Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery, 10939-10940 [2011-4331]
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Federal Actions to Address
Environmental Justice in Minority
Populations and Low Income
Populations; E.O. 13175 Consultation
and Coordination with Indian Tribal
Governments; E.O. 11514 Protection and
Enhancement of Environmental Quality;
E.O. 13112 Invasive Species.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning
and Construction. The regulations
implementing Executive Order 12372
regarding intergovernmental consultation on
Federal programs and activities apply to this
program.)
Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1).
Issued on: February 22, 2011.
Michelle Eraut,
Environmental Program Manager, Salem,
Oregon.
[FR Doc. 2011–4328 Filed 2–25–11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–22–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2011–0001–N–2]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Generic Clearance
for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: 30-Day notice of submission of
information collection for approval by
the Office of Management and Budget
and request for comments.
AGENCY:
As part of a Federal
Government-wide effort to streamline
the process to seek feedback from the
public on service delivery, FRA has
submitted a Generic Information
Collection Request (Generic ICR):
‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery’’ to OMB for approval under
the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before March 30, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding
these information collections to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 Seventeenth Street, NW.,
Washington, DC, 20503, Attention: FRA
Desk Officer. Alternatively, comments
may be sent via e-mail to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs
(OIRA), Office of Management and
Budget, at the following address:
oira_submissions@omb.eop.gov.
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SUMMARY:
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To
request additional information, please
contact Ms. Kimberly Toone, Office of
Information Technology, Federal
Railroad Administration, 1200 New
Jersey Ave., SE., Mail Stop 17,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6132) or Mr. Robert Brogan, Office
of Safety Planning and Evaluation
Division, RRS–21, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave.,
Mail Stop 17, Washington, DC 20590
(telephone: (202) 493–6292). (These
telephone numbers are not toll-free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery.
Abstract: The information collection
activity will garner qualitative customer
and stakeholder feedback in an efficient,
timely manner, in accordance with the
Administration’s commitment to
improving service delivery. By
qualitative feedback, FRA means
information that provides useful
insights on perceptions and opinions,
but are not statistical surveys that yield
quantitative results that can be
generalized to the population of study.
This feedback will provide insights into
customer or stakeholder perceptions,
experiences and expectations, provide
an early warning of issues with service,
or focus attention on areas where
communication, training or changes in
operations might improve delivery of
products or services. These collections
will allow for ongoing, collaborative and
actionable communications between the
Agency and its customers and
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback
to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
The solicitation of feedback will target
areas such as: Timeliness,
appropriateness, content and accuracy
of information, usefulness of
information, courtesy, efficiency of
service delivery, and resolution of
issues with service delivery. Responses
will be assessed to plan and inform
efforts to improve or maintain the
quality of service offered to the public.
If this information is not collected, vital
feedback from customers and
stakeholders on the Agency’s services
will be unavailable.
FRA will only submit a collection of
information for approval under this
generic clearance if it meets the
following conditions:
• The collections are voluntary;
• The collections are low-burden for
respondents (based on considerations of
total burden hours, total number of
respondents, or burden-hours per
respondent) and are low-cost for both
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respondents and the Federal
Government;
• The collections of information are
non-controversial and do not raise
issues of concern to other Federal
agencies;
• Any collection is targeted to the
solicitation of opinions from
respondents who have experience with
the program or may have experience
with the program in the near future;
• Personally identifiable information
(PII) is collected only to the extent
necessary and is not retained;
• Information gathered is intended to
be used only internally for general
management purposes and is not
intended for release outside of the
agency (if released, the agency must
indicate the qualitative nature of the
information);
• Information gathered will not be
used for purposes of substantially
informing influential policy decisions;
and
• Information gathered will yield
qualitative information; the collections
will not be designed or expected to
yield statistically reliable results or used
as though the results are generalizable to
the population of study.
Feedback collected under this generic
clearance will provide useful
information, but it will not yield data
that can be generalized to the overall
population. This type of generic
clearance for qualitative information
will not be used for quantitative
information collections that are
designed to yield reliably actionable
results, such as monitoring trends over
time or documenting program
performance. Such data uses require
more rigorous designs that address: The
target population to which
generalizations will be made, the
sampling frame, the sample design
(including stratification and clustering),
the precision requirements or power
calculations that justify the proposed
sample size, the expected response rate,
methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data
collection, and any testing procedures
that were or will be undertaken prior to
fielding the study. Depending on the
degree of influence the results are likely
to have, such collections may still be
eligible for submission for other generic
mechanisms that are designed to yield
quantitative results.
As a general matter, information
collections will not result in any new
system of records containing privacy
information and will not ask questions
of a sensitive nature, such as sexual
behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs,
and other matters that are commonly
considered private.
