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point during a given year—a factor that
NHTSA’s methodology did take into
account, with reference to the schedule
set forth in Paragraph 35 of the ACRO.
Alliance & Global also commented
that the cost burden of this outreach ‘‘is
far more than $0.44/VIN on average and
requires more than 2 hours per month
to prepare and administer.’’ Alliance &
Global, however, provide an unclear
picture of alternative estimates, offering
only ‘‘initial average estimates’’ of $2 to
$5/VIN, and then observing that other
initiatives ‘‘can further increase costs as
high as approximately $30 to more than
$100/VIN.’’ Indeed, at this time Alliance
& Global can only provide what it refers
to be a low-end estimate of a burden
close to $40 million/month for its
members affected by the Takata recalls,
‘‘expect[ing] to refine [their] estimates in
supplemental comments.’’ And Alliance
& Global offered no alternative estimate
to the NHTSA’s estimated burden of 2
hours per month to prepare and
administer non-traditional outreach.
Alliance & Global appear to admit that
their cost estimates are at most
preliminary, and therefore it is difficult
for NHTSA to significantly revise its
cost estimate based on these comments.
However, NHTSA appreciates Alliance
& Global’s input, which provides useful
insight into the cost of these outreach
programs—about which to this point
NHTSA has had relatively little
information. NHTSA further recognizes
per-VIN outreach costs can vary
significantly depending on the vehicles
and owners involved, as well as the
particular strategies manufacturers have
selected to engage in consumer outreach
for different recalls at different levels of
maturity. Accordingly, NHTSA accepts
Alliance & Global’s assertion that, on
average, a per-VIN-per-month outreach
estimate of $0.44 is low, and will revise
its estimate to $2/VIN per month.
NHTSA will retain its estimated burden
of 2 hours per month to prepare and
administer non-traditional outreach.
NHTSA looks forward to additional
insights it may gain from supplemental
information Alliance & Global may
submit.
Alliance & Global also commented
that discounting the annualized
outreach costs by costs of anticipated
outreach pursuant to MDL settlements
was not ‘‘an appropriate baseline for
this cost analysis.’’ Alliance & Global
stated the outreach efforts the settling
manufacturers were conducting
pursuant to the ACRO and CCRs
facilitated their MDL settlements, and
that the ACRO and CCRs predated the
MDL settlements. Alliance & Global also
posited that it is ‘‘premature’’ to assume
outreach efforts under the ACRO and
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CCRs will satisfy the MDL settlement
obligations. Assuming, for the sake of
argument, that the ACRO and CCRs
‘‘facilitated’’ the MDL settlements, it is
of no consequence; going forward, those
settling vehicle manufacturers must
comply with the terms of their
respective settlements, which include
provisions for enhanced outreach
efforts. While NHTSA acknowledges the
exact nature of this outreach is presently
unclear, at this juncture NHTSA
anticipates it is more likely than not that
the outreach efforts conducted under
the settlements would satisfy the
minimum requirements of the ACRO
and CCRs. Alliance & Global have
provided no indication otherwise.
Accordingly, NHTSA estimates the
terms of the ACRO and the CCRs,
assuming remedy-completion rates
consistent with those set forth in the
former, contemplate an initial
annualized cost of $197,989,647 per
year for the next three years (2018–
2020), with an annualized discount of
$71,460,877 to account for outreach
conducted pursuant to the MDL
settlements described above, for a net
annualized cost of $126,528,770.
NHTSA estimates that manufacturers
will take an average of 2 hours each
month drafting or customizing
supplemental recall communications
utilizing non-traditional means,
submitting them to NHTSA for review,
and finalizing them to send to affected
owners and purchasers. NHTSA
therefore estimates that 456 burden
hours annually are associated with
issuing these supplemental recall
communications (12 months × 2 hours
per month × 19 manufacturers = 456
hours).
Because of the forgoing burden
estimates, we are revising the burden
estimate associated with this collection.
The 49 CFR part 573 and 49 CFR part
577 requirements found in today’s
notice will require 63,606 hours each
year. Additionally, manufacturers
impacted by 49 CFR part 573 and 49
CFR part 577 requirements will incur a
recurring annual cost estimated at
$127,614,000 total. The burden estimate
in this collection contemplated for
conducting supplemental recall
communications under the ACRO to
achieve completion of the Takata recalls
is 456 hours each year. Additionally, the
ACRO contemplates impacted vehicle
manufacturers incurring an annual cost
estimated at $126,528,770. Therefore, in
total, we estimate the burden associated
with this collection to be 64,062 hours
each year, with a recurring annual cost
estimated at $254,142,770.
Estimated Number of Respondents—
NHTSA estimates that there will be
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approximately 274 manufacturers per
year filing defect or noncompliance
reports and completing the other
information collection responsibilities
associated with those filings. NHTSA
estimates there will be an average of 19
manufacturers each year conducting
supplemental nontraditional monthly
outreach pursuant to administrative
order in an enforcement action
associated with the Takata recall.
