82_FR_29483 82 FR 29360 - 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Overseas Pre-Assignment Medical History and Examination, Non-Foreign Service Personnel and Their Family Members

82 FR 29360 - 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Overseas Pre-Assignment Medical History and Examination, Non-Foreign Service Personnel and Their Family Members

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 123 (June 28, 2017)

Page Range29360-29361
FR Document2017-13499

The Department of State has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 we are requesting comments on this collection from all interested individuals and organizations. The purpose of this Notice is to allow 30 days for public comment.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 123 (Wednesday, June 28, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29360-29361]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13499]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 10029]


30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Overseas Pre-
Assignment Medical History and Examination, Non-Foreign Service 
Personnel and Their Family Members

ACTION: Notice of request for public comment and submission to OMB of 
proposed collection of information.

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SUMMARY: The Department of State has submitted the information 
collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for approval. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 we 
are requesting comments on this collection from all interested 
individuals and organizations. The purpose of this Notice is to allow 
30 days for public comment.

DATES: Submit comments directly to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) up to July 28, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Direct comments to the Department of State Desk Officer in 
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB). You may submit comments by the following 
methods:
     Email: [email protected]. You must include the 
DS form number, information collection title, and the OMB control 
number in the subject line of your message.
     Fax: 202-395-5806. Attention: Desk Officer for Department 
of State.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct requests for additional 
information regarding the collection listed in this notice, including 
requests for copies of the proposed collection instrument and 
supporting documents, to Joan F. Grew, who may be reached on 703-875-
5412 or at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
     Title of Information Collection: Overseas Pre-Assignment 
Medical History and Examination, Non-Foreign Service Personnel and 
Their Family Members.
     OMB Control Number: 1405-0194.
     Type of Request: Revision of a Currently Approved 
Collection.
     Originating Office: Bureau of Medical Services--Medical 
Clearances.
     Form Number: DS-6561.
     Respondents: Non-foreign service employees or family 
members.
     Estimated Number of Respondents: 9890.
     Estimated Number of Responses: 9890.
     Average Time per Response: 1 hour.
     Total Estimated Burden Time: 9,890 hours.
     Frequency: As needed.
     Obligation to Respond: Required to Obtain or Retain a 
Benefit.
    We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department to:
     Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is 
necessary for the proper functions of the Department.
     Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the time and cost 
burden for this proposed collection, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used.
     Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected.
     Minimize the reporting burden on those who are to respond, 
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.
    Please note that comments submitted in response to this Notice are 
public record. Before including any detailed personal information, you 
should be aware that your comments as submitted, including your 
personal information, will be available for public review.
    Abstract of proposed collection: Form DS-6561 is designed to 
succinctly collect appropriate and current medical information about an 
individual in order for a medical provider to make a determination as 
to whether a federal employee or contractor or eligible family member 
will have sufficient medical and educational resources at a diplomatic 
mission abroad to maintain the health and safety of the individual or 
family member. It is designed for all non-Foreign Affairs Agency 
employees, or their eligible family members.
    Methodology: The information collected will be collected through 
the use of an electronic forms engine or by

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hand written submission using a pre-printed form.

