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III. Proposed Actions 

OSHA is requesting that OMB extend 

its approval of the information 

collection requirements contained in the 

Standard on Servicing Multi-Piece and 

Single Piece Rim Wheels (29 CFR 

1910.177). OSHA is proposing to retain 

its current burden hour estimate of one 

(1) hour. The Agency will summarize 

the comments submitted in response to 

this notice and will include this 

summary in the request to OMB. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Servicing Multi-Piece and 

Single Piece Rim Wheels (29 CFR 

1910.177). 

OMB Control Number: 1218–0219. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofits. 

Number of Respondents: 85. 

Frequency of Responses: On occasion. 

Average Time per Response: Various. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1. 

Estimated Cost (Operation and 

Maintenance): $0. 

IV. Public Participation—Submission of 

Comments on This Notice and Internet 

Access to Comments and Submissions 

You may submit comments in 

response to this document as follows: 

(1) Electronically at http://

regulations.gov, which is the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal; (2) by facsimile 

(fax); or (3) by hard copy. All comments, 

attachments, and other materials must 

identify the Agency name and the 

OSHA docket number for the ICR 

(Docket No. OSHA–2011–0189). You 

may supplement electronic submissions 

by uploading document files 

electronically. If you wish to mail 

additional materials in reference to an 

electronic or facsimile submission, you 

must submit them to the OSHA Docket 

Office (see the section of this notice 

titled ADDRESSES). The additional 

materials must clearly identify your 

electronic comments by your name, 

date, and the docket number so the 

Agency can attach them to your 

comments. 

Because of security procedures, the 

use of regular mail may cause a 

significant delay in the receipt of 

comments. For information about 

security procedures concerning the 

delivery of materials by hand, express 

delivery, messenger, or courier service, 

please contact the OSHA Docket Office 

at (202) 693–2350, (TTY (877) 889– 

5627). 

Comments and submissions are 

posted without change at http://

www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA 

cautions comments about submitting 

personal information such as social 

security numbers and dates of birth. 

Although all submissions are listed in 

the http://www.regulations.gov index, 

some information (e.g., copyrighted 

material) is not publically available to 

read or download through this website. 

All submissions, including copyrighted 

material, are available for inspection 

and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. 

Information on using the http://

www.regulations.gov website to submit 

comments and access the docket is 

available at the website’s ‘‘User Tips’’ 

link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office 

for information about materials not 

available through the website, and for 

assistance in using the internet to locate 

docket submissions. 

V. Authority and Signature 

Loren Sweatt, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary of Labor for Occupational 

Safety and Health, directed the 

preparation of this notice. The authority 

for this notice is the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506 

et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order 

No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912). 

Signed at Washington, DC, on December 

12, 2017. 

Loren Sweatt, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for 

Occupational Safety and Health. 

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BILLING CODE 4510–26–P 

MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE 

CORPORATION 

[MCC FR 18–04] 

Fiscal Year 2018 Report on the 

Selection of Eligible Countries for 

Fiscal Year 2018 

AGENCY: Millennium Challenge 

Corporation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This report is provided in 

accordance with section 608(d)(1) of the 

Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, 

Public Law 108–199, Division D, (the 

‘‘Act’’), 22 U.S.C. 7708(d)(1). 

Dated: December 20, 2017. 

Jeanne M. Hauch, 

VP/General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, 

Millennium Challenge Corporation. 

Report on the Selection of Eligible 

Countries for Fiscal Year 2018 

Summary 

This report is provided in accordance 

with section 608(d)(1) of the 

Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, as 

amended, Public Law 108–199, Division 

D, (the ‘‘Act’’) (22 U.S.C. 7707(d)(1)). 

The Act authorizes the provision of 

assistance under section 605 of the Act 

(22 U.S.C. 7704) to countries that enter 

into compacts with the United States to 

support policies and programs that 

advance the progress of such countries 

in achieving lasting economic growth 

and poverty reduction, and are in 

furtherance of the Act. The Act requires 

the Millennium Challenge Corporation 

(‘‘MCC’’) to determine the countries that 

will be eligible to receive assistance for 

the fiscal year, based on their 

demonstrated commitment to just and 

democratic governance, economic 

freedom, and investing in their people, 

as well as on the opportunity to reduce 

poverty and generate economic growth 

in the country. The Act also requires the 

submission of reports to appropriate 

congressional committees and the 

publication of notices in the Federal 

Register that identify, among other 

things: 

