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comment preceding submission of the 

collection to OMB. 

DATES: The Department will accept 

comments from the public up to 

November 21, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Web: Persons with access to the 

internet may comment on this notice by 

going to www.Regulations.gov. You can 

search for the document by entering 

‘‘Docket Number: DOS–2023–0028 in 

the Search field. Then click the 

‘‘Comment Now’’ button and complete 

the comment form. 

• Email: PRA_BurdenComments@

state.gov. 

You must include the information 

collection title in any correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Direct requests for additional 

information regarding the collection 

listed in this notice, including requests 

for copies of the proposed collection 

instrument and supporting documents, 

to Lauren Vinson who may be reached 

on PRA_BurdenComments@state.gov or 

(202) 485–7635. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

• Title of Information Collection: 

Supplemental Questions for Visa 

Applicants. 

• OMB Control Number: 1405–0226. 

• Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

• Originating Office: CA/VO. 

• Form Number: DS–5535. 

• Respondents: Immigrant visa 

applicants, nonimmigrant visa 

applicants. 

• Estimated Number of Respondents: 

50,000. 

• Estimated Number of Responses: 

50,000. 

• Average Time per Response: 55 

minutes. 

• Total Estimated Burden Time: 

45,833 hours. 

• Frequency: Once per respondent’s 

application. 

• Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the time and cost burden for 

this proposed collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

• Minimize the reporting burden on 

those who are to respond, including the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Please note that comments submitted 

in response to this Notice are public 

record. Before including any detailed 

personal information, you should be 

aware that your comments as submitted, 

including your personal information 

submitted with them, will be available 

for public review. 

Abstract of Proposed Collection 

The Immigration and Nationality Act 

(‘‘INA’’), 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., sets out 

application and eligibility requirements 

for an applicant seeking to obtain 

nonimmigrant or immigrant visa. Most 

of the standards for determining visa 

ineligibility are detailed in INA 212(a), 

8 U.S.C. 1182(a), which includes 

terrorist activities and other security 

and related grounds at INA 212(a)(3), 8 

U.S.C. 1182(a)(3). 

INA 221(a), 8 U.S.C. 1201(a) provides 

that a consular officer may issue an 

immigrant or nonimmigrant visa to an 

individual who has made a proper 

application, subject to applicable 

conditions and limitations in the INA 

and related regulations. Under INA 

222(c), 8 U.S.C. 1202(c), every applicant 

for a nonimmigrant visa must provide 

certain identifying particulars—name, 

date of birth and birthplace, nationality, 

purpose and length of intended stay in 

the United States, marital status—and 

‘‘such additional information necessary 

to the identification of the applicant, the 

determination of his eligibility for a 

nonimmigrant visa, and the enforcement 

of the immigration and nationality laws 

as may be by regulations prescribed.’’ 

Similar requirements apply to 

applicants for immigrant visas, pursuant 

to INA 222(a), 8 U.S.C. 1201(a). Under 

regulations set out in Ttitle 22 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations, visa 

applications must be made on a 

standard form and a consular officer 

‘‘may require the submission of 

additional necessary information or 

question an applicant on any relevant 

matter whenever the consular officer 

believes that the information provided 

in the application is inadequate to 

permit a determination of the 

applicant’s eligibility to receive a 

nonimmigrant visa.’’ 22 CFR 41.103; see 

also 22 CFR 42.63 (immigrant visas). 

Consular officers may require 

submission of a completed DS–5535 to 

supplement the immigrant and 

nonimmigrant visa applications forms 

by asking the following questions of a 

subset of nonimmigrant and immigrant 

visa applicants: 

• The applicant’s travel history over 

the last 15 years; 

• The full names and dates of birth of 

any siblings/children/former spouses/ 

domestic partners not recorded in the 

applicant’s visa application form; 

• The applicant’s addresses during 

the last 15 years, if different from the 

applicant’s current address. 

• The applicant’s prior passport 

numbers; and 

• The applicant’s prior occupation(s) 

and employers (plus a brief description, 

if applicable) looking back 15 years. 

Regarding travel history, an applicant 

may be requested to provide details of 

his or her international or domestic 

(within their country of nationality or 

residence) travel if the information is 

necessary to determine the applicant’s 

eligibility for the visa, including cases 

involving applicants who have been in 

an area while the area was under the 

operational control of a terrorist 

organization as defined in INA 

212(a)(3)(B)(vi), 8 U.S.C. 

1182(a)(3)(B)(vi). Applicants may be 

asked to recount or explain the details 

of their travel and when possible, 

provide supporting documentation. 

Methodology 

Consular officers will be asking these 

questions of a subset of nonimmigrant 

and immigrant visa applicants 

worldwide either orally or by providing 

a copy of the questions electronically or 

on paper. The applicant can respond 

orally, via email, via written response or 

via Microsoft e-version. The e-version of 

the information collection asks identical 

questions to the paper version. There 

are slight differences in formatting due 

to the different platforms. In some 

instances, when a paper copy is 

provided the applicant may still be 

permitted to return it electronically. 

