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however, this change is not expected to 

change burden. 

NHTSA expects the industry burden 

of following the Voluntary Guidance to 

be comprised of efforts entities would 

already incur in normal business 

operation and existing documentation; 

however, there may be an increased 

burden for documentation of procedures 

and some minor analysis or review. In 

calculating the burden for an entity to 

consider the safety elements in the 

Voluntary Guidance, NHTSA has 

adjusted its estimates in accordance 

with the new Voluntary Guidance from 

the original estimated annual burden of 

1,630 hours for each reporting entity 

plus an additional 20 hours for select 

entities. By limiting the scope and safety 

elements in the Voluntary Guidance, the 

estimated annual burden for an entity to 

consider the safety elements in the 

Voluntary Guidance is now 835 hours. 

In addition to the estimated annual 

burden associated with existing 

documentation and business operation 

to follow the Voluntary Guidance, 

disclosure of a Voluntary Safety SelfAssessment may involve additional 

burden for format and content 

adherence, varying by safety element. 

NHTSA estimates that each entity will 

spend an additional 600 hours to use 

the documentation recommendations 

contained in the Voluntary Guidance. 

This estimate of burden is comprised of 

efforts to transmit information from 

existing format into a summary format 

that would be consumable by the 

public, including data translation, 

analysis, and discussion of traditionallytechnical information. This is a 

reduction from the original estimate of 

1,380 burden hours per year. 

Estimated Burden for This Collection: 

This estimated burden is a change from 

the previous collection, which 

estimated a total burden of 136,050 

hours for 45 HAV manufacturers or 

entities responding and 45 L2 

manufacturers or entities responding. 

As the new Voluntary Guidance does 

not contain any recommendations for 

documentation or disclosure for L2 

manufacturers, NHTSA has removed 

estimates for L2 manufacturers, which 

the agency had estimated as leading to 

1,375 burden hours per entity per year. 

NHTSA has also increased the estimated 

respondents for ADS (previously 

referred to as HAV) manufacturers or 

entities from 45 to 50 based on recent 

trends and has adjusted the burdens for 

each safety element based on the new 

Voluntary Guidance. NHTSA estimates 

the total burden associated with 

conforming with the documentation and 

disclosure recommendations contained 

in the Voluntary Guidance would be 

1,435 hours per manufacturer or entity 

per year. NHTSA estimates that 50 

manufacturers will conform with the 

recommendations contained in the 

Voluntary Guidance for a total burden of 

71,750 hours. Assuming an average cost 

to manufacturers or entities of $100 per 

hour, the total estimated annual burden 

on all respondents to this collection is 

$7,175,000, which represents a net 

decrease of $6,430,000 from the prior 

approval. 

The agency seeks comment on the 

estimated burden hours. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. Section 3506(c)(2)(A). 

Nathaniel Beuse, 

Associate Administrator for Vehicle Safety 

Research. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2017–0039; Notice 1] 

Ride the Ducks International, LLC, 

Receipt of Petition for Decision of 

Inconsequential Noncompliance 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Receipt of petition. 

SUMMARY: Ride the Ducks International, 

LLC (RTDI), has determined that certain 

model year (MY) 1996–2014 Ride the 

Ducks International Stretch Amphibious 

passenger vehicles (APVs) do not fully 

comply with Federal Motor Vehicle 

Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 113, Hood 

Latch System, and Federal Motor 

Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 

302, Flammability of Interior Materials. 

RTDI filed a noncompliance information 

report dated March 15, 2017. RTDI also 

petitioned NHTSA on April 12, 2017, 

for a decision that the subject 

noncompliance is inconsequential as it 

relates to motor vehicle safety. 

DATES: The closing date for comments 

on the petition is October 16, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written data, views, 

and arguments on this petition. 

Comments must refer to the docket and 

notice number cited in the title of this 

notice and submitted by any of the 

following methods: 

• Mail: Send comments by mail 

addressed to U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: Deliver comments 

by hand to U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. The Docket 

Section is open on weekdays from 10 

a.m. to 5 p.m. except Federal Holidays. 

• Electronically: Submit comments 

electronically by logging onto the 

Federal Docket Management System 

(FDMS) Web site at https://

www.regulations.gov/. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Comments may also be faxed to 

(202) 493–2251. 

Comments must be written in the 

English language, and be no greater than 

15 pages in length, although there is no 

limit to the length of necessary 

attachments to the comments. If 

comments are submitted in hard copy 

form, please ensure that two copies are 

provided. If you wish to receive 

confirmation that comments you have 

submitted by mail were received, please 

enclose a stamped, self-addressed 

postcard with the comments. Note that 

all comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

All comments and supporting 

materials received before the close of 

business on the closing date indicated 

above will be filed in the docket and 

will be considered. All comments and 

supporting materials received after the 

closing date will also be filed and will 

be considered to the fullest extent 

possible. 

