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vehicles with seat belts equipped with 

load limiters. 

B. GM believes the subject vehicles 

will provide no less protection to 

occupants in a frontal crash than 

vehicles equipped with seat belt 

retractors utilizing the 12 mm torsion 

bars: GM believes that replacing the 

retractors installed in the subject 

vehicles with retractors that have the 

larger torsion bars would not result in 

an added safety benefit to the occupants 

of these vehicles in frontal crashes. That 

is, the subject vehicles will provide no 

less occupant protection than vehicles 

built with the larger 12 mm diameter 

torsion bars that meet the elongation 

requirements of S4.4(b)(5) of FMVSS 

No. 209. Further, seat belt retractors 

equipped with the lower-diameter 

torsion bars may reduce upper torso 

injury potential in frontal crashes as 

compared to retractors with the largerdiameter torsion bars. 

C. NHTSA precedent supports 

granting this petition: NHTSA has 

previously ruled that failure to comply 

with certain of FMVSS No. 209’s static 

testing requirements can be 

inconsequential to motor vehicle safety 

where the manufacturer demonstrates 

by dynamic testing that the 

noncompliant seat belt assembly 

preforms similarly to a compliant 

assembly. On May 3, 2002, GM 

submitted an inconsequentiality 

petition to NHTSA relating to certain 

trucks and SUV’s that were built with 

damaged and inoperative ‘‘vehiclesensitive’’ emergency-locking retractors 

(ELRs), which lock the seat belts under 

rapid deceleration. Notwithstanding the 

noncompliance with FMVSS No. 209 

caused by this condition, GM asserted 

that the failure was inconsequential to 

vehicle safety because the ELRs in these 

vehicles also had a redundant 

‘‘webbing-sensitive’’ mechanism, which 

locks the belts when the webbing is 

rapidly extracted. GM presented 

dynamic testing data (including some 

data developed using the test 

procedures set forth in FMVSS No. 208) 

demonstrating that the webbingsensitive system ‘‘offered a level of 

protection nearly equivalent to that 

provided by a compliant ELR.’’ 

NHTSA granted GM’s petition, in 

part, and ruled the noncompliance in 

certain of the vehicles subject to the 

petition was inconsequential to motor 

vehicle safety: 

[O]n the basis of the sled test and 

simulation data provided by GM, the agency 

has concluded that GM has adequately 

demonstrated that the potential safety 

consequences of the failure of the vehiclesensitive locking mechanisms in the ELRs in 

the C/K vehicles to function properly are 

inconsequential. While the webbing-sensitive 

systems in these vehicles do allow slightly 

increased belt payout compared to a 

functional vehicle-sensitive system, and lock 

slightly later in crash event, these differences 

do not appear to expose a vehicle occupant 

to a significantly greater risk of injury. 

General Motors Corporation, Ruling 

on Petition for Determination of 

Inconsequential Noncompliance, 69 FR 

19897, 19900 (April 14, 2004). In its 

decision, NHTSA also noted specifically 

that ‘‘the dummy injury measurements 

did not increase significantly and were 

well below the maximum values 

permitted under FMVSS No. 208.’’ 

Here, GM expects that the subject 

vehicles will provide no less protection 

to occupants in the designated seating 

positions in frontal crashes than 

vehicles equipped with seat belt 

retractors conforming to S4.4(b) of 

FMVSS No. 209. 

D. GM is not aware of any injuries or 

customer complaints associated with 

this condition: After searching VOQ, 

TREAD and internal GM databases, GM 

is not aware of any crashes, injuries, or 

customer complaints associated with 

this condition. 

E. GM has corrected the 

noncompliance in vehicle production 

and in service parts inventory: GM has 

corrected the noncompliance in 

production. Vehicles produced after 

August 7, 2017, have seat belt 

assemblies containing retractor torsion 

bars that meet GM’s original 

specifications and comply with S4.4(b) 

of FMVSS No. 209. Retractor assemblies 

with this condition that were 

manufactured as service parts are no 

longer available for sale and all affected 

inventory has been purged. Any such 

seat belt assembly previously sold as 

service parts could only have been 

installed on a subject vehicle because 

these seat belt assemblies are not 

compatible with prior model year (i.e. 

2015 or 2016) versions of the Silverado 

or Sierra HD due to a different type of 

wiring connector used. 

GM concluded by expressing the 

belief that the subject noncompliance is 

inconsequential as it relates to motor 

vehicle safety, and that its petition to be 

exempted from providing notification of 

the noncompliance, as required by 49 

U.S.C. 30118, and a remedy for the 

noncompliance, as required by 49 

U.S.C. 30120, should be granted. 

To view GM’s petition, analyses, and 

test data in their entirety, you can visit 

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

online instructions for accessing the 

dockets and search for the docket ID 

number for this petition shown in the 

heading of this notice. 

