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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Section 1320.8(d), title 5, Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) requires
PHMSA to provide interested members
of the public and affected agencies an
opportunity to comment on information
collection and recordkeeping requests.
This notice identifies a new information
collect request that PHMSA will be
submitting to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB). This information
collection will be contained in 49 CFR
171.6 of the Hazardous Materials
Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR parts 171–
180). PHMSA will revise burden
estimates, where appropriate, to reflect
current reporting levels or adjustments
based on changes in proposed or final
rules published once the information
collection is approved. The following
information is provided for this
information collection: (1) Title of the
information collection; (2) summary of
the information collection activity; (3)
description of affected public; (4)
estimate of total annual reporting and
recordkeeping burden; and (5)
frequency of collection. PHMSA will
request a 3-year approval for this
information collection activity and will
publish a notice in the Federal Register
upon OMB’s approval.
PHMSA requests comments on the
following information collection:
Title: Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery.
Abstract: The information collection
activity will garner qualitative customer
and stakeholder feedback in an efficient,
timely manner, in accordance with the
Department’s commitment to improving
service delivery. Qualitative feedback is
information that provides useful
insights on perceptions and opinions,
not statistical surveys that yield
quantitative results that can be
generalized to the population of study.
This feedback will provide insight into
customer or stakeholder perceptions,
opinions, experiences and expectations,
as well as 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 PHMSA and
customers and stakeholders. It will also
allow feedback to contribute directly to
the improvement of program
management. Feedback or information
collected under this generic clearance
will provide useful information, but it
will not yield data that can be
generalized to the overall population.
The Department will submit a
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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
(PII) 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
Department (if released, the Department
must indicate the qualitative nature of
the information).
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
nonresponse 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.
Type of Review: New.
Affected Public: Individuals and
households, businesses and
organizations, State, Local or Tribal
Governments.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden:
Estimated Number of Respondents:
6,000.
Estimated Annual Responses: 6,000.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
3,000 hours.
Frequency of Collection: One-time
requirement.

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Issued in Washington, DC, on March 28,
2018.
William S. Schoonover,
Associate Administrator of Hazard Materials
Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018–06685 Filed 4–2–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
[Docket ID Number DOT–OST–2014–0031]

Agency Information Collection:
Activity Under OMB Review: Report of
Financial and Operating Statistics for
Large Certificated Air Carriers
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Research and Technology
(OST–R), Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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
an extension of a currently approved
collection. The ICR describes the nature
of the information collection and its
expected burden. The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following
collection of information was published
on January 23, 2018 (83 FR 3256). There
were three comments received. One
from (c c) commenting on how wind
turbines kill bats and the overall value
of bats. One from (s s) commenting on
the need for regulations on imported
goods and trade violations. One from (v
v) commenting the need to expand
tariffs on rare earth elements in
countries that exploit child labor. As
none of the filed comments pertain to
large certificated air carrier financial
data and the need for such, the
Department will not address these
specific comments in this particular
forum.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by May 3, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Gorham, Office of Airline Information,
RTS–42, Room E34–414, OST–R, BTS,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590–0001,
Telephone Number (202) 366–4406, Fax
Number (202) 366–3383 or EMAIL
[email protected].
Comments: Send comments to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725–17th Street NW,
SUMMARY:

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Washington, DC 20503, Attention: OST
Desk Officer.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Approval No.: 2138–0013.
Title: Report of Financial and
Operating Statistics for Large
Certificated Air Carriers.
Form No.: BTS Form 41.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Large certificated air
carriers.
Number of Respondents: 60.
Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours
per schedule, an average carrier may
submit 90 schedules in one year.
Total Annual Burden: 13,910 hours.
Needs and Uses: Program uses for
Form 41 data are as follows:
Mail Rates
The Department of Transportation
sets and updates mainline Alaska mail
rates based on carrier aircraft operating
expense, traffic and operational data.
Form 41 cost data, especially fuel costs,
terminal expenses, and line haul
expenses are used in arriving at rate
levels. DOT revises the established rates
based on the percentage of unit cost
changes in the carriers’ operations.
These updating procedures have
resulted in the carriers receiving rates of
compensation that more closely parallel
their costs of providing mail service and
contribute to the carriers’ ability to
continue providing service.

