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disease which is accompanied by and/or
likely to cause symptoms of syncope,
dyspnea, collapse, or congestive cardiac
failure. However, the subjective decision of
whether the nature and severity of an
individual’s condition will likely cause
symptoms of cardiovascular insufficiency is
on an individual basis and qualification rests
with the medical examiner and the motor
carrier.

In the case of persons with ICDs, the
underlying condition for which the ICD
was implanted places the individual at
high risk for syncope (a transient loss of
consciousness) or other unpredictable
events known to result in gradual or
sudden incapacitation. ICDs may
discharge, which could result in loss of
ability to safely control a CMV. See the
Evidence Report on ‘‘Cardiovascular
Disease and Commercial Motor Vehicle
Driver Safety,’’ April 2007.2 A focused
research report entitled ‘‘Implantable
Cardioverter Defibrillators and the
Impact of a Shock on a Patient When
Deployed,’’ completed for the FMCSA
in December 2014, indicates that the
available scientific data on persons with
ICDs and CMV driving does not support
that persons with ICDs who operate
CMVs are able to meet an equal or
greater level of safety and upholds the
findings of the April 2007 report. Copies
of the April 2007 report and the
December 2014 report are included in
the docket for this notice.

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Discussion of Public Comments
On October 20, 2016, FMCSA
published in a Federal Register Notice
the names of three individuals seeking
ICD exemption and requested public
comment. The public comment period
closed on November 21, 2016. One
comment was received that was out of
scope for this notice.
Conclusion
FMCSA evaluated the three
individual exemption requests on their
merits, available data from Evidence
Reports and Medical Expert Panel
opinions on the impact of ICDs on CMV
driving, and the public comments
received. The Agency has determined
that the available medical literature and
data does not support a conclusion that
granting these exemptions would
achieve a level of safety equivalent to or
greater than the level of safety
maintained without the exemptions.
Each applicant has, prior to this notice,
received a letter of final disposition on
his/her exemption request. Those
decision letters fully outlined the basis
for the denial and constitute final
Agency action. The list published today
2 Now available at http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/30000/
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summarizes the Agency’s recent denials
as required under 49 U.S.C. 31315(b)(4).
The following three applicants are
denied exemptions from the
cardiovascular standard:
Gary Francher
Henry McGuire
Matthew Wilson
Issued on: March 23, 2017.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
[Docket Number DOT–OST–2017–0043]

Agency Information Collection
Activity; Notice of Request for
Approval To Continue To Collect
Information: Barrier Failure Reporting
in Oil and Gas Operations on the Outer
Continental Shelf
Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS), Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Research and Technology
(OST–R), U.S. Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, this notice
announces the intention of BTS to
request the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) to approve continuation
of the following information collection:
Barrier Failure Reporting in Oil and Gas
Operations on the Outer Continental
Shelf (OCS). In August 2013, the Bureau
of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement (BSEE) and BTS signed an
Interagency Agreement (IAA) to develop
and implement SafeOCS, a voluntary
program for confidential reporting of
‘near misses’ occurring on the OCS. BTS
has entered into a memorandum of
understanding (MOU) with BSEE to
expand the scope of SafeOCS to include
an industry-wide repository of
equipment failure data, analyze and
aggregate information provided under
this program, and publish reports that
will provide BSEE, the industry, and all
OCS stakeholders with essential
information about failure types and
modes of critical safety barriers for
offshore operations related to well
control. The data collection effort that is
the subject of this notice addresses the
collection of failure data as referenced
in recently issued BSEE regulations (81
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61834, September 7, 2016). BTS
received permission to collect the data
under an emergency OMB control
number on September 29, 2016.
Through this notice, BTS is requesting
permission to continue this previously
approved data collection. This
information collection is necessary to
aid BSEE, the oil and gas industry, and
other stakeholders in identifying barrier
failure trends and causes of critical
safety barrier failure events.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by May 30, 2017.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that your
comments are not entered more than
once into the docket, submit comments
by only one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov and follow
the instructions for sending your
comments electronically. Docket
Number: DOT–OST–2017–0043.
