Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 138 / Wednesday, July 18, 2018 / Notices 33975 

Dated: July 11, 2018. 

Patricia Hu, 

Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research 

and Technology U.S. Department of 

Transportation. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15316 Filed 7–17–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 

Bureau 

[Docket No. TTB–2018–0001] 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request (No. 70) for Chemist 

Certification Program 

AGENCY: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and 

Trade Bureau, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of our continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, and as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 

Bureau (TTB) invites comments on the 

proposed information collection 

associated with its chemist certification 

program. 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

September 17, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: As described below, you 

may send comments on the proposed 

information collection using the 

‘‘Regulations.gov’’ online comment form 

for this document, or you may send 

written comments via U.S. mail or hand 

delivery. TTB no longer accepts public 

comments via email or fax. 

• https://www.regulations.gov: Use 

the comment form for this document 

posted within Docket No. TTB–2018– 

0001 on ‘‘Regulations.gov,’’ the Federal 

e-rulemaking portal, to submit 

comments via the internet; 

• U.S. Mail: Michael Hoover, 

Regulations and Rulings Division, 

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 

Bureau, 1310 G Street NW, Box 12, 

Washington, DC 20005. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier in Lieu of 

Mail: Michael Hoover, Alcohol and 

Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, 1310 G 

Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 

20005. 

Please reference the proposed 

information collection’s title in your 

comment. You may view copies of this 

document and all comments received in 

response to this document within 

Docket No. TTB–2018–0001 at https://

www.regulations.gov. A link to that 

docket is posted on the TTB website at 

https://www.ttb.gov/forms/comment-onform.shtml. You may also obtain paper 

copies of this document and any 

comments received in response to this 

document by contacting Michael Hoover 

at the addresses or telephone number 

shown below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Hoover, Alcohol and Tobacco 

Tax and Trade Bureau, 1310 G Street 

NW, Box 12, Washington, DC 20005; 

telephone (202) 453–1039, ext. 135; or 

email informationcollections@ttb.gov 

(please do not submit comments on the 

proposed information collection to this 

email address). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Request for Comments 

As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq.), the Department of the Treasury 

and its Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and 

Trade Bureau (TTB), as part of a 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invite the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to comment on the proposed 

information collection associated with 

TTB’s chemist certification program. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be included or 

summarized in our request for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval of the proposed information 

collection. All comments are part of the 

public record and subject to disclosure. 

Please do not include any confidential 

or inappropriate material in comments. 

In particular, we invite comments on: 

(a) Whether the information collection 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the agency’s functions, including 

whether the information has practical 

utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the information collection’s 

burden; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information 

collected; (d) ways to minimize the 

information collection’s burden on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

and (e) estimates of capital or start-up 

costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide the requested information. 

Chemist Certification Information 

Collection 

Currently, we are seeking comments 

on the following information collection: 

Title: Applications, Notices, and 

Record Related to the Voluntary 

Chemist Certification Program for the 

Analysis of Wine, Distilled Spirits, and 

Beer for Export. 

OMB Number: 1513–NEW. 

Abstract: The TTB chemist 

certification program, established under 

the authority of section 105(e) of the 

Federal Alcohol Administration Act 

(FAA Act; 27 U.S.C. 205(e)), is a 

voluntary program that certifies private 

industry chemists to analyze alcohol 

beverages and report the results of 

specific chemical analyses on alcohol 

beverages to the governments of 

importing countries. As a condition of 

importation, some countries require that 

their own government laboratories (or 

laboratories certified by their 

government) perform these analyses, 

while other countries allow a person 

certified by the government of the 

exporting country to perform the 

analyses. TTB conducts its chemist 

certification program as a service to the 

alcohol beverage industry to facilitate 

the export of domestic alcohol beverage 

products. This certification program 

helps ensure that chemists, enologists, 

brewers, and technicians (referred to in 

this document collectively as 

‘‘chemists’’) generate quality data and 

have the required proficiencies to 

conduct chemical analyses associated 

with exportation of alcohol beverages 

from the United States. 

The information collected under 

TTB’s chemist certification program 

includes: Letterhead applications for 

chemist certification and supporting 

documentation such as copies of 

diplomas, transcripts, accreditation 

certificates, and laboratory verification 

statements; results of qualifying 

analyses of TTB-supplied alcohol 

beverage samples made by applicants; 

and miscellaneous letterhead 

applications and notices to TTB such as 

applications and supporting documents 

related to requests for certification in 

additional types of analysis, requests for 

TTB-affirmed reports of analysis, and 

notices of changes in employment place 

or status. TTB believes the burden 

associated with the application portion 

of this information collection is minimal 

and is the minimum necessary to ensure 

that certified chemists are professionally 

qualified to conduct analyses of alcohol 

beverages for export purposes. 

Certified chemists also must retain, 

and allow TTB inspection of, records of 

all analysis results conducted under the 

authority of a TTB certificate, for a 

period of up to two years. In addition, 

the laboratories of certified chemists 

must retain for a similar period, and 

allow TTB inspection of, records related 

to laboratory equipment, laboratory 

quality control policies, procedures and 

systems, analyst training and 

competence, and analysis records 

pertaining to certified tests. TTB 

believes that the required records are 


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usual and customary records that 

chemists and laboratories keep during 

the normal course of business, 

regardless of any TTB requirement to do 

so, and, as such, the keeping of such 

records imposes no additional burden 

on respondents. 

