82_FR_61906 82 FR 61658 - Buy America Waiver Notification

82 FR 61658 - Buy America Waiver Notification

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 248 (December 28, 2017)

Page Range61658-61659
FR Document2017-28150

This notice provides information regarding FHWA's finding that a Buy America waiver is appropriate for iron and steel components of Georgia Ports Authority (GPA)-procured Rail Mounted Gantry (RMG) cranes that will increase intermodal capacity at the Garden City Terminal in Garden City, Georgia. These iron and steel components are not manufactured (from melting to coating) in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality. This notice follows FHWA's November 20, 2017, notice finding that a Buy America waiver is appropriate for 33 specific iron and steel components of the GPA Project by adding new items to the list of waived products.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 248 (Thursday, December 28, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 248 (Thursday, December 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61658-61659]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-28150]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Buy America Waiver Notification

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides information regarding FHWA's finding that 
a Buy America waiver is appropriate for iron and steel components of 
Georgia Ports Authority (GPA)-procured Rail Mounted Gantry (RMG) cranes 
that will increase intermodal capacity at the Garden City Terminal in 
Garden City, Georgia. These iron and steel components are not 
manufactured (from melting to coating) in the United States in 
sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory 
quality. This notice follows FHWA's November 20, 2017, notice finding 
that a Buy America waiver is appropriate for 33 specific iron and steel 
components of the GPA Project by adding new items to the list of waived 
products.

DATES: The date of the waiver is December 29, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about this notice, 
please contact Mr. Gerald Yakowenko, FHWA Office of Program 
Administration, (202) 366-1562, or via email at 
[email protected]. For legal questions, please contact Mr. Jomar 
Maldonado, FHWA Office of the Chief Counsel, 202-366-1373, or via email 
at [email protected]. Office hours for the FHWA are from 8:00 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access

    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded from the 
Federal Register's home page at: http://www.archives.gov and the 
Government Publishing Office's database at: http://www.access.thefederalregister.org/nara. Comments may be submitted to FHWA's Buy America website for this 
waiver at: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/construction/contracts/waivers.cfm?id=150.

Background

    The FHWA's Buy America policy in 23 CFR 635.410 requires a domestic 
manufacturing process for any steel or iron products (including 
protective coatings) that are permanently incorporated in a Federal-aid 
construction project. The regulation also provides for a waiver of the 
Buy America requirements when satisfactory quality domestic steel and 
iron products are not sufficiently available (non-availability). This 
notice provides information regarding FHWA's finding that a Buy America 
waiver is appropriate for iron and steel components of eight RMG cranes 
that will be procured by GPA to increase intermodal capacity at the 
Garden City Terminal in Garden City, Georgia, due to non-availability.
    On November 20, 2017, FHWA issued a Buy America waiver for 33

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components of the Garden City Terminal Project (82 FR 55153). In 
response to this waiver, GPA contacted the FHWA with additional 
information about project components that are not manufactured in the 
U.S. in a manner that the iron and steel complies with FHWA's Buy 
America requirements. The GPA identified six categories of RMG crane 
components that are not domestically available: (1) Trolley components; 
(2) bogie components; (3) trolley structures; (4) bogie steel 
structures; (5) E-room structure, cab, and electrical components; and 
(6) head block and spreader bar. Of these components, only the trolley 
components and bogie components were identified in the November 20 
waiver. The FHWA received no additional comments in response to the 
November 20 waiver publication. Accordingly, FHWA waives the Buy 
America requirements for these six categories of components. This adds 
trolley structures, bogie steel structures, E-room structure, cab, and 
electrical components, and the head block and spreader bar to the list 
of waived products. Like the November 20 waiver, this limited waiver 
does not include steel and iron components of the RMG cranes that are 
available with steel and iron produced domestically, such as the steel 
gantry structure.
    This project will be completed under a Fostering Advancements in 
Shipping and Transportation for the Long-term Achievement of National 
Efficiencies, Significant Freight, and Highway Projects FY 2016 grant 
award (commonly referred to as FASTLANE grants).
    In accordance with the provisions of section 117 of the SAFETEA-LU 
Technical Corrections Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-244, 122 Stat. 1572), 
FHWA is providing this notice as its finding that a waiver of Buy 
America requirements is appropriate. The FHWA invites public comment on 
this finding for an additional 15 days following the effective date of 
the finding. Comments may be submitted to FHWA's website via the link 
provided to the waiver page noted above.

