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contained in the instrument panel in 

plain view of the driver. In addition, an 

initial warning chime will sound. The 

message will be continuously displayed 

unless another serious condition is 

displayed in which case the messages 

would be alternating. Low fluid is 

redisplayed on subsequent ignition 

cycles. 

The combination of the red brake ISO 

symbol, a detailed message on the 

instrument cluster for low fluid, and a 

warning chime provides the operator 

ample notification of a brake condition 

requiring action. 

3. The parking brake on the subject 

vehicles is electronically activated by 

pushing a button labelled ‘‘P’’, which is 

located on the left side of the steering 

wheel. When the parking brake is 

engaged, the dual-function common ISO 

symbol will illuminate in red with 

additional visual feedback to the 

operator from illumination of a red 

indicator light located in the button. If 

the operator proceeds with the parking 

brake engaged, the brake will release 

automatically if (1) the engine is 

running, (2) the driver’s door is closed, 

and (3) the driver’s seat belt is fastened. 

These conditions are met most of the 

time, so the likelihood of driving with 

the parking brake engaged is limited. 

However, if one these three prerequisite 

conditions is not fulfilled, the electric 

parking brake will not automatically 

release when the operator attempts to 

drive off. Under this circumstance, the 

red ISO symbol will flash, which makes 

it highly noticeable to the driver, the red 

parking brake button will remain 

illuminated, and a message will appear 

on the multifunction display. These 

three redundant visual indicators to the 

operator provide ample feedback that 

the parking brake remains activated. 

The agency also believes that the 

operator in many cases would be aware 

of an activated parking brake due to 

reduced vehicle drivability from brake 

drag. 

4. When an ABS malfunction occurs, 

the amber ISO symbol with the word 

‘‘ABS’’ embedded in it illuminates. 

Although this is the correct telltale word 

as specified in the standard, the 

lettering height is less than the required 

3.2mm. There are two additional 

redundancies that provide notification 

to the operator of an ABS situation: The 

statement ‘‘ABS/PSM failure. Drive with 

caution’’ is displayed on the 

multifunction instrument cluster and an 

initial warning chime will sound. An 

operator is very unlikely to overlook 

these three separate notifications, and 

remedial action can be taken. 

5. Lastly, the presence of ISO symbols 

instead of wording on the instrument 

panel has no effect on the functionality 

and performance of the parking brake 

system, the service brake system, and 

the ABS system. 

NHTSA believes that the subject 

noncompliances on these specific 

vehicles—use of the ISO symbol for low 

brake fluid and parking brake actuation 

and ABS malfunction instead of the 

required words—are inconsequential to 

motor vehicle safety, primarily because 

illumination of each ISO symbol is 

accompanied by multiple redundant 

operator notifications including 

messages on an instrument cluster 

display and audible chimes. The 

manufacturer has stated and we agree, 

that the ISO symbol usage for these 

specific vehicles is unlikely to lead to 

any misunderstanding since other 

sources of correct information beyond 

the provided telltales are available. 

NHTSA’s Decision: In consideration 

of the foregoing, NHTSA finds that 

PCNA has met its burden of persuasion 

that the FMVSS Nos. 101 and 135 

noncompliances are inconsequential as 

they relate to motor vehicle safety. 

Accordingly, PCNA’s petition is hereby 

granted and PCNA is consequently 

exempted from the obligation to provide 

notification of, and a remedy for, the 

subject noncompliance under 49 U.S.C. 

30118 and 30120. 

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, this 

decision only applies to the subject 

vehicles that PCNA no longer controlled 

at the time it determined that the 

noncompliance existed. However, the 

granting of this petition does not relieve 

vehicle distributors and dealers of the 

prohibitions on the sale, offer for sale, 

or introduction or delivery into 

interstate commerce of the 

noncompliant vehicles under their 

control after PCNA 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. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23208 Filed 10–24–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2016–0053] 

Establishment of Interim National 

Multimodal Freight Network 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation (OST), Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Federal 

Railroad Administration (FRA), 

Maritime Administration (MARAD), 

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development 

Corporation (SLSDC), and U.S. 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of reopening of comment 

period and extension of deadline. 