• Mail: Docket Services, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building,
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery: Deliver to mail
address above between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m. EST, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
• Fax: (202) 493–2251.
Identify all transmissions with ‘‘Docket
Number DOT–OST–2017–0043’’ at the
beginning of each page of the document.
Instructions: All comments must
include the agency name and docket
number for this notice. Paper comments
should be submitted in duplicate. The
Docket Management Facility is open for
examination and copying, at the above
address from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. If you wish to receive
confirmation of receipt of your written
comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped postcard with the
following statement: ‘‘Comments on
Docket Number DOT–OST–2017–0043.’’
The Docket Clerk will date stamp the
postcard prior to returning it to you via
the U.S. mail. Please note that all
comments received, including any
personal information, will be posted
and will be publicly viewable, without
change, at www.regulations.gov. You
may review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (Volume
65, Number 70; pages 19477–78) or you
may review the Privacy Act Statement at
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Demetra V. Collia, Bureau of
Transportation Statistics, Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Research and
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Transportation, Office of Statistical and
Economic Analysis, RTS–31, E36–302,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590–0001; Phone No.
(202) 366–1610; Fax No. (202) 366–
3383; email: [email protected].
Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m., EST, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
Data Confidentiality Provisions: The
confidentiality of barrier failure
information submitted to BTS is
protected under the BTS confidentiality
statute (49 U.S.C. 6307) and the
Confidential Information Protection and
Statistical Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) of
2002 (Pub. L. 107–347, Title V). In
accordance with these confidentiality
statutes, only statistical (aggregated) and
non-identifying data will be made
publicly available by BTS through its
reports. BTS will not release to BSEE or
any other public or private entity any
information that might reveal the
identity of individuals or organizations
mentioned in failure notices or reports
without explicit consent of the
respondent and any other affected
entities.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. The Data Collection
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. chapter 35; as amended) and
5 CFR part 1320 require each Federal
agency to obtain OMB approval to
initiate an information collection
activity. BTS is seeking OMB approval
to continue the following BTS
information collection activity:
Title: Barrier Failure Reporting in Oil
and Gas Operations on the Outer
Continental Shelf.
OMB Control Number: 2139–0046.
Type of Review: Approval of data
collection. This information collection
is limited to the establishment of BTS as
an authorized repository for the
previously approved BSEE information
collections (OMB Control Number
1014–0028, expiration 04/30/2019, and
OMB Control Number 1014–0003,
expiration 08/31/2019) in order to
ensure the confidentiality of
submissions under CIPSEA.
Respondents: BTS has entered into a
MOU with BSEE to facilitate the
collection of information from
respondents identified in the BSEE
notices for OMB Control Number 1014–
0028 and OMB Control Number 1014–
0003. Responsibility for establishing the
actual scope and burden for this
collection resides with BSEE. This BTS
information collection request does not
create any additional burden for
respondents. For the purposes of this
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Number of Potential Responses: For
the purposes of this collection BTS has
identified BSEE as the sole respondent
reporting to BTS at the annual
frequency of one.
Estimated Time per Response: 60
minutes.
Frequency: Once.
Total Annual Burden: 1 hour.
Abstract: The Confidential
Information Protection and Statistical
Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 note), can provide strong
confidentiality protection for
information acquired for statistical
purposes under a pledge of
confidentiality. CIPSEA Guidance from
the Office of Management and Budget
advises that a non-statistical agency or
unit (BSEE) that wishes to acquire
information with CIPSEA protection
may consider entering into an
agreement with a Federal statistical
agency or unit (BTS). BTS and BSEE
have determined that it is in the public
interest to collect and process the
barrier-related failure reports required
by 30 CFR 250.730 and the safety and
pollution prevention equipment failure
reports required by 30 CFR 250.803, or
any other data deemed necessary to
administer BSEE’s safety program
pertaining to barrier failures under a
pledge of confidentiality for statistical
purposes only. BTS has agreed through
an MOU with BSEE to undertake the
information collection identified in the
BSEE notice for OMB Control Number
1014–0028 and the BSEE notice for
OMB Control Number 1014–0003 in
order to ensure the confidentiality of
submissions under CIPSEA. Since this
information collection is limited to the
establishment of BTS as an authorized
repository for the previously approved
information collection (OMB Control
Number 1014–0028, expiration 04/30/
2019 and OMB Control Number 1014–
0003, expiration 08/31/2019), this
information collections request does not
create any additional burden for
respondents.
