Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 225 / Friday, November 26, 2021 / Notices 67583 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andre ́a Martin, Senior Environmental 

Protection Specialist, Office of Railroad 

Policy and Development (RPD), 

telephone: (202) 493–6201, email: 

Andrea.Martin@dot.gov; or Marlys 

Osterhues, Chief, Environment and 

Project Engineering, RPD, telephone: 

(202) 493–0413, email: 

Marlys.Osterhues@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Privacy Act Statement: FRA will post 

comments it receives, without edit, to 

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice, DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS, accessible through 

www.dot.gov/privacy. To facilitate 

comment tracking and response, we 

encourage commenters to provide their 

name, or the name of their organization; 

however, inclusion of names is 

completely optional. Whether 

commenters identify themselves or not, 

all timely comments will be fully 

considered. If you wish to provide 

comments containing proprietary or 

confidential information, please contact 

the agency for alternate submission 

instructions. 

Background: The California HighSpeed Rail Authority (CHSRA) is 

advancing the environmental review of 

the San Jose to Merced Section (Project) 

of the California HSR System pursuant 

to 23 U.S.C. 327, under which it has 

assumed FRA’s environmental review 

responsibilities. However, under 

Section 327, FRA remains responsible 

for making General Conformity 

Determinations under the Clean Air Act. 

This draft General Conformity 

Determination documents FRA’s 

evaluation of the Project, consistent 

with the relevant section of the Clean 

Air Act and its implementing 

regulations. 

FRA conducted the analysis of the 

Project’s potential emissions consistent 

with all regulatory criteria and 

procedures and following the 

Authority’s coordination with the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, Bay 

Area Air Quality Management District 

(BAAQMD), San Joaquin Valley Air 

Pollution Control District (SJVAPCD), 

Monterey Bay Air Resources District 

(MBARD) and the California Air 

Resources Board. The draft General 

Conformity Determination concludes 

that the Project, as designed, conforms 

to the approved SIP, based on a 

commitment from the CHSRA that 

construction-phase NOX emissions will 

be offset consistent with the applicable 

federal regulations in the SFBAAB and 

SJVAB. 

Next Steps 

The draft General Conformity 

Determination for the Project is being 

issued for public review and comment 

for 30-days at Docket No. FRA–2021– 

0100. Comments related to Docket No. 

FRA–2021–0100 may be submitted by 

going to http://www.regulations.gov and 

following the online instructions for 

submitting comments. Although CHSRA 

is assisting FRA by disseminating notice 

of the availability of the draft General 

Conformity Determination through its 

usual outreach methods, CHSRA is not 

accepting comments on behalf of FRA. 

FRA cannot ensure consideration of any 

comment that is not submitted via 

http://www.regulations.gov. FRA will 

consider all relevant comments it 

receives before issuing a final General 

Conformity Determination. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Jamie P. Rennert, 

Director, Office of Infrastructure Investment. 

[FR Doc. 2021–25805 Filed 11–24–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Form 944, Form 944(SP), 

Form 944–X, and Form 944–X (SP) 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service, 

as part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

IRS is soliciting comments concerning 

Form 944, Employer’s Annual 

Employment Tax Return, Form 944(SP), 

Declaracion Federal Anual de Impuestos 

del Patrono o Empleador, Form 944–X, 

Adjusted Employer’s Annual Federal 

Tax Return or Claim for Refund, and 

944–X (SP), Ajuste a la Declaracio ́n 

Federal ANUAL del Patrono o 

Reclamacio ́n de Reembolso. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before January 25, 2022 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Andres Garcia, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224. 

You must reference the information 

collection’s title, form number, 

reporting or record-keeping requirement 

number, and OMB number in your 

comment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the form and instructions 

should be directed to Jon Callahan, 

(737) 800–7639, at Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224, or 

through the internet at jon.r.callahan@

irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The IRS is 

currently seeking comments concerning 

the following information collection 

tools, reporting, and record-keeping 

requirements: 

Title: Employer’s Annual 

Employment Tax Return. 

OMB Number: 1545–2007. 

Form Number: Forms 944, 944(SP), 

944–X, and 944–X(SP). 

Abstract: The information on Form 

944 will be collected to ensure the 

smallest nonagricultural and nonhousehold employers are paying the 

correct amount of social security tax, 

Medicare tax, and withheld federal 

income tax. Information on line 13 will 

be used to determine if employers made 

any required deposits of these taxes. 

Form 944 (SP) is the Spanish version of 

the Form 944. Form 944–X and Form 

944–X(SP) are used to correct errors 

made on Form 944. 

Current Actions: There are changes to 

the existing collection: Lines were 

added to Form 944–X and Form 944–X 

(SP) to match the changes made in the 

last revision of Form 944 and Form 944 

(SP). The new lines are for reporting 

corrections of the credits allowed by 

provisions of the American Rescue Plan 

Act of 2021, Public Law 117–2, claimed 

on Form 944 and Form 944 (SP). 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Individual or 

households, Businesses and other forprofit organizations, Not-for-profit 

institutions, and State, Local, and tribal 

Governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

135,884. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 23 

hours 36 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 3,207,532. 

The following paragraph applies to all 

of the collections of information covered 

by this notice: 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Books or records relating to a collection 


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