81 FR 88001 - Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 234 (December 6, 2016)
Federal Railroad Administration
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 234 (December 6, 2016)
| Page Range | 88001-88002 | |
| FR Document | 2016-29237 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 6, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 88001-88002] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-29237] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Railroad Administration [Docket No. FRA-2014-0011-N-02] Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: FRA is seeking public comments on its proposal to renew its Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) clearance to participate in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) program, ``Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery'' (OMB program). FRA will submit the information collection requirements described below to OMB for review, as required by the PRA. The OMB program was created to facilitate Federal agencies' efforts to streamline the process to seek public feedback on service delivery. Current FRA clearance under the OMB program expires May 31, 2017. DATES: Comments must be received no later than February 6, 2017. ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on any or all of the following proposed activities by mail to Ms. Kimberly Toone, Office of Information Technology, RAD-20, Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Mail Stop 35, Washington, DC 20590. Commenters requesting FRA to acknowledge receipt of their respective comments must include a self-addressed stamped postcard stating, ``Comments on OMB control number 2130-0593.'' Alternatively, comments may be transmitted via facsimile to (202) 493-6497, or via email to Ms. Toone at Kim.Toone@dot.gov. Please refer to the assigned OMB control number in any correspondence submitted. FRA will summarize comments received in response to this notice in a subsequent notice and include them in its information collection submission to OMB for approval. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Kimberly Toone, Office of Information Technology, RAD-20, Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Mail Stop 35, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 493-6132). (These telephone numbers are not toll-free.) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive Order 12862 (1993) (Setting Customer Service Standards) directed all Federal executive departments and agencies and requested independent Federal agencies to provide service to ``customers'' that matches or exceeds the best service available in the private sector. See also Executive Order 13571 (2011) (Streamlining Service Delivery and Improving Customer Service). For purposes of these orders, ``customer'' means an individual who or entity that is directly served by a Federal department or agency. FRA seeks renewed OMB approval of a generic clearance to collect qualitative feedback on our service delivery (i.e., the products and services that FRA creates to help consumers and businesses understand their rights and responsibilities, including Web sites, blogs, videos, print publications, and other content). Below is a brief summary of the information collection activity FRA will submit to OMB for clearance as required under the PRA: Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery OMB Control Number: 2130-0593. Status: Regular Review. [[Page 88002]] Type of Request: Extension without change of a previously approved collection. Abstract: This collection of information is necessary to enable the FRA to garner customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely manner, consistent with our commitment to improving service delivery. The information collected from our customers and stakeholders will help ensure users have an effective, efficient, and satisfying experience with FRA's programs. This feedback will provide insights into customer or stakeholder perceptions, experiences and expectations, provide an early warning of issues with service, and focus attention on areas where communication, training or changes in operations might improve delivery of products or services. These collections will allow ongoing, collaborative, and actionable communications between FRA and its customers and stakeholders. It also allows feedback to contribute directly to the improvement of program management. Improving FRA's programs requires ongoing assessment of service delivery, meaning a systematic review of the operation of a program compared to a set of explicit or implicit standards as a means of contributing to the continuous improvement of the program. FRA will collect, analyze, and interpret information gathered through this generic clearance to identify strengths and weaknesses of current services and make improvements in service delivery based on feedback. 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. FRA will assess responses 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 FRA's services will be unavailable. FRA will only submit a collection for approval under this generic clearance if it meets the following conditions:FRA will only use the information gathered internally for general service improvement and program management purposes and does not intend to release it outside FRA; FRA will not use information gathered to substantially inform influential policy decisions; Information gathered will yield qualitative information; FRA will not design the collections or expect them to yield statistically reliable results or use them as though the results are generalizable to the population of study; Participation in the collections is 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 OMB program or may have experience with the OMB program in the near future; and With the exception of information needed to provide renumeration for participants of focus groups and cognitive laboratory studies, FRA will collect personally identifiable information (PII) only to the extent necessary and will not retain it. Affected Public: Individuals and Households, Business and Organizations, State, Local or Tribal Governments. Frequency of Submission: Once per request. Total Annual Number of Respondents: 2,100. Total Estimated Responses: 2,100. Average Minutes per Response: 10 minutes. Total Annual Burden Hours: 354 hours. Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520. Issued in Washington, DC, on November 30, 2016. Patrick Warren, Acting Executive Director. [FR Doc. 2016-29237 Filed 12-5-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-06-P
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boundaries; the runway configurations; under Section 150.21 of FAR Part 150, DATES: Comments must be received no
land uses such as residential, open that the statutorily required consultation later than February 6, 2017.
