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capability to accept such information
directly from the carriers, DOT made a
technical change in the rule on February
14, 2005, to require air carriers to
submit the required information directly
to DOT’s Aviation Consumer Protection
Division (ACPD) rather than APHIS and
to make the rule part of DOT’s economic
regulations.2
On July 3, 2014, DOT published a
final rule amending the requirement
that air carriers file reports with DOT on
the loss, injury, or death of animals
during air transport.3 The rule (1)
expanded the reporting requirement
from the largest U.S. carriers (i.e., U.S.
carriers that account for at least 1
percent of domestic scheduled
passenger revenue) to U.S. carriers that
operate scheduled service with at least
one aircraft with a design capacity of
more than 60 seats; (2) expanded the
definition of ‘‘animal’’ from only a pet
in a family household to include all cats
and dogs transported by covered
carriers, regardless of whether the cat or
dog is transported as a pet by its owner
or as part of a commercial shipment
(e.g., shipped by a breeder); (3) required
covered carriers to file a calendar-year
report in December, even if the carrier
did not have any reportable incidents
during the calendar year; (4) required
covered carriers to provide in their
December reports the total number of
animals that were lost, injured, or died
during air transport in the calendar year;
and (5) required covered carriers to
provide in their December reports the
total number of animals transported in
the calendar year. On August 25, 2015,
OMB approved the information
collection request, ‘‘Reports by Air
Carriers on Incidents Involving Animals
During Air Transport,’’ through August
31, 2018.
In order to reduce burden to covered
carriers, the ACPD established a website
and online system for filing the required
reports, http://animalreport.ost.dot.gov.
This system enables covered carriers to
easily and efficiently submit their
reports through the internet rather than
sending the reports to the Department
by mail or email.
Respondents: U.S. carriers that
operate scheduled passenger service
with at least one aircraft having a
designed seating capacity of more than
60 seats.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
32.
2 Reports by Air Carriers on Incidents Involving
Animals During Air Transport, 70 FR 7392
(February 14, 2005).
3 Reports by Air Carriers on Incidents Involving
Animals During Air Transport, 79 FR 37938 (July
3, 2014) (codified at 14 CFR part 235).

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Frequency: For each respondent, one
information set for the month of
December, plus one information set
during some other months (1 to 12).
Estimated Total Burden on
Respondents: (1) Monthly reports of
incidents involving the loss, injury, or
death of animals during air transport: 0
to 384 hours (Respondents [32] × Time
to Prepare One Monthly Report [1 hour]
× Frequency [0 to 12 per year]). (2)
December report containing the total
number of animals that were lost,
injured, or died during air transport in
the calendar year and the total number
of animals that were transported in the
calendar year: 16 hours (Respondents
[32] × Time to Prepare One December
Report [0.5 hour] × Frequency (1 per
year)].
Public comments invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including (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
that the burden could be minimized
without reducing the quality of the
collected information.
All comments will become a matter of
public record. All responses to this
notice will be summarized and included
in the request for OMB approval.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as
amended; and 49 CFR 1.27(n).
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 15,
2018, under the authority delegated at 49
CFR 1.27(n).
Blane A. Workie,
Assistant General Counsel for Aviation
Enforcement and Proceedings.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Docket No. DOT–OST–2018–0044]

Notice of Proposed Agency
Information Collection Activities;
Agency Request To Modify Existing
Information Collections: Railroad
Rehabilitation and Improvement
Financing (RRIF) and Transportation
Infrastructure Financing and
Innovation Act (TIFIA) Credit Programs
Office of the Secretary,
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
requirements of the Paperwork

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Reduction Act of 1995, the Department
of Transportation (the Department)
invites public comments on a request to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to approve modifications to two
currently approved Information
Collection Requests (ICRs). As part of
the modifications to the ICRs, one ICR
will be integrated into the other ICR.
The modified and integrated ICR will be
used to allow entities to apply for
Railroad Rehabilitation and
Improvement Financing (RRIF) and
Transportation Infrastructure Financing
and Innovation Act (TIFIA) credit
assistance using a common set of forms,
rather than having a separate set of
forms for each of RRIF and TIFIA. The
new, integrated forms have also been
updated to reflect changes in law,
streamlining of the credit programs, and
efficiencies in the application process
adopted by the Department. However,
the general process of applying for
credit assistance is not changing;
applications are still accepted on a
rolling basis. The ICR continues to be
necessary for the Department to evaluate
projects and project sponsors for credit
program eligibility and creditworthiness
as required by law.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before July 20, 2018.
ADDRESSES: All comments should
reference Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) Docket No. DOT–OST–
2018–0044. Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection
through one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket
Management Facility, U.S. Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12–
140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except on Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jenny Barket at [email protected] or
(202) 366–9993, or The Build America
Bureau via email at BuildAmerica@
dot.gov or (202) 366–2300.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2105–0569.
Title: Letter of Interest and
Application Forms for the Railroad
Rehabilitation and Improvement
Financing and Transportation
Infrastructure Financing and Innovation
Act Credit Programs.
Type of Review: Modification of
existing information collections.
Background: The RRIF credit program
has its origins in Title V of the Railroad

