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10, Washington, DC 20590 (202) 366–
0354 or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), Public Law 104–13, Section 2,
109 Stat. 163 (1995) (codified as revised
at 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), and its
implementing regulations, 5 CFR part
1320, require Federal agencies to issue
two notices seeking public comment on
information collection activities before
OMB may approve paperwork packages.
44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.5,
1320.8(d)(1), 1320.12. On October 18,
2019, FTA published a 60-day notice
(84 FR 56012) in the Federal Register
soliciting comments on the ICR that the
agency was seeking OMB approval. FTA
received no comments after issuing this
60-day notice. Accordingly, DOT
announces that these information
collection activities have been reevaluated and certified under 5 CFR
1320.5(a) and forwarded to OMB for
review and approval pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.12(c).
Before OMB decides whether to
approve these proposed collections of
information, it must provide 30 days for
public comment. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b); 5
CFR 1320.12(d). Federal law requires
OMB to approve or disapprove
paperwork packages between 30 and 60
days after the 30-day notice is
published. 44 U.S.C. 3507 (b)–(c); 5 CFR
1320.12(d); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983,
Aug. 29, 1995. OMB believes that the
30-day notice informs the regulated
community to file relevant comments
and affords the agency adequate time to
digest public comments before it
renders a decision. 60 FR 44983, Aug.
29, 1995. Therefore, respondents should
submit their respective comments to
OMB within 30 days of publication to
best ensure having their full effect. 5
CFR 1320.12(c); see also 60 FR 44983,
Aug. 29, 1995.
The summaries below describe the
nature of the information collection
requirements (ICRs) and the expected
burden. The requirements are being
submitted for clearance by OMB as
required by the PRA.
Title: Metropolitan and Statewide and
Non-Metropolitan Transportation
Planning.
OMB Control Number: 2132–0529.
Type of Request: Renewal of a
previously approved information
collection.
Abstract: The FTA and Federal
Highway Administration (FHWA)
jointly carry out the federal mandate to
improve urban and rural transportation.
49 U.S.C. 5303 and 5304 and 23 U.S.C.
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Organizations (MPOs), States, and local
public bodies in developing
transportation plans and programs to
serve the transportation needs of
urbanized areas over 50,000 in
population and other areas of States
outside of urbanized areas. The
information collection activities
involved in developing the Unified
Planning Work Program (UPWP), the
Metropolitan Transportation Plan, the
Long-Range Statewide Transportation
Plan, the Transportation Improvement
Program (TIP), and the Statewide
Transportation Improvement Program
(STIP) are necessary to identify and
evaluate the transportation issues and
needs in each urbanized area and
throughout every State. These products
of the transportation planning process
are essential elements in the reasonable
planning and programming of federally
funded transportation investments.
In addition to serving as a
management tool for MPOs, the UPWP
is used by both FTA and FHWA to
monitor the transportation planning
activities of MPOs. It also is needed to
establish national out year budgets and
regional program plans, develop policy
on using funds, monitor State and local
compliance with technical emphasis
areas, respond to Congressional
inquiries, prepare Congressional
testimony, and ensure efficiency in the
use and expenditure of Federal funds by
determining that planning proposals are
both reasonable and cost-effective.
49 U.S.C. 5303 and 23 U.S.C.134 (j)
require the development of TIPs for
urbanized areas; STIPs are mandated by
49 U.S.C. 5304 and 23 U.S.C. 135(g) for
an entire State. After approval by the
Governor and MPO, metropolitan TIPs
in attainment areas are to be
incorporated directly into the STIP. For
nonattainment areas, FTA/FHWA must
make a conformity finding on the TIPs
before including them in the STIP. The
complete STIP is then jointly reviewed
and approved or disapproved by FTA
and FHWA. These conformity findings
and approval actions constitute the
determination that States are complying
with the requirements of 23 U.S.C. 134
and 135 and 49 U.S.C. 5303 and 5304
as a condition of eligibility for federalaid funding. Without these documents,
approvals and findings, FTA and FHWA
cannot provide capital and/or operating
assistance.
Respondents: State Departments of
Transportation and MPOs.
Estimated Annual Respondents: 456
respondents.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
4,198,379 hours.

