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1The 60-day notice included the following 

estimate of the aggregate burden hours for this 

generic clearance Federal-wide: 

Average Expected Annual Number of Activities: 

25,000. 

Average Number of Respondents per Activity: 

200. 

Annual Responses: 5,000,000. 

Frequency of Response: Once per request. 

Average Minutes per Response: 30. 

Burden Hours: 2,500,000. 

the Office of Management and Budget 

and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of a Federal 

Government-wide effort to streamline 

the process to seek feedback from the 

public on service delivery, the 

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has 

submitted a Generic Information 

Collection Request (Generic ICR): 

‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of 

Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service 

Delivery ’’ to OMB for approval under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

May 9, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted to the Agency Clearance 

Officer: Mark Winter, Tennessee Valley 

Authority, 1101 Market Street (MP–3C), 

Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402–2801; 

(423) 751–6004. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information, please 

contact the Agency Clearance Officer: 

Mark Winter, Tennessee Valley 

Authority, 1101 Market Street (MP–3C), 

Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402–2801; 

(423) 751–6004. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery. 

Abstract: The information collection 

activity will garner qualitative customer 

and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, 

timely manner, in accordance with the 

Administration’s commitment to 

improving service delivery. By 

qualitative feedback we mean 

information that provides useful 

insights on perceptions and opinions, 

but are not statistical surveys that yield 

quantitative results that can be 

generalized to the population of study. 

This feedback will provide insights into 

customer or stakeholder perceptions, 

experiences and expectations, provide 

an early warning of issues with service, 

or focus attention on areas where 

communication, training or changes in 

operations might improve delivery of 

products or services. These collections 

will allow for ongoing, collaborative and 

actionable communications between the 

Agency and its customers and 

stakeholders. It will also allow feedback 

to contribute directly to the 

improvement of program management. 

Feedback collected under this generic 

clearance will provide useful 

information, but it will not yield data 

that can be generalized to the overall 

population. This type of generic 

clearance for qualitative information 

will not be used for quantitative 

information collections that are 

designed to yield reliably actionable 

results, such as monitoring trends over 

time or documenting program 

performance. Such data uses require 

more rigorous designs that address: the 

target population to which 

generalizations will be made, the 

sampling frame, the sample design 

(including stratification and clustering), 

the precision requirements or power 

calculations that justify the proposed 

sample size, the expected response rate, 

methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data 

collection, and any testing procedures 

that were or will be undertaken prior 

fielding the study. Depending on the 

degree of influence the results are likely 

to have, such collections may still be 

eligible for submission for other generic 

mechanisms that are designed to yield 

quantitative results. 

The Agency received no comments in 

response to the 60-day notice published 

in the Federal Register of December 22, 

2010 (75 FR 80542). 

Below we provide TVA’s projected 

average estimates for the next three 

years: 1

Current Actions: New collection of 

information. 

Type of Review: New Collection 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

Households, Businesses and 

Organizations, State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Average Expected Annual Number of 

Activities: 5. 

Respondents: 10,000. 

Annual Responses: 10,000. 

Frequency of Response: Once per 

request. 

Average Minutes per Response: 15. 

Burden Hours: 2,500. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

control number. 

James W. Sample, 

Director, Enterprise Information Security and 

Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

Disclosure of Rail-Interchange 

Commitments; Notice and Request for 

Comments 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, 

DOT. 

ACTION: 30-day notice of request for 

approval: Disclosure of Rail-Interchange 

Commitments. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3519 (PRA), the Surface Transportation 

Board (STB or Board) has submitted a 

request to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for an reinstatement of 

approval for the collection of 

agreements containing rail-interchange 

commitments. A rail interchange 

commitment is a contractual provision, 

which may be included with a sale or 

lease of a rail line, that limits the 

incentive or the ability of the purchaser 

or tenant carrier to interchange traffic 

with rail carriers other than the seller or 

lessor railroad. Under the Board’s 

regulations, whenever a carrier or other 

person seeks authority, through the 

Board’s abbreviated exemption 

procedures, to acquire (through sale or 

lease) or to operate a rail line, that 

carrier or other person is required to 

submit a copy of any agreement that 

contains such an interchange 

commitment. 

The Board previously published a 

notice about this collection in the 

Federal Register on December 22, 2010, 

at 75 FR 80,569. That notice allowed for 

a 60-day public review and comment 

period. No comments were received. 

This collection is described in detail 

below. Comments may now be 

submitted to OMB concerning: (1) The 

accuracy of the Board’s burden 

estimates; (2) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; (3) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, when 

appropriate; and (4) whether this 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Board, including 

whether the collection has practical 

utility. 

Description of Collection 

Title: Disclosure of Rail Interchange 

Commitments. 

OMB Control Number: 2140–0016. 

STB Form Number: None. 


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Type of Review: Reinstatement with 

change. (The current request reduces the 

estimated respondents from 65 to 6 

respondents based on the Board’s actual 

experience with this collection. As a 

result, the total annual burden hours is 

reduced to 11⁄2; hours, rather than the 16 

hours, as the Board had estimated when 

the collection was proposed.) 

Respondents: Noncarriers and carriers 

seeking an exemption to acquire 

(through purchase or lease) and/or 

operate a rail line, if the proposed 

transaction includes an interchange 

commitment. 

Number of Respondents: 6. 

Estimated Time per Response: Less 

than 15 minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours (annually 

including all respondents): 11⁄2; hours. 

Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost: None 

identified. 

Needs and Uses: Under 49 U.S.C. 

10502, noncarriers and carriers may 

seek an exemption from the prior 

approval requirements of sections 

10901, 10902, and 11323 to acquire 

(through purchase or lease) and operate 

a rail line. This collection of agreements 

with interchange commitments 

facilitates the case-specific review of 

interchange commitments and facilitates 

the Board’s monitoring of their usage 

generally. 

Retention Period: Information in this 

report will be maintained in the Board’s 

confidential file for 10 years, after 

which it is transferred to the National 

Archives. 

DATES: Comments on this information 

collection should be submitted to OMB 

by May 9, 2011. When submitting 

comments, please refer to ‘‘Disclosure of 

Rail Interchange Commitments, OMB 

Control Number 2140–0016.’’ 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

directed to the Office of Management 

and Budget, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Kimberly 

Nelson, Surface Transportation Board 

Desk Officer, by fax at (202) 395–6974; 

by mail at Room 10235, 725 17th Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20503; or by email at 

OIRA_SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV. 

For Further Information or to Obtain 

a Copy of the STB Form, Contact: Joe 

Dettmar at (202) 245–0395 or at 

dettmarj@stb.dot.gov. [Assistance for the 

hearing impaired is available through 

the Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.] 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA, a Federal agency conducting or 

sponsoring a collection of information 

must display a currently valid OMB 

control number. A collection of 

information, which is defined in 44 

U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c), 

includes agency requirements that 

persons submit reports, keep records, or 

provide information to the agency, third 

parties, or the public. Under § 3506(b) of 

the PRA, Federal agencies are required 

to provide, concurrent with an agency’s 

submitting a collection to OMB for 

approval, a 30-day notice and comment 

period, through publication in the 

Federal Register, concerning each 

proposed collection of information, 

including each proposed extension of an 

existing collection of information. 

Dated: April 5, 2011. 

Andrea Pope-Matheson, 

Clearance Clerk. 

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