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‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.’’
Nuria I. Fernandez,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2023–16894 Filed 8–7–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
[Docket Number OST–2023–0115]

Agency Information Collection
Activity; Notice of Request for
Approval To Collect New Information:
Safe Maritime Transportation System
(SafeMTS)—Voluntary Near-Miss
Incident Reporting and Analysis
System
Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS), Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Research and Technology
(OST–R), U.S. Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
Title 44 of the U.S. Code (Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995), this notice
announces the intention of BTS to
request the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) to approve a new data
collection: SafeMTS—Voluntary NearMiss Reporting and Analysis System.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by October 10, 2023.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that your
comments are not entered more than
once into the docket, submit comments
by only one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and follow
the instructions for sending your
comments electronically. Docket
Number: OST–2023–0115.
• Mail: Docket Services, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building,
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery: Deliver to mail
address above between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m. EST, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the Agency name and docket
number. Note that all comments
received will be posted without change
to https://www.regulations.gov,
including any personal information
provided. Please see the Privacy Act
heading below.
Docket: For access to the docket to
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comments received, go to https://
www.regulations.gov, and follow the
online instructions for accessing the
docket, or go to the street address listed
above.
Privacy Act: In accordance with 5
U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments
from the public to better inform its
rulemaking process. DOT posts these
comments, without edit, including any
personal information the commenter
provides, to www.regulations.gov, as
described in the system of records
notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can
be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Allison Fischman, Office of Safety Data
and Analysis, Bureau of Transportation
Statistics, Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Research and Technology,
U.S. Department of Transportation,
RTS–35, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590–0001,
[email protected], (202)-748–
0546.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
In August 2022, the Maritime
Administration’s (MARAD) Office of
Safety and BTS signed an Interagency
Agreement (IAA) to develop and
implement SafeMTS, a voluntary
program for confidential reporting of
‘near-misses’ occurring on vessels
within the Maritime Transportation
System (MTS). The SafeMTS program
provides a trusted, proactive means for
the maritime industry to report sensitive
and proprietary safety information, and
to identify early warnings of safety
problems and potential safety issues by
uncovering hidden, at-risk conditions
not previously exposed from analysis of
reportable accidents and incidents.
Companies participating in SafeMTS are
voluntarily submitting safety data.
There is no regulatory requirement to
submit such data.
The scope of SafeMTS includes a
broad range of data categories to
promote safe operations and appropriate
risk management, which adds a learning
component to assist the maritime
industry in achieving improved safety
performance. BTS will be the repository
for the data and will analyze and
aggregate information proffered under
this program. BTS will publish
aggregated analyses providing
information on potential causal factors
and trends or patterns before safety is
compromised and affording continuous
improvement opportunities by focusing
on repairing impediments to safety. This
information collection is necessary to
aid MARAD, the maritime industry, and
other stakeholders in identifying safety
trends and causes of near-miss
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Title: SafeMTS—Near-Miss Reporting
and Analysis Program for the Maritime
Transportation System.
OMB Control Number: Not yet known.
Type of Request: New collection.
Affected Public: Businesses in the
maritime industry that involve
ownership or operation of vessels.
Number of Potential Responses: One
hundred, submitted on a quarterly basis.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 400
hours.
Abstract: The Confidential
Information Protection and Statistical
Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 note), can provide strong
confidentiality protection for
information acquired for statistical
purposes under a pledge of
confidentiality. CIPSEA guidance from
the Office of Management and Budget
advises that a non-statistical agency or
unit (MARAD) that wishes to acquire
information with CIPSEA protection
may consider entering into an
agreement with a Federal statistical
agency or unit (BTS). BTS and MARAD
have determined that it is in the public
interest to collect and process near-miss
incident related data under a pledge of
confidentiality for statistical purposes
only.
Working with subject matter experts,
BTS will then aggregate and further
analyze these reports to identify
potential causal factors and trends. All
data reviewers would be subject to
nondisclosure requirements mandated
by CIPSEA. The results of these
aggregated analyses will be distributed
by BTS through publications, meetings,
and other forms. Periodic industry
meetings may be scheduled by MARAD
or industry to discuss the data analysis
and trend results, as well as share ideas
and process improvements for
preventing recurrence.
In August 2022, BTS and MARAD
signed an IAA to develop and
implement SafeMTS, a voluntary
program for confidential reporting of
‘near-misses’ occurring on vessels. The
goal of the voluntary near-miss
reporting system is to provide BTS with
essential information about accident
precursors and other hazards. Under the
program, BTS will develop and publish
aggregate analyses that the industry and
all MTS stakeholders can use—in
conjunction with incident reports and
other sources of information—to reduce
safety and environmental risks and
continue building a more robust safety
culture within the maritime industry.
BTS, within the U.S. Department of
Transportation (U.S. DOT), is an
objective supplier of statistically sound
baseline, contextual, and trend
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transportation policy and investment
decisions across the United States. BTS
is responsible for providing timely,
accurate, and reliable information on
U.S. passenger and freight
transportation systems and the impact
on the economy, society, and the
environment. Further, BTS has
experience developing and
administering near-miss safety data
collection programs for transportation
and offshore energy sectors. As a federal
statistical agency, BTS has the authority
to collect data confidentially for
statistical purposes under CIPSEA,
which allows the program to overcome
legal concerns among companies about
sharing sensitive near-miss and safety
data.
There is currently no reporting regime
in place for maritime industry near-miss
or safety incidents and other noncasualty/reportable safety matters.
Marine casualties and many other
incidents are reportable via separate
regulations under either OSHA
(Occupational Safety and Health
Administration) or USCG (U.S. Coast
Guard) jurisdiction. However, near-miss
reporting is not required under current
regulations, and no industrywide
database of near-miss events exists for
the maritime industry. A consolidated
database of near-miss incident data
would allow for analysis and
dissemination of key findings to the
industry for use in advancing maritime
transportation safety.
The SafeMTS program, established by
MARAD and BTS as a joint program,
aims to fill this gap by establishing a
confidential safety data system to collect
and analyze voluntarily reported, safetyrelated data from the maritime industry
to advance marine transportation safety.
A broad set of existing data will be
captured from industry partners and
analyzed to identify critical safetyrelated trends that could prevent
incidents or identify otherwise noncorrelated events. With a broad set of
data that includes protection from
discovery as mandated by industry and
robust data analytics, potential hazards
of maritime operations can be identified
and shared across the industry so
corrective actions can be taken to
improve safety. The benefit of data
analytics in this area has been discussed
in numerous studies, National
Academies publications, reports, and
articles for over two decades. This
program will provide MARAD, in
partnership with industry, with the
ability to identify critical safety issues
and concerns and leverage this
information to advance maritime safety.
Respondents who report near-miss
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data and pertinent supplemental
information. Respondents will submit
the report electronically to BTS.
Respondents will be asked to provide
information such as: time and location
of the event; a short description of the
event and operating conditions that
existed at the time of the event;
contributing factors to the event; results
of an investigation or safety analysis
report; any corrective actions taken as a
result of the event; and any other
information that might be useful in
determining ways to prevents such
events from occurring.
Data Confidentiality Provisions: The
confidentiality of near miss and safety
event information submitted to BTS is
protected under the BTS confidentiality
statute (49 U.S.C. 6307) and the
Confidential Information Protection and
Statistical Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) of
2018 (Pub. L. 115–435, Title III of the
Foundations for Evidence-Based
Policymaking Act of 2018). In
accordance with these confidentiality
statutes, only aggregated and nonidentifying data will be made publicly
available by BTS through its reports for
statistical purposes only. BTS will not
release to information that might reveal
the identity of individuals or
organizations mentioned in event
notices or reports without explicit
consent of the respondent and any other
affected entities.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
whether the proposed collection is
necessary for the performance of BTS’s
functions; (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (3) ways for BTS to
enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the collected information; and
(4) ways that the burden could be
minimized without reducing the quality
of the collected information. Comments
received after the comment closing date
will be included in the docket and will
be considered to the extent practicable.
Allison Fischman,
Acting Office Director.
[FR Doc. 2023–16865 Filed 8–7–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice
AGENCY:

The U.S. Department of the
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets

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Control (OFAC) is publishing the names
of 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.
OFAC is also publishing updates to the
identifying information of three persons
currently included on the SDN List.
DATES: See Supplementary Information
section for effective date(s).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
OFAC: Andrea Gacki, Director, tel.:
202–622–2490; 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:
Electronic Availability
The SDN List and additional
information concerning OFAC sanctions
programs are available on OFAC’s
website (https://www.treasury.gov/ofac).
Notice of OFAC Action(s)
A. On July 20, 2023, OFAC
determined that the property and
interests in property subject to U.S.
jurisdiction of the following persons are
blocked under the relevant sanctions
authority listed below.
Individuals:
1. IVANOVA, Tatyana Grigoryevna, Russia;
Kyrgyzstan; DOB 02 May 1975; nationality
Russia; Gender Female (individual)
[RUSSIA–EO14024].
Designated pursuant to sections 1(a)(i) of
Executive Order 14024 of April 15, 2021,
‘‘Blocking Property With Respect To
Specified Harmful Foreign Activities of the
Government of the Russian Federation,’’ 86
FR 20249, 3 CFR, 2021 Comp., p. 542 (Apr.
15, 2021) (E.O. 14024) for operating or having
operated in the electronics sector of the
Russian Federation economy.
2. CVETIC, Ivan, Serbia; DOB 29 Apr 1976;
POB Serbia; nationality Serbia; Gender Male;
Passport 014236438 (Serbia) expires 20 May
2029 (individual) [RUSSIA–EO14024]
(Linked To: LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
AK MICROTECH).
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(vi)(B)
of E.O. 14024 for having materially assisted,
sponsored, or provided financial, material, or
technological support for, or goods or
services to or in support of Limited Liability
Company AK Microtech, a person whose
property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to E.O. 14024.

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