Notice and Request for Comments, 54918-54919 [2016-19603]

Download as PDF mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES 54918 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 159 / Wednesday, August 17, 2016 / Notices Abstract: FRA regulations in 49 CFR part 221 contain requirements for rear end marking devices and for railroads to give FRA a detailed description of the type of marking devices used for any locomotive operating singly or for cars or locomotives operating at the end of a train (trailing end) to ensure they meet minimum standards for visibility and display. Specifically, part 221 requires railroads to furnish a certification it has tested each device consistent with current ‘‘Guidelines for Testing of Rear End Marking Devices.’’ Additionally, part 221 requires railroads to furnish detailed test records, which include the testing organizations, description of tests, number of samples tested, and the test results, to demonstrate compliance with the performance standard. Request: Extension without change of a currently approved information collection. Affected Public: Businesses (Railroads). Form(s): N/A. Total Annual Estimated Burden: 39 hours. Total Annual Estimated Responses: 4. Title: Locomotive Certification (Noise Compliance Regulations). OMB Control Number: 2130–0527. Abstract: FRA’s noise enforcement procedures in 49 CFR part 210, encompass rail yard noise source standards the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publishes. EPA has authority to set these standards under the Noise Control Act of 1972. Information FRA collects under part 210 is necessary to ensure compliance with EPA noise standards for new locomotives. Request: Extension without change of a currently approved information collection. Affected Public: Businesses (Railroads). Form(s): Form FRA F 6180.49A. Total Annual Estimated Burden: 2,767 hours. Total Annual Estimated Responses: 1,582. Title: Railroad Police Officers. OMB Control Number: 2130–0537. Abstract: FRA regulations in 49 CFR part 207 require railroads to notify states of all designated police officers who perform duties outside of their respective jurisdictions. This is necessary to verify proper police authority. Request: Extension without change of a currently approved information collection. Affected Public: Businesses (Railroads). Form(s): N/A. Total Annual Estimated Burden: 181 hours. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:39 Aug 16, 2016 Jkt 238001 Total Annual Estimated Responses: 70. Title: Foreign Railroads Foreign-Based (FRFB) Employees Who Perform Train or Dispatching Service in the United States. OMB Control Number: 2130–0555. Abstract: For foreign-based railroads with an FRA-approved foreign workplace alcohol and drug testing program equivalent to 49 CFR part 219, subparts B, E, F, and G, this FRA regulation requires removal from service of FRFB train and dispatching service employees who test positive for unauthorized use of alcohol and drugs. Part 219 testing enhances safety and serves as a deterrent to other FRFB train and dispatching service employees who might be tempted to use unauthorized drugs or alcohol. FRA uses this collection of information to determine the compliance of FRFB train and dispatching service employees and their employers with the prohibitions against the abuse of alcohol and controlled substances spelled out in part 219. Request: Extension with change of a currently approved information collection. Affected Public: Businesses (Railroads). Form(s): N/A. Total Annual Estimated Burden: 27 hours. Total Annual Estimated Responses: 91. Addresses: Send comments regarding these information collections to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 Seventeenth Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: FRA Desk Officer. Comments may also be sent via email to OMB at the following address: oira_submissions@ omb.eop.gov. Comments are invited on the following: Whether the proposed collections of information are necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Department, including: (1) Whether the information will have practical utility; the accuracy of the Department’s estimates of the burden of the proposed information collections; (2) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (3) ways to minimize the burden of the collections of information on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. A comment to OMB is best assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. PO 00000 Frm 00133 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Issued in Washington, DC, on August 12, 2016. Sarah L. Inderbitzin, Acting Chief Counsel. [FR Doc. 2016–19626 Filed 8–16–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–06–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [Docket No. DOT–NHTSA–2016–0082] Notice and Request for Comments National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Notice and request for comments. AGENCY: The Department of Transportation (DOT) invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information collection. Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from the public, it must receive approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Under procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, before seeking OMB approval, Federal agencies must solicit public comment on proposed collections of information, including extensions and reinstatement of previously approved collections. DATES: Written comments should be submitted by October 17, 2016. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by DOT Docket No. NHTSA– XX–XX] by any of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. • Mail: Docket Management Facility: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001. • Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Telephone: 1–800–647–5527. • Fax: 202–493–2251. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shirlene Ball, 202–366–2245, Office of the Chief Information Officer, NPO–420, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\17AUN1.SGM 17AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 159 / Wednesday, August 17, 2016 / Notices mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES OMB Control Number: 2127–0588. Title: Air Bag Deactivation. Type of Review: Renewal of a previously approved information collection. Abstract: If a private individual or lessee wants to install an air bag on-off switch to turn-off either or both frontal air bags, they must complete Form OMB 2127–0588 to certify certain statements regarding use of the switch. The dealer or business must, in turn, submit the completed forms to NHTSA within seven days. The submission of the completed forms by the dealers and repair business to NHTSA, as required, will serve the agency several purposes. They will aid the agency in monitoring the number of authorization requests submitted and the pattern in claims of risk group membership. The completed forms will enable the agency to determine whether the dealers and repair business are complying with the terms of the exemption, which include a requirement that the dealers and repair businesses accept only fully completed forms. Finally, submission of the completed forms to the agency will promote honesty and accuracy in the filling out of the forms by vehicle owners. The air bag on-off switches are installed only in vehicles in which the risk of harm needs to be minimized on a case-by-case basis. Affected Public: Private Individuals, fleet owners and lessees, motor vehicle dealers, and repair business. Estimated Number of Respondents: 750. Number of Responses: 750. Estimated Total Annual Burden: 375. Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of this information collection, including (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the Department’s performance; (b) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for the Department to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (d) ways that the burden could be minimized without reducing the quality of the collected information. The agency will summarize and/or include your comments in the request for OMB’s clearance of this information collection. Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1:48. Kevin Mahoney, Director, Office of Corporate Customer Services. [FR Doc. 2016–19603 Filed 8–16–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–59–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:39 Aug 16, 2016 Jkt 238001 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Privacy Act of 1974 AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Notice of New System of Records. ACTION: The Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552(e) (4)) requires that all agencies publish in the Federal Register a notice of the existence and character of their systems of records. Notice is hereby given that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is establishing a new system of records entitled ‘‘VA National Cemetery Pre-Need Eligibility Determination Records’’—VA (SORN # 175VA41A). SUMMARY: Comments on this new system of records must be received no later than September 16, 2016. If no public comment is received during the period allowed for comment or unless otherwise published in the Federal Register by the VA, the new system will become effective September 16, 2016. ADDRESSES: Written comments concerning the proposed amended system of records may be submitted by: Mail or hand-delivery to Director, Regulations Management (02REG), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Room 1068, Washington, DC 20420; fax to (202) 273–9026; or email to www.Regulations.gov. All comments received will be available for public inspection in the Office of Regulation Policy and Management, Room 1063B, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday (except holidays). Please call (202) 461–4902 (this is not a toll-free number) for an appointment. In addition, during the comment period, comments may be viewed online through the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) at www.regulations.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: National Cemetery Administration (NCA) Privacy Officer (43D), Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20420, telephone (202) 632–7728 (this is not a toll-free number). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed system of records contains military service information, entry and discharge documentation, personal identifiers, demographic data (e.g., name, social security number, physical address, phone number, email address), and socioeconomic characteristics (e.g., date of birth, place of birth, date of death, gender, marital records; health DATES: PO 00000 Frm 00134 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 54919 records; health related information, benefit related information) provided with an application for a determination of eligibility for burial in a VA national cemetery in advance of an individual’s time of need (referred to as ‘‘pre-need’’). The proposed system of records contains information on Veterans, Veteran beneficiaries, members of the Armed Forces of the United States and their beneficiaries, as well as claimants (such as funeral home directors) submitting pre-need eligibility determinations on behalf of potentially eligible individuals. VA authorized users include VA employees, VA contractors, and other individuals with access to VA IT systems. The purpose of the system of records includes but is not limited to providing a repository for military, personal, and administrative information that is collected, retrieved, and disclosed to authorized individuals related to pre-need eligibility determinations for burial in a VA national cemetery. Information contained in this system of records may also be used as an aggregate, nonpersonally identifiable set to track, evaluate, and report on local and national benefits initiatives, such as cemetery development and emerging burial needs. Information in this proposed system of records will be protected from unauthorized access through administrative, physical, and technical safeguards. Access to the hard copy and computerized information will be restricted to VA employees and VA contractors by means of PIV card and PIN, and/or passwords. Hard copy records will be maintained in offices that are restricted by cypher locks during work hours and locked after duty hours with security camera surveillance of the office area and facility. The VA facility is located in GSA-leased office space and is under the protection of the Department of Homeland Security. VA is proposing the following routine use disclosures of information to be maintained in the system: VA may disclose information from the record of an individual in response to an inquiry from the congressional offices made at the request of that individual or by another on behalf of that individual. VA must be able to provide information about individuals to adequately respond to inquiries from Members of Congress at the request of constituents who have sought their assistance. VA may, on its own initiative, disclose information from this system to appropriate agencies, entities, and persons when (1) VA suspects or has confirmed that the integrity or confidentiality of information in the E:\FR\FM\17AUN1.SGM 17AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 17, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54918-54919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19603]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. DOT-NHTSA-2016-0082]


