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October 23, 2014; 8:00 a.m.–9:30 p.m.
October 24, 2014; 8:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Place: Norfolk State University,
Norfolk, VA.
Type of Meeting: Part-Open.
Contact Person: Dr. Charles Bouldin,
Program Director, Partnership for
Research and Education in Materials
Program, Division of Materials Research,
Room 1065, National Science
Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,
Arlington, VA 22230, Telephone (703)
292–4920.
Purpose of Meeting: To provide
advice and recommendations
concerning further support of the
Partnerships for Research and Education
in Materials (PREM).
Agenda
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
6–9 p.m. Executive Session and
Dinner for Site Visit Team—
(Closed)
Thursday, October 23, 2014
8:00 a.m.–8:30 a.m. Executive
session—(Closed)
8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Presentations by
PREM Director, co-PIs, Institutional
Representatives and program
participants (Open)
4:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m. Executive Session
for Site Visit Team—(Closed)
6:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m. Dinner for Panel
and Faculty—(Open)
Friday, October 24, 2014
8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Executive Session
and Director’s Response to
Feedback, Debriefing with PREM
Director and co-PIs—(Closed)
Reason for Closing: The work being
reviewed may include information of a
proprietary or confidential nature,
including technical information;
financial data, such as salaries and
personal information concerning
individuals associated with the
proposals. These matters are exempt
under 5 U.S.C. 552 b(c), (4) and (6) of
the Government in the Sunshine Act.
Dated: October 6, 2014.
Suzanne Plimpton,
Acting Committee Management Officer.
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Plan for Generic Information Collection
Activity: Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
National Transportation Safety
Board (NTSB).
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice.
The NTSB is announcing it is
submitting a plan for an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
approval, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act.
This ICR Plan describes various
evaluation forms the NTSB plans to use
to obtain feedback from attendees of
various NTSB training programs.
Feedback from attendees is important to
the NTSB in ensuring the NTSB’s
training courses and programs are
helpful to attendees in their places of
employment; and useful to attendees
who participate in NTSB investigations
and other related agency matters. This
ICR Plan is the second notice, as
required by OMB regulations
concerning approvals of information
collections. This notice again describes
the nature of the information collection
and its expected burden and advises the
public it may submit comments on this
proposed information collection to the
OMB desk officer for the NTSB.
DATES: Submit written comments
regarding this proposed plan for the
collection of information by November
10, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Interested members of the
public may submit written comments on
the collection of information to the
OMB Desk Officer for the NTSB at
Office of Management and Budget, 725
17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503,
or via fax: 202–395–5806, (this is not a
toll-free number), or email: OIRAsubmission@omb.eop.gov. Commenters
are encouraged, but not required, to
send a courtesy copy of any comments
to the National Transportation Safety
Board Training Center, 45065 Riverside
Parkway, Ashburn, Virginia 20147.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James Pritchert, NTSB Training Officer,
at (571) 223–3927.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with OMB regulations that
require this Notice for proposed ICRs, as
well as OMB guidance concerning
generic approval of plans for
information collections, the NTSB
herein notifies the public that it may
submit comments on this proposed ICR
Plan to the OMB Desk Officer for the
NTSB. 5 CFR 1320.10(a). Section
1320.10(a) requires this ‘‘notice shall
direct comments to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs of
OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for
[NTSB].’’ Pursuant to § 1320.10(a), the
NTSB will provide a copy of this notice
to OMB.
On March 13, 2014, the NTSB
published a Notice requesting
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comments for this ICR. 79 FR 14302–02.
The NTSB did not receive any
comments in response to the request.
A. NTSB Training Center Evaluation
Forms Are Appropriate for Generic
Approval
On May 28, 2010, Administrator,
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs (OIRA), OMB, issued a
memorandum to the Heads of Executive
Departments and Agencies, and
Independent Regulatory Agencies,
providing instructions concerning how
agencies can obtain generic OMB
clearances for information collections in
certain circumstances. Paperwork
Reduction Act—Generic Clearances,
available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/
sites/default/files/omb/assets/inforeg/
PRA_Gen_ICRs_5–28–2010.pdf. The
memorandum states as follows
concerning the appropriateness of
obtaining such clearances:
A generic ICR is a request for OMB
approval of a plan for conducting more than
one information collection using very similar
methods when (1) the need for and the
overall practical utility of the data collection
can be evaluated in advance, as part of the
review of the proposed plan, but (2) the
agency cannot determine the details of the
specific individual collections until a later
time.
