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reporting requirements. However, 

carriers should use the service request 

information to facilitate appropriate, 

timely assistance to their passengers. 

Respondents: Certificated U.S. and 

foreign air carriers operating to, from, 

and within the United States that 

operate at least one aircraft having a 

seating capacity of more than 60 

passengers and own or control a 

primary website that markets air 

transportation to the general public in 

the U.S. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

165 U.S. and foreign carriers, of which 

the Department expects all to have 

achieved compliance with the 

requirement in a prior year. The 

Department estimates that each year 

there will be 3 new respondent carriers. 

Estimated Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 0 hours per carrier 

compliant in a prior year, unless the 

carrier voluntarily elects to modify or 

improve its form, and 32 hours per 

carrier creating an online request form. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 96 

hours. This estimate was calculated by 

multiplying the total number of labor 

hours per year that a carrier is estimated 

to spend to develop, implement, 

integrate, connect, and test the online 

request form (32) by the estimated 

number of new respondent carriers each 

year (3). 

Frequency: One-time requirement. 

2. Website Accessibility Disclaimer 

Notice 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: Pursuant 

to 14 CFR 382.43(e), covered carriers 

must provide a disclaimer notice for 

each link on their primary website that 

enables a user to access software or an 

external website that is not in the 

carrier’s control. The disclaimer notice 

must be activated the first time a user 

clicks the link and must notify the user 

that the application/website is not 

within the carrier’s control and may not 

follow the same accessibility policies as 

the primary website. The Department 

anticipates that each covered U.S. and 

foreign carrier will incur costs 

associated with identifying all links on 

their websites that may require a 

disclaimer such as developing and 

reviewing the design and language for 

the disclaimer notice, as well as 

developing, testing, and deploying the 

code to the appropriate web pages. 

The incremental labor hours 

associated with providing the required 

disclaimer may vary depending on the 

number of links on the website to which 

this requirement applies. The FRA 

estimated that it will take an average of 

6 labor hours per carrier to identify the 

links and then develop, test, and deploy 

the disclaimer notice on the website. We 

also estimate that it will take less than 

30 minutes per year for a carrier to 

associate the notice with any new links 

to external websites or third-party 

software added to their websites. 

There are no recordkeeping or 

reporting requirements associated with 

this information collection. 

Respondents: Certificated U.S. and 

foreign air carriers operating to, from, 

and within the United States that 

operate at least one aircraft having a 

seating capacity of more than 60 

passengers and own or control a 

primary website that markets air 

transportation to the general public in 

the U.S. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

165 U.S. and foreign carriers, of which 

the Department expects all to have 

achieved compliance with the 

requirement in a prior year. The 

Department estimates that each year 

there will be 3 new respondent carriers. 

Estimated Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 6 hours for 3 new carrier 

respondents to create, test, and deploy 

the disclaimer. 30 minutes for 165 

carriers compliant in prior years to 

associate the notice with new links and 

third-party software. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

100.5 hours. This estimate was 

calculated by multiplying the total 

number of labor hours per year that a 

carrier is estimated to spend to develop, 

test, and deploy the disclaimer notice 

(6) by the estimated number of new 

respondent carriers each year (3). To 

that total we added the product of the 

number of hours that we estimated 

carriers may spend associating the 

notice with new weblinks (.5 hours) and 

the number of carriers that are expected 

to have achieved compliance in a prior 

year (165). 

Frequency: One-time and recurrent 

requirements. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the 

Department’s performance; (b) the 

accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) 

ways for the Department to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information collection; and (d) ways 

that the burden could be minimized 

without reducing the quality of the 

collected information. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 18, 

2018. 

Blane A. Workie, 

Assistant General Counsel for Aviation 

Enforcement and Proceedings. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15794 Filed 7–23–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Multiple 

IRS Information Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. 

Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury will submit the following 

information collection requests to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and clearance in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the 

date of publication of this notice. The 

public is invited to submit comments on 

these requests. 