1. The countries that are ‘‘candidate 

countries’’ for assistance for fiscal year 

(‘‘FY’’) 2018 based on their per-capita 

income levels and their eligibility to 

receive assistance under U.S. law, and 

countries that would be candidate 

countries but for specified legal 

prohibitions on assistance (section 

608(a) of the Act (22 U.S.C. 7707(a))); 

2. The criteria and methodology that 

the Board of Directors of MCC (the 

‘‘Board’’) will use to measure and 

evaluate the policy performance of the 

‘‘candidate countries’’ consistent with 

the requirements of section 607 of the 

Act in order to select ‘‘eligible 

countries’’ from among the ‘‘candidate 

countries’’ (section 608(b) of the Act (22 

U.S.C. 7707(b))); and 

3. The list of countries determined by 

the Board to be ‘‘eligible countries’’ for 

FY 2018, with justification for eligibility 

determination and selection for compact 

negotiation, including with which of the 

eligible countries the Board will seek to 

enter into compacts (section 608(d) of 

the Act (22 U.S.C. 7707(d))). 

This is the third of the abovedescribed reports by MCC for FY 2018. 

It identifies countries determined by the 

Board to be eligible under section 607 

of the Act (22 U.S.C. 7706) for FY 2018 

with which the MCC will seek to enter 

into compacts under section 609 of the 

Act (22 U.S.C. 7708), as well as the 

justification for such decisions. The 

report also identifies countries selected 

by the Board to receive assistance under 

MCC’s threshold program pursuant to 

section 616 of the Act (22 U.S.C. 7715). 

Eligible Countries 

The Board met on December 19, 2017 

to select those eligible countries with 

which the United States, through MCC, 


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doc/report-selection-criteria-and-methodology-fy18. 

2Available at https://www.mcc.gov/resources/ 

doc/guide-to-supplemental-information-fy18. 

3Available at https://www.mcc.gov/resources/ 

doc/guide-to-the-compact-survey-summary-fy18. 

will seek to enter into a Millennium 

Challenge Compact pursuant to section 

607 of the Act (22 U.S.C. 7706) for FY 

2018. The Board selected the following 

eligible country for such assistance for 

FY 2018: Timor-Leste. The Board also 

reselected the following countries for 

compact assistance for FY 2018: Burkina 

Faso, Lesotho, Mongolia, Senegal, Sri 

Lanka, and Tunisia. 

Criteria 

In accordance with the Act and with 

the ‘‘Report on the Criteria and 

Methodology for Determining the 

Eligibility of Candidate Countries for 

Millennium Challenge Account 

Assistance in Fiscal Year 2018’’ 

formally submitted to Congress on 

September 27, 2017, selection was based 

primarily on a country’s overall 

performance in three broad policy 

categories: Ruling Justly, Encouraging 

Economic Freedom, and Investing in 

People. The Board relied, to the 

maximum extent possible, upon 

transparent and independent indicators 

to assess countries’ policy performance 

and demonstrated commitment in these 

three broad policy areas. The Board 

compared countries’ performance on the 

indicators relative to their income-level 

peers, evaluating them in comparison to 

either the group of low income 

countries (‘‘LIC’’) or the group of lower 

middle income countries (‘‘LMIC’’). 

The criteria and methodology used to 

assess countries on the annual 

scorecards are outlined in the ‘‘Report 

on the Criteria and Methodology for 

Determining the Eligibility of Candidate 

Countries for Millennium Challenge 

Account Assistance in Fiscal Year 

2018.’’ 1 Scorecards reflecting each 

country’s performance on the indicators 

are available on MCC’s website at 

www.mcc.gov/scorecards. 

The Board also considered whether 

any adjustments should be made for 

data gaps, data lags, or recent events 

since the indicators were published, as 

well as strengths or weaknesses in 

particular indicators. Where 

appropriate, the Board took into account 

additional quantitative and qualitative 

information, such as evidence of a 

country’s commitment to fighting 

corruption, investments in human 

development outcomes, or poverty rates. 

For example, for additional information 

in the area of corruption, the Board 

considered how a country is evaluated 

by supplemental sources like 

Transparency International’s Corruption 

Perceptions Index, the Global Integrity 

Report, Open Government Partnership 

status, and the Extractive Industry 

Transparency Initiative, among others, 

as well as on the defined indicator. The 

Board also took into account the margin 

of error around an indicator, when 

applicable. In keeping with legislative 

directives, the Board also considered the 

opportunity to reduce poverty and 

promote economic growth in a country, 

in light of the overall information 

available, as well as the availability of 

appropriated funds. 