The NTSB’s desire to obtain
information immediately following a
training course will assist the NTSB
Training Center in developing courses
to achieve the NTSB’s objective of
improving investigators’ and
transportation industry peers’ practices
of accident investigation. The mission of
the NTSB Training Center, in
accordance with 49 U.S.C. 1113(b)(1)(I),
is to promote safe transport by:
• Ensuring and improving the quality
of accident investigation through critical
thought, instruction, and research;
• Communicating lessons learned,
fostering the exchange of new ideas and
new experience, and advocating
operational excellence;
• Providing a modern platform for
accident reconstruction and evaluation;
and
• Utilizing its high-quality training
resources to facilitate family assistance
and first responder programs, sister
agency instruction, and other
compatible federal activity.
In administering training courses
designed to achieve these objectives, the
NTSB seeks to maintain a standard of
excellence. The NTSB’s goal of
providing materials, instructors,
methods of instruction, and facility
arrangements that are a worthy
expenditure of Federal funds will
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require the NTSB to obtain feedback on
the training courses from attendees.
This type of information collection is
appropriate for generic approval under
the OIRA Administrator’s guidance. The
NTSB periodically changes the
identification numbers and subject
matter addressed in NTSB training
courses. Such variance renders generic
approval appropriate. By distributing
evaluation forms, the NTSB will gather
feedback concerning whether attendees
found the instructor knowledgeable and
helpful; whether the course materials
were appropriate; the location and
course facilities; the ‘‘case studies’’
discussed in the course; and other
similar topics. Each course evaluation
form will include some course-specific
questions. Responses to such
evaluations will assist the NTSB in
ensuring its courses work to fulfill the
goals listed above.
Currently, the NTSB offers the
following training courses, about which
the NTSB seeks approval for evaluation
forms: Accident Investigation
Orientation (RPH301); Aircraft Accident
Investigation (AS101); Aircraft Accident
Investigation for Aviation Professionals
(AS 301); Cognitive Interviewing Series
(IM401S); Family Assistance (TDA301);
Investigating Human Fatigue Factors
(IM303); Managing Communications
During an Aircraft Accident or Incident
(PA302); Managing Communications
Following a Major Transportation
Accident (PA303); Managing
Transportation Mass Fatality Incidents
(TDA406); Marine Accident
Investigation (MS101); Mass Fatality
Incidents for Medicolegal Professionals
(TDA403); Rotorcraft Accident
Investigation (AS102); and Survival
Factors in Aviation Accidents (AS302).
In response to attendee feedback,
requests for training in specific areas,
and other considerations, the NTSB will
likely add or remove classes from this
list in the coming years.
The NTSB will tailor each evaluation
form to ensure it requests feedback
specific to the particular course of
which the NTSB seeks evaluation.
Consistent with the OIRA
Administrator’s guidance concerning
generic approvals, the NTSB will not be
able to finalize draft evaluations specific
to each course until the NTSB offers the
course. These types of questions are
unique to the specific course, and
impossible to know prior to the offering
of the course. Overall, the types of
information the NTSB will solicit in its
Training Center course evaluations is
appropriate for a generic approval for
the information collection.
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B. Supporting Statement
The OIRA Administrator’s
memorandum instructs agencies to
provide specific information in the
supporting statements describing the
information collections. In particular,
the supporting statements should
include the following:
• The method of collection and, if
statistical methods will be used, a discussion
of the statistical methodology;
• The category (or categories) of
respondents;
• The estimated ‘‘burden cap,’’ i.e., the
maximum number of burden hours (per year)
for the specific information collections, and
against which burden will be charged for
each collection actually used;
• The agency’s plans for how it will use
the information collected;
• The agency’s plans to obtain public
input regarding the specific information
collections (i.e., consultation); and
• The agency’s internal procedures to
ensure that the specific collections comply
with the PRA, applicable regulations, and the
terms of the generic clearance.
Id. at 2.
1. Method of Collection
The NTSB will collect the information
by transmitting the evaluation form to
attendees of each Training Center
course. Depending on the
circumstances, such transmission may
occur via hand delivery, electronic mail,
postal mail, or express mail, or a
combination of these methods.
Respondents will be provided
instructions concerning how to return
questionnaires to the Training Center.
The NTSB will not use statistical
methodology in reaching any
conclusions based on the evaluations.
Instead, the NTSB merely will note the
total number of respondents in any
documents in which it discusses the
evaluations.
Respondents’ completion of the
evaluations is voluntary, and the NTSB
generally will not contact them more
than once to request completion of the
evaluation.
