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New Jersey Avenue SE, Room PL–401, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: Room PL–401 of the 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal 

Holidays. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number. 

Note: All comments received, including 

any personal information, will be posted 

without change to the docket and is 

accessible via http://www.regulations.gov . 

Input submitted online via 

www.regulations.gov is not immediately 

posted to the site. It may take several 

business days before your submission is 

posted. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov at any time or to 

Room PL–401 of the Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal Holidays. The 

Federal Docket Management Facility’s 

telephone number is 202–366–9826 or 

202–366–9317, the fax number is 202– 

493–2251. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

may contact Nuns Jain, Maritime 

Administration, at 757–322–5801 or by 

electronic mail at Nuns.Jain@dot.gov. 

You may send mail to Nuns Jain at 

Maritime Administration, Building 19, 

Suite 300, 7737 Hampton Boulevard, 

Norfolk, Virginia 23505. If you have 

questions on viewing the Docket, call 

Docket Operations, telephone: 202–366– 

9826 or 202–366–9317. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: Mariner Survey 

Pre-Test. 

OMB Control Number: 2133–NEW. 

Form Number: Not Applicable. 

Type of Review: New information 

collection. 

Background: This voluntary Mariner 

Survey Pre-Test information collection 

is limited to cognitive interviews and a 

pilot survey of a sample of appropriately 

credentialed U.S. merchant mariners to 

validate and improve the design of the 

questionnaire and other survey 

components for a subsequent full 

Mariner Survey. The cognitive 

interviews will be conducted online or 

via telephone. The pilot survey 

responses will be primarily collected via 

an online survey, with a mail survey 

option. 

Upon completion of this Pre-Test 

collection and analysis, MARAD 

intends to request separate approval for 

the full biennial Mariner Survey of all 

appropriately credentialed U.S. 

merchant mariners to determine the 

number of qualified mariners who are 

available and willing to serve on short 

notice on U.S. government-owned 

sealift ships or commercial ships during 

a period of national need. The most 

recent survey of this scope was 

completed in 2002. The availability of a 

reliable, current estimate on the number 

of mariners willing to serve in times of 

war, armed conflict, or national 

emergency is critical to the U.S. national 

security. 

Respondents: Appropriately 

credentialed U.S. merchant mariners. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Total Estimated Number of 

Responses: 690 (40 for cognitive 

interviews; 650 for pilot survey). 

Frequency: One-time. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 45 

minutes for cognitive interviews; 20 

minutes for pilot survey. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 247. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the 

Department’s performance; (b) the 

accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) 

ways for the Department to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information collection; and (d) ways 

that the burden could be minimized 

without reducing the quality of the 

collected information. The agency will 

summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; and 

49 CFR 1.93.) 

By Order of the Acting Maritime 

Administrator. 

T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., 

Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19808 Filed 9–13–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Extension of Information 

Collection Request Submitted for 

Public Comment; Comment Request 

on Burden Related to Interest Rates 

and Appropriate Foreign Loss 

Payment Patterns of Certain Controlled 

Corporations 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service, 

as part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the 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. Currently, the IRS is 

soliciting comments concerning the 

burden related to the interest rates and 

appropriate foreign loss payment 

patterns for determining the qualified 

insurance income of certain controlled 

corporations under section 954(f). 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before November 15, 

2021 to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Kinna Brewington, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6529, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224. 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the regulations should be 

directed to R. Joseph Durbala, at Internal 

Revenue Service, Room 6129, 1111 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington 

DC 20224, or through the internet, at 

RJoseph.Durbala@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Interest Rates and Appropriate 

Foreign Loss Payment Patterns for 

Determining the Qualified Insurance 

Income of Certain Controlled 

Corporations under Section 954(f). 

OMB Number: 1545–1799. 

Regulation/Project Number: Notice 

2002–69. 

Abstract: Notice 2002–69 (2002–43 

I.R.B. 730) published October 28, 2002, 

provides interim guidance for 

determining the interest rates and 

appropriate foreign loss payment 

patterns to be used by controlled foreign 

corporations in calculating their 

qualified insurance income under 

section 954(i) of the Internal Revenue 

Code. Taxpayers may rely on the 

guidance in this notice until regulations 

or other guidance are published. 

