DOT's Identification of Federal Financial Assistance Infrastructure Programs Subject to the Build America, Buy America Provisions of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, 6943-6944 [2022-02441]
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involving steel carcass ply tires. The
CrossClimate SUV is a passenger car,
sport utility, and light truck tire line
with a polyester carcass. The tire is not
intended for retreading. The concern for
service personnel related to steel carcass
construction is not relevant for this tire
line.
2. Corrective Measures
a. Upon identification of the
mismarking, MNA instituted a block on
the affected SKU. A total of 782 tires
were captured and retained in MNA
inventory. These tires will be repaired
to display the correct single ply
marking, or they will be scrapped.
b. The tire specification drawing has
been corrected and the mold plate has
been updated to show the correct single
ply marking. All tires currently being
produced have the correct marking.
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3. Prior NHTSA Decisions
MNA states that NHTSA has
concluded in other petitions related to
the number of plies marking that this
type of noncompliance is
inconsequential to safety. Examples of
prior decisions include:
• Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd., 83
FR 13002 (March 26, 2018)
• Continental Tire the Americas, LLC,
83 FR 36668 (July 30, 2018)
• Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, 82
FR 17075 (April 7, 2017)
• Hankook Tire America Corp., 79 FR
30688 (May 28, 2014)
• Bridgestone Americas Tire
Operations, LLC, 78 FR 47049 (August
2, 2013)
MNA concludes by contending that
the subject noncompliance is
inconsequential as it relates to motor
vehicle safety, and that its petition to be
exempted from providing notification of
the noncompliance, as required by 49
U.S.C. 30118, and a remedy for the
noncompliance, as required by 49
U.S.C. 30120, be granted.
VII. NHTSA’s Analysis
NHTSA has evaluated the merits of
MNA’s petition and agrees that, based
on the facts presented, the subject
noncompliance is inconsequential to
motor vehicle safety. The Agency
considered the following prior to
making this determination:
1. Operational Safety & Performance:
NHTSA agrees that the subject
noncompliance has no effect on the
operational safety of vehicles. Michelin
stated that the affected tires meet all the
applicable FMVSS performance
requirements as well as Michelin’s own
internal testing requirements.
2. Tire Identification and Traceability:
The tires have the required information
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per 49 CFR 574.5 to ensure that the tires
may be properly registered for the
purposes of a safety recall. The TIN is
both legible and easily discernible.
3. Downstream Operations: The
Agency must also consider other
interested parties besides the
manufacturer and end-user.
Downstream entities involved in tire
repair, retreading, and recycling
operations require certain information
to determine if tires may be safely used
in their operations. The existence of
steel in a tire’s sidewall and tread can
be relevant to the manner in which it
should be repaired or retreaded. The use
of steel cord construction in the
sidewall and tread is the primary safety
concern of these industries. The Agency
believes the noncompliance of the
subject tires will have no measurable
effect on the safety of the tire retread,
repair, and recycling industries since
the tire sidewalls are marked correctly
for the number of steel plies.
4. Public & Consumer Groups
Feedback: The Agency has concluded,
based on previous feedback, that the tire
construction information (number of
plies and cord material in the sidewall
and tread plies) influences very few
consumers when they are deciding to
buy a motor vehicle or replacement
tires. This conclusion is based on
comments submitted to the docket for 2
separate Advance Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking documents that were
published in the Federal Register on
December 1, 2000, (65 FR 75222) and
December 19, 2018, (84 FR 69698).
VII. NHTSA’s Decision
In consideration of the foregoing,
NHTSA finds that MNA has met its
burden of persuasion that the subject
FMVSS No. 139 noncompliance in the
affected tires is inconsequential to
motor vehicle safety. Accordingly,
MNA’s petition is hereby granted and
MNA is consequently exempted from
the obligation of providing notification
of, and a free remedy for, that
noncompliance under 49 U.S.C. 30118
and 30120.