2. Category of Respondents
In its evaluation forms, the NTSB will
generally seek information only from
attendees of each course. The NTSB will
have the contact information for each
attendee, because such information is
required when registering for Training
Center courses.
3. Maximum Burden Hours
The NTSB plans to distribute the
evaluations to attendees of each
Training Center course. The NTSB offers
12 different courses per year and
provides a repeated program for those
courses with the highest attendance
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levels. Among all courses, the NTSB
estimates a total of 600 non-Government
attendees complete courses in any given
year. As a result, the NTSB estimates it
will distribute approximately 600
Training Center evaluation forms each
year. Each evaluation form will take
approximately 11 minutes to complete.
The NTSB seeks to emphasize these
estimations are approximate, as they are
depend on the number of courses the
NTSB offers in the Training Center.
Some courses may be cancelled due to
low registration. In addition, only
Government employees may choose to
attend other courses. As a result, the
NTSB can only provide an approximate
estimate of the number of attendees per
year.
4. Use of the Information Collected
Feedback from attendees of NTSB
Training Center courses is extremely
important to the NTSB. The NTSB plans
its course offerings based on the level of
interest from potential attendees and on
the degree to which attendees have
found useful the information they
learned during such courses. As a result,
evaluations of NTSB Training Center
courses will influence future course
offerings. The NTSB will rely upon the
provision of completed course
evaluations to assist with the planning
of course offerings.
5. Public Input Regarding the
Information Collected
The NTSB does not generally obtain
public input concerning the scope of, or
specific questions on, NTSB Training
Center evaluation forms.
6. Internal Procedures
Lastly, the OIRA Administrator’s
memorandum describing generic
clearances recommends agencies
describe the procedures it will
undertake to ensure information
collections to which the generic
clearance applies will comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, applicable
regulations, and the terms provided in
the generic clearance. The NTSB Office
of General Counsel plans to provide
internal guidance to agency personnel
who offer courses and distribute course
evaluations at the NTSB Training
Center. Such guidance will include this
publication, as well as the OIRA
Administrator’s memorandum
discussing generic clearances, upon
OMB approval of the clearance. The
internal guidance will include specific
instructions concerning use of
evaluation forms, and explain the
applicable provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act and its implementing
regulations.
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C. Description of Burden
The NTSB has carefully reviewed
previous questionnaires it has used to
obtain information from attendees of
courses the NTSB Training Center
offers. The NTSB assures the public that
these questionnaires have used plain,
coherent, and unambiguous terminology
in its requests for feedback. In addition,
the questionnaires are not duplicative of
other agencies’ collections of
information, because the NTSB
maintains unique authority to offer such
courses concerning investigations of
transportation events. 49 U.S.C.
1113(b)(1)(I).
In general, the NTSB believes the
evaluation forms will impose a minimal
burden on respondents: As indicated
above, the NTSB estimates that each
respondent will spend approximately 11
minutes in completing the evaluation.
The NTSB estimates that a maximum of
240 respondents per year would
complete an evaluation. Although the
NTSB may distribute evaluations to
perhaps as many as 600 people, historic
response rates indicate only 40 percent
of the evaluations will be returned
completed. However, the NTSB again
notes this number will vary, given the
changes in course offerings at the NTSB
Training Center.
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D. Request for Comments
In accordance with 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A), the NTSB seeks feedback
from the public concerning this
proposed plan for information
collection. In particular, the NTSB asks
the public to evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary; to assess the accuracy of the
NTSB’s burden estimate; to comment on
how to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and to comment on how the
NTSB might minimize the burden of the
collection of information.
The NTSB will carefully consider all
feedback it receives in response to this
notice. As described above, obtaining
the information the NTSB seeks on
these evaluations in a timely manner is
important to course offerings at the
NTSB Training Center; therefore,
obtaining approval from OIRA for these
collections of information on a generic
basis is a priority for the NTSB.
Dated: October 6, 2014.
Christopher A. Hart,
Acting Chairman.
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
[Docket No. NRC–2014–0134]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Comment Request
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of
information collection and solicitation
of public comment.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) has recently
submitted to OMB for review the
following proposal for the collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby
informs potential respondents that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and
that a person is not required to respond
to, a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. The NRC published a Federal
Register notice with a 60-day comment
period on this information collection on
July 2, 2014.
1. Type of submission, new, revision,
or extension: Extension.
2. The title of the information
collection: 10 CFR part 36, ‘‘Licenses
and Radiation Safety Requirements for
Irradiators.’’