Current Actions: TTB is submitting 

this new information collection for 

approval by the Office of Management 

and Budget. 

Type of Review: Approval of new 

collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals; 

businesses and other for-profits. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

310. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 495. 

Dated: July 12, 2018. 

Amy R. Greenberg, 

Director, Regulations and Rulings Division. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15287 Filed 7–17–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–31–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Departmental Offices; Debt 

Management Advisory Committee; 

Meeting 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. App. 2, 110(a)(2), that a meeting 

will be held at the Hay-Adams Hotel, 

16th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC on July 31, 2018 

at 9:30 a.m. of the following debt 

management advisory committee: 

Treasury Borrowing Advisory 

Committee of The Securities Industry 

and Financial Markets Association. 

The agenda for the meeting provides 

for a charge by the Secretary of the 

Treasury or his designate that the 

Committee discuss particular issues and 

conduct a working session. Following 

the working session, the Committee will 

present a written report of its 

recommendations. The meeting will be 

closed to the public, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. App. 2, 10(d) and Public Law 

103–202, § 202(c)(1)(B)(31 U.S.C. 3121 

note). 

This notice shall constitute my 

determination, pursuant to the authority 

placed in heads of agencies by 5 U.S.C. 

App. 2, 10(d) and vested in me by 

Treasury Department Order No. 101–05, 

that the meeting will consist of 

discussions and debates of the issues 

presented to the Committee by the 

Secretary of the Treasury and the 

making of recommendations of the 

Committee to the Secretary, pursuant to 

Public Law 103–202, § 202(c)(1)(B). 

Thus, this information is exempt from 

disclosure under that provision and 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(3)(B). In addition, the 

meeting is concerned with information 

that is exempt from disclosure under 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(A). The public interest 

requires that such meetings be closed to 

the public because the Treasury 

Department requires frank and full 

advice from representatives of the 

financial community prior to making its 

final decisions on major financing 

operations. Historically, this advice has 

been offered by debt management 

advisory committees established by the 

several major segments of the financial 

community. When so utilized, such a 

committee is recognized to be an 

advisory committee under 5 U.S.C. App. 

2, 3. 

Although the Treasury’s final 

announcement of financing plans may 

not reflect the recommendations 

provided in reports of the Committee, 

premature disclosure of the Committee’s 

deliberations and reports would be 

likely to lead to significant financial 

speculation in the securities market. 

Thus, this meeting falls within the 

exemption covered by 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(9)(A). 

Treasury staff will provide a technical 

briefing to the press on the day before 

the Committee meeting, following the 

release of a statement of economic 

conditions and financing estimates. This 

briefing will give the press an 

opportunity to ask questions about 

financing projections. The day after the 

Committee meeting, Treasury will 

release the minutes of the meeting, any 

charts that were discussed at the 

meeting, and the Committee’s report to 

the Secretary. 

The Office of Debt Management is 

responsible for maintaining records of 

debt management advisory committee 

meetings and for providing annual 

reports setting forth a summary of 

Committee activities and such other 

matters as may be informative to the 

public consistent with the policy of 5 

U.S.C. 552(b). The Designated Federal 

Officer or other responsible agency 

official who may be contacted for 

additional information is Fred 

Pietrangeli, Director for Office of Debt 

Management (202) 622–1876. 

Dated: July 6, 2018. 

Fred Pietrangeli, 

Director, Office of Debt Management. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14869 Filed 7–17–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–25–M 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Solicitation of Nominations for 

Appointment to the Veterans and 

Community Oversight and 

Engagement Board 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) is seeking nominations of 

qualified candidates to be considered 

for appointment as a member of the 

Veterans and Community Oversight and 

Engagement Board (herein-after referred 

in this section to as ‘‘the Board’’) for the 

VA West Los Angeles Campus in Los 

Angeles, CA (‘‘Campus’’). The Board is 

established to coordinate locally with 

the Department of Veterans Affairs to 

identify the goals of the community and 

Veteran partnership; provide advice and 

recommendations to the Secretary to 

improve services and outcomes for 

Veterans, members of the Armed Forces, 

and the families of such Veterans and 

members; and provide advice and 

recommendations on the 

implementation of the Draft Master Plan 

approved by the Secretary on January 

28, 2016, and on the creation and 

implementation of any other successor 

master plans. 

DATES: Nominations for membership on 

the Board must be received no later than 

5:00 p.m. EST on August 10, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: All nominations should be 

mailed to the Veterans Experience 

Office, 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 

Vermont Avenue NW, (30), Washington, 

DC 20420; or sent electronically to the 

Advisory Committee Management 

Office mailbox at vaadvisorycmte@

va.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Eugene W. Skinner, Jr., Designated 

Federal Officer, Veterans Experience 

Office, Department of Veterans Affairs, 

810 Vermont Avenue NW (30), 

Washington, DC 20420, telephone 202– 

631–7645 or via email at 

Eugene.Skinner@va.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

carrying out the duties set forth in the 

West LA Leasing Act, the Board shall: 

(1) Provide the community with 

opportunities to collaborate and 

communicate by conducting public 

forums; and 

(2) Focus on local issues regarding the 

Department that are identified by the 

community with respect to health care, 

implementation of the Master Plan, and 

any subsequent plans, benefits, and 

memorial services at the Campus. 

Information on the Master Plan can be 


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