Julie M. Stufft, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 

of Consular Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20565 Filed 9–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–06–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

60-Day Notice of Intent To Seek 

Extension of Approval of Collection: 

Demurrage Liability Disclosure 

Requirements 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the 

Surface Transportation Board (STB or 

Board) gives notice of its intent to seek 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for an extension of 


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the collection of Demurrage Liability 

Disclosure Requirements, as described 

below. 

DATES: Comments on this information 

collection should be submitted by 

November 21, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to 

Chris Oehrle, PRA Officer, Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001, or to 

PRA@stb.gov. When submitting 

comments, please refer to ‘‘Paperwork 

Reduction Act Comments, Demurrage 

Liability Disclosure Requirements.’’ For 

further information regarding this 

collection, contact Pedro Ramirez at 

(202) 245–0333 or pedro.ramirez@

stb.gov. If you require an 

accommodation under the Americans 

with Disabilities Act, please call (202) 

245–0245. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments 

are requested concerning each 

collection as to (1) whether the 

particular collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Board, including 

whether the collection has practical 

utility; (2) the accuracy of the Board’s 

burden estimates; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (4) 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. Submitted comments will 

be included and summarized in the 

Board’s request for OMB approval. 

Description of Collection 

Title: Demurrage Liability Disclosure 

Requirements. 

OMB Control Number: 2140–0021. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change. 

Respondents: Freight railroads subject 

to the Board’s jurisdiction. 

Number of Respondents: 

Approximately 620 (including six Class 

I carriers). 

Estimated Time per Response: One 

hour for each disclosure. 

Frequency: On occasion. The existing 

demurrage liability disclosure 

requirement is triggered in two 

circumstances: (1) when a shipper 

initially arranges with a railroad for 

transportation of freight pursuant to the 

rail carrier’s tariff; or (2) when a rail 

carrier changes the terms of its 

demurrage tariff. 

Total Burden Hours (annually 

including all respondents): 1,330.7 

hours. Consistent with the existing, 

approved information collection, Board 

staff estimates that: (1) six Class I 

carriers would each take on 18 new 

customers each year (108 hours); (2) 

each of the six Class I carriers would 

update its demurrage tariffs annually (6 

hours); (3) 620 non-Class I carriers 

(which are already subject to the 

existing collection requirements, but 

which will not be subject to the new 

requirements) would each take on one 

new customer a year (620 hours); and 

(4) each of the non-Class I carriers 

would update its demurrage tariffs every 

three years (206.7 hours annualized). 

For the requirement that Class I carriers 

must directly bill the shipper for 

demurrage when the shipper and 

warehouseman agree to the arrangement 

and so notify the rail carrier, Board staff 

estimates that annually six Class I 

carriers would each receive 65 directbilling agreements per year at one hour 

per agreement (390 hours). 

The total hourly burdens are also set 

forth in the table below. 

TABLE—TOTAL BURDEN HOURS

[Per year] 

Respondents 

New customer 

burden 

(hours) 

Tariff 

update 

burden 

(hours) 

Burden for 

invoicing 

agreement 

(hours) 

Total annual 

burden hours 

6 Class I Carriers ............................................................................................. 108 6 390 504 

620 Non-Class I Carriers ................................................................................. 620 206.7 ........................ 826.7 

Totals ........................................................................................................ 728 212.7 390 1,330.7 

Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost: There 

are no other costs identified. Any 

submissions may be submitted 

electronically. 

Needs and Uses: Demurrage is subject 

to Board regulation under 49 U.S.C. 

10702, which requires railroads to 

establish reasonable rates and 

transportation-related rules and 

practices, and under 49 U.S.C. 10746, 

which requires railroads to compute 

demurrage charges, and establish rules 

related to those charges, in a way that 

will fulfill the national needs related to 

freight car use and distribution and 

maintenance of an adequate car supply. 

Demurrage is a charge that serves 

principally as an incentive to prevent 

undue car detention and thereby 

encourage the efficient use of rail cars 

in the rail network, while also providing 

compensation to rail carriers for the 

expense incurred when rail cars are 

unduly detained beyond a specified 

period of time (i.e., ‘‘free time’’) for 

loading and unloading. See Pa. R.R. v. 

Kittaning Iron & Steel Mfg. Co., 253 U.S. 

319, 323 (1920) (‘‘The purpose of 

demurrage charges is to promote car 

efficiency by penalizing undue 

detention of cars.’’); 49 CFR 1333.1; see 

also 49 CFR part 1201, category 106. 

Under 49 CFR 1333.3, a railroad’s 

ability to charge demurrage pursuant to 

its tariff is conditional on its having 

given, prior to rail car placement, actual 

notice of the demurrage tariff to the 

person receiving rail cars for loading 

and unloading. Once a shipper receives 

a notice as to a particular tariff, 

additional notices are required only 

when the tariff changes materially. The 

parties rely on the information in the 

demurrage tariffs to avoid demurrage 

disputes, and the Board uses the tariffs 

to adjudicate demurrage disputes that 

come before it. Class I carriers are 

required to include certain minimum 

information on or with demurrage 

invoices, take appropriate action to 

ensure that demurrage charges are 

accurate and warranted, and directly 

bill the shipper for demurrage when the 

shipper and warehouseman agree to that 

arrangement and so notify the rail 

carrier. This collection and use of this 

information by the Board enable the 

Board to meet its statutory duties. 