When the petition is granted or 

denied, notice of the decision will also 

be published in the Federal Register 

pursuant to the authority indicated at 

the end of this notice. 

All comments, background 

documentation, and supporting 

materials submitted to the docket may 

be viewed by anyone at the address and 

times given above. The documents may 

also be viewed on the Internet at https:// 

www.regulations.gov by following the 

online instructions for accessing the 

dockets. The docket ID number for this 

petition is shown in the heading of this 

notice. 

DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement is available for review in a 

Federal Register notice published on 

April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477–78). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Overview: Ride the Ducks 

International, LLC (RTDI), has 

determined that certain model year 

(MY) 1996–2014 Ride the Ducks 

International Stretch Amphibious 

passenger vehicles (APVs) do not fully 

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1Under the USCG rubric, APVs are classified as 

‘‘T-Boats’’ which are small passenger vessels 

weighing less than 100 gross tons. 2USCG regulations also require that while 

operating in the water, the engine compartment has 

the ability to be fully closed. In the event of a fire 

in the engine compartment, the operator will 

deploy the hood latch, dropping the hood and 

closing off the compartment. This feature is 

designed to contain the fire by preventing the flow 

of oxygen around the engine. 

comply with paragraph S4.2 of Federal 

Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 

No. 113, Hood Latch System, and 

paragraph S2 of Federal Motor Vehicle 

Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 302, 

Flammability of Interior Materials. RTDI 

filed a noncompliance information 

report dated March 15, 2017, pursuant 

to 49 CFR 573, Defect and 

Noncompliance Responsibility and 

Reports. RTDI also petitioned NHTSA 

on April 12, 2017, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 

30118(d) and 30120(h) and 49 CFR part 

556, for an exemption from the 

notification and remedy requirements of 

49 U.S.C. Chapter 301 on the basis that 

this noncompliance is inconsequential 

as it relates to motor vehicle safety. 

This notice of receipt of RTDI’s 

petition is published under 49 U.S.C. 

30118 and 30120 and does not represent 

any agency decision or other exercise of 

judgment concerning the merits of the 

petition. 

II. Vehicles Involved: Approximately 

105 MY 1996–2014 Ride the Ducks 

International Stretch APVs, 

manufactured between January 1, 1996, 

and December 31, 2014, are potentially 

involved. 

III. Noncompliance: RTDI explained 

that the noncompliance is that the 

subject vehicles were not equipped with 

a secondary hood latch system, as 

required by paragraph S4.2 of FMVSS 

No. 113 and that there are interior 

components and materials that do not 

conform to the burn rate requirements of 

paragraph S2 of FMVSS No. 302. 

IV. Rule Text: Paragraph S4.2 of 

FMVSS No. 113 states in pertinent part: 

S4.2 A front opening hood which, in any 

open position, partially or completely 

obstructs a driver’s forward view through the 

windshield must be provided with a second 

latch position on the hood latch system or 

with a second hood latch system. 

Paragraph S2 of FMVSS No. 302 states 

in pertinent part: 

S2 Purpose. The purpose of this standard 

is to reduce the deaths and injuries to motor 

vehicle occupants caused by vehicle fires, 

especially those originating in the interior of 

the vehicle from sources such as matches or 

cigarettes. 

V. Summary of RTDI’s Petition: As 

background, in 1996, RTDI began to 

produce APVs. The original 

Amphibious Passenger vehicles (APVs) 

are based on military vehicles that were 

capable of operation over both land and 

water. The ‘‘Stretch’’ APVs were 

refurbished by RTDI in accordance with 

state and U.S. Coast Guard rules and 

regulations. These vehicles have 

renewed hulls that are ‘‘stretched’’ over 

the original chassis frame and original 

vehicle components that were replaced 

with modern equipment. RTDI 

manufactured the stretch APVs until 

2005, when RTDI introduced its 

‘‘Truck’’ APVs. The truck APVs are 

based on military cargo vehicles. RTDI 

has not manufactured any vehicles since 

2014. 

RTDI described the subject 

noncompliance and stated its belief that 

the noncompliance is inconsequential 

as it relates to motor vehicle safety. 

In support of its petition, RTDI 

submitted the following reasoning: 

1. FMVSS No. 113 specifies, ‘‘a front 

opening hood which, in any open 

position, partially or completely 

obstructs a driver’s forward view 

through the windshield must be 

provided with a second latch position 

on the hood latch system or with a 

second hood latch system.’’ 49 CFR 

§ 571.113, S4.2. The purpose of FMVSS 

No. 113 is to establish requirements for 

vehicle hood latch systems so that the 

hood remains secure while the vehicle 

is operated. 