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Nadine Pembleton,
Director Office of Management Planning.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2019–0037]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval: Driver Interactions With
Advanced Driver Assistance
Technologies
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments on a request for approval of
a new information collection.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below has been forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. A Federal Register
notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following
information collection was published on
May 21, 2019 (84 FR 23154). NHTSA
received 7 public comments. A
summary of the comments and the
changes NHTSA made in response to
those comments is provided below.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted on or before September 21,
2020.
SUMMARY:

Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection, including
suggestions for reducing burden, should
be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget at
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
To find this particular information
collection, select ‘‘Currently under 30day Review—Open for Public
Comment’’ or use the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or access to
background documents, contact
Elizabeth Mazzae, Applied Crash
Avoidance Research Division, Vehicle
Research and Test Center, NHTSA,
10820 State Route 347—Bldg. 60, East
Liberty, Ohio 43319; Telephone (937)
666–4511; Facsimile: (937) 666–3590;
email address: elizabeth.mazzae@
dot.gov.
ADDRESSES:

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Before a
Federal agency can collect certain
information from the public, it must
receive approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). In
compliance with these requirements,
this notice announces that the following
information collection request has been
forwarded to OMB.
OMB Control Number: To be issued at
time of approval.
Title: Driver Interactions With
Advanced Driver Assistance
Technologies.
Form Numbers: NHTSA forms 1522,
1525, 1527.
Type of Request: New information
collection.
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Length of Approval Requested: Three
years from the date of approval.
Abstract: NHTSA has proposed to
perform research involving the
collection of information from the
public as part of a multi-year effort to
learn about drivers’ use of and behavior
in interacting with certain advanced
driver assistance technologies (ADAS).
The research will involve on-road, seminaturalistic driving experimentation in
which participants who are members of
the general public will drive
government-owned instrumented
production vehicles equipped with
driver assistance technologies. The goal
is to measure drivers’ responses to
system alerts and their frequency of
system use, as well as observe their
behavior during system use. This
research will support NHTSA decisions
relating to safe implementation of
advanced driver assistance technologies.
The research will also investigate
whether drivers’ experience with one
brand’s ADAS impacts how they
interact when driving another vehicle
equipped with a different brand’s
systems. This scenario is one that would
be experienced with rental cars and
family vehicle sharing and will provide
important insights into how differences
in system operation and interface design
aspects may cause usability issues. The
observation of usability issues would
inform NHTSA about the benefits of
common system interface design aspects
(e.g., visual and auditory displays and
controls).
Participants will include drivers with
and without experience with the
particular ADAS features being studied.
Experienced drivers will be ones who
own one of the two vehicle models
equipped with the particular ADAS
feature(s) being studied and can be
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experience in using the feature(s).
Participants will be asked to drive a
specified route over public roadways
while using driver assistance
technologies. Participants’ actions to
engage the assistance features and
responses to unrequested
disengagements will be observed and
recorded.
Information will be collected during
the course of the research through
participant screening questions,
recording of video and engineering data,
and post-drive questionnaires.
Questions addressed to individuals will
serve to assess individuals’ suitability
for study participation, to obtain
feedback regarding participants’ use of
the ADAS technologies, and to gauge
individuals’ level of comfort with and
confidence in the technologies’
performance and safety. Since
qualitative feedback or self-report data
is not sufficiently robust for the purpose
of investigating driver performance/
interaction issues with advanced
vehicle control and safety technologies,
objective data will also be recorded
including driver eye glance behavior
and hand locations. Eye glance behavior
will reveal how drivers visually monitor
and respond to visual alert information.
Hand location data will provide
information regarding how well drivers
are able to engage the advanced driver
assistance functions efficiently (e.g.,
with one attempt or multiple attempts)
and how long it takes. We will observe
whether drivers engage in secondary
tasks (e.g., interacting with infotainment
functions) during feature engagement.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use of the
Information:
The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration’s (NHTSA) mission is to
save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce
healthcare and other economic costs
associated with motor vehicle crashes.
As driver assistance technologies
advance, they have the potential to
dramatically reduce the number of
motor vehicle crashes, injuries, and
associated economic costs. The safety
and effectiveness of the technologies
depends on drivers understanding the
capabilities, constraints, and visual and
auditory alerts provided. Drivers’
understanding of when assistance
features are available to use and when
they are not is important for safety. In
particular, drivers must understand and
respond quickly when a feature
indicates that it is disengaging and the
driver must retake full manual control
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information regarding how drivers who
are inexperienced compare to drivers
with experience using driver assistance
features including advanced cruise
control and either lane keeping
assistance or lane centering assistance.
The research will compare the two
groups’ use of these features in
interactions, response to disengagement
notifications, and proper use.
The collection of information will
consist of: (1) Question Set 1, Driving
Research Study Interest Response Form,
(2) Question Set 2, Screening Questions,
(3) passive observation of driving
behavior, and (4) Question Set 3, PostDrive Questionnaire.
Affected Public (Respondents):
Research participants will be licensed
drivers aged 25 years to 65 who drive
at least an average number of miles
annually (e.g., 11,000 miles), are in good
health, and do not require assistive
devices to safely operate a vehicle and
drive continuously for a period of 3
hours.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
The data collection will have two equalsized parts: One that will begin
immediately upon receipt of PRA
clearance and will involve use of two
2018–2019 model year U.S. production
vehicle models. The second part of the
data collection will begin after
completion of the first part and will
have the same approach, but will
involve different vehicle models.
Information for both parts of the data
collection will be collected in an
incremental fashion to permit the
determination of which individuals
have the necessary characteristics for
study participation. All interested
candidates will complete Question Set
1, Driving Research Study Interest
Response Form. A subset of individuals
meeting the criteria for Question Set 1
will be asked to complete Question Set
2, Screening Questions. From the
individuals found to meet the criteria
for both Questions sets 1 and 2, a subset
will be chosen with the goal of
achieving a sample providing a balance
of age and sex to be scheduled for study
participation.
A summary of the estimated numbers
of individuals that will complete the
noted question sets across both the first
and second data collection parts is
provided in the following table. Both
data collection parts will involve
approximately 500 respondents for
Question Set 1, 300 for Question Set 2,
and 150 for Question Set 3.

