teleconference
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Commercial Space
Transportation Advisory Committee
Teleconference.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C. App. 2), notice
is hereby given of a teleconference of
the Commercial Space Transportation
Advisory Committee (COMSTAC). The
teleconference will take place on
Thursday, January 20, 2011, starting at
1:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Individuals who plan to participate
should contact Susan Lender, DFO, (the
Contact Person listed below) by phone
or e-mail for the teleconference call in
number.
The proposed agenda for this
teleconference is to review the structure
of the COMSTAC Working Groups. The
Committee will examine the current
Working Groups and discuss whether it
should make changes to the current
structure. If changes are necessary, what
should they be?
Interested members of the public may
submit relevant written statements for
the COMSTAC members to consider
under the advisory process. Statements
may concern the issues and agenda
items mentioned above or additional
issues that may be relevant for the U.S.
commercial space transportation
industry. Interested parties wishing to
submit written statements should
contact Susan Lender, DFO, (the Contact
Person listed below) in writing (mail or
e-mail) by January 14, 2011, so that the
information can be made available to
COMSTAC members for their review
and consideration before the January 20,
2011, teleconference. Written statements
should be supplied in the following
formats: one hard copy with original
signature or one electronic copy via
e-mail.
An agenda will be posted on the FAA
Web site at https://www.faa.gov/go/ast.
Individuals who plan to participate
and need special assistance should
inform the Contact Person listed below
in advance of the meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Lender (AST–100), Office of
Commercial Space Transportation
(AST), 800 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Room 325, Washington, DC 20591,
telephone (202) 267–8029; E-mail
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susan.lender@faa.gov. Complete
information regarding COMSTAC is
available on the FAA Web site at:
https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/
headquarters_offices/ast/
advisory_committee/.
Issued in Washington, DC, December 29,
2010.
James B. Duffy,
Acting Associate Administrator for
Commercial Space Transportation.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA–2010–0180]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Request for Comments for a
New Information Collection
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The FHWA has forwarded the
information collection request described
in this notice to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
approval of a new information
collection. We published a Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day public
comment period on this information
collection on September 7, 2010. We are
required to publish this notice in the
Federal Register by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by
February 4, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may 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 DOT Desk Officer. You
are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including:
(1) Whether the proposed collection is
necessary for the FHWA’s performance;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
burden; (3) ways for the FHWA to
enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the collected information; and
(4) ways that the burden could be
minimized, including the use of
electronic technology, without reducing
the quality of the collected information.
All comments should include the
Docket number FHWA–2010–0180.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathleen Bergeron, (202) 366–5508,
Office of Infrastructure, Federal
Highway Administration, Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
SUMMARY:
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Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Highways for LIFE Omnibus
Survey for Technology Deployment.
Background: The Highways for LIFE
program was established by the 109th
Congress within Sections 1101 and 1502
of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible,
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A
Legacy for Users (Pub. L. 109–59).
Within that law, under the topic
‘‘Technology Transfer and Information
Dissemination,’’ it states that ‘‘The
Secretary shall conduct a highways for
life technology transfer program.’’ It
further states that ‘‘The Secretary shall
establish a process for stakeholder input
and involvement in the development,
implementation, and evaluation of the
Highways for LIFE Pilot Program. The
process may include participation by
representatives of the State departments
of transportation and other interested
persons.’’ Also, it states that, ‘‘The
Secretary shall monitor and evaluate the
effectiveness of any activity carried out
under this section.’’
A critical element in accomplishing
these goals is to ensure that the
technologies being deployed by FHWA
and implemented by the States actually
fill a specific need. Therefore, it is
important that FHWA obtain feedback
both before and after specific
technologies are transferred. If, for
example, FHWA determined on its own
that a particular innovation was
important, yet never actually
determined whether States would value
such an innovation, much time and
money would have been wasted. Or, if
there were an innovation that was
deployed to States, yet FHWA never
followed up to determine if the effort
was a success, or how it might be even
more successful, lessons could not be
learned and put into effect.
In FHWA’s Strategic Plan, the first
goal listed is ‘‘National Leadership.’’
Under that topic, the first objective is
‘‘Advance Innovation: FHWA is
recognized as a leader in the
development and promotion of
innovative solutions that address
current and emerging transportation
issues.’’ Item 1.1 is ‘‘Systematically
identify emerging issues and needs that
could impact transportation,’’ and item
1.2 is ‘‘Identify, develop, promote, and
rapidly implement new and proven
technologies and innovative solutions to
improve system performance.’’ These
‘‘innovative solutions’’ cannot properly
identify what might work without
discussing the needs for such things
with the user groups—the States.
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Likewise, it cannot promote and
implement them without an appropriate
understanding of how the user
organizations—the States—feel about
the particular innovations; and this can
only come from a formal survey.
Respondents: There are 260
respondents, including 5 each from 50
State Transportation Departments, the
District of Columbia, and the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Frequency: Once a year, for three
years.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: Each survey will require 15
minutes to respond.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 65 hours.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the U.S.
DOT’s performance, including whether
the information will have practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the U.S.
