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vehicles with seat belts equipped with
load limiters.
B. GM believes the subject vehicles
will provide no less protection to
occupants in a frontal crash than
vehicles equipped with seat belt
retractors utilizing the 12 mm torsion
bars: GM believes that replacing the
retractors installed in the subject
vehicles with retractors that have the
larger torsion bars would not result in
an added safety benefit to the occupants
of these vehicles in frontal crashes. That
is, the subject vehicles will provide no
less occupant protection than vehicles
built with the larger 12 mm diameter
torsion bars that meet the elongation
requirements of S4.4(b)(5) of FMVSS
No. 209. Further, seat belt retractors
equipped with the lower-diameter
torsion bars may reduce upper torso
injury potential in frontal crashes as
compared to retractors with the largerdiameter torsion bars.
C. NHTSA precedent supports
granting this petition: NHTSA has
previously ruled that failure to comply
with certain of FMVSS No. 209’s static
testing requirements can be
inconsequential to motor vehicle safety
where the manufacturer demonstrates
by dynamic testing that the
noncompliant seat belt assembly
preforms similarly to a compliant
assembly. On May 3, 2002, GM
submitted an inconsequentiality
petition to NHTSA relating to certain
trucks and SUV’s that were built with
damaged and inoperative ‘‘vehiclesensitive’’ emergency-locking retractors
(ELRs), which lock the seat belts under
rapid deceleration. Notwithstanding the
noncompliance with FMVSS No. 209
caused by this condition, GM asserted
that the failure was inconsequential to
vehicle safety because the ELRs in these
vehicles also had a redundant
‘‘webbing-sensitive’’ mechanism, which
locks the belts when the webbing is
rapidly extracted. GM presented
dynamic testing data (including some
data developed using the test
procedures set forth in FMVSS No. 208)
demonstrating that the webbingsensitive system ‘‘offered a level of
protection nearly equivalent to that
provided by a compliant ELR.’’
NHTSA granted GM’s petition, in
part, and ruled the noncompliance in
certain of the vehicles subject to the
petition was inconsequential to motor
vehicle safety:
[O]n the basis of the sled test and
simulation data provided by GM, the agency
has concluded that GM has adequately
demonstrated that the potential safety
consequences of the failure of the vehiclesensitive locking mechanisms in the ELRs in
the C/K vehicles to function properly are
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inconsequential. While the webbing-sensitive
systems in these vehicles do allow slightly
increased belt payout compared to a
functional vehicle-sensitive system, and lock
slightly later in crash event, these differences
do not appear to expose a vehicle occupant
to a significantly greater risk of injury.
General Motors Corporation, Ruling
on Petition for Determination of
Inconsequential Noncompliance, 69 FR
19897, 19900 (April 14, 2004). In its
decision, NHTSA also noted specifically
that ‘‘the dummy injury measurements
did not increase significantly and were
well below the maximum values
permitted under FMVSS No. 208.’’
Here, GM expects that the subject
vehicles will provide no less protection
to occupants in the designated seating
positions in frontal crashes than
vehicles equipped with seat belt
retractors conforming to S4.4(b) of
FMVSS No. 209.
D. GM is not aware of any injuries or
customer complaints associated with
this condition: After searching VOQ,
TREAD and internal GM databases, GM
is not aware of any crashes, injuries, or
customer complaints associated with
this condition.
E. GM has corrected the
noncompliance in vehicle production
and in service parts inventory: GM has
corrected the noncompliance in
production. Vehicles produced after
August 7, 2017, have seat belt
assemblies containing retractor torsion
bars that meet GM’s original
specifications and comply with S4.4(b)
of FMVSS No. 209. Retractor assemblies
with this condition that were
manufactured as service parts are no
longer available for sale and all affected
inventory has been purged. Any such
seat belt assembly previously sold as
service parts could only have been
installed on a subject vehicle because
these seat belt assemblies are not
compatible with prior model year (i.e.
2015 or 2016) versions of the Silverado
or Sierra HD due to a different type of
wiring connector used.
GM concluded by expressing the
belief that the subject noncompliance is
inconsequential as it relates to motor
vehicle safety, and that its petition to be
exempted from providing notification of
the noncompliance, as required by 49
U.S.C. 30118, and a remedy for the
noncompliance, as required by 49
U.S.C. 30120, should be granted.
To view GM’s petition, analyses, and
test data in their entirety, you can visit
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for accessing the
dockets and search for the docket ID
number for this petition shown in the
heading of this notice.
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NHTSA notes that the statutory
provisions (49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and
30120(h)) that permit manufacturers to
file petitions for a determination of
inconsequentiality allow NHTSA to
exempt manufacturers only from the
duties found in sections 30118 and
30120, respectively, to notify owners,
purchasers, and dealers of a defect or
noncompliance and to remedy the
defect or noncompliance. Therefore, any
decision on this petition only applies to
the subject vehicles that GM no longer
controlled at the time it determined that
the noncompliance existed. However,
any decision on this petition does not
relieve vehicle distributors and dealers
of the prohibitions on the sale, offer for
sale, or introduction or delivery for
introduction into interstate commerce of
the noncompliant vehicles under their
control after GM notified them that the
subject noncompliance existed.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120:
delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and
501.8.
