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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Investment Company Act Release No. 35046; File No. 812-15392]

Kayne Anderson Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc., et al.

November 6, 2023.
AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'' or ``SEC'').

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice of application for an order (``Order'') under sections 17(d)
and 57(i) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'') and rule
17d-1 under the Act to permit certain joint transactions otherwise
prohibited by sections 17(d) and 57(a)(4) of the Act and rule 17d-1
under the Act.

Summary of Application:  Applicants request an order to amend a
previous order granted by the Commission that permits certain business
development companies (``BDCs'') and closed-end management investment
companies to co-invest in portfolio companies with each other and with
certain affiliated investment entities.

Applicants:  Kayne Anderson Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc., Kayne
Anderson Nextgen Energy & Infrastructure, Inc., Kayne Anderson BDC,
Inc., Kayne DL 2021, Inc., Kayne Anderson Capital Income Partners (QP),
L.P., Kayne Anderson Infrastructure Income Fund, L.P., Kayne Anderson
Midstream Institutional Fund, L.P., Kayne Anderson MLP Fund, L.P.,
Kayne Equity Yield Strategies, L.P., Kayne Simplified Midstream, L.P.,
Kayne Senior Credit Fund III, L.P., Kayne Senior Credit III Offshore
Fund, L.P., Kayne Liquid Credit Fund, L.P., KA Credit Advisors, LLC, KA
Credit Advisors II, LLC, KA Fund Advisors, LLC, Kayne Anderson Capital
Advisors, L.P., Kayne Anderson Fund Advisors, LLC, Kayne Senior Credit
III Manager, L.P., Kayne Senior Credit Funding III, LLC, Kayne Senior
Credit Funding III Offshore, LLC, Kayne Senior Credit III Mini-Master
Fund, L.P., Kayne Senior Credit IV Manager, L.P., Kayne Senior Credit
Fund IV, L.P., Kayne Senior Credit IV Mini-Master Fund, L.P., Kayne
Senior Credit IV Offshore Fund, L.P.,

KAEFTX VII, LLC, KAEFTX VIII, LLC, KARE Manager Holdings, L.P., KPEIF
II GP, LLC, HPK Partners, LLC, Kayne Anderson Energy Fund VII, L.P.,
Kayne Anderson Energy Fund VIII, L.P., Kayne Anderson Real Estate Debt
IV, L.P., Kayne Anderson Renewable Energy Transition Fund, L.P., Kayne
Anderson Renewable Infrastructure Partners, L.P., Kayne Private Energy
Income Fund II, L.P., Kayne Private Energy Income Fund II-B, L.P.,
Kayne Senior Credit Funding IV, LLC, and Kayne Senior Credit Funding IV
Offshore, LLC.

Filing Dates:  The application was filed on October 3, 2022, and
amended on June 9, 2023, and August 10, 2023.

Hearing or Notification of Hearing:  An order granting the requested
relief will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing.
Interested persons may request a hearing on any application by emailing
the SEC's Secretary at [email protected] and serving the
Applicants with a copy of the request by email, if an email address is
listed for the relevant Applicant below, or personally or by mail, if a
physical address is listed for the relevant Applicant below. Hearing
requests should be received by the Commission by 5:30 p.m. on December
1, 2023, and should be accompanied by proof of service on applicants,
in the form of an affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of service.
Pursuant to rule 0-5 under the Act, hearing requests should state the
nature of the writer's interest, any facts bearing upon the
desirability of a hearing on the matter, the reason for the request,
and the issues contested. Persons who wish to be notified of a hearing
may request notification by emailing the Commission's Secretary at
[email protected].