3. Current OMB approval number:
3150–0158.
4. How often the collection is
required: Annually.
5. Who will be required or asked to
report: Irradiator licensees licensed by
NRC or an Agreement State.
6. An estimate of the number of
annual responses: 1,911.28 (7.28 for
reporting [1.04 NRC licensee and 6.24
Agreement State licensees], 56 for
recordkeepers [8 NRC licensees and 48
Agreement State Licensees], and 1,848
for third-party disclosures [264 NRC
licensees and 1,584 Agreement State
licensees]).
7. The estimated number of annual
respondents: 56 (8 NRC licensees and 48
Agreement State licensees).
8. An estimate of the total number of
hours needed annually to complete the
requirement or request: 34,048 hours
(4,864 NRC licensee hours + 29,184
Agreement State licensee hours).
9. Abstract: Part 36 of Title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),
contains requirements for the issuance
of a license authorizing the use of sealed
sources containing radioactive materials
in irradiators used to irradiate objects or
materials for a variety of purposes in
research, industry, and other fields. The
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subparts cover specific requirements for
obtaining a license or license
exemption, design and performance
criteria for irradiators; and radiation
safety requirements for operating
irradiators, including requirements for
operating irradiators, including
requirements for operator training,
written operating and emergency
procedures, personnel monitoring,
radiation surveys, inspection, and
maintenance. Part 36 also contains the
recordkeeping and reporting
requirements that are necessary to
ensure that the irradiator is being safely
operated so that it does not pose any
danger to the health and safety of the
general public and the irradiator
employees.
The public may examine and have
copied for a fee publicly-available
documents, including the final
supporting statement, at the NRC’s
Public Document Room, Room O–1F21,
One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The
OMB clearance requests are available at
the NRC’s Web site: https://www.nrc.gov/
public-involve/doc-comment/omb/. The
document will be available on the
NRC’s home page site for 60 days after
the signature date of this notice.
Comments and questions should be
directed to the OMB reviewer listed
below by November 10, 2014.
Comments received after this date will
be considered if it is practical to do so,
but assurance of consideration cannot
be given to comments received after this
date.
Vlad Dorjets, Desk Officer, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs
(3150–0158), NEOB–10202, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington,
DC 20503.
Comments can also be emailed to
Vlad_Dorjets@omb.eop.gov or submitted
by telephone at 202–395–7315.
The NRC Clearance Officer is
Tremaine Donnell, telephone: 301–415–
6258.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day
of October, 2014.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Tremaine Donnell,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information
Services.
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NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
Plan for Generic Information Collection Activity: Submission for
OMB Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The NTSB is announcing it is submitting a plan for an
Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for approval, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act.
This ICR Plan describes various evaluation forms the NTSB plans to
use to obtain feedback from attendees of various NTSB training
programs. Feedback from attendees is important to the NTSB in ensuring
the NTSB's training courses and programs are helpful to attendees in
their places of employment; and useful to attendees who participate in
NTSB investigations and other related agency matters. This ICR Plan is
the second notice, as required by OMB regulations concerning approvals
of information collections. This notice again describes the nature of
the information collection and its expected burden and advises the
public it may submit comments on this proposed information collection
to the OMB desk officer for the NTSB.
DATES: Submit written comments regarding this proposed plan for the
collection of information by November 10, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Interested members of the public may submit written comments
on the collection of information to the OMB Desk Officer for the NTSB
at Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC
20503, or via fax: 202-395-5806, (this is not a toll-free number), or
email: OIRA-submission@omb.eop.gov. Commenters are encouraged, but not
required, to send a courtesy copy of any comments to the National
Transportation Safety Board Training Center, 45065 Riverside Parkway,
Ashburn, Virginia 20147.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Pritchert, NTSB Training
Officer, at (571) 223-3927.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with OMB regulations that
require this Notice for proposed ICRs, as well as OMB guidance
concerning generic approval of plans for information collections, the
NTSB herein notifies the public that it may submit comments on this
proposed ICR Plan to the OMB Desk Officer for the NTSB. 5 CFR
1320.10(a). Section 1320.10(a) requires this ``notice shall direct
comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of OMB,
Attention: Desk Officer for [NTSB].'' Pursuant to Sec. 1320.10(a), the
NTSB will provide a copy of this notice to OMB.
On March 13, 2014, the NTSB published a Notice requesting comments
for this ICR. 79 FR 14302-02. The NTSB did not receive any comments in
response to the request.
