82_FR_41845 82 FR 41676 - Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved Information Collection: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery

82 FR 41676 - Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved Information Collection: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 169 (September 1, 2017)

Page Range41676-41677
FR Document2017-18593

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below is being forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comments. The collection involves collecting, analyzing, and interpreting information to identify strengths and weaknesses of current services and make improvements in service delivery based on feedback. If this information is not collected, vital feedback from customers and stakeholders on the Agency's services will be unavailable. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information collection was published on May 19, 2017, (Federal Register 23123, Vol. 82, No. 96).

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 169 (Friday, September 1, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 169 (Friday, September 1, 2017)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-18593]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration

[Docket No. MARAD-2017-0152]


Request for Comments on the Renewal of a Previously Approved 
Information Collection: Generic Clearance for the Collection of 
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) 
abstracted below is being forwarded to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and comments. The collection involves 
collecting, analyzing, and interpreting information to identify 
strengths and weaknesses of current services and make improvements in 
service delivery based on feedback. If this information is not 
collected, vital feedback from customers and stakeholders on the 
Agency's services will be unavailable. A Federal Register Notice with a 
60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information 
collection was published on May 19, 2017, (Federal Register 23123, Vol. 
82, No. 96).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 2, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including 
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of the Secretary of 
Transportation, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Jackson, 202-366-0615, Office 
of Management and Administrative Services, Maritime Administration, 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., W26-494, 
Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the Department's 
performance; (b) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for the 
Department to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the 
information collection; and (d) ways

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that the burden could be minimized without reducing the quality of the 
collected information. The agency will summarize and/or include your 
comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this information 
collection.
    Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback 
on Agency Service Delivery.
    OMB Control Number: 2133-0543.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: The information collection activity will garner 
qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely 
manner, in accordance with the Administration's commitment to improving 
service delivery. By qualitative feedback we mean information that 
provides useful insights on perceptions and opinions, but are not 
statistical surveys that yield quantitative results that can be 
generalized to the population of study. This feedback will provide 
insights into customer or stakeholder perceptions, experiences and 
expectations, provide an early warning of issues with service, or focus 
attention on areas where communication, training or changes in 
operations might improve delivery of products or services. These 
collections will allow for ongoing, collaborative and actionable 
communications between the Agency and its customers and stakeholders. 
It will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the improvement 
of program management.
    Feedback collected under this generic clearance will provide useful 
information, but it will not yield data that can be generalized to the 
overall population. This type of generic clearance for qualitative 
information will not be used for quantitative information collections 
that are designed to yield reliably actionable results, such as 
monitoring trends over time or documenting program performance. Such 
data uses require more rigorous designs that address: the target 
population to which generalizations will be made, the sampling frame, 
the sample design (including stratification and clustering), the 
precision requirements or power calculations that justify the proposed 
sample size, the expected response rate, methods for assessing 
potential non-response bias, the protocols for data collection, and any 
testing procedures that were or will be undertaken prior to fielding 
the study. Depending on the degree of influence the results are likely 
to have, such collections may still be eligible for submission for 
other generic mechanisms that are designed to yield quantitative 
results.
    Respondents: Individuals and Households, Businesses and 
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Affected Public: Individuals and Households, Businesses and 
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 8,696.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 8,696.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 10 minutes.
    Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,449.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.

(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.93.).

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    By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