ADDRESSES: The Commission: [email protected]. Applicants: David
A. Hearth at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura L. Solomon, Senior Counsel, or
Kyle R. Ahlgren, Branch Chief, at<PHONE_NUMBER> (Division of
Investment Management, Chief Counsel's Office).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For Applicants' representations, legal
analysis, and conditions, please refer to Applicants' second amended
and restated application, dated August 10, 2023, which may be obtained
via the Commission's website by searching for the file number at the
top of this document, or for an Applicant using the Company name search
field, on the SEC's EDGAR system. The SEC's EDGAR system may be
searched at http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/legacy/companysearch.html. You may also call the SEC's Public Reference Room
at<PHONE_NUMBER>.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management,
under delegated authority.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-9036-2)]

Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability

    Responsible Agency: Office of Federal Activities, General
Information<PHONE_NUMBER> or http://www2.epa.gov/nepa/ nepa/.

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact Statements (EISs)
Filed 11/06/2017 Through 11/10/2017
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.

Notice

    Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act requires that EPA make public
its comments on EISs issued by other Federal agencies. EPA's comment
letters on EISs are available at: https://cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-nepa-public/action/eis/search.

EIS No. 20170219, Draft Supplement, FRA, CA, California High-Speed
Rail: Fresno to Bakersfield Section, Comment Period Ends: 01/16/2018,
Contact: Stephanie Perez<PHONE_NUMBER>.
EIS No. 20170222, Final, NMFS, OR, Analyze Impacts of NOAA's National
Marine Fisheries, Service joining as a signatory to a new U.S. v.
Oregon, Management Agreement for the Years 2018-2027, Review Period
Ends: 12/18/2017, Contact: Jeromy Jording<PHONE_NUMBER>.
EIS No. 20170223, Draft, NCPC, DC, South Mall Campus Master Plan,
Comment Period Ends: 01/16/2018, Contact: Matthew Flis<PHONE_NUMBER>.
EIS No. 20170224, Draft, USACE, VA, Draft Integrated City of Norfolk
Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study, Comment Period Ends:
01/02/2018, Contact: Kathy Perdue<PHONE_NUMBER>.
EIS No. 20170225, Final, DOS, DC, Foreign Missions Center at the Former
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Review Period Ends: 12/18/2017,
Contact: Geoffrey Hunt<PHONE_NUMBER>.
EIS No. 20170226, Draft Supplement, BLM, AZ, Ray Land Exchange Plan
Amendment, Comment Period Ends: 02/16/2018, Contact: Michael Werner
(602) 417-9561.
EIS No. 20170227, Draft, TVA, TN, Cumberland Fossil Plant Coal
Combustion Residual Management Operations, Comment Period Ends: 01/02/
2018, Contact: Anita Masters<PHONE_NUMBER>.
EIS No. 20170228, Final, FHWA, NY, New York State Route 198 (Scajaquada
Expressway) Corridor Project, Review Period Ends: 12/19/2017, Contact:
Peter Osborn<PHONE_NUMBER>.

    Dated: November 14, 2017.
Kelly Knight,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities.
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1 John Huber < jhuber@ nora oilheat. org> 11/ 11/ 2003 10: 27 AM To: Jeff Herzog/ AA/ USEPA/ US@ EPA cc: Subject: RE: Low Sulfur and Heating Oil Jeff I think your suggestion would have minimal impact. In Rochester, Buffalo and Pittsburgh ( extended metropolitan areas), there are 185,000 home heating oil consumers. At an average consumption of 700 gallons, the cost of the marker would be 259,000. I do not have county data on off road and other NRLM uses.

I guess my greatest concern would be clarity of enforcement. I guess one way of doing it is for terminals in PADD 1 in this Appalachain area to agree to handle a marker if they want to do the credit.

One concern I have is how the credits will be generated, almost everyone overproduces 500 ppm highway diesel, and it either goes off road or into heating. It would seem that as a result everyone will have credits, and have the right to internally delay the program start with the credits for a period of time, the credits they have accumulated by the ratio of NRLM fuel they sell. That would make the credit program very extensive, but really have no impact on behavior. Am I missing something?

