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processing, for immediate national
security, or to prevent significant
economic loss. To qualify for emergency
processing, the application must meet
specific criteria, justifications must be
well documented, and describe the
impact if the special permit is not
granted.
PHMSA issued a non-site specific
special permit (Special Permit DOT–SP
16279) to certain waste haulers, which
authorizes the transportation in
commerce of waste contaminated with
or suspected of being contaminated with
the Ebola virus for disposal. Other waste
haulers not yet authorized under
Special Permit DOT–SP 16279 may
apply for party status in accordance
with 49 CFR 107.107. If an entity needs
a variance from the HMR, it must apply
for a special permit as provided in 49
CFR part 107 subpart B.
The DOT’s Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration has
provided the following guidance on the
transportation of these materials:
• ‘‘DOT Guidance for Preparing
Packages of Ebola Contaminated Waste
for Transportation and Disposal’’
provides guidance to prepare packages
containing waste contaminated or
suspected of being contaminated with
the Ebola virus for transportation to offsite treatment and disposal. https://
phmsa.dot.gov/staticfiles/PHMSA/
DownloadableFiles/Files/suspected_
ebola_patient_packaging_guidance_
final.pdf.
• ‘‘DOT Guidance for Transporting
Ebola Contaminated Items, a Category A
Infectious Substance’’ provides common
FAQs regarding the HMR requirements
for Category A infectious substances.
https://phmsa.dot.gov/portal/site/
PHMSA/menuitem.6f23687cf
7b00b0f22e4c6962d9c8789/?vgnextoid=
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d248724dd7d6c010VgnVCM10000080e
8a8c0RCRD&vgnextfmt=print.
• ‘‘Transporting Infectious
Substances Safely’’ brochure that
explains the HMR for transporting
infectious substance is available at:
https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/pv_obj_
cache/pv_obj_id_54AC1BCBF0
DFBE298024C4C700569893C2582700/
filename/Transporting_Infectious_
Substances_brochure.pdf.
• Special Permit DOT–SP 16279
provides certain carriers with
alternative authorized packaging
options for transporting waste
contaminated or suspected of being
contaminated with the Ebola virus for
treatment and disposal. https://
phmsa.dot.gov/staticfiles/PHMSA/
DownloadableFiles/Files/DOT_SP_
16279.pdf.
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Additional Information
Æ All Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention guidance regarding the Ebola
virus is available at: https://
www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/.
For questions on the HMR
requirements, please contact the
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration’s (PHMSA’s) Hazardous
Materials Information Center at 1–800–
467–4922, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Eastern time.
Magdy El-Sibaie,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous
Materials Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
Notice and Request for Comments
AGENCY:
Surface Transportation Board,
DOT.
30-day notice of request for
approval: Extension of Generic
Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery.
ACTION:
As part of its continuing effort
to streamline the process to seek
feedback from the public on agency
service delivery, and as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44
U.S.C. 3501–3519 (PRA), the Surface
Transportation Board (STB or Board)
gives notice that it is requesting from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval of generic clearance for
the collection of qualitative feedback on
agency service delivery.
The Board previously published a
notice about this collection in the
Federal Register on July 28, 2014, at 79
FR 43820. That notice allowed for a 60day public review and comment period.
No comments were received.
Comments may now be submitted to
OMB concerning: (1) The accuracy of
the Board’s burden estimates; (2) ways
to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information collected; (3)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology
when appropriate; and (4) whether the
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Board, including
whether the collection has practical
utility. Submitted comments will be
considered and also included in the
Board’s request for OMB approval.
SUMMARY:
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Description of Collection
Title: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery.
OMB Control Number: 2140–0019.
STB Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households, Businesses and
Organizations, State, and Local or Tribal
Government.
Average Expected Annual Number of
Activities: 5.
Respondents: 15 (for one focus group),
150 (for each of two surveys), 200 (for
each of two comments card requests).
Annual Responses: 15 (for focus
groups), 300 (for surveys), and 400 (for
comment cards).
Frequency of Response: Once per
request.
Average Minutes per Response: 24
minutes (2 hours per focus group, 36
minutes per survey, 10 minutes per
comment card).
Burden Hours: 277.
Total Burden Hours (annually
including all respondents): We estimate
a total of 277 hours for all respondents
(24 minutes per response × 715
responses).
Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost:
Because respondents email their
response letters to the Board, there are
no non-hour costs to respondents.
