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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 177 / Thursday, September 16, 2021 / Notices activities will have practical utility; ii the accuracy of the Departments estimates of the burden of the information collection activities, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used to determine the estimates; iii ways for the Department to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information being collected; and iv ways for the Department to minimize the burden of information collection activities on the public by automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. See 44 U.S.C. 3506c2Aiiv; 5 CFR
1320.8d1iiv. The Department believes that soliciting public comment will promote its efforts to reduce the administrative and paperwork burdens associated with the collection of information mandated by Federal regulations. In summary, the Department reasons that comments received will advance three objectives:
i Reduce reporting burdens; ii ensure that it organizes information collection requirements in a user friendly format to improve the use of such information;
and iii accurately assess the resources expended to retrieve and produce information requested. See 44 U.S.C.
3501.
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 September 9, 2021.
Morteza Farajian, Executive Director, the Build America Bureau.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary Docket No. DOTOST20210106

Americas Supply Chains and the Transportation Industrial Base Notice of request for information.

ACTION:

On February 24, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order, Americas Supply Chains, which directs several Federal agency actions to secure and strengthen Americas supply chains. On June 8, 2021, the President also established a Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force co-chaired by the Secretaries of Transportation, Agriculture, and Commerceto address near term supply chain challenges, with a focus on
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alleviating bottlenecks and supply constraints in the transportation sector, particularly for ports, rail, and trucking.
The Executive Order requires the Secretary of Transportation to submit, within one year, a report to the President on supply chains for the transportation industrial base. DOTs one-year assessment will build off the work of the Supply Chains Disruption Task Force and focus on the freight and logistics sector, with the goal of strengthening resilience among transportation supply chains. This notice requests information from the public to assist the Department of Transportation in preparing the report required by the Executive Order and solicits practical solutions from a broad range of stakeholders to address current and future challenges to supply chain resilience in the freight and logistics sector.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 18, 2021. DOT will consider comments filed after this date to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Docket Number DOT
OST20210106 by any of the following methods:
Electronic Submission: Go to http
www.regulations.gov. Search by using the docket number provided above.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments on the electronic docket site.
Mail: Docket Management Facility;
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Ground Floor W12140, Washington, DC 205900001.
Hand Delivery: W12140 of the Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and docket numbers.
Note: All comments received, including any personal information, will be posted without change to the docket and is accessible via http www.regulations.gov.
Input submitted online via www.regulations.gov is not immediately posted to the site. It may take several business days before your submission is posted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ryan Endorf at ryan.endorf@dot.gov or at 2023664835.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: On February 24, 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14017, Americas Supply Chains 86
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diverse, and secure supply chains to ensure U.S. economic prosperity and national security. Such supply chains are needed to address conditions that can reduce critical manufacturing capacity and the availability and integrity of critical goods, products, and services. Section 4 of E.O. 14017 directs that within one year, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit a report to the President, through the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs APNSA and the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy APEP, on supply chains for the transportation industrial base. Per the Executive Order, the Secretary shall determine what constitutes the transportation industrial base for purposes of the report. President Biden has also established a Supply Chain Disruptions Task Forceco-chaired by the Secretaries of Transportation, Agriculture, and Commerceto address near term supply chain challenges, with a focus on alleviating bottlenecks and supply constraints in the transportation sector, particularly for ports, rail, and trucking.
The transportation industry in the U.S. is both vast and varied and underpins much of the economic activity that takes place in other sectors.
It includes both the vehicles required to move goods and people and the roads, rails, waterways, and airways over which those vehicles travel. It includes cargo and passenger terminals that provide for the transfer of people and goods between vehicles and modes. It includes the control and information systems that allow the network to operate smoothly and efficiently and enable users to make the most advantageous choices about their use of that network. It includes public and private providers of transportation services and the operation of privately owned personal vehicles.
In fulfilling this requirement, the Department intends to produce a report on the Nations freight and logistics sector, focused on how the freight system supports supply chains and any challenges and resilience issues within that system. DOT has heard from many stakeholders about issues related to bottlenecks on highways, rail, and at ports, as well as severe container/
chassis shortages and lack of adequate warehousing capacity, particularly around the nations largest ports. The resiliency of the freight system is also a key aspect of supply chain resiliency across the rest of the economy, including the critical products being addressed in the one-year reports being developed by other agencies.

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