Jeffrey Giuseppe,
Associate Administrator for Enforcement.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund
Notice of Information Collection and
Request for Public Comment
Notice and request for public
comment.
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of the
Treasury, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Currently, the Community Development
Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI
Fund), U.S. Department of the Treasury,
is soliciting comments concerning the
Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before February 20, 2018
to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments via
email to Brette Fishman, Management
Analyst, CDFI Fund, U.S. Department of
the Treasury, at cdfihelp@cdfi.treas.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brette Fishman, Management Analyst,
CDFI Fund, U.S. Department of the
Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20220 or by phone at
(202) 653–0300. Other information
regarding the CDFI Fund and its
programs may be obtained through the
CDFI Fund’s website at https://
www.cdfifund.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery.
OMB Number: 1559–0041.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
SUMMARY:
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Abstract: 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
Agency 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
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.
Affected Public: Businesses and other
organizations.
Average Expected Annual Number of
Activities: 10.
Average Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 10,000.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Average Minutes per Response: 20.
Total Burden Hours: 10,000.
Request for Comments: Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval. All
comments will become a matter of
public record. 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.
Authority: Pub. L. 104–13.
Mary Ann Donovan,
Director, Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund.
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VA New Hampshire Vision 2025 Task
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The Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) gives notice under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act that the VA
New Hampshire Vision 2025 Task
Force, which is a subcommittee of the
Special Medical Advisory Group
(SMAG), will meet January 9, 2018 from
8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. ET and January 10,
2018 from 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. ET at the
Department of Veterans Affairs,
Manchester VA Medical Center, 718
Smyth Road Manchester, NH 03104,
Building 1, 1st Floor, Training &
Education Room. There will also be a
teleconference line available for those
attendees unable to attend in person.
The meeting is open to the public.
The purpose of the subcommittee is to
develop a comprehensive set of options
and recommendations to develop a
future vision of what VA must do to best
meet the needs of New Hampshire
Veterans. The recommendations will be
reviewed by the SMAG and then those
final recommendations will be
forwarded to the Secretary and Under
Subcommittee
February 26, 2018 ..............
Dated: December 19, 2017.
LaTonya L. Small,
Federal Advisory Committee Management
Officer.
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subcommittees of the Rehabilitation
Research and Development Service
Scientific Merit Review Board will meet
from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the dates
indicated below:
Date(s)
Research Career Scientists ..............................................
Secretary for Health for decision and
action.
The agenda will include an update on
the ongoing VA-led national market
assessment project and facilitated
sessions with task force members as
they synthesize the various data and
focus group inputs from the various VA
and non-VA support they have received
so far. The listen only teleconference
line is reached by dialing 1–800–767–
1750 and then entering the access code:
91129#. However, there are a limited
number of lines. Consequently, if more
than one person at an organization
wants to join, we encourage you to use
one phone line to allow other
organization to listen. Otherwise, you
are welcome to join in person. No time
will be allocated at this meeting for
receiving oral presentations from the
public. However, the public may submit
written statements for the
Subcommittee’s review to Brenda Faas,
Designated Federal Officer, Department
of Veterans Affairs at Brenda.Faas@
va.gov, or Thomas Pasakarnis, Alternate
Designated Federal Officer, Department
of Veterans Affairs at
Thomas.Pasakarnis@va.gov. Any
member of the public wishing to attend
the meeting or listen in via the
teleconference line or seeking additional
information should contact Mr.
Pasakarnis.
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a federal government building, anyone
attending must be prepared to show a
valid photo government issued ID.
Please allow 15 minutes before the
meeting begins for this process.
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[FR Doc No: 2017-27565]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
Notice of Information Collection and Request for Public Comment
ACTION: Notice and request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment
on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Currently, the Community
Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund), U.S. Department of
the Treasury, is soliciting comments concerning the Generic Clearance
for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before February 20, 2018
to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments via email to Brette Fishman, Management
Analyst, CDFI Fund, U.S. Department of the Treasury, at
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brette Fishman, Management Analyst,
CDFI Fund, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20220 or by phone at (202) 653-0300. Other information
regarding the CDFI Fund and its programs may be obtained through the
CDFI Fund's website at https://www.cdfifund.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback
on Agency Service Delivery.
OMB Number: 1559-0041.
Type of Review: Extension without change.
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Abstract: 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 Agency 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 non-response bias, the protocols for data collection, and any
testing procedures that were or will be undertaken prior 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.
Affected Public: Businesses and other organizations.
Average Expected Annual Number of Activities: 10.
Average Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 10,000.
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Average Minutes per Response: 20.
Total Burden Hours: 10,000.
Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice
will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval. All
comments will become a matter of public record. 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.
Authority: Pub. L. 104-13.
Mary Ann Donovan,
Director, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.
[FR Doc. 2017-27565 Filed 12-21-17; 8:45 am]
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