SUMMARY: DOT is extending the 

deadline and comment period for 

materials related to the Interim National 

Multimodal Freight Network (Interim 

NMFN), as established in a notice 

published on June 6, 2016 at 81 FR 

36381. The original notice asked for 

comments by September 6, 2016. The 

reopening and extension of the 

comment period is based on input 

received from DOT stakeholders that the 

September 6, 2016 closing date did not 

provide sufficient time for submission 

of comments to the Department, as well 

as an analysis that some comments 

submitted by States did not include the 

required statutory certification. DOT 

agrees that the comment period should 

be reopened and extended. Therefore, 

the comment period on the 

establishment of the Interim NMFN is 

reopened. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 22, 2018 to receive 

consideration by DOT with respect to 

the final designation of the NMFN. Latefiled comments received after this date 

will be considered to the fullest extent 

practicable. Comments may be 

submitted by all interested stakeholders. 

ADDRESSES: To ensure that you do not 

duplicate your docket submissions, 

please submit them by only one of the 

following means: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Ave. SE., W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Ave. SE., between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. The telephone 

number is (202) 366–9329. 


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• Instructions: You must include the 

agency name and docket number at the 

beginning of your comments. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. If you 

have any GIS shapefiles or other 

geographic information to submit to the 

docket, please email those files to 

ryan.endorf@dot.gov with the agency 

name and docket number in the email. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ryan Endorf, 202–366–4835 or email 

ryan.endorf@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: Section 70103 of title 49, 

U.S.C., which was established in section 

8001 of the Fixing America’s Surface 

Transportation (FAST) Act, directs the 

Under Secretary of Transportation for 

Policy (Under Secretary) to establish a 

NMFN that will be used to: (1) Assist 

States in strategically directing 

resources toward improved system 

performance for the efficient movement 

of freight on the NMFN; (2) inform 

freight transportation planning; (3) 

assist in the prioritization of Federal 

investment; and (4) assess and support 

Federal investments to achieve the 

national multimodal freight policy goals 

described in section 70101(b) of title 49, 

U.S.C., and the national highway freight 

program goals described in section 167 

of title 23, U.S.C. 

On June 6, 2016, the Under Secretary 

established an Interim NMFN that 

includes the following components: (1) 

The National Highway Freight Network 

(NHFN), as established under section 

167 of title 23, U.S.C.; (2) the freight rail 

systems of Class I railroads as 

designated by the Surface 

Transportation Board; (3) the public 

ports of the United States that have total 

annual foreign and domestic trade of at 

least 2,000,000 short tons, as identified 

by the Waterborne Commerce Statistics 

Center of the Army Corps of Engineers 

(USACE), using the data from the latest 

year for which such data are available; 

(4) the inland and intracoastal 

waterways of the United States, as 

described in section 206 of the Inland 

Waterways Revenue Act of 1978 (33 

U.S.C. 1804); (5) the Great Lakes, the St. 

Lawrence Seaway, and coastal and 

ocean routes along which domestic 

freight is transported; (6) the 50 airports 

located in the United States with the 

highest annual landed weight, as 

identified by the FAA; and (7) other 

strategic freight assets, including 

strategic intermodal facilities and freight 

rail lines of Class II and Class III 

railroads, designated by the Under 

Secretary as critical to interstate 

commerce. 

The Interim NMFN was published in 

the Federal Register at 81 FR 36381 on 

June 6, 2016, and the public was invited 

to submit comments to the docket 

through September 6, 2016. In the 

Federal Register notice, DOT posed 

several questions for the public to 

consider, and States and other 

stakeholders were provided the 

opportunity to submit additional 

designations for consideration of 

inclusion to the Final NMFN to be 

designated by the Under Secretary. As 

part of their submission, States were 

required by statute to certify that they 

had satisfied the statutory requirements 

under 49 U.S.C. 70103(c)(4)(A) and that 

any additional designations submitted 

address the factors for designation 

under 49 U.S.C. 70103(c)(2). Per the 

statute, only States are required to 

submit this certification along with their 

comments; other stakeholders or 

members of the public do not have this 

requirement. 