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ESTIMATED NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS
Questions

Total N

Question Set 1, Driving Research Study Interest Response Form ....................................................................................................
Question Set 2, Screening Questions .................................................................................................................................................
Question Set 3, Post-Drive Questionnaire ..........................................................................................................................................

Estimated Time per Response: For
both parts of the data collection,
completion of Question Set 1, Driving
Research Study Interest Response Form
is estimated to take approximately 5
minutes and completion is estimated to
take approximately 7 minutes for
Question Set 2, Screening Questions.
Completion of Question Set 3, PostDrive Questionnaire is estimated to take
15 minutes per inexperienced
participant and 20 minutes per

experienced participant for both parts of
data collection.
The estimated annual time and cost
burdens across both the first and second
data collection parts are summarized in
the table below. For example, the
anticipated number of individuals
completing Question Set 1 for part 1 of
the data collection is half of 1000, or
500, and so on.
The number of respondents and time
to complete each question set are

1000
600
300

estimated as shown in the table. The
time per question set is calculated by
multiplying the number of respondents
by the time per respondent and then
converting from minutes to hours. The
hour value for each question set is
multiplied by the latest average hour
earning estimate from the Bureau of
Labor Statistics 1 to obtain an estimated
burden cost per question set.

ESTIMATED TIME PER RESPONSE AND TOTAL TIME

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Total burden
hours

Question topic

1 ......................

Driving Research Study Interest Response Form.
Screening Questions ..............................
Post-Drive Questionnaire, Inexperienced
Post-Drive Questionnaire, Experienced

1000

5

$28.32

83.3

$ 2,359.91

600
150
150

7
15
20

28.32
28.32
28.32

70.0
37.5
50.0

1,982.40
1,062.00
1,416.00

Total Estimated Burden ................................................

........................

........................

........................

240.8

6,820.31

2 ......................
3 ......................

Participants

Time per
response
(minutes)

Question set

Frequency of Collection: The data
collections described will be performed
once to obtain the target number of 300
valid test participants.
On May 21, 2019, NHTSA published
a 60-day notice requesting public
comment on the proposed collection of
information.2 We received comments
from seven entities, including four
organizations and three individuals.
Organizations submitting comments
included AAA, The Center for Auto
Safety, Consumer Reports, and the
Motor & Equipment Manufacturers
Association (MEMA). All comments
were supportive of the research. No
comments addressed the questions to be
asked of participants. Some suggestions
for clarifying and expanding the
research are summarized below.
Some comments requested
clarification of participation criteria,
such as a more detailed definition of
what NHTSA would consider
‘‘experience’’ with using an ADAS. For
example, AAA recommended that in
relation to study participant
recruitment, NHTSA should collect
more information on candidate

participants’ personally-owned
vehicle(s), any ADAS features on their
vehicle(s), and the individuals’
experience with respect to ADAS
technologies. NHTSA wishes to clarify
that the participant recruitment criteria
listed in the prior published 60-day PRA
information collection notice was not a
complete accounting of all information
that will be considered in screening
candidate participants. The notice was
an announcement of a planned
information collection for the purposes
of obtaining PRA clearance and not a
full, detailed accounting and
substantiation of a research plan.
NHTSA has a strategy for characterizing
drivers’ experience with the specific
vehicle models and ADAS technologies
planned for involvement in the study.
For example, NHTSA will query state
vehicle registration data for a particular
VIN pattern to identify owners of
vehicle models equipped with the
technology of interest. In addition,
vehicle registration data will provide
information regarding how long an
individual has owned the vehicle. A
minimum annual driving mileage