2. FMVSS 302 sets out the burn 

resistance requirements for materials 

used in certain parameters within the 

occupant compartments of vehicles. The 

stated purpose of FMVSS No. 302 is ‘‘to 

reduce the deaths and injuries to motor 

vehicle occupants caused by vehicle 

fires, especially those originating in the 

interior of the vehicle from sources such 

as matches or cigarettes.’’ 49 CFR 

571.302, S2. 

3. The fire risks that exist in 

traditional motor vehicles are not the 

same concerns that present themselves 

in the APVs. Mitigating the risks of a 

fire occurring on board an APV are 

centered around the operation and 

safeguarding of the engine compartment 

and passenger egress conditions. The 

USCG has adopted specific design and 

operational requirements for APVs.1

Pursuant to the USCG regulations, while 

an APV is operating, the hood is to 

remain in an ‘‘open’’ position. See 46 

CFR 182.460 (‘‘a space containing 

machinery powered by, or fuel tanks for, 

gasoline must have a ventilation system 

that complies with this section’’), 46 

CFR 182.465 (‘‘a space containing diesel 

machinery must be fitted with adequate 

means . . . to provide sufficient air for 

proper operation of main engines and 

auxiliary engines.’’) This requirement is 

intended to permit a sufficient amount 

of air flow around the engine 

compartment which reduces the 

potential for the engine to overheat and 

potentially cause a fire.2 During 

operation, the hood of the APV is 

opened or elevated by approximately 

four inches. Although the hood of the 

APV is slightly raised, it has vertical 

arms which rest on manually operated 

drop latches. The hood does not pose a 

risk of opening unexpectedly during 

operation, even without a secondary 

hood latch system. The hoods of the 

APVs are substantially heavier than the 

hoods of traditional motor vehicles. As 

a practical matter, it is highly unlikely 

that the force of the wind against the 

vehicle could move the hood of the 

APV. In its more than 30 years of 

operation, RTDI has never received a 

report or allegation involving the 

opening of a vehicle’s hood while 

operating either on the public roads or 

in the public waterways. 

4. The APVs also have installed a 

series of systems designed to protect 

passengers and allow for ease of egress 

from the occupant compartment in the 

event of a fire. The RTDI vehicles have 

an open-air design with multiple areas 

of passenger egress. Additionally, and 

per USCG requirements, all of the 

vehicles have a fire suppression system 

installed throughout the vehicle. The 

fire suppression systems include vent 

closures, heat detection devices, vapor 

detection systems and fire extinguishing 

systems. In the event of a fire in the 

APV, the operator will activate the fire 

suppression system which releases the 

carbon dioxide fire extinguishing agent. 

The vehicles are also equipped with two 

portable fire extinguishers and all 

vehicle operators receive emergency 

evacuation training on no less than a 

quarterly basis, per Coast Guard 

requirements, and often more regularly. 

5. By contrast, FMVSS No. 302 is 

primarily concerned with protecting 

passengers against vehicle fires that 

occur due to flames or sparks inside the 

vehicle. In addition to the safety 

features described above, the vehicles 

have implemented other measures that 

provide an equivalent measure of safety 

to vehicle occupants. Smoking is 

expressly prohibited in the APVs. 

Passengers are advised of this 

requirement prior to the start of the tour. 

On board each vehicle there is a 

‘‘narrator’’ or second crew member 

present. The narrator sits rearward, 

facing into the occupant compartment 

and is in continuous view of the 

passenger’s activities at all times while 

the APV is in operation. The narrator is 

physically located so that he/she would 

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be able to see and stop a passenger 

attempting to light a match, flame or 

smoke on board. 

6. In recognizing that APVs have a 

unique design and may encounter 

specialized hazard conditions, the 

USCG employs a ‘‘systems approach’’ to 

certification for APVs. To meet the 

USCG requirements, the APVs must 

have ‘‘a level of safety equivalent to that 

required for a vessel of similar size and 

service.’’ See Navigation and Vessel 

Inspection Circular (NVIC) No. 1–01. 

These requirements are met, ‘‘in part 

through a combination of design 

requirements and operational 

restrictions’’ and by considering ‘‘the 

entire vehicle and its equipment as a 

complete safety system.’’ Id. The RTDI 

APVs are certified to meet the USCG’s 

fire safety requirements for T-boats. 

7. From its inception, the Safety Act 

has included a provision recognizing 

that some noncompliances may pose 

little or no actual safety risk. The Safety 

Act exempts manufacturers from their 

statutory obligation to provide notice 

and remedy upon a determination by 

NHTSA that a noncompliance is 

inconsequential to motor vehicle safety. 