This was the ninth year the Board 

considered the eligibility of countries 

for subsequent compacts, as permitted 

under section 609(k) of the Act (22 

U.S.C. 7708(k)). As in previous years, 

they considered the higher bar expected 

of subsequent compact countries, 

including examining the 

implementation of the first compact, 

and evidence of both improved 

scorecard policy performance and a 

commitment to reform. The Board also 

considered the eligibility of countries 

for initial compacts. The Board sees the 

selection decision as an annual 

opportunity to determine where MCC 

funds can be most effectively invested 

to support poverty reduction through 

economic growth in relatively wellgoverned, poor countries. The Board 

carefully considers the appropriate 

nature of each country partnership—on 

a case-by-case basis—based on factors 

related to economic growth and poverty 

reduction, the sustainability of MCC’s 

investments, and the country’s ability to 

attract and leverage public and private 

resources in support of development. In 

addition, this is the second year where 

the Board considered an explicit higher 

bar for those countries close to the 

upper end of the candidate pool, 

looking closely in such cases at a 

country’s access to development 

financing, the nature of poverty in the 

country, and its policy performance. 

As with previous years, a number of 

countries that performed well on the 

quantitative elements of the eligibility 

criteria (i.e., on the policy indicators) 

were not chosen to develop a compact 

for FY 2018. FY 2018 was a particularly 

competitive year: Several countries were 

already working to develop compacts, 

multiple countries passed the scorecard 

(some for the first time), and funding 

was limited due to budget constraints. 

As a result, only one country that 

passed the scorecard and related 

stringent eligibility criteria was newly 

selected to develop an MCC compact, 

and only one country for the threshold 

program. 

MCC’s engagement with partner 

countries is not open-ended, and the 

Board is very deliberate when selecting 

for follow-on partnerships. In making 

subsequent compact selection decisions, 

the Board considered—in addition to 

the criteria outlined above—the 

country’s performance implementing its 

first compact, including the nature of 

the country’s partnership with MCC, the 

degree to which the country has 

demonstrated a commitment and 

capacity to achieve program results, and 

the degree to which the country has 

implemented the compact in accordance 

with MCC’s core policies and standards. 

To the greatest extent possible, this was 

assessed using pre-existing monitoring 

and evaluation targets and regular 

quarterly reporting. This information 

was supplemented with direct surveys 

and consultation with MCC staff 

responsible for compact 

implementation, monitoring, and 

evaluation. MCC published a Guide to 

Supplemental Information 2 and a Guide 

to the Compact Survey Summary 3 in 

order to increase transparency about the 

type of supplemental information the 

Board uses to assess a country’s policy 

performance and compact 

implementation performance. The 

Board also considered a country’s 

commitment to further sector reform, as 

well as evidence of improved scorecard 

policy performance. 

Countries Newly Selected for Compact 

Assistance 

Using the criteria described above, 

Timor-Leste was the only candidate 

country under section 606(a) of the Act 

(22 U.S.C. 7705(a)) that was newly 

selected for assistance under section 607 

of the Act (22 U.S.C. 7706). 

Timor-Leste: Timor-Leste passes the 

MCC scorecard with 13 of 20 indicators 

met, including the hard hurdles on both 

control of corruption and democratic 

rights (including both Political Rights 

and Civil Liberties). MCC has found 

Timor-Leste to be a willing and 

committed partner during development 

of the threshold program over the past 

year. As a result, MCC feels Timor-Leste 

is now solidly exemplifying the profile 

of a compact partner, and has decided 

to move Timor-Leste from the threshold 

program to the compact program. Work 

done to date in developing the threshold 

program will contribute to the compact 

development process. 

Countries Reselected To Continue 

Compact Development 

Five of the countries selected for 

compact assistance for FY 2018 were 

previously selected for FY 2017. These 


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doc/policy-on-suspension-and-termination. 

countries are Burkina Faso, Mongolia, 

Senegal, Sri Lanka, and Tunisia. The 

Board reselected these countries based 

on their continued or improved policy 

performance since their prior selection. 

Lesotho, which had originally been 

selected for compact assistance for FY 

2014, received vote deferrals for 

reselection in FY 2016 and FY 2017. 

Due to positive actions taken by the 

Government of Lesotho this year, the 

Board has once again selected the 

country for compact assistance for FY 

2018. 

Countries Selected To Receive 

Threshold Program Assistance 

The Board selected The Gambia to 

receive threshold program assistance. 

