Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 135 / Friday, July 15, 2022 / Notices 42535 

Douglas, Grant, Kandiyohi, Lac Qui 

Parle, Lincoln, Morrison, Nobles, 

Pope, Redwood, Renville, Stearns, 

Stevens, Swift, Todd, Traverse, 

Wadena, Wilkin, Yellow Medicine. 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

Non-Profit Organizations with 

Credit Available Elsewhere ... 1.875 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 1.875 

For Economic Injury: 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 1.875 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 17520 B and for 

economic injury is 17521 0. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

Joshua Barnes, 

Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2022–15110 Filed 7–14–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

Data Collection Available for Public 

Comments 

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Small Business 

Administration (SBA) plans to seek 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) to conduct the data 

collection activities described below. 

The Paperwork Reduction Act requires 

federal agencies to publish a notice in 

the Federal Register concerning each 

proposed collection of information to 

OMB, and to allow 60 days for the 

public to comment in response to the 

notice. This notice complies with such 

requirements and announces the SBA’s 

proposal to conduct a survey of cluster 

administrators, small businesses, and 

large organizations who participated in 

the SBA’s Regional Innovation Cluster 

(RIC) Initiative. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

September 13, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Send all comments to Philip 

T. Gibson; Office of Entrepreneurship 

Education; philip.gibson@sba.gov, 409 

3rd Street SW, Washington, DC 20416. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Philip T. Gibson; Office of 

Entrepreneurship Education; 

philip.gibson@sba.gov, 409 3rd Street 

SW, Washington, DC 20416, or Curtis B. 

Rich, Management Analyst, 202–205– 

7030, curtis.rich@sba.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

request for a revision of a currently 

approved collection (OMB number: 

3245–0392). Through the RIC initiative, 

SBA is investing in regional clusters— 

geographic concentrations of 

interconnected companies, specialized 

suppliers, academic institutions, service 

providers, and associated organizations 

with a specific industry focus— 

throughout the United States that span 

a variety of industries. The three 

primary goals of the initiative are to (1) 

increase opportunities for small 

business participation within clusters, 

(2) promote innovation in the industries 

on which the clusters are focused, and 

(3) enhance economic development and 

growth in cluster regions. To achieve 

these goals, the clusters provide a host 

of services to the target population of 

small and emerging businesses within 

their regional and industry focuses. 

Services include direct business 

advising and support and sponsoring 

events, such as networking 

opportunities with investors, large 

businesses and other stakeholders in the 

regions. This information collection is 

necessary for SBA to understand the 

progress of the RIC initiative toward 

achieving its goals. 

The evaluation consists of two key 

components: an implementation 

evaluation and an outcome evaluation. 

The implementation evaluation focuses 

on how the Initiative is implemented 

across the 12 clusters and on the 

services that each cluster provides to its 

small businesses. The outcome 

evaluation focuses on short- and 

intermediate-term outcomes linked 

directly to the cluster services, as well 

as on long-term business outcomes that 

can be reasonably expected to result 

from the short- and intermediate-term 

outcomes. The short-term outcomes 

include the satisfaction and the 

perceived effectiveness of the program 

for business management and growth. 

The intermediate outcomes include 

development of new products, 

commercialization of new technologies, 

marketing and export services, 

improved access to capital, and industry 

integration. Long-term outcomes 

include increased revenue and 

employment. Over the previous years, 

evaluation results have helped to track 

the program performance outcomes and 

provide suggestions for program 

improvements to better facilitate 

innovation and small business growth. 

Furthermore, the evaluation survey data 

helped the SBA to better focus cluster 

activities on local contexts, particularly 

for rural and agricultural small 

businesses. This data will not be used 

to evaluate the effectiveness of an 

individual cluster. 

