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If you are requesting or aggregating
comments from other persons for
submission to the NRC, then you should
inform those persons not to include
identifying or contact information that
they do not want to be publicly
disclosed in their comment submission.
Your request should state that the NRC
does not routinely edit comment
submissions to remove such information
before making the comment
submissions available to the public or
entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Background
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35), the NRC is requesting
public comment on its intention to
request the OMB’s approval for the
information collection summarized
below.
1. The title of the information
collection: Grant and Cooperative
Agreement Provisions.
2. OMB approval number: 3150–0107.
3. Type of submission: Extension.
4. The form number, if applicable:
Not applicable.
5. How often the collection is required
or requested: Technical Performance
reports are required every 6 months;
other information is submitted on
occasion as needed.
6. Who will be required or asked to
respond: Grant and Cooperative
Agreement recipients.
7. The estimated number of annual
responses: 548 (370 responses plus 178
record keepers).
8. The estimated number of annual
respondents: 178.
9. The estimated number of hours
needed annually to comply with the
information collection requirement or
request: 4,173 (3,894 reporting hours
plus 279 record keeping hours).
10. Abstract: The Acquisition
Management Division is responsible for
awarding grants and cooperative
agreements (financial assistance) for the
NRC. The Acquisition Management
Division collects information from
assistance recipients in accordance with
and grant and cooperative agreement
provisions in order to administer the
NRC’s financial assistance program. The
information collected under the
provisions ensures that the
Government’s rights are protected, the
agency adheres to public laws, the work
proceeds on schedule, and that disputes
between the Government and the
recipient are settled.
III. Specific Requests for Comments
The NRC is seeking comments that
address the following questions:
1. Is the proposed collection of
information necessary for the NRC to
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properly perform its functions? Does the
information have practical utility?
2. Is the estimate of the burden of the
information collection accurate?
3. Is there a way to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected?
4. How can the burden of the
information collection on respondents
be minimized, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology?
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 15th day
of June 2017.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
David Cullison,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY
CORPORATION
Proposed Submission of Information
Collection for OMB Review; Comment
Request; Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery
Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation.
ACTION: Notice of intent to request
extension of OMB approval without
change.
AGENCY:
The Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation (PBGC) intends to request
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) extend approval, under
the Paperwork Reduction Act, of the
collection of information on qualitative
feedback on PBGC’s service delivery
(OMB Control Number 1212–0066;
expires August 31, 2017). This notice
informs the public of PBGC’s intent and
solicits comments on the proposed
information collection. This collection
of information was developed as part of
a Federal Government-wide effort to
streamline the process for seeking
feedback from the public on service
delivery.
SUMMARY:
Comments should be submitted
by August 21, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted by any of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the Web
site instructions for submitting
comments.
• Email: paperwork.comments@
pbgc.gov.
• Mail or Hand Delivery: Regulatory
Affairs Group, Office of the General
Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty
DATES:
PO 00000
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Corporation, 1200 K Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20005–4026.
Comments received, including
personal information provided, will be
posted to www.pbgc.gov.
Copies of this collection of
information may be obtained without
charge by writing to the Disclosure
Division of the Office of the General
Counsel at the above address or calling
202–326–4040 during normal business
hours. (TTY and TDD users may call the
Federal relay service toll-free at 1–800–
877–8339 and ask to be connected to
202–326–4040.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo
Amato Burns (burns.jo.amato@
pbgc.gov), Regulatory Affairs Group,
Office of the General Counsel, Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K
Street NW., Washington, DC 20005–
4026, 202–326–4400, ext. 3072, or
Deborah C. Murphy (murphy.deborah@
pbgc.gov), Assistant General Counsel,
same address and phone number, ext.
3451. TTY and TDD users may call the
Federal relay service toll-free at 800–
877–8339 and ask to be connected to
202–326–4400.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
information collection activity will
gather qualitative customer and
stakeholder feedback in an efficient,
timely manner, in accordance with
PBGC’s commitment to improving
service delivery. Qualitative feedback
means information that provides useful
insights on perceptions and opinions,
but the information requests are not
statistical surveys that yield quantitative
results generalizable to the population
of interest. This feedback provides
insights into customer or stakeholder
perceptions, experiences and
expectations, provides early warnings of
issues with service, and focuses
attention on areas where changes in
PBGC’s communication with the public,
in training of staff, or in operations
might improve the delivery of products
or services. These collections will allow
for ongoing, collaborative and
actionable communications between
PBGC and its customers and
stakeholders. These collections also
allow feedback to contribute directly to
the improvement of program
management.
The solicitation of feedback targets
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 were not collected,
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vital feedback from customers and
stakeholders on PBGC’s services would
be unavailable.
PBGC only submits 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 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 interest.
As noted, feedback collected under
this generic clearance does not produce
results generalizable to the population
of interest. 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. Collections with such
objectives 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.
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
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behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs,
and other matters that are commonly
considered private.
Annually, over the next three years,
PBGC estimates that it will conduct
three activities involving about 1,630
respondents, each of whom will provide
one response. The number of
respondents will vary by activity: 40 for
usability testing, 90 for focus groups
(nine groups of ten respondents), and
1,500 for customer satisfaction surveys.
PBGC estimates the annual burden of
this collection of information as 635
hours: 2 hours per response for usability
testing (total 80 hours); 2 hours per
response for focus groups (total 180
hours); and 15 minutes per response for
customer satisfaction surveys (total 375
hours).