A. NTSB Training Center Evaluation Forms Are Appropriate for Generic
Approval
On May 28, 2010, Administrator, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), OMB, issued a memorandum to the Heads of
Executive Departments and Agencies, and Independent Regulatory
Agencies, providing instructions concerning how agencies can obtain
generic OMB clearances for information collections in certain
circumstances. Paperwork Reduction Act--Generic Clearances, available
at https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/inforeg/PRA_Gen_ICRs_5-28-2010.pdf. The memorandum states as follows concerning
the appropriateness of obtaining such clearances:
A generic ICR is a request for OMB approval of a plan for
conducting more than one information collection using very similar
methods when (1) the need for and the overall practical utility of
the data collection can be evaluated in advance, as part of the
review of the proposed plan, but (2) the agency cannot determine the
details of the specific individual collections until a later time.
The NTSB's desire to obtain information immediately following a
training course will assist the NTSB Training Center in developing
courses to achieve the NTSB's objective of improving investigators' and
transportation industry peers' practices of accident investigation. The
mission of the NTSB Training Center, in accordance with 49 U.S.C.
1113(b)(1)(I), is to promote safe transport by:
Ensuring and improving the quality of accident
investigation through critical thought, instruction, and research;
Communicating lessons learned, fostering the exchange of
new ideas and new experience, and advocating operational excellence;
Providing a modern platform for accident reconstruction
and evaluation; and
Utilizing its high-quality training resources to
facilitate family assistance and first responder programs, sister
agency instruction, and other compatible federal activity.
In administering training courses designed to achieve these
objectives, the NTSB seeks to maintain a standard of excellence. The
NTSB's goal of providing materials, instructors, methods of
instruction, and facility arrangements that are a worthy expenditure of
Federal funds will
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require the NTSB to obtain feedback on the training courses from
attendees.
This type of information collection is appropriate for generic
approval under the OIRA Administrator's guidance. The NTSB periodically
changes the identification numbers and subject matter addressed in NTSB
training courses. Such variance renders generic approval appropriate.
By distributing evaluation forms, the NTSB will gather feedback
concerning whether attendees found the instructor knowledgeable and
helpful; whether the course materials were appropriate; the location
and course facilities; the ``case studies'' discussed in the course;
and other similar topics. Each course evaluation form will include some
course-specific questions. Responses to such evaluations will assist
the NTSB in ensuring its courses work to fulfill the goals listed
above.
Currently, the NTSB offers the following training courses, about
which the NTSB seeks approval for evaluation forms: Accident
Investigation Orientation (RPH301); Aircraft Accident Investigation
(AS101); Aircraft Accident Investigation for Aviation Professionals (AS
301); Cognitive Interviewing Series (IM401S); Family Assistance
(TDA301); Investigating Human Fatigue Factors (IM303); Managing
Communications During an Aircraft Accident or Incident (PA302);
Managing Communications Following a Major Transportation Accident
(PA303); Managing Transportation Mass Fatality Incidents (TDA406);
Marine Accident Investigation (MS101); Mass Fatality Incidents for
Medicolegal Professionals (TDA403); Rotorcraft Accident Investigation
(AS102); and Survival Factors in Aviation Accidents (AS302). In
response to attendee feedback, requests for training in specific areas,
and other considerations, the NTSB will likely add or remove classes
from this list in the coming years.
The NTSB will tailor each evaluation form to ensure it requests
feedback specific to the particular course of which the NTSB seeks
evaluation. Consistent with the OIRA Administrator's guidance
concerning generic approvals, the NTSB will not be able to finalize
draft evaluations specific to each course until the NTSB offers the
course. These types of questions are unique to the specific course, and
impossible to know prior to the offering of the course. Overall, the
types of information the NTSB will solicit in its Training Center
course evaluations is appropriate for a generic approval for the
information collection.
B. Supporting Statement
The OIRA Administrator's memorandum instructs agencies to provide
specific information in the supporting statements describing the
information collections. In particular, the supporting statements
should include the following:
The method of collection and, if statistical methods
will be used, a discussion of the statistical methodology;
The category (or categories) of respondents;
The estimated ``burden cap,'' i.e., the maximum number
of burden hours (per year) for the specific information collections,
and against which burden will be charged for each collection
actually used;
The agency's plans for how it will use the information
collected;
The agency's plans to obtain public input regarding the
specific information collections (i.e., consultation); and
The agency's internal procedures to ensure that the
specific collections comply with the PRA, applicable regulations,
and the terms of the generic clearance.
Id. at 2.
