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69 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

should be submitted on or before 

September 11, 2018. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.69

Eduardo A. Aleman, 

Assistant Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Delegation of Authority No. 448] 

Delegation of Authority To Concur 

With Department of Defense 

Humanitarian and Civic Assistance 

Activities 

Correction 

In notice document 2018–16782, 

appearing on page 38450, in the issue of 

Monday, August 6, 2018, make the 

following correction: 

On page 38450, in the second column, 

in the first paragraph, on the fourth line, 

the text-entry for the ‘‘State Department 

Basic Authorities Act’’ is corrected to 

read ‘‘State Department Basic 

Authorities Act (22 U.S.C. 2651a) and 

10 U.S.C. 401’’. 

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SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN 

COMMISSION 

Commission Meeting; Correction 

AGENCY: Susquehanna River Basin 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Susquehanna River Basin 

Commission published a document in 

the Federal Register of August 8, 2018, 

concerning its regular business meeting 

on September 7, 2018, in Binghamton, 

New York. The document was missing 

an agenda item. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gwyn Rowland, Manager, Governmental 

& Public Affairs, 717–238–0423, ext. 

1316. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of August 8, 

2018, in FR Doc. 83–153, on page 39148, 

in the third column, correct the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION caption to 

read: 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

business meeting will include actions or 

presentations on the following items: (1) 

Informational presentation of interest to 

the upper Susquehanna River region; (2) 

release of proposed rulemaking and 

policies for public comment; (3) 

revisions to financial instruments and 

policies; (4) ratification/approval of 

contracts/grants; (5) a report on 

delegated settlements; (6) a proposed 

consumptive use mitigation project 

located in Conoy Township, Lancaster 

County, PA; (7) Regulatory Program 

projects; and (8) Lycoming County 

Water and Sewer Authority request for 

a waiver of 18 CFR 806.31(b). 

Regulatory Program projects and the 

consumptive use mitigation project 

listed for Commission action are those 

that were the subject of a public hearing 

conducted by the Commission on 

August 2, 2018, and identified in the 

notice for such hearing, which was 

published in 83 FR 31439, July 5, 2018. 

The public is invited to attend the 

Commission’s business meeting. 

Comments on the Regulatory Program 

projects and the consumptive use 

mitigation project were subject to a 

deadline of August 13, 2018. Written 

comments pertaining to other items on 

the agenda at the business meeting may 

be mailed to the Susquehanna River 

Basin Commission, 4423 North Front 

Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110– 

1788, or submitted electronically 

through www.srbc.net/about/meetingsevents/business-meeting.html. Such 

comments are due to the Commission 

on or before August 31, 2018. Comments 

will not be accepted at the business 

meeting noticed herein. 

Authority: Public Law 91–575, 84 Stat. 

1509 et seq., 18 CFR parts 806, 807, and 808. 

Dated: August 16, 2018. 

Stephanie L. Richardson, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 7040–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2017–0226] 

Fixing America’s Surface 

Transportation Act Correlation Study 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: On June 27, 2017, the 

National Academy of Sciences (NAS) 

published its report titled, ‘‘Improving 

Motor Carrier Safety Measurement.’’ 

This report was commissioned by 

FMCSA consistent with the 

requirements of Section 5221 of the 

Fixing America’s Surface Transportation 

(FAST) Act. The FAST Act also requires 

that the Agency develop a corrective 

action plan to address any identified 

deficiencies and submit it to Congress 

and the U.S. Department of 

Transportation’s (DOT) Office of 

Inspector General (OIG); this was 

completed on June 25, 2018. The 

purpose of this notice is to announce a 

public meeting to discuss NAS 

recommendations 2, 3 and 4 and to 

solicit input to be considered by the 

Agency. 

DATES: The public meeting will take 

place on Wednesday, August 29, 2018, 

from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Eastern 

Time. A copy of the agenda for the 

meeting will be available in advance of 

the meeting at https://

www.fmcsa.dot.gov/fastact/csa. If all 

interested participants have had an 

opportunity to comment, the meeting 

may conclude early. 

Public Comments: Comments must be 

received by October 22, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the FMCSA National Training Center, 

1310 N Courthouse Road, Suite 600, 

Arlington, VA 22201–2508. Those 

interested in attending this public 

meeting must register at: https://

www.fmcsa.dot.gov/fastact/csa. 

Participants have the option of 

registering to attend in person, or via 

webinar. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information about the public meeting or 

for information on facilities or services 

for individuals with disabilities or to 

request special assistance at the 

meeting, contact Ms. Barbara Baker, 

Compliance Division, at (202) 366–3397 

or by email at Barbara.Baker@dot.gov, 

by August 27, 2018. 

If you have questions regarding 

viewing or submitting material to the 

docket, contact Docket Services, 

telephone (202) 366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Section 5221 of the FAST Act, titled 

‘‘Correlation Study,’’ required FMCSA 

to commission the National Research 

Council of the National Academies to 

conduct a study of FMCSA’s 

Compliance, Safety, Accountability 

(CSA) program and Safety Measurement 

System (SMS). SMS is FMCSA’s 

algorithm for identifying patterns of 

non-compliance and prioritizing motor 

carriers for interventions. FMCSA is 

prohibited from publishing SMS 

percentiles and alerts on the SMS 

website for motor carriers transporting 

property until the NAS Correlation 


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Study is complete and all reporting and 

certification requirements under the 

FAST Act are satisfied. 