DATES: Comments should be received on 

or before August 23, 2018 to be assured 

of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding 

the burden estimate, or any other aspect 

of the information collection, including 

suggestions for reducing the burden, to 

(1) Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for 

Treasury, New Executive Office 

Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 

20503, or email at OIRA_Submission@

OMB.EOP.gov and (2) Treasury PRA 

Clearance Officer, 1750 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Suite 8142, Washington, DC 

20220, or email at PRA@treasury.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the submissions may be 

obtained from Jennifer Leonard by 

emailing PRA@treasury.gov, calling 

(202) 622–0489, or viewing the entire 

information collection request at 

www.reginfo.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 

Title: Taxable Fuel; registration. 

OMB Control Number: 1545–0725. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Abstract: Certain sellers of gasoline 

and diesel fuel may be required under 

section 4101 to post bond before they 

incur liability for gasoline and diesel 

fuel excise taxes imposed by sections 

4081 and 4091. This form is used by 


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taxpayers to give bond and provide 

other information required by 

regulations sections 48.4101–2. 

Form: 928. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profits. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,280. 

Title: Orphan Drug Credit. 

OMB Control Number: 1545–1505. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Abstract: Filers use this form to elect 

to claim the orphan drug credit, which 

is 25% of the qualified clinical testing 

expenses paid or incurred with respect 

to low or unprofitable drugs for rare 

diseases and conditions, as designated 

under section 526 of the Federal Food, 

Drug, and Cosmetic Act. 

Form: 8820. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profits. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 316. 

Title: Qualified lessee construction 

allowances for short-term leases. 

OMB Control Number: 1545–1661. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Abstract: The previously approved 

regulations provide guidance with 

respect to Sec. 110, which provides a 

safe harbor whereby it will be assumed 

that a construction allowance provided 

by a lessor to a lessee is used to 

construct or improve lessor property 

when long-term property is constructed 

or improved and used pursuant to a 

short-term lease. The regulations also 

provide a reporting requirement that 

ensures that both the lessee and lessor 

consistently treat the property subject to 

the construction allowance as 

nonresidential real property owned by 

the lessor. 

Form: None. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profits. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 10,000. 

Title: Membership Applications for 

IRPAC, IRSAC, and ETACC (IRS 

Committee’s), IRS Advisory Council, 

and Tax Check Waiver. 

OMB Control Number: 1545–1791. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Abstract: The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) requires that 

committee membership be fairly 

balanced in terms of points of view 

represented and the functions to be 

performed. As a result, members of 

specific committees often have both the 

expertise and professional skills that 

parallel the program responsibilities of 

their sponsoring agencies. In order to 

apply to be a member of the Internal 

Revenue Service Advisory Council 

(IRSAC), the Information Reporting 

Program Advisory Committee (IRPAC), 

Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt 

and Government Entities, or the 

Electronic Tax Administration Advisory 

Committee (ETAAC), applicants must 

submit a Membership Application. 

Selection of committee members is 

made based on the FACA’s 

requirements and the potential 

member’s background and 

qualifications. Therefore, an application 

is needed to ascertain the desired skills 

set for membership. The information 

will also be used to perform Federal 

Income Tax, FBI, and practitioner 

checks as required of all members and 

applicants to the Committees or 

Council. The tax check waiver permits 

the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to 

release information about the applicant, 

which would otherwise be confidential. 

This information will be used in 

connection with my application for 

appointment to membership in one of 

the IRS Advisory Committee/Council. It 

is necessary for the purpose of ensuring 

that all panel members are tax 

compliant. Information provided will be 

used to qualify or disqualify individuals 

to serve as panel members. The 

information will be used as appropriate 

by the Taxpayer Advocate service staff, 

and other appropriate IRS personnel. 

Form 8453–FE is used to authenticate 

the electronic Form 1041, U.S. Income 

Tax Return for Estates and Trusts, 

authorize the electronic filer to transmit 

via a third-party transmitter, and 

authorize an electronic fund withdrawal 

for payment of federal taxes owed. Form 

8879–EMP is used if a taxpayer and the 

electronic return originator (ERO) want 

to use a personal identification number 

(PIN) to electronically sign an electronic 

employment tax return. Form 8879–F is 

used by an electronic return originator 

when the fiduciary wants to use a 

personal identification number to 

electronically sign an estate’s or trust’s 

electronic income tax return, and if 

applicable consent to electronic funds 

withdrawal. 

