60-Day Notice of Intent To Seek Reinstatement Without Change: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery, 18387-18388 [2018-08756]
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The State which received an EIDL
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
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Dated: April 17, 2018.
Linda E. McMahon,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2018–08706 Filed 4–25–18; 8:45 am]
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
60-Day Notice of Intent To Seek
Reinstatement Without Change:
Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency
Service Delivery
Surface Transportation Board.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
SUMMARY:
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. Burden means
the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or
provide information to or for a Federal
agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; to develop,
acquire, install, and utilize technology
and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information. Submitted comments will
be summarized and included in the
Board’s request for OMB approval.
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA), the Surface
Transportation Board (STB or Board)
gives notice that it is requesting from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) a reinstatement without change
of Generic Clearance for the Collection
of Qualitative Feedback on Agency
Service Delivery. This collection was
developed as part of a Federal
Government-wide effort to streamline
the process for seeking feedback from
the public on the Board’s service
delivery.
DATES: Comments on this information
collection should be submitted by June
25, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to
Chris Oehrle, PRA Officer, Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20423–0001, or to pra@
stb.gov. When submitting comments,
please refer to ‘‘Paperwork Reduction
Act Comments, Generic Clearance for
the Collection of Qualitative Feedback
on Agency Service Delivery.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: For
further information regarding this
collection, contact Michael Higgins,
Deputy Director, Office of Public
Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and
Compliance at (202) 245–0284 or at
Michael.Higgins@stb.gov. [Assistance
for the hearing impaired is available
through the Federal Information Relay
Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For each
collection, Comments are requested
concerning: (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
Description of Collection
Title: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery.
OMB Control Number: 2140–0019.
STB Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Reinstatement
without change.
Respondents: Customers and
stakeholders of the Board.
Number of Respondents, Frequency,
Estimated Time per Response, and Total
Burden Hours: A variety of instruments
and platforms may be used to collect
information from respondents. The
estimated annual burden hours (277) are
based on the number of collections we
expect to conduct over the requested
period for this clearance, as set forth in
the table below.
ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN
Number of
respondents
Type of collection
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Needs and Uses: The proposed
information collection activity provides
a means to garner qualitative customer
and stakeholder feedback in an efficient
and timely manner, in accordance with
the Administration’s commitment to
improving service delivery. By
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qualitative feedback we mean
information that provides useful
insights on perceptions and opinions,
but not statistical surveys that yield
quantitative results that can be
generalized to the population of study.
This feedback will provide insights into
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customer or stakeholder perceptions,
experiences, and expectations; provide
an early warning with issues about how
the Board provides service to the public;
or focus attention on areas where
communication, training, or changes in
operations might improve delivery of
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products or services. These collections
will allow for ongoing, collaborative,
and actionable communications
between the Board and its customers
and stakeholders. They will also allow
feedback to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
The solicitation of feedback will target
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 is not collected, vital
feedback from customers and
stakeholders on the Board’s services
will be unavailable.
The Board will only process a
collection 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
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 not 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, and 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 study.
Feedback collected under this generic
clearance provides useful information,
but will not yield data that can be
generalized to the overall population.
Such data uses would require more
rigorous designs than the collections
covered by this notice.
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.
Under the PRA, a federal agency
conducting or sponsoring a collection of
information must display a currently
valid OMB control number. Comments
submitted in response to this notice may
be made available to the public by the
Board. For this reason, please do not
include in your comments information
of a confidential nature, such as
sensitive personal information or
proprietary information. If you send an
electronic comment (e-file or email),
your email address is automatically
captured and may be accessed if your
comments are made public. Please note
that responses to this public comment
request containing any routine notice
about the confidentiality of the
communication will be treated as public
comments that may be made available to
the public notwithstanding the
inclusion of the routine notice.
Dated: April 23, 2018.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
USTR strongly prefers
electronic submissions made through
the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments in
section III below. The docket number is
USTR–2018–0009. For alternatives to
on-line submissions, please contact
Sandy McKinzy at (202) 395–9483.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mayur Patel, Associate General Counsel,
at (202) 395–3150.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
I. Background
USTR is providing notice that
consultations have been requested
pursuant to the WTO Understanding on
Rules and Procedures Governing the
Settlement of Disputes (DSU). If these
consultations do not resolve the matter,
Vietnam could request that the WTO
establish a dispute settlement panel
pursuant to the DSU, which would hold
its meetings in Geneva Switzerland, and
issue a report on its findings.
II. Major Issues Raised by Vietnam
On February 22, 2018, Vietnam
[FR Doc. 2018–08756 Filed 4–25–18; 8:45 am]
requested consultations concerning
measures it asserts affect the import,
BILLING CODE 4915–01–P
distribution, and sale of Vietnamese
Pangasius fish products. Vietnam’s
request for consultation states that the
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
Pangasius fish that is the subject of its
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
request is sold as ‘‘basa,’’ ‘‘tra,’’ or
‘‘swai.’’ Specifically, Vietnam’s
[Docket Number USTR–2018–0009; Dispute
Number WTO/DS540]
consultations request describes the
measures at issue in the following
WTO Dispute Settlement Proceeding
terms:
Regarding United States—Certain
• Section 10016(b) of the Food,
Measures Concerning Pangasius
Conservation and Energy Act of 2008,
Seafood Products From Vietnam
Public Law 110–246 (the ‘‘2008 Farm
Bill’’), amending the Federal Meat
AGENCY: Office of the United States
Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.