II. Background
In August 2013, BTS and BSEE signed
an IAA to develop and implement
SafeOCS, a voluntary program for
confidential reporting of ‘near misses’
occurring on the Outer Continental
Shelf (OCS). The goal of the voluntary
near miss reporting system is to provide
BTS with essential information about
accident precursors and other hazards
associated with OCS oil and gas
operations. Under the program, BTS
will develop and publish aggregate
reports that BSEE, the industry and all
OCS stakeholders can use—in
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other sources of information—to reduce
safety and environmental risks and
continue building a more robust OCS
safety culture.
In July 2016, new BSEE regulations
became effective which require, in part,
the reporting of barrier-related failure
event and analysis information (see 81
FR 25887) and reporting of failure event
and analysis information of safety and
pollution prevention equipment (see 81
FR 61834). BSEE requested and BTS
agreed to expand the scope of SafeOCS
to include reports of equipment failure
mandated by a BSEE regulations (see 81
FR 25887 and 81 FR 61834), as well as
near-miss reports voluntarily submitted
by either employees or companies. Both
BTS and BSEE agree that reports on
equipment failures are considered a
type of precursor safety information and
can be included in SafeOCS to provide
a means of identifying industry-wide
data trends on barrier failures or
potential for barrier failures. This data
collection will provide parties in the oil
and gas industry a trusted means to
report sensitive proprietary and safety
information related to equipment
failures and to foster trust in the
confidential collection, handling, and
storage of the raw data. BTS will use the
data collected to establish a
comprehensive source of barrier-related
failure data for statistical purposes.
With input from subject matter experts,
BTS will process and analyze
information on equipment failures, and
publish results of such analyses in
public reports. Such reports will
provide BSEE, the industry, and all OCS
stakeholders with essential information
about failure types and modes of critical
safety barriers for offshore operations
related to well control and production
safety systems.
BTS will continue to collect failure
notices, failure analysis reports, and
design change/modified procedures
reports as described in 30 CFR 250.730
and 30 CFR 250.803 submitted by
industry operators, their contractors,
original equipment manufacturers, and
others employed in the oil and gas
industry; develop an analytical database
using the reported data and other
pertinent information; conduct
statistical analyses and develop public
reports; and protect the confidentiality
of notices and reports in accordance
with BTS’ own statute and CIPSEA.
Accordingly, only statistical and nonsensitive information will be made
available through BTS’ publications and
reports. Those publications and reports
will potentially provide the industry,
BSEE, other OCS stakeholders, and the
public with valuable information
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contribute to research and development
of intervention programs aimed at
preventing accidents and fatalities in
the OCS.
Respondents who report equipment
failures will be asked to fill out a form
and submit pertinent supplemental
information as described in 30 CFR
250.730, 30 CFR 250.803 and cited
industry standards. Respondents will
have the option to mail or submit the
report electronically to BTS.
Respondents will be asked to provide
information such as: (1) Name and
contact information; (2) time and
location of the failure event; (3) a short
description of the failure event and
operating conditions that existed at the
time of the event; (4) contributing
factors to the event; (5) results of an
investigation or safety analysis report;
(6) any design or procedural changes as
a result of the reported equipment
failure; and (7) any other information
that might be useful in determining
ways to prevents such failures from
occurring.