    Dated: August 29, 2017.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-18593 Filed 8-31-17; 8:45 am]
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41676 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 169 / Friday, September 1, 2017 / Notices shipyard modernization and suggestions for reducing the burden, to Dated: August 29, 2017 improvement projects. the Office of Management and Budget, T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., Respondents: Individuals/businesses Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of Secretary, Maritime Administration. interested in obtaining loan guarantees the Secretary of Transportation, 725 [FR Doc. 2017–18592 Filed 8–31–17; 8:45 am] for construction or reconstruction of 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. BILLING CODE 4910–81–P vessels as well as businesses interested FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: in shipyard modernization and Russell Krause, 202–366–1031, Division improvements. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION of Sealift Operations and Emergency Affected Public: Individuals/ Response, Maritime Administration, businesses interested in obtaining loan Maritime Administration U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 guarantees for construction or New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, [Docket No. MARAD–2017–0152] reconstruction of vessels as well as DC 20590. businesses interested in shipyard Request for Comments on the Renewal modernization and improvements. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments of a Previously Approved Information Estimated Number of Respondents: are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed Collection: Generic Clearance for the 10. collection of information is necessary Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Estimated Number of Responses: 10. for the Department’s performance; (b) Agency Service Delivery Estimated Hours per Response: 150. the accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) Annual Estimated Total Annual ways for the Department to enhance the AGENCY: Maritime Administration, Burden Hours: 1500. quality, utility and clarity of the Department of Transportation. Frequency of Response: Annually. information collection; and (d) ways ACTION: Notice and request for Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act that the burden could be minimized comments. of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; without reducing the quality of the and 49 CFR 1.93. collected information. The agency will SUMMARY: In compliance with the * * * summarize and/or include your Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this comments in the request for OMB’s notice announces that the Information By Order of the Maritime Administrator. Collection Request (ICR) abstracted Dated: August 29, 2017. clearance of this information collection. below is being forwarded to the Office T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., Title: Automated Mutual Assistance of Management and Budget (OMB) for Secretary, Maritime Administration. Vessel Rescue System (AMVER). review and comments. The collection [FR Doc. 2017–18594 Filed 8–31–17; 8:45 am] OMB Control Number: 2133–0025. involves collecting, analyzing, and BILLING CODE 4910–81–P Type of Request: Renewal of a interpreting information to identify Previously Approved Information strengths and weaknesses of current Collection. services and make improvements in DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION service delivery based on feedback. If Abstract: This collection of information is used to gather this information is not collected, vital Maritime Administration feedback from customers and information regarding the location of [Docket No. MARAD–2017–0143] U.S.-flag vessels and certain other U.S. stakeholders on the Agency’s services citizen-owned vessels for the purpose of will be unavailable. A Federal Register Request for Comments on the Renewal Notice with a 60-day comment period search and rescue in the saving of lives of a Previously Approved Information soliciting comments on the following at sea and for the marshalling of ships Collection: Automated Mutual information collection was published on for national defense and safety Assistance Vessel Rescue System May 19, 2017, (Federal Register 23123, purposes. This collection consists of (AMVER) Vol. 82, No. 96). vessels that transmit their positions AGENCY: Maritime Administration, through various electronic means. DATES: Comments must be submitted on Department of Transportation. Respondents: U.S.-flag and U.S. or before October 2, 2017. ACTION: Notice and request for citizen-owned vessels that are required ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding comments. to respond under current statute and the burden estimate, including regulation. suggestions for reducing the burden, to SUMMARY: In compliance with the the Office of Management and Budget, Affected Public: U.S.-flag and U.S. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of citizen-owned vessels that are required notice announces that the Information the Secretary of Transportation, 725 to respond under current statute and Collection Request (ICR) abstracted 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. regulation. below is being forwarded to the Office FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: of Management and Budget (OMB) for Estimated Number of Respondents: Barbara Jackson, 202–366–0615, Office review and comments. The collection of 171. of Management and Administrative information is necessary for plotting of Estimated Number of Responses: Services, Maritime Administration, U.S.-flag and U.S.-owned vessel 31293/183 per respondent. Department of Transportation, 1200 locations. A Federal Register Notice Estimated Hours per Response: .07. New Jersey Avenue SE., W26–494, with a 60-day comment period soliciting Washington, DC 20590. Annual Estimated Total Annual comments on the following information SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Burden Hours: 2,191. collection was published on April 24, are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 2017 (Federal Register 18966, Vol. 82, Frequency of Response: Annually. collection of information is necessary No.77). Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act for the Department’s performance; (b) DATES: Comments must be submitted on of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; the accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) or before October 2, 2017. and 49 CFR 1.93. ways for the Department to enhance the ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding * * * quality, utility and clarity of the the burden estimate, including By Order of the Maritime Administrator. information collection; and (d) ways VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:53 Aug 31, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00090 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\01SEN1.SGM 01SEN1