Behzad Shahbazian,
Director of Clinical Services, Bureau of Medical Services, Department 
of State.
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                                                      • Total Estimated Burden Time: 8,000                  2017 (82 FR 6684). One comment was                     to Joan F. Grew, who may be reached on
                                                    hours.                                                  received that was not substantive.                     703–875–5412 or at GrewJF@State.gov.
                                                      • Frequency: Monthly.                                   Methodology: The Passport Demand                     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                       • Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.                  Forecasting Study uses monthly surveys                   • Title of Information Collection:
                                                       We are soliciting public comments to                 that will gather data from a national                  Overseas Pre-Assignment Medical
                                                    permit the Department to:                               representative sample of U.S. nationals.               History and Examination, Non-Foreign
                                                       • Evaluate whether the proposed                      Survey delivery methodologies can                      Service Personnel and Their Family
                                                    information collection is necessary for                 include mail, internet/web, telephone,                 Members.
                                                    the proper functions of the Department.
                                                       • Evaluate the accuracy of our
                                                                                                            and mix-mode surveys to ensure the                       • OMB Control Number: 1405–0194.
                                                    estimate of the time and cost burden for
                                                                                                            CA/PPT reaches the appropriate                           • Type of Request: Revision of a
                                                                                                            audience and leverages the best research               Currently Approved Collection.
                                                    this proposed collection, including the
                                                    validity of the methodology and
                                                                                                            method to obtain valid responses. The                    • Originating Office: Bureau of
                                                                                                            survey data will cover an estimated                    Medical Services—Medical Clearances.
                                                    assumptions used.
                                                       • Enhance the quality, utility, and
                                                                                                            48,000 respondents annually.                             • Form Number: DS–6561.
                                                    clarity of the information to be                        Brenda S. Sprague,                                       • Respondents: Non-foreign service
                                                    collected.                                              Deputy Assistant Secretary, for Passport
                                                                                                                                                                   employees or family members.
                                                       • Minimize the reporting burden on                   Services, Department of State.                           • Estimated Number of Respondents:
                                                    those who are to respond, including the                 [FR Doc. 2017–13500 Filed 6–27–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                                   9890.
                                                    use of automated collection techniques                                                                           • Estimated Number of Responses:
                                                                                                            BILLING CODE 4710–06–P
                                                    or other forms of information                                                                                  9890.
                                                    technology.                                                                                                      • Average Time per Response: 1 hour.
                                                       Please note that comments submitted                  DEPARTMENT OF STATE                                      • Total Estimated Burden Time: 9,890
                                                    in response to this Notice are public                                                                          hours.
                                                    record. Before including any detailed                   [Public Notice: 10029]                                   • Frequency: As needed.
                                                    personal information, you should be                                                                              • Obligation to Respond: Required to
                                                    aware that your comments as submitted,                  30-Day Notice of Proposed Information                  Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
                                                    including your personal information,                    Collection: Overseas Pre-Assignment                      We are soliciting public comments to
                                                    will be available for public review.                    Medical History and Examination, Non-                  permit the Department to:
                                                       Abstract of proposed collection: The                 Foreign Service Personnel and Their                      • Evaluate whether the proposed
                                                    Secretary of State is authorized to issue               Family Members                                         information collection is necessary for
                                                    U.S. passports under 22 U.S.C. 211a.                                                                           the proper functions of the Department.
                                                                                                            ACTION:Notice of request for public                      • Evaluate the accuracy of our
                                                    The Department of State, Passport
                                                                                                            comment and submission to OMB of                       estimate of the time and cost burden for
                                                    Services administers the U.S. passport
                                                                                                            proposed collection of information.                    this proposed collection, including the
                                                    issuance program and operates passport
                                                    agencies and application adjudication                   SUMMARY:    The Department of State has                validity of the methodology and
                                                    centers throughout the United States. As                submitted the information collection                   assumptions used.
                                                    part of the Intelligence Reform and                     described below to the Office of                         • Enhance the quality, utility, and
                                                    Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, the                   Management and Budget (OMB) for                        clarity of the information to be
                                                    Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative                    approval. In accordance with the                       collected.
                                                    required the Secretary of Homeland                      Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 we                       • Minimize the reporting burden on
                                                    Security and the Secretary of State to                  are requesting comments on this                        those who are to respond, including the
                                                    implement a plan to require all U.S.                    collection from all interested                         use of automated collection techniques
                                                    citizen and non-citizen nationals to                    individuals and organizations. The                     or other forms of information
                                                    present a passport and/or other                         purpose of this Notice is to allow 30                  technology.
                                                    sufficient documentation when entering                  days for public comment.                                 Please note that comments submitted
                                                    the United States. This resulted in an                                                                         in response to this Notice are public
                                                                                                            DATES: Submit comments directly to the
                                                    increase in demand for U.S. passports.                                                                         record. Before including any detailed
                                                                                                            Office of Management and Budget                        personal information, you should be
                                                       The Passport Demand Forecasting
                                                                                                            (OMB) up to July 28, 2017.                             aware that your comments as submitted,
                                                    Survey requests information from the
                                                    general public about the demand for                     ADDRESSES: Direct comments to the                      including your personal information,
                                                    U.S. passports, anticipated travel, and                 Department of State Desk Officer in the                will be available for public review.
                                                    the demographic profile of the                          Office of Information and Regulatory                     Abstract of proposed collection: Form
                                                    respondent. This voluntary survey is                    Affairs at the Office of Management and                DS–6561 is designed to succinctly
                                                    conducted on a monthly basis using                      Budget (OMB). You may submit                           collect appropriate and current medical
                                                    responses from a randomly selected but                  comments by the following methods:                     information about an individual in
                                                    nationally representative sample of U.S.                   • Email: oira_submission@                           order for a medical provider to make a
                                                    nationals ages 18 and older. The                        omb.eop.gov. You must include the DS                   determination as to whether a federal
                                                    information obtained from the survey is                 form number, information collection                    employee or contractor or eligible
                                                    used to monitor and project the demand                  title, and the OMB control number in                   family member will have sufficient
                                                                                                            the subject line of your message.
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                                                    for U.S. passport books and U.S.                                                                               medical and educational resources at a
                                                    passport cards. The Passport Demand                        • Fax: 202–395–5806. Attention: Desk                diplomatic mission abroad to maintain
                                                    Forecasting Survey aids the Department                  Officer for Department of State.                       the health and safety of the individual
                                                    of State, Passport Services in making                   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                       or family member. It is designed for all
                                                    decisions about staffing, resource                      Direct requests for additional                         non-Foreign Affairs Agency employees,
                                                    allocation, and budget planning.                        information regarding the collection                   or their eligible family members.
                                                       The Department of State published a                  listed in this notice, including requests                Methodology: The information
                                                    60-day notice in the Federal Register to                for copies of the proposed collection                  collected will be collected through the
                                                    solicit public comments on January 19,                  instrument and supporting documents,                   use of an electronic forms engine or by