space, commercial/retail, community has been accomplished.
Copies of the full noise exposure map ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
facilities, libraries, churches, and
documentation and of the FAA’s on any or all of the following proposed
warehouses; and those areas within the
evaluation of the maps are available for activities by mail to Ms. Kimberly
Day Night Average Sound Level (DNL)
examination at the following locations: Toone, Office of Information
65, 70 and 75 noise contours. Estimates
Technology, RAD–20, Federal Railroad
for the area within these contours for Federal Aviation Administration,
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave.
the 2015 Base Year are shown in Table Eastern Region, Airports Division,
SE., Mail Stop 35, Washington, DC
4–8 and Table 4–9, and in Chapter 4 of AEA–600, 1 Aviation Plaza, Jamaica,
20590. Commenters requesting FRA to
the NEM. Estimates of the residential New York 11434.
Federal Aviation Administration, acknowledge receipt of their respective
population within the 2020 Future Year
Harrisburg Airports District Office, comments must include a self-addressed
noise contours are shown in Table 5–5,
3905 Hartzdale Drive, Suite 508, stamped postcard stating, ‘‘Comments
and in Chapter 5 of the NEM. Figure 3–
Camp Hill, PA 17011. on OMB control number 2130–0593.’’
1, in Chapter 3, displays the location of
Charles R. Everett, Executive Director, Alternatively, comments may be
noise monitoring sites. Flight tracks are
Lehigh Valley International Airport, transmitted via facsimile to (202) 493–
found in Chapter 4, and detailed in
Lehigh Northamption Aiport 6497, or via email to Ms. Toone at
Appedix C. The type and frequency of
Authority, 3311 Airport Road, Kim.Toone@dot.gov. Please refer to the
aircraft operations (including nighttime
Allentown, PA 18109–3040. assigned OMB control number in any
operations) are found in Chapter 4,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
correspondence submitted. FRA will
Tables 4–5 and 4–6. The FAA has
Harrisburg Airports District Office (HAR summarize comments received in
determined that these noise exposure
ADO), Susan L. McDonald, response to this notice in a subsequent
maps and accompanying documentation
Environmental Protection Specialist, notice and include them in its
are in compliance with applicable
Federal Aviation Administration, HAR information collection submission to
requirements. This determination is
ADO, 3905 Hartzdale Drive, Suite 508, OMB for approval.
effective on November 28, 2016.
FAA’s determination on an airport Camp Hill, PA 17011, Telephone: (717) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
operator’s noise exposure maps is 730–2830. Kimberly Toone, Office of Information
limited to a finding that the maps were Issued in Camp Hill, PA on November 21, Technology, RAD–20, Federal Railroad
developed in accordance with the 2016. Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave.
procedures contained in Appendix A of Lori K. Pagnanelli, SE., Mail Stop 35, Washington, DC
FAR Part 150. Such determination does Manager, Harrisburg Airports District Office, 20590 (telephone: (202) 493–6132).
not constitute approval of the Eastern Region. (These telephone numbers are not toll-
applicant’s data, information or plans, [FR Doc. 2016–29145 Filed 12–5–16; 8:45 am] free.)
