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reproduction cost), payable to the 

United States Treasury. 

Jeffrey Sands, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment & Natural Resources 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00833 Filed 1–18–18; 8:45 am] 

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MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION 

BOARD 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Generic Clearance 

for the Collection of Qualitative 

Feedback on Agency Service Delivery 

AGENCY: Merit Systems Protection 

Board. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Merit Systems Protection 

Board (MSPB), as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, is planning to 

submit an Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), 

entitled: ‘‘Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery’’ and identified 

by OMB Control No. 3124–0015, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (PRA). This collection was 

developed as part of a Federal 

Government-wide effort to streamline 

the process for seeking feedback from 

the public on service delivery. MSPB is 

soliciting comments on this extension, 

without change, of a previously 

approved collection set to expire on 

April 30, 2018. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow 60 days for public 

comment preceding submission of the 

collection to the OMB. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by March 20, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments by using 

only one of the following methods: 

(1) Email. Submit comments to 

mspb@mspb.gov. 

(2) Mail. Submit comments to Jennifer 

Everling, Acting Clerk of the Board, 

Merit Systems Protection Board, 1615 M 

Street NW, Washington, DC 20419. 

(3) Fax. Submit comments to (202) 

653–7130. 

All comments must reference OMB 

Control No. 3124–0015. Regardless of 

the method used for submitting 

comments or material, all submissions 

will be posted, without change, to 

MSPB’s website (www.mspb.gov) and 

will include any personal information 

you provide. Therefore, submitting this 

information makes it public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Everling, Acting Clerk of the 

Board, Merit Systems Protection Board, 

1615 M Street NW, Washington, DC 

20419; phone: (202) 653–7200; fax: (202) 

653–7130; or email: mspb@mspb.gov. 

You may contact the Office of the Clerk 

of the Board for copies of the proposed 

collection of information at: mspb@

mspb.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The proposed information collection 

activity provides a means to obtain 

qualitative customer and stakeholder 

feedback in an efficient, timely manner, 

in accordance with MSPB’s 

commitment to improving service 

delivery. Qualitative feedback is 

information that provides useful 

insights on perceptions and opinions, 

but are not statistical surveys that can be 

generalized to the population of study. 

This feedback will provide insights into 

customer or stakeholder perceptions, 

experiences and expectations, provide 

an early warning of issues with service, 

or focus attention on areas where 

communication, training or changes in 

operations might improve delivery of 

products or services. These collections 

will allow for ongoing, collaborative and 

actionable communications between 

MSPB and its customers and 

stakeholders. It will also allow feedback 

to contribute directly to the 

improvement of program management. 

The solicitation of feedback will target 

areas such as: Timeliness, 

appropriateness, accuracy of 

information, courtesy, efficiency of 

service delivery, and resolution of 

issues with service delivery. Responses 

will be assessed to plan and inform 

efforts to improve or maintain the 

quality of service offered to the public. 

If this information is not collected, vital 

feedback from customers and 

stakeholders on MSPB’s services will be 

unavailable. 

The MSPB will only submit a 

collection for approval under this 

generic clearance if it meets the 

following conditions: 

• The collections are voluntary; 

• The collections are low-burden for 

respondents (based on considerations of total 

burden hours, total number of respondents, 

or burden-hours per respondent) and are lowcost for both the respondents and the Federal 

Government; 

• The collections are non-controversial 

and do not raise issues of concern to other 

Federal agencies; 

• Any collection is targeted to the 

solicitation of opinions from respondents 

who have experience with the program or 

may have experience with the program in the 

near future; 

• Personally identifiable information (PII) 

is collected only to the extent necessary and 

is not retained; 

• Information gathered will be used only 

internally for general service improvement 

and program management purposes and is 

not intended for release outside of MSPB; 

• Information gathered will not be used for 

the purpose of substantially informing 

influential policy decisions; and 

• Information gathered will yield 

qualitative information; the collections will 

not be designed or expected to yield 

statistically reliable results or used as though 

the results are generalizable to the population 

of study. 

Feedback collected under this generic 

clearance provides useful information, 

but it does not yield data that can be 

generalized to the overall population. 

This type of generic clearance for 

qualitative information will not be used 

for quantitative information collections 

that are designed to yield reliably 

actionable results, such as monitoring 

trends over time or documenting 

program performance. Such data uses 

require more rigorous designs that 

address: The target population to which 

generalizations will be made, the 

sampling frame, the sample design 

(including stratification and clustering), 

the precision requirements or power 

calculations that justify the proposed 

sample size, the expected response rate, 

methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data 

collection, and any testing procedures 

that were or will be undertaken prior to 

fielding the study. Depending on the 

degree of influence the results are likely 

to have, such collections may still be 

eligible for submission for other generic 

mechanisms that are designed to yield 

quantitative results. 

As a general matter, information 

collections will not result in any new 

system of records containing privacy 

information and will not ask questions 

of a sensitive nature, such as sexual 

behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, 

and other matters that are commonly 

considered private. 

Title: Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery. 

OMB Number: 3124–0015. 

Type of Information Collection: 

Extension, without change, of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

ICR Status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on April 30, 2018. 

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. 