On June 27, 2017, NAS published the 

report titled, ‘‘Improving Motor Carrier 

Safety Measurement.’’ The report is 

available at https://www.nap.edu/ 

catalog/24818/improving-motor-carriersafety-measurement. A copy of the 

report has been placed in the docket 

referenced at the beginning of this 

notice. 

Pursuant to the FAST Act, FMCSA 

submitted the results of this study to 

both Congress and the DOT OIG on 

August 7, 2017. The FAST Act also 

requires FMCSA to submit an action 

plan to the Senate Committee on 

Commerce, Science, and Transportation; 

and the House of Representatives 

Transportation and Infrastructure 

Committee. 

To solicit input during the 

development of the corrective action 

plan, FMCSA hosted a public meeting 

on September 8, 2017. Information from 

the public meeting was incorporated 

into the action plan. The corrective 

action plan was transmitted on June 25, 

2018. The OIG is required to review the 

action plan and submit a report to 

Congress on the responsiveness of the 

FMCSA’s plan to the NAS report’s 

recommendations. 

FMCSA’s corrective action plan 

includes solicitation of input from the 

public for recommendations 2, 3 and 4. 

As a result, FMCSA is soliciting 

responses to the following questions at 

the public meeting and through the 

docket referenced above. 

NAS Recommendation 2 

FMCSA should continue to 

collaborate with States and other 

agencies to improve the quality of the 

Motor Carrier Management Information 

System (MCMIS) data in SMS. Two 

specific data elements require 

immediate attention: Carrier exposure 

and crash data. The current exposure 

data (e.g., Power Unit (PU) and Vehicle 

Miles Traveled (VMT) data) are missing 

with high frequency, and data that are 

collected are likely of unsatisfactory 

quality. 

Questions 

1. What should FMCSA do to improve 

the collection of PU, VMT, and driver 

count data? For example, should 

FMCSA use edit checks to verify the 

accuracy of the data? 

2. VMT, PU, and number of 

inspections are the current measures of 

exposure used in SMS. Are there other 

ways FMCSA should consider 

measuring carrier exposure with data 

that is already available to FMCSA? 

3. What are the current challenges 

that motor carriers face in reporting 

VMT data? 

4. What information is available from 

the States to improve exposure data? 

5. What additional data should 

FMCSA consider collecting from 

carriers? Why? 

6. What external sources of exposure 

and crash data should FMCSA explore? 

7. In addition to the data currently 

collected by FMCSA, what other 

exposure data would motor carriers be 

willing to share? 

i. More frequent updates to mileage 

and PU data 

ii. Number/type of trips 

iii. Mileage breakdown by State 

iv. Other options? 

8. What incentives would encourage 

motor carriers to share additional 

information? 

NAS Recommendation 3 

FMCSA should investigate ways of 

collecting data that will likely benefit 

the recommended methodology for 

safety assessment. This includes data on 

carrier characteristics—such as 

information on driver turnover rate, 

type of cargo, method and level of 

compensation, and better information 

on exposure. 

Questions 

1. What additional data should 

FMCSA consider collecting to support 

the recommended methodology for 

safety assessment (i.e., IRT model)? 

a. Would this data be useful for safety 

assessments? 

b. What are the challenges to 

collecting or using the data 

recommended by NAS? 

i. Driver turnover rate 

ii. Type of cargo 

iii. Method of compensation 

iv. Level of compensation 

v. Better information on exposure 

2. What pay-related and/or driverturnover-related data would carriers be 

willing to share? 

NAS Recommendation 4 

FMCSA should structure a userfriendly version of the MCMIS data file 

used as input to SMS without any 

personally identifiable information to 

facilitate its use by external parties, 

such as researchers, and carriers. 

Questions 

FMCSA is planning to develop a web 

page to make simplified MCMIS data 

snapshots available to researchers, 

motor carriers, safety consultants, and 

the public 

1. What features should this web page 

include? 

2. If the information collected in 

recommendation 3 above is used within 

the IRT model, should it be made 

available publicly to allow a full 

replication of the results? 

3. What features should a userfriendly MCMIS data file include? 

4. Would industry stakeholders find a 

user-friendly MCMIS data file useful? 

Why? 

5. How often should this user-friendly 

MCMIS data file be updated (e.g., 

monthly, quarterly, annually etc.)? 

Issued under the authority delegated in 49 

CFR 1.87 on: August 13, 2018 

Raymond P. Martinez, 

Administrator. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Regulation Project 

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 continuing 

information collections, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

The IRS is soliciting comments 

concerning notice concerning fiduciary 

relationship and notice concerning 

fiduciary relationship of financial 

institution. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before October 22, 2018 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Laurie Brimmer, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6529, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the form should be directed to 

Kerry Dennis, at (202) 317–5751 or 

Internal Revenue Service, Room 6529, 

1111 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20224, or through the 

internet, at Kerry.Dennis@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Notice Concerning Fiduciary 

Relationship and Notice Concerning 

Fiduciary Relationship of Financial 

Institution. 

OMB Number: 1545–0013. 

Form Number: 56 and 56–F. 


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