    Authority:  23 U.S.C. 313; Public Law 110-161, 23 CFR 635.410.

    Issued on: December 22, 2017.
Brandye L. Hendrickson,
Acting Administrator, Federal Highway Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-28150 Filed 12-26-17; 11:15 am]
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61658 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 248 / Thursday, December 28, 2017 / Notices 30337, (404) 305–5601 or http:// 110, 10101 Hillwood Parkway, Fort components of Georgia Ports Authority www.faa.gov/air_traffic/environmental_ Worth, TX 76177. (GPA)-procured Rail Mounted Gantry issues/. Public Comments Invited: You are (RMG) cranes that will increase SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The LGA asked to comment on any aspect of this intermodal capacity at the Garden City RNAV (GPS) RWY 13 procedure information collection, including (a) Terminal in Garden City, Georgia. These provides a de-conflicted approach Whether the proposed collection of iron and steel components are not procedure when weather or winds information is necessary for FAA’s manufactured (from melting to coating) require LGA to land RWY 13. Without performance; (b) the accuracy of the in the United States in sufficient and this procedure, when the weather estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to reasonably available quantities and of a minimums fall below 1,500 feet, and 3- enhance the quality, utility and clarity satisfactory quality. This notice follows mile visibility and use of an ILS is of the information collection; and (d) FHWA’s November 20, 2017, notice required, Newark (EWR), Teterboro ways that the burden could be finding that a Buy America waiver is (TEB), and LGA cannot operate at the minimized without reducing the quality appropriate for 33 specific iron and steel same time. Traffic at one of the three of the collected information. The agency components of the GPA Project by airports must be stopped to permit the will summarize and/or include your adding new items to the list of waived other two airports to operate. The FAA comments in the request for OMB’s products. is proposing to use the RNAV procedure clearance of this information collection. DATES: The date of the waiver is for approximately 1,500 operations FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: December 29, 2017. annually (0.8 percent of all LGA Barbara Hall by email at: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For landings) to de-conflict the New York Barbara.L.Hall@faa.gov; phone: 940– questions about this notice, please metro airspace. The FAA reviewed the 594–5913. contact Mr. Gerald Yakowenko, FHWA action and determined it to be SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Office of Program Administration, (202) categorically excluded from further OMB Control Number: 2120–0593. 366–1562, or via email at environmental documentation Title: Certification: Air Carriers and Gerald.Yakowenko@dot.gov. For legal according to FAA Order 1050.1F, Commercial Operators. questions, please contact Mr. Jomar Environmental Impacts: Policies and Form Numbers: FAA Form 8400–6. Maldonado, FHWA Office of the Chief Procedures. The applicable categorical Type of Review: Renewal of an Counsel, 202–366–1373, or via email at exclusion is section 5–6.5(i.). information collection. Jomar.Maldonado@dot.gov. Office hours Issued in College Park, Georgia, on Background: The request for clearance for the FHWA are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 December 15, 2017. reflects requirements necessary under p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, Ryan