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Revitalization and Regulatory Reform
Act of 1976, 45 U.S.C. 821 et seq., which
authorized the Federal Railroad
Administration to provide railroads
certain financial assistance. This Title V
financing program was replaced by the
RRIF program under section 7203 of the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century of 1998, Public Law 105–178
(1998) (TEA 21). RRIF was subsequently
amended by: The Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity
Act: A Legacy for Users, Public Law
109–59 (2005) (SAFETEA–LU); the Rail
Safety Improvement Act of 2008,
Division A of Public Law 110–432; and
the Fixing America’s Surface
Transportation Act (Pub. L. 114–94)
(2015) (FAST Act). All applicants for
RRIF credit program assistance are
required to submit a completed
application. 45 U.S.C. 823(a). The
information collection activity request
for the RRIF credit program application
was most recently approved in 2015
(OMB Control Number 2130–0548). See
80 FR 11518 and 80 FR 27228.
The Transportation Infrastructure
Finance and Innovation Act of 1998 was
enacted as part of TEA 21. The TIFIA
program was subsequently amended by
SAFETEA–LU, the Moving Ahead for
Progress in the 21st Century Act (Pub.
L. 112–141) (2012) (MAP–21), and the
FAST Act. All applicants for TIFIA
credit program assistance are required to
submit a completed LOI and
application. 23 U.S.C. 602(a)(1)(A). The
existing information collection activity
request for the TIFIA credit program
letter of interest and application was
most recently approved in 2017 (OMB
Control Number 2105–0569). See 82 FR
15101 and 82 FR 25045.
The National Surface Transportation
and Innovative Finance Bureau
(referenced hereafter as the Build
America Bureau or the Bureau),
established by the Secretary on July 20,
2016, in accordance with the FAST Act,
was created to streamline and improve
access to the Department’s Federal
credit programs, including RRIF and
TIFIA. The Bureau was made
responsible for administering the
application processes for the TIFIA and
RRIF credit programs. To streamline and
conform these application processes, the
Bureau has integrated the submission
forms to create a single LOI form and a
single application form that can be used
by applicants of either credit program.
The integrated forms substantially
conform to the LOI and application
forms approved under OMB Control
Number 2105–0569. The Department
seeks OMB approval to integrate the
RRIF ICR into the TIFIA ICR. The
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activity would retain OMB Control
Number 2105–0569 and the RRIF ICR
would be discontinued if the integrated
RRIF/TIFIA ICR is approved.
The integrated forms have also been
reviewed to ensure that all information
requested is necessary for the
Department to properly perform its
functions in administering its credit
programs, updated to reflect the current
statutory requirements, and reorganized
to make the forms easier for applicants
to use. Because some key statutory
differences exist between the two
programs’ application processes and
eligibility criteria, each of the forms
clearly identifies where an item of
information applies only for one of the
programs and need not be answered by
applicants of the other program.
The TIFIA application process is
prescribed by 23 U.S.C. 602(a)(1)(A) and
requires submission of an LOI. If the
LOI demonstrates a reasonable
likelihood of satisfying the TIFIA
program’s statutory eligibility
requirements, including
creditworthiness, the Department will
invite the applicant to submit a formal
credit application. Laws governing the
RRIF credit program do not require that
an LOI be submitted prior to a formal
application. Practically, however, since
45 U.S.C. 822 requires RRIF applicants
to submit an application demonstrating
compliance with eligibility
requirements, the Bureau encourages
RRIF applicants to submit an LOI before
submitting an application. The
Department believes that submitting an
LOI before submitting an application
will significantly increase the likelihood
that a formal RRIF application will be
substantially complete on the first
submission and reduce the time and
effort of reaching financial close on a
credit instrument. The Department is
authorized to prescribe the form and
contents of the LOI and application. 45
U.S.C. 823 and 23 U.S.C. 601(a)(6). The
integrated LOI and application can be
found on the Bureau’s website at
https://www.transportation.gov/
buildamerica.
The LOI asks the applicant to
describe, among other things, the project
and its location, purpose and cost; the
proposed financial plan, the status of
environmental review, and certain
information regarding satisfaction of
other eligibility requirements under the
applicable credit program. The
application serves as the official request
for credit and, therefore, requires the
same information required of the LOI,
plus detailed information about the
applicant’s legal and management
structure, its financial health, the
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loan, and other information regarding
satisfaction of eligibility requirements.
TIFIA and RRIF credit assistance is
awarded based on a project’s
satisfaction of TIFIA and RRIF (as
applicable) eligibility requirements.
Respondents: State and local
governments, transit agencies,
government-sponsored authorities,
special authorities, special districts,
ports, private railroads, and certain
other private entities
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: Based on the number and
type of interested stakeholders that have
contacted the Department about the
RRIF and TIFIA programs in fiscal years
(FY) 2015–2018, the Department
estimates that it will receive, on an
annual basis, eight (8) RRIF letters of
interest (LOIs), twelve (12) TIFIA LOIs,
eight (8) RRIF applications, and twelve
(12) TIFIA applications.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: The Department estimates that it
will generally take applicants not fewer
than twenty (20) person-hours to
assemble a single LOI (for either credit
program) and not fewer than one
hundred (100) person-hours to assemble
a single application (for either credit
program). (Person-hour estimates
provided for a RRIF application assume
that the applicant will initially submit
an LOI, reducing the number of personhours spent on the application.) These
estimates are consistent with the
approved ICR for TIFIA under OMB
Control Number 2105–0569. Based on
the anticipated annual total number of
respondents, the total annual hour
burden of this collection for RRIF LOIs
and applications is 960 and for TIFIA
LOIs and applications is 1,440 hours.
Frequency of Collection: This
information collection will occur on a
rolling basis as interested entities seek
RRIF or TIFIA credit assistance.
Public Comments Invited: The
Department invites interested
respondents to comment on a proposed
information collection activity
(summarized below) with respect to: (i)
Whether the information collection
activities are necessary for the
Department to properly execute its
functions, including whether the
activities will have practical utility; (ii)
the accuracy of the Department’s
estimates of the burden of the
information collection activities,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used to
determine the estimates; (iii) ways for
the Department to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information
being collected; and (iv) ways for the
Department to minimize the burden of
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public by automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology (e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses). See
44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)(I)–(iv); 5 CFR
1320.8(d)(1)(i)–(iv). The Department
believes that soliciting public comment
will promote its efforts to reduce the
administrative and paperwork burdens
associated with the collection of
information mandated by Federal
regulations. In summary, the
Department reasons that comments
received will advance three objectives:
(i) Reduce reporting burdens; (ii) ensure
that it organizes information collection
requirements in a ‘‘user friendly’’ format
to improve the use of such information;
and (iii) accurately assess the resources
expended to retrieve and produce
information requested. See 44 U.S.C.
3501.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as
amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2018.
Habib Azarsina,
Privacy and PRA Clearance Officer, Office
of the Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request for Regulation Project
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

