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28 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.28

J. Matthew DeLesDernier, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27089 Filed 12–9–20; 8:45 am] 

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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1As noted in the table, the respondent universe 

for the required reporting in 49 CFR 273.5(c)(2) is 

24 railroads. 

2This 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 ontime 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 response time).1,704 

273.5(c)—Certified 

schedule.

1 railroad ......... 7 1 27 (One-time 20 hour start-up burden + average response 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 letter 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 performance.1 railroad ......... 4 1 24 (One-time 20 hour start-up burden + average response time).1,859 

273.5(f)—Host running 

time.

1 railroad ......... 4 1 44 (One-time 40 hour start-up burden + average response time).3,409 

273.7(a)—Customer satisfaction.1 railroad ......... 4 1 4 ................................................................................. 310 

273.7(b)—Amtrak personnel.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 operating costs covered 

by passenger revenue.

1 railroad ......... 4 1 4 ................................................................................. 310 


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3The 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 ridership.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 connections.1 railroad ......... 1 1 11 (One-time 10 hour start-up burden + average response time).852 

273.11(c)—Community 

access.

1 railroad ......... 1 1 11 (One-time 10 hour start-up burden + average response time).852 

273.11(d)—Service availability.1 railroad ......... 1 1 11 (One-time 10 hour start-up burden + average response 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. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27155 Filed 12–9–20; 8:45 am] 

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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