1 * Cost per hour based on Bureau of Labor
Statistics Dec. 2019 Average Hourly Earnings data
for ‘‘Total Private,’’ $28.32 (Accessed Jan. 28, 2020

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requirement will be used and
participants will be required to be a
primary driver of the vehicle model of
interest. Owners will also be questioned
about their use of the technology and
also be observed using the technology
during the experimental training step to
allow us to confirm that the individual
has an acceptable degree of system-use
knowledge desired for the study.
Some comments suggested
adjustments to study participation
criteria, such as lowering the minimum
annual mileage driven and including
younger and older drivers.
1. A suggestion to lower the minimum
annual driving mileage criterion of
14,000 miles was submitted by both
AAA and The Center for Auto Safety.
AAA commented that the stated mileage
criterion corresponded to drivers ‘‘who
are in the top quartile of all drivers
nationwide with respect to annual
driving mileage . . .’’. The study’s
annual mileage criterion is based on a
desire to obtain participants who drive
regularly. NHTSA agrees that annual
driving miles statistics show a declining
trend. In response to these comments
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and further review of available data, the
minimum annual driving mileage
criterion will be lowered to 11,000
miles.
2. The Center for Auto Safety
commented that the stated participant
age range of 25–54 years does not
account for the other 49 percent of the
driver population who are under 25
years of age or over 54 and that ‘‘. . .
one of the fastest growing cohorts in the
United States are people aged 65 and
older.’’ For this research, due to limited
time and funding with which to conduct
the research, NHTSA chose a single age
group consisting of the ‘‘middle age’’
range of drivers, those aged 25 to 65,
that is considered to have generally
homogeneous driving behavior
characteristics. NHTSA will consider
including younger and older drivers in
subsequent research efforts.
Other comments suggested
broadening the study scope to include
additional vehicle models and a variety
of traffic scenarios and conditions.
1. Regarding the route over public
roads that participants will drive in the
research, AAA stated that the ‘‘course
should entail a variety of road
conditions including divided limited
access highways, two lane rural roads
and surface streets, as appropriate.
Varying traffic conditions should be
included as well.’’ Route selection for
the first part of this research is
constrained by the operational design
domain (ODD) of technologies and
vehicle models chosen for the study. As
such, the route to be used in the first
part of this work will necessarily consist
of multi-lane highways. For the second
part of this research, NHTSA will
consider available production ADASs
and their ODDs when selecting the route
to be used for testing.
2. Both AAA and MEMA
recommended that the study route
should permit participants to use the
technologies in different types of traffic
conditions and traffic volumes. NHTSA
will not control for traffic volumes
directly in this research, but will
constrain testing hours to daylight
periods and will record video data
documenting traffic conditions
experienced by participants during their
experimental drives for later
characterization as part of data analysis.
3. Consumer Reports expressed
concern that only two vehicle models
are planned for use in the first part of
this research. They noted that the
‘‘capabilities and limitations of these
systems can vary greatly among
manufacturers, and thus it would be
very difficult to generalize the results to
all vehicles if NHTSA’s research
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While testing additional models would
likely provide additional interesting
information, it is not feasible to test a
large number of vehicle models using
the planned research method and
ensure timely and relevant results. In
choosing vehicle models, we considered
feature availability, feature performance
(e.g., can lateral and longitudinal
control be engaged simultaneously?),
and sales. The two vehicles’ chosen
have different strategies for determining
when lateral and longitudinal control
may be engaged: One is speed based and
the other is map/location based. One of
the two vehicle models is also a fairly
frequently purchased model for which
the ADAS technologies of interest are
standard equipment.
For the second, subsequent part of
this research, NHTSA will consider
available production ADAS-equipped
vehicles and their ODDs and choose
ones that will best help us answer
important safety questions.
4. A comment from AAA stated that
‘‘NHTSA should ensure that the
methodology used for comparing
vehicles accounts for the system
variations, while tabulating the number
and reason for disengagements of the
system.’’ NHTSA wishes to clarify that
the focus of this research is not on
comparing systems from different
manufacturers, but rather to examine
how effectively drivers use and interact
with ADAS technologies involved in the
research. The research will also examine
the efficacy of the systems’ different
means of communication with the
driver in relation to status of the ADAS
feature(s). NHTSA has other ongoing
research efforts that focus on
characterizing technology performance
separate from the driver behavior and
technology use context.
5. MEMA recommended increasing
the survey accuracy by increasing
sample size. The total number of
participants planned for this on-road,
semi-naturalistic driving research is
300. For on-road, instrumented vehicle
research, this number represents quite a
large number of research participants
and would require substantial funding
and labor effort to complete the work.
NHTSA’s preliminary calculations show
that the planned sample size will
provide ample statistical power for the
study analyses planned.
6. AAA suggested that ‘‘Before
moving forward with experimental
design, NHTSA should provide the
public and industry an opportunity to
conduct a design review.’’ This step
could be critical in ensuring that
automakers who design and deploy
