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lifting devices. It is uncertain whether
the current supply of Buy America
compliant lifting devices would be
sufficient to meet such an increase in
demand. The Agency recognizes that
more time may be needed to
accommodate an increase in demand for
Buy America compliant lifting devices.
The FHWA seeks comments and
additional information about the supply
and availability of Buy America
compliant lifting devices that are
permanently incorporated into precast
concrete products.
Invitation for Public Comment
The FHWA requests public comment
and input on this proposal for two
nationwide waivers for manufactured
items. Specifically, FHWA invites
public comment on the following issues:
Proposed Nationwide Waiver for
Commercially Available Off-the-Shelf
Products With Steel or Iron Components
1. Does the COTS definition provide
a reasonable description of
commercially available off-the-shelf
steel or iron items?
2. Are there COTS products that
should be on the covered steel or iron
materials list? If so, why?
3. Should there be a per-item cost cap
for COTS items? If so, what should the
cap be?
4. What is the burden, time, and cost
associated with enforcing or complying
with Buy America requirements for
COTS items?
5. Are certifications and/or other
documents available to allow owner
agencies to trace and verify domestic
melting and manufacturing processes
for steel or iron products?
6. Does your agency or company track
costs associated with the administrative
or compliance efforts associated with
the Buy America requirements?
Proposed Temporary Nationwide
Waiver for Steel Tie Wire Permanently
Incorporated in Precast Concrete
Products
7. Is the temporary waiver for tie wire
permanently incorporated into precast
concrete necessary and appropriate, and
if yes, is 1 year the appropriate length?
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Additional Question Regarding Other
Steel and Iron Products Permanently
Incorporated in Precast Concrete
Products
8. Is domestically produced supply
sufficient to meet demand for Buy
America compliant lifting devices
permanently incorporated into precast
concrete?
9. Does your agency or company have
concerns regarding the administrative
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burden, time, and cost associated with
enforcing or complying with Buy
America requirements on steel or iron
products permanently incorporated into
precast concrete products?
10. Does your agency or company
have concerns regarding the availability
of materials and products that comply
with Buy America requirements on steel
or iron products permanently
incorporated into precast concrete
products?
11. Does your State DOT have data
that document the relative use of steel
or iron products incorporated into
precast products in comparison with all
steel/iron materials used in your
highway program?
(Authority: 23 U.S.C. 313; 23 CFR 635.410)
Dated: October 11, 2016.
Gregory G. Nadeau,
Administrator, Federal Highway
Administration.
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will support efforts by the Port to
expand container terminal capacity to
address and capitalize projected growth
in container traffic. In addition, Port
ownership of the property and building
will maintain a position of security in
location and afford continuous visibility
of the river from Port property. The Port
plans to use the property and building
for a minimum of 5 years.
DATES: Effective Date: Any Federal
agency interested in acquiring the
property and building must notify the
FTA Region VI office of its interest no
later than November 17, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties should
notify the Regional Office by writing to
Robert C. Patrick, Regional
Administrator, Federal Transit
Administration, 819 Taylor Street,
Room 14A02, Fort Worth, TX 76102.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Eldridge Onco, Regional Counsel, (817)
978–0557.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Transfer of Federally Assisted Facility
Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of intent to transfer
Federally assisted facility.
AGENCY:
Section 5334(h) of the Federal
Transit Laws, as codified, 49 U.S.C.
5301, et seq., permits the Administrator
of the Federal Transit Administration
(FTA) to authorize a recipient of FTA
funds to transfer land or a facility to a
public body for any public purpose with
no further obligation to the Federal
Government if, among other things, no
Federal agency is interested in acquiring
the asset for Federal use. Accordingly,
FTA is issuing this Notice to advise
Federal agencies that the Louisiana
Department of Transportation and
Development (LaDOTD) intends to
transfer property located at 415 Jackson
Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana, to the
Port of New Orleans, a political
subdivision of the State of Louisiana.
LaDOTD used the property, building,
and improvements for a ferry terminal
until September 2009. The property is
no longer being used to support ferry
service.
The Port of New Orleans (Port)
intends to use the property for
administrative purposes to support its
activities. The transfer will provide
benefits to the Port by providing space
for Port personnel to carry out
administrative functions. The transfer
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49 U.S.C. 5334(h) provides guidance
on the transfer of capital assets.
Specifically, if a recipient of FTA
assistance decides an asset acquired
under this chapter at least in part with
that assistance is no longer needed for
the purpose for which it was acquired,
the Secretary of Transportation may
authorize the recipient to transfer the
asset to a local governmental authority
to be used for a public purpose with no
further obligation to the Government. 49
U.S.C. 5334(h)(1).
