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Vietnam’s consultations request states
that these measures appear to be
inconsistent with the United States
obligations under the GATT 1994 and
the WTO Agreement on the Application
of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
(SPS Agreement). Specifically, Vietnam
invokes the obligations in Articles 2.2,
2.3, 4.1, 5.1, 5.3, 5.6, 8, and Annex
C(1)(a) of the SPS Agreement and
Article I:1 of the GATT 1994.
III. Public Comments: Requirements for
Submissions
USTR invites written comments
concerning the issues raised in this
dispute. All submissions must be in
English and sent electronically via
www.regulations.gov. For alternatives to
electronic submissions, contact Sandy
McKinzy at (202) 395–9483.
To submit comments via
www.regulations.gov, enter docket
number USTR–2018–0009 on the home
page and click ‘‘search.’’ The site will
provide a search-results page listing all
documents associated with this docket.
Find a reference to this notice by
selecting ‘‘Notice’’ under ‘‘Document
Type’’ on the left side of the searchresults page, and click on the link
entitled ‘‘Comment Now!’’ For further
information on using the
www.regulations.gov website, please
consult the resources provided on the
website by clicking on ‘‘How to Use
Regulations.gov’’ on the bottom of the
home page.
The www.regulations.gov website
allows users to provide comments by
filling in a ‘‘Type Comment’’ field, or by
attaching a document using an ‘‘Upload
File’’ field. USTR prefers that comments
be provided in an attached document. If
a document is attached, it is sufficient
to type ‘‘See attached’’ in the ‘‘Type
Comment’’ field. USTR prefers
submissions in Microsoft Word (.doc) or
Adobe Acrobat (.pdf). If the submission
is in an application other than those
two, please indicate the name of the
application in the ‘‘Type Comment’’
field.
For any comments submitted
electronically containing business
confidential information, the file name
of the business confidential version
should begin with the characters ‘‘BC’’.
Any page containing business
confidential information must be clearly
marked ‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’
on the top of that page and the
submission should clearly indicate, via
brackets, highlighting, or other means,
the specific information that is business
confidential. If you request business
confidential treatment, you must certify
in writing that disclosure of the
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secrets or profitability, and that the
information would not customarily be
released to the public. Filers of
submissions containing business
confidential information also must
submit a public version of their
comments. The file name of the public
version should begin with the character
‘‘P’’. The ‘‘BC’’ and ‘‘P’’ should be
followed by the name of the person or
entity submitting the comments or
rebuttal comments. If these procedures
are not sufficient to protect business
confidential information or otherwise
protect business interests, please contact
Sandy McKinzy at (202) 395–9483 to
discuss whether alternative
arrangements are possible.
USTR may determine that information
or advice contained in a comment, other
than business confidential information,
is confidential in accordance with
section 135(g)(2) of the Trade Act of
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2155(g)(2)). If a
submitter believes that information or
advice is confidential, s/he must clearly
designate the information or advice as
confidential and mark it as
‘‘SUBMITTED IN CONFIDENCE’’ at the
top and bottom of the cover page and
each succeeding page, and provide a
non-confidential summary of the
information or advice.
Pursuant to section 127(e) of the
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19
U.S.C. 3537(e)), USTR will maintain a
docket on this dispute settlement
proceeding, docket number USTR–
2018–0009, accessible to the public at
www.regulations.gov. The public file
will include non-confidential public
comments USTR receives regarding the
dispute. If a dispute settlement panel is
convened, or in the event of an appeal
from a panel, USTR will make the
following documents publicly available
at www.ustr.gov: the U.S. submissions
and any non-confidential summaries of
submissions received from other
participants in the dispute. If a dispute
settlement panel is convened, or in the
event of an appeal from a panel, the
report of the panel, and, if applicable,
the report of the Appellate Body, will
also be available on the website of the
World Trade Organization, at
www.wto.org.
Juan Millan,
Assistant United States Trade Representative
for Monitoring and Enforcement, Office of
the U.S. Trade Representative.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. FAA–2017–0975]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submissions for OMB
Approval
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: 30-day notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

The Federal Aviation
Administration is seeking approval from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for a renewal of the existing
Information Collection 2120–0768. As
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA), the purpose of this
notice is to allow 30 days for public
comment. The Information Collection
was previously published in the Federal
Register on February 12, 2018 and
allowed 60 days for the public
comment.
The FAA proposes collecting
information related to requests to
operate Unmanned Aircraft Systems
(UAS) in controlled airspace. The FAA
will use the collected information to
make determinations whether to
authorize or deny the requested
operation of UAS in controlled airspace.
The proposed information collection is
necessary to issue such authorizations
or denials consistent with the FAA’s
mandate to ensure safe and efficient use
of national airspace.
In addition, the FAA proposes
collecting information related to
requests for waiver from the waivable
provisions of the applicable regulations.
The proposed information collection is
necessary to determine whether the
proposed operation is eligible for waiver
consistent with the FAA’s mandate to
ensure safe and efficient use of national
airspace.
Several comments received were
either positive or pertained to matters
not directly addressed in this
Information Collection.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by May 29, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
[identified by Docket No. FAA–2017–
0975] 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
SUMMARY:

