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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. CP20-45-000]

Saltville Gas Storage Company L.L.C.; Notice of Application

    Take notice that on January 24, 2020, Saltville Gas Storage Company
L.L.C. (Saltville), 5400 Westheimer Court, Houston, TX 77056, filed an
application under section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part
157 of the Commission's rules and regulations to amend its certificate
authorizations for its existing natural gas storage facilities located
in Smyth, Scott, and

Washington Counties, Virginia. Specifically, Saltville is requesting
authorization to reduce the certificated storage working capacity at
its natural gas storage facilities to 5.0 billion cubic feet (Bcf) from
5.4 Bcf, all as more fully described in the application which is on
file with the Commission and open to public inspection. The filing may
also be viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary
link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact
FERC at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or call toll-free,<PHONE_NUMBER> or
TTY,<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Saltville states that it is not proposing to construct, remove, or
modify any facilities as part of this application. Furthermore,
Saltville states that it is not proposing any changes to its rates or
FERC Gas Tariff.
    Any questions regarding this application should be directed to Lisa
A. Connolly, Director, Rates and Certificates, Saltville Gas Storage
Company L.L.C., P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251-1642, or call (713)
627-4102, fax<PHONE_NUMBER>, or email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>    Pursuant to section 157.9 of the Commission's rules (18 CFR 157.9),
within 90 days of this Notice, the Commission staff will either:
Complete its environmental assessment (EA) and place it into the
Commission's public record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or issue a
Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review. If a Notice of Schedule
for Environmental Review is issued, it will indicate, among other
milestones, the anticipated date for the Commission staff's issuance of
the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) or EA for this
proposal. The filing of the EA in the Commission's public record for
this proceeding or the issuance of a Notice of Schedule for
Environmental Review will serve to notify federal and state agencies of
the timing for the completion of all necessary reviews, and the
subsequent need to complete all federal authorizations within 90 days
of the date of issuance of the Commission staff's FEIS or EA.
    There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of
this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by
becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, on or
before the comment date stated below file with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, a
motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or
385.211) and the Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person
obtaining party status will be placed on the service list maintained by
the Secretary of the Commission and will receive copies of all
documents filed by the applicant and by all other parties. A party must
submit 3 copies of filings made with the Commission and must provide a
copy to the applicant and to every other party. Only parties to the
proceeding can ask for court review of Commission orders in the
proceeding.
    However, a person does not have to intervene in order to have
comments considered. The second way to participate is by filing with
the Secretary of the Commission, as soon as possible, an original and
two copies of comments in support of or in opposition to this project.
The Commission will consider these comments in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but the filing of a comment alone will
not serve to make the filer a party to the proceeding. The Commission's
rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the project
provide copies of their protests only to the party or parties directly
involved in the protest.
    Persons who wish to comment only on the environmental review of
this project should submit an original and two copies of their comments
to the Secretary of the Commission. Environmental commentors will be
placed on the Commission's environmental mailing list and will be
notified of any meetings associated with the Commission's environmental
review process. Environmental commentors will not be required to serve
copies of filed documents on all other parties. However, the non-party
commentors will not receive copies of all documents filed by other
parties or issued by the Commission and will not have the right to seek
court review of the Commission's final order.
    As of the February 27, 2018 date of the Commission's order in
Docket No. CP16-4-001, the Commission will apply its revised practice
concerning out-of-time motions to intervene in any new Natural Gas Act
section 3 or section 7 proceeding.\1\ Persons desiring to become a
party to a certificate proceeding are to intervene in a timely manner.
If seeking to intervene out-of-time, the movant is required to ``show
good cause why the time limitation should be waived,'' and should
provide justification by reference to factors set forth in Rule
214(d)(1) of the Commission's Rules and Regulations.\2\
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    \1\ Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C., 162 FERC 61,167 at
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    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments,
protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the eFiling link at
http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should
submit an original and 3 copies of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington,
DC 20426.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on February 20, 2020.