or a commitment to approve a noise BILLING CODE 4910–13–P SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive
compatibility program or to fund the Order 12862 (1993) (Setting Customer
implementation of that program. If Service Standards) directed all Federal
questions arise concerning the precise DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION executive departments and agencies and
relationship of specific properties to requested independent Federal agencies
noise exposure contours depicted on a Federal Railroad Administration
to provide service to ‘‘customers’’ that
noise exposure map submitted under [Docket No. FRA–2014–0011–N–02] matches or exceeds the best service
Section 47503 of the Act, it should be available in the private sector. See also
noted that the FAA is not involved in Proposed Agency Information Executive Order 13571 (2011)
any way in determining the relative Collection Activities; Comment (Streamlining Service Delivery and
locations of specific properties with Request Improving Customer Service). For
regard to the depicted noise contours, or AGENCY: Federal Railroad purposes of these orders, ‘‘customer’’
in interpreting the noise exposure maps Administration (FRA), Department of means an individual who or entity that
to resolve questions concerning, for Transportation (DOT). is directly served by a Federal
example, which properties should be ACTION: Notice. department or agency. FRA seeks
covered by the provisions of Section renewed OMB approval of a generic
47506 of the Act. These functions are SUMMARY: FRA is seeking public clearance to collect qualitative feedback
inseparable from the ultimate land use comments on its proposal to renew its on our service delivery (i.e., the
control and planning responsibilities of Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) products and services that FRA creates
local government. These local clearance to participate in the Office of to help consumers and businesses
responsibilities are not changed in any Management and Budget (OMB) understand their rights and
way under Part 150 or through the program, ‘‘Generic Clearance for the responsibilities, including Web sites,
FAA’s review of noise exposure maps. Collection of Qualitative Feedback on blogs, videos, print publications, and
Therefore, the responsibility for the Agency Service Delivery’’ (OMB other content).
detailed overlaying of noise exposure program). FRA will submit the
Below is a brief summary of the
contours onto the map depicting information collection requirements
information collection activity FRA will
properties on the surface rests described below to OMB for review, as
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submit to OMB for clearance as required
exclusively with the airport operator required by the PRA. The OMB program
under the PRA:
that submitted those maps, or with was created to facilitate Federal
those public agencies and planning agencies’ efforts to streamline the Title: Generic Clearance for the
agencies with which consultation is process to seek public feedback on Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
required under Section 47503 of the service delivery. Current FRA clearance Agency Service Delivery OMB Control
Act. The FAA has relied on the under the OMB program expires May Number: 2130–0593.
certification by the airport operator, 31, 2017. Status: Regular Review.
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Type of Request: Extension without them as though the results are ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding
change of a previously approved generalizable to the population of study; the burden estimates, or any other
collection. • Participation in the collections is aspect of the information collections,
Abstract: This collection of voluntary; including suggestions for reducing the
information is necessary to enable the • The collections are low-burden for burden, to (1) Office of Information and
FRA to garner customer and stakeholder respondents (based on considerations of Regulatory Affairs, Office of
feedback in an efficient, timely manner, total burden hours, total number of Management and Budget, Attention:
consistent with our commitment to respondents, or burden-hours per Desk Officer for Treasury, New
improving service delivery. The respondent) and are low-cost for both Executive Office Building, Room 10235,
information collected from our the respondents and the Federal Washington, DC 20503, or email at
customers and stakeholders will help Government; OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.gov and
ensure users have an effective, efficient, • The collections are non- (2) Treasury PRA Clearance Officer,
and satisfying experience with FRA’s controversial and do not raise issues of 1750 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite
programs. This feedback will provide concern to other Federal agencies; 8142, Washington, DC 20220, or email
insights into customer or stakeholder • Any collection is targeted to the at PRA@treasury.gov.
