Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Renewal; Comment Request; Renewal Without Change of the Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery, 35507-35508 [2020-12540]
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c. Performance Reporting
Each applicant selected for funding
must collect information and report on
the project’s performance using
measures mutually agreed upon by FRA
and the grantee to assess progress in
achieving strategic goals and objectives.
Examples of some rail performance
measures are listed in the table below.
The applicable measure(s) will depend
upon the type of project. Applicants
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requesting funding for rolling stock
must integrate at least one equipment/
rolling stock performance measure,
consistent with the grantee’s application
materials and program goals.
PERFORMANCE MEASURE
Rail measures
Unit measured
Temporal
Primary
strategic goal
Secondary
strategic goal
Description
Slow Order Miles
Miles ............
Annual ..........
State of Good Repair
Safety ........................
Rail Track Grade
Separation.
Count ...........
Annual ..........
Economic Competitiveness.
Safety ........................
Passenger
Counts.
Count ...........
Annual ..........
Economic Competitiveness.
State of Good Repair
Travel Time .......
Time/Trip ......
Annual ..........
Economic Competitiveness.
Quality of Life ............
Track Miles ........
Miles ............
One Time .....
State of Good Repair
Economic Competitiveness.
The number of miles per year within the
project area that have temporary speed
restrictions (‘‘slow orders’’) imposed due
to track condition. This is an indicator of
the overall condition of track. This measure can be used for projects to rehabilitate sections of a rail line since the rehabilitation should eliminate, or at least reduce the slow orders upon project completion.
The number of annual automobile crossings
that are eliminated at an at-grade crossing as a result of a new grade separation.
Count of the annual passenger boardings
and alightings at stations within the
project area.
Point-to-point travel times between pre-determined station stops within the project
area. This measure demonstrates how
track improvements and other upgrades
improve operations on a rail line. It also
helps make sure the railroad is maintaining the line after project completion.
The number of track miles that exist within
the project area. This measure can be
beneficial for projects building sidings or
sections of additional main line track on a
railroad.
G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts
For further information related to this
notice, please contact Mr. Bryan Rodda,
Office of Policy and Planning, Federal
Railroad Administration, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Room W38–203,
Washington, DC 20590; email:
Bryan.Rodda@dot.gov; phone: 202–493–
0443, or Ms. Ruthie Americus, Office of
Policy and Planning, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Room W36–403,
Washington, DC 20590; email:
Ruthie.Americus@dot.gov; phone: 202–
493–0431.
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H. Other Information
All information submitted as part of
or in support of any application shall
use publicly available data or data that
can be made public and methodologies
that are accepted by industry practice
and standards, to the extent possible. If
the application includes information the
applicant considers to be a trade secret
or confidential commercial or financial
information, the applicant should do the
following: (1) Note on the front cover
that the submission ‘‘Contains
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(CBI)’’; (2) mark each affected page
‘‘CBI’’; and (3) highlight or otherwise
denote the CBI portions.
The DOT regulations implementing
the FOIA are found at 49 CFR part 7
Subpart C—Availability of Reasonably
Described Records under the Freedom
of Information Act which sets forth
rules for FRA to make requested
materials, information and, and records
publicly available under FOIA. Unless
prohibited by law and to the extent
permitted under the FOIA, contents of
application and proposals submitted by
successful applicants may be released in
response to FOIA requests.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Quintin Kendall,
Deputy Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Renewal;
Comment Request; Renewal Without
Change of the Generic Clearance for
the Collection of Qualitative Feedback
on Agency Service Delivery
Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network (FinCEN), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, FinCEN invites comments on a
proposed renewal, without change, of
currently approved information
collections relating to the generic
clearance for the collection of
qualitative feedback on agency service
delivery. This request for comments is
being made pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments are welcome,
and must be received on or before
August 10, 2020.
SUMMARY:
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Comments may be
submitted by any of the following
methods:
• Federal E-rulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Refer to Docket Number FINCEN–2020–
0007 and the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) control number 1506–
0062.
• Mail: Policy Division, Financial
Crimes Enforcement Network, P.O. Box
39, Vienna, VA 22183. Refer to Docket
Number FINCEN–2020–0007 and OMB
control number 1506–0062.
Please submit comments by one
method only. All comments submitted
in response to this notice will become
a matter of public record. Therefore, you
should submit only information that
you wish to make publicly available.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
FinCEN Regulatory Support Section at
800–767–2825 or electronically at frc@
fincen.gov.
ADDRESSES:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Statutory and Regulatory Provisions
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The legislative framework generally
referred to as the Bank Secrecy Act
(BSA) consists of the Currency and
Financial Transactions Reporting Act of
1970, as amended by the Uniting and
Strengthening America by Providing
Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept
and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001
(USA PATRIOT Act) (Pub. L. 107–56)
and other legislation. The BSA is
codified at 12 U.S.C. 1829b, 12 U.S.C.
1951–1959, 31 U.S.C. 5311–5314 and
5316–5332, and notes thereto, with
implementing regulations at 31 CFR
chapter X.
The BSA authorizes the Secretary of
the Treasury, inter alia, to require
financial institutions to keep records
and file reports that are determined to
have a high degree of usefulness in
criminal, tax, and regulatory matters, or
in the conduct of intelligence or
counter-intelligence activities, to protect
against international terrorism, and to
implement counter-money laundering
programs and compliance procedures.1
Regulations implementing Title II of the
BSA appear at 31 CFR chapter X. The
authority of the Secretary to administer
the BSA has been delegated to the
Director of FinCEN.2
1 Section 358 of the USA PATRIOT Act added
language expanding the scope of the BSA to
intelligence or counter-intelligence activities to
protect against international terrorism.
2 Treasury Order 180–01 (re-affirmed January 14,
2020).
