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processing, for immediate national 

security, or to prevent significant 

economic loss. To qualify for emergency 

processing, the application must meet 

specific criteria, justifications must be 

well documented, and describe the 

impact if the special permit is not 

granted. 

PHMSA issued a non-site specific 

special permit (Special Permit DOT–SP 

16279) to certain waste haulers, which 

authorizes the transportation in 

commerce of waste contaminated with 

or suspected of being contaminated with 

the Ebola virus for disposal. Other waste 

haulers not yet authorized under 

Special Permit DOT–SP 16279 may 

apply for party status in accordance 

with 49 CFR 107.107. If an entity needs 

a variance from the HMR, it must apply 

for a special permit as provided in 49 

CFR part 107 subpart B. 

The DOT’s Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration has 

provided the following guidance on the 

transportation of these materials: 

• ‘‘DOT Guidance for Preparing 

Packages of Ebola Contaminated Waste 

for Transportation and Disposal’’ 

provides guidance to prepare packages 

containing waste contaminated or 

suspected of being contaminated with 

the Ebola virus for transportation to offsite treatment and disposal. http://

phmsa.dot.gov/staticfiles/PHMSA/

DownloadableFiles/Files/suspected_

ebola_patient_packaging_guidance_

final.pdf. 

• ‘‘DOT Guidance for Transporting 

Ebola Contaminated Items, a Category A 

Infectious Substance’’ provides common 

FAQs regarding the HMR requirements 

for Category A infectious substances. 

http://phmsa.dot.gov/portal/site/

PHMSA/menuitem.6f23687cf

7b00b0f22e4c6962d9c8789/?vgnextoid=

4d1800e36b978410VgnVCM100000d2

c97898RCRD&vgnextchannel=

d248724dd7d6c010VgnVCM10000080e

8a8c0RCRD&vgnextfmt=print. 

• ‘‘Transporting Infectious 

Substances Safely’’ brochure that 

explains the HMR for transporting 

infectious substance is available at: 

http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/pv_obj_

cache/pv_obj_id_54AC1BCBF0

DFBE298024C4C700569893C2582700/

filename/Transporting_Infectious_

Substances_brochure.pdf. 

• Special Permit DOT–SP 16279 

provides certain carriers with 

alternative authorized packaging 

options for transporting waste 

contaminated or suspected of being 

contaminated with the Ebola virus for 

treatment and disposal. http://

phmsa.dot.gov/staticfiles/PHMSA/

DownloadableFiles/Files/DOT_SP_

16279.pdf. 

Additional Information 

Æ All Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention guidance regarding the Ebola 

virus is available at: http://

www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/index.html. 

For questions on the HMR 

requirements, please contact the 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration’s (PHMSA’s) Hazardous 

Materials Information Center at 1–800– 

467–4922, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Eastern time. 

Magdy El-Sibaie, 

Associate Administrator for Hazardous 

Materials Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25778 Filed 10–29–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

Notice and Request for Comments 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, 

DOT. 

ACTION: 30-day notice of request for 

approval: Extension of Generic 

Clearance for the Collection of 

Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service 

Delivery. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to streamline the process to seek 

feedback from the public on agency 

service delivery, and as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. 3501–3519 (PRA), the Surface 

Transportation Board (STB or Board) 

gives notice that it is requesting from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) approval of generic clearance for 

the collection of qualitative feedback on 

agency service delivery. 

The Board previously published a 

notice about this collection in the 

Federal Register on July 28, 2014, at 79 

FR 43820. That notice allowed for a 60- 

day public review and comment period. 

No comments were received. 

Comments may now be submitted to 

OMB concerning: (1) The accuracy of 

the Board’s burden estimates; (2) ways 

to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information collected; (3) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology 

when appropriate; and (4) whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Board, including 

whether the collection has practical 

utility. Submitted comments will be 

considered and also included in the 

Board’s request for OMB approval. 

Description of Collection 

Title: Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery. 

OMB Control Number: 2140–0019. 

STB Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

Households, Businesses and 

Organizations, State, and Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Average Expected Annual Number of 

Activities: 5. 

Respondents: 15 (for one focus group), 

150 (for each of two surveys), 200 (for 

each of two comments card requests). 

Annual Responses: 15 (for focus 

groups), 300 (for surveys), and 400 (for 

comment cards). 

Frequency of Response: Once per 

request. 

Average Minutes per Response: 24 

minutes (2 hours per focus group, 36 

minutes per survey, 10 minutes per 

comment card). 

Burden Hours: 277. 

Total Burden Hours (annually 

including all respondents): We estimate 

a total of 277 hours for all respondents 

(24 minutes per response × 715 

responses). 

Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost: 

Because respondents email their 

response letters to the Board, there are 

no non-hour costs to respondents. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection activity will garner 

qualitative customer and stakeholder 

feedback in an efficient, timely manner, 

in accordance with the Governmentwide commitment to improving service 

delivery. By qualitative feedback we 

mean information that provides useful 

insights on perceptions and opinions, as 

opposed to statistical surveys that yield 

quantitative results 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 about how 

the Board provides service to the public; 

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 the 

Board and its customers and 

stakeholders. It will also allow feedback 

to contribute directly to the 

improvement of the Board’s program 

management. 

Feedback collected under this generic 

clearance will provide useful 

information, but it will not yield data 

that can be generalized to the overall 


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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. 

