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written materials to be reviewed during
the meeting must be received no later
than October 6, 2021.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
virtually. Virtual attendance
information will be provided upon
registration. A detailed agenda will be
available on the REDAC internet website
at http://www.faa.gov/go/redac at least
one week before the meeting, along with
copies of the meeting minutes after the
meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chinita Roundtree-Coleman, REDAC
PM/Lead, FAA/U.S. Department of
Transportation, at [email protected] or (609) 485–7149.
Any committee related request should
be sent to the person listed in this
section.

reasonably accommodated during the
meeting, the FAA may conduct a lottery
to determine the speakers. Speakers are
requested to submit a written copy of
their prepared remarks for inclusion in
the meeting records and for circulation
to REDAC members before the deadline
listed in the DATES section. All prepared
remarks submitted on time will be
accepted and considered as part of the
meeting’s record. Any member of the
public may present a written statement
to the committee at any time.
Issued in Washington, DC, this 17th day of
September, 2021.
Chinita Roundtree-Coleman,
REDAC PM/Lead, Federal Aviation
Administration.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

The Research, Engineering, and
Development Advisory Committee was
created under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), in accordance
with Public Law 100–591 (1988) and
Public Law 101–508 (1990) to provide
advice and recommendations to the
FAA Administrator in support of the
Agency’s Research and Development
(R&D) portfolio.
At the meeting, the agenda will cover
the following topics:
• FAA Research and Development
Strategies, Initiatives and Planning,
• Impacts of emerging technologies,
new entrant vehicles and dynamic
operations within the National Airspace
System.
III. Public Participation
The U.S. Department of
Transportation is committed to
providing equal access to this meeting
for all participants. If you need
alternative formats or services because
of a disability, such as sign language,
interpretation, or other ancillary aids,
please contact the person listed in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

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[FTA Docket No. FTA 2021–0013]

Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review
AGENCY:

Federal Transit Administration,

DOT.
ACTION:

Notice of request for comments.

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Information
Collection Requirements (ICR)
abstracted below have been forwarded
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and comment. The
ICR describe the nature of the
information collection and their
expected burdens.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before October 25, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
Comments are Invited On: Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; the accuracy of
the Department’s estimate of the burden
of the proposed information collection;
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
SUMMARY:

II. Agenda

section.
There will be 45 minutes allotted for
oral comments from members of the
public joining the meeting. To
accommodate as many speakers as
possible, the time for each commenter
may be limited. Individuals wishing to
reserve speaking time during the
meeting must submit a request at the
time of registration, as well as the name,
address, and organizational affiliation of
the proposed speaker. If the number of
registrants requesting to make
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on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
A comment to OMB is best assured of
having its full effect if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tia
Swain, Office of Administration,
Management Planning Division, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Mail Stop TAD–
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 June 24, 2021,
FTA published a 60-day notice (86 FR
33473) in the Federal Register soliciting
comments on the ICR for which 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 (ICR) and the expected
burden. The requirements are being
submitted for clearance by OMB as
required by the PRA.
Title: Transit COVID–19 Response
Program.
OMB Control Number: 2132–0581.