    Dated: January 30, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of Investors Education and Advocacy, Washington, DC
20549-0213.

Extension:
    Rule 605 of Regulation NMS; SEC File No. 270-488; OMB Control No.
3235-0542
    Rule 606 of Regulation NMS; SEC File No. 270-489; OMB Control No.
3235-0541.

    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange
Commission (``Commission'') has submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget requests for approval of extension of the existing
collections of information for the following rules: Rule 605 and Rule
606 (17 CFR 242.605 and 17 CFR 242.606) (formerly Rule 11Ac1-5 and Rule
11Ac1-6) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a et
seq.) (``Exchange Act'').
    Rule 605 of Regulation NMS,\1\ formerly known as Rule 11Ac1-5,
requires market centers to make available to the public monthly order
execution reports in electronic form. The Commission believes that many
market centers retain most, if not all, the underlying raw data
necessary to generate these reports in electronic format. Once the
necessary data is collected, market centers could either program their
systems to generate the statistics and reports, or transfer the data to
a service provider (such as an independent company in the business of
preparing such reports or a self-regulatory organization (``SRO'') that
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    \1\ Regulation NMS, adopted by the Commission in June 2005,
redesignated the national market system rules previously adopted
under Section 11A of the Exchange Act. Rule 11Ac1-5 under the
Exchange Act was redesignated Rule 605 of Regulation NMS, and Rule
11Ac1-6 under the Exchange Act was redesignated Rule 606 of
Regulation NMS. No substantive amendments were made to Rule 605 and
Rule 606 of Regulation NMS. See Securities Exchange Act Release No.
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    The collection of information obligations of Rule 605 apply to all
market centers that receive covered orders in national market system
securities. The Commission estimates that approximately 408 market
centers are subject to the collection of

information obligations of Rule 605. Each of these respondents is
required to respond to the collection of information on a monthly
basis.
    The Commission staff estimates that, on average, Rule 605 causes
respondents to spend 6 hours per month in additional time to collect
the data necessary to generate the reports, or 72 hours per year. With
an estimated 408 market centers subject to Rule 605, the total data
collection cost to comply with the monthly reporting requirement is
estimated to be 29,376 hours per year.
    Rule 606 of Regulation NMS (``Rule 606''), formerly known as Rule
11Ac1-6, requires broker-dealers to prepare and disseminate quarterly
order routing reports. Much of the information needed to generate these
reports already should be collected by broker-dealers in connection
with their periodic evaluations of their order routing practices.
Broker-dealers must conduct such evaluations to fulfill the duty of
best execution that they owe their customers.
    The collection of information obligations of Rule 606 applies to
broker-dealers that route non-directed customer orders in covered
securities. The Commission estimates that out of the currently 5178
broker-dealers that are subject to the collection of information
obligations of Rule 606, clearing brokers bear a substantial portion of
the burden of complying with the reporting and recordkeeping
requirements of Rule 606 on behalf of small to mid-sized introducing
firms. There currently are approximately 527 clearing brokers. In
addition, there are approximately 2426 introducing brokers that receive
funds or securities from their customers. Because at least some of
these firms also may have greater involvement in determining where
customer orders are routed for execution, they have been included,
along with clearing brokers, in estimating the total burden of Rule
606.
    The Commission staff estimates that each firm significantly
involved in order routing practices incurs an average burden of 40
hours to prepare and disseminate a quarterly report required by Rule
606, or a burden of 160 hours per year. With an estimated 2953 \2\
broker-dealers significantly involved in order routing practices, the
total burden per year to comply with the quarterly reporting
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    Rule 606 requires broker-dealers to respond to individual customer
requests for information on orders handled by the broker-dealer for
that customer. Clearing brokers generally bear the burden of responding
to these requests. The Commission staff estimates that an average
clearing broker incurs an annual burden of 400 hours (2000 responses x
0.2 hours/response) to prepare, disseminate, and retain responses to
customers required by Rule 606. With an estimated 527 clearing brokers
subject to Rule 606, the total burden per year to comply with the
customer response requirement in Rule 606 is estimated to be 210,800
hours.
    The collection of information obligations imposed by Rule 605 and
Rule 606 are mandatory. The response will be available to the public
and will not be kept confidential. Persons should note that an agency
may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to comply
with, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid
OMB control number.
    Comments should be directed to: (i) Desk Officer for the Securities
and Exchange Commission, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, Room 10102, New Executive Office
Building, Washington, DC 20503, or by sending an e-mail to: Shagufta_
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>and (ii) Charles Boucher, Director/Chief Information
Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, c/o Shirley Martinson,
6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, Virginia 22312, or send an e-mail
to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30
days of this notice.