Current Actions: There is no change to 

the burden previously approved. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households, business, or other for-profit 

organizations. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 300. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 

hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 300. 

The following paragraph applies to all 

the collections of information covered 

by this notice: 


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An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Books or records relating to a 

collection of information must be 

retained if their contents may become 

material in the administration of any 

internal revenue law. Generally, tax 

returns and tax return information are 

confidential, as required by 26 U.S.C. 

6103. 

Desired Focus of Comments: The 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 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 using 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., by 

permitting electronic submissions of 

responses. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the ICR for OMB approval 

of the extension of the information 

collection; they will also become a 

matter of public record. 

Approved: September 9, 2021. 

Ronald J. Durbala, 

IRS Tax Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19779 Filed 9–13–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Open Meeting of the Financial 

Research Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Financial Research, 

Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Financial Research 

Advisory Committee for the Treasury’s 

Office of Financial Research (OFR) is 

convening for its eighteenth meeting on 

Wednesday, September 29, 2021 via 

webcast, beginning at 10:00 a.m. Eastern 

Time. The meeting will be open to the 

public, and advance registration is 

required. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Wednesday, September 29, 2021, 

beginning at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via webcast using Zoom. Participants 

are required to register ahead of time. 

Register in advance for the meeting 

using this Zoom attendee registration 

link: https://ofr-treasury.zoomgov.com/ 

webinar/register/WN_ceA_

TMBGTzOIlUVlIUDNZg. 

After registering, you will receive a 

confirmation email with a unique link 

to join the meeting. 

Reasonable Accommodation: If you 

require a reasonable accommodation or 

sign language interpreter, please contact 

ReasonableAccommodationRequests@

treasury.gov. Please submit requests at 

least five days before the event. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melissa Avstreih, Designated Federal 

Officer, Office of Financial Research, 

Department of the Treasury, 1500 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20220, (202) 927–8032 (this is not a 

toll-free number), or OFR_FRAC@

ofr.treasury.gov. 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: Notice of 

this meeting is provided in accordance 

with the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, 10(a)(2), through 

implementing regulations at 41 CFR 

102–3.150, et seq. 

Public Comment: Members of the 

public wishing to comment on the 

business of the Financial Research 

Advisory Committee are invited to 

submit written statements by any of the 

following methods: 

• Electronic Statements. Email the 

Committee’s Designated Federal Officer 

at OFR_FRAC@ofr.treasury.gov. 

• Paper Statements. Send paper 

statements in triplicate to the Financial 

Research Advisory Committee, Attn: 

Melissa Avstreih, Office of Financial 

Research, Department of the Treasury, 

1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20220. 

The OFR will post statements on the 

Committee’s website, https://

www.financialresearch.gov/frac/, 

including any business or personal 

information provided, such as names, 

addresses, email addresses, or telephone 

numbers. The OFR will also make such 

statements available for public 

inspection and copying in the 

Department of the Treasury’s library, 

Annex Room 1020, 1500 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20220 on 

official business days between the hours 

of 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time. 

You may make an appointment to 

inspect statements by calling (202) 622– 

0990. All statements, including 

attachments and other supporting 

materials, will be part of the public 

record and subject to public disclosure. 

You should submit only information 

that you wish to make available 

publicly. 

Agenda/Topics for Discussion: The 

Committee provides an opportunity for 

researchers, industry leaders, and other 

qualified individuals to offer their 

advice and recommendations to the 

OFR, which, among other things, is 

responsible for collecting and 

standardizing data on financial 

institutions and their activities and for 

supporting the work of the Financial 

Stability Oversight Council. 

This is the eighteenth meeting of the 

Financial Research Advisory 

Committee. Topics to be discussed 

among all members are the transition 

from the London Interbank Offered Rate 

to alternative benchmarks, the Office of 

Financial Research’s work related to 

central clearing parties, and 

cybersecurity. For more information on 

the OFR and the Committee, please visit 

the OFR’s website at https://

www.financialresearch.gov. 

Sean Dillon, 

Senior Advisor. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19751 Filed 9–13–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–AK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0021] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activity: VA LOAN ELECTRONIC 

REPORTING INTERFACE (VALERI) 

SYSTEM 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration (VBA), 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. 


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