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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Data Collection Available for Public
Comments
60-Day notice and request for
comments.
ACTION:
The Small Business
Administration (‘‘SBA’’) intends to
request approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for
the collection of information described
below. The Paperwork Reduction Act
(‘‘PRA’’) of 1995, requires federal
agencies to publish a notice in the
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60 days for public comment in response
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Administration, 409 3rd Street, 8th
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Frias, Loan Specialist, Office of
Financial Assistance, (202) 401–8234,
mary.frias@sba.gov, or Curtis B. Rich,
Management Analyst, (202) 205–7030,
curtis.rich@sba.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
7(a) of the Small Business Act
authorizes the Small Business
Administration to guaranty loans in
each of the 7(a) Programs. The
Regulations covering these and other
loan programs at 13 CFR 120 require
certain information from loan applicants
and lenders that is used to determine
program eligibility and compliance.
Solicitation of Public Comments
SBA is requesting comments on (a)
whether the collection of information is
necessary for the agency to properly
perform its functions; (b) whether the
burden estimates are accurate; (c)
whether there are ways to minimize the
burden, including through the use of
automated techniques or other forms of
information technology; and (d) whether
there are ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information.
Summary of Proposed Information
Collection
Title: SBA 7(a) Borrower Information
Form, Lender’s Application for Loan
Guaranty, Religious Eligibility
Worksheet, 7(a) Loan Post Approval
Action Checklist, and Community
Advantage Addendum.
SBA Forms: 1919, 1920, 1971, 2237,
2449.
Description of Respondents: 7(a)
Program Participants.
Total Estimated Annual Reponses:
205,080.
Total Estimated Annual Hour Burden:
43,155.
date. For further information, please
contact Kristen Nunnally at (202) 245–
0312 or Kristen.Nunnally@stb.gov.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 1321, 49 U.S.C.
11101; 49 U.S.C. 11121.
Decided: March 17, 2020.
By the Board, Allison C. Davis, Director,
Office of Proceedings.
Kenyatta Clay,
Clearance Clerk.
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket No. EP 290 (Sub-No. 5) (2020–2)]
Quarterly Rail Cost Adjustment Factor
Surface Transportation Board.
Approval of rail cost adjustment
AGENCY:
ACTION:
factor.
The Board has approved the
second quarter 2020 Rail Cost
Adjustment Factor (RCAF) and cost
index filed by the Association of
American Railroads. The second quarter
2020 RCAF (Unadjusted) is 1.051. The
second quarter 2020 RCAF (Adjusted) is
0.442. The second quarter 2020 RCAF–
5 is 0.417.
DATES: Applicability Date: April 1, 2020.
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on our website at www.stb.gov.
SUMMARY:
Decided: March 17, 2020.
By the Board, Board Members Begeman,
Fuchs, and Oberman.
Regena Smith-Bernard,
Clearance Clerk.
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Curtis Rich,
Management Analyst.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
[Docket Number USTR–2020–0011]
[Docket No. EP 670 (Sub-No. 1)]
Request for Comments on Negotiating
Objectives for a United StatesRepublic of Kenya Trade Agreement
Notice of Rail Energy Transportation
Advisory Committee Meeting
On March 11, 2020, the Board
provided notice of a meeting of the Rail
Energy Transportation Advisory
Committee (RETAC), to be held on April
21, 2020. This meeting will be
postponed. Notice of the rescheduled
meeting will be announced at a later
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Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Request for comments and
notice of public hearing.
AGENCY:
On March 17, 2020, the U.S
Trade Representative notified Congress
of the Administration’s intent to enter
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into negotiations with the Republic of
Kenya (Kenya) for a U.S.-Kenya trade
agreement. The Office of the United
States Trade Representative (USTR) is
seeking public comments on a proposed
U.S.-Kenya trade agreement, including
U.S. interests and priorities, in order to
develop U.S. negotiating positions. You
can provide comments in writing and
orally at a public hearing. The
Administration’s aim in negotiations
with Kenya is to address both tariff and
non-tariff barriers and to achieve free,
fair, and reciprocal trade.
