Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
| Published date | 10 December 2020 |
| Citation | 85 FR 79559 |
| Record Number | 2020-27155 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Federal Railroad Administration,Transportation Department |
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17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
B. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Burden on Competition
Nasdaq does not believe that the
proposed rule change will result in any
burden on competition that is not
necessary or appropriate in furtherance
of the purposes of the Act, as amended.
As noted above, Nasdaq faces
competition in the market for listing
services, and competes, in part, by
offering valuable services to companies.
The proposed rule change reflects that
competition, but does not impose any
burden on the competition with other
exchanges. Rather, Nasdaq believes that
some companies will find the proposed
board recruiting solution an attractive
offering and therefore make listing or
remaining listed on Nasdaq more
attractive, which will enhance
competition for listings.
Other exchanges can also offer similar
services to companies, thereby
increasing competition to the benefit of
those companies and their shareholders.
Accordingly, Nasdaq does not believe
the proposed rule change will impose
any burden on competition that is not
necessary or appropriate in furtherance
of the purposes of the Exchange Act, as
amended.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement on Comments on the
Proposed Rule Change Received From
Members, Participants, or Others
No written comments were either
solicited or received.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the
Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action
Within 45 days of the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register or within such longer period
up to 90 days (i) as the Commission may
designate if it finds such longer period
to be appropriate and publishes its
reasons for so finding or (ii) as to which
the self-regulatory organization
consents, the Commission will:
(A) By order approve or disapprove
the proposed rule change, or
(B) institute proceedings to determine
whether the proposed rule change
should be disapproved.
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to
submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing,
including whether the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Act.
Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
Electronic Comments
•Use the Commission’s internet
comment form (http://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml); or
•Send an email to rule-comments@
sec.gov. Please include File Number SR–
NASDAQ–2020–082 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
•Send paper comments in triplicate
to Secretary, Securities and Exchange
Commission, 100 F Street, NE,
Washington, DC 20549–1090.
All submissions should refer to File
Number SR–NASDAQ–2020–082. This
file number should be included on the
subject line if email is used. To help the
Commission process and review your
comments more efficiently, please use
only one method. The Commission will
post all comments on the Commission’s
internet website (http://www.sec.gov/
rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the
submission, all subsequent
amendments, all written statements
with respect to the proposed rule
change that are filed with the
Commission, and all written
communications relating to the
proposed rule change between the
Commission and any person, other than
those that may be withheld from the
public in accordance with the
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be
available for website viewing and
printing in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room, 100 F Street NE,
Washington, DC 20549, on official
business days between the hours of
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the
filing also will be available for
inspection and copying at the principal
office of the Exchange. All comments
received will be posted without change.
Persons submitting comments are
cautioned that we do not redact or edit
personal identifying information from
comment submissions. You should
submit only information that you wish
to make available publicly. All
submissions should refer to File
Number SR–NASDAQ–2020–082, and
should be submitted on or before
December 31, 2020.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.
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J. Matthew DeLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
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BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2020–0027–N–35]
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
AGENCY
: Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), U.S. Department
of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION
: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
SUMMARY
: 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 February
8, 2021.
ADDRESSES
: Submit written comments
and recommendations for the proposed
ICR to Ms. Kim Toone, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Office of
Information Technology, at Kim.Toone@
dot.gov. 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.
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 through
1320.12. 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
methodology and assumptions used to
determine the estimates; (3) ways for
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
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As noted in the table, the respondent universe
for the required reporting in 49 CFR 273.5(c)(2) is
24 railroads.
2
This table reflects the estimates for the first year
which include one-time start up burdens. The
annual response, burden and total cost equivalent
estimates are expected to decrease after the first
year of this 3-year ICR period.
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 may 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: Metrics and Minimum
Standards for Intercity Passenger Rail
Service.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0623.
Abstract: On October 16, 2008,
President George W. Bush signed the
Passenger Rail Investment and
Improvement Act of 2008, Public Law
110–432, 122 Stat. 4907 (PRIIA) into
law. Section 207 of PRIIA requires FRA
and Amtrak jointly to develop new or
improved metrics and minimum
standards for measuring the
performance and service quality of
intercity passenger train operations,
including cost recovery, on-time
performance and minutes of delay,
ridership, on-board services, stations,
facilities, equipment, and other services.