     May 5, 2010.
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings 1

    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
rate filings:

    Docket Numbers: ER12-199-004.
    Applicants: Coram California Development, L.P.
    Description: Coram California Development, L.P. Notice of Non-
Material Change in Status.
    Filed Date: 5/4/12.
    Accession Number: 20120504-5202.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/25/12.

    Docket Numbers: ER12-1713-000.
    Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
    Description: 2415 KMEA NITSA NOA and Cancellation of SAs 1863R1,
1975R1, 2014R1 & 2015R1 to be effective 4/1/2012.
    Filed Date: 5/3/12.
    Accession Number: 20120503-5107.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/24/12.

    Docket Numbers: ER12-1714-000.
    Applicants: West Oaks Energy LP.
    Description: Notice of Cancellation to be effective 5/4/2012.
    Filed Date: 5/3/12.
    Accession Number: 20120503-5114.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/24/12.

    Docket Numbers: ER12-1718-000.
    Applicants: Sunbury Generation LP.
    Description: Sunbury Generation LP Market Based Rate Change to be
effective 5/5/2012.
    Filed Date: 5/4/12.
    Accession Number: 20120504-5153.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/25/12.

    Docket Numbers: ER12-1719-000.
    Applicants: PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
    Description: Notice of Cancellation of SA No. 2952 in Docket No.
ER11-3889-000 to be effective 4/4/2011.
    Filed Date: 5/4/12.
    Accession Number: 20120504-5170.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/25/12.

    Docket Numbers: ER12-1720-000.
    Applicants: Vlast LLC.
    Description: Vlast LLC, FERC Electric Tariff to be effective 7/2/
2012.
    Filed Date: 5/7/12.
    Accession Number: 20120507-5000.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/29/12.

    Docket Numbers: ER12-1721-000.
    Applicants: Southern Power Company.
    Description: Request of Southern Power Company for Authorization to
Make Affiliate Market-Based-Rate Wholesale Power Sales.
    Filed Date: 5/4/12.
    Accession Number: 20120504-5175.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/25/12.

    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
securities filings:
    Docket Numbers: ES12-31-000.
    Applicants: American Transmission Company LLC, ATC Management Inc.
    Description: Supplement to Section 204 Application of American
Transmission Company LLC, et al.
    Filed Date: 5/4/12.
    Accession Number: 20120504-5143.
    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/17/12.

    The filings are accessible in the Commission's eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the docket number.
    Any person desiring to intervene or protest in any of the above
proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the
Commission's Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5:00
p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests may be
considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to the
proceeding.
    eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests, service, and qualifying
facilities filings can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For other information, call<PHONE_NUMBER>
(toll free). For TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

    Dated: May 7, 2012.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

[Docket No. USCG-2020-0047]

Towing Safety Advisory Committee; October 2020 Teleconference

AGENCY: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory Committee teleconference meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Towing Safety Advisory Committee (Committee) will meet via
teleconference to discuss Task 16-01, Subchapter M Implementation. The
Committee is expected to receive the final report from the subcommittee
tasked with identifying the parameters Coast Guard officials should use
to determine whether a vessel inspected under subchapters other than
Subchapter M performs occasional towing. Additional items to be
discussed are also included as agenda items in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section below.