DOT’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, usefulness,
and clarity of the collected information;
and (4) ways that the burden could be
minimized, including the use of
electronic technology, without reducing
the quality of the collected information.
The agency will summarize and/or
include your comments in the request
for OMB’s clearance of this information
collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: December 29, 2010.
Cynthia Thornton,
Acting Chief, Management Programs and
Analysis Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA–2010–0177]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Request for Comments for a
New Information Collection
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The FHWA has forwarded the
information collection request described
in this notice to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
approval of a new information
SUMMARY:
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collection. We published a Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day public
comment period on this information
collection on September 7, 2010. We are
required to publish this notice in the
Federal Register by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by
February 4, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may 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 DOT Desk Officer. You
are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including:
(1) Whether the proposed collection is
necessary for the FHWA’s performance;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
burden; (3) ways for the FHWA to
enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the collected information; and
(4) ways that the burden could be
minimized, including the use of
electronic technology, without reducing
the quality of the collected information.
All comments should include the
Docket number FHWA–2010–0177.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen White, (202) 366–9474, Office of
Innovative Program Delivery. Federal
Highway Administration, Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Experiments on Driving under
Uncertain Congestion Conditions and
the Effects on Traffic Networks from
Congestion Pricing Initiatives.
Background: The traditional way of
financing the transportation system in
the U.S. is currently being challenged
and new revenue schemes are being
evaluated for possible implementation.
In addition, the growth in traffic volume
overwhelms the ability to finance
additional road capacity. Congestion
pricing is gaining support across the
world as a way to solve the congestion
problem and thereby ease the
congestion cost to the public and at the
same time generate revenues that can be
used to fund additional transportation
capacity. While congestion pricing
strategies have been implemented in
several parts of the world, the
implementation is still relatively limited
in this country.
This study will assess the responses
to several congestion pricing schemes
by asking volunteer participants to make
driving choices under these schemes in
an experiment. The study will present
participants with a number of choice
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2010-0180]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments
for a New Information Collection
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA has forwarded the information collection request
described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for approval of a new information collection. We published a Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day public comment period on this information
collection on September 7, 2010. We are required to publish this notice
in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by February 4, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may 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 DOT Desk Officer.
You are asked to comment on any aspect of this information collection,
including: (1) Whether the proposed collection is necessary for the
FHWA's performance; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways
for the FHWA to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the
collected information; and (4) ways that the burden could be minimized,
including the use of electronic technology, without reducing the
quality of the collected information. All comments should include the
Docket number FHWA-2010-0180.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen Bergeron, (202) 366-5508,
Office of Infrastructure, Federal Highway Administration, Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
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Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Highways for LIFE Omnibus Survey for Technology Deployment.
Background: The Highways for LIFE program was established by the
109th Congress within Sections 1101 and 1502 of the Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Pub.
L. 109-59). Within that law, under the topic ``Technology Transfer and
Information Dissemination,'' it states that ``The Secretary shall
conduct a highways for life technology transfer program.'' It further
states that ``The Secretary shall establish a process for stakeholder
input and involvement in the development, implementation, and
evaluation of the Highways for LIFE Pilot Program. The process may
include participation by representatives of the State departments of
transportation and other interested persons.'' Also, it states that,
``The Secretary shall monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of any
activity carried out under this section.''
A critical element in accomplishing these goals is to ensure that
the technologies being deployed by FHWA and implemented by the States
actually fill a specific need. Therefore, it is important that FHWA
obtain feedback both before and after specific technologies are
transferred. If, for example, FHWA determined on its own that a
particular innovation was important, yet never actually determined
whether States would value such an innovation, much time and money
would have been wasted. Or, if there were an innovation that was
deployed to States, yet FHWA never followed up to determine if the
effort was a success, or how it might be even more successful, lessons
could not be learned and put into effect.
In FHWA's Strategic Plan, the first goal listed is ``National
Leadership.'' Under that topic, the first objective is ``Advance
Innovation: FHWA is recognized as a leader in the development and
promotion of innovative solutions that address current and emerging
transportation issues.'' Item 1.1 is ``Systematically identify emerging
issues and needs that could impact transportation,'' and item 1.2 is
``Identify, develop, promote, and rapidly implement new and proven
technologies and innovative solutions to improve system performance.''
These ``innovative solutions'' cannot properly identify what might work
without discussing the needs for such things with the user groups--the
States. Likewise, it cannot promote and implement them without an
appropriate understanding of how the user organizations--the States--
feel about the particular innovations; and this can only come from a
formal survey.
Respondents: There are 260 respondents, including 5 each from 50
State Transportation Departments, the District of Columbia, and the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Frequency: Once a year, for three years.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: Each survey will require 15
minutes to respond.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 65 hours.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the U.S. DOT's performance,
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the
accuracy of the U.S. DOT's estimate of the burden of the proposed
information collection; (3) ways to enhance the quality, usefulness,
and clarity of the collected information; and (4) ways that the burden
could be minimized, including the use of electronic technology, without
reducing the quality of the collected information. The agency will
summarize and/or include your comments in the request for OMB's
clearance of this information collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: December 29, 2010.
Cynthia Thornton,
Acting Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
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