The Gambia: The Gambia offers MCC 

the opportunity to support the 

government as it continues its 

democratic transition following the 

inauguration of its new president in 

early 2017 and successful legislative 

elections in April 2017. While it has 

historically struggled to pass the MCC 

scorecard due to its performance on the 

democratic rights hard hurdle, the 

recent transition and reforms being 

pursued suggest the country will see 

strong improvements on these 

indicators in the coming years. The 

Gambia meets 12 of 20 indicators 

overall on the scorecard and 

demonstrates good performance on the 

control of corruption indicator. 

Ongoing Review of Partner Countries’ 

Policy Performance 

The Board emphasized the need for 

all partner countries to maintain or 

improve their policy performance. If it 

is determined during compact 

implementation that a country has 

demonstrated a significant policy 

reversal, MCC can hold it accountable 

by applying MCC’s Suspension and 

Termination Policy.4

[FR Doc. 2017–27876 Filed 12–21–17; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 9211–03–P 

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS 

ADMINISTRATION 

Office of Government Information 

Services 

[NARA–2018–011] 

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Government 

Information Services (OGIS), National 

Archives and Records Administration 

(NARA). 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee Meeting. 

SUMMARY: We are announcing the 

following committee meeting of the 

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 

Advisory Committee. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

January 16, 2018, from 10:00 a.m. to 

1:00 p.m. EDT. You must register for the 

meeting by 5:00 p.m. EDT on January 

15, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: National Archives and 

Records Administration, 700 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, William G. 

McGowan Theater, Washington, DC 

20408. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Bennett, Designated Federal 

Officer for this committee, by mail at 

National Archives and Records 

Administration, Office of Government 

Information Services, 8601 Adelphi 

Road—OGIS, College Park, MD 20740– 

6001, by telephone at 202–741–5770, or 

by email at foia-advisory-committee@

nara.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We 

announce this advisory committee 

meeting in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App) 

and the second United States Open 

Government National Action Plan 

(NAP) released on December 5, 2013. 

Agenda and meeting materials: You 

may find all meeting materials at 

https://ogis.archives.gov/foia-advisorycommittee/2016-2018-term/ 

Meetings.htm. This will be the seventh 

meeting of the second committee term. 

The purpose of this meeting will be to 

review the work of the committee’s 

three subcommittees. Information on 

them is at https://ogis.archives.gov/foiaadvisory-committee/2016-2018-term/ 

Subcommittees.htm. 

Procedures: The meeting is open to 

the public. Due to security 

requirements, you must register in 

advance if you wish to attend the 

meeting. You will also go through 

security screening when you enter the 

building. Registration for the meeting 

will go live via Eventbrite on December 

19, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. EDT. To register 

for the meeting, please do so at this 

Eventbrite link: https://

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registration-37728051618. 

This program will be live-streamed on the 

U.S. National Archives’ YouTube channel at 

https://www.youtube.com/user/ 

usnationalarchives/playlists. The webcast 

will include a captioning option. To request 

additional accommodations (e.g., a 

transcript), email foia-advisory-committee@

nara.gov or call 202–741–5770. Members of 

the media who wish to register, those who 

are unable to register online, and those who 

require special accommodations, should 

contact Amy Bennett at the phone number, 

mailing address, or email address listed 

above. 

Patrice Little Murray, 

Committee Management Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 7515–01–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Agency Notice of Record of Decision 

for the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto 

Rico 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of Record of Decision. 

SUMMARY: On November 15, 2017, the 

National Science Foundation (NSF) 

signed a Record of Decision (ROD) for 

the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. 

This important step concludes the 

agency’s decision-making process with 

respect to the general path forward for 

facility operations in a budgetconstrained environment, and provides 

the basis for a future decision regarding 

a new collaborator. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth A. Pentecost, Project 

Administrator, National Science 

Foundation, Division of Astronomical 

Sciences, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, 

Room W 9152, Alexandria, VA 22314. 

Telephone: 703–292–4907, Email: 

epenteco@nsf.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NSF 

issued its ROD following authorization 

from the National Science Board on 

November 9, 2017. The ROD was 

preceded by an extensive environmental 

impact analysis and broad input from 

the public and the scientific 

community, including the National 

Academies 6th Decadal Survey released 

in 2010, the NSF Division of 

Astronomical Sciences Portfolio Review 

Committee Reportreleased in 2012, and 

the NSF Geospace Sciences Portfolio 

Review Committee Report released in 

2016. 

The ROD formalizes the selection of 

NSF’s Preferred Alternative: 

collaboration with interested parties to 

maintain science-focused operations at 

the Observatory with reduced agency 

funding. The selection of this 

Alternative will allow important 

research to continue while 

accommodating the agency’s budgetary 

constraints and its core mission to 


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