Notice and Request for Comments

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 
Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation (DOT) invites public comments 
about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) approval to renew an information collection. Before a Federal 
agency can collect certain information from the public, it must receive 
approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Under 
procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, before 
seeking OMB approval, Federal agencies must solicit public comment on 
proposed collections of information, including extensions and 
reinstatement of previously approved collections.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by October 17, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by DOT Docket No. NHTSA-
XX-XX] by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility: U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Ground Floor, 
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building Ground Floor, Room 
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Telephone: 1-800-647-
5527.
     Fax: 202-493-2251.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shirlene Ball, 202-366-2245, Office of 
the Chief Information Officer, NPO-420, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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    OMB Control Number: 2127-0588.
    Title: Air Bag Deactivation.
    Type of Review: Renewal of a previously approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: If a private individual or lessee wants to install an air 
bag on-off switch to turn-off either or both frontal air bags, they 
must complete Form OMB 2127-0588 to certify certain statements 
regarding use of the switch. The dealer or business must, in turn, 
submit the completed forms to NHTSA within seven days. The submission 
of the completed forms by the dealers and repair business to NHTSA, as 
required, will serve the agency several purposes. They will aid the 
agency in monitoring the number of authorization requests submitted and 
the pattern in claims of risk group membership. The completed forms 
will enable the agency to determine whether the dealers and repair 
business are complying with the terms of the exemption, which include a 
requirement that the dealers and repair businesses accept only fully 
completed forms. Finally, submission of the completed forms to the 
agency will promote honesty and accuracy in the filling out of the 
forms by vehicle owners. The air bag on-off switches are installed only 
in vehicles in which the risk of harm needs to be minimized on a case-
by-case basis.
    Affected Public: Private Individuals, fleet owners and lessees, 
motor vehicle dealers, and repair business.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 750.
    Number of Responses: 750.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 375.
    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of 
this information collection, including (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the Department's 
performance; (b) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for the 
Department to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the 
information collection; and (d) ways that the burden could be minimized 
without reducing the quality of the collected information. The agency 
will summarize and/or include your comments in the request for OMB's 
clearance of this information collection.

    Authority:  The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1:48.

Kevin Mahoney,
Director, Office of Corporate Customer Services.
[FR Doc. 2016-19603 Filed 8-16-16; 8:45 am]
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