John  Original Message From: Herzog. Jeff@ epamail. epa. gov [ mailto: Herzog. Jeff@ epamail. epa. gov] Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 4: 30 PM To: John Huber Subject: RE: Low Sulfur and Heating Oil John, To explore your idea a bit further ... Envision the following scenario similar to that discussed in your comments: No marker required in heating oil ( and no banking an trading program) in PADDs 1A and 1B except the area in PADDs ! A and ! B which also belongs to " Appalachian No. 1" ( i. e. Western NY, and PA, and West Virginia). How would this modification to your proposal affect the benefits that estimated for carving out all of PADD 1 as a no marker area? Do you see any other problems with this alternative? Please don't read too much into this, 2 we are just brainstorming.

Thanks for your help Jeffrey A. Herzog, Mechanical Engineer United States Environmental Protection Agency National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory Assessment and Standards Division 2000 Traverwood Drive Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48105 Phone: ( 734) 214 4227 Fax: ( 734) 214 4816 E Mail: herzog. jeff@ epa. gov John Huber < jhuber@ nora oilheat. org> To: Jeff Herzog/ AA/ USEPA/ US@ EPA cc:

Subject: RE: Low Sulfur and Heating Oil Received Date: 11/ 10/ 2003 03: 34: 08 PM Transmission Date: 11/ 10/ 2003 03: 34: 08 PM Jeff My limited thinking on that was if there was an objection to my proposal, we could be in a position that we affirmatively mark product in PADD I.

John  Original Message From: Herzog. Jeff@ epamail. epa. gov [ mailto: Herzog. Jeff@ epamail. epa. gov] Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 12: 46 PM To: John Huber Subject: Re: Low Sulfur and Heating Oil John, Thanks for your thoughtful comments. I'll make sure the right folks are aware of them and will keep you in the loop in our ongoing 3 discussions on the marker issue. A point of clarification: re the marking of credit gallons being a reasonable alternative .... marking credit gallons might result in lower costs if there were fewer credit gallons than heating oil volumes ( hence it seems attractive), however, we would have to ensure that such a system satisfied our enforcement goals ( its unclear if and how this would be accomplished) ......

Best Regards Jeffrey A. Herzog, Mechanical Engineer United States Environmental Protection Agency National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory Assessment and Standards Division 2000 Traverwood Drive Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48105 Phone: ( 734) 214 4227 Fax: ( 734) 214 4816 E Mail: herzog. jeff@ epa. gov John Huber < jhuber@ nora oilheat. org> To: Jeff Herzog/ AA/ USEPA/ US@ EPA cc:

Subject: Low Sulfur and Heating Oil Received Date: 11/ 10/ 2003 11: 31: 06 AM Transmission Date: 11/ 10/ 2003 11: 31: 06 AM Jeff Here are my thoughts on this, let me know if you think they have merit or I should try a different approach. John( See attached file: marking comments. doc)


SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NSPS for Polymeric Coating of Supporting Substrates Facilities

1.  Identification of the Information Collection

1(a)  Title of the Information Collection

NSPS for Polymeric Coating of Supporting Substrates Facilities (40 CFR part 60, subpart VVV) (Renewal)

1(b)  Short Characterization/Abstract

The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the regulations at 40 CFR part 60, subpart VVV were proposed on April 30, 1987 and promulgated on September 11, 1989.  These regulations apply to each coating operation and any on-site coating mix preparation equipment used to prepare coatings for the polymeric coating of supporting substrates at existing facilities and new facilities.  New facilities include those that commenced construction, modification or reconstruction after the date of proposal.  This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60 subpart VVV.

In general, all New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) require initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports.  Owners or operators are also required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected facility, or any period during which the monitoring system is inoperative.  These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of all sources subject to NSPS.

Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least two years following the date of such measurements, maintenance reports, and records.  All reports are sent to the delegated state or local authority.  In the event that there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office.

Approximately 53 respondents are currently subject to the regulation, and it is estimated that one additional respondent will become subject to the regulation in each of the next three years.

OMB approved the currently active ICR without any “Terms of Clearance.”