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highlight important information to
NHTSA to optimize research results.’’
NHTSA generally welcomes exchanges
of information with industry partners.
In this instance, however, the approach
and experimental design for the first
part of this research is complete, as the
study’s magnitude in terms of number of
participants and time required for
participation (i.e., time burden) must be
estimated in order to request clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
NHTSA has taken pains to ensure that
the systems involved in the research
will be production ADAS-equipped
vehicles that are currently available for
sale to the American public. Also, the
vehicles will necessarily be driven on
roadways that maximize the
opportunity for use of the ADS features
being examined given the ODD of those
features. Therefore, we are confident
that the study results will provide
useful information to automakers.
Three additional comments from
individual members of the public
highlighted concerns regarding driving
automation. One commenter concerned
about the possibility of vehicles being
hacked and remotely controlled asserted
that in all vehicles with driving
automation capability, ‘‘there needs to
be the standard automotive equipment
and a manual override switch in place’’
so that ‘‘in case something happens it
can be changed back to ‘normal’ vehicle
functions instantly.’’ Another individual
suggested that ‘‘in addition to
instrumented vehicles for data
collection, the latest in virtual reality
technology be leveraged for such
efforts.’’ Lastly, a commenter stated his
belief that automation in vehicles needs
to be ‘‘all or nothing because as drivers
get acclimated to automation they will
lose their proficiency at driving a
vehicle. In my opinion all vehicles . . .
will have to operate on the same system,
with no human responsibilities . . .’’.
NHTSA appreciates the suggestions
regarding participation criteria and
additional experimental conditions to
consider; however, the scope of the
current work is limited by both program
timeline and allocated funding amount.
NHTSA will keep in mind the
suggestions as input for future research
programs.
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
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that the burden could be minimized
without reducing the quality of the
collected information.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended;
49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 1351.29.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Cem Hatipoglu,
Associate Administrator, Office of Vehicle
Safety Research.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request for Form 8941
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
Credit for Small Employer Health
Insurance Premiums.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before October 20, 2020
to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Kinna Brewington, Internal Revenue
Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the form and instructions
should be directed to Martha R. Brinson,
at (202)317–5753, or at Internal Revenue
Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224, or
through the internet at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Credit for Small Employer
Health Insurance Premiums.
OMB Number: 1545–2198.
Form Number: 8941.
Abstract: Section 1421 of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act,
Public Law 111–148, allows qualified
small employers to elect, beginning in
2010, a tax credit for 50% of their
employee health care coverage
expenses. Form 8941, Credit for Small
Employer Health Insurance Premiums,
has been developed to help employers
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Current Actions: There are no changes
being made to this form at this time.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households, Business or other for-profit
groups, Not-for-profit institutions,
Farms, Federal Government, State,
Local, or Tribal Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
3,046,964.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 11
hours 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 34,278,346.
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. Comments
will be 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 has 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 information
on 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: August 14, 2020.
Martha R. Brinson,
Tax Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2020–18321 Filed 8–20–20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4830–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request for Form 211
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.

AGENCY:

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Notice and request for
comments.

ACTION:

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
Application for Award for Original
Information.

SUMMARY:

Written comments should be
received on or before October 20, 2020
to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Kinna Brewington, Internal Revenue
Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the form and instructions
should be directed to Martha R. Brinson,
at (202) 317–5753, or at Internal
Revenue Service, Room 6526, 1111
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20224, or through the internet at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Application for Award for
Original Information.
OMB Number: 1545–0409.
Form Number: 211.
Abstract: Form 211 is the official
application form used by persons
requesting rewards for submitting
information concerning alleged
violations of the tax laws by other
persons. Such rewards are authorized by
Internal Revenue Code Section 7623.
The data is used to determine and pay
rewards to those persons who
voluntarily submit information.
Current Actions: There are no changes
being made to this form at this time.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
20,000.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 45
mins.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 15,000.
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
DATES:

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