[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 57 (Thursday, March 24, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15788-15789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06663]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2015-0271]


Agency Request for Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection: Prioritization and Allocation Authority Exercised by the 
Secretary of Transportation Under the Defense Production Act

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of Transportation, DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation (DOT) invites public comments 
about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) approval to renew an information collection. The collection 
involves information required in an application to request Special 
Priorities Assistance. The information to be collected is necessary to 
facilitate the supply of civil transportation resources to promote the 
national defense. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting comments on the following information collection was 
published on January 26, 2016 (81 FR 4364). No comments were received.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by April 25, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Your comments should be identified by Docket No. DOT-OST-
2015-0271 and may be submitted through one of the following methods:
     Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer 
for U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Docket Library, 
Room 10102, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
     email: [email protected].
     Fax: (202) 395-5806. Attention: DOT/OST Desk Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Hinz, 202-366-6945, Office of 
Intelligence, Security and Emergency Response, Office of the Secretary 
of Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    OMB Control Number: 2105-0567.
    Title: Prioritization and Allocation Authority Exercised by the 
Secretary of Transportation Under the Defense Production Act.
    Form Numbers: OST F 1254.
    Type of Review: Renewal of a previously approved information 
collection.
    Background: The Defense Production Act Reauthorization of 2009 
(Pub. L. 111-67, September 30, 2009) requires each Federal agency with 
delegated authority under section101 of the Defense Production Act of 
1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. Sec.  2061 et seq.) to issue final 
rules establishing standards and procedures by which the priorities and 
allocations authority is used to promote the national defense. The 
Secretary of Transportation has the delegated authority for all forms 
of civil transportation. DOT's final rule, Transportation Priorities 
and Allocations System (TPAS), published October 2012, requires this 
information collection. Form OST F 1254, Request for Special Priorities 
Assistance, would be filled out by private sector applicants, such as 
transportation companies or organizations. The private sector applicant 
must submit company information, the services or items for which the 
assistance is requested, and specific information about those services 
or items.
    Respondents: Private sector applicants, such as transportation 
companies or organizations.
    Number of Respondents: We estimate 6 respondents.
    Total Annual Burden: We estimate an average burden of 30 minutes 
per respondent for an estimated total annual burden of 3 hours.
    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of 
this information collection, including (a) whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the Department's 
performance; (b) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (c)

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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.

    Authority:  The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1:48.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 18, 2016.
Habib Azarsina,
OST Privacy and PRA Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-06663 Filed 3-23-16; 8:45 am]
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