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an opportunity to make a statement 

during the meetings. 

Written comments: Persons who wish 

to submit written comments on the 

meetings may submit them to the docket 

in the following ways: 

E-Gov Web site: https://

www.regulations.gov. This site allows 

the public to enter comments on any 

Federal Register notice issued by any 

agency. 

Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

(DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

West Building, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery: Room W12–140 on the 

ground level of the DOT West Building, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC, between 9:00 a.m. and 

5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except on Federal holidays. 

Instructions: Identify the docket 

number PHMSA–2016–0136 at the 

beginning of your comments. Note that 

all comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Anyone 

can search the electronic form of all 

comments received into any of our 

dockets by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

comment, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

Therefore, consider reviewing DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement in the 

Federal Register published on April 11, 

2000; (65 FR 19477), or view the Privacy 

Notice at https://www.regulations.gov 

before submitting comments. 

Docket: For docket access or to read 

background documents or comments, go 

to https://www.regulations.gov at any 

time or to Room W12–140 on the 

ground level of the DOT West Building, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC, between 9:00 a.m. and 

5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

If you wish to receive confirmation of 

receipt of your written comments, 

please include a self-addressed, 

stamped postcard with the following 

statement: ‘‘Comments on PHMSA– 

2016-0136.’’ The docket clerk will date 

stamp the postcard prior to returning it 

to you via the U.S. mail. 

Privacy Act Statement 

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), 

the DOT solicits comments from the 

public to better inform its rulemaking 

process. The DOT posts these 

comments, without edit, including any 

personal information the commenter 

provides, to www.regulations.gov as 

described in the system of records 

notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can 

be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy. 

Services for Individuals with 

Disabilities: The public meeting will be 

physically accessible to people with 

disabilities. Individuals requiring 

accommodations, such as sign language 

interpretation or other ancillary aids, are 

asked to notify Cheryl Whetsel at 

cheryl.whetsel@dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information about the meeting, contact 

Cheryl Whetsel by phone at 202–366– 

4431 or by email at cheryl.whetsel@

dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Meeting Details and Agenda 

The GPAC and LPAC will meet in a 

joint session to discuss a variety of 

topics to keep committee members upto-date on the pipeline safety program 

and policy issues. 

The GPAC will be considering the 

proposed rule titled ‘‘Safety of Gas 

Transmission and Gathering Pipelines,’’ 

which was published in the Federal 

Register on April 8, 2016; (81 FR 

20722), and the associated regulatory 

analysis. Based on discussions at the 

previous GPAC meetings, the topics that 

will be discussed at this meeting are 

material documentation and the 

integrity verification process. If time 

permits, strengthened assessment 

requirements would also be discussed. 

Prior to these meetings, PHMSA will 

finalize the agendas and will publish 

them on the PHMSA meeting page at 

https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/ 

MtgHome.mtg?mtg=127. 

II. Committee Background 

The GPAC and the LPAC are 

statutorily mandated advisory 

committees that advise PHMSA on 

proposed gas pipeline and hazardous 

liquid pipeline safety standards, 

respectively, and their associated risk 

assessments. The committees are 

established in accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

U.S.C. App. 2, as amended) and 49 

U.S.C. 60115. The committees consist of 

15 members with membership evenly 

divided among Federal and State 

governments, the regulated industry, 

and the general public. The committees 

advise PHMSA on the technical 

feasibility, reasonableness, costeffectiveness, and practicability of each 

proposed pipeline safety standard. 

Issued in Washington, DC on November 2, 

2017, under authority delegated in 49 CFR 

1.97. 

John A. Gale, 

Director, Office of Standards and 

Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24206 Filed 11–6–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Notice of Performance Review Board 

Members 

AGENCY: Corporate Senior Executive 

Management Office, Department of 

Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under provisions of law 

agencies are required to publish a notice 

in the Federal Register of the 

appointment of Performance Review 

Board (PRB) members. This notice 

announces the appointment of 

individuals to serve on the PRB of the 

Department of Veterans Affairs. 

DATES: This notice is applicable October 

31, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Corporate Senior Executive 

Management Office, Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20420. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Tia N. Butler, Executive 

Director, Corporate Senior Executive 

Management Office (052), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 461– 

7865. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

membership of the Department of 

Veterans Affairs Performance Review 

Board is as follows: 

Wright Simpson, Vivieca (Chair) 

Breyfogle, Cynthia 

Hyduke, Barbara 

Rivera, Fernando 

Frueh, Michael 

Rawls, Cheryl 

Hipolit, Richard 

Johnson, Harvey 

Sullivan, Matthew 

Hanson, Anita 

Chandler, Richard 

Skelly, Jonathan (Alternate) 

MacDonald, Edna (Alternate) 

Hogan, Michael (Alternate) 

Powers, Glenn (Alternate) 

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or 

designee, approved this document and 

authorized the undersigned to sign and 

submit the document to the Office of the 

Federal Register for publication 

electronically as an official document of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

David J. Schulkin, Secretary of Veterans 


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Affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs, 

approved this document on October 31, 

2017, for publication. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4) 

Dated:October 31, 2017. 

Jeffrey Martin, 

Office Program Manager, Office of Regulation 

Policy & Management, Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Veterans Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24139 Filed 11–6–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice of Modified Matching 

Program. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) has a current 12 month 

computer matching agreement (CMA) 

re-establishment agreement with the 

Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) 

regarding Veterans who are in Federal 

prison and are also in receipt of 

compensation and pension benefits. The 

purpose of this CMA is to renew the 

agreement between VA, Veterans 

Benefits Administration (VBA) and the 

United States Department of Justice 

(DOJ), BOP. BOP will disclose 

information about individuals who are 

in federal prison. VBA will use this 

information as a match for recipients of 

Compensation and Pension benefits for 

adjustments of awards. 