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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:
Casey Nair, FAA’s UAS Low Altitude
Authorization and Notification
Capability (LAANC) Program Manager,
tel (202) 267–0369 or via email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 FAA’s
performance; (b) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (c) ways for the FAA
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.
Title: Renewal of Existing Information
Collection 2120–0768.
OMB Control Number: 2120–0768.
Form Number(s): There are no FAA
forms associated with this collection.
Type of Review: Renewal of an
information collection.
Background: The FAA has seen
increased operations of small
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)
flying under 14 CFR part 107. Section
107.41 states that ‘‘no person may
operate a small unmanned aircraft in
Class B, Class C, or Class D airspace or
within the lateral boundaries of the
surface area of Class E airspace
designated for an airport unless that
person has prior authorization from Air
Traffic Control (ATC).’’ Such
authorization may be obtained in the
form of either an airspace authorization
issued by the FAA or a waiver of the
authorization requirements of 14 CFR
107.41 (airspace waiver). Additionally,
operators may request waivers of the
other operational requirements listed in
§ 107.205 (operational waivers).
In order to process authorization and
airspace waiver requests, the FAA
requires the operator’s name, the
operator’s contact information, and
information related to the date, place,
and time of the requested small UAS
operation. This information is necessary
for the FAA to meet its statutory
mandate of maintaining a safe and
efficient national airspace. See 49 U.S.C.
40103 and 44701; Public Law 112–95,
Section 333.
Additionally, if the operator is
seeking an operational waiver from one
of the other regulations listed in 14 CFR
107.205, further information is required
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the requested information to determine
if the proposed UAS operation can be
conducted safely.
The FAA proposes to use LAANC and
a web portal to process authorization
requests from the public to conduct part
107 flight operations pursuant to
§ 107.41. The FAA also proposes to use
the web portal to process requests from
the public to conduct part 107 flight
operations that require an operational
waiver or an airspace waiver.
Summary of Comments: The FAA
received three comments during the
published public comment period that
began on February 12, 2018. One
commenter asserted that the process for
part 107 operators to obtain
authorization from ATC is overbearing
and that part 107 operators should be
allowed to contact ATC directly via the
telephone. The large number of
potential telephone calls (estimated at
over 200,000 from 2018 to 2020) makes
this proposed solution unfeasible and
such a process would increase the
burden on part 107 operators by creating
unreasonably long wait times for
approval and would increase
uncertainty and inconsistency of
authorization when ATC cannot be
reached. Under the web portal process,
which processes individual requests
such as the one proposed here, the wait
time for a response is 90+ days.
Another comment addressed
procedures for implementing Control
and Non-Payload Communications
Links and does not pertain to the
matters addressed in this Information
Collection.
The final comment was from the Air
Line Pilots Association, International
(ALPA), which addressed a number of
issues, grouped in two main categories.
First, ALPA commented that the use of
LAANC and the web portal to process
authorization requests to conduct part
107 flight operations in controlled
airspace has not been subject to
sufficient safety risk evaluation. Both
LAANC and the web portal are
administrative systems. Neither
introduce change to the NAS enterprise
architecture or any alteration to any
established FAA processes including
those that involve safety. LAANC and
the web portal provide another means
for part 107 operators to comply with
part 107’s established requirements and
safety processes. Both LAANC and the
web portal are in alignment with part
107.
Second, ALPA commented that the
FAA has not determined through its
SMS process the risk that UAS
operating in controlled airspace
introduce to the NAS and, therefore,
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information collected is adequate. This
second category of comments was
substantially the same as comments that
ALPA submitted to the earlier Notice of
Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) that was
eventually implemented as a final rule
at 81 FR 42063 on June 28, 2016 and
codified as 14 CFR part 107. Part 107
addresses ALPA’s safety concerns. The
FAA analyzed the proposed information
to be collected from the public for both
authorization requests and waivers and
determined that the information is
sufficient for the FAA to meet the
previously established requirements.
Additionally, the FAA has rereviewed the nine comments that were
received in response to the earlier
published Federal Register notice for
the emergency approval of the existing
Information Collection 2120–0768,
published on October 12, 2017 at 82 FR
47289. Six of these comments were
positive and supported the
implementation of an automated system
to process authorization requests. Two
comments discussed the wait times
under the non-automated approval
process and involved the commenters’
disagreement with the requirements of
part 107. These comments pertain to
matters not directly addressed in this
Information Collection. The remaining
comment made a recommendation to
allow local emergency management
officials to create temporary ‘‘no fly’’
zones to support emergency operations.
This comment is also not directly
related to the matters addressed in this
Information Collection.
Affected Public: Small UAS operators
seeking to conduct flight operations
under 14 CFR part 107 either within
controlled airspace or that require
waiver from certain provisions of part
107.
Frequency of Submission: The
requested information will need to be
provided each time a respondent
requests an airspace authorization to
operate a small UAS under 14 CFR part
107 in controlled airspace. A
respondent may reduce the frequency
by seeking and obtaining an airspace
waiver to conduct recurring operations.
For requests for operational waivers, a
respondent will only need to provide
the information once at the time of the
request for waiver. If granted,
operational waivers may be valid for up
to four (4) years.
Number of Respondents: Between
2018–2020, the FAA estimates it will
receive a total of 203,116 requests for
airspace authorizations, 24,721 requests
for airspace waivers, and 15,169
requests for operational waivers. The
FAA has increased the estimated
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authorizations to 203,116 from the
160,766 that was estimated in the
published 60-Day Notice due to the
change in the forecast of UAS growth
that was published in the FAA
Aerospace Forecast for Fiscal Years
2018–2038.
Total Annual Burden: The FAA
estimates that the annual burden hours
on respondents will be 11,948 hours
(4,173 hours for LAANC respondents
and 7,775 hours for web portal
respondents) for airspace
authorizations, 4,120 hours for airspace
waivers, and 3,286 hours for operational
waivers. The estimated total annual
burden hours increased from the 9,953
hours published in the 60-Day Notice to
11,948 hours due to the change in the
forecast of UAS growth that was
published in the FAA Aerospace
Forecast for Fiscal Years 2018–2038.
Under 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 CFR
1320.5(b), 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FAA informs
all interested parties that it may not
conduct or sponsor, and a respondent is
not required to respond to, a collection
of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Issued in Washington, DC, on April 20,
2018.
Casey Nair,
UAS LAANC Program Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2017–0008–N–3]

Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), U.S. Department
of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its
implementing regulations, FRA seeks
approval of the Information Collection
Request (ICR) abstracted below. Before
submitting this ICR to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
approval, FRA is soliciting public
comment on specific aspects of the
activities identified below.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before June 25,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the ICR activities by mail to either:

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Mr. Robert Brogan, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Office of
Railroad Safety, Regulatory Analysis
Division, RRS–21, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Room W33–497,
Washington, DC 20590; or Ms. Kim
Toone, Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Office of Information
Technology, RAD–20, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Room W34–212,
Washington, DC 20590. Commenters
requesting FRA to acknowledge receipt
of their respective comments must
include a self-addressed stamped
postcard stating, ‘‘Comments on OMB
Control Number 2130–0505,’’ and
should also include the title of the ICR.
Alternatively, comments may be faxed
to (202) 493–6216 or (202) 493–6497, or
emailed to Mr. Brogan at
[email protected], or Ms. Toone at
[email protected]. Please refer to the
assigned OMB control number in any
correspondence submitted. FRA will
summarize comments received in
response to this notice in a subsequent
notice and include them in its
information collection submission to
OMB for approval.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Robert Brogan, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad
Safety, Regulatory Analysis Division,
RRS–21, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Room W33–497,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6292) or Ms. Kim Toone,
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Office of Information
Technology, RAD–20, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Room W34–212,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6132).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA,
44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, and its
implementing regulations, 5 CFR part
1320, require Federal agencies to
provide 60-days’ notice to the public to
allow comment on information
collection activities before seeking OMB
approval of the activities. See 44 U.S.C.
3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.8–12.
Specifically, FRA invites interested
parties to comment on the following ICR
regarding: (1) Whether the information
collection activities are necessary for
FRA to properly execute its functions,
including whether the activities will
have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
FRA’s estimates of the burden of the
information collection activities,
including the validity of the
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FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information being
collected; and (4) ways for FRA to
minimize the burden of information
collection activities on the public,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. See 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A); 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1).
FRA believes that soliciting public
comment will promote its efforts to
reduce the administrative and
paperwork burdens associated with the
collection of information that Federal
regulations mandate. In summary, FRA
reasons that comments received will
advance three objectives: (1) Reduce
reporting burdens; (2) organize
information collection requirements in a
‘‘user-friendly’’ format to improve the
use of such information; and (3)
accurately assess the resources
expended to retrieve and produce
information requested. See 44 U.S.C.
3501.
The summary below describes the ICR
that FRA will submit for OMB clearance
as the PRA requires:
Title: Inspection and Maintenance of
Steam Locomotives (Formerly Steam
Locomotive Inspection).
OMB Control Number: 2130–0505.
Abstract: The Locomotive Boiler
Inspection Act (LBIA) of 1911 required
each railroad subject to the Act to file
copies of its rules and instructions for
the inspection of locomotives. The
original LBIA was expanded to cover all
steam locomotives and tenders, and all
their parts and appurtenances. As
amended, this Act requires carriers to
make inspections and to repair defects
to ensure the safe operation of steam
locomotives. Currently, the collection of
information is used primarily by tourist
or historic railroads and by locomotive
owners/operators to provide a record for
each day a steam locomotive is placed
in service, as well as a record that the
required steam locomotive inspections
are completed. The collection of
information is also used by FRA and
State rail safety inspectors to verify that
necessary safety inspections and tests
have been completed and to ensure that
steam locomotives are indeed ‘‘safe and
suitable’’ for service and are properly
operated and maintained.
Type of Request: Extension without
Change of a Currently Approved
Information Collection.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Form(s): FRA–1, FRA–2, FRA–3,
FRA–4, FRA–5.
Respondent Universe: 82 Steam
Locomotive Owners/Operators.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion; annually.
Reporting Burden:

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