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interest-bearing marketable securities of 

the United States which, at the time the 

computation is made, have terms of 15 

years or more remaining to maturity 

(average yield is rounded to nearest oneeighth percent); and (2) provide that the 

rate will not be raised or lowered more 

than one-quarter of 1 percent for any 

year. The U.S. Department of the 

Treasury calculated the specified 

average to be 2.7118 percent. This rate, 

rounded to the nearest one-eighth 

percent, is 2.750 percent, which is a 

change of less than the allowable onequarter of 1 percent. Therefore, the 

fiscal year 2018 rate is 2.750 percent. 

The rate of 2.750 percent will be used 

by all Federal agencies in the 

formulation and evaluation of water and 

related land resources plans for the 

purpose of discounting future benefits 

and computing costs or otherwise 

converting benefits and costs to a 

common-time basis. 

Dated: October 23, 2017. 

Ruth Welch, 

Director, Policy and Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00251 Filed 1–9–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4332–90–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Period Extension; 

Consumer Expenditure Surveys: 

Quarterly Interview and Diary 

ACTION: Notice of availability; Extension 

of comment period. 

SUMMARY: At the request of the Office of 

Management (OMB) and Budget, the 

Department of Labor (DOL) is extending 

the comment period for the Bureau of 

Labor Statistics (BLS) sponsored 

information collection request (ICR) 

revision titled, ‘‘Consumer Expenditure 

Surveys: Quarterly Interview and 

Diary.’’ The ICR is under OMB review 

and approval for use in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995. 

DATES: The OMB will consider all 

written comments that agency receives 

on or before January 17, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with 

applicable supporting documentation; 

including a description of the likely 

respondents, proposed frequency of 

response, and estimated total burden 

may be obtained free of charge by 

contacting Michel Smyth by telephone 

at 202–693–4129, TTY 202–693–8064, 

(these are not toll-free numbers) or 

sending an email to DOL_PRA_

PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

Submit comments about this request 

by mail or courier to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL–BLS, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20503; by Fax: 202– 

395–5806 (this is not a toll-free 

number); or by email: OIRA_

submission@omb.eop.gov. Commenters 

are encouraged, but not required, to 

send a courtesy copy of any comments 

by mail or courier to the U.S. 

Department of Labor-OASAM, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Attn: 

Departmental Information Compliance 

Management Program, Room N1301, 

200 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20210; or by email: 

DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michel Smyth by telephone at 202–693– 

4129, TTY 202–693–8064, (these are not 

toll-free numbers) or sending an email 

to DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This ICR 

seeks approval under the PRA for 

revisions to the Consumer Expenditure 

Surveys: Quarterly Interview and Diary. 

The BLS uses the Consumer 

Expenditure Surveys to gather 

information on expenditures, income, 

and other related subjects. The data is 

updated periodically in the national 

Consumer Price Index. In addition, the 

data is used by a variety of researchers 

in academia, government agencies, and 

the private sector. The data is collected 

from a national probability sample of 

households designed to represent the 

total civilian non-institutional 

population. This revision request 

includes the addition of a veterans 

question, outlet questions, and a study 

of the worksheet. The Census 

Authorizing Statute and BLS 

Authorizing Statute authorize this 

information collection. See 13 U.S.C. 8b 

and 29 U.S.C. 2. 

This information collection is subject 

to the PRA. A Federal agency generally 

cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless it is 

approved by the OMB under the PRA 

and displays a currently valid OMB 

Control Number. In addition, 

notwithstanding any other provisions of 

law, no person shall generally be subject 

to penalty for failing to comply with a 

collection of information that does not 

display a valid Control Number. See 5 

CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL 

obtains OMB approval for this 

information collection under Control 

Number 1220–0050. The current 

approval is scheduled to expire on June 

30, 2019; however, the DOL notes that 

existing information collection 

requirements submitted to the OMB 

receive a month-to-month extension 

while they undergo review. New 

requirements would only take effect 

upon OMB approval. For additional 

substantive information about this ICR, 

see the related notices published in the 

Federal Register on August 8, 2017, 82 

FR 37115, and December 1, 2017, 82 FR 

56966. 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

send comments to the OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs at 

the address shown in the ADDRESSES

section within seven (7) days of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. In order to help ensure 

appropriate consideration, comments 

should mention OMB Control Number 

1220–0050. The OMB is particularly 

interested in comments that: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Agency: DOL–BLS. 

Title of Collection: Consumer 

Expenditure Surveys: Quarterly 

Interview and Diary. 