DATES: Meeting: The full Committee will meet by teleconference on
Thursday, October 29, 2020, from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. Eastern Standard
Time. Please note that this meeting may close early if the Committee
has completed its business.
    Comments and supporting documents: To ensure your comments are
received by Committee members before the teleconference, submit your
written comments no later than October 20, 2020.

ADDRESSES: To join the teleconference or to request special
accommodations, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section no later than 1 p.m. on October 20, 2020,
to obtain the needed information. The number of teleconference lines
are limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
    Instructions: You are free to submit comments at any time,
including orally at the teleconference, but if you want Committee
members to review your comments before the teleconference, please
submit your comments no later than October 20, 2020. We encourage you
to submit comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov. If your material cannot be submitted using https://www.regulations.gov call or email the individual in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for alternate
instructions. You must include the docket number [USCG-2020-0047].
Comments received will be posted without alteration at https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. For
more about privacy and submissions in response to this document, see
DHS's eRulemaking System of Records notice (85FR 14226, March 11,
2020). If you encounter technical difficulties with comment submission,
contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section of this notice.
    Docket Search: Documents mentioned in this notice as being
available in the docket, and all public comments, will be in our online
docket at https://www.regulations.gov and can be viewed by following
that website's instructions. Additionally, if you go to the online
docket and sign-up for email alerts, you will be notified when comments
are posted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Matthew D. Layman, Alternate
Designated Federal Officer of the Towing Safety Advisory Committee,
2703 Martin Luther King Jr Ave. SE, Stop 7509, Washington, DC 20593-
7509, telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>, fax<PHONE_NUMBER> or
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Towing Safety Advisory Committee
provides advice and recommendations to the Department of Homeland
Security on matters related to shallow-draft inland and coastal
waterway navigation and towing safety. It was established by Public Law
96-380 in 1980 and was an active committee on December 3, 2018, the day
before the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 (Pub.
L. 115-282) was enacted, and operates under provisions of Sec. 601 (d)
of that Act.

Agenda

    The agenda for the October 29, 2020, teleconference meeting is as
follows:
    (1) Final report from the Subcommittee on ``Recommendations on the
Implementation of 46 Code of Federal Regulations Subchapter M--
Inspection of Towing Vessels (Task 16-01).
    (2) Update on the National Towing Safety Advisory Committee and the
December 4, 2020 termination date for the Towing Safety Advisory
Committee.
    (3) Update from the Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance on the
status of Subchapter M Implementation.
    (4) Awards and recognition.
    (5) Public Comment period.
    A copy of all pre-meeting documentation will be available at
https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Prevention-Policy-CG-5P/Commercial-Regulations-standards-CG-5PS/Office-of-Operating-and-Environmental-Standards/vfos/TSAC/. Alternatively, you
may contact Mr. Matthew Layman as noted in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section above.
    During the October 29, 2020 teleconference, a public comment period
will be held from approximately 2:45 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern Standard
Time. Speakers are requested to limit their comments to 3 minutes.
Please note that this public comment period may start before 2:45 p.m.
if all other agenda items have been covered and may end before 3 p.m.
if all of those wishing to comment have done so. Please contact Mr.
Matthew D. Layman, listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section to register as a speaker.