Several commenters stated in their 

comments to the docket that the initial 

90-day comment period was insufficient 

in order to coordinate and prepare their 

comments and additional designations. 

In particular, multiple States stated that 

they did not have sufficient time to 

consider nominations from their public 

and private stakeholders, which is a 

requirement that these States would 

have needed to certify. Additionally, 

upon a review of comments submitted 

by the States, DOT has identified that 

many comments submitted by States 

lack the statutorily required certification 

and thus, DOT cannot consider those 

comments. 

As a result, DOT is reopening the 

comment period for all stakeholders to 

submit comments on the Interim NMFN. 

Comments that have previously been 

submitted will continue to receive 

consideration, though States that 

previously submitted comments should 

refer to the below section on State Input. 

Any stakeholder or member of the 

public is free to submit new comments 

and to amend or supplement previously 

submitted comments. In the initial June 

6, 2016 Federal Register notice 

establishing the Interim NMFN at 81 FR 

36381, DOT posed a number of 

questions by mode and solicited input 

from the public. DOT continues to seek 

input on these questions and encourages 

the public to refer back to the original 

FR notice located at Docket Number 

DOT–OST–2016–0053. Previously 

submitted comments can also be viewed 

at this docket. Interested stakeholders 

and members of the public can find 

more information on the Interim NMFN, 

including maps and tables by State, at 

https://www.transportation.gov/freight/ 

InterimNMFN. 

State Input: 49 U.S.C. 70103(c)(4)(D) 

requires that each State certify that they 

have considered nominations for 

additional designations from a wide 

range of stakeholders, including MPOs, 

State Freight Advisory Committees (as 

applicable), and owners and operators 

of port, rail, pipeline, and airport 

facilities. Each State proposing 

additional designations must certify that 

all additional designations are 

consistent with the Statewide 

transportation improvement program 

(STIP) or State freight plan. Finally, 

each State must also certify that each 

proposed designation addresses the 

factors listed in 49 U.S.C. 70103(c)(2). 

Each State comment must include a 

statement addressing these certifications 

in order to it to receive consideration 

from DOT. An example of an acceptable 

certification is the following: ‘‘The State 

of A certifies it considered nominations 

from the stakeholders and the State 

Freight Advisory Committee [as 

applicable], required under 49 U.S.C. 

70103(c)(4)(A)(i) and (ii), in identifying 

additional NMFN designations within 

the State. These additional designations 

are consistent with the State’s Statewide 

Transportation Improvement Program 

and our State Freight Plan [as 

applicable—some States may not have a 

completed State Freight Plan]. Further, 

the State of A certifies that the proposed 

additional designations address the 

factors described in 49 U.S.C. 

70103(c)(2).’’ 

States are not required to resubmit 

any comments provided in response to 

the June 6, 2016 Federal Register notice 

unless the State did not provide a 

certification with their previously 

submitted comments. If no certification 

was provided, the State should resubmit 

their comments with a certification in 

order to receive consideration. If a State 

has already provided the required 

certification and is not seeking to 

modify those comments or proposed 

designations, they are not required to 

resubmit their original comments or 

certification. Any State offering changes 

to prior submitted comments, including 

proposed additional designations, 

modifications, or deletions, must 

include a new certification. States that 

are commenting for the first time must 

provide a certification to receive 

consideration. In all cases, the State 

must submit a written certification to 

the docket consistent with 49 U.S.C. 

70103(c)(4)(D). 

Public Comment: The DOT invites 

comments by all those interested in the 

NMFN. Comments on the Interim 


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NMFN may be submitted and viewed at 

Docket Number DOT–OST–2016–0053. 

Comments must be received on or 

before February 22, 2018 to receive full 

consideration by DOT with respect to 

the final designation of the NMFN. After 

February 22, 2018, comments will 

continue to be available for viewing by 

the public. 

Dated: October 10, 2017. 

Finch Fulton, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Transportation 

for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22315 Filed 10–24–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

Availability of Draft DOT Strategic Plan 

for FY 2018–2022 and Request for 

Public Comment 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, U.S. 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation invites the public to 

comment on the draft DOT Strategic 

Plan for FY 2018–2022. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 13, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted by email or U.S. mail. 