W. Almasy, parts 135, 121, and 125 to comply with except Federal holidays. part 119. The FAA will use the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Manager, Operations Support Group, Eastern Service Center, Air Traffic Organization. information it collects and reviews to ensure compliance and adherence to Electronic Access [FR Doc. 2017–27965 Filed 12–27–17; 8:45 am] regulations and, if necessary, to take An electronic copy of this document BILLING CODE 4910–13–P enforcement action on violators of the may be downloaded from the Federal regulations. Register’s home page at: http:// Respondents: Approximately 2,177 air www.archives.gov and the Government DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION carriers and commercial operators. Publishing Office’s database at: http:// Federal Aviation Administration Frequency: Information is collected www.access.gpo.gov/nara. Comments on occasion. may be submitted to FHWA’s Buy Agency Information Collection Estimated Average Burden per America website for this waiver at: Activities: Requests for Comments; Response: 2.45 hours. https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/construction/ Clearance of Renewed Approval of Estimated Total Annual Burden: contracts/waivers.cfm?id=150. Information Collection: Certification: 8,862 hours. Air Carriers and Commercial Operators Issued in Fort Worth, TX, on December 19, Background 2017. The FHWA’s Buy America policy in AGENCY: Federal Aviation Barbara L. Hall, 23 CFR 635.410 requires a domestic Administration (FAA), DOT. manufacturing process for any steel or FAA Information Collection Clearance ACTION: Notice and request for Officer, Performance, Policy, and Records iron products (including protective comments. Management Branch, ASP–110. coatings) that are permanently [FR Doc. 2017–28052 Filed 12–27–17; 8:45 am] incorporated in a Federal-aid SUMMARY: In accordance with the BILLING CODE 4910–13–P construction project. The regulation also Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA provides for a waiver of the Buy invites public comments about our America requirements when satisfactory intention to request the Office of DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION quality domestic steel and iron products Management and Budget (OMB) are not sufficiently available (non- approval to renew an information Federal Highway Administration availability). This notice provides collection. This collection involves air information regarding FHWA’s finding carrier and commercial operator Buy America Waiver Notification that a Buy America waiver is certificate holders. The information sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: Federal Highway appropriate for iron and steel collected will be used to ensure Administration (FHWA), DOT. components of eight RMG cranes that regulatory compliance. ACTION: Notice. will be procured by GPA to increase DATES: Written comments should be intermodal capacity at the Garden City submitted by February 26, 2018. SUMMARY: This notice provides Terminal in Garden City, Georgia, due ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA information regarding FHWA’s finding to non-availability. at the following address: Barbara Hall, that a Buy America waiver is On November 20, 2017, FHWA issued Federal Aviation Administration, ASP– appropriate for iron and steel a Buy America waiver for 33 VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:14 Dec 27, 2017 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00126 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\28DEN1.SGM 28DEN1