Trade Representative.
• Section 12106 of the Agriculture
ACTION: Notice with request for
Act of 2014, Public Law 113–79 (the
comments.
‘‘2014 Farm Bill’’), amending section
1(w) of the FMIA.
SUMMARY: On February 22, 2018,
• 9 CFR Subchapter F, parts 530–551,
Vietnam requested consultations with
‘‘Mandatory Inspection of the Order
the United States under the Marrakesh
Siluriformes and Products Derived from
Agreement Establishing the World Trade Such Fish’’ (80 FR 75589) (December 2,
Organization (WTO Agreement)
2015) (the ‘‘Final Rule’’).
concerning measures that purportedly
• The administrative applications of
affect the import of Pangasius seafood
section 10016(b) of the 2008 Farm Bill
products into the United States. That
and section 12106 of the 2014 Farm Bill
request is available at www.wto.org in a
as implemented by the Final Rule.
document designated as WT/DS540/1.
• 9 CFR part 541, ‘‘Marks, Marketing
The Office of the United States Trade
and Labeling of Products and
Representative (USTR) invites written
Containers’’ (respecting fish and fish
comments from the public concerning
products), incorporating requirements
the issues raised in this dispute.
in 9 CFR part 317, ‘‘Labeling, Marking
DATES: Although USTR will accept any
Devices, and Containers.’’
• The administrative applications of 9
comments received during the course of
the dispute settlement proceedings, you CFR part 541, including but not limited
to those requirements incorporated from
should submit your comment on or
9 CFR part 317 (see WT/DS540/1, pp. 2–
before May 20, 2018, to be assured of
3).
timely consideration by USTR.
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
60-Day Notice of Intent To Seek Reinstatement Without Change:
Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency
Service Delivery
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) gives notice that it is
requesting from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a
reinstatement without change of Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery. This collection was
developed as part of a Federal Government-wide effort to streamline the
process for seeking feedback from the public on the Board's service
delivery.
DATES: Comments on this information collection should be submitted by
June 25, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Chris Oehrle, PRA Officer, Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20423-0001, or to
[email protected]. When submitting comments, please refer to ``Paperwork
Reduction Act Comments, Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: For further information regarding
this collection, contact Michael Higgins, Deputy Director, Office of
Public Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and Compliance at (202) 245-
0284 or at [email protected]. [Assistance for the hearing
impaired is available through the Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For each collection, Comments are requested
concerning: (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. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose,
or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the
time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and
utilize technology and systems for the purpose of collecting,
validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining
information, and disclosing and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of information, to
search data sources, to complete and review the collection of
information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
Submitted comments will be summarized and included in the Board's
request for OMB approval.
Description of Collection
Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback
on Agency Service Delivery.
OMB Control Number: 2140-0019.
STB Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Reinstatement without change.
Respondents: Customers and stakeholders of the Board.
Number of Respondents, Frequency, Estimated Time per Response, and
Total Burden Hours: A variety of instruments and platforms may be used
to collect information from respondents. The estimated annual burden
hours (277) are based on the number of collections we expect to conduct
over the requested period for this clearance, as set forth in the table
below.
Estimated Annual Reporting Burden
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Annual
Type of collection Number of frequency per Hours per Total hours
respondents response response
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Focus Group..................................... 15 1 2 30
Comment Card/Brief Survey....................... 200 2 .17 67
Surveys......................................... 150 2 .6 180
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Needs and Uses: The proposed information collection activity
provides a means to garner qualitative customer and stakeholder
feedback in an efficient and 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 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
with issues about how the Board provides service to the public; or
focus attention on areas where communication, training, or changes in
operations might improve delivery of
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products or services. These collections will allow for ongoing,
collaborative, and actionable communications between the Board and its
customers and stakeholders. They will also allow feedback to contribute
directly to the improvement of program management.
The solicitation of feedback will target 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 is not collected, vital feedback from customers and
stakeholders on the Board's services will be unavailable.
The Board will only process a collection 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 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 not 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,
and 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 study.
Feedback collected under this generic clearance provides useful
information, but will not yield data that can be generalized to the
overall population. Such data uses would require more rigorous designs
than the collections covered by this notice.
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.
Under the PRA, a federal agency conducting or sponsoring a
collection of information must display a currently valid OMB control
number. Comments submitted in response to this notice may be made
available to the public by the Board. For this reason, please do not
include in your comments information of a confidential nature, such as
sensitive personal information or proprietary information. If you send
an electronic comment (e-file or email), your email address is
automatically captured and may be accessed if your comments are made
public. Please note that responses to this public comment request
containing any routine notice about the confidentiality of the
communication will be treated as public comments that may be made
available to the public notwithstanding the inclusion of the routine
notice.
Dated: April 23, 2018.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2018-08756 Filed 4-25-18; 8:45 am]
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