The term, “Affected Public”, applies to private sector businesses or other for-profits that perform polymeric coating of supporting substrates.  The burden to the “Affected Public” may be found in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost, NSPS for Polymeric Coating of Supporting Substrates Facilities (attached).  The burden to the “Federal Government” is attributed entirely to work performed by federal employees or government contractors, and may be found in Table 2: Annual Agency Burden and Cost, NSPS for Polymeric Coating of Supporting Substrates Facilities (attached).

2.  Need for and Use of the Collection

2(a)  Need/Authority for the Collection

The EPA is charged under section 111 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), as amended, to establish standards of performance for new stationary sources that reflect:

…application of the best technological system of continuous emissions reduction which (taking into consideration the cost of achieving such emissions reduction, or any non-air quality health and environmental impact and energy requirements) the Administrator determines has been adequately demonstrated Section 111(a)(l).

The Agency refers to this charge as selecting the best demonstrated technology (BDT).  Section 111 also requires that the Administrator review and, if appropriate, revise such standards every four years.

 In addition, section 114(a) states that the Administrator may require any owner/operator subject to any requirement of this Act to:

(A) Establish and maintain such records; (B) make such reports; (C) install, use, and maintain such monitoring equipment, and use such audit procedures, or methods; (D) sample such emissions (in accordance with such procedures or methods, at such locations, at such intervals, during such periods, and in such manner as the Administrator shall prescribe); (E) keep records on control equipment parameters, production variables or other indirect data when direct monitoring of emissions is impractical; (F) submit compliance certifications in accordance with Section 114(a)(3); and (G) provide such other information as the Administrator may reasonably require.

In the Administrator's judgment, volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions from polymeric coating of supporting substrates facilities cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare.  Therefore, NSPS were promulgated for this source category at 40 CFR part 60, subpart VVV.

2(b)  Practical Utility/Users of the Data

The control of emissions of VOCs from polymeric coating of supporting substrates facilities requires not only the installation of properly designed equipment, but also the operation and maintenance of that equipment.  Emissions of VOCs from polymeric coating of supporting substrates facilities are generated by each coating operation and the associated onsite coating mix preparation equipment used to prepare coatings for the polymeric coating of supporting substrates.  These standards rely on: the capture of VOC emissions by a partial or total enclosure around the coating operation (“alternative standard”), and/or by covers on each piece of affected mix preparation equipment; the reduction of VOC emissions to the atmosphere from the coating operation to a control device (“emission reduction standard”), and/or from the affected covered equipment to a control device; and the recovery of VOC emissions at one coating operation if the liquid material balance is used to demonstrate compliance.

The required notifications are used to inform the Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject to the standard.

The recordkeeping and reporting requirements in the standard ensure compliance with the applicable regulations which were promulgated in accordance with the Clean Air Act. The collected information is also used for targeting inspections and as evidence in legal proceedings.

Performance tests are required in order to determine an affected facility's initial capability to comply with the emission standard(s).  Continuous emission monitors are used to ensure compliance with the standards at all times.

The notifications required in the standards are used to inform the Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject to the requirements of the regulations.  The reviewing authority may then inspect the source to check if the pollution control devices are properly installed and operated and the standards are being met.  Operating conditions that may be noted include: a measure of the gaseous volumetric flow rates; VOC emissions from the coating operation; capture efficiency of the control device; amount of coating applied at the coating applicator after all ingredients have been added to the coating; VOC content of all coatings; a measure of the cumulative amount of VOC recovered by the control device over a nominal

1-month period; the average inward face velocity across all natural draft openings of a total enclosure; and other parameters that demonstrate a total enclosure has been properly installed.  The performance test may also be observed.

The required quarterly/semiannual reports are used to determine periods of excess emissions, identify problems at the facility, verify operation/maintenance procedures and for compliance determinations.

3.  Nonduplication, Consultations, and Other Collection Criteria

The recordkeeping and reporting requested is required under 40 CFR part 60, subpart VVV.