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                                                    hand written submission using a pre-                           STB RAILROAD INFLATION-ADJUSTED Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
                                                    printed form.                                                  INDEX AND DEFLATOR FACTOR Order 1050.1F, Environmental Impacts:
                                                                                                                   TABLE—Continued                 Policies and Procedures, paragraph 8–2,
                                                    Behzad Shahbazian,
                                                                                                                                                                   and FAA Order JO 7400.2K,
                                                    Director of Clinical Services, Bureau of                                                                       ‘‘Procedures for Handling Airspace
                                                    Medical Services, Department of State.                              Year                  Index         Deflator
                                                                                                                                                                   Matters,’’ paragraph 32–2–3, the FAA
                                                    [FR Doc. 2017–13499 Filed 6–27–17; 8:45 am]                  2016 ..................    732.38           55.85 has conducted an independent review
                                                    BILLING CODE 4710–36–P                                                                                         and evaluation of the DoN’s EIS and
                                                                                                                    1 In Montana Rail Link, Inc., & Wisconsin
                                                                                                                 Central Ltd., Joint Petition for Rulemaking with SEIS for Land Acquisition and Airspace
                                                                                                                 Respect to 49 CFR Part 1201, 8 I.C.C.2d 625 Establishment to Support Large-Scale
                                                                                                                 (1992), the Board’s predecessor, the Interstate Marine Air Ground Task Force Live-Fire
                                                    SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD                                 Commerce Commission, raised the revenue
                                                                                                                 classification level for Class I railroads from and Maneuver Training at Marine Corps
                                                    Indexing the Annual Operating                                $50 million (1978 dollars) to $250 million Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine
                                                                                                                 (1991 dollars), effective for the reporting year Palms, California dated July 2012 and
                                                    Revenues of Railroads                                        beginning January 1, 1992. The Class II January 2017 respectively. As a
                                                                                                                 threshold was also raised from $10 million
                                                       The Surface Transportation Board                          (1978 dollars) to $20 million (1991 dollars).     cooperating agency with responsibility
                                                    (STB) is publishing the annual inflation-                                                                      for approving special use airspace under
                                                                                                                    Effective Date: January 1, 2016.               49 U.S.C. 40103(b)(3)(A), the FAA
                                                    adjusted index factors for 2016. These                          For Further Information Contact:
                                                    factors are used by the railroads to                                                                           provided subject matter expertise to the
                                                                                                                 Pedro Ramirez 202–245–0333. [Federal              DoN during the environmental review
                                                    adjust their gross annual operating                          Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the process. Based on its independent
                                                    revenues for classification purposes.                        hearing impaired: 1–800–877–8339]
                                                    This indexing methodology ensures that                                                                         review and evaluation, the FAA has
                                                    railroads are classified based on real                          By the Board, William Brennan, Acting          determined the EIS and SEIS, including
                                                                                                                 Director, Office of Economics.                    all supporting documentation, as
                                                    business expansion and not on the
                                                    effects of inflation. Classification is                      Tammy Lowery,                                     incorporated by reference, adequately
                                                    important because it determines the                          Clearance Clerk.                                  assesses and discloses the
                                                    extent to which individual railroads                         [FR Doc. 2017–13511 Filed 6–27–17; 8:45 am]       environmental impacts for the
                                                    must comply with STB reporting                               BILLING CODE 4915–01–P                            temporary special use air space, and
                                                    requirements.                                                                                                  that adoption of the 2012 and 2017 EISs
                                                                                                                                                                   by the FAA is authorized under 40 CFR
                                                       The STB’s annual inflation-adjusted
                                                    factors are based on the annual average                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 1506.3, Adoption. Accordingly, the FAA
                                                                                                                                                                   adopts the 2012 and 2017 EISs, and
                                                    Railroad Freight Price Index developed                                                                         takes full responsibility for the scope
                                                                                                                 Federal Aviation Administration