    Dated: September 18, 2020.
Jeffrey G. Lantz,
Director of Commercial Regulations and Standards.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-2023-015]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Automated
Vehicle Transparency and Engagement for Safe Testing (AV TEST)
Initiative

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice and request for comments on a request for approval for
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA),
this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR)
abstracted below will be submitted to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR describes the nature of
the information collection and its expected burden. The information
collection described in this document is for NHTSA's Automated Vehicle
Transparency and Engagement for Safe Testing (AV TEST) Initiative,
which involves the collection of voluntarily-submitted information from
entities involved in the testing of vehicles equipped with automated
driving systems (ADS) and from States and local authorities involved in
the regulation of ADS testing. The purpose of this collection is to
provide information to the public about ADS testing operations in the
United States and applicable State and local laws, regulations, and
guidelines. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the information collection was published on
April 6, 2023 (83 FR 20608). NHTSA received 3 comment submission and a
brief summary and NHTSA's response to those comments is provided in
this document.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 31, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection, including suggestions for reducing burden,
should be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget at
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. To find this particular information
collection, select ``Currently under Review--Open for Public Comment''
or use the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or access
to background documents, contact Chris Wiacek, Office of Data
Acquisition, (NSA-100), Room W53-478, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590. Mr. Wiacek's telephone number is<PHONE_NUMBER>.
Please identify the relevant collection of information by referring to
its OMB Control Number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), a
Federal agency must receive approval from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) before it collects certain information from the public and
a person is not required to respond to a collection of information by a
Federal agency unless the collection displays a valid OMB control
number. In compliance with these requirements, this notice announces
that the following information collection request will be submitted
OMB.
    A Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting
public comments on the following information collection was published
on April 6, 2023.
    Title: Automated Vehicle Transparency and Engagement for Safe
Testing (AV TEST) Initiative.
    OMB Control Number: 2127-0748.
    Form Number: NHTSA Form 1586--AV TEST Tracker eForm; NHTSA Form
1587--AV TEST Onboarding Form.
    Type of Request: Request for approval for extension with
modification of a currently approved information collection.
    Type of Review Requested: Regular.
    Length of Approval Requested: Three years from the date of
approval.
    Summary of the Collection of Information: The U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) was established by Congress to save lives, prevent injuries,
and reduce economic costs due to motor vehicle crashes through
education, research, safety standards, and enforcement activity. DOT
and NHTSA are fully committed to reaching an era of crash-free roadways
through the deployment of innovative lifesaving technologies. The
prevalence of automotive crashes in the United States underscores the
urgency to develop and deploy lifesaving technologies that can
dramatically decrease the number of fatalities and injuries on our
Nation's roadways.
    NHTSA believes that Automated Driving System (ADS) technology,
including technology contemplating no human driver at all, has the
potential to significantly improve roadway safety in the United States.
This technology remains substantially in development phases with
companies across the United States performing varying levels of
development, research, and testing relating to the performance of
various aspects of ADS vehicle technologies. While much of these
development operations occur in private facilities and closed-course
test tracks, many stakeholders have progressed to conducting ADS
vehicle testing on public roads or in public demonstrations. Moreover,
to regulate such operations in their jurisdictions, many local
authorities, such as States and cities, have passed laws governing ADS
vehicle testing on public roads. These statutes, regulations, and
ordinances vary, ranging from operational requirements to mandating the
submission of periodic reports detailing ADS vehicle operation.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use of the
Information: The AV TEST Initiative seeks to enhance public education
and engagement with public ADS vehicle testing by coalescing
information regarding respondents' various testing operations or
requirements into a centralized resource. This information collection
seeks voluntarily-provided information from entities performing ADS
testing about their operations and information from local authorities
about requirements or recommendations for such operations. NHTSA
maintains a digital platform on its website \1\ that collects
information from respondents and makes the information about ADS
operations and applicable State and local requirements and
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    The program supports two main objectives. The first objective is to
provide the public with access to geographic visualizations of testing
at the national, State, and local levels. This information is displayed
on a graphic of the United States, with projects overlaid on the
geographic areas in which the testing project is taking place. By
clicking on a testing location, members of the public see additional
information about the operation and the ADS operator. Additional
information may include basic information about the ADS operator, a
brief statement about the entity, specific details of the testing
activity, high-level (non-confidential) descriptions of the vehicles
and technology, photos of the test vehicles, the dates on which testing
occurs, frequency of vehicle operations, the

