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before the hose is cut or installed in 

vehicles. 

As part of its analysis, NHTSA also 

considered if the hoses need to be 

labeled after they are installed on 

vehicles. Paragraph S7.2.1 of FMVSS 

No. 106 states ‘‘. . . The information 

need not be present on hose that is sold 

as part of a brake hose assembly or a 

motor vehicle.’’ The vehicle 

manufacturer who installs the subject 

hoses into their vehicles, in this case 

VTNA, is required to certify the vehicles 

they manufacture meet all applicable 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, 

including FMVSS No. 106. Therefore, 

VTNA, by cutting and installing the 

hose on its vehicles takes responsibility 

for the hose as part of the vehicle. 

Should there be an issue with the brake 

hoses installed on VTNA vehicles, 

VTNA would be responsible for 

identifying scope and conducting a 

recall of the vehicles. 

RAUS stated that on August 30, 2016, 

they recalibrated their equipment and 

implemented quality checks to ensure 

compliance of all future hoses delivered 

to VTNA. 

NHTSA’s Decision: In consideration 

of the foregoing, NHTSA finds that 

RAUS has met its burden of persuasion 

that the subject FMVSS No. 106 

noncompliance is inconsequential to 

motor vehicle safety. Accordingly, 

NHTSA hereby grants RAUS’s petition 

and RAUS is consequently exempted 

from the obligation of providing 

notification of, and a free remedy for, 

that 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 

hoses that RAUS no longer controlled at 

the time it determined that the 

noncompliance existed. However, the 

granting of this petition does not relieve 

equipment distributors and dealers of 

the prohibitions on the sale, offer for 

sale, or introduction or delivery for 

introduction into interstate commerce of 

the noncompliant hoses under their 

control after RAUS 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. 2017–22993 Filed 10–23–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for REG–132455–11 Reporting 

of Minimum Essential Coverage (TD 

9660–Final) 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service 

(IRS), as part of its continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on continuing 

information collections, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

The IRS is soliciting comments 

concerning Form 1094–B, Transmittal of 

Health Coverage Information Returns 

and Form 1095–B, Health Coverage. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before December 26, 2017 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to L. Brimmer, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the regulation should be 

directed to Taquesha Cain, at (202) 317– 

8979, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224, or 

through the internet at 

Taquesha.R.Cain@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Transmittal of Health Coverage 

Information Returns and Health 

Coverage. 

OMB Number: 1545–2252. 

Form Number: 1094–B and 1095–B. 

Abstract: The Form 1094–B and Form 

1095–B under the authority of IRC 

section 6055, added by Public Law 111– 

148, Patient Protection and Affordable 

Care Act (ACA), section 1502(a). Section 

6055(a) requires every health insurance 

issuer, sponsor of a self-insured health 

plan, government agency that 

administers government-sponsored 

health insurance programs and other 

entity that provides minimum essential 

coverage to file annual returns reporting 

information for each individual for 

whom minimum essential coverage is 

provided. Form 1094–B, serves as a 

transmittal for Form 1095–B, Health 

Coverage. 

Current Actions: There is no change to 

this existing regulation. However, the 

agency has updated the number of 

respondents to reflect the most recent 

data available. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations, not-for-profit 

institutions, farms, and state, local, or 

tribal governments. 

1094–B: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

30,000. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 10 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 5,000. 

1095–B: 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

125,000,000. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 

minute. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,083,333. 

The following paragraph applies to all 

of the collections of information covered 

by this notice: 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Books or records relating to a 

collection of information must be 

retained as long as their contents may 

become material in the administration 

of any internal revenue law. Generally, 

tax returns and tax return information 

are confidential, as required by 26 

U.S.C. 6103. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the collection of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 


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maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Approved: October 18, 2017. 

L. Brimmer, 

Senior Tax Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23084 Filed 10–23–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Federal Insurance 

Contributions Act (FICA) Taxation of 

Amounts Under Employee Benefit 

Plans (T.D. 8814) 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: The Internal Revenue Service 

(IRS), as part of its continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

IRS is soliciting comments concerning 

information collection requirements 

related to the treatment amounts 

deferred under certain nonqualified 

deferred compensation plans. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before December 26, 2017 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to L. Brimmer, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the regulation should be 

directed to Taquesha Cain, at (202) 317– 

8979 room 6526, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224, or 

through the internet at 

Taquesha.R.Cain@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Federal Insurance Contributions 

Act (FICA) Taxation of Amounts Under 

Employee Benefit Plans. 

OMB Number: 1545–1643. 

Regulation Project Number: T.D. 8814 

Abstract: Internal Revenue Code 

section 3121(v)(2) provides guidance as 

to when amounts deferred under or paid 

from a nonqualified deferred 

compensation plan are taken into 

account as wages for purposes of the 

employment taxes imposed by the 

Federal Insurance Contributions Act 

(FICA). Section 3121(v)(2), relating to 

treatment of certain nonqualified 

deferred compensation, was added to 

the Code by section 324 of the Social 

Security Amendments of 1983. These 

regulations provide guidance to 

employers who maintain nonqualified 

deferred compensation plans and to 

participants in those plans. 

Current Actions: There is no change 

in the paperwork burden previously 

approved by OMB. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations and not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

2,500. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 5 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 12,500. 

The following paragraph applies to all 

of the collections of information covered 

by this notice: 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Books or records relating to a collection 

of information must be retained as long 

as their contents may become material 

in the administration of any internal 

revenue law. Generally, tax returns and 

tax return information are confidential, 

as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the collection of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Approved: October 18, 2017. 

L. Brimmer, 

Senior Tax Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23087 Filed 10–23–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Regulation Project 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service, 

as part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on continuing 

information collections, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

The IRS is soliciting comments 

concerning the declaration for federal 

employment. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before December 26, 2017 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to L. Brimmer, Internal Revenue 

Service, room 6529, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the form should be directed to 

Kerry Dennis, at (202) 317–5751, 

Internal Revenue Service, Room 6529, 

1111 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington DC 20224, or through the 

internet, at Kerry.Dennis@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Continuation Sheet for Item #16 

(Additional Information) OF–306, 

Declaration for Federal Employment. 

OMB Number: 1545–1921. 

Regulation Project Number: Form 

12114. 

Abstract: This form is used by 

recruitment personnel of the Covington 

Host Site. This form is provided to 

applicants when completing OF 306, 

Declaration for Federal Employment. It 

is used as a continuation sheet to clearly 

define additional information that is 

requested in item 15 of the OF 306. Due 

to lack of space on the OF 306 this form 

can be used in lieu of an additional 

sheet of paper. 

Current Actions: There is no change to 

this existing regulation. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

24,813. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 15 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 6,203. 


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