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maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means
the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or
provide information to or for a Federal
agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; to develop,
acquire, install, and utilize technology
and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information. Submitted comments will
be summarized and included in the
Board’s request for OMB approval.
Notice and Request for Comments
Description of Collection
granted and fully abandoned the Line. If
consummation has not been effected by
WLC’s filing of a notice of
consummation by July 28, 2015, and
there are no legal or regulatory barriers
to consummation, the authority to
abandon will automatically expire.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: July 21, 2014.
By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Derrick A. Gardner,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board.
ACTION: 60-day notice of request for
approval: Extension of Generic
Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery.
AGENCY:
The Surface Transportation
Board (STB or Board), as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public to take this opportunity
to comment on the ‘‘Extension of
Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery’’ for approval under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44
U.S.C. 3501–3519 (PRA). This collection
was developed as part of a Federal
Government-wide effort to streamline
the process for seeking feedback from
the public on the Board’s service
delivery. This notice announces our
intent to submit this collection to OMB
for approval and solicits comments on
specific aspects for the proposed
information collection.
Comments are requested concerning:
(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology; and (e) estimates of capital
or start-up costs and costs of operation,
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Title: Extension of Generic Clearance
for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery.
Abstract: The proposed information
collection activity provides a means to
garner qualitative customer and
stakeholder feedback in an efficient and
timely manner, in accordance with the
Administration’s commitment to
improving service delivery. By
qualitative feedback we mean
information that provides useful
insights on perceptions and opinions,
but 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 with issues about how
the Board provides service to the public;
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 Board 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, accuracy 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 Board’s services
will be unavailable.
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The Board will only submit a
collection 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
the respondents and the Federal
Government;
• The collections are noncontroversial 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 will be used
only internally for general service
improvement and program management
purposes and not for release outside of
the agency;
• Information gathered will not be
used for the purpose of substantially
informing influential policy decisions;
and
• Information gathered will yield
qualitative information, and 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 provides useful information,
but it does not yield data that can be
generalized to the overall population.
Such data uses would require more
rigorous designs than the collections
covered by this notice.
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.
OMB Control Number: 2140–0019.
STB Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Respondents: Customers and
stakeholders of the Board.
Number of Respondents, Frequency,
Estimated Time per Response, and Total
Burden Hours: A variety of instruments
and platforms will be used to collect
information from respondents. The
estimated annual burden hours (277) are
based on the number of collections we
expect to conduct over the requested
period for this clearance, as set forth in
the table below.
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ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN
Number of
respondents
Type of collection
Focus Group ..................................................................................................
Comment Card/Brief Survey ..........................................................................
Surveys ..........................................................................................................
Comments on this information
collection should be submitted by
September 26, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to
Chris Oehrle, Surface Transportation
Board, 395 E Street SW., Washington,
DC 20423–0001, or to PRA@stb.dot.gov.
When submitting comments, please
refer to ‘‘Extension of Generic Clearance
for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery.’’
For further information regarding this
generic clearance, contact PRA@
stb.dot.gov. [Federal Information Relay
Service (FIRS) for the hearing impaired:
(800) 877–8339.]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA, a federal agency conducting or
sponsoring a collection of information
must display a currently valid OMB
control number. Comments submitted in
response to this notice may be made
available to the public through the
Board’s Web site at https://stb.dot.gov/
stb/. For this reason, please
do not include in your comments
information of a confidential nature,
such as sensitive personal information
or proprietary information. If you send
an electronic comment (e-file or email),
your email address is automatically
captured and may be accessed by the
public through the Board’s Web site as
part of a service mailing list. Please note
that responses to this public comment
request containing any routine notice
about the confidentiality of the
communication will be treated as public
comments that may be made available to
the public notwithstanding the
inclusion of the routine notice.
DATES:
Dated: July 23, 2014.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
July 23, 2014.
The Department of the Treasury will
submit the following information
collection requests to the Office of
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Annual
frequency per
response
15
200
150
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, Public Law 104–13, on or after the
date of publication of this notice.
DATES: Comments should be received on
or before August 27, 2014 to be assured
of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding
the burden estimate, or any other aspect
of the information collection, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to
(1) Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for
Treasury, New Executive Office
Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503, or email at OIRA_Submission@
OMB.EOP.gov and (2) Treasury PRA
Clearance Officer, 1750 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Suite 8140, Washington, DC
20220, or email at PRA@treasury.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Copies of the submission(s) may be
obtained by calling (202) 927–5331,
email at PRA@treasury.gov, or the entire
information collection request may be
found at www.reginfo.gov.
1
2
2
Hours per
response
2
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Total hours
30
67
180
has met the requirements of the
Revenue Procedure and whether a
taxpayer has reasonable cause for failing
to make a timely election. The
collection is required to make a late
election pursuant to this Revenue
Procedure. This information will be
used to determine whether the
eligibility requirements for obtaining
relief have been met.
Affected Public: Private Sector:
Businesses or other for-profits.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
50,000.
OMB Number: 1545–1465.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Title: TD 8668–(Final) Environmental
Settlement Funds—Classification.