Determinations
The Secretary may authorize a
transfer for a public purpose other than
mass transportation only if the Secretary
decides:
(A) The asset will remain in public
use for at least 5 years after the date the
asset is transferred;
(B) There is no purpose eligible for
assistance under this chapter for which
the asset should be used;
(C) The overall benefit of allowing the
transfer is greater than the interest of the
Government in liquidation and return of
the financial interest of the Government
in the asset, after considering fair
market value and other factors; and
(D) Through an appropriate screening
or survey process, that there is no
interest in acquiring the asset for
Government use if the asset is a facility
or land.
Federal Interest in Acquiring Land or
Facility
This document implements the
requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5334(h)(1)(D)
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of the Federal Transit Laws.
Accordingly, FTA hereby provides
notice of the availability of the facility
further described below. Any Federal
agency interested in acquiring the
affected facility should promptly notify
the FTA. If no Federal agency is
interested in acquiring the existing
facility, FTA will make certain that the
other requirements specified in 49
U.S.C. 5334(h)(1)(A) through (C) are met
before permitting the asset to be
transferred.
Additional Description of Land or
Facility
The total property consists of a mostly
rectangular shaped 15,029 square foot
area parcel, which is currently paved
and improved with a one and one-half
story concrete ferry terminal building,
along with a portion of a pedestrian
bridge. The property is located along the
west bank of the Mississippi River along
Tchoupitoulas Street and Jackson Street
Avenue. The property is located in an
area surrounded by wharf facilities
operated by the Port of New Orleans.
The interior and exterior of the building
is in need of significant repair. The
property is no longer being used to
support ferry service.
If no Federal agency is interested in
acquiring the property, building, and
improvements, FTA will make certain
that the other requirements specified in
49 U.S.C. 5334(h)(1)(A) through (C) are
met before permitting the asset to be
transferred.
Robert C. Patrick,
Regional Administrator, Federal Transit
Administration Region VI.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping
Requirements; Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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
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and the expected burden. The Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period was published on March 8, 2016
(81 FR 12196). The agency received one
comment. This comment was
supportive of the proposed survey and
did not provide any suggestions for the
survey’s implementation or design.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before November 17, 2016.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alan Block, Office of Behavioral Safety
Research (NPD–310), National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., W46–499,
Washington, DC 20590. Mr. Block’s
phone number is 202–366–6401 and his
email address is Alan.Block@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Awareness & Availability of
Child Passenger Safety Information
Resources (AACPSIR).
Type of Request: New information
collection requirement.
Abstract: NHTSA’s Fatality Analysis
Reporting System shows that in 2014 an
average of 3 children under the age of
15 were killed and an estimated 458
children were injured each day in traffic
crashes. Child restraint systems (CRSs)
are effective at reducing the risk of
injury during motor vehicle crashes.
Child safety seats have been shown to
reduce fatal injury by 71 percent for
infants (under 1 year old) and by 54
percent for toddlers (1 to 4 years old) in
passenger cars. For infants and toddlers
in light trucks, the corresponding
reductions are 58 percent and 59
percent, respectively. However, a 2002
NHTSA study estimated a misuse rate of
73 percent. If booster seats for older
children were removed, the misuse
figure exceeded 80 percent. The LATCH
(Lower Anchors and Tethers for
Children) child restraint technology was
new at the time of the 2002 study, and
few of the observed restraints were
LATCH systems. While the purpose of
LATCH is to make it easier for parents
to correctly install child restraints, a
2006 NHTSA study still found loose or
twisted straps/tethers and incorrect
attachments when using LATCH.
Subsequent research has found that
incorrect use of a CRS places the child
at an increased risk of both fatal and
non-fatal injuries
Incorrect selection of a CRS
appropriate for the child’s height and
weight, and premature promotion, are
additional factors that increase the risk
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of injury to a child in the event of a
crash. While infants should always ride
in rear-facing car seats, NHTSA’s 2013
National Survey of the Use of Booster
Seats (NSUBS) observed 10 percent of
children under age 1 were not in rearfacing car seats; most of these infants
were prematurely graduated to forwardfacing car seats. Children 1 to 3 years
old should ride either in rear-facing or
front-facing car seats, but NSUBS found
that 9 percent of children 1 to 3 years
old were prematurely graduated to
booster seats and 3 percent to seat belts.
Children ages 4 to 7 should either ride
in forward-facing car seats or booster
seats. However, 24 percent were
observed in seat belts, and 9 percent
were unrestrained.
Many information resources are
available to aid parents and caregivers
with proper CRS selection, installation,
and use, including hands-on
instruction. Research has shown that
hands-on instruction on CRS
installation, such as that provided by
NHTSA and Safe Kids Worldwide at
Child Car Seat Inspection Stations
nationwide, is effective in reducing
misuse. Unfortunately, this resource
seems to be underutilized. Only about
one out of ten drivers interviewed for
NHTSA’s National Child Restraint Use
Special Study reported having their CRS
inspected at an inspection station. At
present, it is unclear what deters and
what encourages use of CRS inspection
stations and Child Passenger Safety
Technicians.
