Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 239 / Friday, December 11, 2020 / Notices 80227 

1Section 358 of the USA PATRIOT Act added 

language expanding the scope of the BSA to 

intelligence or counter-intelligence activities to 

protect against international terrorism. 

2Treasury Order 180–01 (re-affirmed Jan. 14, 

2020). 

3See 31 CFR 1010.715. 

4 Id. FinCEN’s administrative rulings are collected 

on the FinCEN website at the following address: 

Continued 

pad inspection protocols, there is not an 

increased safety risk due to the vehicle being 

operated with worn rear brake pads. In the 

worst case, if a vehicle with fully worn brake 

pads on the rear axle continued to operate, 

given the brake force distribution and the 

performance of the rear brakes, the vehicle 

would continue to meet the braking distance 

requirement of FMVSS No. 135. Furthermore, 

the brakes on the rear axle will continue to 

operate, even with completely worn rear 

brake pads, the driver will hear the 

unmistakable sound of metal being pressed 

against the brake discs. Moreover, the ABS 

and ESC functionality is not affected by worn 

rear brake pads and will continue to function 

normally, as needed. 

6. Mercedes-Benz is not aware of any 

reports or complaints about the issue from 

the field and it has corrected the condition 

in production. 

Mercedes-Benz concluded by 

expressing the belief that the subject 

noncompliance is inconsequential as it 

relates to motor vehicle safety, and that 

its petition to be exempted from 

providing notification of the 

noncompliance, as required by 49 

U.S.C. 30118, and a remedy for the 

noncompliance, as required by 49 

U.S.C. 30120, should be granted. 

NHTSA notes that the statutory 

provisions (49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 

30120(h)) that permit manufacturers to 

file petitions for a determination of 

inconsequentiality allow NHTSA to 

exempt manufacturers only from the 

duties found in sections 30118 and 

30120, respectively, to notify owners, 

purchasers, and dealers of a defect or 

noncompliance and to remedy the 

defect or noncompliance. Therefore, any 

decision on this petition only applies to 

the subject vehicles that Mercedes-Benz 

no longer controlled at the time it 

determined that the noncompliance 

existed. However, any decision on this 

petition does not relieve vehicle 

distributors and dealers of the 

prohibitions on the sale, offer for sale, 

or introduction or delivery for 

introduction into interstate commerce of 

the noncompliant vehicles under their 

control after Mercedes-Benz notified 

them that the subject noncompliance 

existed. 

(Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120: 

delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 

and 501.8) 

Otto G. Matheke III, 

Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27258 Filed 12–10–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Renewal; 

Comment Request; Renewal Without 

Change of Administrative Rulings 

Regulations 

AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement 

Network, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, FinCEN invites comments on 

the proposed renewal, without change, 

of a currently approved information 

collection found in existing Bank 

Secrecy Act (BSA) regulations. 

Specifically, the regulations provide 

procedures for requestors to seek, and 

for FinCEN to issue, administrative 

rulings. This request for comments is 

made pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments are welcome 

and must be received on or before 

February 9, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal E-rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Refer to Docket Number FINCEN–2020– 

0017 and the specific Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) control 

number 1506–0050. 

• Mail: Policy Division, Financial 

Crimes Enforcement Network, P.O. Box 

39, Vienna, VA 22183. Refer to Docket 

Number FINCEN–2020–0017 and OMB 

control number 1506–0050. 

Please submit comments by one 

method only. Comments will also be 

incorporated into FinCEN’s review of 

existing regulations, as provided by 

Treasury’s 2011 Plan for Retrospective 

Analysis of Existing Rules. All 

comments submitted in response to this 

notice will become a matter of public 

record. Therefore, you should submit 

only information that you wish to make 

publicly available. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

FinCEN Regulatory Support Section at 

1–800–767–2825 or electronically at 

frc@fincen.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Statutory and Regulatory Provisions 

The legislative framework generally 

referred to as the Bank Secrecy Act 

(BSA) consists of the Currency and 

Financial Transactions Reporting Act of 

1970, as amended by the Uniting and 

Strengthening America by Providing 

Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept 

and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 

(USA PATRIOT Act) (Pub. L. 107–56) 

and other legislation. The BSA is 

codified at 12 U.S.C. 1829b, 12 U.S.C. 

1951–1959, 31 U.S.C. 5311–5314 and 

5316–5332, and notes thereto, with 

implementing regulations at 31 CFR 

Chapter X. 

The BSA authorizes the Secretary of 

the Treasury, inter alia, to require 

financial institutions to keep records 

and file reports that are determined to 

have a high degree of usefulness in 

criminal, tax, and regulatory matters, or 

in the conduct of intelligence or 

counter-intelligence activities to protect 

against international terrorism, and to 

implement anti-money laundering 

(AML) programs and compliance 

procedures.1 Regulations implementing 

the BSA appear at 31 CFR Chapter X. 

