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and will be available to internet users, 

without change, to https://

www.regulations.gov. You may review 

DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement 

in the Federal Register published April 

11, 2000, (65 FR 19477), or you may 

visit https://www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents and 

comments received, go to https://

www.regulations.gov at any time. 

Background documents and comments 

received may also be viewed at the U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Docket 

Operations, M–30, West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001 between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Julianne Lee at 202–366–6597 or 

julianne.lee@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested 

parties are invited to send comments 

regarding any aspect of this information 

collection, including: (1) the necessity 

and utility of the information collection 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of FTA; (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

collected information; and (4) ways to 

minimize the collection burden without 

reducing the quality of the collected 

information. Comments submitted in 

response to this notice will be 

summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval of this 

information collection. 

Title: FTA Program Evaluation for 

Processes and Outcomes 

OMB Number: 2132—New Information 

Request 

Background 

The Foundations for Evidence-Based 

Policymaking Act of 2018 (Pub. L.115– 

435) requires Federal agencies to 

develop evidence to support 

policymaking. Federal agencies, 

including FTA, must systematically 

collect and analyze data to assess the 

effectiveness and efficiency of their 

programs through evaluation. According 

to the Act, ‘‘an evaluation is an 

assessment, using systematic data 

collection and analysis, of one or more 

programs, policies, and/or organizations 

intended to assess their effectiveness 

and efficiency.’’ Evidence resulting from 

evaluations and other evidence-building 

activities should be used to inform 

leaders about whether Federal programs 

and activities are achieving their 

intended results and contribute to 

improved use of data and evidencebased decision making. To effectively 

evaluate programs, FTA needs to collect 

data directly from program participants, 

such as State departments of 

transportation (DOTs), metropolitan 

planning organizations (MPOs), transit 

authorities, State and local government 

units, and Indian tribes, to understand 

their experiences and benefits of 

program participation. Participants may 

be engaged through surveys or focus 

groups to collect relevant data. The 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) and the Government 

Accountability Office (GAO) strongly 

advocate for stakeholder engagement in 

evaluation design. See: OMB 

Memorandum M–19–23, available at: 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wpcontent/uploads/2019/07/M-19-23.pdf 

and OMB Memorandum M–21–27, 

available at: https://

www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/ 

uploads/2021/06/M-21-27.pdf. To 

ensure alignment with ongoing efforts, 

this information request seeks to 

support FTA in meeting the Evidence 

Act’s requirements and contribute to 

FTA’s broader framework of evidencebased decision-making. This is a 

voluntary data and information 

collection, with no participation 

requirement to receive Federal benefits. 

The survey portion of this information 

collection differs from other similar 

efforts, such as the FTA Stakeholder 

Survey which targets grant recipients 

and inquires on customer satisfaction 

with a range of FTA services and 

knowledge of rulemaking. Current and 

previous information collections for 

grant applicants and recipients to 

provide routine program planning and 

metrics on plans and deliverables are 

separate from this collection. Rather, 

this information collection will allow 

FTA decision makers to understand 

challenges and barriers to program 

implementation, identify opportunities 

for improving program communications 

and outreach, and make stronger 

linkages between program progress and 

outcomes. 

Title: FTA Program Evaluation for 

Processes and Outcomes. 

OMB Control Number: 2132–New. 

Forms: None. 

Type of Review: New. 

Respondents: State departments of 

transportation (DOTs) and metropolitan 

planning organizations (MPOs), transit 

authorities, States and local government 

units, and Indian tribes. 

Estimated Annual Respondents: 1444 

respondents. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses: 2166 responses. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 5054 

hours. 

Frequency: Annual. 

Nadine Pembleton, 

Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26839 Filed 12–6–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2023–0038] 

Initial Decision That Certain Frontal 

Driver and Passenger Air Bag Inflators 

Manufactured by ARC Automotive Inc. 

and Delphi Automotive Systems LLC 

Contain a Safety Defect; Second 

Extension of Written Submission 

Deadline 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Second extension of deadline 

for written submissions in response to 

agency’s initial decision that certain 

frontal driver and passenger air bag 

inflators manufactured by ARC 

Automotive Inc. and Delphi Automotive 

Systems LLC contain a safety defect. 

SUMMARY: The original deadline for the 

submission of written information in 

response to the agency’s Initial Decision 

was October 20, 2024. NHTSA 

previously extended the deadline to 

December 4, 2023, and is now extending 

the deadline a second time. The new 

deadline is December 18, 2023. 

DATES: The written submission deadline 

related to the Initial Decision published 

on September 8, 2023, at 88 FR 62140, 

is extended to December 18, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

submissions to the docket number 

identified in the heading of this 

document by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility: 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number. Note that all written 


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submissions received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Please 

see the Privacy Act discussion below. 

We will consider all written 

submissions received before the close of 

business on Monday, December 18, 

2023. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or written 

submissions received, go to https://

www.regulations.gov at any time or to 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. Telephone: 

202–366–9826. 

Privacy Act: In accordance with 49 

U.S.C. 30118(b)(1), NHTSA will make a 

final decision only after providing an 

opportunity for manufacturers and any 

interested person to present 

information, views, and arguments. 

DOT posts written submissions 

submitted by manufacturers and 

interested persons, without edit, 

including any personal information the 

submitter provides, to 

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– 

14 Federal Docket Management System 

(FDMS)), which can be reviewed at 

www.transportation.gov/privacy. 

