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will not yield data that can be 

generalized to the overall population. 

The Department will submit a 

collection for approval under this 

generic clearance if it meets the 

following conditions: 

• The collections are voluntary. 

• 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. 

• The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of 

concern to other Federal agencies. 

• 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. 

• Personally identifiable information 

is collected only to the extent necessary 

and is not retained. 

• 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 

Department (if released, the Department 

must indicate the qualitative nature of 

the information). 

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 to 

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. 

Type of Review: New. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

households, businesses and 

organizations, State, Local or Tribal 

Governments. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

6,000. 

Estimated Annual Responses: 6,000. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 

3,000. 

Frequency of Collection: One-time 

requirement. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

17, 2018. 

William S. Schoonover, 

Associate Administrator of Hazardous 

Materials Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2018–20521 Filed 9–20–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Fiscal Service 

Prompt Payment Interest Rate; 

Contract Disputes Act 

AGENCY: Bureau of the Fiscal Service, 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: For the period beginning July 

1, 2018, and ending on December 31, 

2018, the prompt payment interest rate 

is 31⁄2 per centum per annum. 

DATES: July 1, 2018 to December 31, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: Comments or inquiries may 

be mailed to: E-Commerce Division, 

Bureau of the Fiscal Service, 401 14th 

Street SW, Room 306F, Washington, DC 

20227. Comments or inquiries may also 

be emailed to PromptPayment@

fiscal.treasury.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas M. Burnum, E-Commerce 

Division, (202) 874–6430; or Thomas 

Kearns, Attorney-Advisor, Office of the 

Chief Counsel, (202) 874–7036. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An agency 

that has acquired property or service 

from a business concern and has failed 

to pay for the complete delivery of 

property or service by the required 

payment date shall pay the business 

concern an interest penalty. 31 U.S.C. 

3902(a). The Contract Disputes Act of 

1978, Sec. 12, Public Law 95–563, 92 

Stat. 2389, and the Prompt Payment Act, 

31 U.S.C. 3902(a), provide for the 

calculation of interest due on claims at 

the rate established by the Secretary of 

the Treasury. 

The Secretary of the Treasury has the 

authority to specify the rate by which 

the interest shall be computed for 

interest payments under section 12 of 

the Contract Disputes Act of 1978 and 

under the Prompt Payment Act. Under 

the Prompt Payment Act, if an interest 

penalty is owed to a business concern, 

the penalty shall be paid regardless of 

whether the business concern requested 

payment of such penalty. 31 U.S.C. 

3902(c)(1). Agencies must pay the 

interest penalty calculated with the 

interest rate, which is in effect at the 

time the agency accrues the obligation 

to pay a late payment interest penalty. 

31 U.S.C. 3902(a). ‘‘The interest penalty 

shall be paid for the period beginning 

on the day after the required payment 

date and ending on the date on which 

payment is made.’’ 31 U.S.C. 3902(b). 

Therefore, notice is given that the 

Secretary of the Treasury has 

determined that the rate of interest 

applicable for the period beginning July 

1, 2018, and ending on December 31, 

2018, is 31⁄2 per centum per annum. 

David A. Lebryk, 

Fiscal Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–20535 Filed 9–20–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) is publishing an update 

to the identifying information of a 

person currently included in the 

Specially Designated Nationals and 

Blocked Persons List. All property and 

interests in property subject to U.S. 

jurisdiction of this person are blocked, 

and U.S. persons are generally 

prohibited from engaging in transactions 

with this person. 

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

OFAC: Associate Director for Global 

Targeting, tel.: 202–622–2420; Assistant 

Director for Sanctions Compliance & 

Evaluation, tel.: 202–622–2490; 

Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.: 

202–622–2480; Assistant Director for 

Regulatory Affairs, tel. 202–622–4855; 

or the Department of the Treasury’s 

Office of the General Counsel: Office of 

the Chief Counsel (Foreign Assets 

Control), tel.: 202–622–2410. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability 

The Specially Designated Nationals 

and Blocked Persons List and additional 

information concerning OFAC sanctions 

programs are available on OFAC’s 

website (www.treasury.gov/ofac). 


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