Needs and Uses: The information
collection activity will garner
qualitative customer and stakeholder
feedback in an efficient, timely manner,
in accordance with the Governmentwide commitment to improving service
delivery. By qualitative feedback we
mean information that provides useful
insights on perceptions and opinions, as
opposed to 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 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 the Board’s program
management.
Feedback collected under this generic
clearance will provide useful
information, but it will not yield data
that can be generalized to the overall
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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.
Comments on this information
collection should be submitted by
December 1, 2014.
DATES:
For
further information regarding the
‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery,’’ contact Chris Oehrle at (202)
245–0271 or oehrlec@stb.dot.gov.
[Assistance for the hearing impaired is
available through the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at
1–800–877–8339.]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Under the
PRA, a federal agency conducting or
sponsoring a collection of information
must display a currently valid OMB
control number. A collection of
information, which is defined in 44
U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c),
includes agency requirements or
requests that persons submit reports,
keep records, or provide information to
the agency, third parties, or the public.
Section 3507(b) of the PRA requires,
concurrent with an agency’s submitting
a collection to OMB for approval, a 30day notice and comment period through
publication in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension of an existing collection of
information.
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Designation of 1 Individual and 1 Entity
Pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of
September 23, 2001, ‘‘Blocking
Property and Prohibiting Transactions
With Persons Who Commit, Threaten
To Commit, or Support Terrorism’’
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
Written comments should
be identified as ‘‘Paperwork Reduction
Act Comments, Surface Transportation
Board, Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery.’’ These
comments should be directed to the
Office of Management and Budget,
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attention: Patrick Fuchs,
Surface Transportation Board Desk
Officer, by email at OIRA_
SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV; by fax at
(202) 395–6974; or by mail to Room
10235, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: October 24, 2014.
Brendetta S. Jones,
Clearance Clerk.
Office of Foreign Assets Control
AGENCY:
ADDRESSES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
The Treasury Department’s
Office of Foreign Assets Control
(‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the names of 1
individual and 1 entity whose property
and interests in property are blocked
pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of
September 23, 2001, ‘‘Blocking Property
and Prohibiting Transactions With
Persons Who Commit, Threaten To
Commit, or Support Terrorism.’’
DATES: The designations by the Director
of OFAC of the 1 individual and 1 entity
in this notice, pursuant to Executive
Order 13224, are effective on August 27,
2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Assistant Director, Compliance
Outreach & Implementation, Office of
Foreign Assets Control, Department of
the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220,
tel.: 202/622–2490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Electronic and Facsimile Availability
This document and additional
information concerning OFAC are
available from OFAC’s Web site
(www.treas.gov/ofac) or via facsimile
through a 24-hour fax-on-demand
service, tel.: 202/622–0077.
Background
On September 23, 2001, the President
issued Executive Order 13224 (the
‘‘Order’’) pursuant to the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50
U.S.C. 1701–1706, and the United
Nations Participation Act of 1945, 22
U.S.C. 287c. In the Order, the President
declared a national emergency to
address grave acts of terrorism and
threats of terrorism committed by
foreign terrorists, including the
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in
New York, Pennsylvania, and at the
Pentagon. The Order imposes economic
sanctions on persons who have
committed, pose a significant risk of
committing, or support acts of terrorism.
The President identified in the Annex to
the Order, as amended by Executive
Order 13268 of July 2, 2002, 13
individuals and 16 entities as subject to
the economic sanctions. The Order was
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further amended by Executive Order
13284 of January 23, 2003, to reflect the
creation of the Department of Homeland
Security.
Section 1 of the Order blocks, with
certain exceptions, all property and
interests in property that are in or
hereafter come within the United States
or the possession or control of United
States persons, of: (1) Foreign persons
listed in the Annex to the Order; (2)
foreign persons determined by the
Secretary of State, in consultation with
the Secretary of the Treasury, the
Secretary of the Department of
Homeland Security and the Attorney
General, to have committed, or to pose
a significant risk of committing, acts of
terrorism that threaten the security of
U.S. nationals or the national security,
foreign policy, or economy of the United
States; (3) persons determined by the
Director of OFAC, in consultation with
the Departments of State, Homeland
Security and Justice, to be owned or
controlled by, or to act for or on behalf
of those persons listed in the Annex to
the Order or those persons determined
to be subject to subsection 1(b), 1(c), or
1(d)(i) of the Order; and (4) except as
provided in section 5 of the Order and
after such consultation, if any, with
foreign authorities as the Secretary of
State, in consultation with the Secretary
of the Treasury, the Secretary of the
Department of Homeland Security and
the Attorney General, deems
appropriate in the exercise of his
discretion, persons determined by the
Director of OFAC, in consultation with
the Departments of State, Homeland
Security and Justice, to assist in,
sponsor, or provide financial, material,
or technological support for, or financial
or other services to or in support of,
such acts of terrorism or those persons
listed in the Annex to the Order or
determined to be subject to the Order or
to be otherwise associated with those
persons listed in the Annex to the Order
or those persons determined to be
subject to subsection 1(b), 1(c), or 1(d)(i)
of the Order.
