40826 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 165 / Monday, August 28, 2017 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 10087] 

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: NEA/AC Performance 

Reporting System (ACPRS) and State 

Assistance Management System 

(SAMS) Domestic Results Monitoring 

Module 

ACTION: Notice of request for public 

comment and submission to OMB of 

proposed collection of information. 

SUMMARY: The Department of State has 

submitted the information collection 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

approval. In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 we 

are requesting comments on this 

collection from all interested 

individuals and organizations. The 

purpose of this Notice is to allow 30 

days for public comment. 

DATES: Submit comments directly to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) up to September 27, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Direct comments to the 

Department of State Desk Officer in the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs at the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB). You may submit 

comments by the following methods: 

• Email: oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov. You must include the DS 

form number, information collection 

title, and the OMB control number in 

the subject line of your message. 

• Fax: 202–395–5806. Attention: Desk 

Officer for Department of State. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Direct requests for additional 

information regarding the collection 

listed in this notice, including requests 

for copies of the proposed collection 

instrument and supporting documents, 

may be made to Hainer Sibrian, 

TetraTech/PRO-telligent Contractor, 

U.S. Department of State, Bureau of 

Near Eastern Affairs, Office of 

Assistance Coordination (NEA/AC), 

NEA Mail Room—Room 6528, 2201 C 

St. NW., Washington, DC 20520. He may 

be reached by phone at 202–776–8826 

or by email at SibrianHE@state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

• Title of Information Collection: 

NEA/AC Performance Reporting System 

(ACPRS); and State Assistance 

Management System (SAMS) Domestic. 

• OMB Control Number: 1405–0183. 

• Type of Request: Extension of a 

Currently Approved Collection. 

• Originating Office: Bureau of Near 

Eastern Affairs, Office of Assistance 

Coordination (NEA/AC). 

• Form Number: DS–4127. 

• Respondents: Recipients of NEA/ 

AC grants. 

• Estimated Number of Respondents: 

240. 

• Estimated Number of Responses: 

960. 

• Average Time per Response: 20 

minutes. 

• Total Estimated Burden Time: 

19,200 hours. 

• Frequency: Quarterly. 

• Obligation to Respond: Mandatory. 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department to: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department. 

• Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the time and cost burden for 

this proposed collection, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

• Minimize the reporting burden on 

those who are to respond, including the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Please note that comments submitted 

in response to this Notice are public 

record. Before including any detailed 

personal information, you should be 

aware that your comments as submitted, 

including your personal information, 

will be available for public review. 

Abstract of Proposed Collection 

The Assistance Coordination (AC) 

Office, established in June 2014, 

coordinates United States government 

foreign assistance in the Middle East 

and North Africa region for the 

Department of State, and manages the 

implementation of all the assistance 

functions within the Department of 

State’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. 

In fiscal year 2017, the AC office expects 

to obligate over $142 million to support 

economic development, good 

governance, education, democracy 

programs, and human rights reform in 

20 countries of the Middle East and 

North Africa. As a normal course of 

business and in compliance with OMB 

Guidelines contained in 2 CFR 200, 

recipient organizations are required to 

provide, and the U.S. Department of 

State is required to collect, periodic 

program and financial performance 

reports. The responsibility of the 

Department to track and monitor the 

programmatic and financial 

performance necessitates a database that 

can help facilitate this in a consistent 

and standardized manner. The NEA/AC 

Performance Reporting System (ACPRS) 

enables enhanced monitoring and 

evaluation of grants through 

standardized collection and storage of 

relevant award elements, such as 

quarterly progress reports, workplans, 

results monitoring plans, grant 

agreements, and other business 

information related to AC implementers. 

The ACPRS streamlines communication 

with implementers and allows for rapid 

identification of information gaps for 

specific projects. With the introduction 

of a results monitoring module within 

SAMS Domestic in April 2018, NEA/AC 

will exclusively use SAMS Domestic to 

track and monitor programmatic and 

financial performance of awards and 

phase out ACPRS. 

Methodology 

Information will be electronically 

entered into ACPRS, and later SAMS 

Domestic, by respondents. 