DATES:
April 15, 2020: Deadline for the
submission of written comments and for
written notification of your intent to
testify, as well as a summary of your
testimony at the public hearing.
April 28, 2020: The Trade Policy Staff
Committee (TPSC) will hold a public
hearing beginning at 9:30 a.m., in
Rooms 1 and 2, 1724 F Street NW,
Washington, DC 20508.
You should submit
notifications of intent to testify and
written comment through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov (Regulations.gov).
Follow the instructions for submissions
in parts II and III below. For alternatives
to on-line submissions, please contact
Yvonne Jamison at (202) 395–3475 in
advance of the deadline and before
transmitting a comment.
ADDRESSES:
For
procedural questions concerning written
comments, please contact Yvonne
Jamison at (202) 395–3475. Direct all
other questions to Alan Treat, Deputy
Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for
Africa, at (202) 395–9514.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Background
The decision to launch negotiations
for a U.S.-Kenya trade agreement is an
important step to strengthen the U.S.Kenya economic relationship and to
achieve free, fair, and reciprocal trade.
President Trump and President
Kenyatta established the U.S.-Kenya
Trade and Investment Working Group in
August 2018 to explore ways to deepen
economic ties between the United States
and Kenya and lay the groundwork for
a stronger future trade relationship.
On March 17, 2020, following
consultations with relevant
Congressional committees, the U.S.
Trade Representative informed Congress
that the President intends to commence
negotiations with Kenya for a U.S.Kenya trade agreement
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II. Public Comment and Hearing
The TPSC invites interested parties to
submit comments and/or oral testimony
to assist USTR as it develops negotiating
objectives and positions for the
agreement, including with regard to
objectives identified in section 102 of
the Bipartisan Congressional Trade
Priorities and Accountability Act of
2015 (19 U.S.C. 4201). In particular, the
TPSC invites interested parties to
comment on issues that USTR should
address in the negotiations including,
but not limited to, the following:
a. General and product-specific
negotiating objectives for the proposed
agreement.
b. Relevant barriers to trade in goods
and services between the United States
and Kenya.
c. Economic costs and benefits to U.S.
producers and consumers of removal or
reduction of tariffs and non-tariff
barriers on articles traded with Kenya.
d. Treatment of specific goods
(classified under the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States or
HTSUS) under the proposed agreement,
including comments on the following:
i. Product-specific import or export
interests or barriers.
ii. Experience with particular
measures that USTR should address in
the negotiations.
iii. Ways to address export priorities
and import sensitivities in the context of
the proposed agreement.
e. Fees, charges, and taxes affecting
trade in goods and services between the
United States and Kenya.
f. Customs and trade facilitation
issues, including those related to preshipment inspection.
g. Sanitary and phytosanitary
measures and technical barriers to trade.
h. Transparency issues.
i. Other measures or practices,
including those of third-country
entities, which undermine fair market
opportunities for U.S. businesses,
workers, farmers, and ranchers.
USTR must receive written comments
no later than April 15, 2020. USTR
requests that small businesses (generally
defined by the Small Business
Administration as firms with fewer than
500 employees) or organizations
representing small business members,
which submit comments to self-identify
as such, so that we may be aware of
issues of particular interest to small
businesses.
The TPSC will hold a hearing on
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 in Rooms 1 and
2, 1724 F Street NW, Washington, DC
20508. If necessary, the hearing will
continue on the next business day.
Persons wishing to testify at the hearing
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must provide written notification of
their intention by April 15, 2020. You
must make the intent to testify
notification in the ‘type comment’ field
under docket number USTR–2020–0011
on Regulations.gov and should include
the name, address, telephone number,
and email address of the person
presenting the testimony. You should
attach a summary of the testimony by
using the ‘upload file’ field. The file
name should include who will be
presenting the testimony. Remarks at
the hearing should be limited to no
more than five minutes to allow for
possible questions from the TPSC.
III. Requirements for Submissions
In order to ensure the timely receipt
and consideration of comments, USTR
strongly encourages commenters to
make on-line submissions, using
Regulations.gov. Persons submitting a
notification of intent to testify and/or
written comments must do so in English
and must identify (on the first page of
the submission) the ‘‘U.S.-Kenya Trade
Agreement.’’