number of vehicles participating in the project, the specific streets
or areas comprising the testing routes, information about safety
drivers and their training, information about engagement with the
community and/or local government, weblinks to the company's websites
with brief introductory statements, and a link to the company's
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    The second objective is to provide members of the public with
information collected from States and local authorities that regulate
ADS operations. State and local authorities will be asked to provide
weblinks for specific ADS-related topics, such as statutes,
regulations, or guidelines for ADS operations, privacy-related issues,
emergency response policies and training, or other activities that
cultivate ADS testing. This program provides a central resource for the
aforementioned information concerning ADS testing across the United
States.
    Affected Public: There are two information collection components to
this request. The first affects entities engaged in testing of ADS
vehicles, including original manufacturers of ADS vehicles and ADS
vehicle equipment, and operators of ADS vehicles. The second affects
local authorities regulating testing of ADS vehicles within their
jurisdictions, including States, cities, counties, and other
municipalities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: NHTSA anticipates that the
Initiative could expand to include up to 35 State or local government
respondents and 40 ADS developer, ADS vehicle manufacturer, or ADS
operator respondents per year.
    Frequency: Participation is completely voluntary, and each
participant will choose its respective degree of involvement and the
frequency of its submissions. Therefore, the frequency of a
participant's response may vary due to a variety of factors, such as
the degree of the entity's participation in the initiative or the
frequency with which each entity modifies its ADS testing operations
or, in the case of local authorities, amends its regulations governing
such operations.
    Number of Responses: Participation is completely voluntary, and
each participation will choose the number and frequency of its
submissions. Therefore, the number of responses from a participant will
vary due to a variety of factors, such as the degree of the entity's
participation in the initiative or the frequency with which each entity
modifies its ADS testing operations or, in the case of local
authorities, amends its regulations governing such operations.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: NHTSA estimates that the
annual burden of participation will be approximately 48 hours for
private industry respondents that include ADS operators, developers, or
vehicle manufacturers. This total number of hours represents
approximately four hours per month to perform data entry for testing
projects (4 hours x 12 months = 48). Therefore, for the estimated 40
ADS operator participants, the total burden is estimated to be 1,920
hours per year (40 respondents x 48 hours).
    NHTSA estimates that each State or local authority respondent would
spend approximately 10 hours responding to this collection. Therefore,
for the estimated 35 State or local authority participants, the total
burden is estimated to be 350 hours per year.
    The total burden for the entire information collection request is
estimated to be 2,270 hours (1,920 hours + 350 hours). The total burden
hours have been reduced from the original estimate of 2,520 when the
agency first sought approval for this information collection because of
the lower estimated participation. However, the agency believes the
annual hours per respondent has not changed.
    The labor cost associated with this collection of information is
derived by (1) applying the appropriate average hourly labor rate
published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, (2) dividing by either
0.705 \3\ (70.5%), for private industry workers, or 0.619 (61.9%), for
state and local government workers, to obtain the total cost of
compensation, and (3) multiplying by the estimated burden hours for
each respondent type.
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    \3\ See Table 1. Employer Costs for Employee Compensation by
ownership (Sep. 2022), available at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t01.htm (accessed March 14, 2023).
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    Labor costs associated with original manufacturers of ADS Vehicles
or ADS vehicle equipment and operators of ADS vehicles are estimated to
be $60.48 per hour for ``Project Management Specialists,'' Occupation
Code 13-1082, ($42.64 \4\ per hour / 0.705). The labor cost per private
industry respondent for each year for development and submission of
information is estimated to be $2,903.04 ($60.48 x 48 hours).
Therefore, the total annual labor cost for private industry to
participate in the AV TEST Initiative is estimated to be $116,121.60
($2,903.04 x 40 respondents).
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    \4\ See May 2021 National Industry-Specific Occupational
Employment and Wage Estimates NAICS 336100--Motor Vehicle
Manufacturing, available (accessed March 14, 2023).
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    Labor costs associated with local and regional authorities, such as
states, counties, and cities are estimated to be $66.79 per hour for
``Legal Support Workers,'' Occupation Code 23-2099, ($41.34 \5\ per
hour / 0.619). The labor cost per regional authority respondent for
each year for development and submission of information is estimated to
be $667.90 ($66.79 x 10 hours). Therefore, the total annual labor cost
for regional authorities to participate in the AV TEST Initiative is
estimated to be $23,376.50 ($667.9 x 35 respondents).
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    \5\ See May 2021 National Occupational Employment and Wage
Estimates by ownership Federal, state, and local government,
including government-owned schools and hospitals and the U.S. Postal
Service, available at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/999001.htm#23-0000 (accessed March 14, 2023).
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    The total annual labor costs for all respondents, private industry,
and regional authorities together, are estimated to be $139,499
($116,122 + $23.377). See Table 1 below for a summary of estimated
burden hours and estimated labor costs.