The Board makes this submission 

because, under the PRA, a federal 

agency that conducts or sponsors 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. 


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Under 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), federal 

agencies are required to provide, prior 

to an agency’s submitting a collection to 

OMB for approval, a 60-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: September 19, 2023. 

Kenyatta Clay, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20552 Filed 9–21–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

60-Day Notice of Intent To Seek 

Extension of Approval of Collection: 

Waybill Sample 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the 

Surface Transportation Board (STB or 

Board) gives notice of its intent to seek 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for an extension of 

the collection of Waybill Sample, 

described below. 

DATES: Comments on this information 

collection should be submitted by 

November 21, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to 

Chris Oehrle, PRA Officer, Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001, and to 

PRA@stb.gov. When submitting 

comments, please refer to ‘‘Paperwork 

Reduction Act Comments, Waybill 

Sample.’’ For further information 

regarding this collection, contact Pedro 

Ramirez at (202) 245–0333 or 

pedro.ramirez@stb.gov. If you require an 

accommodation under the Americans 

with Disabilities Act, please call (202) 

245–0245. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments 

are requested concerning each 

collection as to (1) whether the 

particular collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Board, including 

whether the collection has practical 

utility; (2) the accuracy of the Board’s 

burden estimates; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (4) 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. Submitted comments will 

be included and summarized in the 

Board’s request for OMB approval. 

Subjects: In this notice, the Board is 

requesting comments on the extension 

of the following information collection: 

Description of Collection 

Title: Waybill Sample. 

OMB Control Number: 2140–0015. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change. 

Respondents: Respondents include 

any railroad that is subject to the 

Interstate Commerce Act and that 

terminated at least 4,500 carloads on its 

line in any of the three preceding years 

or that terminated at least 5% of the 

revenue carloads terminating in any 

state in any of the three preceding years. 

For the purposes of this analysis, the 

Board categorizes railroads required to 

report Waybill Sample data as either 

quarterly or monthly and as either 

sampling their own waybills or having 

a third party conduct their sampling. As 

a result, there are four categories of 

respondents, as shown in Table below. 

TABLE—RESPONDENTS

Categories of respondents Number of 

respondents 

Railroads that conduct their 

own sampling and report 

monthly .............................. 5 

Railroads that conduct their 

own sampling and report 

quarterly ............................ 3 

Railroads that have a third 

party sample their waybills 

and report monthly ............ 2 

Railroads that have a third 

party sample their waybills 

and report quarterly .......... 43 

Total Respondents ........ 53 

Number of Respondents: 53. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

estimated hourly burden for waybill 

samples submitted to the Board varies 

depending on each respondent’s 

particular circumstances. (Note: 

respondents that are identified as 

reporting monthly (Class I carriers) 

report monthly, quarterly, and annually 

(or 17 times per year). All other 

respondents (non-Class I carriers) report 

quarterly and annually (five times a 

year)). 

Frequency of Response: Six 

respondents report monthly; and 46 

other respondents report quarterly. 

Total Burden Hours (annually 

including all respondents): 420 hours. 

This estimated total burden hours is 

shown in the Table below. 

TABLE—TOTAL BURDEN HOURS

Categories of respondents 

Total annual 

hours for 

samples 

submitted 

Railroads that conduct their 

own sampling and report 

monthly .............................. 150 

Railroads that conduct their 

own sampling and report 

quarterly ............................ 20 

Railroads that have a third 

party sample their waybills 

and report monthly ............ 30 

Railroads that have a third 

party sample their waybills 

and report quarterly .......... 220 

Total Annual Burden 

Hours ......................... 420 

Total Annual ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’ 

Cost: There are no other costs identified 

because filings are submitted 

electronically to the Board. 

Needs and Uses: The Board is, by 

statute, responsible for the economic 

regulation of common carrier rail 

transportation in the United States and 

collects rail-carload waybills for this 

purpose. The Board has authority to 

collect these waybills under 49 U.S.C. 

11144, 11145, and the Board often uses 

the information in rail-carload waybills 

to carry out its responsibilities. 

A rail-carload waybill is a ‘‘document 

or instrument prepared from the bill of 

lading contract or shipper’s instructions 

as to the disposition of the freight, and 

[is] used by the railroad(s) involved as 

the authority to move the shipment and 

as the basis for determining the freight 

charges and interline settlements.’’ 49 

CFR 1244.1(c). From these carload 

waybills, the Board creates an aggregate 

compilation of the sampled waybills of 

all reporting carriers, referred to as the 

Waybill Sample. The Waybill Sample is 

the Board’s principal source of data 

about freight rail shipments. The 

information in the Waybill Sample is 

used by the Board, other federal and 

state agencies, and industry 

stakeholders to monitor traffic flows and 

rate trends in the industry, and to 

develop testimony in Board 

proceedings. The Board’s collection and 

use of this data enables it to meet its 

statutory duty to regulate the rail 

industry. 

The Board makes this submission 

because, under the PRA, a federal 

agency that conducts or sponsors 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 


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