3(a)  Nonduplication

If the subject standards have not been delegated, the information is sent directly to the appropriate EPA regional office.  Otherwise, the information is sent directly to the delegated state or local agency.  If a state or local agency has adopted its own similar standards to implement the Federal standards, a copy of the report submitted to the state or local agency can be sent to the Administrator in lieu of the report required by the Federal standards.  Therefore, no duplication exists.

3(b)  Public Notice Required Prior to ICR Submission to OMB

An announcement of a public comment period for the renewal of this ICR was published in the Federal Register (72 FR 10735) on March 9, 2007.  No comments were received on the burden published in the Federal Register.

3(c)  Consultations

In order to obtain information on the burden for this ICR, EPA consulted Jeff Rose of Cytec Engineered Materials, 501 West 3rd Street, Winona, Minnesota 55987<PHONE_NUMBER>).  EPA also consulted its AIRS Facility Subsystem (AFS) to identify sources subject to the standard.

	3(d)  Effects of Less Frequent Collection

Less frequent information collection would decrease the margin of assurance that facilities are continuing to meet the required standards.  Requirements for information gathering and recordkeeping are useful techniques to ensure that good operation and maintenance practices are applied and emission limitations are met.  If the information required by these standards was collected less frequently, the likelihood of detecting poor operation and maintenance of control equipment and noncompliance would decrease.

3(e)  General Guidelines

None of these reporting or recordkeeping requirements violate any of the regulations established by OMB in 5 CFR 1320.5.

3(f)  Confidentiality

Any information submitted to the Agency for which a claim of confidentiality is made will be safeguarded according to the Agency policies set forth in Title 40, Chapter 1, part 2, subpart B - Confidentiality of Business Information (CBI) (see 40 CFR 2; 41 FR 36902, September 1, 1976; amended by 43 FR 40000, September 8, 1978; 43 FR 42251, September 20, 1978; 44 FR 17674, March 23, 1979).

3(g)  Sensitive Questions

None of the reporting or recordkeeping requirements contain sensitive questions.

The Respondents and the Information Requested

4(a)  Respondents/SIC Codes

The respondents of the recordkeeping and reporting requirements are polymeric coating of supporting substrates facilities including:

Regulation: 40 CFR, Part 60, Subpart VVV

SIC Codes	NAICS Codes

2241	313221

2295	31332

2296	314992

2394	314912

3052	32622

3053	339991

3069	31332

315299

315999

339113

33992

339932

326192

326299

4(b)  Information Requested

(i)  Data Items

All data in this ICR that is recorded and/or reported is required by 40 CFR part 60, subpart VVV.

A source must make the following reports:

Notification Reports

Requirement	Regulation reference

Construction/reconstruction.	60.7(a)(1)

Actual startup.	60.7(a)(3)

Initial performance test results.	60.8 (a)

Initial performance test.	60.8(d)

Demonstration of continuous monitoring system.	60.7(a)(5)

Physical or operational change.	60.7(a)(4)

Projected and actual VOC use, if VOC use is less than 95.0 Mg/yr or less than 130 Mg/yr.	60.747

Excess emissions or periods of noncompliance quarterly.	60.747(d)(1)-(6) and 60.747(e)(2)

No excess emissions/no deviations from operating parameters semiannually.	60.747(d)(7) and 60.747(e)(1)

A source must maintain the following records:

Recordkeeping

Record startups, shutdowns, malfunctions, periods where the continuous monitoring system is inoperative.	60.7(b)

Records for performance test measurements.	60.8(a)

Record projected VOC use and actual 12-month VOC use, operating parameters (e.g., concentration level of organic compounds, periods of actual coating operations, system efficiency, average combustion temperature, gas temperature before and after the catalytic bed) of the control device (e.g., carbon absorption system, thermal incinerator, and catalytic incinerator) and other parameters depending on the compliance method being used.	60.747

Records for sources with continuous monitoring systems.	60.7(f)

Records are required to be retained for two years.  The first two years of records must be kept onsite.	60.747(h)

Electronic Reporting

At the present, respondents are using monitoring equipment that automatically records parameter data, e.g., temperature, pressure drop, leaks and spills of mercury, etc.  Although personnel at the affected facility must evaluate the data, this internal automation has significantly reduced the burden associated with monitoring and recordkeeping at the plant site.