                      Table 1--Summary of Estimated Burden Hours and Estimated Labor Costs
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                                                                                Total
                                   Number of       Annual      Labor     Annual labor    estimated  Total annual
        Respondent type           respondents    hours per    cost per     cost per       burden     labor costs
                                                 respondent     hour      respondent       hours
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Original Manufacturer of ADS                40           48     $60.48       $2,903.04       1,920      $116,122
 Vehicles or ADS Vehicle
 Equipment and Operators of
 ADS Vehicles.................
State or Local Authority......              35           10      66.79         667.900         350        23,377
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    Total All Respondents.....              75  ...........  .........  ..............       2,270       139,499
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    NHTSA's estimate for the burden hours for participants remained the
same from the April 6, 2023, notice.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: NHTSA estimates that there will
be no costs to respondents other than labor costs associated with
burden hours.
    Summary of Public Comments: On April 6, 2023, NHTSA published a
notice in the Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the information collection (88 FR 20608). NHTSA
received a total of 3 comment submission from organizations including,
Alliance for Automotive Innovation (Auto Innovators), Owner-Operator
Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) and a joint submission from
Safe Kids Worldwide and Safe Kids in Automated Vehicle Alliance (Safe
Kids). A summary and response to the comments is provided below.
    All commenters supported the Initiative's objective to enhance
public education and engagement with public ADS vehicle testing by
coalescing information regarding respondents' various testing
operations or requirements into a centralized resource including
information collected from States and local authorities that regulate
ADS operations. Specifically, Auto Innovators commented that providing
the public with access to see where testing is occurring at the
national, state, and local levels helps provide additional transparency
and assurances for how safety, mobility and accessibility issues are
being addressed by innovators in the AV space, which is critical for
building public acceptance of this burgeoning technology. OOIDA
supported the objectives of the AV TEST Initiative by stating, it
provides the public with direct and easy access to information about AV
testing and development, along with information from states regarding
activity, legislation, regulations, and local involvement in automation
on our roadways. Safe Kids stated NHTSA's information and data
collection under the AV TEST Initiative provides a mechanism to keep
the public and safety advocates informed about automated vehicle
testing activities to be conducted on public roads throughout the
country.
    The agency did not receive specific comments on the burden of the
data collection, however OOIDA and Auto Innovators provided additional
comments on how the agency may enhance the Initiative.
    OOIDA stated the voluntary nature of AV TEST has not been effective
in producing the necessary safety data to implement informed regulatory
policies for autonomous vehicles. The AV TEST Initiative's voluntary
structure prevents the program from best accomplishing its goals and
NHTSA must require mandatory data transparency from manufacturers
because it will help educate consumers, the industry, and regulators
about the actual reliability and performance of autonomous technology.
    In response, the agency's objective of the AV TEST Initiative is to
provide members of the public with a centralized database of high-level
information about ADS testing activities and State and local laws,
recommendations, and initiatives. It is, therefore, outside of the
scope of the project to make any reporting mandatory or to expand the
collection to include safety information or information that NHTSA
would use to evaluate the safety of ADS operations.
    The Auto Innovators provided further comments specific to the AV
TEST Initiative and how data is presented to the public. The Auto
Innovators stated that it is important that NHTSA conduct periodic
reviews to verify the accuracy of information that is made available on
the AV TEST initiative portal, and that it is up to date. This may
include spot check outreach to select organizations to provide updates
on the status of their operations, or other updates to the data where
the information is known to no longer be accurate (for example, if an
AV tester were to cease operations).
    In response, the agency agrees with the Auto Innovators and
believes accurate data serves the intent of the Initiative to enhance
public education and engagement with public ADS vehicles. However,
NHTSA notes that data submitted as part of the AV TEST Initiative may
become stale. For example, because the AV TEST Initiative is voluntary,
an ADS operator could provide information on an ADS operation and never
update NHTSA when the operation is completed. Although we provide a
mechanism for participants to change the status of test sites from
active to inactive or completed, participants may not update the status
of an operation. NHTSA does reach out to program participants about
operations that has not been updated for an extended period of time. In
addition, we have provided participants the ability to remove out-of-
date information and archive the data, which removes it from the AV
TEST web page.
    Furthermore, because the information submitted by participants is
voluntary, before information is transferred to the public website the
agency reviews the submissions for any obvious errors or concerns and
will contact the participants accordingly prior to approval for
publication if any concerns are identified. The agency also does a
general periodic review for information that is out-of-data such as
removing participants from the public website when we become aware the
entity is no longer testing and has ceased operations.
    The Auto Innovators also recommended NHTSA consider repurposing or
rebranding the AV TEST initiative to emphasize not only the testing of
AVs, but also to capture the transition from testing to real-world
deployment. This is unlikely to create any additional burden in terms
of the information provided as part of the AV TEST initiative but is
likely an important distinction to make in building public acceptance
and confidence in new technology. This could perhaps be achieved by
using different colors and/or patterns to enable users to distinguish
between testing and deployment in the online visualization tool.
    In response, the agency believes the AV TEST Initiative needs to
evolve over time as the technology progresses and the ADS developers
transition their operations to have changing interaction with the
public beyond testing and demonstration. Currently, the AV TEST
Initiative provides participants the options to identify testing
operations where the vehicles are providing a service to the public,
however, currently specific to testing and not real-world deployment.
As recently as May 10th, 2023, the agency held a workshop with