III. Request for Public Comment
BTS requests comments on any
aspects of this information collection
request, including: (1) Ways to enhance
the quality, usefulness, and clarity of
the collected information; and (2) ways
to minimize the collection burden
without reducing the quality of the
information collected, including
additional use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Patricia Hu,
Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics,
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research
and Technology, U.S. Department of
Transportation.
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Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Generic Clearance
for the Collection of Qualitative
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network (’’FinCEN’’), Department of the
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

As part of our continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, we invite comment
on a proposed renewal, without change,

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to the generic clearance for the
collection of qualitative feedback on
agency service delivery. This request for
comments is being made pursuant to the
Paperwork Reduction Act (‘‘PRA’’) of
1995, Public Law 104–13, 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A).
Written comments are welcome
and must be received on or before May
30, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to: Policy Division,
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network,
P.O. Box 39, Vienna, VA 22183,
‘‘Attention: Comments on generic
clearance for the collection of
qualitative feedback on agency service
delivery.’’ Comments also may be
submitted by electronic mail to the
following Internet address:
[email protected], again with a
caption, in the body of the text,
‘‘Attention: Comments on generic
clearance for the collection of
qualitative feedback on agency service
delivery.’’ Please submit by one method
only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
FinCEN Resource Center at 800–767–
2825 or electronically at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Abstract: The Director of FinCEN is
the delegated administrator of the Bank
Secrecy Act (‘‘Act’’). The Act authorizes
the Director to issue regulations to
require all financial institutions defined
as such in the Act to maintain certain
records or file certain reports that have
been determined to have a high degree
of usefulness in criminal, tax, or
regulatory investigations or proceedings,
or in the conduct of intelligence or
counter-intelligence activities, including
analysis, to protect against international
terrorism, and to implement anti-money
laundering programs and compliance
procedures.1 FinCEN periodically
surveys its stakeholders to collect
qualitative customer and stakeholder
feedback in an efficient, timely manner,
in accordance with the Agency’s
commitment to improving service
delivery.
Title: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery.
Office of Management and Budget
Control Number: 1506–0062.
DATES:

1 Public Law 91–508, as amended and codified at
12 U.S.C. 1829b, 12 U.S.C. 1951–1959 and 31 U.S.C.
5311–5332. Language expanding the scope of the
BSA to intelligence or counter-intelligence
activities to protect against international terrorism
was added by section 358 of the Uniting and
Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate
Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
(‘‘USA PATRIOT’’) Act of 2001, Public Law 107–
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Abstract: FinCEN is renewing,
without change, the bureau’s capability
to solicit feedback from the public with
respect to timeliness, appropriateness,
accuracy of information, courtesy,
efficiency of service delivery, and
resolution of issues with service
delivery. Responses will be assessed to
plan and inform efforts to improve or
maintain the quality of service offered to
the public. If this information is not
collected, vital feedback from customers
and stakeholders on the Agency’s
services will be unavailable.
The Agency will only submit a
collection for approval under this
generic clearance if it meets the
following conditions:
• The collections are voluntary;
• The collections are low-burden for
respondents (based on considerations of
total burden hours, total number of
respondents, or burden-hours per
respondent) and are low-cost for both
the respondents and the Federal
government;
• The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of
concern to other Federal agencies;
• Any collection is targeted to the
solicitation of opinions from
respondents who have experience with
the program or may have experience
with the program in the near future;
• Personally identifiable information
is collected only to the extent necessary
and is not retained;
• Information gathered is intended to
be used only internally for general
service improvement and program
management purposes and is not
intended for release outside of the
agency (if released, the agency must
indicate the qualitative nature of the
information);
• Information gathered will not be
used for the purpose of substantially
informing influential policy decisions;
and
• Information gathered will yield
qualitative information; the collections
will not be designed or expected to
yield statistically reliable results or used
as though the results are generalizable to
the population of study.
Current Action: Renewal without
change to an existing collection.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Affected Public: Businesses and other
for-profit institutions.
Burden: Estimated Number of
Respondents: 162,188.2
2 This number includes depository institutions
(10,772), broker-dealers in securities (5,100), future
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