                                                    by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The                                                                         and content that addresses the proposed
                                                    STB’s deflator factor is used to deflate                     Notice of Availability of the Federal             temporary changes to Special Use
                                                    revenues for comparison with                                 Aviation Administration Adoption and              Airspace in the vicinity of the Marine
                                                    established revenue thresholds.                              Record of Decision of Department of               Corps Air Ground Combat Center,
                                                       The base year for railroads is 1991.                      Navy’s Final Environmental Impact                 Twentynine Palms.
                                                    The inflation index factors are presented                    Statement and Final Supplemental                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                    as follows:                                                  Environmental Impact Statement for                Paula Miller, Airspace Policy and
                                                                                                                 Land Acquisition and Airspace                     Regulations Group, Office of Airspace
                                                     STB RAILROAD INFLATION-ADJUSTED                             Establishment To Support Large-Scale Services, Federal Aviation
                                                     INDEX AND DEFLATOR FACTOR TABLE                             Marine Air Ground: Task Force Live                Administration, 800 Independence
                                                                                                                 Fire and Maneuver Training,                       Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591;
                                                           Year                   Index            Deflator      Twentynine Palms                                  telephone: (202) 267–7378.
                                                    1991   ..................        409.50          1 100.00    AGENCY: Federal Aviation                          SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                    1992   ..................        411.80             99.45    Administration, DOT.                              Background
                                                    1993   ..................        415.50             98.55    ACTION: Notice of record of decision.
                                                    1994   ..................        418.80             97.70                                                         In July 2012, in accordance with the
                                                    1995   ..................        418.17             97.85    SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation                     National Environmental Policy Act and
                                                    1996   ..................        417.46             98.02    Administration (FAA) announces its                its implementing regulations, the DoN
                                                    1997   ..................        419.67             97.50    decision to adopt the Department of the released a Final EIS. The Final EIS
                                                    1998   ..................        424.54             96.38    Navy’s (DoN) Environmental Impact                 presented the potential environmental
                                                    1999   ..................        423.01             96.72    Statement (EIS) and Supplemental                  consequences of the DoN’s proposal to
                                                    2000   ..................        428.64             95.45
                                                    2001   ..................        436.48             93.73
                                                                                                                 Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) establish Special Use Airspace to
                                                    2002   ..................        445.03             91.92    for Land Acquisition and Airspace                 support Navy training activities that
                                                    2003   ..................        454.33             90.03    Establishment to Support Large-Scale              involve the use of advanced weapons
                                                    2004   ..................        473.41             86.40    Marine Air Ground Task Force Live-Fire systems. The U.S. Marine Corps is the
                                                    2005   ..................        522.41             78.29    and Maneuver Training at Marine Corps proponent for the temporary SUA in the
                                                    2006   ..................        567.34             72.09    Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine vicinity of Twentynine Palms,
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                                                    2007   ..................        588.30             69.52    Palms, California. In accordance with             California, and the DoN is the lead
                                                    2008   ..................        656.78             62.28    Section 102 of the National                       agency for the preparation of the EIS
                                                    2009   ..................        619.73             66.00    Environmental Policy Act of 1969                  and SEIS. The DoN issued their RODs
                                                    2010   ..................        652.29             62.71
                                                    2011   ..................        708.80             57.71
                                                                                                                 (‘‘NEPA’’), the Council on                        on 2013 and 2017. As a result of public,
                                                    2012   ..................        740.61             55.23    Environmental Quality’s (‘‘CEQ’’)                 agency, and tribal comments, and the
                                                    2013   ..................        764.19             53.53    regulations implementing NEPA (40                 FAA aeronautical review process; the
                                                    2014   ..................        778.41             52.55    CFR parts 1500–1508), and other                   DoN, FAA, other Federal and State
                                                    2015   ..................        749.22             54.60    applicable authorities, including the             agencies, and tribal governments have


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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
ActionNotice of request for public comment and submission to OMB of proposed collection of information.
DatesSubmit comments directly to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) up to July 28, 2017.
ContactDirect requests for additional information regarding the collection listed in this notice, including requests for copies of the proposed collection instrument and supporting documents, to Joan F. Grew, who may be reached on 703-875- 5412 or at [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 29360 

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