perceptions, experiences and solicitation of opinions from
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
expectations, provide an early warning respondents who have experience with
Copies of the submissions may be
of issues with service, and focus the OMB program or may have
obtained by emailing PRA@treasury.gov,
attention on areas where experience with the OMB program in
calling (202) 622–0934, or viewing the
communication, training or changes in the near future; and
• With the exception of information entire information collection request at
operations might improve delivery of www.reginfo.gov.
products or services. These collections needed to provide renumeration for
participants of focus groups and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
will allow ongoing, collaborative, and
actionable communications between cognitive laboratory studies, FRA will Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
FRA and its customers and collect personally identifiable
information (PII) only to the extent OMB Control Number: 1545–0732.
stakeholders. It also allows feedback to Type of Review: Extension without
contribute directly to the improvement necessary and will not retain it.
Affected Public: Individuals and change of a currently approved
of program management. collection.
Households, Business and
Improving FRA’s programs requires Organizations, State, Local or Tribal Title: Credit for Increasing Research
ongoing assessment of service delivery, Governments. Activity (TD 8251).
meaning a systematic review of the Frequency of Submission: Once per Abstract: This regulation provides
operation of a program compared to a request. rules for the credit for increasing
set of explicit or implicit standards as a Total Annual Number of research activities. Internal Revenue
means of contributing to the continuous Respondents: 2,100. Code section 41(f) provides that
improvement of the program. FRA will Total Estimated Responses: 2,100. commonly controlled groups of
collect, analyze, and interpret Average Minutes per Response: 10 taxpayers shall compute the credit as if
information gathered through this minutes. they are single taxpayer. The credit
generic clearance to identify strengths Total Annual Burden Hours: 354 allowed to a member of the group is a
and weaknesses of current services and hours. portion of the group’s credit. Section
make improvements in service delivery Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 1.41–8(d) of the regulation permits a
based on feedback. The solicitation of corporation that is a member of more
feedback will target areas such as: Issued in Washington, DC, on November
30, 2016.
than one group to designate which
Timeliness, appropriateness, accuracy controlled group they will be aggregated
Patrick Warren,
of information, courtesy, efficiency of with the purposes of Code section 41(f).
service delivery, and resolution of Acting Executive Director. Affected Public: Businesses or other
issues with service delivery. FRA will [FR Doc. 2016–29237 Filed 12–5–16; 8:45 am] for-profits.
assess responses to plan and inform BILLING CODE 4910–06–P Estimated Total Annual Burden
efforts to improve or maintain the Hours: 63.
quality of service offered to the public. OMB Control Number: 1545–0232.
If this information is not collected, vital DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Type of Review: Extension without
feedback from customers and change of a currently approved
stakeholders on the FRA’s services will Submission for OMB Review;
collection.
be unavailable. Comment Request Title: Information Return of
FRA will only submit a collection for AGENCY: Department of the Treasury. Nontaxable Energy Grants or Subsidized
approval under this generic clearance if ACTION: Notice. Energy Financing.
it meets the following conditions: Form: 6497.
• FRA will only use the information SUMMARY: The Department of the Abstract: Section 6050D of the
gathered internally for general service Treasury will submit the following Internal Revenue Code requires an
improvement and program management information collection requests to the information return to be made by any
purposes and does not intend to release Office of Management and Budget person who administers a Federal, state,
it outside FRA; (OMB) for review and clearance in or local program providing nontaxable
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• FRA will not use information accordance with the Paperwork grants or subsidized energy financing.
gathered to substantially inform Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– Form 6497 is used for making the
influential policy decisions; 13, on or after the date of publication of information return. The IRS uses the
• Information gathered will yield this notice. information from the form to ensure that
qualitative information; FRA will not DATES: Comments should be received on recipients have not claimed tax credits
design the collections or expect them to or before January 5, 2017 to be assured or other benefits with respect to the
yield statistically reliable results or use of consideration. grants or subsidized financing.
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| Contact | Ms. Kimberly Toone, Office of Information Technology, RAD-20, Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Mail Stop 35, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 493-6132). (These telephone numbers are not toll-free.) | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 88001 |
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