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FinCEN periodically surveys its
stakeholders to collect qualitative
customer and stakeholder feedback in
an efficient, timely manner, in
accordance with the Agency’s
commitment to improving service
delivery.
II. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) 3
Title: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery.
OMB Control Number: 1506–0062.
Abstract: FinCEN is issuing this
notice to renew, without change, the
Agency’s capability to solicit feedback
from the public with respect to
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 Agency’s services
will be unavailable. The Agency will
only submit 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
is collected only to the extent necessary
and is not retained;
• Information gathered is intended to
be used only internally for general
service improvement and program
management purposes and is not
intended for release outside of the
agency (if released, the agency must
indicate the qualitative nature of the
information);
• Information gathered will not be
used for the purpose of substantially
informing influential policy decisions;
and
• Information gathered will yield
qualitative information; the collections
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will not be designed or expected to
yield statistically reliable results or used
as though the results are generalizable to
the population of study.
Type of Review: Renewal without
change of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit institutions, and non-profit
institutions.
Frequency: As required.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
15,000 respondents.4
Estimated Number of Responses:
15,000 responses.5
Estimated Number of Hours: 10,000
hours.6
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a valid control
number assigned by the OMB.
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.
Dated: June 4, 2020.
Derek Baldry,
Deputy Chief of Staff, Financial Crimes
Enforcement Network.
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4 FinCEN anticipates it will send surveys to
approximately 15,000 BSA-regulated financial
institutions over the three-year period requested for
approval of this OMB control number.
5 FinCEN anticipates, on average, sending ten
surveys per year to approximately 500 respondents
per survey. Over the three-year period requested for
approval of this OMB control number that equates
to 15,000 responses.
6 FinCEN anticipates the surveys will average 15
to 40 minutes to complete, so FinCEN will
conservatively approximate 10,000 burden hours
are needed for the three-year period requested for
approval of this OMB control number (40 minutes
multiplied by 15,000 responses converted to hours).
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Renewal;
Comment Request; Renewal Without Change of the Generic Clearance for
the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, FinCEN invites comments on a proposed renewal,
without change, of currently approved information collections relating
to the generic clearance for the collection of qualitative feedback on
agency service delivery. This request for comments is being made
pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments are welcome, and must be received on or before
August 10, 2020.
[[Page 35508]]
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:
Federal E-rulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Refer to Docket Number
FINCEN-2020-0007 and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control
number 1506-0062.
Mail: Policy Division, Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network, P.O. Box 39, Vienna, VA 22183. Refer to Docket Number FINCEN-
2020-0007 and OMB control number 1506-0062.
Please submit comments by one method only. All comments submitted
in response to this notice will become a matter of public record.
Therefore, you should submit only information that you wish to make
publicly available.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The FinCEN Regulatory Support Section
at 800-767-2825 or electronically at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Statutory and Regulatory Provisions
The legislative framework generally referred to as the Bank Secrecy
Act (BSA) consists of the Currency and Financial Transactions Reporting
Act of 1970, as amended by the Uniting and Strengthening America by
Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct
Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act) (Pub. L. 107-56) and other
legislation. The BSA is codified at 12 U.S.C. 1829b, 12 U.S.C. 1951-
1959, 31 U.S.C. 5311-5314 and 5316-5332, and notes thereto, with
implementing regulations at 31 CFR chapter X.
The BSA authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, inter alia, to
require financial institutions to keep records and file reports that
are determined to have a high degree of usefulness in criminal, tax,
and regulatory matters, or in the conduct of intelligence or counter-
intelligence activities, to protect against international terrorism,
and to implement counter-money laundering programs and compliance
procedures.\1\ Regulations implementing Title II of the BSA appear at
31 CFR chapter X. The authority of the Secretary to administer the BSA
has been delegated to the Director of FinCEN.\2\
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\1\ Section 358 of the USA PATRIOT Act added language expanding
the scope of the BSA to intelligence or counter-intelligence
activities to protect against international terrorism.
\2\ Treasury Order 180-01 (re-affirmed January 14, 2020).
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FinCEN periodically surveys its stakeholders to collect qualitative
customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely manner, in
accordance with the Agency's commitment to improving service delivery.
II. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) \3\
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\3\ Public Law 104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
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Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback
on Agency Service Delivery.
OMB Control Number: 1506-0062.
Abstract: FinCEN is issuing this notice to renew, without change,
the Agency's capability to solicit feedback from the public with
respect to 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 Agency's services will be unavailable. The Agency
will only submit 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 is collected only to
the extent necessary and is not retained;
Information gathered is intended to be used only
internally for general service improvement and program management
purposes and is not intended for release outside of the agency (if
released, the agency must indicate the qualitative nature of the
information);
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 study.
Type of Review: Renewal without change of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit institutions, and
non-profit institutions.
Frequency: As required.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 15,000 respondents.\4\
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\4\ FinCEN anticipates it will send surveys to approximately
15,000 BSA-regulated financial institutions over the three-year
period requested for approval of this OMB control number.
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Estimated Number of Responses: 15,000 responses.\5\
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\5\ FinCEN anticipates, on average, sending ten surveys per year
to approximately 500 respondents per survey. Over the three-year
period requested for approval of this OMB control number that
equates to 15,000 responses.
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Estimated Number of Hours: 10,000 hours.\6\
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\6\ FinCEN anticipates the surveys will average 15 to 40 minutes
to complete, so FinCEN will conservatively approximate 10,000 burden
hours are needed for the three-year period requested for approval of
this OMB control number (40 minutes multiplied by 15,000 responses
converted to hours).
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An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid
control number assigned by the OMB.
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.
Dated: June 4, 2020.
Derek Baldry,
Deputy Chief of Staff, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
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