OMB Control Number: 1220–0050. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 11,765. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 51,420. 

Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 

51,484 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Costs 

Burden: $0. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D). 


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Dated: January 4, 2018. 

Michel Smyth, 

Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00236 Filed 1–9–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–24–P 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

30-Day Notice for the 

‘‘Acknowledgment of Rights-Holder for 

Literature: Translation Projects 

Applications’’ 

AGENCY: National Endowment for the 

Arts. 

ACTION: Notice of submission for OMB 

review; comment request. 

SUMMARY: The National Endowment for 

the Arts (NEA) has submitted the 

following public information collection 

request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995: 

‘‘Acknowledgment of Rights-Holder for 

Literature: Translation Projects 

Applications.’’ Copies of this ICR, with 

applicable supporting documentation, 

may be obtained by visiting 

www.Reginfo.gov. 

DATES: Comments should be sent to 

OMB’s Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs within thirty days of 

this publication in the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk 

Officer for the National Endowment for 

the Arts, Office of Management and 

Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 

20503 (202/395–4718). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jillian Miller, Director of Guidelines and 

Panel Operations, National Endowment 

for the Arts, at millerj@arts.gov or 202/ 

682–5504. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NEA’s 

Literature: Translation Projects program 

gives grants to translators of previously 

written works which may be protected 

by copyright. The NEA typically 

requires that these applicants obtain 

from the publisher the affirmative ‘‘right 

to translate’’ the work (or, in cases that 

do not apply to this request that the 

work be in the public domain). Some 

publishers, due to industry standard 

practices, have refused to provide 

applicants with the ‘‘right to translate’’ 

but do not object to the work being 

translated. In order to ensure that these 

otherwise qualified applicants are 

eligible, the NEA proposes to use this 

form in which a non-applicant rightsholder affirmatively acknowledges and 

approves of the applicant’s project. 

Title of Collection: Acknowledgement 

of Rights-Holder for Literature: 

Translation Projects Applications. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Affected Public: Individuals. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Respondents Across All Three Years: 

300. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 100. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 

hour. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 100. 

Total Annualized Capital/Startup 

Costs: 0. 

Total Annual Costs (Operating/ 

Maintaining Systems or Purchasing 

Services): 0. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. The OMB is 

particularly interested in comments 

which: (1.) Evaluate whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (2.) Evaluate the 

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (3.) 

Enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information to be collected; (4.) 

Minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submissions of responses; 

and (5.) Estimate the capital or start-up 

costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Burden means the total time, effort, or 

financial resources expended by persons 

to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install and utilize technology 

and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

Dated: January 5, 2018. 

Jillian Miller, 

Director, Office of Guidelines and Panel 

Operations, Administrative Services, National 

Endowment for the Arts. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00257 Filed 1–9–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7537–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[NRC–2017–0235] 

Licensing Support Network Advisory 

Review Panel: Revised Meeting Notice 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting; revised; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) will convene a 

meeting of the Licensing Support 

Network Advisory Review Panel 

(LSNARP) on February 27–28, 2018, at 

the NRC’s Headquarters Offices in Room 

01C3, Three White Flint North Building, 

11601 Landsdown Street, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852. The NRC has revised 

the meeting date from January 30–31 to 

February 27–28, 2018, to allow more 

time to evaluate options for the 

potential reconstitution or replacement 

of the Licensing Support Network 

(LSN). 

The meeting is being held to carry out 

the NRC’s responsibilities under the 

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of 

Columbia Circuit’s decision in the case 

In re Aiken County, 645 F.3d 428 (D.C. 

Cir. 2011), and the Commission’s July 

31, 2017, direction in the Staff 

Requirements Memorandum associated 

with COMSECY–17–0019 that a next 

step in the Yucca Mountain licensing 

process is for the NRC to initiate 

information-gathering activities 

regarding reinstituting or replacing the 

LSN. The LSN, which was used to make 

documentary material associated with 

the Yucca Mountain adjudicatory 

proceeding available to hearing 

participants and the public, was 

decommissioned when the adjudication 

was suspended in 2011. The 

information being collected will assist 

the Commission in making efficient, 

informed decisions concerning 

appropriate means for reconstituting the 

LSN’s functionality if the currentlysuspended Yucca Mountain 

adjudication were to re-commence in 

the future. 

The meeting will be open to the 

public pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) (Pub. L. 94–463, 

86 Stat. 770–776) and will be conducted 


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