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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 39 / Monday, February 28, 2011 / Notices
On December 22, 2010, OMB—on
behalf of DOT/FRA and other listed
Executive Agencies—published a 60day notice in the Federal Register
soliciting comment on ICRs for which
the agency was seeking OMB approval.
75 FR 80542. DOT/FRA received no
comments in response to this notice.
The summary below describes the
nature of the information collection
requirements (ICRs) and the expected
projected burden estimates over the next
three years 1 for the ICR being submitted
for clearance by OMB as required by the
PRA.
Current Actions: New collection of
information.
Type of Review: New Collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households, Businesses and
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Average Expected Annual Number of
activities: 6.
Respondents: 6,300.
Annual responses: 2,100.
Frequency of Response: Once per
request.
Average minutes per response: 10
minutes.
Burden hours: 1,062 hours.
Comments are invited on the
following: Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Department, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; the accuracy of the
Department’s estimate of the burden of
the proposed information collection;
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid
Office of Management and Budget
control number.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Issued in Washington, DC, on February 22,
2011.
Kimberly Coronel,
Director, Office of Financial Management,
Federal Railroad Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011–4331 Filed 2–25–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
Notice of Delays in Processing of
Special Permits Applications
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), DOT.
ACTION: List of Applications Delayed
more than 180 days.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5117(c),
PHMSA is publishing the following list
SUMMARY:
of special permit applications that have
been in process for 180 days or more.
The reason(s) for delay and the expected
completion date for action on each
application is provided in association
with each identified application.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Delmer F. Billings, Director, Office of
Hazardous Materials Special Permits
and Approvals, Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration, U.S.
Department of Transportation, East
Building, PHH–30, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, Southeast, Washington, DC
20590–0001, (202) 366–4535.
Key to ‘‘Reason for Delay’’
1. Awaiting additional information
from applicant.
2. Extensive public comment under
review.
3. Application is technically complex
and is of significant impact or
precedent-setting and requires extensive
analysis.
4. Staff review delayed by other
priority issues or volume of special
permit applications.
Meaning of Application Number
Suffixes
N—New application.
M—Modification request.
PM—Party to application with
modification request.
Issued in Washington, DC, on February 18,
2011.
Donald Burger,
Chief, Special Permits and Approvals Branch.
MODIFICATION TO SPECIAL PERMITS
Reason for
delay
Applicant
14167–M .........................................
6293–M ..........................................
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Application No.
Trinityrail, Dallas, TX ............................................................................
ATK Space Systems, Inc., (Former Grantee: ATK Thiokol, Inc.),
Corine, UT.
Weatherford International, Fort Worth, TX ...........................................
Air Transport International, L.L.C., Little Rock, AR ..............................
Lynden Air Cargo, Anchorage, AK .......................................................
Phoenix Air Group, Inc., Cartersville, GA .............................................
Norris Cylinder Company, Longview, TX .............................................
Martin Transport, Inc., Kilgore, TX .......................................................
Florex Explosives, Inc., Crystal River, FL ............................................
SNF Holding Company, Riceboro, GA .................................................
Rhodia, Inc., Cranbury, NJ ...................................................................
Western International Gas & Cylinders, Inc., Bellville, TX ...................
Department of Defense, Scott Air Force Base, IL ...............................
Weatherford International, Forth Worth, TX .........................................
Lake Clark Air, Inc., Port Alsworth, AK ................................................
Lynden Air Cargo, Anchorage, AK .......................................................
Alaska Airlines, Seattle, WA .................................................................
The Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Inc., Frankfort, KY.
14741–M .........................................
14650–M .........................................
14926–M .........................................
8826–M ..........................................
10869–M .........................................
10049–M .........................................
8815–M ..........................................
14447–M .........................................
12561–M .........................................
14617–M .........................................
3121–M ..........................................
14763–M .........................................
14909–M .........................................
14926–M .........................................
14860–M .........................................
10656–M .........................................
1 The 60-day notice included the following
estimate of the aggregate burden hours for this
generic clearance Federal-wide:
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Average Expected Annual Number of activities:
25,000.
Average number of Respondents per Activity:
200.
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Annual responses: 5,000,000.
Frequency of Response: Once per request.
Average minutes per response: 30.
Burden hours: 2,500,000.