NHTSA notes that the statutory
provisions (49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and
30120(h)) that permit manufacturers to
file petitions for a determination of
inconsequentiality allow NHTSA to
exempt manufacturers only from the
duties found in sections 30118 and
30120, respectively, to notify owners,
purchasers, and dealers of a defect or
noncompliance and to remedy the
defect or noncompliance. Therefore, this
decision only applies to the subject tires
that MNA no longer controlled at the
time it determined that the
noncompliance existed. However, the
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granting of this petition does not relieve
tire distributors and dealers of the
prohibitions on the sale, offer for sale,
or introduction or delivery for
introduction into interstate commerce of
the noncompliant tires under their
control after MNA notified them that the
subject noncompliance existed.
(Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120:
delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and
501.8)
Otto G. Matheke III,
Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
DOT’s Identification of Federal
Financial Assistance Infrastructure
Programs Subject to the Build
America, Buy America Provisions of
the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
Act
ACTION:
Notice of availability.
Section 70913(a) of the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
requires that the head of each Federal
agency shall submit to the Office of
Management and Budget and to
Congress a report that identifies each
Federal financial assistance program for
infrastructure administered by the
Federal agency, and that that report be
published in the Federal Register. The
Department of Transportation is issuing
this notice to make the public aware of
the availability of that report on its
website.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Darren Timothy at darren.timothy@
dot.gov or at 202–366–4051.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law (known officially as
the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
Act), signed by President Biden on
November 15, 2021, includes the Build
America, Buy America Act (BABA),
which requires each agency to submit to
OMB and Congress a report within 60
days of enactment that lists all Federal
financial assistance programs for
infrastructure administered by the
agency and that identifies the programs
that are ‘‘deficient,’’ as defined in the
Act.
DOT’s report was developed in
accordance with the requirements found
in section 70913 of the BABA and OMB
guidance issued on December 20, 2021.
It provides a listing of the Federal
financial assistance programs for
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infrastructure administered by DOT; a
discussion of domestic preference laws
and requirements that apply to those
programs; and identifies those programs
that are currently not fully consistent
with the requirements of section 70914
of the BABA. The report provides
information on the Federal financial
assistance programs for infrastructure
and associated Buy America(n)
requirements administered by DOT and
its operating administrations, including
the Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA), Federal Highway Administration
(FHWA), Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Federal Transit
Administration (FTA), and the Maritime
Administration (MARAD), as well as the
Office of the Secretary (OST).
The report is available online on the
Department of Transportation website at
https://www.transportation.gov/officepolicy/transportation-policy/made-inamerica/build-america-buy-america-60day-report.
Dated: February 1, 2022.
Michael Shapiro,
Deputy Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022–02441 Filed 2–4–22; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund
Notice of Information Collection and
Request for Public Comment
Notice and request for public
comment.
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of the
Treasury, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13. Currently, the
Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund), U.S.
Department of the Treasury, is soliciting
comments concerning the Certification
of Material Events Form.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before April 8, 2022 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments via
email to Heather Hunt, Office of
Compliance Monitoring and Evaluation
(OCME) Program Manager, CDFI Fund,
at ccme@cdfi.treas.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Heather Hunt, OCME Program Manager,
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CDFI Fund, U.S. Department of the
Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20220 or by phone
at (202) 653–0385. The Certification of
Material Events Form may be obtained
from the CDFI Fund’s website at https://
www.cdfifund.gov/news. Other
information regarding the CDFI Fund
and its programs may be obtained
through the CDFI Fund’s website at
https://www.cdfifund.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Certification of Material Events
Form.
OMB Number: 1559–0037.