On August 27, 2014, the Director of
OFAC, in consultation with the
Departments of State, Homeland
Security, Justice and other relevant
agencies, designated, pursuant to one or
more of the criteria set forth in
subsections 1(b), 1(c) or 1(d) of the
Order, 1 individual and 1 entity whose
property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to Executive Order
13224.
The listings for this individual and
entity on OFAC’s list of Specially
Designated Nationals and Blocked
Persons appear as follows:
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
Notice and Request for Comments
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, DOT.
ACTION: 30-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: As part of its continuing effort to streamline the process to
seek feedback from the public on agency service delivery, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3519
(PRA), the Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) gives notice
that it is requesting from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
approval of generic clearance for the collection of qualitative
feedback on agency service delivery.
The Board previously published a notice about this collection in
the Federal Register on July 28, 2014, at 79 FR 43820. That notice
allowed for a 60-day public review and comment period. No comments were
received.
Comments may now be submitted to OMB concerning: (1) The accuracy
of the Board's burden estimates; (2) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information collected; (3) ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of information on the respondents,
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology when appropriate; and (4) whether the collection
of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions
of the Board, including whether the collection has practical utility.
Submitted comments will be considered and also included in the Board's
request for OMB approval.
Description of Collection
Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback
on Agency Service Delivery.
OMB Control Number: 2140-0019.
STB Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without change.
Affected Public: Individuals and Households, Businesses and
Organizations, State, and Local or Tribal Government.
Average Expected Annual Number of Activities: 5.
Respondents: 15 (for one focus group), 150 (for each of two
surveys), 200 (for each of two comments card requests).
Annual Responses: 15 (for focus groups), 300 (for surveys), and 400
(for comment cards).
Frequency of Response: Once per request.
Average Minutes per Response: 24 minutes (2 hours per focus group,
36 minutes per survey, 10 minutes per comment card).
Burden Hours: 277.
Total Burden Hours (annually including all respondents): We
estimate a total of 277 hours for all respondents (24 minutes per
response x 715 responses).
Total ``Non-hour Burden'' Cost: Because respondents email their
response letters to the Board, there are no non-hour costs to
respondents.
Needs and Uses: The information collection activity will garner
qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely
manner, in accordance with the Government-wide commitment to improving
service delivery. By qualitative feedback we mean information that
provides useful insights on perceptions and opinions, as opposed to
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 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 the Board's program
management.
Feedback collected under this generic clearance will provide useful
information, but it will not yield data that can be generalized to the
overall
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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.
DATES: Comments on this information collection should be submitted by
December 1, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be identified as ``Paperwork
Reduction Act Comments, Surface Transportation Board, Generic Clearance
for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery.'' These comments should be directed to the Office of
Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Patrick Fuchs, Surface Transportation Board Desk Officer, by
email at OIRA_SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV; by fax at (202) 395-6974; or by
mail to Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information regarding the
``Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery,'' contact Chris Oehrle at (202) 245-0271 or
oehrlec@stb.dot.gov. [Assistance for the hearing impaired is available
through the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-
8339.]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA, a federal agency conducting
or sponsoring a collection of information must display a currently
valid OMB control number. A collection of information, which is defined
in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c), includes agency requirements
or requests that persons submit reports, keep records, or provide
information to the agency, third parties, or the public. Section
3507(b) of the PRA requires, concurrent with an agency's submitting a
collection to OMB for approval, a 30-day notice and comment period
through publication in the Federal Register concerning each proposed
collection of information, including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information.
Dated: October 24, 2014.
Brendetta S. Jones,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2014-25760 Filed 10-29-14; 8:45 am]
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