The Internal Revenue Service,
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
information collection requirements
related to amortization of intangible
property.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before July 20, 2018 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Laurie Brimmer, Internal Revenue
Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the regulation should be

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directed to Sara Covington, at Internal
Revenue Service, Room 6526, 1111
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20224, or at (202) 317–6038, or
through the internet at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Amortization of Intangible
Property.
OMB Number: 1545–1671.
Regulation Project Number: REG–
209709–94 (TD 8865).
Abstract: These regulations apply to
property acquired after January 25,
2000. Regulations to implement section
197(e)(4)(D) are applicable August 11,
1993, for property acquired after August
10, 1993 (or July 26, 1991, for property
acquired after July 25, 1991, if a valid
retroactive election has been made
under § 1.197–1).
Current Actions: There are no change
being made to the regulation at this
time.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
500.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 3
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,500.
The following paragraph applies to all
of the collections of information covered
by this notice:
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a valid OMB control number.
Books or records relating to a
collection of information must be
retained as long as their contents may
become material in the administration
of any internal revenue law. Generally,
tax returns and tax return information
are confidential, as required by 26
U.S.C. 6103.
Request for Comments: Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval. All
comments will become a matter of
public record. Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
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through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology; and (e) estimates of capital
or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information.
Approved: May 14, 2018.
Laurie Brimmer,
Senior Tax Analyst.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request for Regulation Project
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

The Internal Revenue Service,
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 proposed
and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The
IRS is soliciting comments concerning
Form 8928, Return of Certain Excise
Taxes Under Chapter 43 of the Internal
Revenue Code and information
collection requirements related to
employer comparable contributions of
HSAs and requirement for filing excise
tax under section 4980B, 4980D, 4980E
& 4980G.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before July 20, 2018 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Laurie Brimmer, Internal Revenue
Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: :
Requests for additional information or
copies of this regulation should be
directed to Sara Covington, at Internal
Revenue Service, Room 6525, 1111
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20224, or at (202)317–6038 or
through the internet at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Form 8928—Return of Certain
Excise Taxes Under Chapter 43 of the
Internal Revenue Code & TD 9457—
Employer Comparable Contributions to
HSAs and requirement of Return for
filing excise taxes under sections
4980B,4980D,4980E and4980G.
OMB Number: 1545–2146.
SUMMARY:

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