Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 244 / Thursday, December 19, 2013 / Notices 76849 

Dated: November 6, 2013. 

Michelle Trout, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2013–30203 Filed 12–18–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Institute of Diabetes and 

Digestive and Kidney and Diseases; 

Notice of Closed Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 

hereby given of the following meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The grant applications and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the grant 

applications, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Institute of 

Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases 

Special Emphasis Panel; RFA–DK–13–008 

USRDS Special Study Centers (U01). 

Date: December 19, 2013. 

Time: 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant 

applications. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, Two 

Democracy Plaza, 6707 Democracy 

Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Telephone 

Conference Call). 

Contact Person: Ann A Jerkins, Ph.D., 

Scientific Review Officer, Review Branch, 

DEA, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, 

Room 759, 6707 Democracy Boulevard, 

Bethesda, MD 20892–5452, 301–594–2242, 

jerkinsa@niddk.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.847, Diabetes, 

Endocrinology and Metabolic Research; 

93.848, Digestive Diseases and Nutrition 

Research; 93.849, Kidney Diseases, Urology 

and Hematology Research, National Institutes 

of Health, HHS) 

Dated: November 6, 2013. 

David Clary, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2013–30197 Filed 12–16–13; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4140–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

National Heart, Lung, and Blood 

Institute; Notice of Closed Meeting 

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 

hereby given of the following meeting. 

The meeting will be closed to the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions set forth in sections 

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., 

as amended. The contract proposals and 

the discussions could disclose 

confidential trade secrets or commercial 

property such as patentable material, 

and personal information concerning 

individuals associated with the contract 

proposals, the disclosure of which 

would constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy. 

Name of Committee: National Heart, Lung, 

and Blood Institute Special Emphasis Panel; 

SBIR Phase II Contract Review—Powering 

Ventricular Assist Devices. 

Date: January 14, 2014. 

Time: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

Agenda: To review and evaluate contract 

proposals. 

Place: National Institutes of Health, Room 

7184, 6701 Rockledge Drive Bethesda, MD 

20892, (Telephone Conference Call). 

Contact Person: YingYing Li-Smerin, 

Ph.D., MD Scientific Review Officer, Office of 

Scientific Review/DERA National Heart, 

Lung, and Blood Institute, 6701 Rockledge 

Drive, Room 7184, Bethesda, MD 20892– 

7924, 301–435–0276, lismerin@nhlbi.nih.gov. 

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Nos. 93.233, National Center for 

Sleep Disorders Research; 93.837, Heart and 

Vascular Diseases Research; 93.838, Lung 

Diseases Research; 93.839, Blood Diseases 

and Resources Research, National Institutes 

of Health, HHS) 

Dated: December 13, 2013. 

Michelle Trout, 

Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory 

Committee Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2013–30127 Filed 12–18–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. DHS–2013–0032] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Generic Clearance 

for the Collection of Qualitative 

Feedback on Agency Service Delivery 

AGENCY: National Protection and 

Programs Directorate, DHS. 

ACTION: 60-day notice and request for 

comments; New Information Collection 

Request: 1670–NEW. 

SUMMARY: As part of a Federal 

Government-wide effort to streamline 

the process to seek feedback from the 

public on service delivery, the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS), National Protection and 

Programs Directorate (NPPD), Office of 

the Chief Information Office (OCIO) has 

submitted a Generic Information 

Collection Request (ICR): ‘‘Generic 

Clearance for the Collection of 

Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service 

Delivery’’ to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

clearance in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 

(Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until February 18, 

2014. This process is conducted in 

accordance with 5 CFR 1320.1. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

questions about this Generic 

Information Collection Request should 

be forwarded to DHS/NPPD/OCIO, 245 

Murray Lane, Mail Stop 0380, 

Arlington, VA 20598–0380. Emailed 

requests should go to Evette MaynardNoel, NPPD’s PRA Coordinator at nppdprac@hq.dhs.gov. Written comments 

should reach the contact person listed 

no later than February 18, 2014. 