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 OMB
control number.
PBGC is soliciting public comments
to—
• Evaluate whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Deborah Chase Murphy,
Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory
Affairs, Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation.
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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY
CORPORATION
Submission of Information Collections
for OMB Review; Comment Request;
Multiemployer Plan Regulations
Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation.
ACTION: Notice of request for extension
of OMB approval.
AGENCY:
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The Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation (PBGC) is requesting that
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) extend approval, under the
Paperwork Reduction Act, of collections
of information in PBGC’s regulations on
multiemployer plans. This notice
informs the public of PBGC’s request
and solicits public comment on the
collections of information.
SUMMARY:
Comments must be submitted on
or before July 21, 2017.
DATES:
Comments should be sent to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation,
via electronic mail at OIRA_DOCKET@
omb.eop.gov or by fax to 202–395–6974.
A copy of PBGC’s request may be
obtained without charge by writing to
the Disclosure Division of the Office of
the General Counsel, Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street
NW., Washington, DC 20005–4026, or
by calling 202–326–4040 during normal
business hours. (TTY and TDD users
may call the Federal relay service tollfree at 1–800–877–8339 and ask to be
connected to 202–326–4040.) The
request is also available at https://
www.reginfo.gov.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Hilary Duke (duke.hilary@pbgc.gov),
Attorney, Regulatory Affairs Group,
Office of the General Counsel, Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K
Street NW., Washington DC 20005–
4026; 202–326–4400, extension 3839.
(TTY and TDD users may call the
Federal relay service toll-free at 800–
877–8339 and ask to be connected to
202–326–4400, extension 3839.)
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 OMB control
number. OMB has approved and issued
control numbers for seven collections of
information in PBGC’s regulations on
multiemployer plans under the
Employee Retirement Income Security
Act (ERISA). These collections of
information are described below. OMB
approvals for these collections of
information expire June 30, 2017. PBGC
is requesting that OMB extend its
approval of these collections of
information for three years.
The collections of information for
which PBGC is requesting extension of
OMB approval are as follows:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION
Proposed Submission of Information Collection for OMB Review;
Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
ACTION: Notice of intent to request extension of OMB approval without
change.
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SUMMARY: The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) intends to
request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) extend approval,
under the Paperwork Reduction Act, of the collection of information on
qualitative feedback on PBGC's service delivery (OMB Control Number
1212-0066; expires August 31, 2017). This notice informs the public of
PBGC's intent and solicits comments on the proposed information
collection. This collection of information was developed as part of a
Federal Government-wide effort to streamline the process for seeking
feedback from the public on service delivery.
DATES: Comments should be submitted by August 21, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the Web site instructions for submitting comments.
Email: paperwork.comments@pbgc.gov.
Mail or Hand Delivery: Regulatory Affairs Group, Office of
the General Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K
Street NW., Washington, DC 20005-4026.
Comments received, including personal information provided, will be
posted to www.pbgc.gov.
Copies of this collection of information may be obtained without
charge by writing to the Disclosure Division of the Office of the
General Counsel at the above address or calling 202-326-4040 during
normal business hours. (TTY and TDD users may call the Federal relay
service toll-free at 1-800-877-8339 and ask to be connected to 202-326-
4040.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo Amato Burns
(burns.jo.amato@pbgc.gov), Regulatory Affairs Group, Office of the
General Counsel, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street
NW., Washington, DC 20005-4026, 202-326-4400, ext. 3072, or Deborah C.
Murphy (murphy.deborah@pbgc.gov), Assistant General Counsel, same
address and phone number, ext. 3451. TTY and TDD users may call the
Federal relay service toll-free at 800-877-8339 and ask to be connected
to 202-326-4400.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information collection activity will
gather qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient,
timely manner, in accordance with PBGC's commitment to improving
service delivery. Qualitative feedback means information that provides
useful insights on perceptions and opinions, but the information
requests are not statistical surveys that yield quantitative results
generalizable to the population of interest. This feedback provides
insights into customer or stakeholder perceptions, experiences and
expectations, provides early warnings of issues with service, and
focuses attention on areas where changes in PBGC's communication with
the public, in training of staff, or in operations might improve the
delivery of products or services. These collections will allow for
ongoing, collaborative and actionable communications between PBGC and
its customers and stakeholders. These collections also allow feedback
to contribute directly to the improvement of program management.
The solicitation of feedback targets 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 were not collected,
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vital feedback from customers and stakeholders on PBGC's services would
be unavailable.
PBGC only submits 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 interest.
As noted, feedback collected under this generic clearance does not
produce results generalizable to the population of interest. 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. Collections with such objectives
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.
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.
Annually, over the next three years, PBGC estimates that it will
conduct three activities involving about 1,630 respondents, each of
whom will provide one response. The number of respondents will vary by
activity: 40 for usability testing, 90 for focus groups (nine groups of
ten respondents), and 1,500 for customer satisfaction surveys.
PBGC estimates the annual burden of this collection of information
as 635 hours: 2 hours per response for usability testing (total 80
hours); 2 hours per response for focus groups (total 180 hours); and 15
minutes per response for customer satisfaction surveys (total 375
hours).
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 OMB control number.
PBGC is soliciting public comments to--
Evaluate whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Deborah Chase Murphy,
Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2017-12924 Filed 6-20-17; 8:45 am]
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