participants where we rolled out changes made to the AV TEST website
based upon earlier feedback from participants to improve the conveyance
of information to the public. We encourage participants and the public
to contact the agency on ways to further improve the AV TEST
experience.\6\ Prior to committing resources, the agency would like
further information on the need and scope of the real-world deployment
of ADS vehicles.
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    \6\ [email protected].
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    Lastly, Auto Innovators suggested, NHTSA should proactively
encourage states to share information on statewide AV policies or
initiatives as part of the AV TEST program, as this information is not
only critical for public transparency, but also an important resource
for manufacturers that need to develop systems to account for
operational and policy related differences between regions.
    In response, the agency has proactively reached out to states and
encouraged them to participate in this voluntary program. In discussion
with the states, the agency recognizes that each state has their own
priorities with respect to ADS vehicles and may have limited resources
or interest to participate in AV TEST. The agency continues to
encourage state participation, however, as noted earlier this is a
voluntary program.
    NHTSA appreciates the commenters' input and will keep this input in
mind when considering future approaches to ADS technologies.
    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspects of
this information collection, including (a) whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of
the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected;
and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter
35, as amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 1351.29.

Chou-Lin Chou,
Associate Administrator, National Center for Statistics and Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2023-13902 Filed 6-29-23; 8:45 am]
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