Jeffrey M. Giuseppe,
Associate Administrator for Enforcement.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of the
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is removing the name of
one individual whose property and
interests in property have been blocked
pursuant to an executive order issued
on January 23, 1995, titled ‘‘Prohibiting
Transactions with Terrorists Who
Threaten to Disrupt the Middle East
Peace Process,’’ from the list of
Specially Designated Nationals and
Blocked Persons (SDN List).
DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section for applicable date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
OFAC: Associate Director for Global
Targeting, tel.: 202–622–2420; Assistant
Director for Sanctions Compliance &
Evaluation, tel.: 202–622–2490;
Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.:
202–622–2480; Assistant Director for
Regulatory Affairs, tel. 202–622–4855;
or the Department of the Treasury’s
Office of the General Counsel: Office of
the Chief Counsel (Foreign Assets
Control), tel.: 202–622–2410.
SUMMARY:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Electronic Availability
The SDN List and additional
information concerning OFAC sanctions
programs are available on OFAC’s
website (www.treasury.gov/ofac).
The following person is removed from
the SDN List, effective as of January 4,
2018.
1. SHAQAQI, Fathi; Secretary General of
PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD–SHIQAQI
(individual) [SDT].
Dated: January 3, 2018.
Andrea Gacki,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets
Control.
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In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, this notice announces that the
Veterans Benefits Administration
(VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs,
will submit the collection of
information abstracted below to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and comment. The
PRA submission describes the nature of
the information collection and its
expected cost and burden and it
includes the actual data collection
instrument.
Notice of Meeting
United States Institute of Peace.
Friday, January 19, 2018
(10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.).
DATE/TIME:
2301 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20037.
LOCATION:
Open Session—Portions may be
closed pursuant to Subsection (c) of
Section 552(b) of Title 5, United States
Code, as provided in subsection
1706(h)(3) of the United States Institute
of Peace Act, Public Law 98–525.
STATUS:
January 19, 2018 Board
Meeting: Chairman’s Report; Vice
Chairman’s Report; President’s Report;
Approval of Minutes of the One
Hundred and Sixty Fourth Meeting
(October 20, 2017) of the Board of
Directors; Reports from USIP Board
Committees; Stoplight Presentation;
Non-Violent Action Report; and Burma
Update.
AGENDA:
William B. Taylor, Executive
Vice President: wtaylor@usip.org.
CONTACT:
Dated: January 5, 2018.
William B. Taylor,
Executive Vice President.
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Comments must be submitted on
or before February 9, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information through
www.Regulations.gov, or to Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, Attn:
VA Desk Officer; 725 17th St. NW,
Washington, DC 20503 or sent through
electronic mail to oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB
Control No. 2900–0565’’ in any
correspondence.
DATES:
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Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
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for Interment Allowance
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Office of Quality,
Privacy and Risk, Department of
Veterans Affairs, 811 Vermont Avenue,
Floor 5, Area 368, Washington, DC
20420, (202) 461–5870 or email
cynthia.harvey-pryor@va.gov. Please
refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0565’’
in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 38 U.S.C. 2302 and 2303.
Title: State Application for Interment
Allowance Under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 23
(VA Form 21P–530a).
OMB Control Number: 2900–0565.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Abstract: VA Form 21P–530A is used
to gather information that is necessary
to determine whether a State is eligible
for interment allowances for eligible
veterans who have been buried in a
State Veteran’s cemetery. Without this
information, VA would be unable to
properly determine eligibility and pay
benefits due to a State. This form
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solicits information necessary to
determine eligibility to internment
allowance benefits.
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. The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on this collection
of information was published at Vol. 82,
No. 205, Wednesday, October 25, 2017,
pages 49482–49483.
Affected Public: State, Local, and
Tribal Governments.
Estimated Annual Burden: 1,550
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 30 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
3,100.
By direction of the Secretary.
Cynthia Harvey-Pryor,
Department Clearance Officer, Office of
Quality, Privacy and Risk, Department of
Veterans Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0704]
Agency Information Collection
Activity: DoD Referral to Integrated
Disability Evaluation System (IDES)
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA), is announcing an
opportunity for public comment on the
proposed collection of certain
information by the agency. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, Federal agencies are required to
publish notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension of a currently approved
collection, and allow 60 days for public
comment in response to the notice.
DATES: Written comments and
recommendations on the proposed
collection of information should be
received on or before March 12, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information through
Federal Docket Management System
(FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov or to
Nancy J. Kessinger, Veterans Benefits
Administration (20M33), Department of
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is removing the name of one individual whose property
and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to an executive
order issued on January 23, 1995, titled ``Prohibiting Transactions
with Terrorists Who Threaten to Disrupt the Middle East Peace
Process,'' from the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked
Persons (SDN List).
DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for applicable date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Associate Director for Global
Targeting, tel.: 202-622-2420; Assistant Director for Sanctions
Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202-622-2490; Assistant Director for
Licensing, tel.: 202-622-2480; Assistant Director for Regulatory
Affairs, tel. 202-622-4855; or the Department of the Treasury's Office
of the General Counsel: Office of the Chief Counsel (Foreign Assets
Control), tel.: 202-622-2410.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability
The SDN List and additional information concerning OFAC sanctions
programs are available on OFAC's website (www.treasury.gov/ofac).
Notice of OFAC Action
The following person is removed from the SDN List, effective as of
January 4, 2018.
Individual
1. SHAQAQI, Fathi; Secretary General of PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC
JIHAD-SHIQAQI (individual) [SDT].
Dated: January 3, 2018.
Andrea Gacki,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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