Abstract of Proposed Collection: This 

collection is part of a Federal 


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Government-wide effort to streamline 

the process for seeking feedback from 

the public on service delivery and 

provides a means to obtain qualitative 

customer and stakeholder feedback in 

an efficient, timely manner, in 

accordance with MSPB’s commitment to 

improving service delivery. Responses 

to any collection of information under 

this ICR are voluntary. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

Households; Businesses and 

Organizations; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Estimated Total Number of 

Respondents: 3,000. 

Estimated Frequency of Responses: 

Once per request. 

Estimated Total Average Number of 

Responses for Each Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,500. 

Estimated Total Cost: $50,100. 

Comments: Comments should be 

submitted as indicated in the ADDRESSES

caption above. Comments are solicited 

to: (a) Evaluate whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of MSPB, 

including whether the information shall 

have practical utility; (b) evaluate the 

accuracy of MSPB’s estimate of the 

burden of the collection of information; 

(c) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

and (e) evaluate the estimates of 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. 

Jennifer Everling, 

Acting Clerk of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00844 Filed 1–18–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7401–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards; Notice of Meeting 

In accordance with the purposes of 

Sections 29 and 182b of the Atomic 

Energy Act (42 U.S.C. 2039, 2232b), the 

Advisory Committee on Reactor 

Safeguards (ACRS) will hold a meeting 

February 8–10, 2018, 11545 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

Thursday, February 8, 2018, 

Conference Room T–2B1, 11545 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 

20852 

8:30 a.m.–8:35 a.m.: Opening 

Remarks by the ACRS Chairman 

(Open)—The ACRS Chairman will make 

opening remarks regarding the conduct 

of the meeting. 

8:35 a.m.–10:30 a.m.: NuScale Design 

Certification Application Request for 

Exemption from General Design 

Criterion 27 (Open/Closed)—The 

Committee will hear briefings by and 

discussion with representatives of the 

NRC staff and NuScale regarding the 

subject exemption application. [NOTE: A 

portion of this session may be closed in 

order to discuss and protect information 

designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C 552b(c)(4)] 

10:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m.: WCAP–17938– 

P, Revision 2, ‘‘AP1000 In-Containment 

Cables and Non-Metallic Insulation 

Debris Integrated Assessment’’ (Open/ 

Closed)—The Committee will hear 

briefings by and discussion with 

representatives of the NRC staff and 

Westinghouse regarding the subject 

generic safety issue. [NOTE: A portion of 

this session may be closed in order to 

discuss and protect information 

designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C 552b(c)(4)] 

1:15 p.m.–6:00 p.m.: Preparation of 

ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)—The 

Committee will continue its discussion 

of proposed ACRS reports. [NOTE: A 

portion of this session may be closed in 

order to discuss and protect information 

designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C 552b(c)(4)] 

Friday, February 9, 2018, Conference 

Room T–2B1, 11545 Rockville Pike, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852 

8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m.: Future ACRS 

Activities/Report of the Planning and 

Procedures Subcommittee and 

Reconciliation of ACRS Comments and 

Recommendations (Open/Closed)—The 

Committee will hear discussion of the 

recommendations of the Planning and 

Procedures Subcommittee regarding 

items proposed for consideration by the 

Full Committee during future ACRS 

meetings. [NOTE: A portion of this 

meeting may be closed pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6) to discuss 

organizational and personnel matters 

that relate solely to internal personnel 

rules and practices of the ACRS, and 

information the release of which would 

constitute a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy] 

10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.: Biennial 

Review and Evaluation of the NRC 

Safety Research Program (Open)—The 

Committee will hear discussion 

regarding the NRC Safety Research 

Program. 

1:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.: Preparation of 

ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)—The 

Committee will continue its discussion 

of proposed ACRS reports. [NOTE: A 

portion of this session may be closed in 

order to discuss and protect information 

designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C 552b(c)(4)] 

Saturday, February 10, 2018, 

Conference Room T–2B1, 11545 

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 

20852 

8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.: Preparation of 

ACRS Reports (Open/Closed)—The 

Committee will continue its discussion 

of proposed ACRS reports. [NOTE: A 

portion of this session may be closed in 

order to discuss and protect information 

designated as proprietary, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C 552b(c)(4)] 

Procedures for the conduct of and 

participation in ACRS meetings were 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 4, 2017 (82 FR 46312). In 

accordance with those procedures, oral 

or written views may be presented by 

members of the public, including 

representatives of the nuclear industry. 

Persons desiring to make oral statements 

should notify Quynh Nguyen, Cognizant 

ACRS Staff (Telephone: 301–415–5844, 

Email: Quynh.Nguyen@nrc.gov), 5 days 

before the meeting, if possible, so that 

appropriate arrangements can be made 

to allow necessary time during the 

meeting for such statements. In view of 

the possibility that the schedule for 

ACRS meetings may be adjusted by the 

Chairman as necessary to facilitate the 

conduct of the meeting, persons 

planning to attend should check with 

the Cognizant ACRS staff if such 

rescheduling would result in major 

inconvenience. 

Thirty-five hard copies of each 

presentation or handout should be 

provided 30 minutes before the meeting. 

In addition, one electronic copy of each 

presentation should be emailed to the 

Cognizant ACRS Staff one day before 

meeting. If an electronic copy cannot be 

provided within this timeframe, 


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