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 169 / Friday, September 1, 2017 / Notices 41677 that the burden could be minimized Respondents: Individuals and • Mail: Send comments by mail without reducing the quality of the Households, Businesses and addressed to U.S. Department of collected information. The agency will Organizations, State, Local or Tribal Transportation, Docket Operations, M– summarize and/or include your Government. 30, West Building Ground Floor, Room comments in the request for OMB’s Affected Public: Individuals and W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., clearance of this information collection. Households, Businesses and Washington, DC 20590. Title: Generic Clearance for the Organizations, State, Local or Tribal • Hand Delivery: Deliver comments Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Government. by hand to U.S. Department of Agency Service Delivery. Estimated Number of Respondents: Transportation, Docket Operations, M– OMB Control Number: 2133–0543. 8,696. 30, West Building Ground Floor, Room Type of Request: Renewal of a Estimated Number of Responses: W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Previously Approved Information 8,696. Washington, DC 20590. The Docket Collection. Estimated Hours per Response: 10 Section is open on weekdays from 10 Abstract: The information collection minutes. a.m. to 5 p.m. except Federal Holidays. activity will garner qualitative customer Annual Estimated Total Annual • Electronically: Submit comments and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, Burden Hours: 1,449. electronically by logging onto the timely manner, in accordance with the Frequency of Response: Annually. Federal Docket Management System Administration’s commitment to (FDMS) Web site at https:// improving service delivery. By (Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; and www.regulations.gov/. Follow the online qualitative feedback we mean 49 CFR 1.93.). instructions for submitting comments. information that provides useful • Comments may also be faxed to insights on perceptions and opinions, * * * * * (202) 493–2251. but are not statistical surveys that yield By Order of the Maritime Administrator. Comments must be written in the quantitative results that can be Dated: August 29, 2017. English language, and be no greater than generalized to the population of study. T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., 15 pages in length, although there is no This feedback will provide insights into Secretary, Maritime Administration. limit to the length of necessary customer or stakeholder perceptions, attachments to the comments. If experiences and expectations, provide [FR Doc. 2017–18593 Filed 8–31–17; 8:45 am] an early warning of issues with service, BILLING CODE 4910–81–P comments are submitted in hard copy or focus attention on areas where form, please ensure that two copies are communication, training or changes in provided. If you wish to receive operations might improve delivery of DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION confirmation that comments you have products or services. These collections submitted by mail were received, please will allow for ongoing, collaborative and National Highway Traffic Safety enclose a stamped, self-addressed actionable communications between the Administration postcard with the comments. Note that Agency and its customers and all comments received will be posted [Docket No. NHTSA–2017–0072; Notice 1] stakeholders. It will also allow feedback without change to https:// to contribute directly to the Jaguar Land Rover North America, www.regulations.gov, including any improvement of program management. LLC, Receipt of Petition for Decision of personal information provided. Feedback collected under this generic Inconsequential Noncompliance All comments and supporting clearance will provide useful materials received before the close of information, but it will not yield data AGENCY: National Highway Traffic business on the closing date indicated that can be generalized to the overall Safety Administration (NHTSA), above will be filed in the docket and population. This type of generic Department of Transportation (DOT). will be considered. All comments and clearance for qualitative information ACTION: Receipt of petition. supporting materials received after the will not be used for quantitative closing date will also be filed and will information collections that are SUMMARY: Jaguar Land Rover North be considered to the fullest extent designed to yield reliably actionable America, LLC (JLR), on behalf of Jaguar possible. results, such as monitoring trends over Land Rover Limited, has determined When the petition is granted or time or documenting program that certain model year (MY) 2012–2018 denied, notice of the decision will also performance. Such data uses require Jaguar motor vehicles do not fully be published in the Federal Register more rigorous designs that address: the comply with Federal Motor Vehicle pursuant to the authority indicated at target population to which Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 135, Light the end of this notice. generalizations will be made, the Vehicle Brake Systems. JLR filed a All comments, background sampling frame, the sample design noncompliance report dated June 22, documentation, and supporting (including stratification and clustering), 2017. JLR also petitioned NHTSA on materials submitted to the docket may the precision requirements or power July 20, 2017, for a decision that the be viewed by anyone at the address and calculations that justify the proposed subject noncompliance is times given above. The documents may sample size, the expected response rate, inconsequential as it relates to motor also be viewed on the Internet at https:// methods for assessing potential non- vehicle safety. www.regulations.gov by following the response bias, the protocols for data DATES: The closing date for comments online instructions for accessing the collection, and any testing procedures on the petition is October 2, 2017. dockets. The docket ID number for this sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES that were or will be undertaken prior to ADDRESSES: Interested persons are petition is shown in the heading of this fielding the study. Depending on the invited to submit written data, views, notice. degree of influence the results are likely and arguments on this petition. DOT’s complete Privacy Act to have, such collections may still be Comments must refer to the docket and Statement is available for review in a eligible for submission for other generic notice number cited in the title of this Federal Register notice published on mechanisms that are designed to yield notice and submitted by any of the April 11, 2000, (65 FR 19477–78). quantitative results. following methods: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:53 Aug 31, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\01SEN1.SGM 01SEN1


Document Created: 2017-09-01 01:50:55
Document Modified: 2017-09-01 01:50:55
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 and request for comments.
DatesComments must be submitted on or before October 2, 2017.
ContactBarbara Jackson, 202-366-0615, Office of Management and Administrative Services, Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., W26-494, Washington, DC 20590.
FR Citation82 FR 41676 
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