DATES: Comments on this new system of 

records must be received no later than 

30 days after date of publication in the 

Federal Register. If no public comment 

is received during the period allowed 

for comment or unless otherwise 

published in the Federal Register by 

VA, the new system will become 

effective 30 days after date of 

publication in the Federal Register. 

This matching program will be valid for 

18 months from the effective date of this 

notice. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted through 

www.Regulations.gov; by mail or handdelivery to Director, Regulation Policy 

and Management (00REG), Department 

of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Ave. 

NW., Room 1064, Washington, DC 

20420; or by fax to (202) 273–9026 (not 

a toll-free number). Comments should 

indicate that they are submitted in 

response to CMA re-establishment 

agreement with the Federal BOP. Copies 

of comments received will be available 

for public inspection in the Office of 

Regulation Policy and Management, 

Room 1063B, between the hours of 8:00 

a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday (except holidays). Please call 

(202) 461–4902 for an appointment. 

(This is not a toll-free number.) In 

addition, comments may be viewed 

online at www.Regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

Robinson (VBA), 202–443–6016 (this is 

not a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

agreement continues an arrangement for 

a periodic computer-matching program 

between VA (VBA as the matching 

recipient agency) and DOJ (BOP as the 

matching source agency). This 

agreement sets forth the responsibilities 

of VBA and BOP with respect to 

information disclosed pursuant to this 

agreement and takes into account both 

agencies’ responsibilities under the 

Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, as 

amended by the Computer Matching 

and Privacy Protection Act of 1988, as 

amended, and the regulations 

promulgated thereunder, including 

computer matching portions of a 

revision of OMB Circular No. A–130, 65 

FR 77677 dated December 12, 2000. 

Participating Agencies: VA (VBA as 

the matching recipient agency) and DOJ 

(BOP as the matching source agency). 

Authority for Conducting the Matching 

Program: The legal authority to conduct this 

match is 38 U.S.C. 1505, 5106, and 5313. 

Section 5106 requires any Federal 

department or agency to provide VA such 

information as VA requests for the purposes 

of determining eligibility for, or the amount 

of VA benefits, or verifying other information 

with respect thereto. Section 1505 provides 

that no VA pension benefits shall be paid to 

or for any person eligible for such benefits, 

during the period of that person’s 

incarceration as the result of conviction of a 

felony or misdemeanor, beginning on the 

61st day of incarceration. Section 5313 

provides that VA compensation or 

dependency and indemnity compensation 

above a specified amount shall not be paid 

to any person eligible for such benefit, during 

the period of that person’s incarceration as 

the result of conviction of a felony, beginning 

on the 61st day of incarceration. 

Purpose(s): The purpose of this 

matching program between VBA and 

BOP is to identify those Veterans and 

VA beneficiaries who are in receipt of 

certain VA benefit payments and who 

are confined (see Article II.G.) for a 

period exceeding 60 days due to a 

conviction for a felony or a 

misdemeanor. VBA has the obligation to 

reduce or suspend compensation, 

pension, and dependency and 

indemnity compensation benefit 

payments to Veterans and VA 

beneficiaries on the 61st day following 

conviction and incarceration in a 

Federal, State, or Local institution for a 

felony or a misdemeanor. VBA will use 

the BOP records provided in the match 

to update the master records of Veterans 

and VA beneficiaries receiving benefits 

and to adjust their VA benefits, 

accordingly, if needed. 

Categories of Individuals: Veterans 

who have applied for compensation for 

service-connected disability under 38 

U.S.C. Chapter 11; Veterans who have 

applied for nonservice-connected 

disability under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 15; 

Veterans entitled to burial benefits 

under 38 U.S.C. Chapter 23; Surviving 

spouses and children who have claimed 

pensions based on nonserviceconnected death of a Veteran under 38 

U.S.C. Chapter 15; Surviving spouses 

and children who have claimed death 

compensation based on serviceconnected death of a Veteran under 38 

U.S.C. Chapter 11; Surviving spouses 

and children who have claimed 

dependency and indemnity 

compensation for service connected 

death of a Veteran under 38 U.S.C. 

Chapter 13; Parents who have applied 

for death compensation based on service 

connected death of a Veteran under 38 

U.S.C. Chapter 11; Parents who have 

applied for dependency and indemnity 

compensation for service-connected 

death of a Veteran under 38 U.S.C. 

Chapter 13; Individuals who applied for 

educational assistance benefits 

administered by VA under title 38 of the 

U.S. Code; Individuals who applied for 

educational assistance benefits 

maintained by the Department of 

Defense under title 10 of the U.S. Code 

that are administered by VA; Veterans 

who apply for training and employers 

who apply for approval of their 

programs under the provisions of the 

Emergency Veterans’ Job Training Act of 

1983, Public Law 98–77; Any VA 

employee who generates or finalizes 

adjudicative actions using the Benefits 

Delivery Network (BDN) or the Veterans 

Service Network (VETSNET) computer 

processing systems; Veterans who apply 

for training and employers who apply 

for approval of their programs under the 

provisions of the Service Members 

Occupational Conversion and Training 

Act of 1992, Public Law 102–484; 

Representatives of individuals covered 

by the system. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS: 

The record, or information contained 

in the record, may include identifying 

information (e.g., name, address, social 

security number); military service and 

active duty separation information (e.g., 

name, service number, date of birth, 

rank, sex, total amount of active service, 

branch of service, character of service, 

pay grade, assigned separation reason, 


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