DATES: Comments on this information 

collection should be submitted by 

December 1, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be identified as ‘‘Paperwork Reduction 

Act Comments, Surface Transportation 

Board, Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery.’’ These 

comments should be directed to the 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Attention: Patrick Fuchs, 

Surface Transportation Board Desk 

Officer, by email at OIRA_

SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV; by fax at 

(202) 395–6974; or by mail to Room 

10235, 725 17th Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information regarding the 

‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of 

Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service 

Delivery,’’ contact Chris Oehrle at (202) 

245–0271 or oehrlec@stb.dot.gov. 

[Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 

1–800–877–8339.] 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA, a federal agency conducting or 

sponsoring a collection of information 

must display a currently valid OMB 

control number. A collection of 

information, which is defined in 44 

U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c), 

includes agency requirements or 

requests that persons submit reports, 

keep records, or provide information to 

the agency, third parties, or the public. 

Section 3507(b) of the PRA requires, 

concurrent with an agency’s submitting 

a collection to OMB for approval, a 30- 

day notice and comment period through 

publication in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension of an existing collection of 

information. 

Dated: October 24, 2014. 

Brendetta S. Jones, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25760 Filed 10–29–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Designation of 1 Individual and 1 Entity 

Pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of 

September 23, 2001, ‘‘Blocking 

Property and Prohibiting Transactions 

With Persons Who Commit, Threaten 

To Commit, or Support Terrorism’’ 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Treasury Department’s 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

(‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the names of 1 

individual and 1 entity whose property 

and interests in property are blocked 

pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of 

September 23, 2001, ‘‘Blocking Property 

and Prohibiting Transactions With 

Persons Who Commit, Threaten To 

Commit, or Support Terrorism.’’ 

DATES: The designations by the Director 

of OFAC of the 1 individual and 1 entity 

in this notice, pursuant to Executive 

Order 13224, are effective on August 27, 

2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Assistant Director, Compliance 

Outreach & Implementation, Office of 

Foreign Assets Control, Department of 

the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220, 

tel.: 202/622–2490. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability 

This document and additional 

information concerning OFAC are 

available from OFAC’s Web site 

(www.treas.gov/ofac) or via facsimile 

through a 24-hour fax-on-demand 

service, tel.: 202/622–0077. 

Background 

On September 23, 2001, the President 

issued Executive Order 13224 (the 

‘‘Order’’) pursuant to the International 

Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 

U.S.C. 1701–1706, and the United 

Nations Participation Act of 1945, 22 

U.S.C. 287c. In the Order, the President 

declared a national emergency to 

address grave acts of terrorism and 

threats of terrorism committed by 

foreign terrorists, including the 

September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in 

New York, Pennsylvania, and at the 

Pentagon. The Order imposes economic 

sanctions on persons who have 

committed, pose a significant risk of 

committing, or support acts of terrorism. 

The President identified in the Annex to 

the Order, as amended by Executive 

Order 13268 of July 2, 2002, 13 

individuals and 16 entities as subject to 

the economic sanctions. The Order was 

further amended by Executive Order 

13284 of January 23, 2003, to reflect the 

creation of the Department of Homeland 

Security. 

Section 1 of the Order blocks, with 

certain exceptions, all property and 

interests in property that are in or 

hereafter come within the United States 

or the possession or control of United 

States persons, of: (1) Foreign persons 

listed in the Annex to the Order; (2) 

foreign persons determined by the 

Secretary of State, in consultation with 

the Secretary of the Treasury, the 

Secretary of the Department of 

Homeland Security and the Attorney 

General, to have committed, or to pose 

a significant risk of committing, acts of 

terrorism that threaten the security of 

U.S. nationals or the national security, 

foreign policy, or economy of the United 

States; (3) persons determined by the 

Director of OFAC, in consultation with 

the Departments of State, Homeland 

Security and Justice, to be owned or 

controlled by, or to act for or on behalf 

of those persons listed in the Annex to 

the Order or those persons determined 

to be subject to subsection 1(b), 1(c), or 

1(d)(i) of the Order; and (4) except as 

provided in section 5 of the Order and 

after such consultation, if any, with 

foreign authorities as the Secretary of 

State, in consultation with the Secretary 

of the Treasury, the Secretary of the 

Department of Homeland Security and 

the Attorney General, deems 

appropriate in the exercise of his 

discretion, persons determined by the 

Director of OFAC, in consultation with 

the Departments of State, Homeland 

Security and Justice, to assist in, 

sponsor, or provide financial, material, 

or technological support for, or financial 

or other services to or in support of, 

such acts of terrorism or those persons 

listed in the Annex to the Order or 

determined to be subject to the Order or 

to be otherwise associated with those 

persons listed in the Annex to the Order 

or those persons determined to be 

subject to subsection 1(b), 1(c), or 1(d)(i) 

of the Order. 

On August 27, 2014, the Director of 

OFAC, in consultation with the 

Departments of State, Homeland 

Security, Justice and other relevant 

agencies, designated, pursuant to one or 

more of the criteria set forth in 

subsections 1(b), 1(c) or 1(d) of the 

Order, 1 individual and 1 entity whose 

property and interests in property are 

blocked pursuant to Executive Order 

13224. 

The listings for this individual and 

entity on OFAC’s list of Specially 

Designated Nationals and Blocked 

Persons appear as follows: 


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