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Ford inflators compared favorably to 

another inflator variant of the same 

type, and even to non-desiccated 

inflators. These comparisons do not 

suffice for an inconsequentiality 

determination. Relatedly, Ford’s 

argument regarding design differences 

does not suffice to support an 

inconsequentiality determination. This 

argument, furthermore, was not 

persuasively connected to meaningful 

improved performance in generateproperties and pressure differences (and 

even if it had been, the covered Nissan 

inflators are not an appropriate proxy 

standard for inconsequentiality). The 

sample sizes used for the analyses were 

also limited, and there are shortcomings 

regarding various analyses that 

undermine their conclusions— 

including some information was 

missing or unclear. 

As a general matter, signs of aging 

were observed in the covered Ford 

inflators, which leads to propellant 

degradation, which leads to inflator 

rupture—and the 2004 propellant that is 

present in the covered Ford inflators 

degrades until, at some point, it no 

longer burns normally, but in an 

accelerated and unpredictable manner 

that can cause an inflator rupture. 

Perhaps most importantly, even with 

the limited testing evidence available, 

ballistic testing of field returns of the 

covered Ford inflators includes three 

inflator deployments with primarychamber pressures between 60 and 70 

MPa—coming from two ZQ inflators 

with a field age between 12 and 13 years 

(one of which exhibited a pressure of 68 

MPa), and one ZN inflator with a field 

age between 10 and 11 years. Data from 

the MEAF also appears to indicate the 

beginning stages of density changes in 

propellant tablets in the covered Ford 

inflators with increasing field age. These 

results from real-world field returns 

signal that propellant degradation in the 

covered Ford inflators is occurring, and 

belie the probability-of-failure 

projections that Ford provides (which 

have their own additional shortcomings 

that lead to an understatement of the 

potential risk). 

Given the severity of the consequence 

of propellant degradation in these air 

bag inflators—the rupture of the inflator 

and metal shrapnel sprayed at vehicle 

occupants—a finding of 

inconsequentiality to safety demands 

extraordinarily robust and persuasive 

evidence. What Ford presents here, 

while valuable and informative in 

certain respects, suffers from far too 

many shortcomings, both when the 

evidence is assessed individually and in 

its totality, to demonstrate that the 

defect in covered Ford inflators is not 

important or can otherwise be ignored 

as a matter of safety. 

In consideration of the forgoing, 

NHTSA has decided Ford has not 

demonstrated that the defect is 

inconsequential to motor vehicle safety. 

Accordingly, Ford’s Petition is hereby 

denied, and Ford is obligated to provide 

notification of, and a remedy for, the 

defect pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118 and 

30120. Within 30 days of the issuance 

of this decision, Ford shall submit to 

NHTSA a proposed schedule for the 

notification of vehicle owners and the 

launch of a remedy required to fulfill 

those obligations. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30101, et seq., 30118, 

30120(h), 30162, 30166(b)(1), 30166(g)(1); 

delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.95(a); 49 

CFR parts 556, 573, 577. 

Jeffrey Mark Giuseppe, 

Associate Administrator for Enforcement. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01540 Filed 1–22–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2020–0008] 

Pipeline Safety: Request for Special 

Permit; El Paso Natural Gas Company, 

L.L.C. 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA); DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: PHMSA is publishing this 

notice to solicit public comments on a 

request for special permit received from 

the El Paso Natural Gas Company, L.L.C. 

(EPNG). The special permit request is 

seeking relief from compliance with 

certain requirements in the Federal 

pipeline safety regulations. At the 

conclusion of the 30-day comment 

period, PHMSA will review the 

comments received from this notice as 

part of its evaluation to grant or deny 

the special permit request. 

DATES: Submit any comments regarding 

this special permit request by February 

24, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference 

the docket number for this specific 

special permit request and may be 

submitted in the following ways: 

• E-Gov Website: http://

www.Regulations.gov. This site allows 

the public to enter comments on any 

Federal Register notice issued by any 

agency. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management System: 

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: Docket Management 

System: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9:00 

a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: You should identify the 

docket number for the special permit 

request you are commenting on at the 

beginning of your comments. If you 

submit your comments by mail, please 

submit two (2) copies. To receive 

confirmation that PHMSA has received 

your comments, please include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Internet 

users may submit comments at http://

www.Regulations.gov. 

Note: There is a privacy statement 

published on http://www.Regulations.gov. 

Comments, including any personal 

information provided, are posted without 

changes or edits to http://

www.Regulations.gov. 

