Notice2024-16584
Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved Information Collection: Port Infrastructure Development Program
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Published
July 29, 2024
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentMaritime Administration
Abstract
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) invites public comments on our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed collection OMB 2133-0552 (Port Infrastructure Development Program) is being updated to reflect the elimination of the MA-1083 Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) Project Information Form, which is no longer needed. The total respondents and public burden have also reduced since this collection was implemented in 2019. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 145 (Monday, July 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60966-60967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16584]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD-2024-0100]
Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved
Information Collection: Port Infrastructure Development Program
AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration (MARAD) invites public comments on
our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
approval to renew an information collection in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed collection OMB 2133-0552
(Port Infrastructure Development Program) is being updated to reflect
the elimination of the MA-1083 Port Infrastructure Development Program
(PIDP) Project Information Form, which is no longer needed. The total
respondents and public burden have also reduced since this collection
was implemented in 2019. We are required to publish this notice in the
Federal Register to obtain comments from the public and affected
agencies.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 27, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Docket No. MARAD-2024-
0100 through one of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. Search
using the above DOT docket number and follow the online instructions
for submitting comments.
<bullet> Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket Management Facility, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building,
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except on Federal holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
docket number for this rulemaking.
Note: All comments received will be posted without change to
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> including any personal information provided.
Comments are invited on: (a) whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the Department's performance; (b) the
accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for the Department to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
collection; and (d) ways that the burden could be minimized 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Holt, 202-366-8713, Office of
Port Infrastructure Development, Maritime Administration, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0e4461606f7a666f60204661627a4e6a617a20696178"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="df95b0b1beabb7beb1f197b0b3ab9fbbb0abf1b8b0a9">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Port Infrastructure Development Program..
OMB Control Number: 2133-0552.
Type of Request: Extension With Change of a Currently Approved
Collection.
Abstract: The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Pub. L. 117-
58, November 15, 2021) (``Bipartisan Infrastructure Law'' or ``BIL'')
appropriated $450 million to the PIDP for FY 2024 to make discretionary
grants for eligible projects. On March 9, 2024, the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2024 (Pub. L. 118-42) (``FY 2024 Appropriations
Act'') appropriated an additional $120,460,124 for the FY 2024 PIDP
grant program. Of that amount, $50 million is available to be awarded
as discretionary grants. Altogether, a total $500 million in funding is
now available to be awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation
(Department) for the Port Infrastructure Development Program (Program).
This appropriations act allows the Department to make discretionary
grants to improve port facilities at or near coastal seaports. The
purpose of the Program is to accept applications to make grants.
Submitted applications will be reviewed to determine if respondents
meet the criteria for selection as grant recipients.
The Port Infrastructure Development Program was established under
46 U.S.C. 50302. The statute authorizes the Department of
Transportation (``Department'' or ``DOT'') to establish a port
infrastructure development program for the improvement of port
facilities. To carry out a project under this program, the Department
may provide financial assistance, including grants to port authorities
or commissions, or to their subdivisions and agents, for port and
intermodal infrastructure-related projects.
The Department seeks to fund projects that will advance
Departmental
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priorities of safety, equity, Justice40, climate and sustainability,
workforce development, job quality, and wealth creation, as described
in the DOT's Strategic Plan and executive orders. MARAD encourages
applicants to propose projects that will improve safety, efficiency, or
the reliability of the movement of goods through ports and intermodal
connection to ports, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the
transportation sector. Proposed projects must also create proportional
impacts to all populations in a project area, increase equitable access
to project benefits, support the creation of good-paying jobs with the
free and fair choice to join a union, and include the incorporation of
strong labor standards, training, and placement programs, especially
registered apprenticeships.
Respondents: A State, a political subdivision of a State or a local
government, a public agency or publicly chartered authority established
by one or more States, a special purpose district with a transportation
function, an Indian Tribe or consortium of Indian Tribes, a multistate
or multijurisdictional group of entities, or a lead entity described
above jointly with a private entity or group of private entities
(including the owners or operators of a facility, or collection of
facilities, at a port).
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 200.
Estimated Number of Responses: 200.
Estimated Hours per Response: 160.
Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 32,000.
Frequency of Response: Once Annually.
(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.
chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.49.)
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-16584 Filed 7-26-24; 8:45 am]
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