See 49 U.S.C. 30118(d). In applying this 

recognition to particular fact situations, 

the agency considers whether the 

noncompliance gives rise to ‘‘a 

significantly greater risk than . . . in a 

compliant vehicle.’’ 69 FR 19897, 19900 

(April 14, 2000). The design and 

construction of the APVs addresses the 

potential risks to passenger safety 

arising from fire-related concerns 

particular to these vehicles. The safety 

features present on the APVs provide a 

level of protection that is, at a 

minimum, equivalent to the vehicle 

safety standards so that granting the 

company’s petition would be 

appropriate. 

RTDI concluded by expressing the 

belief that the subject noncompliance is 

inconsequential as it relates to motor 

vehicle safety, and that its petition to be 

exempted from providing notification of 

the noncompliance, as required by 49 

U.S.C. 30118, and a remedy for the 

noncompliance, as required by 49 

U.S.C. 30120, should be granted. 

NHTSA notes that the statutory 

provisions (49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 

30120(h)) that permit manufacturers to 

file petitions for a determination of 

inconsequentiality allow NHTSA to 

exempt manufacturers only from the 

duties found in sections 30118 and 

30120, respectively, to notify owners, 

purchasers, and dealers of a defect or 

noncompliance and to remedy the 

defect or noncompliance. Therefore, any 

decision on this petition only applies to 

the subject vehicles that RTDI no longer 

controlled at the time it determined that 

the noncompliance existed. However, 

any decision on this petition does not 

relieve vehicle distributors and dealers 

of the prohibitions on the sale, offer for 

sale, or introduction or delivery for 

introduction into interstate commerce of 

the noncompliant vehicles under their 

control after RTDI notified them that the 

subject noncompliance existed. 

Authority: (49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120: 

delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and 

501.8) 

Jeffrey M. Giuseppe, 

Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency 

[Docket ID OCC–2017–0017] 

Minority Depository Institutions 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency, Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Comptroller 

of the Currency (OCC) announces a 

meeting of the Minority Depository 

Institutions Advisory Committee 

(MDIAC). 

DATES: The OCC MDIAC will hold a 

public meeting on Tuesday, October 3, 

2017, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Eastern 

Daylight Time (EDT). 

ADDRESSES: The OCC will hold the 

October 3, 2017 meeting of the MDIAC 

at the Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency, 400 7th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20219. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Beverly Cole, Designated Federal Officer 

and Deputy Comptroller for Compliance 

Supervision Management, (202) 649– 

6862, Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency, Washington, DC 20219. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By this 

notice, the OCC is announcing that the 

MDIAC will convene a meeting at 8:30 

a.m. EDT on Tuesday, October 3, 2017, 

at the Office of the Comptroller of the 

Currency, 400 7th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20219. Agenda items 

will include current topics of interest to 

the industry. The purpose of the 

meeting is for the MDIAC to advise the 

OCC on steps the agency may be able to 

take to ensure the continued health and 

viability of minority depository 

institutions and other issues of concern 

to minority depository institutions. 

Members of the public may submit 

written statements to the MDIAC by any 

one of the following methods: 

• Email to: MDIAC@OCC.treas.gov. 

• Mail to: Beverly Cole, Designated 

Federal Officer, Office of the 

Comptroller of the Currency, 400 7th 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20219. 

The OCC must receive written 

statements no later than 5:00 p.m. EDT 

on Tuesday, September 26, 2017. 

Members of the public who plan to 

attend the meeting should contact the 

OCC by 5:00 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, 

September 26, 2017, to inform the OCC 

of their desire to attend the meeting and 

to provide information that will be 

required to facilitate entry into the 

meeting. Members of the public may 

contact the OCC via email at MDIAC@

OCC.treas.gov or by telephone at (202) 

649–6862. Attendees should provide 

their full name, email address, and 

organization, if any. For security 

reasons, attendees will be subject to 

security screening procedures and must 

present a valid government-issued 

identification to enter the building. 

Members of the public who are deaf or 

hard of hearing should call (202) 649– 

5597 (TTY) no later than 5:00 p.m. EDT 

on Tuesday, September 26, 2017, to 

arrange auxiliary aids such as sign 

language interpretation for this meeting. 

Dated: September 7, 2017. 

Keith A. Noreika, 

Acting Comptroller of the Currency. 

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BILLING CODE 4810–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Foreign Assets Control 

Sanctions Actions Pursuant to 

Executive Order 13581 

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets 

Control, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) is publishing the names 

of persons whose property and interests 

in property have been unblocked 

pursuant to Executive Order 13581 of 

July 24, 2011, ‘‘Blocking Property of 

Transnational Criminal Organizations.’’ 

DATES: OFAC’s actions described in this 

notice were effective on April 6, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Department of the Treasury’s Office of 

Foreign Assets Control: Assistant 

Director for Licensing, tel.: 202–622– 

2480, Assistant Director for Regulatory 

Affairs, tel.: 202–622–4855, Assistant 

Director for Sanctions Compliance & 

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