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• Estimated Number of Respondents: 

20. 

• Estimated Number of Responses: 

20. 

• Average Time per Response: 30 

minutes. 

• Total Estimated Burden Time: 10 

hours. 

• Frequency: Once per respondent. 

• Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain a benefit. 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the time and cost burden for 

this proposed collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

• Minimize the reporting burden on 

those who are to respond, including the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Please note that comments submitted 

in response to this Notice are public 

record. Before including any detailed 

personal information, you should be 

aware that your comments as submitted, 

including your personal information, 

will be available for public review. 

Abstract of proposed collection: This 

collection will implement the 1982 

Agreement Between the Government of 

the United States of America and the 

Kingdom of Belgium on Social Security, 

and related agreements. This 

information collection will facilitate 

compensation for eligible claimants in 

situations where the pension provided 

by the Government of Belgium needs to 

be supplemented. 

Methodology: The information will be 

collected on a form, the DS–7792, 

Statement of Claim, which can be 

submitted by mail, email, or fax. 

Dated: July 29, 2016. 

Lisa J. Grosh, 

Assistant Legal Adviser, International Claims 

and Investment Disputes. 

[FR Doc. 2016–18529 Filed 8–3–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 9649] 

U.S. Nationals Entitled to Pension 

From the Government of Belgium 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice of request for contact 

information. 

SUMMARY: This notice concerns all U.S. 

nationals who are entitled to pension 

payments from the Government of 

Belgium due to their work in the former 

Belgian overseas territories or as 

survivors of those who worked in such 

territories. 

DATES: All submissions must be 

postmarked by October 3, 2016 in order 

to receive consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Submissions may be 

emailed to BelgiumClaims@state.gov or 

mailed to: U.S. Department of State, 

Office of the Legal Adviser, Suite 203, 

South Building, 2430 E. Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20037–2851. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Office of International Claims and 

Investment Disputes, at (202) 776–8360. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice concerns all U.S. nationals who 

are entitled to pension payments from 

the Government of Belgium due to their 

work in the former Belgian overseas 

territories or as survivors of those who 

worked in such territories. These 

individuals, along with the estates of 

such individuals who died between 

January 1, 2012 and September 15, 

2015, may be entitled to additional 

amounts in connection with their 

pension payments. 

In order to evaluate whether 

compensation can be granted, the 

Department of State requests all such 

individuals, or their estate 

representatives, to contact the 

Department of State in writing and 

provide their contact information. 

Individuals who have forwarded 

information regarding their pensions to 

the Department of State at the request of 

the Government of Belgium need not do 

so again. 

The information is sought pursuant to 

the State Department Basic Authorities 

Act, 22 U.S.C. 2651a, 2656 and 2668a, 

as well as the 1982 Agreement between 

the United States of America and the 

Kingdom of Belgium on Social Security 

and related agreements. The information 

solicited will be used to determine 

whether persons are entitled to 

compensation under the Belgium 

Claims program. Certain information 

may be made available to other 

government agencies that might be 

involved in the processing of claims, 

principally the Department of the 

Treasury. The information may also be 

released to other government agencies 

having statutory or other lawful 

authority to maintain such information. 

More information on the Routine Uses 

for the system can be found in the 

System of Records Notice for Records of 

the Office of the Assistant Legal Adviser 

for International Claims and Investment 

Disputes (STATE–54). Providing this 

information is voluntary, but if you do 

not provide this information, we may 

not be able to determine whether you 

are entitled to compensation under this 

program. 

Dated: July 29, 2016. 

Lisa J. Grosh, 

Assistant Legal Adviser International Claims 

and Investment Disputes. 

[FR Doc. 2016–18536 Filed 8–3–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

2016 Meetings of the Equip 2020 

Plenary and Working Groups; 

Supplemental Notice 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Supplemental notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Due to scheduling conflicts, 

the FAA is rescheduling meeting dates 

that were published in the notice May 

6, 2016, announcing the 2016 meetings 

of the Equip 2020 Plenary and Working 

Groups. 

DATES: Meeting 2 is rescheduled for 

Thursday, September 29, at 8:30 a.m.; 

and meeting 3 is rescheduled for 

Tuesday, December 6, at 8:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: Meetings 2 and 3 will be 

held at Helicopter Association 

International, 1920 Ballenger Ave., 

Alexandria, VA 22314. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elisabeth Auld, Program Support—FAA 

AVS Safety Technical Support Services 

Flight Technologies and Procedures 

Division; Email: Elisabeth.ctr.auld@

faa.gov, Phone: 202–267–4976. More 

information on ADS–B Out can be 

found at https://www.faa.gov/nextgen/

equipadsb/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Meeting Procedures 

(a) Meeting attendance is by invitation 

only, and is generally limited to those 

that have participated in previous 

meetings or are a proxy from their 

organization. 

(b) All meetings start at 8:30 a.m. and 

conclude at approximately 3:30 p.m. 

Doors open 30 minutes prior to the 

beginning of each meeting 

(c) Equip 2020 meetings generally 

start with 2 hours of Plenary briefings/ 

discussion, 2–3 hours of working group 

meetings and 1–2 hours of Plenary for 

working group out briefs. Working 

groups are currently: Air Carrier 

Equipage, General Aviation Equipage 


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1See http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=

e47b48a9ea42dd67d999246e23d97970&mc=

true&node=pt49.5.391&rgn=div5#ap49.5.391_171.a 

and https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2015- 

title49-vol5/pdf/CFR-2015-title49-vol5-part391-

appA.pdf. 

and Engagement, Benefits and ADS–B In 

and Installation and Approvals. 

