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By order of the Commission.
Lisa R. Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
the public notwithstanding the
inclusion of the routine notice.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1110-New]
Agency Information Collection
Activities Proposed eCollection
eComments Requests 60-Day Notice
Template for Extension of Generic
Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency
Service Delivery—New Collection
Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Department of Justice.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
Federal Bureau of
Investigation, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public to take this opportunity to
comment on the ‘‘Generic Clearance for
the Collection of Qualitative Feedback
on Agency Service Delivery ’’ for
approval under the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et.
seq.). This collection was developed as
part of a Federal Government-wide
effort to streamline the process for
seeking feedback from the public on
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.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received by January 5, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments by one of
the following methods:
• Web site: www.regulations.gov.
• Email: oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov
• Fax: (202) 395–5806
Comments submitted in response to
this notice may be made available to the
public by contacting John Kane at 1
(304) 625–3568. 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 email comment, your email address
will be automatically captured and
included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public docket and made
available on the Internet. 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
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If
you have comments especially on the
estimated public burden or associated
response time, suggestions, or need a
copy of the proposed information
collection instrument with instructions
or additional information, please
contact John Kane, National Data
Exchange (N–DEx) Program Office,
FBI—Criminal Justice Information
Services (CJIS) Division, at 1 (304) 625–
3568, or email john.kane@ic.fbi.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 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,
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 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, 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 Agency’s services
will be unavailable.
The Agency 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
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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 is not intended 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; 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.
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.
Current Actions: New Information
Collection Request
Type of Review: New Collection
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Affected Public: Individuals and
Households, Businesses and
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2000
Below we provide projected average
estimates for the next three years:
Average Expected Annual Number of
activities: 1
Average number of Respondents per
Activity: 1000
Annual responses: 2000
Frequency of Response: Once per
request
Average minutes per response: 10
Burden hours: 167
Request for Comments: Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval. Comments
are invited on: (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.
All written comments will be
available for public inspection
Regulations.gov.
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.
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Dated: October 29, 2014.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Consent Decree Under the Clean Water
Act
Notice is hereby given that, for a
period of 30 days, the United States will
receive public comments on a proposed
Consent Decree in United States v.
Superior Crude Gathering, Inc. (Civil
Action No. 2:14–cv–0433), which was
lodged with the United States District
Court for the Southern District of Texas
on October 29, 2014.
The Complaint was filed on the same
day and seeks civil penalties under
Section 311 of the Clean Water Act
related to the unauthorized discharge of
oil from two crude oil storage tanks at
the Superior Crude storage facility in
Ingleside, Texas and for violations of
spill prevention and planning
regulations. Superior Crude has ceased
operations at the facility, which is
located at the former Falcon Refinery.
Under the settlement, Superior Crude
will pay a $1.61 million civil penalty for
violation of the Clean Water Act.
The publication of this notice opens
a period for public comment on the
proposed Consent Decree. Comments
should be addressed to the Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and
Natural Resources Division, and should
refer to United States v. Superior Crude
Gathering, Inc. (Civil Action No. 2:14–
cv–0433), D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–1–1–10773.
All comments must be submitted no
later than thirty (30) days after the
publication date of this notice.
Comments may be submitted either by
email or by mail:
To submit
comments:
Send them to:
By email .......
pubcomment-ees.enrd@
usdoj.gov.
Assistant Attorney General,
U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O.
Box 7611, Washington, DC
20044–7611.
By mail .........
During the public comment period,
the proposed Consent Decree may be
examined and downloaded at this
Justice Department Web site:
https://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/Consent_
Decrees.html. We will provide a paper
copy of the proposed Consent Decree
upon written request and payment of
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Library, U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. Box
7611, Washington, DC 20044–7611.
Please enclose a check or money order
for $4.00 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United
States Treasury.
Thomas P. Carroll,
Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
Enforcement Section, Environment and
Natural Resources Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National
Cooperative Research and Production
Act of 1993—ODVA, Inc.
Notice is hereby given that, on
October 15, 2014, pursuant to Section
6(a) of the National Cooperative
Research and Production Act of 1993,
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’),
ODVA, Inc. (‘‘ODVA’’) has filed written
notifications simultaneously with the
Attorney General and the Federal Trade
Commission disclosing changes in its
membership. The notifications were
filed for the purpose of extending the
Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of
antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages
under specified circumstances.
Specifically, Aparian, Inc., Irvine, CA;
Doosan Heavy Industrial & Construction
Co., Ltd., Daejeon, REPUBLIC OF
KOREA; FASTECH, Bucheon,
REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Insight
Automation, Inc., Erlanger, KY; K.A.
Schmersal GmbH & Co. KG, Wuppertal,
GERMANY; Nordson Corporation,
Westlake, OH; Rocon L.L.C., Hazel Park,
MI; and SAMWON ACT Co., Ltd.,
Busan, REPUBLIC OF KOREA, have
been added as parties to this venture.
Also, Alstom Transport, LevalloisPerret, FRANCE; Altera Corporation,
San Jose, CA; Beijing KLT Electric Co.,
Ltd., Beijing, PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF
CHINA; Jacobs Automation, Hebron,
KY; Jetter AG, Ludwigsburg,
GERMANY; Monaghan Engineering,
Inc., Dripping Springs, TX; Monduran
Pty Ltd, Southport, AUSTRALIA;
Secure Crossing, Dearborn, MI; Sierra
Instruments, Monterey, CA; TDKLambda, Neptune, NJ; Thermo Scientific
AquaSensors, Waltham, MA; Trebing +
Himstedt, Schwerin, GERMANY; and
Wolke Inks & Printers GmbH,
Hersbruck, GERMANY, have withdrawn
as parties to this venture.
No other changes have been made in
either the membership or planned
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[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2014-26107]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1110-New]
Agency Information Collection Activities Proposed eCollection
eComments Requests 60-Day Notice Template for Extension of Generic
Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery--New Collection
AGENCY: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: Federal Bureau of Investigation, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general
public to take this opportunity to comment on the ``Generic Clearance
for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
'' for approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501
et. seq.). This collection was developed as part of a Federal
Government-wide effort to streamline the process for seeking feedback
from the public on 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.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by January
5, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments by one of the following methods:
Web site: www.regulations.gov.
Email: oira_submission@omb.eop.gov
Fax: (202) 395-5806
Comments submitted in response to this notice may be made available
to the public by contacting John Kane at 1 (304) 625-3568. 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 email comment, your email
address will be automatically captured and included as part of the
comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the
Internet. 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have comments especially on the
estimated public burden or associated response time, suggestions, or
need a copy of the proposed information collection instrument with
instructions or additional information, please contact John Kane,
National Data Exchange (N-DEx) Program Office, FBI--Criminal Justice
Information Services (CJIS) Division, at 1 (304) 625-3568, or email
john.kane@ic.fbi.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 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, 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 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, 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 Agency's services will be unavailable.
The Agency 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 is not
intended 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;
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. 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.
Current Actions: New Information Collection Request
Type of Review: New Collection
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Affected Public: Individuals and Households, Businesses and
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2000
Below we provide projected average estimates for the next three
years:
Average Expected Annual Number of activities: 1
Average number of Respondents per Activity: 1000
Annual responses: 2000
Frequency of Response: Once per request
Average minutes per response: 10
Burden hours: 167
Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice
will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval.
Comments are invited on: (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.
All written comments will be available for public inspection
Regulations.gov.
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.
Dated: October 29, 2014.
Jerri Murray,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2014-26107 Filed 11-4-14; 8:45 am]
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