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Type of Request: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Abstract: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, the Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) is requesting
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) 3-year approval for this existing
information collection previously
authorized under emergency approval.
FTA is collecting monthly data related
to impacts from the coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID–19) on public
transportation agencies, including
transit workforce counts; transit service
levels; counts of COVID–19 positives,
fatalities, recoveries, and unvaccinated
employees; whether or not a transit
agency has implemented the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) Order and
Transportation Security Administration
(TSA) Security Directive requiring
workers and passengers to wear masks;
and whether or not the agency has used
FTA funds to support vaccine access
services. FTA uses this data to inform
FTA’s COVID–19 response and recovery
actions, including monitoring of safety
measures and impacts, development of
technical assistance and safety
advisories, monitoring use of FTA grant
funds to address COVID–19
considerations, and monitoring
compliance with Federal requirements.
FTA began the Transit COVID–19
Response Program Information
Collection in April 2021 under OMB
emergency approval and is seeking
renewal of this approval through OMB’s
standard PRA clearance process. On
June 24, 2021, FTA issued a 60-day
Federal Register Notice requesting the
extension of the approved information
collection. This subsequent 30-day
Federal Register Notice for public
comments follows OMB’s PRA
clearance process. There have been no
substantive changes to the information
collection application and associated
data since the initial request. FTA is
requesting information collection
approval for up to three years. COVID–
19 continues to pose significant
challenges for the transit industry.
Although some transit providers have
suspended service and a greater number
have reduced service throughout the
COVID–19 public health emergency,
transit agencies across the country
continue to provide millions of trips to
lifeline services, including transporting
healthcare personnel and other essential
workers on the front line of the Nation’s
COVID–19 response. Transit agencies
also offer additional essential services to
support communities during the public
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and Wi-Fi access in underserved areas,
and offer a range of COVID–19 vaccine
access services. Accordingly, the
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Security Agency designates transit
workers as essential critical
infrastructure workers.
Transit agencies and other
stakeholders have expressed concerns
about the risk of COVID–19 to the
transit industry and, along with the
FTA, have taken steps to address these
concerns. To support the transit
industry’s COVID–19 response, FTA
allocated $25 billion in emergency relief
funding to the U.S. transit industry
through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and
Economic Security (CARES) Act (Pub. L.
116–136) and another $14 billion
through the Coronavirus Response and
Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act
of 2021 (CRRSAA) (Pub. L. 116–260).
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
(ARP), enacted on March 11, 2021,
includes an additional $30.5 billion in
Federal funding to support the nation’s
public transportation systems as they
continue to respond to the COVID–19
pandemic and support vaccination of
the U.S. population. Funding through
the ARP Act and CRRSAA, like the
CARES Act, is at 100-percent Federal
share with no local match required. In
addition, for Fiscal Year 2020, FTA
apportioned over $12.5 billion in
funding authorized under the Fixing
America’s Surface Transportation Act
(FAST Act) (Pub. L. 114–94) and the
Further Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2020 (Pub. L. 116–94).
Numerous transit agencies have
implemented mitigations to limit the
transmission of SARS–CoV–2, the virus
that causes COVID–19, among their
workers and within their systems.
Despite these efforts, frontline transit
workers remain at high risk for workrelated exposure to SARS–CoV–2
because their work-related duties must
be performed on-site and involve being
in close proximity (<6 feet) to the public
or to coworkers. In addition, many
transit workers fall within racial and
socioeconomic demographics that are at
increased risk of getting sick and dying
from COVID–19.
On January 29, 2021, CDC issued an
Order requiring the wearing of masks by
persons using or working in certain
transportation services, including on
public transportation, to prevent spread
of the virus that causes COVID–19.
Pursuant to the CDC Order, which
implements Presidential Executive
Order 13998, transportation operators
must require that all persons wear
masks when boarding, disembarking,
and for the duration of travel, with
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transportation hubs, which include bus
terminals and subway stations, must
require all persons wear a mask when
entering or on the premises of a
transportation hub. Since June 10, 2021,
CDC is not enforcing the wearing of
masks by persons while outdoors on
transportation vehicles or while
outdoors in transportation hubs. TSA
issued a Security Directive on February
1, 2021 that implements the CDC Order.
On August 20, 2021, TSA extended the
Security Directive through January 18,
2022 to curb the spread of COVID–19.
This information collection allows FTA
to assess compliance with the Federal
mask mandates.
According to data from the CDC, 70
percent of adult Americans had received
at least one vaccination shot by August
2, 2021. Continued concerns regarding
vaccine access and hesitancy among
transit workers and the U.S. public
present challenges to increasing this
percentage further. FTA’s information
collection captures the number of transit
workers that have reported that they
have been vaccinated. The communities
served by transit agencies continue to
rely on them to provide critical
transportation services every day—
including transportation to vaccination
sites. This information collection allows
FTA to monitor the number of
vaccinated transit workers and captures
information on transit agencies’ efforts
to use Federal resources, including ARP,
CARES, and CRRSAA funds, to support
vaccine access for their communities—
both critical data points to support FTA
response activity.
New, more transmissible variants of
the virus have recently emerged,
including the B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant.
Between June 30, 2021 and July 31,
2021, after five months of decreasing
trends in COVID–19 cases and
hospitalizations, data show that cases
and hospitalizations have increased
substantially. In light of the Delta
variant and increased spread and
hospitalizations, CDC reversed its May
recommendations that fully vaccinated
individuals do not need to wear masks
indoors and now recommends that all
Americans in areas of surging COVID–
19 transmission should wear masks
while indoors, regardless of their
vaccination status. FTA plays a critical
role in providing risk-based guidance
and support for the COVID–19 recovery
efforts of the transit industry.
Accordingly, FTA will continue to
require that respondents provide the
following information using a fillable
electronic online application:
• Transit Worker Counts: Total
number of transit operators, other