The data collection effort involves 

three types of RIC initiative 

stakeholders: small businesses, large 

organizations, and cluster 

administrators. Small businesses 

participating in the cluster will be sent 

an online survey to provide data about 

their cluster participation experiences, 

satisfaction with the program and its 

components, the performance of their 

firms with respect to a variety of 

outcomes, and the role of cluster 

participation in the achievement of 

these outcomes. Similarly, large 

organizations—a broad group that 

includes universities, public sector 

agencies, nonprofit organizations, and 

business associations—will be asked to 

complete an online survey to provide 

data about their experiences with the 

RIC Initiative. The questions include 

reasons for the RIC participation, 

collaboration with and support for small 

businesses, and the role of cluster 

participation on key organizational 

outcomes associated with the RIC 

participation. The RIC administrators 

will be asked to complete a survey that 

provides the framework of the surveys 

that the small business and large 

organizations are sent. The 

administrator survey requests 

information about the services they 

provided to these two groups of 

stakeholders, and their operations in 

general. Cluster administrators will also 

be interviewed once a year to obtain 

information about how their operations 

have evolved, the adjustments they 

made, best practices, issues 

encountered, and the lessons learned. 

Solicitation of Public Comments 

SBA is requesting comments on (a) 

Whether the collection of information is 

necessary for the agency to properly 

perform its functions; (b) whether the 

burden estimates are accurate; (c) 

whether there are ways to minimize the 

burden, including through the use of 

automated techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and (d) whether 

there are ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information. 

Summary of Information Collection 

PRA Number: OMB 3245–0392. 

(1) Title: Regional Clusters. 

Description of Respondents: Small 

and emerging businesses. 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

248. 


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42536 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 135 / Friday, July 15, 2022 / Notices 

1SMS submitted its verified notice of exemption 

on June 10, 2022, and filed a supplement on June 

29, 2022. In light of the supplement, June 29, 2022, 

is deemed the filing date of the verified notice. 

2According to the verified notice, the trackage to 

be leased also includes approximately 0.8 miles of 

‘‘sidings, passing and yard tracks.’’ 

3 JP Rail acquired authority to operate the Line in 

1995. See JP Rail, Inc. d/b/a S. R.R. of N.J.—Notice 

of Exemption—Operation of Salem Branch Rail 

Line in Salem Cnty., N.J., FD 32700 (ICC served Oct. 

10, 1995). U S Rail acquired authority to operate the 

Line in 2009. See U S Rail Corp.—Operation 

Exemption—U S Rail Corp. of N.J., FD 35317 (STB 

served Nov. 27, 2009); see also U S Rail Corp. of 

N.J.—Lease Exemption—Cnty. of Salem, N.J., FD 

35310 (STB served Nov. 27, 2009). Neither rail 

carrier has sought Board authority to discontinue 

operations over the Line. See JP Rail, Inc. d/b/a S. 

R.R. of N.J.—Operation Exemption—Rail Line in 

Salem Cnty., N.J., FD 35596, slip op. at 1–2 n.1 

(STB served Feb. 29, 2012). 

4According to the verified notice, SMS has 

attempted to contact U S Rail but the company is 

unreachable. Additionally, SMS states that it cannot 

confirm whether U S Rail currently operates in the 

region where the Line is located. However, an 

attachment to the verified notice shows that the 

Ohio Secretary of State website lists U S Rail as an 

active corporation. Because U S Rail has not 

consented to the discontinuance of its operating 

authority, this notice of exemption does not apply 

to U S Rail, and U S Rail retains its authority to 

operate the Line. However, U S Rail may seek Board 

authority to discontinue operations over the Line, 

or a third party may request that the Board 

authorize an ‘‘adverse’’ discontinuance of U S Rail’s 

operating authority. 

Total Estimated Annual Hour Burden: 

196. 

Curtis B. Rich, 

Agency Forms Manager. 

[FR Doc. 2022–15176 Filed 7–14–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 11784] 

Notice of Determinations; Culturally 

Significant Objects Being Imported for 

Exhibition—Determinations: ‘‘The 

Space Between: The Modern in Korean 

Art’’ Exhibition 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

following determinations: I hereby 

determine that certain objects being 

imported from abroad pursuant to 

agreements with their foreign owners or 

custodians for temporary display in the 

exhibition ‘‘The Space Between: The 

Modern in Korean Art’’ at the Los 

Angeles County Museum of Art, Los 

Angeles, California, and at possible 

additional exhibitions or venues yet to 

be determined, are of cultural 

significance, and, further, that their 

temporary exhibition or display within 

the United States as aforementioned is 

in the national interest. I have ordered 

that Public Notice of these 

determinations be published in the 

Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chi 

D. Tran, Program Administrator, Office 

of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of 

State (telephone: 202–632–6471; email: 

section2459@state.gov). The mailing 

address is U.S. Department of State, L/ 

PD, 2200 C Street NW (SA–5), Suite 

5H03, Washington, DC 20522–0505. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

foregoing determinations were made 

pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 

985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), E.O. 12047 of 

March 27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs 

Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 

(112 Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 

note, et seq.), Delegation of Authority 

No. 234 of October 1, 1999, Delegation 

of Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 

2000, and Delegation of Authority No. 