(d) Contact Elisabeth Auld 

(elisabeth.ctr.auld@faa.gov) to request 

an invitation. There are no plans for 

telecon/webex access to these meetings. 

(e) The meetings will not be formally 

recorded. However, minutes are posted 

approximately 2–3 weeks after the 

meeting on the Equip 2020 SharePoint 

site https://avssp.faa.gov/avs/afs400/

EQUIP2020/SitePages/Equip2020.aspx. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, 

40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9665, 3 CFR, 

1959–1963 Comp., p.389. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 20, 

2016. 

Mark Steinbicker, 

Assistant Manager, Flight Technologies and 

Procedures Division. 

[FR Doc. 2016–18525 Filed 8–3–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2015–0323] 

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption 

Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure 

Disorders 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA). 

ACTION: Notice of applications for 

exemptions; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces receipt of 

applications from 21 individuals for an 

exemption from the prohibition against 

persons with a clinical diagnosis of 

epilepsy or any other condition that is 

likely to cause a loss of consciousness 

or any loss of ability to operate a 

commercial motor vehicle (CMV) in 

interstate commerce. If granted, the 

exemptions would enable these 

individuals who have had one or more 

seizures and are taking anti-seizure 

medication to operate CMVs for up to 2 

years in interstate commerce. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 6, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

to the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) Docket No. FMCSA– 

2015–0323 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

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

on-line 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: West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal 

Holidays. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Instructions: Each submission must 

include the Agency name and the 

docket numbers for this notice. Note 

that all comments received will be 

posted without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Please 

see the Privacy Act heading below for 

further information. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments, go to http://

www.regulations.gov at any time or 

Room W12–140 on the ground level of 

the West Building, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

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

Friday, except Federal holidays. The 

Federal Docket Management System 

(FDMS) is available 24 hours each day, 

365 days each year. If you want 

acknowledgment that we received your 

comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or 

postcard or print the acknowledgement 

page that appears after submitting 

comments on-line. 

Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 

U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments 

from the public to better inform its 

rulemaking process. DOT posts these 

comments, without edit, including any 

personal information the commenter 

provides, to http://www.regulations.gov 

as described in the system records 

notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can 

be reviewed at http://www.dot.gov/

privacy. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christine A. Hydock, Chief, Medical 

Programs Division, (202) 366–4001, or 

via email at fmcsamedical@dot.gov, or 

by letter to FMCSA, Room W64–113, 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590–0001. Office hours are from 

8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315, 

FMCSA may grant an exemption for up 

to a 2-year period if it finds ‘‘such 

exemption would likely achieve a level 

of safety that is equivalent to or greater 

than the level that would be achieved 

absent such exemption.’’ The statutes 

allow the Agency to renew exemptions 

at the end of the 2-year period. The 21 

individuals listed in this notice have 

requested an exemption from the 

epilepsy prohibition in 49 CFR 

391.41(b)(8), which applies to drivers 

who operate CMVs in interstate 

commerce. Accordingly, the Agency 

will evaluate the qualifications of each 

applicant to determine whether granting 

the exemption will achieve the required 

level of safety mandated by statute. 

The physical qualification standard 

for drivers regarding epilepsy found in 

49 CFR 391.41(b)(8) states that a person 

is physically qualified to drive a CMV 

if that person: 

Has no established medical history or 

clinical diagnosis of epilepsy or any other 

condition which is likely to cause the loss of 

consciousness or any loss of ability to control 

a CMV. 

In addition to the regulations, FMCSA 

has published advisory criteria 1 to 

assist medical examiners in determining 

whether drivers with certain medical 

conditions are qualified to operate a 

CMV in interstate commerce. [49 CFR 

part 391, APPENDIX A TO PART 391— 

MEDICAL ADVISORY CRITERIA, 

section H. Epilepsy: § 391.41(b)(8), 

paragraphs 3, 4, and 5.] 

The advisory criteria states that if an 

individual has had a sudden episode of 

a non-epileptic seizure or loss of 

consciousness of unknown cause that 

did not require anti-seizure medication, 

the decision whether that person’s 

condition is likely to cause the loss of 

consciousness or loss of ability to 

control a CMV should be made on an 

individual basis by the medical 

examiner in consultation with the 

treating physician. Before certification is 

considered, it is suggested that a 6- 

month waiting period elapse from the 

time of the episode. Following the 

waiting period, it is suggested that the 

individual have a complete neurological 

examination. If the results of the 

examination are negative and antiseizure medication is not required, then 

the driver may be qualified. 

In those individual cases where a 

driver had a seizure or an episode of 

loss of consciousness that resulted from 

a known medical condition (e.g., drug 

reaction, high temperature, acute 

infectious disease, dehydration, or acute 

metabolic disturbance), certification 

should be deferred until the driver has 

recovered fully from that condition, has 

no existing residual complications, and 

is not taking anti-seizure medication. 

Drivers who have a history of 

epilepsy/seizures, off anti-seizure 


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