The authority of the Secretary to 

administer the BSA has been delegated 

to the Director of FinCEN.2

A FinCEN administrative ruling is a 

written ruling interpreting the 

relationship between the regulations 

implementing the BSA at 31 CFR 

Chapter X and each situation for which 

such a ruling has been requested in 

conformity with the regulatory 

requirements.3 The regulations 

implementing the procedures for 

requestors to submit, and for FinCEN to 

issue, administrative rulings appear in 

Part 1010, Subpart G—Administrative 

Rulings. Specifically, the regulations 

address the following: (a) How to submit 

a request for an administrative ruling 

(31 CFR 1010.711); (b) treatment of nonconforming requests (31 CFR 1010.712); 

(c) treatment of oral communications 

(31 CFR 1010.713); (d) withdrawal of 

administrative ruling requests (31 CFR 

1010.714); (e) issuance of administrative 

rulings (31 CFR 1010.715); (e) 

modification and rescission of 

administrative rulings (31 CFR 

1010.716); and (f) disclosure of 

administrative ruling (31 CFR 

1010.717). An administrative ruling has 

precedential value, and may be relied 

upon by others similarly situated, only 

if FinCEN makes them available to the 

public through publication on the 

FinCEN website or other appropriate 

forum.4


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80228 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 239 / Friday, December 11, 2020 / Notices 

https://www.fincen.gov/resources/statutesregulations/administrative-rulings. 

5Public Law 104–13, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). 

6 In 2018, 2019, and 2020, FinCEN received a 

total of 98 administrative ruling requests. 

7When this OMB control number was last 

renewed in 2017, FinCEN estimated the total 

burden per requestor to draft and submit an 

administrative ruling request was two hours per 

requestor. 

II. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA) 5

Title: Administrative rulings 

regulations (Subpart G—31 CFR 

1010.710 through 31 CFR 1010.717). 

OMB Control Number: 1506–0050. 

Report Number: Not applicable. 

Abstract: FinCEN is issuing this 

notice to renew the OMB control 

number for the administrative rulings 

regulations. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit institutions, non-profit 

institutions, and individuals. 

Type of Review: Renewal without 

change of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Frequency: As required. 

Estimated Number of Requests 

Annually: 33 requests.6

Estimated Recordkeeping Burden: 

FinCEN receives approximately 33 

administrative ruling requests per year. 

FinCEN continues to estimate that it 

takes a requestor approximately two 

hours to draft and submit an 

administrative rule request to FinCEN.7

This results in an estimated total annual 

burden of 66 hours (33 administrative 

ruling requests multiplied by two hours 

per request). 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Records required to be retained under 

the BSA must be retained for five years. 

III. General Request for Comments 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval. All comments will become a 

matter of public record. Comments are 

invited on: (i) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(ii) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the collection of 

information; (iii) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (iv) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (v) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Michael G. Mosier, 

Deputy Director, Financial Crimes 

Enforcement Network. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27370 Filed 12–10–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0715] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activity: Servicer’s Staff Appraisal 

Reviewer (SAR) Application 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration (VBA), Department of 

Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

proposed collection of certain 

information by the agency. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, Federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension of a currently approved 

collection, and allow 60 days for public 

comment in response to the notice. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

collection of information should be 

received on or before February 9, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information through 

Federal Docket Management System 

(FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov or to 

Nancy J. Kessinger, Veterans Benefits 

Administration (20M33), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20420 or email to 

nancy.kessinger@va.gov Please refer to 

‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0715’’ in any 

correspondence. During the comment 

period, comments may be viewed online 

through FDMS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Danny S. Green, (202) 421–1354 or 

email Danny.Green2@va.gov. Please 

refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0715’’ 

in any correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA of 1995, Federal agencies must 

obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. This request for comment is 

being made pursuant to Section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA. 

With respect to the following 

collection of information, VBA invites 

comments on: (1) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of VBA’s 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of VBA’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (3) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

the use of other forms of information 

technology. 

Authority: Public Law 104–13; 44 

U.S.C. 3501–3521. 

Title: VA FORM 26–0829 Servicer’s 

Staff Appraisal Reviewer (SAR) 

Application. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0715. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: Title 38 U.S.C. 3702(d) 

authorizes the Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) to establish standards for 

Servicers making automatically 

guaranteed loans and 38 U.S.C. 3731(f) 

authorizes VA to establish, in 

regulation, standards and procedures to 

authorize a lender to determine the 

reasonable value of property. VA has 

implemented this authority through its 

Servicer Appraisal Processing Program 

(SAPP), codified in 38 CFR 36.4348. 

Affected Public: Individuals 

(employees of servicers making 

applications). 

Estimated Annual Burden: 2 hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 5 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 20 

per year. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Danny S. Green, 

VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of Quality, 

Performance and Risk, Department of 

Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27346 Filed 12–10–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0658] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activity: Lender’s Staff Appraisal 

Reviewer (SAR) Application 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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