Respondents are encouraged to submit 

comments electronically to ensure 

timely receipt. Please include your 

name, title, organization, postal address, 

telephone number, and email address. 

Email: dotstrategicplanning@dot.gov. 

Please include the full body of your 

comments in the text of the electronic 

message and as an attachment. 

Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Office of the Under 

Secretary for Policy, Attn: Strategic Plan 

Comments, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 

SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara McCann, Director, Office of 

Policy Development, Strategic Planning 

and Performance, Office of the Under 

Secretary for Policy, 

dotstrategicplanning@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Government Performance and 

Results Act (GPRA) of 1993, as amended 

by the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 

(Pub. L. 111–352), requires that Federal 

agencies revise and update their 

strategic plan at the beginning of each 

new presidential term, and in doing so, 

solicit input from interested 

stakeholders. 

The draft DOT Strategic Plan reflects 

the Secretary’s priorities for achieving 

DOT’s mission through four strategic 

goals: 

D Safety: Reduce TransportationRelated Fatalities and Serious Injuries 

Across the Transportation System. 

D Infrastructure: Invest in 

Infrastructure to Ensure Mobility and 

Accessibility and to Stimulate Economic 

Growth, Productivity and 

Competitiveness for American Workers 

and Businesses. 

D Innovation: Lead in the 

Development and Deployment of 

Innovative Practices and Technologies 

that Improve the Safety and 

Performance of the Nation’s 

Transportation System. 

D Accountability: Serve the Nation 

with Reduced Regulatory Burden and 

Greater Efficiency, Effectiveness and 

Accountability. 

These strategic goals are supported by 

objectives that reflect the outcomes DOT 

is trying to achieve and strategies that 

describe how DOT plans to make 

progress toward the objectives. 

The draft DOT Strategic Plan for FY 

2018–2022 may be accessed through the 

DOT Web site at https://

www.transportation.gov/dot-strategicplan. 

DOT will consider all input and 

revise the draft DOT Strategic Plan as 

appropriate. DOT anticipates that the 

final DOT Strategic Plan for FY 2018– 

2022 will be submitted to Congress and 

posted on the DOT Web site in February 

2018. 

Dated: October 19, 2017. 

Finch Fulton, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation 

Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23155 Filed 10–24–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Multiple 

IRS Information Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. 

Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury will submit the following 

information collection requests to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and clearance in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the 

date of publication of this notice. The 

public is invited to submit comments on 

these requests. 

DATES: Comments should be received on 

or before November 24, 2017 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding 

the burden estimate, or any other aspect 

of the information collection, including 

suggestions for reducing the burden, to 

(1) Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for 

Treasury, New Executive Office 

Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 

20503, or email at OIRA_Submission@

OMB.EOP.gov and (2) Treasury PRA 

Clearance Officer, 1750 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Suite 8142, Washington, DC 

20220, or email at PRA@treasury.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the submissions may be 

obtained from Jennifer Leonard by 

emailing PRA@treasury.gov, calling 

(202) 622–0489, or viewing the entire 

information collection request at 

www.reginfo.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 

Title: Return of Excise Taxes Related 

to Employee Benefit Plans. 

OMB Control Number: 1545–0575. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Abstract: Code sections 4971, 4972, 

4973(a)(3), 4975, 4976, 4977, 4978, 

4978A, 4978B, 4979, 4979A and 4980 

impose various excise taxes in 

connection with employee benefit 

plans. Form 5330 is used to compute 

and collect these taxes. 

Form: Form 5330. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profits. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 540, 145. 

Title: Information Reporting by 

Passport Applicants (REG–208274–86). 

OMB Control Number: 1545–1359. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: This document contains 

regulations that provide information 

reporting rules for certain passport 

applicants. The information provided by 

passport applicants will be used by the 

IRS for tax compliance purposes. 

Forms: None. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,213,354. 

Title: Return of U.S. Persons With 

Respect to Certain Foreign Partnerships. 

OMB Control Number: 1545–1668. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 


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