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Submission of U.S. Carrier Data to
ICAO
As a party to the Convention on
International Civil Aviation, the United
States is obligated to provide the
International Civil Aviation
Organization with financial and
statistical data on operations of U.S. air
carriers. Over 99 percent of the data
filed with ICAO is extracted from the
carriers’ Form 41 reports.
Carrier Fitness
Fitness determinations are made for
both new entrants and established U.S.
carriers proposing a substantial change
in operations. A portion of these
applications consists of an operating
plan for the first year (14 CFR part 204)
and an associated projection of revenues
and expenses. The carrier’s operating
costs, included in these projections, are
compared against the cost data in Form
41 for a carrier or carriers with the same
aircraft type and similar operating
characteristics. Such a review validates
the reasonableness of the carrier’s
operating plan.
Form 41 reports, particularly balance
sheet reports and cash flow statements,
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vulnerable carriers. Data comparisons
are made between current and past
periods in order to assess the current
financial position of the carrier.
Financial trend lines are extended into
the future to analyze the continued
viability of the carrier. DOT reviews
three areas of a carrier’s operation: (1)
The qualifications of its management
team, (2) its disposition to comply with
laws and regulations, and (3) its
financial posture. DOT must determine
whether or not a carrier has sufficient
financial resources to conduct its
operations without imposing undue risk
on the traveling public. Moreover, once
a carrier is operating, DOT is required
to monitor its continuing fitness.
Senior DOT officials must be kept
fully informed as to all current and
developing economic issues affecting
the airline industry. In preparing
financial conditions reports or status
reports on a particular airline, financial
and traffic data are analyzed. Briefing
papers may use the same information.
Administrative Issues
The Confidential Information
Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act
of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note) requires
a statistical agency to clearly identify
information it collects for non-statistical
purposes. BTS hereby notifies the
respondents and the public that BTS
uses the information it collects under
this OMB approval for non-statistical
purposes including, but not limited to,
publication of both Respondent’s
identity and its data, submission of the
information to agencies outside BTS for
review, analysis and possible use in
regulatory and other administrative
matters.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 27,
2018.
William Chadwick, Jr.,
Director, Office of Airline Information,
Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2018–06725 Filed 4–2–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency
Agency Information Collection
Requirements; Information Collection
Renewal; Comment Request; Release
of Non-Public Information
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency (OCC), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
AGENCY:

The OCC, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork

SUMMARY:

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and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on a continuing information
collection as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).
In accordance with the requirements
of the PRA, the OCC may not conduct
or sponsor, and the respondent is not
required to respond to, an information
collection unless it displays a currently
valid Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number.
The OCC is soliciting comment
concerning the renewal of its
information collection titled, ‘‘Release
of Non-Public Information.’’
DATES: You should submit written
comments by June 4, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Because paper mail in the
Washington, DC area and at the OCC is
subject to delay, commenters are
encouraged to submit comments by
email, if possible. You may submit
comments by any of the following
methods:
• Email: [email protected].
• Mail: Legislative and Regulatory
Activities Division, Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency, Attention:
1557–0200, 400 7th Street SW, Suite
3E–218, Washington, DC 20219.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: 400 7th
Street SW, Suite 3E–218, Washington,
DC 20219.
• Fax: (571) 465–4326.
Instructions: You must include
‘‘OCC’’ as the agency name and ‘‘1557–
0200’’ in your comment. In general, the
OCC will publish them on
www.reginfo.gov without change,
including any business or personal
information that you provide, such as
name and address information, email
addresses, or phone numbers.
Comments received, including
attachments and other supporting
materials, are part of the public record
and subject to public disclosure. Do not
include any information in your
comment or supporting materials that
you consider confidential or
inappropriate for public disclosure.
You may review comments and other
related materials that pertain to this
information collection beginning on the
date of publication of the second notice
for this collection 1 by any of the
following methods:
• Viewing Comments Electronically:
Go to www.reginfo.gov. Click on the
‘‘Information Collection Review’’ tab.
Underneath the ‘‘Currently under
Review’’ section heading, from the dropdown menu, select ‘‘Department of
1 Following the close of the 60-Day comment
period for this notice, the OCC will publish a notice
for 30 days of comment for this collection.

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