Comments must be identified by ‘‘DHS– 

2013–0032’’ and may be submitted by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

• Email: Include the docket number 

in the subject line of the message. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the words ‘‘Department of 

Homeland Security’’ and the docket 

number for this action. Comments 

received will be posted without 

alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice may be made available to the 

public through relevant Web sites. For 

this reason, please do not include in 

your comments information of a 

confidential nature, such as sensitive 

personal information or proprietary 

information. If you send an email 

comment, your email address will be 

automatically captured and included as 

part of the comment that is placed in the 

public docket and made available on the 

Internet. Please note that responses to 

this public comment request containing 

any routine notice about the 

confidentiality of the communication 

will be treated as public comments that 

may be made available to the public 


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notwithstanding the inclusion of the 

routine notice. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed information collection activity 

provides a means to garner qualitative 

customer and stakeholder feedback in 

an efficient, timely manner, in 

accordance with the Administration’s 

commitment to improving service 

delivery. NPPD is planning to submit 

this collection to OMB for approval. 

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 

NPPD and its customers and 

stakeholders. It will also allow feedback 

to contribute directly to the 

improvement of program management. 

The solicitation of feedback will target 

areas such as: timeliness, 

appropriateness, accuracy of 

information, courtesy, efficiency of 

service delivery, and resolution of 

issues with service delivery. Responses 

will be assessed to plan and inform 

efforts to improve or maintain the 

quality of service offered to the public. 

If this information is not collected, vital 

feedback from customers and 

stakeholders on the Directorate’s 

services will be unavailable. 

NPPD will only submit a collection 

for approval under this generic 

clearance if it meets the following 

conditions: 

1. The collections are voluntary; 

2. The collections are low-burden for 

respondents (based on considerations of 

total burden hours, total number of 

respondents, or burden-hours per 

respondent) and are low-cost for both 

the respondents and the Federal 

Government; 

3. The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of 

concern to other Federal agencies; 

4. Any collection is targeted to the 

solicitation of opinions from 

respondents who have experience with 

the program or may have experience 

with the program in the near future; 

5. Personally identifiable information 

(PII) is collected only to the extent 

necessary and is not retained; 

6. Information gathered is intended to 

be used only internally for general 

service improvement and program 

management purposes and is not 

intended for release outside of the NPPD 

(if released, NPPD must indicate the 

qualitative nature of the information); 

7. Information gathered will not be 

used for the purpose of substantially 

informing influential policy decisions; 

and 

8. Information gathered will yield 

qualitative information; the collections 

will not be designed or expected to 

yield statistically reliable results or used 

as though the results are generalizable to 

the population of study. 

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. 

As a general matter, information 

collections will not result in any new 

system of records containing personal 

information and will not ask questions 

of a sensitive nature, such as sexual 

behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, 

and other matters that are commonly 

considered private. 

Comments are invited on: 

1. Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of NPPD, 

including whether the information shall 

have practical utility; 

2. The accuracy of the NPPD estimate 

of the burden of the collection of 

information; 

3. Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; 

4. 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 

5. Estimates of capital or start-up costs 

and costs of operation, maintenance, 

and purchase of services to provide 

information. 

Burden means the total time, effort, or 

financial resources expended by persons 

to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install and utilize technology 

and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

OMB is particularly interested in 

comments that: 

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

4. Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

NPPD may not conduct or sponsor, and 

a person is not required to respond to, 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Analysis 

Agency: Department of Homeland 

Security, National Protection and 

Programs Directorate, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

Title: Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery. 

OMB Number: 1 670–NEW. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

Households, Businesses and 


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Organizations, State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 14080. This 

estimate is based on a review of past 

behavior of NPPD with an average of 15 

activities expected annual with an 

average of 939 respondents per activity. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 34 

minutes. 