Also, regulatory agencies in cooperation with the respondents, continue to create reporting systems to transmit data electronically.  However, electronic reporting systems are still not widely used.  At this time, it is estimated that approximately 10 percent of the respondents use electronic reporting.

(ii)  Respondent Activities

Respondent Activities

Read instructions.

Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate required monitoring devices to monitor the concentration level of organic compounds, the combustion temperature, gas temperature or other value of the chosen parameter, depending on the control device used.

Monitor projected and actual VOC use.

Perform performance tests and use the appropriate reference methods: Reference Method 24 test to determine VOC content in coating or formulation data (if approved by Administrator); Reference Method 25 (or alternative methods 18, or 25A) to determine incinerator VOC gas streams concentration, the efficiency of a fixed-bed carbon adsorption system; Method 1 or 1A for sample and velocity traverses; Method 2, 2A, 2C or 2D for velocity and volumetric rates; Method 3 for gas analysis; and Method 4 for stack gas moisture measurements.

Write the notifications and reports listed above.

Enter information required to be recorded above.

Submit the required reports developing, acquiring, installing, and utilizing technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, validating, and verifying information.

Develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of processing and maintaining information.

Develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of disclosing and providing information.

Adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements.

Train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information.

Transmit, or otherwise disclose the information.

5.  The Information Collected:  Agency Activities, Collection Methodology, and Information Management

5(a)  Agency Activities

EPA conducts the following activities in connection with the acquisition, analysis, storage, and distribution of the required information.

Agency Activities

Observe initial performance tests and repeat performance tests if necessary.

Review notifications and reports, including performance test reports, and excess emissions reports, required to be submitted by industry.

Audit facility records.

Input, analyze, and maintain data in the AIRS Facility Subsystem (AFS).

5(b)  Collection Methodology and Management

Following notification of startup, the reviewing authority might inspect the source to determine whether the pollution control devices are properly installed and operated.  Performance test reports are used by the Agency to discern a source's initial capability to comply with the emission standard, and note the operating conditions under which compliance was achieved.  Data and records maintained by the respondents are tabulated and published for use in compliance and enforcement programs.  The quarterly reports of noncompliance and semiannual reports of compliance are used for problem identification, as a check on source operation and maintenance, and for compliance determinations.

Information contained in the reports is entered into AFS which is operated and maintained by EPA's Office of Compliance.  AFS is EPA's database for the collection, maintenance, and retrieval of compliance and annual emission inventory data for more than 125,000 industrial and government-owned facilities.  EPA uses AFS for tracking air pollution compliance and enforcement by local and state regulatory agencies, and EPA regional offices and EPA headquarters.  EPA and its delegated Authorities can edit, store, retrieve and analyze the data.

The records required by this regulation must be retained by the owner or operator for two years.

5(c)  Small Entity Flexibility

There is a distribution of business sizes affected by this regulation.  However, the impact on small entities (i.e., small businesses) was taken into consideration during the development of the regulation.  Any affected facility for which the amount of VOC used is less than 95 Mg per 12-month period is subject only to the requirements of 40 CFR, Sections 60.744(b), 60.747(b) and 60.747(c) which require reports and records of VOC use.  This reduces regulatory requirements for smaller facilities.  The Agency considers these requirements the minimum needed to ensure compliance and, therefore, cannot reduce them further for small entities.  To the extent that larger businesses can use economies of scale to reduce their burden, the overall burden will be reduced.

5(d)  Collection Schedule

The specific frequency for each information collection activity within this request is shown in Table 1. Annual Respondent Burden and Cost, NSPS for Polymeric Coating of Supporting Substrates Facilities (40 CFR part 60, subpart VVV).

