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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
[FTA Docket No. FTA 2017–0015]
Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review
AGENCY:
Federal Transit Administration,
DOT.
ACTION:
Notice of request for comments.
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Information
Collection Requirements (ICRs)
abstracted below have been forwarded
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and comment. The
ICR describe the nature of the
information collection and their
expected burdens. The Federal Register
notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following
collections of information was
published on March 15, 2017 (82 FR
13923).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before July 19, 2017.
ADDRESSES: All written comments must
refer to the docket number that appears
at the top of this document and be
submitted to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, 725–17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20503,
Attention: FTA Desk Officer.
Alternatively, comments may be sent
via email to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of
Management and Budget, at the
following address: oira_submissions@
omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tia
Swain, Office of Administration,
Management Planning Division, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Mail Stop
TAD–10, Washington, DC 20590 (202)
366–0354 or tia.swain@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), Public Law 104–13, Section 2,
109 Stat. 163 (1995) (codified as revised
at 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), and its
implementing regulations, 5 CFR part
1320, require Federal agencies to issue
two notices seeking public comment on
information collection activities before
OMB may approve paperwork packages.
44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.5,
1320.8(d)(1), 1320.12. On March 15,
2017, published a 60-day notice (82 FR
13923) in the Federal Register soliciting
comments on the ICR that the agency
was seeking OMB approval. FTA
received no comments after issuing this
60-day notice. Accordingly, DOT
announces that these information
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collection activities have been reevaluated and certified under 5 CFR
1320.5(a) and forwarded to OMB for
review and approval pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.12(c).
Before OMB decides whether to
approve these proposed collections of
information, it must provide 30 days for
public comment. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b); 5
CFR 1320.12(d). Federal law requires
OMB to approve or disapprove
paperwork packages between 30 and 60
days after the 30 day notice is
published. 44 U.S.C. 3507 (b)–(c); 5 CFR
1320.12(d); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983,
Aug. 29, 1995. OMB believes that the 30
day notice informs the regulated
community to file relevant comments
and affords the agency adequate time to
digest public comments before it
renders a decision. 60 FR 44983, Aug.
29, 1995. Therefore, respondents should
submit their respective comments to
OMB within 30 days of publication to
best ensure having their full effect. 5
CFR 1320.12(c); see also 60 FR 44983,
Aug. 29, 1995.
The summaries below describe the
nature of the information collection
requirements (ICRs) and the expected
burden. The requirements are being
submitted for clearance by OMB as
required by the PRA.
Title: Nondiscrimination as It Applies
to FTA Grant Programs.
OMB Control Number: 2132–0542.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The Federal Transit Laws,
49 U.S.C. 5332(b), provide that ‘‘no
person in the United States shall on the
grounds of race, color, religion, national
origin, sex, or age be excluded from the
participation in, be denied the benefits
of, or be subjected to discrimination
under any project, program or activity
funded in whole or in part through
financial assistance under this Act.’’
This applies to employment and
business opportunities and is in
addition to the provisions of Title VI of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Any FTA
applicant, recipient, sub-recipient, and
contractor who employ 100 or more
transit-related employees and requests
or receives capital or operating
assistance in excess of $1 million in the
previous Federal fiscal year, or requests
or receives planning assistance in excess
of $250,000 in the previous Federal
fiscal year must implement all of the
EEO Program elements. Agencies that
have between 50–99 transit-related
employees are required to prepare and
maintain an EEO Program that includes
the statement of policy, dissemination
plan, designation of personnel,
assessment of employment practices,
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and a monitoring and reporting system.
These smaller agencies are not required
to conduct a utilization analysis with
goals and timetables or to submit the
EEO Program to FTA every four years.
Instead, these agencies will be required
to provide the EEO Program to FTA if
requested by the Office of Civil Rights
or for a State Management Review or
Triennial Review.
Annual Estimated Total Burden
Hours: 1,575 hours.
Comments are Invited On: Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; the accuracy of
the Department’s estimate of the burden
of the proposed information collection;
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the collection 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.
William Hyre,
Deputy Associate Administrator for
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
[FTA Docket No. 2017–0018]
Notice of Request for Revisions of an
Information Collection
AGENCY:
Federal Transit Administration,
DOT.
ACTION:
Notice of request for comments.
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to
request the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) to approve a renewal
without revisions to the following
information: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
before August 18, 2017.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that your
comments are not entered more than
once into the docket, submit comments
identified by the docket number by only
one of the following methods:
SUMMARY:
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 116 / Monday, June 19, 2017 / Notices
1. Web site: www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for
submitting comments on the U.S.
Government electronic docket site.
(Note: The U.S. Department of
Transportation’s (DOT’s) electronic
docket is no longer accepting
electronic comments.) All
electronic submissions must be
made to the U.S. Government
electronic docket site at
www.regulations.gov. Commenters
should follow the directions below
for mailed and hand-delivered
comments.
2. Fax: 202–366–7951.
3. Mail: U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Docket Operations, M–
30, West Building, Ground Floor,
Room W12–140, Washington, DC
20590–0001.
4. Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Docket Operations, M–
30, West Building, Ground Floor,
Room W12–140, Washington, DC
20590–0001 between 9:00 a.m. and
5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except federal holidays.
Instructions: You must include the
agency name and docket number for this
notice at the beginning of your
comments. Submit two copies of your
comments if you submit them by mail.
For confirmation that FTA has received
your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Note that
all comments received, including any
personal information, will be posted
and will be available to Internet users,
without change, to www.regulations.gov.
You may review DOT’s complete
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal
Register published April 11, 2000, (65
FR 19477), or you may visit
www.regulations.gov.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents and
comments received, go to
www.regulations.gov at any time.
Background documents and comments
received may also be viewed at the U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Docket
Operations, M–30, West Building,
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001 between
9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Longo, Office of Communications
and Congressional Affairs, (202) 366–
0608, or email at David.Longo@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested
parties are invited to send comments
regarding any aspect of this information
collection, including: (1) The necessity
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and utility of the information collection
for the proper performance of the
functions of the FTA; (2) the accuracy
of the estimated burden; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the collected information; and (4)
ways to minimize the collection burden
without reducing the quality of the
collected information. Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval of this
information collection.
Title: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery.
(OMB Number: 2132–0572).
Background: The information
collection activity will 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
Federal Transit Administration and its
customers and stakeholders. It will also
allow feedback to contribute directly to
the improvement of 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 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
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to have, such collections may still be
eligible for sub mission for other generic
mechanisms that are designed to yield
quantitative results.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households, Businesses and
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Below we provide the Federal Transit
Administration’s projected average
estimates for the next three years:
Respondents: 2,700.
Annual Responses: 2,700.
Frequency of Response: Once per
request.
Burden Hours: 592 annually.
William Hyre,
Deputy Associate Administrator for
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
[FTA Docket No. FTA 2017–0016]
Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review
AGENCY:
Federal Transit Administration,
DOT.
ACTION:
Notice of request for comments.
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), this
notice announces that the Information
Collection Requirements (ICRs)
abstracted below have been forwarded
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and comment. The
ICR describe the nature of the
information collection and their
expected burdens. The Federal Register
notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following
collections of information was
published on March 14, 2017 (82 FR
13923).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before July 19, 2017.
ADDRESSES: All written comments must
refer to the docket number that appears
at the top of this document and be
submitted to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, 725–17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20503,
Attention: FTA Desk Officer.
Alternatively, comments may be sent
via email to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of
Management and Budget, at the
following address: oira_submissions@
omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tia
Swain, Office of Administration,
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
[FTA Docket No. 2017-0018]
Notice of Request for Revisions of an Information Collection
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the Federal Transit Administration
(FTA) to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve a
renewal without revisions to the following information: Generic
Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery.
DATES: Comments must be submitted before August 18, 2017.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that your comments are not entered more than once
into the docket, submit comments identified by the docket number by
only one of the following methods:
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1. Web site: www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for
submitting comments on the U.S. Government electronic docket site.
(Note: The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT's) electronic
docket is no longer accepting electronic comments.) All electronic
submissions must be made to the U.S. Government electronic docket site
at www.regulations.gov. Commenters should follow the directions below
for mailed and hand-delivered comments.
2. Fax: 202-366-7951.
3. Mail: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Docket Operations, M-30, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
4. Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Docket Operations, M-30, West Building, Ground Floor, Room
W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except federal holidays.
Instructions: You must include the agency name and docket number
for this notice at the beginning of your comments. Submit two copies of
your comments if you submit them by mail. For confirmation that FTA has
received your comments, include a self-addressed stamped postcard. Note
that all comments received, including any personal information, will be
posted and will be available to Internet users, without change, to
www.regulations.gov. You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register published April 11, 2000, (65 FR
19477), or you may visit www.regulations.gov.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents and
comments received, go to www.regulations.gov at any time. Background
documents and comments received may also be viewed at the U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Docket
Operations, M-30, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590-0001 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Longo, Office of Communications
and Congressional Affairs, (202) 366-0608, or email at
David.Longo@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested parties are invited to send
comments regarding any aspect of this information collection,
including: (1) The necessity and utility of the information collection
for the proper performance of the functions of the FTA; (2) the
accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the collected information; and (4) ways to
minimize the collection burden without reducing the quality of the
collected information. Comments submitted in response to this notice
will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of
this information collection.
Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback
on Agency Service Delivery.
(OMB Number: 2132-0572).
Background: The information collection activity will 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 Federal Transit Administration and its
customers and stakeholders. It will also allow feedback to contribute
directly to the improvement of 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 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 sub mission for other generic
mechanisms that are designed to yield quantitative results.
Affected Public: Individuals and Households, Businesses and
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal Government.
Below we provide the Federal Transit Administration's projected
average estimates for the next three years:
Respondents: 2,700.
Annual Responses: 2,700.
Frequency of Response: Once per request.
Burden Hours: 592 annually.
William Hyre,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-12634 Filed 6-16-17; 8:45 am]
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