To submit comments via
Regulations.gov, enter docket number
USTR–2020–0011 on the home page and
click ‘search.’ The site will provide a
search-results page listing all documents
associated with this docket. Find a
reference to this notice and click on the
link entitled ‘comment now!’ For further
information on using Regulations.gov,
please consult the resources provided
on the website by clicking on ‘How to
Use This Site’ on the left side of the
home page.
Regulations.gov allows users to
provide comments by filling in a ‘type
comment’ field, or by attaching a
document using an ‘upload file’ field.
USTR prefers that you provide
comments in an attached document. If
you attach a document, it is sufficient to
type ‘see attached’ in the ‘type
comment’ field. USTR prefers
submissions in Microsoft Word (.doc) or
Adobe Acrobat (.pdf). If the submission
is in an application other than those
two, please indicate the name of the
application in the ‘type comment’ field.
For any comments submitted
electronically that contain business
confidential information (BCI), the file
name of the business confidential
version should begin with the characters
‘BCI.’ Clearly mark any page containing
BCI ‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’ on the
top of that page. Filers of submissions
containing BCI also must submit a
public version of their comments. The
file name of the public version should
begin with the character ‘P.’ Follow the
‘BCI’ and ‘P’ with the name of the
person or entity submitting the
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comments. Filers submitting comments
containing no BCI should name their
file using the name of the person or
entity submitting the comments.
Please do not attach separate cover
letters to electronic submissions; rather,
include any information that might
appear in a cover letter in the comments
themselves. Similarly, to the extent
possible, please include any exhibits,
annexes, or other attachments in the
same file as the submission itself, not as
separate files.
As noted, USTR strongly urges
submitters to file comments through
Regulations.gov. If alternative
arrangements are essential, you must
make them before transmitting a
comment and in advance of the
applicable deadline, with Yvonne
Jamison at (202) 395–3475.
USTR will place comments in the
docket for public inspection, except
BCI. General information concerning
USTR is available at www.ustr.gov.
Edward Gresser,
Chair of the Trade Policy Staff Committee,
Office of the United States Trade
Representative.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. FAA–2020–0046]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of Renewed Approval of
Information Collection: Aircraft
Registration
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA
invites public comments about our
intention to request the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval to renew a previously
approved information collection. The
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day
comment period soliciting comments on
the following collection of information
was published on January 15, 2020. The
FAA uses the information collected to
register aircraft or hold an aircraft in
trust. The information to register and
prove ownership of an aircraft is
required from any person wishing to
register an aircraft.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by April 22, 2020.
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Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget. Comments should be addressed
to the attention of the Desk Officer,
Department of Transportation/FAA, and
sent via electronic mail to oira_
submission@omb.eop.gov, or faxed to
(202) 395–6974, or mailed to the Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th
Street NW, Washington, DC 20503.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bonnie Lefko by email at: bonnie.lefko@
faa.gov; phone: 405–954–7461.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for FAA’s
performance; (b) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information collection; and (d)
ways that the burden could be
minimized without reducing the quality
of the collected information. The agency
will summarize and/or include your
comments in the request for OMB’s
clearance of this information collection.
OMB Control Number: 2120–0042.
Title: Aircraft Registration.
Form Numbers: AC Forms 8050–1,
8050–1B, 8050–2, 8050–4, 8050–88,
8050–88A, 8050–98 and 8050–117.
Type of Review: Renewal of an
information collection.
Background: The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following
collection of information was published
on January 15, 2020 (85 FR 2481).
Public Law 103–272 states that all
aircraft must be registered before they
may be flown. It sets forth registration
eligibility requirements and provides for
application for registration as well as
suspension and/or revocation of
registration. The FAA uses the
information collected to register an
aircraft or hold an aircraft in trust. The
information requested is required to
register and prove ownership.
Respondents: Approximately 162,176
registrants.
Frequency: Information is collected
on occasion.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 32 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
135,457 hours.
