82_FR_21641 82 FR 21553 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

82 FR 21553 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
National Endowment for the Arts

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 88 (May 9, 2017)

Page Range21553-21554
FR Document2017-09333

The National Endowment for the Arts, on behalf of the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities, will submit the following public information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35): Application for International Indemnification. Copies of this ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained at www.reginfo.gov. Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the National Endowment for the Arts, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503 (202/395-4718). Copies of any comments should be provided to Patricia Loiko (National Endowment for the Arts, 400 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20506). To be assured of consideration, comments should be submitted to OMB within thirty days of this publication in the Federal Register. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is particularly interested in comments which:

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 88 (Tuesday, May 9, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 88 (Tuesday, May 9, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21553-21554]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-09333]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

National Endowment for the Arts


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

SUMMARY: The National Endowment for the Arts, on behalf of the Federal 
Council on the Arts and the Humanities, will submit the following 
public information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35): 
Application for International Indemnification. Copies of this ICR, with 
applicable supporting

[[Page 21554]]

documentation, may be obtained at www.reginfo.gov.
    Comments should be sent to Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the National Endowment for the 
Arts, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503 
(202/395-4718). Copies of any comments should be provided to Patricia 
Loiko (National Endowment for the Arts, 400 7th Street SW., Washington, 
DC 20506). To be assured of consideration, comments should be submitted 
to OMB within thirty days of this publication in the Federal Register.
    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is particularly 
interested in comments which:

--Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility;
--Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
--Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and
--Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submissions of responses.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) 
requests the review of its application guidelines. This entry is issued 
by the NEA and contains the following information: (1) The title of the 
form; (2) how often the required information must be reported; (3) who 
will be required or asked to report; (4) what the form will be used 
for; (5) an estimate of the number of responses; (6) the average burden 
hours per response; (7) an estimate of the total number of hours needed 
to prepare the form. This entry is not subject to 44 U.S.C. 3504(h).
    Agency: National Endowment for the Arts.
    Title: Application for International Indemnification.
    OMB Number: 3135-0094.
    Frequency: Renewed every three years.
    Affected Public: Non-profit, tax exempt organizations, and 
governmental units.
    Number of Respondents: 40 per year.
    Estimated Time per Respondent: 45 hours.
    Estimate Cost per Respondent: $2,097.
    Total Burden Hours: 1800.
    Total Annualized Capital/Startup Costs: 0.
    Total Annual Costs (Operating/Maintaining Systems or Purchasing 
Services): $121,200.
    Description: This application form is used by non-profit, tax-
exempt organizations (primarily museums), and governmental units to 
apply to the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities (through 
the NEA) for indemnification of eligible works of art and artifacts, 
borrowed from lenders in the United States for exhibition in the United 
States. The indemnity agreement is backed by the full faith and credit 
of the United States. In the event of loss or damage to an indemnified 
object, the Federal Council certifies the validity of the claim and 
requests payment from Congress. 20 U.S.C. 973 et seq. requires such an 
application and specifies information which must be supplied. This 
statutory requirement is implemented by regulation at 45 CFR 1160.4.

    Dated: May 4, 2017.
Kathy Daum,
Director, Administrative Services Office, National Endowment for the 
Arts.
[FR Doc. 2017-09333 Filed 5-8-17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7537-01-P



                                                                                  Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 88 / Tuesday, May 9, 2017 / Notices                                                       21553