Section 207 also calls for consultation
with the Surface Transportation Board,
rail carriers over whose rail lines
Amtrak trains operate, States, Amtrak
employees, and groups representing
Amtrak passengers, as appropriate.
Section 207 further provides that the
metrics, at a minimum, must include:
The percentage of avoidable and fully
allocated operating costs covered by
passenger revenues on each route;
ridership per train mile operated;
measures of on-time performance and
delays incurred by intercity passenger
trains on the rail lines of each rail
carrier; and, for long-distance routes,
measures of connectivity with other
routes in all regions currently receiving
Amtrak service and the transportation
needs of communities and populations
that are not well-served by other forms
of intercity transportation.
Section 207 also provides that the
FRA Administrator must collect the
necessary data and publish a quarterly
report on the performance and service
quality of intercity passenger train
operations, including Amtrak’s cost
recovery, ridership, on-time
performance and minutes of delay,
causes of delay, on-board services,
stations, facilities, equipment, and other
services.
In connection with the Congressional
mandate, FRA’s Metrics and Minimum
Standards for Intercity Passenger Rail
Service final rule sets forth a number of
metrics that must be collected. 85 FR
72971. On November 23, 2020, FRA
published a request for emergency
processing of a collection of information
because FRA could not reasonably
comply with normal clearance
procedures to timely collect ridership
data metrics and certified schedule
metrics as required by § 273.5(b) and
§ 273.5(c). 85 FR 74783. This ICR
request covers all metrics set forth in the
final rule, including those covered by
the emergency clearance.
Type of Request: Revision to a
currently approved information
collection.
Affected Public: Amtrak.
Form(s): N/A.
Respondent Universe:
1
1 (Amtrak).
Frequency of Submission: Varied.
Reporting Burden:
2
CFR section Respondent
universe Total annual
responses Average time
per responses Total annual
burden hours Total annual burden hours notes Total cost
equivalent
3
273.5(a)—Customer on-
time performance. 1 railroad ......... 4 1 4 ................................................................................. $310
273.5(b)—Ridership data 1 railroad ......... 12 1 22 (One-time 10 hour start-up burden + average re-
sponse time). 1,704
273.5(c)—Certified
schedule. 1 railroad ......... 7 1 27 (One-time 20 hour start-up burden + average re-
sponse time in the first year; after first year it is
one annual response with an average time per
response of 1 hour).
2,092
273.5(c)(2)—Monthly let-
ter to U.S. Congress
and other officials.
24 railroads ..... 30 10 300 (Estimated to only be incurred in the first year) ..... 50,328
273.5(d)—Train delays ... 1 railroad ......... 4 1 4 ................................................................................. 310
273.5(e)—Train delays
per 10,000 train miles. 1 railroad ......... 4 1 4 ................................................................................. 310
273.5(f)—Station per-
formance. 1 railroad ......... 4 1 24 (One-time 20 hour start-up burden + average re-
sponse time). 1,859
273.5(f)—Host running
time. 1 railroad ......... 4 1 44 (One-time 40 hour start-up burden + average re-
sponse time). 3,409
273.7(a)—Customer sat-
isfaction. 1 railroad ......... 4 1 4 ................................................................................. 310
273.7(b)—Amtrak per-
sonnel. 1 railroad ......... 4 1 4 ................................................................................. 310
273.7(c)—Information
given. 1 railroad ......... 4 1 4 ................................................................................. 310
273.7(d)—On-board
comfort. 1 railroad ......... 4 1 4 ................................................................................. 310
273.7(e)—On-board
cleanliness. 1 railroad ......... 4 1 4 ................................................................................. 310
273.7(f)—On-board food
service. 1 railroad ......... 4 1 4 ................................................................................. 310
273.9(a)—Cost recovery 1 railroad ......... 4 1 4 ................................................................................. 310
273.9(b)—Avoidable op-
erating costs covered
by passenger revenue.
1 railroad ......... 4 1 4 ................................................................................. 310
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The dollar equivalent cost is derived from the
Surface Transportation Board’s Full Year Wage A&B
data series using the appropriate employee group
hourly wage rate that includes a 75-percent
overhead charge.
CFR section Respondent
universe Total annual
responses Average time
per responses Total annual
burden hours Total annual burden hours notes Total cost
equivalent
3
273.9(c)—Fully allocated
core operating costs
covered by passenger
revenue.