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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 39 (Monday, February 28, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10939-10940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4331]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2011-0001-N-2]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: 30-Day notice of submission of information collection for
approval by the Office of Management and Budget and request for
comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of a Federal Government-wide effort to streamline the
process to seek feedback from the public on service delivery, FRA has
submitted a Generic Information Collection Request (Generic ICR):
``Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery'' to OMB for approval under the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 30, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding these information collections to the
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 Seventeenth Street, NW., Washington, DC, 20503, Attention:
FRA Desk Officer. Alternatively, comments may be sent via e-mail to the
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of
Management and Budget, at the following address: oira_submissions@omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information,
please contact Ms. Kimberly Toone, Office of Information Technology,
Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Mail Stop
17, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 493-6132) or Mr. Robert
Brogan, Office of Safety Planning and Evaluation Division, RRS-21,
Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave., Mail Stop 17,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 493-6292). (These telephone
numbers are not toll-free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback
on Agency Service Delivery.
Abstract: The information collection activity will garner
qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely
manner, in accordance with the Administration's commitment to improving
service delivery. By qualitative feedback, FRA means information that
provides useful insights on perceptions and opinions, but are not
statistical surveys that yield quantitative results that can be
generalized to the population of study. This feedback will provide
insights into customer or stakeholder perceptions, experiences and
expectations, provide an early warning of issues with service, or focus
attention on areas where communication, training or changes in
operations might improve delivery of products or services. These
collections will allow for ongoing, collaborative and actionable
communications between the Agency and its customers and stakeholders.
It will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the improvement
of program management.
The solicitation of feedback will target areas such as: Timeliness,
appropriateness, content and accuracy of information, usefulness of
information, courtesy, efficiency of service delivery, and resolution
of issues with service delivery. Responses will be assessed to plan and
inform efforts to improve or maintain the quality of service offered to
the public. If this information is not collected, vital feedback from
customers and stakeholders on the Agency's services will be
unavailable.
FRA will only submit a collection of information for approval under
this generic clearance if it meets the following conditions:
The collections are voluntary;
The collections are low-burden for respondents (based on
considerations of total burden hours, total number of respondents, or
burden-hours per respondent) and are low-cost for both respondents and
the Federal Government;
The collections of information are non-controversial and
do not raise issues of concern to other Federal agencies;
Any collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions
from respondents who have experience with the program or may have
experience with the program in the near future;
Personally identifiable information (PII) is collected
only to the extent necessary and is not retained;
Information gathered is intended to be used only
internally for general management purposes and is not intended for
release outside of the agency (if released, the agency must indicate
the qualitative nature of the information);
Information gathered will not be used for purposes of
substantially informing influential policy decisions; and
Information gathered will yield qualitative information;
the collections will not be designed or expected to yield statistically
reliable results or used as though the results are generalizable to the
population of study.
Feedback collected under this generic clearance will provide useful
information, but it will not yield data that can be generalized to the
overall population. This type of generic clearance for qualitative
information will not be used for quantitative information collections
that are designed to yield reliably actionable results, such as
monitoring trends over time or documenting program performance. Such
data uses require more rigorous designs that address: The target
population to which generalizations will be made, the sampling frame,
the sample design (including stratification and clustering), the
precision requirements or power calculations that justify the proposed
sample size, the expected response rate, methods for assessing
potential non-response bias, the protocols for data collection, and any
testing procedures that were or will be undertaken prior to fielding
the study. Depending on the degree of influence the results are likely
to have, such collections may still be eligible for submission for
other generic mechanisms that are designed to yield quantitative
results.
As a general matter, information collections will not result in any
new system of records containing privacy information and will not ask
questions of a sensitive nature, such as sexual behavior and attitudes,
religious beliefs, and other matters that are commonly considered
private.
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On December 22, 2010, OMB--on behalf of DOT/FRA and other listed
Executive Agencies--published a 60-day notice in the Federal Register
soliciting comment on ICRs for which the agency was seeking OMB
approval. 75 FR 80542. DOT/FRA received no comments in response to this
notice.
The summary below describes the nature of the information
collection requirements (ICRs) and the expected projected burden
estimates over the next three years \1\ for the ICR being submitted for
clearance by OMB as required by the PRA.
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\1\ The 60-day notice included the following estimate of the
aggregate burden hours for this generic clearance Federal-wide:
Average Expected Annual Number of activities: 25,000.
Average number of Respondents per Activity: 200.
Annual responses: 5,000,000.
Frequency of Response: Once per request.
Average minutes per response: 30.
Burden hours: 2,500,000.
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Current Actions: New collection of information.
Type of Review: New Collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and Households, Businesses and
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal Government.
Average Expected Annual Number of activities: 6.
Respondents: 6,300.
Annual responses: 2,100.
Frequency of Response: Once per request.
Average minutes per response: 10 minutes.
Burden hours: 1,062 hours.
Comments are invited on the following: Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Department, including whether the information will
have practical utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of
the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid Office of Management and Budget control number.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520.
Issued in Washington, DC, on February 22, 2011.
Kimberly Coronel,
Director, Office of Financial Management, Federal Railroad
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-4331 Filed 2-25-11; 8:45 am]
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