                                                  individual, all the content that appears                the total number of participants based                 submitted, and (iii) the electronic copies
                                                  in the work must be created by that                     on its available resources and the                     can be linked to the corresponding data
                                                  individual, and that individual must be                 volume of claims that each party plans                 file for each work. If not, the system will
                                                  the sole owner of all rights in the work.               to submit.                                             reject the entire batch and send an email
                                                  In this respect, the pilot program will                    Briefly stated, the Office will create a            notification to the participant. Finally,
                                                  mirror the eligibility requirements that                separate portal into the eCO system for                the system will scan each transmission
                                                  apply when a literary work is submitted                 each participant. In addition, the Office              to determine if any information appears
                                                  with the Single Application. Likewise,                  will provide participants with an XML                  to be missing from the claims, such as
                                                  the filing fee for claims submitted                     (extensive markup language) schema                     the author or title of a particular work.
                                                  through the pilot will match the fee that               that identifies the type of data that must             If so, the system will send an email
                                                  currently applies to the Single                         be included in each submission. The                    notification to the participant regarding
                                                  Application, namely $35 for each work.                  schema will call for a unique tracking                 that claim. In such cases, the participant
                                                  The deposit for each work must be                       number that will be assigned to each                   will need to correct the issue and
                                                  uploaded as one PDF file.                               claim. It will contain a field for the                 resubmit the claim in another bulk
                                                     If the Office determines that a                      deposit account that will be used to pay               submission.3
                                                  particular work does not satisfy these                  the filing fee for each claim. And it will                If the transmission is accepted, the
                                                  eligibility requirements, it will refuse to             contain data fields that match the                     XML streams will auto-populate the
                                                  register the claim. In particular, works                corresponding fields in the Single                     corresponding fields within the
                                                  made for hire will not be eligible for the              Application for literary works. These                  electronic registration system. The
                                                  pilot. A work created by two or more                    fields include the type of work; title of              tracking number for each work will be
                                                  individuals will not be eligible. A work                work; completion date; publication                     used to connect the electronic copies
                                                  will not be eligible if the deposit                     status; name of author, claimant, and                  with the corresponding data file for that
                                                  contains material created by two or                     correspondent; and the name of the                     work. The eCO system will assign a
                                                  more authors (even if the applicant only                person who certified the application.2                 service request number to each claim,
                                                  intends to register material created by                    Each participant will develop its own               and eventually they will be distributed
                                                  one of those individuals). For the same                 internal systems for collecting this data.             to an examiner—just like any other
                                                  reason, a derivative work will not be                   In addition, each participant will create              claim that is submitted through the
                                                  eligible if it is based on a preexisting                a secure gateway—in close consultation                 Office’s Web site. If the claims are
                                                  work by a different author. A work                      with the Office’s technology staff—that                approved, the Office will send a
                                                  created by one individual will not be                   will be used to transmit this data to the              certificate of registration to the person
                                                  eligible if the author transferred his or               Office. Participants will be required to               named in the correspondent field.
                                                  her rights to another party or if the work              conduct extensive testing to confirm                      Parties that are interested in
                                                  is co-owned by two or more parties.                     that their gateway is compatible with                  participating in this pilot program
                                                  Claims involving collective works, an                   the eCO system before they will be                     should contact the Copyright Office
                                                  unpublished collection, a unit or                       allowed to use the bulk submission                     using the contact information in the
                                                  publication, a Web site, a database, or                 option.                                                ADDRESSES section above.
                                                  other multiple works also will not be                      Once it has been tested and approved,
                                                  eligible for the pilot.                                                                                          Dated: May 3, 2017.
                                                                                                          the gateway will be attached to the
                                                     The Office is limiting the pilot to                  portal and will interact directly with the             Sarang V. Damle,
                                                  literary works at this time, because they               eCO system. Briefly stated, participants               General Counsel and Associate Register of
                                                  account for the largest number of claims                will transmit streams of data through                  Copyrights.
                                                  submitted through the eCO system in                     the gateway in an XML format using the                 [FR Doc. 2017–09317 Filed 5–8–17; 8:45 am]
                                                  any given year. For example, in Fiscal                  HTTPS secure transport protocol.                       BILLING CODE 1410–30–P
                                                  Year 2016, the Office received more                     Participants will use the HTTP ‘‘POST’’
                                                  than 180,000 literary claims, which                     method to submit an electronic copy of
                                                  represent roughly 36% of the electronic                 each work in a PDF format. The Office                  NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE
                                                  claims submitted during that period. At                 does not plan to limit the number of                   ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
                                                  the same time, the Office must balance                  claims that may be included within
                                                  the administrative burden that bulk                     each submission, but each batch must                   National Endowment for the Arts
                                                  submission may impose on the Office.                    include a header that identifies the total
                                                  The Office decided to limit the pilot to                                                                       Submission for OMB Review;
                                                                                                          number of claims contained therein.
                                                  works that satisfy the eligibility                         Once the XML stream and the                         Comment Request
                                                  requirements for the Single Application                 electronic copies have been sent                       SUMMARY:   The National Endowment for
                                                  in part because these claims tend to be                 through the gateway, the participant                   the Arts, on behalf of the Federal
                                                  less complex than claims involving                      will receive an email notification                     Council on the Arts and the Humanities,
                                                  multiple works, multiple authors, and/                  acknowledging the receipt of the                       will submit the following public
                                                  or multiple owners. If the pilot is                     transmission. Before the transmission is               information collection request (ICR) to
                                                  successful, the Office may consider                     entered into the eCO system, the Office                the Office of Management and Budget
                                                  expanding this option to include other                  will scan it for potential security issues,            (OMB) for review and approval in
                                                  types of works.                                         such as the presence of malicious code.                accordance with the Paperwork
                                                  Participation in the Pilot Program                      Next, the transmission will be scanned                 Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13,
mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES




                                                                                                          to determine if (i) there is a sufficient              44 U.S.C. Chapter 35): Application for
                                                     This Notice provides a general                       amount of money in the participant’s
                                                  overview of how the pilot program is                                                                           International Indemnification. Copies of
                                                                                                          deposit account to cover the filing fees,              this ICR, with applicable supporting
                                                  expected to work. Participants will be                  (ii) a copy of each work has been
                                                  allowed to join the pilot only if they                                                                           3 Alternatively, the participant could file a
                                                  cooperate with and obtain approval                        2 The schema also will include optional fields for   separate application for that claim by submitting an
                                                  from the Office’s technology staff during               limiting the claim, providing rights and permissions   application deposit and filing fee through the
                                                  each phase. The Office may also limit                   information, and requesting special handling.          Office’s Web site.



                                             VerDate Sep<11>2014   18:19 May 08, 2017   Jkt 241001   PO 00000   Frm 00052   Fmt 4703   Sfmt 4703   E:\FR\FM\09MYN1.SGM    09MYN1


                                                  21554                           Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 88 / Tuesday, May 9, 2017 / Notices

                                                  documentation, may be obtained at                          Estimated Time per Respondent: 45                     Members of the public desiring to
                                                  www.reginfo.gov.                                        hours.                                                provide oral statements and/or written
                                                    Comments should be sent to Office of                     Estimate Cost per Respondent: $2,097.              comments should notify the Designated
                                                  Information and Regulatory Affairs,                        Total Burden Hours: 1800.                          Federal Official (DFO), Christopher
                                                  Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the National                    Total Annualized Capital/Startup                   Brown (Telephone 301–415–7111 or
                                                  Endowment for the Arts, Office of                       Costs: 0.
                                                                                                                                                                Email: Christopher.Brown@nrc.gov) five
                                                  Management and Budget, Room 10235,                         Total Annual Costs (Operating/
                                                                                                          Maintaining Systems or Purchasing                     days prior to the meeting, if possible, so
                                                  Washington, DC 20503 (202/395–4718).                                                                          that appropriate arrangements can be
                                                  Copies of any comments should be                        Services): $121,200.
                                                                                                             Description: This application form is              made. Thirty-five hard copies of each
                                                  provided to Patricia Loiko (National                                                                          presentation or handout should be
                                                  Endowment for the Arts, 400 7th Street                  used by non-profit, tax-exempt
                                                                                                          organizations (primarily museums), and                provided to the DFO thirty minutes
                                                  SW., Washington, DC 20506). To be
                                                                                                          governmental units to apply to the                    before the meeting. In addition, one
                                                  assured of consideration, comments
                                                                                                          Federal Council on the Arts and the                   electronic copy of each presentation
                                                  should be submitted to OMB within
                                                                                                          Humanities (through the NEA) for                      should be emailed to the DFO one day
                                                  thirty days of this publication in the
                                                                                                          indemnification of eligible works of art              before the meeting. If an electronic copy
                                                  Federal Register.
                                                    The Office of Management and Budget                   and artifacts, borrowed from lenders in               cannot be provided within this
                                                                                                          the United States for exhibition in the               timeframe, presenters should provide
                                                  (OMB) is particularly interested in
                                                                                                          United States. The indemnity agreement                the DFO with a CD containing each
                                                  comments which:
                                                                                                          is backed by the full faith and credit of             presentation at least thirty minutes
                                                  —Evaluate whether the proposed                          the United States. In the event of loss or
                                                    collection of information is necessary                                                                      before the meeting. Electronic
                                                                                                          damage to an indemnified object, the                  recordings will be permitted only
                                                    for the proper performance of the                     Federal Council certifies the validity of
                                                    functions of the agency, including                                                                          during those portions of the meeting
                                                                                                          the claim and requests payment from
                                                    whether the information will have                                                                           that are open to the public. Detailed
                                                                                                          Congress. 20 U.S.C. 973 et seq. requires
                                                    practical utility;                                                                                          procedures for the conduct of and
                                                                                                          such an application and specifies
                                                  —Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s                  information which must be supplied.                   participation in ACRS meetings were
                                                    estimate of the burden of the                         This statutory requirement is                         published in the Federal Register on