523 of December 22, 2021. 

Stacy E. White, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional 

and Cultural Exchanges, Bureau of 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

[FR Doc. 2022–15202 Filed 7–14–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

[Docket No. FD 36529] 

SMS Rail Service, Inc.—Change in 

Operator Exemption Including 

Acquisition by Lease—Salem Branch 

Line in Salem and Gloucester 

Counties, N.J. 

SMS Rail Service, Inc. (SMS), a Class 

III rail carrier, has filed a verified notice 

of exemption 1 pursuant to 49 CFR 

1150.41 to assume operations over 

approximately 19.4 miles of rail line 

extending from milepost 11.0 in 

Swedesboro, N.J., to milepost 28.4 in the 

Salem Rail Yard in Salem City, N.J., 

including the Glass House Branch Spur 

extending from milepost 0.0 to milepost 

1.2 in Salem City, N.J. (the Line), which 

is owned by Salem County, N.J. (the 

County).2 Currently, U S Rail 

Corporation (U S Rail) and JP Rail, Inc. 

d/b/a Southern Railroad Company of 

New Jersey (JP Rail), both Class III rail 

carriers, possess Board authority to 

operate the Line.3

According to the verified notice, SMS 

has entered into an agreement with the 

County to provide exclusive rail service 

over the Line, and JP Rail has consented 

to the proposed change in operators and 

discontinuance of its operating 

authority.4

As required under 49 CFR 1150.43(h), 

SMS certifies that the proposed 

transaction does not involve a provision 

or agreement that may limit future 

interchange with a third-party 

connecting carrier. 

SMS certifies that its projected 

revenues as a result of the transaction 

will not result in the creation of a Class 

I or Class II rail carrier but also states 

that its annual revenues will exceed $5 

million following the transaction. 

Pursuant to 49 CFR 1150.42(e), if a 

carrier’s projected revenues will exceed 

$5 million, it must, at least 60 days 

before the exemption becomes effective, 

post a notice of its intent to undertake 

the proposed transaction at the 

workplace of the employees on the 

affected lines, serve a copy of the notice 

on the national offices of the labor 

unions with employees on the affected 

lines, and certify to the Board that it has 

done so. SMS states that it complied 

with the advance notice posting 

requirements of 49 CFR 1150.42(e) on 

June 29, 2022, and that SMS has been 

advised that no labor union represents 

JP Rail employees. 

Under 49 CFR 1150.42(b), a change in 

operator exemption requires that notice 

be given to shippers. SMS certifies that 

it has provided notice of the proposed 

change in operator to the sole shipper 

on the Line. 

The transaction may be consummated 

on or after August 28, 2022, the effective 

date of the exemption (60 days after 

SMS’s certification under 49 CFR 

1150.42(e)). 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

may be filed at any time. The filing of 

a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the effectiveness of 

the exemption. Petitions for stay must 

be filed no later than August 19, 2022 

(at least seven days before the 

exemption becomes effective). 

All pleadings, referring to Docket No. 

FD 36529, must be filed with the 

Surface Transportation Board either via 

e-filing on the Board’s website or in 

writing addressed to 395 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, a copy of each pleading must 

be served on SMS’s representative, 

Robert A. Klein, Berkowitz Klein, LLP, 

629 B Swedesford Road, Swedesford 

Corporate Center, Malvern, PA 19355– 

1530. 

According to SMS, this action is 

categorically excluded from 

environmental review under 49 CFR 

1105.6(c) and from historic preservation 

reporting requirements under 49 CFR 

1105.8(b). 

Board decisions and notices are 

available at www.stb.gov. 

Decided: July 12, 2022. 


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