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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 145 / Monday, July 31, 2017 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Research and Technology (OST–R)
Notice of Request for Clearance of a
New Information Collection: Annual
Tank Car Facility Survey
Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS) Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Research and Technology
(OST–R), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
this notice announces the intention of
the BTS to request the Office of
Management and Budget’s (OMB’s)
approval for an information collection
from tank car facilities to obtain an
estimate of tank cars projected to be
modified or built to the new safer
Department of Transportation (DOT)
standards. A summary report of survey
findings will be submitted to Congress
as well as published by BTS on the BTS
Web page.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before August 30, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Clara Reschovsky, (202) 366–2857, Tank
Car Facility Survey Project Manager,
BTS, OST–R, Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave.
SE., Room E34–409, Washington, DC
20590. Office hours are from 7:30 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m., E.T., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Annual Tank Car Facility
Survey.
Type of Request: Approval for a new
information collection.
Affected Public: There are
approximately 140 tank car facilities
with the capacity to manufacture or
retrofit tank cars capable of carrying
Class 3 flammable liquids nationwide.
Abstract: Section 7308(c) of the Fixing
America’s Surface Transportation Act
(Pub. L. 114–94; the ‘‘FAST Act’’)
directs the Secretary of Transportation
to conduct a survey of tank car facilities
to obtain an estimate of tank cars
projected to be modified or built to the
new safer Department of Transportation
(DOT) Specification 117 or 117R. Over
time, this data collection will inform
Congress as well as the Department of
Transportation as to industry’s progress
in upgrading the nation’s fleet of rail
cars to be safer in the event of an
incident involving tank cars carrying
Class 3 Flammable liquids. BTS intends
to collect information from tank car
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on the planned and projected number of
tank cars to be retrofitted or
manufactured beginning the next
calendar year and annually thereafter
until 2029. Any facility identified with
the capacity to modify or build new
tank cars to the 117 or 117R
specification, as described in Section
7308(c) of the FAST Act will be
included in the survey identified in this
notice and is requested to submit the
results to the Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS) no later than 60 days
upon request. This will be a voluntary
data collection. Individual responses to
the survey will be kept confidential and
a summary report of aggregate findings
will be provided to:
(1) The Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the
Senate; and
(2) The Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives. In addition, this
summary report will also be published
to the BTS Web page.
Data Confidentiality Provisions: The
Annual Tank Car Facility Survey may
collect confidential business
information. The confidentiality of these
data will be protected under Title V of
the E-Government Act, the Confidential
Information Protection and Statistical
Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA). In
accordance with this legislation,
individual responses will not be
disclosed in any direct or indirect
manner and only aggregated statistical
information will be made available
through reports.
Frequency: This survey will be
updated every year until 2029.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: The burden per respondent is
estimated to be an average of 30
minutes. This includes the time
required to gather records as well as
respond to the survey.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
Across the nation there are
approximately 400 tank car facilities
that are currently registered or certified
to build or modify tank cars. However,
the majority of these do not have the
capacity to modify or build to the 117
or 117R Specifications. It is estimated
that, at most, 140 tank car shops possess
the required capacity to build or modify
to these new safer requirements. The
total annual burden is estimated to be
70 hours (that is 30 minutes per
respondent for 140 respondents equals
4,200 minutes).
Response to Comments: A 60-day
notice requesting public comment was
issued in the Federal Register on March
22, 2017 (Volume 82, Number 54;
pages14799–14800). No comments were
received.

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Public Comments Invited: Interested
parties are invited to send comments
regarding any aspect of this information
collection, including, but not limited to:
(1) The necessity and utility of the
information collection for the proper
performance of the functions of the
DOT; (2) the accuracy of the estimated
burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, clarity and content of the
collected information; and (4) ways to
minimize the collection burden without
reducing the quality of the collected
information. Send comments to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: BTS
Desk Officer.
Issued in Washington, DC, on this 25th day
of July, 2017.
Patricia Hu,
Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics,
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research
and Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request for Forms W–8BEN, W–8BEN–
E, W–8ECI, W–8EXP, and W–8IMY
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

The Internal Revenue Service
(IRS), as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The
IRS is soliciting comments concerning
Form W–8BEN, Certificate of Foreign
Status of Beneficial Owner for United
States Tax Withholding and Reporting
(Individual), Form W–8BEN–E,
Certificate of Status of Beneficial Owner
for United States Tax Withholding and
Reporting (Entities), Form W–8ECI,
Certificate of Foreign Person’s Claim
That Income Is Effectively Connected
With the Conduct of a Trade or Business
in the United States, Form W–8EXP,
Certificate of Foreign Government or
Other Foreign Organization for United
States Tax Withholding and Reporting,
Form W–8IMY, Certificate of Foreign
Intermediary, Foreign Flow-Through
Entity, or Certain U.S. Branches for

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