Confidential Business Information: If 

you wish to submit any information 

under a claim of confidentiality, you 

must submit your request directly to 

NHTSA’s Office of the Chief Counsel. 

Requests for confidentiality are 

governed by 49 CFR part 512. NHTSA 

is currently treating electronic 

submission as an acceptable method for 

submitting confidential business 

information (CBI) to the agency under 

part 512. If you would like to submit a 

request for confidential treatment, you 

may email your submission to Ashley 

Simpson in the Office of the Chief 

Counsel at Ashley.Simpson@dot.gov or 

you may contact her for a secure file 

transfer link. At this time, you should 

not send a duplicate hardcopy of your 

electronic CBI submissions to DOT 

headquarters. If you claim that any of 

the information or documents provided 

to the agency constitute confidential 

business information within the 

meaning of 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4), or are 

protected from disclosure pursuant to 

18 U.S.C. 1905, you must submit 

supporting information together with 

the materials that are the subject of the 

confidentiality request, in accordance 

with part 512, to the Office of the Chief 

Counsel. Your request must include a 

cover letter setting forth the information 

specified in our confidential business 

information regulation (49 CFR 512.8) 

and a certificate, pursuant to § 512.4(b) 

and part 512, appendix A. In addition, 

you should submit a copy, from which 

you have redacted the claimed 

confidential business information, to the 

Docket at the address given above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ashley Simpson, Office of the Chief 

Counsel, National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590; 

(202) 366–8726. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

September 5, 2023, NHTSA issued an 

Initial Decision That Certain Frontal 

Driver and Passenger Air Bag Inflators 

Manufactured by ARC Automotive Inc. 

and Delphi Automotive Systems LLC 

Contain a Safety Defect pursuant to 49 

U.S.C. 30118(a) and 49 CFR 554.10. 88 

FR 62140 (Sept. 8, 2023). More 

specifically, NHTSA initially 

determined that certain air bag inflators 

manufactured by ARC Automotive Inc. 

(ARC) and Delphi Automotive Systems 

LLC (Delphi) through January 2018 may 

rupture when the vehicle’s air bag is 

commanded to deploy, causing metal 

debris to be forcefully ejected into the 

passenger compartment of the vehicle, 

and that these rupturing air bag inflators 

pose an unreasonable risk of serious 

injury or death to vehicle occupants. In 

accordance with 49 U.S.C. 30118(b)(1) 

and 49 CFR 554.10(c)(4), the Initial 

Decision provided manufacturers and 

any interested person an opportunity to 

present information, views, and 

arguments in response to the Initial 

Decision at a public meeting and/or by 

submitting written information to the 

Agency. The Initial Decision scheduled 

the public meeting for October 5, 2023 

and set a deadline for written 

submissions of October 20, 2023. 

NHTSA previously extended the written 

submission deadline to December 4, 

2023. 88 FR 73069. 

To provide additional opportunity for 

any interested person to present 

information, views, and arguments in 

response to the Initial Decision, NHTSA 

is providing an additional 14 days to the 

period during which interested persons 

can provide written submissions. The 

prior deadline of December 4, 2023 is 

extended, and written submissions from 

any interested person are now due on or 

before December 18, 2023. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30118(a), (b); 49 

CFR 554.10; delegations of authority at 

49 CFR 1.50(a) and 49 CFR 501.8. 

Eileen Sullivan, 

Associate Administrator for Enforcement. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26797 Filed 12–6–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

TREASURY DEPARTMENT 

Internal Revenue Service 

Electronic Tax Administration 

Advisory Committee; Request for 

Nominations 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service, 

Department of Treasury. 

ACTION: Request for nominations. 

SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service 

(IRS) is requesting applications from 

individuals with experience in such 

areas as state tax administration, 

cybersecurity and information security, 

tax software development, tax 

preparation, payroll and tax financial 

product processing, systems 

management and improvement, 

implementation of customer service 

initiatives, public administration, and 

consumer advocacy to be considered for 

selection as members of the Electronic 

Tax Administration Advisory 

Committee (ETAAC). 

DATES: Written nominations must be 

received on or before Jan. 31, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Applications may be 

submitted via fax to 855–811–8020 or 

via email to PublicLiaison@irs.gov. 

Application packages are available on 

the IRS website at https://www.irs.gov/ 

etaac. Application packages may also be 

requested by telephone from National 

Public Liaison, 202–317–4299 (not a 

toll-free number). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alec 

Johnston at (202) 317–4299, or send an 

email to publicliaison@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The IRS 

strongly encourages representatives 

from consumer groups with an interest 

in tax issues to apply. 

Nominations should describe and 

document the proposed member’s 

qualifications for ETAAC membership, 

including the applicant’s knowledge of 

regulations and the applicant’s past or 

current affiliations and involvement 

with the particular tax segment or 

segments of the community that the 

applicant wishes to represent on the 

committee. Applications will be 

accepted for current vacancies from 

qualified individuals and from 

professional and public interest groups 

that wish to have representation on 

ETAAC. Submissions must include an 

application and resume. 

ETAAC provides continuing input 

into the development and 

implementation of the IRS 

organizational strategy for electronic tax 

administration. The ETAAC provides an 

organized public forum for discussion of 

electronic tax administration issues— 

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