1 railroad ......... 4 1 4 ................................................................................. 310
273.9(d)—Average rider-
ship. 1 railroad ......... 4 1 4 ................................................................................. 310
273.9(e)—Total ridership 1 railroad ......... 4 1 4 ................................................................................. 310
273.11(a)—Connectivity 1 railroad ......... 1 1 1 ................................................................................. 77
273.11(b)—Missed con-
nections. 1 railroad ......... 1 1 11 (One-time 10 hour start-up burden + average re-
sponse time). 852
273.11(c)—Community
access. 1 railroad ......... 1 1 11 (One-time 10 hour start-up burden + average re-
sponse time). 852
273.11(d)—Service avail-
ability. 1 railroad ......... 1 1 11 (One-time 10 hour start-up burden + average re-
sponse time). 852
Total ........................ ......................... 117 15 507 ................................................................................. 66,365.00
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
117.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 507
hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour
Dollar Cost Equivalent: $66,365.
Under 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 CFR
1320.5(b) and 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FRA
informs all interested parties that a
respondent is not required to respond
to, conduct, or sponsor a collection of
information that does not display a
currently valid OMB control number.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Brett A. Jortland,
Deputy Chief Counsel.
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BILLING CODE 4910–06–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2020–0059; Notice 1]
Notice of Receipt of Petition for
Decision That Nonconforming Model
Year 2012–2014 Mercedes Benz G500
and G500 Cabriolet Multi-Purpose
Vehicles Are Eligible for Importation
AGENCY
: National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION
: Receipt of petition.
SUMMARY
: This document announces the
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) receipt of a
petition for a decision that model year
(MY) 2012–2014 Mercedes Benz G500
and G500 Cabriolet Multi-Purpose
Vehicles (MPVs) that were not originally
manufactured to comply with all
applicable Federal motor vehicle safety
standards (FMVSS), are eligible for
importation into the United States
because they are substantially similar to
vehicles that were originally
manufactured for sale in the United
States and that were certified by their
manufacturer as complying with the
safety standards (the U.S.-certified
version of the 2012–2014 Mercedes
Benz G500 and G500 Cabriolet MPVs)
and are capable of being readily altered
to conform to the standards.
DATES
: The closing date for comments
on the petition is January 11, 2021.
ADDRESSES
: Interested persons are
invited to submit written data, views,
and arguments on this petition.
Comments must refer to the docket and
notice number cited in the title of this
notice and may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
•Mail: Send comments by mail
addressed to the U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, M–
30, West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590.
•Hand Delivery: Deliver comments
by hand to the U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, M–
30, West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590. The Docket
Section is open on weekdays from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. except for Federal
Holidays.
•Electronically: Submit comments
electronically by logging onto the
Federal Docket Management System
(FDMS) website at https://
www.regulations.gov/. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
•Comments may also be faxed to
(202) 493–2251.
Comments must be written in the
English language, and be no greater than
15 pages in length, although there is no
limit to the length of necessary
attachments to the comments. If
comments are submitted in hard copy
form, please ensure that two copies are
provided. If you wish to receive
confirmation that comments you have
submitted by mail were received, please
enclose a stamped, self-addressed
postcard along with the comments. Note
that all comments received will be
posted without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided.
All comments and supporting
materials received before the close of
business on the closing date indicated
above will be filed in the docket and
will be considered. All comments and
supporting materials received after the
closing date will also be filed and will
be considered to the fullest extent
possible.
All comments, background
documentation, and supporting
materials submitted to the docket may
be viewed by anyone at the address and
times given above. The documents may
also be viewed on the internet at https://
www.regulations.gov by following the
online instructions for accessing the
dockets. The docket ID number for this
petition is shown in the heading of this
notice.
DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement is available for review in a
Federal Register notice published on
April 11, 2000, (65 FR 19477–78).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Robert Mazurowski, Office of Vehicle
Safety Compliance, NHTSA (202–366–
1012).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
Background
Under 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A), a
motor vehicle that was not originally
manufactured to conform to all
applicable FMVSS shall be refused
admission into the United States unless
NHTSA has decided that the motor
vehicle is substantially similar to a
motor vehicle originally manufactured
for importation into and sale in the
United States, certified under 49 U.S.C.
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