                                                    proposed collection of information                    implemented by regulation at 45 CFR                   October 17, 2016, (81 FR 71543).
                                                    including the validity of the                         1160.4.                                                  Detailed meeting agendas and meeting
                                                    methodology and assumptions used;                                                                           transcripts are available on the NRC
                                                  —Enhance the quality, utility and                         Dated: May 4, 2017.
                                                                                                          Kathy Daum,                                           Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-
                                                    clarity of the information to be                                                                            rm/doc-collections/acrs. Information
                                                    collected; and                                        Director, Administrative Services Office,
                                                                                                          National Endowment for the Arts.                      regarding topics to be discussed,
                                                  —Minimize the burden of the collection
                                                                                                          [FR Doc. 2017–09333 Filed 5–8–17; 8:45 am]            changes to the agenda, whether the
                                                    of information on those who are to
                                                    respond, including through the use of                 BILLING CODE 7537–01–P                                meeting has been canceled or
                                                    appropriate automated, electronic,                                                                          rescheduled, and the time allotted to
                                                    mechanical or other technological                                                                           present oral statements can be obtained
                                                    collection techniques or other forms                  NUCLEAR REGULATORY                                    from the Web site cited above or by
                                                    of information technology, e.g.,                      COMMISSION                                            contacting the identified DFO.
                                                    permitting electronic submissions of                                                                        Moreover, in view of the possibility that
                                                    responses.                                            Advisory Committee on Reactor                         the schedule for ACRS meetings may be
                                                                                                          Safeguards (ACRS) Meeting of the                      adjusted by the Chairman as necessary
                                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:      The                     ACRS Subcommittee on APR1400;                         to facilitate the conduct of the meeting,
                                                  National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)                   Notice of Meeting
                                                  requests the review of its application                                                                        persons planning to attend should check
                                                  guidelines. This entry is issued by the                    The ACRS Subcommittee on APR1400                   with these references if such
                                                  NEA and contains the following                          will hold a meeting May 18–19, 2017, at               rescheduling would result in a major
                                                  information: (1) The title of the form; (2)             11545 Rockville Pike, Room T–2B1,                     inconvenience.
                                                  how often the required information                      Rockville, Maryland 20852.                               If attending this meeting, please enter
                                                  must be reported; (3) who will be                          The meeting will be open to public                 through the One White Flint North
                                                  required or asked to report; (4) what the               attendance. The agenda for the subject                building, 11555 Rockville Pike,
                                                  form will be used for; (5) an estimate of               meeting shall be as follows:
                                                                                                                                                                Rockville, Maryland 20852. After
                                                  the number of responses; (6) the average                Thursday, May 18, 2017—8:30 a.m.                      registering with Security, please contact
                                                  burden hours per response; (7) an                          until 5:00 p.m.; Friday, May 19,                   Mr. Theron Brown (Telephone 240–
                                                  estimate of the total number of hours                      2017—8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
                                                                                                                                                                888–9835) to be escorted to the meeting
                                                  needed to prepare the form. This entry                     The Subcommittee will review the                   room.
                                                  is not subject to 44 U.S.C. 3504(h).                    APR1400 DCD Review—Chapter 9,
                                                     Agency: National Endowment for the                   ‘‘Auxiliary Systems’’ and Chapter 15,                   Dated: May 3, 2017.
                                                  Arts.                                                   ‘‘Transient and Accident Analyses.’’                  Mark L. Banks,
                                                     Title: Application for International                 The Subcommittee will hear                            Chief, Technical Support Branch, Advisory
                                                  Indemnification.                                        presentations by and hold discussions
mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES




                                                                                                                                                                Committee on Reactor Safeguards.
                                                     OMB Number: 3135–0094.                               with the NRC staff and Korea Hydro &                  [FR Doc. 2017–09362 Filed 5–8–17; 8:45 am]
                                                     Frequency: Renewed every three                       Nuclear Power Company regarding this                  BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
                                                  years.                                                  matter. The Subcommittee will gather
                                                     Affected Public: Non-profit, tax                     information, analyze relevant issues and
                                                  exempt organizations, and governmental                  facts, and formulate proposed positions
                                                  units.                                                  and actions, as appropriate, for
                                                     Number of Respondents: 40 per year.                  deliberation by the Full Committee.


                                             VerDate Sep<11>2014   18:19 May 08, 2017   Jkt 241001   PO 00000   Frm 00053   Fmt 4703   Sfmt 9990   E:\FR\FM\09MYN1.SGM   09MYN1



Document Created: 2018-11-08 08:41:41
Document Modified: 2018-11-08 08:41:41
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
FR Citation82 FR 21553 

2024 Federal Register | Disclaimer | Privacy Policy
USC | CFR | eCFR