Abstract: This information collection
captures information related to specified
‘‘material events’’ that recipients and/or
allocatees are required to report per
applicable Assistance, Award,
Allocation, or Bond Loan Agreement for
New Markets Tax Credit Program, CDFI
Bond Guarantee Program, Bank
Enterprise Award Program, Small Dollar
Loan Program, Capital Magnet Fund
Program, CDFI Program/Native
American CDFI Assistance Program,
including Technical Assistance,
Financial Assistance, Healthy Food
Financing Initiative Financial
Assistance, Disability Funds Financial
Assistance, Persistent Poverty Counties
Financial Assistance, and/or the CDFI
Rapid Response Program. The revised
form requires recipients and/or
allocatees to indicate their material
event, explain the event, and describe
their organization’s response.
Type of Review: Regular Review.
Affected Public: CDFIs and CDEs;
including business or other for-profit
institutions, non-profit entities, and
State, local and Tribal entities
participating in CDFI Fund programs.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
200.
Estimated Annual Time per
Respondent: .25 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 50 hours.
Requests for Comments: Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval. All
comments will become a matter of
public record. Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
CDFI Fund, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the CDFI Fund’s
estimate of the burden of the collection
of information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including
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through the use of technology; and (e)
estimates of capital or start-up costs and
costs of operation, maintenance, and
purchase of services to provide
information.
Authority: 12 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.; 26
U.S.C. 45D.
Jodie L. Harris,
Director, Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Bureau of the Fiscal Service
Proposed Collection of Information:
Voucher for Payment of Awards
Notice and request for
comments.
ACTION:
The Department of the
Treasury, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Currently the Bureau of the Fiscal
Service within the Department of the
Treasury is soliciting comments
concerning the Voucher for Payment of
Awards.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before April 8, 2022 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
and requests for additional information
to Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Bruce A.
Sharp, Room #4006–A, PO Box 1328,
Parkersburg, WV 26106–1328, or
bruce.sharp@fiscal.treasury.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Voucher for Payment of Awards.
OMB Number: 1530–0012.
Form Number: FS Form 5135.
Abstract: Awards certificate to
Treasury are paid annually as funds are
received from foreign governments.
Vouchers are mailed to award holders
showing payments due. Award holders
sign vouchers certifying that he/she is
entitled to payment. Executed vouchers
are used as a basis for payment.
Current Actions: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Type of Review: Regular.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,400.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 30
minutes.
SUMMARY:
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[FR Doc No: 2022-02441]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
DOT's Identification of Federal Financial Assistance
Infrastructure Programs Subject to the Build America, Buy America
Provisions of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: Section 70913(a) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
requires that the head of each Federal agency shall submit to the
Office of Management and Budget and to Congress a report that
identifies each Federal financial assistance program for infrastructure
administered by the Federal agency, and that that report be published
in the Federal Register. The Department of Transportation is issuing
this notice to make the public aware of the availability of that report
on its website.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darren Timothy at
[email protected] or at 202-366-4051.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (known officially as
the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act), signed by President Biden
on November 15, 2021, includes the Build America, Buy America Act
(BABA), which requires each agency to submit to OMB and Congress a
report within 60 days of enactment that lists all Federal financial
assistance programs for infrastructure administered by the agency and
that identifies the programs that are ``deficient,'' as defined in the
Act.
DOT's report was developed in accordance with the requirements
found in section 70913 of the BABA and OMB guidance issued on December
20, 2021. It provides a listing of the Federal financial assistance
programs for
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infrastructure administered by DOT; a discussion of domestic preference
laws and requirements that apply to those programs; and identifies
those programs that are currently not fully consistent with the
requirements of section 70914 of the BABA. The report provides
information on the Federal financial assistance programs for
infrastructure and associated Buy America(n) requirements administered
by DOT and its operating administrations, including the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA),
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), and the Maritime Administration (MARAD), as well as the Office
of the Secretary (OST).
The report is available online on the Department of Transportation
website at https://www.transportation.gov/office-policy/transportation-policy/made-in-america/build-america-buy-america-60-day-report.
Dated: February 1, 2022.
Michael Shapiro,
Deputy Assistant Secretary.
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