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various agencies/organizations, 

including academia, have provided BTS 

with suggestions for survey questions. 

These suggestions were carefully 

considered, and where appropriate, 

incorporated into the survey 

questionnaire. 

To test question understanding and 

clarity of instructions, a pre-test of the 

draft survey was also conducted with 

participation of five EV owners. 

Following completion of the survey, one 

hour long cognitive interviews were 

conducted with each of the pre-testers 

to collect information on their survey 

experience and other feedback for 

improving the survey. Overall, the pretesters reported that the survey was 

clear, and they did not have any major 

issues with understanding the survey 

questions/instructions. 

Public Comments Invited: Interested 

parties are invited to send comments 

regarding any aspect of this information 

collection, including, but not limited to: 

(1) the necessity and utility of the 

information collection for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

DOT; (2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, clarity and content of the 

collected information; and (4) ways to 

minimize the collection burden without 

reducing the quality of the collected 

information. 

Send comments to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725– 

17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention: BTS Desk Officer. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on 3rd of 

October, 2023. 

Cha-Chi Fan, 

Director, Office of Data Development and 

Standards, Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics, Office of the Assistant Secretary 

for Research and Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics 

[Docket Number OST–2023–0115] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activity; Notice of Request for 

Approval To Collect New Information: 

Safe Maritime Transportation System 

(SafeMTS)—Voluntary Near-Miss 

Incident Reporting and Analysis 

System 

AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics (BTS), Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Research and Technology 

(OST–R), U.S. Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice of new 

information collection and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: On August 8, 2023, the 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics 

(BTS) announced its intention in a 

Federal Register Notice to request that 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) approve the following 

information collection: SafeMTS— 

Voluntary Near-Miss Reporting and 

Analysis System, a voluntary program 

for confidential reporting of ‘nearmisses’ occurring on vessels within the 

Maritime Transportation System (MTS). 

BTS encouraged interested parties to 

submit comments to docket number 

2023–0115 during the 60-day comment 

period. One comment was received, 

from the National Transportation Safety 

Board (NTSB) expressing the agency’s 

support for such a program. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted within 30 days of publication 

of this notice. 

ADDRESSES: BTS seeks public comments 

on its proposed information collection. 

Comments should address whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

the accuracy of the estimated burden 

hours of the proposed information 

collection, ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Send comments to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725– 

17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention: BTS Desk Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Allison Fischman, Bureau of 

Transportation Statistics, Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Research and 

Technology, USDOT, Office of Safety 

Data and Analysis, RTS–34 E36–303, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001, Phone No. 

(202) 748–0546; email: 

allison.fischman@dot.gov. 

Data Confidentiality Provisions: The 

confidentiality of the Safe Maritime 

Transportation System (SafeMTS) data 

is protected under the Confidential 

Information Protection and Statistical 

Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) of 2018 (Pub. 

L.: 115–435 Foundations for EvidenceBased Policymaking Act of 2018, Title 

III of the Foundations for EvidenceBased Policymaking Act of 2018). In 

accordance with CIPSEA, only 

aggregated and non-identifying data will 

be made publicly available by BTS 

through its reports for statistical 

purposes only. BTS will not release 

information that might reveal the 

identity of individuals or organizations 

mentioned in event notices or reports 

without explicit consent of the 

respondent and any other affected 

entities. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Register Notice with a 60-day 

comment period soliciting comments on 

the following collection of information 

was published on August 8, 2023 at 88 

FR 53594. 

Title: Near-Miss Reporting and 

Analysis Program for the Maritime 

Transportation System. 

OMB Control Number: Not yet known. 

Type of Review: New collection. 

Respondents: Businesses in the 

maritime industry that involve 

ownership or operation of vessels. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

100, submitted on a quarterly basis. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour. 

Total Annual Burden: 400 hours. 

Allison Fischman, 

Acting Director, Office of Safety Data and 

Analysis. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24467 Filed 11–3–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0342] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activity: Application and Training 

Agreement for Apprenticeship and Onthe-Job Training Programs 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, 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 January 5, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information through 

Federal Docket Management System 


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(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. 2900–0342’’ in any 

correspondence. During the comment 

period, comments may be viewed online 

through FDMS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise 

and Integration, Data Governance 

Analytics (008), 810 Vermont Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20420, (202) 266–4688 

or email maribel.aponte@va.gov. Please 

refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0342’’ 

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: 10 U.S.C. 16131(d), 16136, 

and section 510 of chapter 31, 38 U.S.C. 

3034(a)(1), 3241(a)(1), 3323(a), 3534(a), 

3671, 3672, 3687(a), 38 CFR 21.4150(c), 

21.4261(b) and (c), 21.5250(a), 

21.7220(a), 21.7720, and Section 903 of 

Public Law 96–342. 

Title: Application and Training 

Agreement for Apprenticeship and Onthe-Job Training Programs, VA Forms 

22–8864 and 22–8865. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0342. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: The Training Agreement, 

VA Form 22–8864 is no longer being 

submitted to VA, therefore it no longer 

needs an OMB approval. VA mostly 

requires employers with OJT or 

Apprenticeship programs approved for 

VA benefits to provide a training 

agreement to prospective Veterans using 

VA benefits while training with their 

company. The 22–8864 has always been 

an option for these employers to use if 

they didn’t have their own training 

agreement or use one from their state 

department of labor. Employers used to 

submit a copy of the VA Form 22–8864 

or their own as a condition of the 

Veteran receiving VA benefits. The 

employer is still required to provide a 

training agreement to their trainees, but 

VA no longer collects it as a condition 

of paying EDU benefits. 

The Employer’s Application to 

Provide Job Training, VA Form 22–8865 

(or the equivalent tool provided by the 

SAAs) is used to ensure that training 

programs meet the statutory and 

regulatory requirements for approval. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

Households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 1,710 

hours. 

Estimated Average Burden Time per 

Respondent: 90 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: Once. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,140. 

By direction of the Secretary: 

Maribel Aponte, 

VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

Enterprise and Integration/Data Governance 

Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

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