To help increase correct use of CRS
and utilization of inspection stations,
approval is requested to conduct a
national web-based survey to estimate
parent and caregiver general knowledge
of child passenger safety (CPS)
information resources, awareness and
use of CRS inspection stations, and
barriers to CRS inspection station use.
The survey will also examine the
relationship between parent and
caregiver confidence in installing CRSs,
risk perception, and intent to visit an
inspection station. The proposed survey
is titled, ‘‘Awareness & Availability of
Child Passenger Safety Information
Resources’’ (AACPSIR).
Affected Public: The potential
respondents would be people aged 18
years or older who regularly transport
children between the ages of 0 and 9 in
their personal vehicles. NHTSA would
send survey requests to a sufficient
number of households to obtain 1,400
completed web-based interviews. The
requests would be sent via postal mail.
The screener would ask the member of
the household who most frequently
drives children to complete the survey.
NHTSA considers this to be the person
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Transfer of Federally Assisted Facility
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of intent to transfer Federally assisted facility.
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SUMMARY: Section 5334(h) of the Federal Transit Laws, as codified, 49
U.S.C. 5301, et seq., permits the Administrator of the Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) to authorize a recipient of FTA funds to transfer
land or a facility to a public body for any public purpose with no
further obligation to the Federal Government if, among other things, no
Federal agency is interested in acquiring the asset for Federal use.
Accordingly, FTA is issuing this Notice to advise Federal agencies that
the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LaDOTD)
intends to transfer property located at 415 Jackson Avenue, New
Orleans, Louisiana, to the Port of New Orleans, a political subdivision
of the State of Louisiana. LaDOTD used the property, building, and
improvements for a ferry terminal until September 2009. The property is
no longer being used to support ferry service.
The Port of New Orleans (Port) intends to use the property for
administrative purposes to support its activities. The transfer will
provide benefits to the Port by providing space for Port personnel to
carry out administrative functions. The transfer will support efforts
by the Port to expand container terminal capacity to address and
capitalize projected growth in container traffic. In addition, Port
ownership of the property and building will maintain a position of
security in location and afford continuous visibility of the river from
Port property. The Port plans to use the property and building for a
minimum of 5 years.
DATES: Effective Date: Any Federal agency interested in acquiring the
property and building must notify the FTA Region VI office of its
interest no later than November 17, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties should notify the Regional Office by
writing to Robert C. Patrick, Regional Administrator, Federal Transit
Administration, 819 Taylor Street, Room 14A02, Fort Worth, TX 76102.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eldridge Onco, Regional Counsel, (817)
978-0557.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
49 U.S.C. 5334(h) provides guidance on the transfer of capital
assets. Specifically, if a recipient of FTA assistance decides an asset
acquired under this chapter at least in part with that assistance is no
longer needed for the purpose for which it was acquired, the Secretary
of Transportation may authorize the recipient to transfer the asset to
a local governmental authority to be used for a public purpose with no
further obligation to the Government. 49 U.S.C. 5334(h)(1).
Determinations
The Secretary may authorize a transfer for a public purpose other
than mass transportation only if the Secretary decides:
(A) The asset will remain in public use for at least 5 years after
the date the asset is transferred;
(B) There is no purpose eligible for assistance under this chapter
for which the asset should be used;
(C) The overall benefit of allowing the transfer is greater than
the interest of the Government in liquidation and return of the
financial interest of the Government in the asset, after considering
fair market value and other factors; and
(D) Through an appropriate screening or survey process, that there
is no interest in acquiring the asset for Government use if the asset
is a facility or land.
Federal Interest in Acquiring Land or Facility
This document implements the requirements of 49 U.S.C.
5334(h)(1)(D)
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of the Federal Transit Laws. Accordingly, FTA hereby provides notice of
the availability of the facility further described below. Any Federal
agency interested in acquiring the affected facility should promptly
notify the FTA. If no Federal agency is interested in acquiring the
existing facility, FTA will make certain that the other requirements
specified in 49 U.S.C. 5334(h)(1)(A) through (C) are met before
permitting the asset to be transferred.
Additional Description of Land or Facility
The total property consists of a mostly rectangular shaped 15,029
square foot area parcel, which is currently paved and improved with a
one and one-half story concrete ferry terminal building, along with a
portion of a pedestrian bridge. The property is located along the west
bank of the Mississippi River along Tchoupitoulas Street and Jackson
Street Avenue. The property is located in an area surrounded by wharf
facilities operated by the Port of New Orleans. The interior and
exterior of the building is in need of significant repair. The property
is no longer being used to support ferry service.
If no Federal agency is interested in acquiring the property,
building, and improvements, FTA will make certain that the other
requirements specified in 49 U.S.C. 5334(h)(1)(A) through (C) are met
before permitting the asset to be transferred.
Robert C. Patrick,
Regional Administrator, Federal Transit Administration Region VI.
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