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frontline essential personnel, and other
workers during the reporting period.
• COVID–19 Impacts on Transit
Agency Service Levels: Yes or no
responses to indicate if the agency
suspended service, reduced service, or
operated at normal levels during the
reporting period.
• COVID–19 Impacts on Transit
Workforce: Cumulative counts of transit
worker COVID–19 positives, fatalities,
recoveries, and unvaccinated employees
during the reporting period, and yes or
no responses on whether the agency is
requiring workers to be vaccinated,
whether the agency has implemented
the CDC Order and TSA Security
Directive requiring workers and
passengers to wear masks, and whether
or not the agency has used FTA funds
to support vaccine access services and
the types of vaccine access services the
agency provides.
Respondents: FTA will require this
information, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5334,
from recipients and sub-recipients of
FTA funds under the Urbanized Area
Formula Funding program (49 U.S.C.
5307) or the Formula Grants for Rural
Areas program (49 U.S.C. 5311) that
operate transit systems or pass-through
funds to sub-recipients that operate
transit systems. Recipients of FTA funds
under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors
and Individuals with Disabilities
program (49 U.S.C. 5310) may be
requested to provide this information on
a voluntary basis in the future.
Estimated Average Total Annual
Respondents: 2,390 respondents.
Estimated Average Total Responses:
28,680.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
10,356.
Estimated Annual Burden per
Response: 10 minutes per Section 5307
or 5311 respondent, 400 minutes per
Section 5311 State respondent, and 16
minutes per Section 5310 transit
operator respondent.
Frequency: Monthly.
Nadine Pembleton,
Director Office of Management Planning.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No.: PHMSA–2021–0095; Notice No.
2021–08]

Hazardous Materials: Public Meeting
Notice for the Research, Development
& Technology Forum
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), Department of Transportation
(DOT).
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:

The Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration’s
(PHMSA) Office of Hazardous Materials
Safety (OHMS) will hold a public
Research, Development & Technology
Forum October 12-15, 2021, virtually on
Microsoft Teams (MS Teams) to present
the results of recently completed
projects, brief new project plans, and
obtain stakeholder input on the
direction of current and future research
projects on topics including mitigation
of climate change, risk management and
mitigation, packaging integrity,
emerging technology, and technical
analysis to aid risk assessment.
DATES: The meeting will be held
virtually on MS Teams from October 12
to 15, 2021, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time on each day.
ADDRESSES: DOT requests that attendees
pre-register for these meetings by
completing the form, at: https://
forms.office.com/Pages/Response
Page.aspx?id=WyTNxPBElUOhqjhI0l
j3i42Qs1CodOdEpKD7
cpFYhKRUNE9LRTlWVkI3QjlFSkhIUVF
ZNVFNWEpUSi4u.
Conference call-in and ‘‘live meeting’’
capability will be provided. Specific
information about conference call-in
and live meeting access will be posted
at: https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/
research-and-development/hazmat/rdmeetings-and-events under ‘‘Upcoming
Events.’’
SUMMARY:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Andy Leyder or Britain Bruner, Ph.D.,
Office of Hazardous Materials Safety,
Research, Development & Technology,
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Washington, DC.
Telephone: (202) 360–0664 and (202)
366–8830. Email: Andrew.Leyder@
dot.gov or [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: During the
meeting, OHMS will solicit comments
related to new research topics that may
be considered for inclusion in its future
work. OHMS is particularly interested

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in the research gaps associated with
energetic materials (explosives)
characterization and transport, safe
transportation of energy products (e.g.,
crude oil), safe containment and
transportation of compressed gases, and
safe packaging and transportation of
charge storage devices (e.g., lithium ion
batteries), and how these might aid in
mitigation of climate change. The forum
will also include an opportunity for
stakeholder input that identifies other
research gaps related to the
transportation of hazardous materials.
Issued in Washington, DC, on September
20, 2021, under authority delegated in 49
CFR 1.97.
William S. Schoonover,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous
Materials Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The U.S. Department of the
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is publishing the names
of one or more persons that have been
placed on OFAC’s Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons List
(SDN List) based on OFAC’s
determination that one or more
applicable legal criteria were satisfied.
All property and interests in property
subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these
persons are blocked, and U.S. persons
are generally prohibited from engaging
in transactions with them.
DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section for effective date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
OFAC: Andrea Gacki, Director, tel.:
202–622–2480; Associate Director for
Global Targeting, tel.: 202–622–2420;
Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.:
202–622–2480; Assistant Director for
Regulatory Affairs, tel.: 202–622–4855;
or the Assistant Director for Sanctions
Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202–622–
2490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

Electronic Availability
The Specially Designated Nationals
and Blocked Persons List and additional
information concerning OFAC sanctions
programs are available on OFAC’s
website (www.treasury.gov/ofac).

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