30-Day Notice of Intent To Seek Reinstatement Without Change: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery, 48463-48464 [2021-18652]
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
30-Day Notice of Intent To Seek
Reinstatement Without Change:
Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency
Service Delivery
Notice and request for
comments.
ACTION:
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.
SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521 (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. The Board
previously published a notice about this
collection in the Federal Register (June
24, 2021). That notice allowed for a 60day public review and comment period.
No comments were received.
DATES: Comments on this information
collection should be submitted by
September 29, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be identified as ‘‘Paperwork Reduction
Act Comments, Surface Transportation
Board: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery.’’ Written
comments for the proposed information
collection should be submitted via
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
This information collection can be
accessed by selecting ‘‘Currently under
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function. As an
alternative, written comments may be
directed to the Office of Management
and Budget, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Michael J.
McManus, Surface Transportation Board
Desk Officer: via email at oira_
submission@omb.eop.gov; by fax at
(202) 395–1743; or by mail to Room
10235, 725 17th Street NW, Washington,
DC 20503.
Please also direct comments to Chris
Oehrle, PRA Officer, Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20423–0001 and to
PRA@stb.gov. For further information
regarding this collection, contact
Michael Higgins, Deputy Director,
Office of Public Assistance,
Governmental Affairs (OPAGAC), and
Compliance, at (202) 245–0284 or
michael.higgins@stb.gov. Assistance for
the hearing impaired is available
through the Federal Relay Service at
(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: Extension 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
qualitative feedback we mean
information that provides useful
insights on perceptions and opinions,
but not statistical surveys that yield
quantitative results that can be
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200
150
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
products or services. These collections
will allow for ongoing, collaborative,
and actionable communications
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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
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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 is used only
internally for general service
improvement and program management
purposes and not for release outside of
the agency;
• information gathered is 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 will provide 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 that
conducts or sponsors a collection of
information must display a currently
valid OMB control number. A collection
of information, which is defined in 44
U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c),
includes agency requirements that
persons submit reports, keep records, or
provide information to the agency, third
parties, or the public. Section 3507(b) of
the PRA requires, concurrent with an
agency’s submitting a collection to OMB
for approval, a 30-day notice and
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comment period through publication in
the Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information.
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: August 24, 2021.
Tammy Lowery,
Clearance Clerk.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
[Docket Number USTR–2021–0013]
2021 Review of Notorious Markets for
Counterfeiting and Piracy: Comment
Request
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Request for comments.
AGENCY:
The Office of the United
States Trade Representative (USTR)
requests comments that identify online
and physical markets to be considered
for inclusion in the 2021 Review of
Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting
and Piracy (Notorious Markets List). The
Notorious Markets List identifies
examples of online and physical
markets that reportedly engage in and
facilitate substantial copyright piracy or
trademark counterfeiting. The issue
focus for the 2021 Notorious Markets
List will examine the adverse impact of
counterfeiting on workers involved with
the manufacture of counterfeit goods.
DATES: October 11, 2021, at 11:59 p.m.
ET: Deadline for submission of written
comments.
October 25, 2021, at 11:59 p.m. ET:
Deadline for submission of rebuttal
comments and other information USTR
should consider during the review.
ADDRESSES: You should submit written
comments through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov (Regulations.gov).
SUMMARY:
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Follow the instructions for submitting
comments in section III below. For
alternatives to online submissions,
please contact Jacob Ewerdt at
notoriousmarkets@ustr.eop.gov or (202)
395–4510 before transmitting a
comment and in advance of the relevant
deadline.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jacob Ewerdt, Director for Innovation
and Intellectual Property, at
notoriousmarkets@ustr.eop.gov or (202)
395–4510. You can find information
about the Special 301 Review, including
the Notorious Markets List, at
www.ustr.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The United States is concerned with
trademark counterfeiting and copyright
piracy on a commercial scale because
these illicit activities cause significant
financial losses for right holders,
legitimate businesses, and governments.
In addition, they undermine critical
U.S. comparative advantages in
innovation and creativity to the
detriment of American workers, and can
pose significant risks to consumer
health and safety and privacy and
security. Conducted under the auspices
of the Special 301 program and the
authority of the U.S. Trade
Representative to address practices that
have significant adverse impact on the
value of U.S. innovation, the Notorious
Markets List identifies examples of
online and physical markets that
reportedly engage in and facilitate
substantial copyright piracy or
trademark counterfeiting that infringe
on U.S. intellectual property (IP).
Beginning in 2006, USTR identified
notorious markets in the annual Special
301 Report. In 2010, USTR announced
that it would publish the Notorious
Markets List as an Out-of-Cycle Review,
separate from the annual Special 301
Report. USTR published the first
Notorious Markets List in February
2011. USTR develops the annual
Notorious Markets List based upon
public comments solicited through the
Federal Register and in consultation
with Federal agencies that serve on the
Special 301 Subcommittee of the Trade
Policy Staff Committee.
The United States encourages owners
and operators of markets reportedly
involved in piracy or counterfeiting to
adopt business models that rely on the
licensed distribution of legitimate
content and products and to work with
right holders and enforcement officials
to address infringement. USTR also
encourages foreign government
authorities to intensify their efforts to
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
30-Day Notice of Intent To Seek Reinstatement Without Change:
Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency
Service Delivery
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.
SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501-
3521 (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. The Board previously published a notice about
this collection in the Federal Register (June 24, 2021). That notice
allowed for a 60-day public review and comment period. No comments were
received.
DATES: Comments on this information collection should be submitted by
September 29, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be identified as ``Paperwork
Reduction Act Comments, Surface Transportation Board: Generic Clearance
for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery.'' Written comments for the proposed information collection
should be submitted via www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. This
information collection can be accessed by selecting ``Currently under
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. As
an alternative, written comments may be directed to the Office of
Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Michael J. McManus, Surface Transportation Board Desk
Officer: via email at [email protected]; by fax at (202) 395-
1743; or by mail to Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC
20503.
Please also direct comments to Chris Oehrle, PRA Officer, Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20423-0001 and to
[email protected]. For further information regarding this collection, contact
Michael Higgins, Deputy Director, Office of Public Assistance,
Governmental Affairs (OPAGAC), and Compliance, at (202) 245-0284 or
[email protected]. Assistance for the hearing impaired is
available through the Federal Relay Service at (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: Extension 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
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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
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 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
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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 is used only internally for general
service improvement and program management purposes and not for release
outside of the agency;
information gathered is 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 will provide 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 that conducts or sponsors a
collection of information must display a currently valid OMB control
number. A collection of information, which is defined in 44 U.S.C.
3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c), includes agency requirements that persons
submit reports, keep records, or provide information to the agency,
third parties, or the public. Section 3507(b) of the PRA requires,
concurrent with an agency's submitting a collection to OMB for
approval, a 30-day notice and comment period through publication in the
Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information.
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: August 24, 2021.
Tammy Lowery,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2021-18652 Filed 8-27-21; 8:45 am]
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