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that, especially in recent years, include 

many safety technologies. Using 

NHTSA’s published effectiveness 

estimates, the model estimates how 

many people would have died if the 

vehicles had not been equipped with 

any of the safety technologies. In 

addition to equipment compliant with 

specific FMVSS in effect at that time, 

the model tallies lives saved by 

installations in advance of the FMVSS, 

back to 1960, and by non-compulsory 

improvements, such as pretensioners 

and load limiters for seat belts. FARS 

data has been available since 1975, but 

an extension of the model allows 

estimates of lives saved in 1960 to 1974. 

A previous NHTSA study (70 FR 

3975) using the same methods estimated 

that vehicle safety technologies had 

saved 328,551 lives from 1960 through 

2002. The agency now estimates 

613,501 lives saved from 1960 through 

2012. The annual number of lives saved 

grew from 115 in 1960, when a small 

number of people used lap belts, to 

27,621 in 2012, when most cars and 

LTVs were equipped with numerous 

modern safety technologies and belt use 

on the road achieved 86 percent. 

Comments 

How can I influence NHTSA’s thinking 

on this subject? 

NHTSA welcomes public review of 

the technical report. NHTSA will 

submit to the Docket a response to the 

comments and, if appropriate, will 

supplement or revise the report. 

How do I prepare and submit 

comments? 

Your comments must be written and 

in English. To ensure that your 

comments are correctly filed in the 

Docket, please include the Docket 

number of this document (NHTSA– 

2014–0109) in your comments. 

Your primary comments must not be 

more than 15 pages long (49 CFR 

553.21). However, you may attach 

additional documents to your primary 

comments. There is no limit on the 

length of the attachments. 

Please submit one copy of your 

comments, including the attachments, 

to Docket Management at the address 

given above under ADDRESSES. 

Please note that pursuant to the Data 

Quality Act, in order for substantive 

data to be relied upon and used by the 

agency, it must meet the information 

quality standards set forth in the OMB 

and DOT Data Quality Act guidelines. 

Accordingly, we encourage you to 

consult the guidelines in preparing your 

comments. OMB’s guidelines may be 

accessed at http://www.whitehouse.gov/ 

omb/fedreg_reproducible. DOT’s 

guidelines may be accessed at http://

www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/rita.dot.gov.

bts/files/subject_areas/statistical_

policy_and_research/data_quality_

guidelines/index.html. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78) or you may visit http://

www.regulations.gov. 

How can I be sure that my comments 

were received? 

If you wish Docket Management to 

notify you upon its receipt of your 

comments, enclose a self-addressed, 

stamped postcard in the envelope 

containing your comments. Upon 

receiving your comments, Docket 

Management will return the postcard by 

mail. You may also periodically access 

http://www.regulations.gov and enter 

the number for this docket (NHTSA– 

2014–0103) to see if your comments are 

online. 

How do I submit confidential business 

information? 

If you wish to submit any information 

under a claim of confidentiality, you 

should submit three copies of your 

complete submission, including the 

information you claim to be confidential 

business information, to the Chief 

Counsel, NHTSA, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. In 

addition, you should submit a copy, 

from which you have deleted the 

claimed confidential business 

information, to Docket Management at 

the address given above under 

ADDRESSES. When you send a comment 

containing information claimed to be 

confidential business information, you 

should include a cover letter setting 

forth the information specified in our 

confidential business information 

regulation. (49 CFR part 512.) 

Will the agency consider late 

comments? 

In our response, we will consider all 

comments that Docket Management 

receives before the close of business on 

the comment closing date indicated 

above under DATES. To the extent 

possible, we will also consider 

comments that Docket Management 

receives after that date. 

How can I read the comments submitted 

by other people? 

You may read the comments received 

by Docket Management at the address 

given above under ADDRESSES. The 

hours of the Docket are indicated above 

in the same location. 

You may also see the comments on 

the Internet. To read the comments on 

the Internet, take the following steps: 

(1) Go to the Federal Docket 

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www.regulations.gov. 

(2) FDMS provides two basic methods 

of searching to retrieve dockets and 

docket materials that are available in the 

system: (a) ‘‘Quick Search’’ to search 

using a full-text search engine, or (b) 

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(3) You may download the comments. 

However, since the comments are 

imaged documents, instead of word 

processing documents, the ‘‘pdf’’ 

versions of the documents are word 

searchable. 

Please note that even after the 

comment closing date, we will continue 

to file relevant information in the 

Docket as it becomes available. Further, 

some people may submit late comments. 

Accordingly, we recommend that you 

periodically check the Docket for new 

material. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30111, 30181–83 

delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and 

501.8. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 4, 

2015. 

Terry Shelton, 

Associate Administrator for the National 

Center for Statistics and Analysis. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02547 Filed 2–6–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Study on Improving the Certification 

Process for the Terrorism Risk 

Insurance Program 

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. 

Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

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SUMMARY: Section 107 of the Terrorism 

Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization 

Act of 2015 (Reauthorization Act) 

requires the Secretary of the Treasury 

(Secretary) to conduct a study on the 

certification process in the Terrorism 

Risk Insurance Act of 2002, as amended 

(TRIA). The Secretary also must submit 

a report on the results of its study to 

Congress. To assist the Secretary in 

conducting the study and formulating 

the report, the Federal Insurance Office 

(FIO) is issuing this request for 

comment. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

not later than March 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may 

submit comments electronically through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

http://www.regulations.gov, in 

accordance with the instructions on that 

site. In general, the Department will 

post all comments to 

www.regulations.gov without change, 

including any business or personal 

information provided such as names, 

addresses, email addresses, or telephone 

numbers. The Department will also 

make such comments available for 

public inspection and copying in the 

Treasury’s Library, 1500 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20220, on 

official business days between the hours 

of 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time. You can make an appointment to 

inspect comments by telephoning (202) 

622–0990. All comments, including 

attachments and other supporting 

materials, are part of the public record 

and subject to public disclosure. You 

should submit only information that 

you wish to make available publicly. 

Electronic submissions are 

encouraged. 

Comments may also be mailed to the 

Department of the Treasury, Federal 

Insurance Office, MT 1410, 1500 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20220. 

Additional Instructions. Responses 

should also include: (1) The data or 

rationale, including examples, 

supporting any opinions or conclusions; 

(2) approaches and options respecting 

improvement of the certification 

process, if any; and, (3) any specific 

legislative, administrative, or regulatory 

proposals for carrying out such 

approaches or options. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brett D. Hewitt, Policy Advisor, Federal 

Insurance Office, Room 1410, 

Department of the Treasury, 1500 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20220, at (202) 622–5892 (this is not 

a toll-free number). Persons who have 

difficulty hearing or speaking may 

access this number via TTY by calling 

the toll-free Federal Relay Service at 

(800) 877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Section 107(b) of the Reauthorization 

Act (Pub. L. 114–1) requires the 

Secretary to conduct a study on the 

process by which the Secretary 

determines whether to certify an act as 

an ‘‘act of terrorism’’ under section 

102(1) of TRIA (‘‘Certification Study’’). 

Section 107(c) of the Reauthorization 

Act prescribes certain factors that the 

Certification Study must examine. After 

completing the Certification Study, the 

Department of the Treasury (Treasury) 

must submit a report on its results to 

Congress. 

II. Solicitation for Comments 

A. Collecting information and views 

on the factors that must be analyzed in 

the Certification Study will enhance the 

accuracy and value of the study and 

report to Congress. Accordingly, 

comments are sought on: 

1. The establishment of a reasonable 

timeline by which the Secretary must 

make an accurate determination on 

whether to certify an act as an act of 

terrorism; 

2. The impact that the length of any 

timeline proposed to be established may 

have on the insurance industry, 

policyholders, consumers, and 

taxpayers as a whole; 

3. The factors the Secretary would 

evaluate and monitor during the 

certification process, including the 

ability of the Secretary to obtain the 

required information regarding the 

amount of projected and incurred losses 

resulting from an act which the 

Secretary would need in determining 

whether to certify the act as an act of 

terrorism; 

4. The appropriateness, efficiency, 

and effectiveness of the consultation 

process required under section 

102(1)(A) of TRIA and any 

recommendations on changes to the 

consultation process; and 

5. The ability of the Secretary to 

provide guidance and updates to the 

public regarding any act that may 

reasonably be certified as an act of 

terrorism. 

B. In addressing the considerations set 

forth in section 107(c) of the 

Reauthorization Act (as described in 

Paragraph (II)(A) of this notice), 

commenters are invited to submit views 

on: 

1. The manner and extent to which 

the certification timeline and the 

Secretary’s ability to make an accurate 

determination on whether to certify an 

act as an act of terrorism may be 

influenced by domestic or international 

law enforcement processes; and 

2. The implications for insurers or 

policyholders if one or more events are 

certified as acts of terrorism but the 

aggregate, calendar-year insured losses 

do not exceed the amount required for 

Treasury to make payments for insured 

losses. 

Dated: February 4, 2015. 

Michael T. McRaith, 

Director, Federal Insurance Office. 

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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 Department of the 

Treasury, 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 proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is 

soliciting comments concerning 

qualified separate lines of business. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before April 10, 2015 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Christie Preston, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6129, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of regulations should be directed 

to Allan Hopkins, at Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6129, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224, or 

through the Internet, at 

Allan.M.Hopkins@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Qualified Separate Lines of 

Business. 

OMB Number: 1545–1221. Regulation 

Project Number: EE–147–87. 

Abstract: Section 414(r) of the Internal 

Revenue Code requires that employers 

who wish to test their qualified 

retirement plans on a separate line of 

business basis, rather than on a 

controlled group basis, provide notice to 

the IRS that the employer treats itself as 

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