Confidential Business Information: 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

is commercial or financial information 

that is both customarily and actually 

treated as private by its owner. Under 

the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 

(5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt from 

public disclosure. If your comments 

responsive to this notice contain 

commercial or financial information 

that is customarily treated as private, 

that you actually treat as private, and 

that is relevant or responsive to this 

notice, it is important that you clearly 

designate the submitted comments as 

CBI. Pursuant to 49 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) § 190.343, you may 

ask PHMSA to give confidential 

treatment to information you give to the 

agency by taking the following steps: (1) 

Mark each page of the original 

document submission containing CBI as 

‘‘Confidential’’; (2) send PHMSA, along 

with the original document, a second 

copy of the original document with the 

CBI deleted; and (3) explain why the 

information you are submitting is CBI. 

Unless you are notified otherwise, 

PHMSA will treat such marked 

submissions as confidential under the 

FOIA, and they will not be placed in the 

public docket of this notice. 

Submissions containing CBI should be 

sent to Kay McIver, DOT, PHMSA– 

PHP–80, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. Any 

commentary PHMSA receives that is not 


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6964 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 14 / Monday, January 25, 2021 / Notices 

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. Section 6101 

of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 added 

language further expanding the scope of the BSA 

but did not disturb these longstanding purposes. 

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

2020). 3Public Law 91–508 (Oct. 26, 1970), 84 Stat. 

1122. 

specifically designated as CBI will be 

placed in the public docket for this 

matter. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

General: Ms. Kay McIver by telephone 

at 202–366–0113, or by email at 

kay.mciver@dot.gov. 

Technical: Mr. Steve Nanney by 

telephone at 713–272–2855, or by email 

at steve.nanney@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA 

received a special permit request from 

EPNG seeking a waiver from the 

requirements of 49 CFR 192.611(a) and 

(d): Change in class location: 

Confirmation or revision of maximum 

allowable operating pressure, and 

§ 192.619(a): Maximum allowable 

operating pressure: Steel or plastic 

pipelines. This special permit is being 

requested in lieu of pipe replacement or 

pressure reduction for one (1) special 

permit segment of 650 feet (0.123 miles) 

on the EPNG pipeline system. The 

proposed special permit segment is 

located in Ward County, Texas. The 

EPNG pipeline class location in the 

special permit segment has changed 

from a Class 2 to a Class 3 location. The 

EPNG pipeline special permit segment 

is a 30-inch diameter pipeline with an 

existing maximum allowable operating 

pressure of 944 pounds per square inch 

gauge. The installation of the special 

permit segment occurred in 2003. 

The special permit request, proposed 

special permit with conditions, and 

Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) 

for the EPNG pipeline are available for 

review and public comment in Docket 

No. PHMSA–2020–0008. We invite 

interested persons to review and submit 

comments on the special permit request 

and DEA in the docket. Please include 

any comments on potential safety and 

environmental impacts that may result 

if the special permit is granted. 

Comments may include relevant data. 

Before issuing a decision on the 

special permit request, PHMSA will 

evaluate all comments received on or 

before the comment closing date. 

Comments received after the closing 

date will be evaluated, if it is possible 

to do so without incurring additional 

expense or delay. PHMSA will consider 

each relevant comment it receives in 

making its decision to grant or deny this 

special permit request. 

Issued in Washington, DC, under authority 

delegated in 49 CFR 1.97. 

Alan K. Mayberry, 

Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01522 Filed 1–22–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Renewal; 

Comment Request; Renewal Without 

Change of Transactions of Exempt 

Persons Regulations, and FinCEN 

Report 110, Designation of Exempt 

Person Report 

AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement 

Network (FinCEN), 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 regulations. Specifically, 

the regulations permit banks to file a 

FinCEN Report 110, Designation of 

Exempt Person (‘‘DOEP Report’’), to 

designate eligible customers as exempt 

persons, such that a bank is not required 

to file a report with respect to any 

transaction in currency over $10,000 

with such customers. Under the 

regulations, a bank, to exempt a person, 

must also take steps to ensure that a 

person meets the requirements for an 

exemption, document the basis for the 

bank’s initial conclusion that a person is 

exempt, annually review the eligibility 

of certain exempt persons, document 

compliance with the DOEP Report 

requirements, and maintain a 

monitoring system that is reasonably 

designed to detect, for each account of 

a non-listed business or payroll 

customer, transactions in currency 

requiring a bank to file a suspicious 

transaction report. Although no changes 

are proposed to the information 

collection itself, this request for 

comments covers a future expansion of 

the scope of the annual hourly burden 

and cost estimate associated with these 

regulations. 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 

March 26, 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– 

0018 and the specific Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) control 

number 1506–0012. 

• Mail: Policy Division, Financial 

Crimes Enforcement Network, P.O. Box 

39, Vienna, VA 22183. Refer to Docket 

Number FINCEN–2020–0018 and OMB 

control number 1506–0012. 

Please submit comments by one 

method only. Comments will also be 

taken into account in FinCEN’s review 

of existing regulations, consistent with 

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

The requirement for financial 

institutions to report certain 

transactions in currency has been an 

important component of the BSA from 

its inception.3 Regulations 


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