NHTSA notes that the statutory 

provisions (49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 

30120(h)) that permit manufacturers to 

file petitions for a determination of 

inconsequentiality allow NHTSA to 

exempt manufacturers only from the 

duties found in sections 30118 and 

30120, respectively, to notify owners, 

purchasers, and dealers of a defect or 

noncompliance and to remedy the 

defect or noncompliance. Therefore, any 

decision on this petition only applies to 

the subject vehicles that GM no longer 

controlled at the time it determined that 

the noncompliance existed. However, 

any decision on this petition does not 

relieve vehicle distributors and dealers 

of the prohibitions on the sale, offer for 

sale, or introduction or delivery for 

introduction into interstate commerce of 

the noncompliant vehicles under their 

control after GM notified them that the 

subject noncompliance existed. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120: 

delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and 

501.8. 

Jeffrey M. Giuseppe, 

Associate Administrator for Enforcement. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) is removing the name of 

one individual whose property and 

interests in property have been blocked 

pursuant to an executive order issued 

on January 23, 1995, titled ‘‘Prohibiting 

Transactions with Terrorists Who 

Threaten to Disrupt the Middle East 

Peace Process,’’ from the list of 

Specially Designated Nationals and 

Blocked Persons (SDN List). 

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section for applicable date. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

OFAC: Associate Director for Global 

Targeting, tel.: 202–622–2420; Assistant 

Director for Sanctions Compliance & 

Evaluation, tel.: 202–622–2490; 

Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.: 

202–622–2480; Assistant Director for 

Regulatory Affairs, tel. 202–622–4855; 

or the Department of the Treasury’s 

Office of the General Counsel: Office of 

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability 

The SDN List and additional 

information concerning OFAC sanctions 

programs are available on OFAC’s 

website (www.treasury.gov/ofac). 

Notice of OFAC Action 

The following person is removed from 

the SDN List, effective as of January 4, 

2018. 

Individual 

1. SHAQAQI, Fathi; Secretary General of 

PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD–SHIQAQI 

(individual) [SDT]. 

Dated: January 3, 2018. 

Andrea Gacki, 

Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets 

Control. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00228 Filed 1–9–18; 8:45 am] 

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INSTITUTE OF PEACE 

Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: United States Institute of Peace. 

DATE/TIME: Friday, January 19, 2018 

(10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.). 

LOCATION: 2301 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20037. 

STATUS: Open Session—Portions may be 

closed pursuant to Subsection (c) of 

Section 552(b) of Title 5, United States 

Code, as provided in subsection 

1706(h)(3) of the United States Institute 

of Peace Act, Public Law 98–525. 

AGENDA: January 19, 2018 Board 

Meeting: Chairman’s Report; Vice 

Chairman’s Report; President’s Report; 

Approval of Minutes of the One 

Hundred and Sixty Fourth Meeting 

(October 20, 2017) of the Board of 

Directors; Reports from USIP Board 

Committees; Stoplight Presentation; 

Non-Violent Action Report; and Burma 

Update. 

CONTACT: William B. Taylor, Executive 

Vice President: wtaylor@usip.org. 

Dated: January 5, 2018. 

William B. Taylor, 

Executive Vice President. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0565] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: State Application 

for Interment Allowance 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, this notice announces that the 

Veterans Benefits Administration 

(VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, 

will submit the collection of 

information abstracted below to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and comment. The 

PRA submission describes the nature of 

the information collection and its 

expected cost and burden and it 

includes the actual data collection 

instrument. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before February 9, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information through 

www.Regulations.gov, or to Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, Attn: 

VA Desk Officer; 725 17th St. NW, 

Washington, DC 20503 or sent through 

electronic mail to oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB 

Control No. 2900–0565’’ in any 

correspondence. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, Office of Quality, 

Privacy and Risk, Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 811 Vermont Avenue, 

Floor 5, Area 368, Washington, DC 

20420, (202) 461–5870 or email 

cynthia.harvey-pryor@va.gov. Please 

refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0565’’ 

in any correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 2302 and 2303. 

Title: State Application for Interment 

Allowance Under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 23 

(VA Form 21P–530a). 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0565. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Abstract: VA Form 21P–530A is used 

to gather information that is necessary 

to determine whether a State is eligible 

for interment allowances for eligible 

veterans who have been buried in a 

State Veteran’s cemetery. Without this 

information, VA would be unable to 

properly determine eligibility and pay 

benefits due to a State. This form 

solicits information necessary to 

determine eligibility to internment 

allowance benefits. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on this collection 

of information was published at Vol. 82, 

No. 205, Wednesday, October 25, 2017, 

pages 49482–49483. 

Affected Public: State, Local, and 

Tribal Governments. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 1,550 

hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 30 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: Once. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

3,100. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Cynthia Harvey-Pryor, 

Department Clearance Officer, Office of 

Quality, Privacy and Risk, Department of 

Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00231 Filed 1–9–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0704] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activity: DoD Referral to Integrated 

Disability Evaluation System (IDES) 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA), is announcing an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

proposed collection of certain 

information by the agency. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, Federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension of a currently approved 

collection, and allow 60 days for public 

comment in response to the notice. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations on the proposed 

collection of information should be 

received on or before March 12, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the collection of information through 

Federal Docket Management System 

(FDMS) at www.Regulations.gov or to 

Nancy J. Kessinger, Veterans Benefits 

Administration (20M33), Department of 


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