1. Method of Collection
The NTSB will collect the information by transmitting the
evaluation form to attendees of each Training Center course. Depending
on the circumstances, such transmission may occur via hand delivery,
electronic mail, postal mail, or express mail, or a combination of
these methods. Respondents will be provided instructions concerning how
to return questionnaires to the Training Center.
The NTSB will not use statistical methodology in reaching any
conclusions based on the evaluations. Instead, the NTSB merely will
note the total number of respondents in any documents in which it
discusses the evaluations.
Respondents' completion of the evaluations is voluntary, and the
NTSB generally will not contact them more than once to request
completion of the evaluation.
2. Category of Respondents
In its evaluation forms, the NTSB will generally seek information
only from attendees of each course. The NTSB will have the contact
information for each attendee, because such information is required
when registering for Training Center courses.
3. Maximum Burden Hours
The NTSB plans to distribute the evaluations to attendees of each
Training Center course. The NTSB offers 12 different courses per year
and provides a repeated program for those courses with the highest
attendance levels. Among all courses, the NTSB estimates a total of 600
non-Government attendees complete courses in any given year. As a
result, the NTSB estimates it will distribute approximately 600
Training Center evaluation forms each year. Each evaluation form will
take approximately 11 minutes to complete.
The NTSB seeks to emphasize these estimations are approximate, as
they are depend on the number of courses the NTSB offers in the
Training Center. Some courses may be cancelled due to low registration.
In addition, only Government employees may choose to attend other
courses. As a result, the NTSB can only provide an approximate estimate
of the number of attendees per year.
4. Use of the Information Collected
Feedback from attendees of NTSB Training Center courses is
extremely important to the NTSB. The NTSB plans its course offerings
based on the level of interest from potential attendees and on the
degree to which attendees have found useful the information they
learned during such courses. As a result, evaluations of NTSB Training
Center courses will influence future course offerings. The NTSB will
rely upon the provision of completed course evaluations to assist with
the planning of course offerings.
5. Public Input Regarding the Information Collected
The NTSB does not generally obtain public input concerning the
scope of, or specific questions on, NTSB Training Center evaluation
forms.
6. Internal Procedures
Lastly, the OIRA Administrator's memorandum describing generic
clearances recommends agencies describe the procedures it will
undertake to ensure information collections to which the generic
clearance applies will comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act,
applicable regulations, and the terms provided in the generic
clearance. The NTSB Office of General Counsel plans to provide internal
guidance to agency personnel who offer courses and distribute course
evaluations at the NTSB Training Center. Such guidance will include
this publication, as well as the OIRA Administrator's memorandum
discussing generic clearances, upon OMB approval of the clearance. The
internal guidance will include specific instructions concerning use of
evaluation forms, and explain the applicable provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act and its implementing regulations.
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C. Description of Burden
The NTSB has carefully reviewed previous questionnaires it has used
to obtain information from attendees of courses the NTSB Training
Center offers. The NTSB assures the public that these questionnaires
have used plain, coherent, and unambiguous terminology in its requests
for feedback. In addition, the questionnaires are not duplicative of
other agencies' collections of information, because the NTSB maintains
unique authority to offer such courses concerning investigations of
transportation events. 49 U.S.C. 1113(b)(1)(I).
In general, the NTSB believes the evaluation forms will impose a
minimal burden on respondents: As indicated above, the NTSB estimates
that each respondent will spend approximately 11 minutes in completing
the evaluation. The NTSB estimates that a maximum of 240 respondents
per year would complete an evaluation. Although the NTSB may distribute
evaluations to perhaps as many as 600 people, historic response rates
indicate only 40 percent of the evaluations will be returned completed.
However, the NTSB again notes this number will vary, given the changes
in course offerings at the NTSB Training Center.
D. Request for Comments
In accordance with 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), the NTSB seeks feedback
from the public concerning this proposed plan for information
collection. In particular, the NTSB asks the public to evaluate whether
the proposed collection of information is necessary; to assess the
accuracy of the NTSB's burden estimate; to comment on how to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected;
and to comment on how the NTSB might minimize the burden of the
collection of information.
The NTSB will carefully consider all feedback it receives in
response to this notice. As described above, obtaining the information
the NTSB seeks on these evaluations in a timely manner is important to
course offerings at the NTSB Training Center; therefore, obtaining
approval from OIRA for these collections of information on a generic
basis is a priority for the NTSB.
Dated: October 6, 2014.
Christopher A. Hart,
Acting Chairman.
[FR Doc. 2014-24234 Filed 10-9-14; 8:45 am]
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