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 248 / Thursday, December 28, 2017 / Notices 61659 components of the Garden City DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION use experiments with behavioral Terminal Project (82 FR 55153). In economics (BE) to improve models used response to this waiver, GPA contacted Federal Highway Administration to predict travelers’ use of priced the FHWA with additional information [Docket No. FHWA–2017–0053] managed lanes (MLs). The research will about project components that are not recruit participants who currently travel manufactured in the U.S. in a manner Agency Information Collection on freeways with MLs. Based on prior that the iron and steel complies with Activities: Request for Comments for a research, travelers either make a pre- FHWA’s Buy America requirements. New Information Collection determined decision or consciously The GPA identified six categories of choose between taking and not taking AGENCY: Federal Highway the ML trip. Selected research RMG crane components that are not Administration (FHWA), DOT. participants will undergo laboratory- domestically available: (1) Trolley ACTION: Notice and request for based BE tests to examine the personal components; (2) bogie components; (3) comments. decision-making process used to select trolley structures; (4) bogie steel or not select the ML trip. The structures; (5) E-room structure, cab, SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public laboratory-based tests will incorporate and electrical components; and (6) head comments about our intention to request an initial survey of participants and the block and spreader bar. Of these the Office of Management and Budget’s use of a driving simulator. The tests will components, only the trolley (OMB) approval for a new information also examine whether behavior can components and bogie components collection, which is summarized below charge given stimuli. Follow-up field were identified in the November 20 under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We trials will attempt to generalize the waiver. The FHWA received no are required to publish this notice in the results from the BE simulator additional comments in response to the Federal Register by the Paperwork experiments for use in real-world November 20 waiver publication. Reduction Act of 1995. settings. The field trials will investigate Accordingly, FHWA waives the Buy DATES: Please submit comments by the impact of how the communication America requirements for these six February 26, 2018. of travel information will influence categories of components. This adds ADDRESSES: You may submit comments travelers’ lane choice. The results from trolley structures, bogie steel structures, identified by DOT Docket ID FHWA the research will potentially form a new E-room structure, cab, and electrical 2017–0053 by any of the following model for estimating travelers’ lane components, and the head block and methods: choice behavior, if findings show a spreader bar to the list of waived Website: For access to the docket to deviation of practice from traditional read background documents or estimates of ML use. products. Like the November 20 waiver, Respondents: Approximately 24,000 this limited waiver does not include comments received go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http:// respondents will be engaged at the steel and iron components of the RMG beginning of the project. The later tasks cranes that are available with steel and www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. will require 240 respondents, with half iron produced domestically, such as the from the Washington, DC metropolitan Fax: 1–202–493–2251. steel gantry structure. region and the other half from the Mail: Docket Management Facility, This project will be completed under U.S. Department of Transportation, Dallas/Fort Worth, TX metropolitan a Fostering Advancements in Shipping West Building Ground Floor, Room region. Approximately 400 student and Transportation for the Long-term W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., respondents will be surveyed to help Achievement of National Efficiencies, Washington, DC 20590–0001. refine the survey instrument. Significant Freight, and Highway Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. Frequency: Approximately 24,000 Department of Transportation, West potential participants will complete a Projects FY 2016 grant award short survey at to gauge interest for later (commonly referred to as FASTLANE Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, research activities. Approximately 400 grants). 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, students will complete at least one In accordance with the provisions of Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. survey collection and one in-person and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, section 117 of the SAFETEA–LU computer-based test. The 240-person except Federal holidays. Technical Corrections Act of 2008 (Pub. respondent pool will complete at least L. 110–244, 122 Stat. 1572), FHWA is FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: one survey collection and one in-person providing this notice as its finding that James March, 202–366–9237, or William computer-based test. An approximate a waiver of Buy America requirements Linde, 202–366–9637, Office of subset of 40 participants from the 240- Transportation Policy Studies, Federal person respondent pool will participate is appropriate. The FHWA invites Highway Administration, Department of in a second simulator test to help pre- public comment on this finding for an Transportation, 1200 New Jersey test the methodology for the latter field additional 15 days following the Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. effective date of the finding. Comments trials. An approximate subset of 120 Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., participants from the 240-person may be submitted to FHWA’s website Monday through Friday, except Federal respondent pool will participate in the via the link provided to the waiver page holidays. field test. noted above. Estimated Average Burden per SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority: 23 U.S.C. 313; Public Law 110– Title: Using Behavioral Economics to Response: The 24,000-person 161, 23 CFR 635.410. Better Understand Managed Lane Use. respondent pool will need 5 minutes to sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Issued on: December 22, 2017. Background: The Exploratory compete the initial survey. The 400- Advanced Research (EAR) Program is person student group will need 3 hours Brandye L. Hendrickson, administered by the Federal Highway to complete the survey and in-person Acting Administrator, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and intends to computer-based test. The 240-person Administration. spur innovation by focusing on higher respondent pool will need 3 hours to [FR Doc. 2017–28150 Filed 12–26–17; 11:15 am] risk research. A research project complete the survey and in-person BILLING CODE 4910–22–P awarded under the EAR program will computer-based test. 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Document Created: 2017-12-28 00:44:13
Document Modified: 2017-12-28 00:44:13
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesThe date of the waiver is December 29, 2017.
ContactFor questions about this notice, please contact Mr. Gerald Yakowenko, FHWA Office of Program Administration, (202) 366-1562, or via email at [email protected] For legal questions, please contact Mr. Jomar Maldonado, FHWA Office of the Chief Counsel, 202-366-1373, or via email at [email protected] Office hours for the FHWA are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FR Citation82 FR 61658 
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