Forms: 12339–B, 12339, 12339–C, 

13775. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households, Businesses or other forprofits. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 492. 

Title: Form 3491—Consumer 

Cooperative Exemption Application. 

OMB Control Number: 1545–1941. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Abstract: A cooperative uses Form 

3491 to apply for exemption from filing 

information returns (Forms 1099–PATR) 

on patronage distributions of $10 or 

more to any person during the calendar 

year. 

Form: 3491. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profits. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 148. 

Title: TD 9467 (REG–139236–07) and 

Notice 2014–53. 

OMB Control Number: 1545–2095. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Abstract: TD 9467 (AFTAP)—the 

previously approved Regulations under 

sections 430(d), 430(g), 430(h)(2), and 

430(i) provide guidance on the 

determination of benefit liabilities and 

the valuation of plan assets for purposes 

of the funding requirements that apply 

to single employer defined benefit plans 

pursuant to changes made by the 

Pension Protection Act of 2006. In order 

to implement the statutory provisions 

under section 430(h)(2), the regulations 

provide for the sponsor of a defined 

benefit plan to make any of several 

elections related to the interest rate used 

for minimum funding purposes and 

require written notification of any such 

election to be provided to the plan’s 

enrolled actuary. These final regulations 

provide for the sponsor of a defined 

benefit pension plan to make any of 

several elections. Notice 2014–53 

(HATFA)—The Highway and 

Transportation Funding Act of 2014 

(HATFA), Public Law 113–159 was 

enacted on August 8, 2014, and was 

effective retroactively for single 

employer defined benefit pension plans, 

optional for plan years beginning in 

2013 and mandatory for plan years 

beginning in 2014. Notice 2014–53 

provides guidance on these changes to 

the funding stabilization rules for 

single-employer pension plans. 

Form: None. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profits. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 158,000. 

Title: TD 9447 (Final) Automatic 

Contribution Arrangements. 

OMB Control Number: 1545–2135. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Abstract: These previously approved 

regulations provide a method by which 

an automatic contribution arrangement 


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can become a qualified automatic 

contribution arrangement and 

automatically satisfy the ADP test of 

section 401(k)(3)A)(ii). These 

regulations also describe how an 

automatic contribution arrangement can 

become an eligible automatic 

contribution arrangement and 

employees can get back mistaken 

contributions. 

Form: None. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profits. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 30,000. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Dated: July 19, 2018. 

Jennifer P. Quintana, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15821 Filed 7–23–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Findings of Research Misconduct 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Veterans Health 

Administration (VHA), Department of 

Veterans Affairs (VA), gives notice that 

the Department has made findings of 

research misconduct against Alba 

Chavez-Dozal, Ph.D., a former employee 

of the New Mexico VA Health Care 

System in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Research Misconduct Officer, Office of 

Research Oversight, 10R, Veterans 

Health Administration, Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 632– 

7620. This is not a toll free number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Veterans Health Administration (VHA), 

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), 

gives notice under VHA Handbook 

1058.02 ‘‘Research Misconduct’’ § 6k, 

that the Department has made findings 

of research misconduct against Alba 

Chavez-Dozal, Ph.D., a former employee 

of the New Mexico VA Health Care 

System in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Specifically, the Department found 

that the Respondent, a post-doctoral 

research fellow who formerly held a VA 

without compensation appointment, 

engaged in research misconduct by 

intentionally and/or knowingly: 

(1) Recording fabricated data that 

described the generation and 

characterization of an END3 mutant 

yeast strain and presenting that data at 

two lab meetings; 

(2) Fabricating the image of a 

Southern blot reported in Figure 1A of 

a journal article titled ‘‘Functional 

Analysis of the Exocyst Subunit Sec15 

in Candida albicans’’ published in 

Eukaryot Cell (2015) 14:1228–39. 