Abstract: Section 7701 and the
regulations thereunder classify entities
for federal tax purposes as partnerships,
associations, and trusts. Section 671
requires a grantor treated as an owner of
a portion of a trust to include items in
income. This regulation provides
reporting rules.
Affected Public: Private Sector:
Businesses or other for-profits.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
2,000.
OMB Number: 1545–1760.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Payments From Qualified
Education Programs (Under Sections
529 and 530).
Form: 1099–Q.
Abstract: Form 1099–Q, Payments
From Qualified Education Programs
(Under Sections 529 and 530), is used
to report distributions from private and
state qualified tuition programs as
required under Internal Revenue Code
sections 529 and 530. A Form 1099–Q
is filed if you (a) are an officer or an
employee, or the designee of an officer
or employee, having control of a
program established by a state or
eligible educational institution; and (b)
made a distribution from a qualified
tuition program (QTP). A trustee of a
Coverdell education savings account
(ESA) must file Form 1099–Q to report
distributions made from Coverdell
ESAs. To lessen the burden for payers,
Form 1099–Q was developed to report
distributions from private and state
qualified tuition programs. A copy of
the Form 1099–Q must be furnished to
the recipient.
Affected Public: Private Sector:
Businesses or other for-profits.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
530,090.
OMB Number: 1545–1548.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Title: Rev. Proc. 2013–30, Uniform
Late S Corporation Election Revenue
Procedure.
Abstract: The information will help
the IRS determine whether a taxpayer
OMB Number: 1545–1835.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Application for Registration (for
Certain Excise Tax Activities) and
Questionnaires.
Form: 637.
Abstract: The authority for the
requirement for registration is found in
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
Notice and Request for Comments
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.
ACTION: 60-day notice of request for approval: Extension of Generic
Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery.
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SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board), as part of
its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden,
invites the general public to take this opportunity to comment on the
``Extension of Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery'' for approval under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3519 (PRA). This collection was
developed as part of a Federal Government-wide effort to streamline the
process for seeking feedback from the public on the Board's service
delivery. This notice announces our intent to submit this collection to
OMB for approval and solicits comments on specific aspects for the
proposed information collection.
Comments are requested concerning: (a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs
and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to
provide information. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose,
or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the
time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and
utilize technology and systems for the purpose of collecting,
validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining
information, and disclosing and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of information, to
search data sources, to complete and review the collection of
information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
Submitted comments will be summarized and included in the Board's
request for OMB approval.
Description of Collection
Title: Extension of Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery.
Abstract: The proposed information collection activity provides a
means to garner qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an
efficient and timely manner, in accordance with the Administration's
commitment to improving service delivery. By qualitative feedback we
mean information that provides useful insights on perceptions and
opinions, but 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 with issues about how the
Board provides service to the public; 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 Board
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, accuracy 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 Board's services will be unavailable.
The Board will only submit a collection 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 the respondents
and the Federal Government;
The collections 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 will be used only internally for
general service improvement and program management purposes and not for
release outside of the agency;
Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of
substantially informing influential policy decisions; and
Information gathered will yield qualitative information,
and 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 provides useful
information, but it does not yield data that can be generalized to the
overall population. Such data uses would require more rigorous designs
than the collections covered by this notice.
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.
OMB Control Number: 2140-0019.
STB Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without change.
Respondents: Customers and stakeholders of the Board.
Number of Respondents, Frequency, Estimated Time per Response, and
Total Burden Hours: A variety of instruments and platforms will be used
to collect information from respondents. The estimated annual burden
hours (277) are based on the number of collections we expect to conduct
over the requested period for this clearance, as set forth in the table
below.
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Estimated Annual Reporting Burden
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Annual
Type of collection Number of frequency per Hours per Total hours
respondents response response
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Focus Group..................................... 15 1 2 30
Comment Card/Brief Survey....................... 200 2 .17 67
Surveys......................................... 150 2 .6 180
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DATES: Comments on this information collection should be submitted by
September 26, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Chris Oehrle, Surface Transportation
Board, 395 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001, or to
PRA@stb.dot.gov. When submitting comments, please refer to ``Extension
of Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery.'' For further information regarding this
generic clearance, contact PRA@stb.dot.gov. [Federal Information Relay
Service (FIRS) for the hearing impaired: (800) 877-8339.]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA, a federal agency conducting
or sponsoring a collection of information must display a currently
valid OMB control number. Comments submitted in response to this notice
may be made available to the public through the Board's Web site at
https://stb.dot.gov/stb/. For this reason, please do not
include in your comments information of a confidential nature, such as
sensitive personal information or proprietary information. If you send
an electronic comment (e-file or email), your email address is
automatically captured and may be accessed by the public through the
Board's Web site as part of a service mailing list. Please note that
responses to this public comment request containing any routine notice
about the confidentiality of the communication will be treated as
public comments that may be made available to the public
notwithstanding the inclusion of the routine notice.
Dated: July 23, 2014.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2014-17648 Filed 7-25-14; 8:45 am]
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