Gregory Young, 

Grants Manager, Bureau of Near Eastern 

Affairs, Office of Assistance Coordination 

(NEA/AC) Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18194 Filed 8–25–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection: Office of 

Dispute Resolution Procedures for 

Protests and Contact Disputes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA 

invites public comments about our 

intention to request the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval to renew a previously 

approved information collection. The 

regulations seek factual and legal 

information from protesters or claimants 

primarily through written submissions. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by September 27, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the proposed information collection to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget. Comments should be addressed 

to the attention of the Desk Officer, 

Department of Transportation/FAA, and 

sent via electronic mail to oira_

submission@omb.eop.gov, or faxed to 


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(202) 395–6974, or mailed to the Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

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 FAA’s 

performance; (b) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Hall at Barbara.L.Hall@faa.gov 

or (817) 222–5448. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0632. 

Title: Office of Dispute Resolution 

Procedures for Protests and Contact 

Disputes. 

Form Numbers: There are no FAA 

forms associated with this collection. 

Type of Review: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

Background: The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on the following 

collection of information was published 

on June 19, 2017 (82 FR 27950). There 

were no comments. 14 CFR 17.15 and 

17.25 provide the procedures for filing 

protests and contract claims with the 

Office of Dispute Resolution for 

Acquisition. The regulations seek 

factual and legal information from 

protesters or claimants primarily 

through written submissions. The 

information sought by the regulations is 

used by the ODRA, as well as the 

opposing parties: (1) To gain a clear 

understanding as to the facts and the 

law underlying the dispute; and (2) to 

provide a basis for applying dispute 

resolution techniques. 

Respondents: Approximately 45 

protestors or claimants. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 20.5 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 923 

hours. 

Issued in Washington, DC on August 21, 

2017. 

Ronda L Thompson, 

FAA Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Performance, Policy & Records 

Management Branch, ASP–110. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18011 Filed 8–25–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2017–0036] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments for a 

New Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA has forwarded the 

information collection request described 

in this notice to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

approval of a new information 

collection. We published a Federal 

Register Notice with a 60-day public 

comment period on this information 

collection on May 30, 2017. We are 

required to publish this notice in the 

Federal Register by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

September 27, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

within 30 days to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention DOT Desk Officer. You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the FHWA’s performance; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways for the FHWA to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the collected information; and 

(4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized, including the use of 

electronic technology, without reducing 

the quality of the collected information. 

All comments should include the 

Docket number FHWA–2017–0036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Victoria Peters, 720–963–3522, or Andy 

Byra, 720–963–3550, Office of 

Innovative Program Delivery, Center for 

Local-Aid Support, Federal Highway 

Administration, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Local Public Agencies Training 

and Technical Assistance Needs 

Assessment Background: The Federal 

Highway Administration (FHWA) is 

charged with implementing a local 

technical assistance program under 23 

U.S.C. 504 (b). Congress recognized that 

training and technical assistance to the 

local public agencies (LPA) to provide 

access to surface transportation 

technology, technical assistance and 

training was necessary and created the 

Rural Technical Assistance Program 

(RTAP) in 1982. In 1991, through the 

Intermodal Surface Transportation 

Efficiency Act (ISTEA) legislation, this 

program became the Local Technical 

Assistance Program (LTAP). There is an 

LTAP Center in every State and PR/ 

USVI—51 total. The program has 

launched a strategic planning process 

and a lack of data directly linking 

training to improvements in program 

delivery and innovation deployment 

outcomes posed a challenge to the 

Agency. 

A needs assessment survey will help 

inform and identify what areas of 

knowledge that training needs to 

accomplish within the local agency 

community. The results of the 

assessment will help direct resources to 

the areas of greatest demand. The survey 

will be conducted once over a 30 day 

period. These are surveys to collect 

training related information and there 

are no sensitive or personal questions, 

therefore confidentiality is not 

guaranteed or necessary. 

Respondents: Local Public Agency 

Public Works Directors and Road 

Superintendents. 

Frequency: This is a one-time 

collection. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: Approximately 7,800 

responses who will each require an 

average of 15 minutes to respond. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: The total annual public burden 

hours for this information collection is 

estimated to be 1,950 hours. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

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

and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued on: August 22, 2017. 

Michael Howell, 

Information Collection Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18171 Filed 8–25–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions 

on Proposed Highway in California 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Limitation on Claims 

for Judicial Review of Actions by the 

California Department of Transportation 

(Caltrans). 


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