(Retraction in: Eukaryot Cell (2015) 

14(12):ii); 

(3) Falsifying research results by using 

the same protein gel to represent two 

different experiments: A degradation 

assay utilizing the SEC15 mutant in 

Figure 6A of the publication Eukaryot 

Cell (2015) 14:1228–39 and a 

degradation assay utilizing the SEC6 

mutant in Figure 9A of a journal article 

titled ‘‘The Candida albicans Exocyst 

Subunit Sec6 Contributes to Cell Wall 

Integrity and is a Determinant of Hyphal 

Branching’’ published in Eukaryot Cell 

(2015) 14:684–97. (Retraction in: 

Eukaryot Cell (2015) 14(12):i); 

(4) Falsifying research results reported 

in Figures 4A (vacuole characterization), 

6 (cell growth) and 9B (lipase secretion) 

of the publication Eukaryot Cell (2015) 

14:684–97 by using images that 

represent different conditions than 

those reported; 

(5) Falsifying protein localization 

results reported in Figures 7, 8 and 9 of 

the publication Eukaryot Cell (2015) 

14:1228–39 by using microscopy images 

that represent different conditions than 

those reported; and 

(6) Republishing falsified data from 

Eukaryot Cell (2015) 14:684–97 and 

Eukaryot Cell (2015) 14:1228–39 in the 

review article titled ‘‘The exocyst in 

Candida albicans polarized secretion 

and filamentation’’ in Curr Genet (2016) 

62:343–6. (Retraction in: Curr Genet 

(2016) 62:911). 

In response to these findings, the 

Department has imposed the following 

corrective actions: 

(1) Prohibition from conducting VA 

research for four years. 

(2) Publication of VA’s finding of 

research misconduct. 

Signing Authority 

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or 

designee, approved this document and 

authorized the undersigned to sign and 

submit the document to the Office of the 

Federal Register for publication 

electronically as an official document of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

Jacquelyn Hayes-Byrd, Acting Chief of 

Staff, Department of Veterans Affairs, 

approved this document on June 27, 

2018, for publication. 

Dated: July 18, 2018. 

Jeffrey M. Martin, 

Impact Analyst, Office of Regulation Policy 

& Management, Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15762 Filed 7–23–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Veterans’ Advisory Committee on 

Rehabilitation; Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act that a meeting 

of the Veterans’ Advisory Committee on 

Rehabilitation (VACOR) will be held on 

Tuesday and Wednesday, August 28–29, 

2018, in Room 542, 1800 G Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20006. The meeting 

will begin at 8:30 a.m. EST and adjourn 

at 4:00 p.m. EST each day. The meeting 

is open to the public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

provide advice to the Secretary on the 

rehabilitation needs of Veterans with 

disabilities and on the administration of 

VA’s rehabilitation programs. 

On August 27, 2018, Committee 

members will be provided with updated 

briefings on various VA programs 

designed to enhance the rehabilitative 

potential of disabled Veterans. 

On August 28, 2018, the Committee 

will begin consideration of potential 

recommendations to be included in the 

Committee’s next annual report. 

Although no time will be allocated for 

receiving oral presentations from the 

public, members of the public may 

submit written statements for review by 

the Committee to Sabrina McNeil, 

Designated Federal Officer, Veterans 

Benefits Administration (28), 810 

Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, DC 

20420, or via email at Sabrina.McNeil@

va.gov. In the communication, writers 

must identify themselves and state the 

organization, association or person(s) 

they represent. Because the meeting is 

being held in a government building, a 

photo I.D. must be presented at the 

Guard’s Desk as part of the clearance 

process. Due to an increase in security 

protocols, and in order to prevent delays 

in clearance processing, you should 

allow an additional 30 minutes before 

the meeting begins. Any member of the 

public who wish to attend the meeting 

should RSVP to Sabrina McNeil at (202) 

461–9618 no later than close of 

business, August 20, 2018, at the phone 

number or email address noted above. 


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