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Issued in Oklahoma City, OK, on March 18,
2020.
Bonnie Lefko,
Program Analyst, Civil Aviation Registry,
Aircraft Registration Branch, AFB–710.
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Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2017 0084; Notice No.
2018–14]
Hazardous Materials: Termination of
M-Number and R-Number Approvals
Issued Without an Expiration Date
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), Department of Transportation
(DOT).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
All R-number holders and
holders of M-number approvals issued
without an expiration date that did not
show cause why their approvals should
not be terminated, or did not apply for
a modification of that approval to get a
5-year expiration time frame in response
to the Federal Register Notice issued
Friday, November 17, 2017, [Docket No.
PHMSA–2017–0084; Notice No. 2017–
03], are hereby notified that these
approvals shall be terminated, 30 days
from the publication of this Federal
Register Notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Duane Cassidy, Acting Director,
Approvals and Permits Division, Office
of Hazardous Materials Safety, (202)
366–5794 PHMSA, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590 or at
approvals@dot.gov.
Correspondence regarding the
proposed M-number and R-number
terminations should be sent to
approvals@dot.gov with the subject line
‘‘Termination of M-numbers/
Termination of R-numbers.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. Introduction
PHMSA is terminating M-number and
R-number approvals discussed in the
Federal Register Notice issued Friday,
November 17, 2017 (82 FR 54465) to
streamline all approvals issued by the
Approvals and Permits Division. Rnumber and M-number approvals that
were issued without an expiration date,
whose holders have not shown cause
why their approval should not be
terminated or applied for a modification
to get a 5-year expiration date, are
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
[Docket Number USTR-2020-0011]
Request for Comments on Negotiating Objectives for a United
States-Republic of Kenya Trade Agreement
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Request for comments and notice of public hearing.
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SUMMARY: On March 17, 2020, the U.S Trade Representative notified
Congress of the Administration's intent to enter
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into negotiations with the Republic of Kenya (Kenya) for a U.S.-Kenya
trade agreement. The Office of the United States Trade Representative
(USTR) is seeking public comments on a proposed U.S.-Kenya trade
agreement, including U.S. interests and priorities, in order to develop
U.S. negotiating positions. You can provide comments in writing and
orally at a public hearing. The Administration's aim in negotiations
with Kenya is to address both tariff and non-tariff barriers and to
achieve free, fair, and reciprocal trade.
DATES:
April 15, 2020: Deadline for the submission of written comments and
for written notification of your intent to testify, as well as a
summary of your testimony at the public hearing.
April 28, 2020: The Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) will hold a
public hearing beginning at 9:30 a.m., in Rooms 1 and 2, 1724 F Street
NW, Washington, DC 20508.
ADDRESSES: You should submit notifications of intent to testify and
written comment through the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov (Regulations.gov). Follow the instructions for
submissions in parts II and III below. For alternatives to on-line
submissions, please contact Yvonne Jamison at (202) 395-3475 in advance
of the deadline and before transmitting a comment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For procedural questions concerning
written comments, please contact Yvonne Jamison at (202) 395-3475.
Direct all other questions to Alan Treat, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade
Representative for Africa, at (202) 395-9514.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The decision to launch negotiations for a U.S.-Kenya trade
agreement is an important step to strengthen the U.S.-Kenya economic
relationship and to achieve free, fair, and reciprocal trade. President
Trump and President Kenyatta established the U.S.-Kenya Trade and
Investment Working Group in August 2018 to explore ways to deepen
economic ties between the United States and Kenya and lay the
groundwork for a stronger future trade relationship.