Total Burden Hours: 7920.3 annual 

burden hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Costs (operating/

maintain): $0. 

Dated: December 12, 2013. 

Scott Libby, 

Deputy Chief Information Officer, National 

Protection and Programs Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2013–30258 Filed 12–18–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–9P–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: BP Regulations Pertaining 

to Customs Brokers 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP), Department of 

Homeland Security. 

ACTION: 60-day notice and request for 

comments; extension of an existing 

collection of information: 1651–0034. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, CBP invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to comment 

on an information collection 

requirement concerning the CBP 

Regulations Pertaining to Customs 

Brokers (19 CFR Part 111). This request 

for comment is being made pursuant to 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(Pub. L. 104–13; 44 U.S.C. 3507). 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before February 18, 2014, 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESS: Direct all written comments to 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

Attn: Tracey Denning, Regulations and 

Rulings, Office of International Trade, 

90 K Street NE., 10th Floor, Washington, 

DC 20229–1177. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Tracey Denning, 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 

Regulations and Rulings, Office of 

International Trade, 90 K Street NE., 

10th Floor, Washington, DC 20229– 

1177, at 202–325–0265. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CBP 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13; 

44 U.S.C. 3507). The comments should 

address: (a) 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; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimates of the burden of the collection 

of information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden including the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

the use of other forms of information 

technology; and (e) the annual costs 

burden to respondents or record keepers 

from the collection of information (a 

total capital/startup costs and 

operations and maintenance costs). The 

comments that are submitted will be 

summarized and included in the CBP 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval. All comments 

will become a matter of public record. 

In this document CBP is soliciting 

comments concerning the following 

information collection: 

Title: CBP Regulations Pertaining to 

Customs Brokers (19 CFR Part 111). 

OMB Number: 1651–0034. 

Form Numbers: CBP Forms 3124 and 

3124E. 

Abstract: The information contained 

in Part 111 of the CBP regulations 

governs the licensing and conduct of 

customs brokers. Specifically, an 

individual who wishes to take the 

broker exam must complete CBP Form 

3124E, ‘‘Application for Customs Broker 

License Exam,’’ or to apply for a broker 

license, CBP Form 3124, ‘‘Application 

for Customs Broker License.’’ The 

procedures to request a local or national 

broker permit can be found in 19 CFR 

111.19, and a triennial report is required 

under 19 CFR 111.30. This information 

collected from customs brokers is 

provided for by 19 U.S.C. 1641. CBP 

Forms 3124 and 3124E may be found at 

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/

forms/. Further information about the 

customs broker exam and how to apply 

for it may be found at http:// 

www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/trade_

programs/broker/broker_exam/. 

Current Actions: This submission is 

being made to extend the expiration 

date with no change to the burden hours 

or to this collection of information. 

Type of Review: Extension (without 

change). 

Affected Public: Businesses, 

Individuals. 

CBP Form 3124E, ‘‘Application for 

Customs Broker License Exam’’ 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

2,300. 

Total Number of Estimated Annual 

Responses: 2,300. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,300. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to the 

Public: $460,000. 

CBP Form 3124, ‘‘Application for 

Customs Broker License’’ 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

300. 

Total Number of Estimated Annual 

Responses: 300. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 300. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to the 

Public: $6,000. 

Triennial Report (19 CFR 111.30) 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

3,833. 

Total Number of Estimated Annual 

Responses: 3,833. 

Estimated Time per Response: .5 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,917. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to the 

Public: $383,300. 

National Broker Permit Application 

(19 CFR 111.19) 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

500. 

Total Number of Estimated Annual 

Responses: 500. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 500. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to the 

Public: $112,500. 

Dated: December 16, 2013. 

Tracey Denning, 

Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection. 

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BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Haitian Hemispheric 

Opportunity Through Partnership 

Encouragement Act of 2006 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP), Department of 

Homeland Security. 


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