On March 17, 2020, following consultations with relevant
Congressional committees, the U.S. Trade Representative informed
Congress that the President intends to commence negotiations with Kenya
for a U.S.-Kenya trade agreement
II. Public Comment and Hearing
The TPSC invites interested parties to submit comments and/or oral
testimony to assist USTR as it develops negotiating objectives and
positions for the agreement, including with regard to objectives
identified in section 102 of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade
Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4201). In
particular, the TPSC invites interested parties to comment on issues
that USTR should address in the negotiations including, but not limited
to, the following:
a. General and product-specific negotiating objectives for the
proposed agreement.
b. Relevant barriers to trade in goods and services between the
United States and Kenya.
c. Economic costs and benefits to U.S. producers and consumers of
removal or reduction of tariffs and non-tariff barriers on articles
traded with Kenya.
d. Treatment of specific goods (classified under the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States or HTSUS) under the proposed
agreement, including comments on the following:
i. Product-specific import or export interests or barriers.
ii. Experience with particular measures that USTR should address in
the negotiations.
iii. Ways to address export priorities and import sensitivities in
the context of the proposed agreement.
e. Fees, charges, and taxes affecting trade in goods and services
between the United States and Kenya.
f. Customs and trade facilitation issues, including those related
to pre-shipment inspection.
g. Sanitary and phytosanitary measures and technical barriers to
trade.
h. Transparency issues.
i. Other measures or practices, including those of third-country
entities, which undermine fair market opportunities for U.S.
businesses, workers, farmers, and ranchers.
USTR must receive written comments no later than April 15, 2020.
USTR requests that small businesses (generally defined by the Small
Business Administration as firms with fewer than 500 employees) or
organizations representing small business members, which submit
comments to self-identify as such, so that we may be aware of issues of
particular interest to small businesses.
The TPSC will hold a hearing on Tuesday, April 28, 2020 in Rooms 1
and 2, 1724 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20508. If necessary, the
hearing will continue on the next business day. Persons wishing to
testify at the hearing must provide written notification of their
intention by April 15, 2020. You must make the intent to testify
notification in the `type comment' field under docket number USTR-2020-
0011 on Regulations.gov and should include the name, address, telephone
number, and email address of the person presenting the testimony. You
should attach a summary of the testimony by using the `upload file'
field. The file name should include who will be presenting the
testimony. Remarks at the hearing should be limited to no more than
five minutes to allow for possible questions from the TPSC.
III. Requirements for Submissions
In order to ensure the timely receipt and consideration of
comments, USTR strongly encourages commenters to make on-line
submissions, using Regulations.gov. Persons submitting a notification
of intent to testify and/or written comments must do so in English and
must identify (on the first page of the submission) the ``U.S.-Kenya
Trade Agreement.''
To submit comments via Regulations.gov, enter docket number USTR-
2020-0011 on the home page and click `search.' The site will provide a
search-results page listing all documents associated with this docket.
Find a reference to this notice and click on the link entitled `comment
now!' For further information on using Regulations.gov, please consult
the resources provided on the website by clicking on `How to Use This
Site' on the left side of the home page.
Regulations.gov allows users to provide comments by filling in a
`type comment' field, or by attaching a document using an `upload file'
field. USTR prefers that you provide comments in an attached document.
If you attach a document, it is sufficient to type `see attached' in
the `type comment' field. USTR prefers submissions in Microsoft Word
(.doc) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf). If the submission is in an application
other than those two, please indicate the name of the application in
the `type comment' field.
For any comments submitted electronically that contain business
confidential information (BCI), the file name of the business
confidential version should begin with the characters `BCI.' Clearly
mark any page containing BCI `BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL' on the top of that
page. Filers of submissions containing BCI also must submit a public
version of their comments. The file name of the public version should
begin with the character `P.' Follow the `BCI' and `P' with the name of
the person or entity submitting the
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comments. Filers submitting comments containing no BCI should name
their file using the name of the person or entity submitting the
comments.
Please do not attach separate cover letters to electronic
submissions; rather, include any information that might appear in a
cover letter in the comments themselves. Similarly, to the extent
possible, please include any exhibits, annexes, or other attachments in
the same file as the submission itself, not as separate files.
As noted, USTR strongly urges submitters to file comments through
Regulations.gov. If alternative arrangements are essential, you must
make them before transmitting a comment and in advance of the
applicable deadline, with Yvonne Jamison at (202) 395-3475.
USTR will place comments in the docket for public inspection,
except BCI. General information concerning USTR is available at
www.ustr.gov.
Edward Gresser,
Chair of the Trade Policy Staff Committee, Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
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