6.  Estimating the Burden and Cost of the Collection

Table 1 documents the computation of individual burdens for the recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry for each of the subparts included in this ICR.  The individual burdens are expressed under standardized headings believed to be consistent with the concept of burden under the Paperwork Reduction Act.  Where appropriate, specific tasks and major assumptions have been identified.  Responses to this information collection are mandatory (40 CFR part 60, section 60.747).

The Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

6(a)  Estimating Respondent Burden

The average annual burden to industry over the next three years from these recordkeeping and reporting requirements is estimated to be 12,623 (Total Labor Hours from Table 1).  These hours are based on Agency studies and background documents from the development of the standards or test methods, Agency knowledge and experience with the NSPS program, the previously approved ICR and any comments received.

6(b)  Estimating Respondent Costs

(i)  Estimating Labor Costs

This ICR uses the following labor rates:

Managerial	$95.32   ($45.39 + 110%)

Technical	$64.60   ($30.76 + 110%)

Clerical	$40.09   ($19.09 + 110%)

These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, December 2003, “Table 2. Private industry, by occupational and industry group.”  The rates are from column 1, “Total compensation.”  The rates have been increased by 110 percent to account for the benefit packages available to those employed by private industry.

(ii)  Estimating Capital and Operation and Maintenance Costs

The type of industry costs associated with the information collection activities in the subject standards are both labor costs which are addressed elsewhere in this ICR and the costs associated with continuous monitoring.  The capital/startup costs are one-time costs when a facility becomes subject to the regulation.  The annual operation and maintenance costs are the ongoing costs to maintain the monitor(s) and other costs such as photocopying and postage.

(iii)  Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Costs

Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Costs

(A)

Continuous Monitoring Device	(B)

Capital/Startup Cost for One Respondent	(C)

Number of New Respondents	(D)

Total Capital/Startup Cost

(B X C)	(E)

Annual O&M Costs for One Respondent	(F)

Number of Respondents with O&M	(G)

Total O&M

(E X F)

VOC monitor	40,000	1	40,000	8,500	53	450,500

Temperature monitor	8,500	1	8,500	2,000	53	106,000

The total capital/startup costs for this ICR are $48,500.  This is the total of column D in the above table.

The total operating and maintenance (O&M) costs for this ICR are $556,500.  This is the total of column G.

The total respondent costs in block 14 have been calculated as the addition of the capital/startup costs, and the annual operation and maintenance costs.  The average annual cost for capital/startup and operation and maintenance costs to industry over the next three years of the ICR are estimated to be $605,000.  The continuous monitoring costs that are included in this section consist only of those capital/startup and O&M costs that a source incurs as a result of the standard.  Some continuous monitoring costs may not be included in this section.  For instance, if a particular industry typically utilizes a control device that must have a continuous monitor (e.g., temperature, pressure drop, etc.) to function properly, and the recordation of additional measurements beyond the minimum are required by the standard, then there is no capital/startup or O & M cost, but there is a labor cost to record the additional readings.  Such a cost would not appear in this section, but in the industry burden Section 6(d) below.

6(c) Estimating Agency Burden and Cost

The only costs to the Agency are those costs associated with analysis of the reported information.  EPA's overall compliance and enforcement program includes activities such as the examination of records maintained by the respondents, periodic inspection of sources of emissions, and the publication and distribution of collected information.

The average annual Agency cost during the three years of the ICR is estimated to be $30,478, see Table 2. Annual Agency Burden and Cost, NSPS for Polymeric Coating of Supporting Substrates Facilities (40 CFR part 60, subpart VVV).

This cost is based on the average hourly labor rate as follows:

Managerial	$54.66   (GS-13, Step 5, $34.16 x 1.6)

Technical	$40.56   (GS-12, Step 1, $25.35 x 1.6)

Clerical	$21.95   (GS-6,   Step 3, $13.72 x 1.6)

These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) “2004 General Schedule” which excludes locality rates of pay.  Details upon which this estimate is based appear in Table 2. Annual Agency Burden and Cost, NSPS for Polymeric Coating of Supporting Substrates Facilities (40 CFR part 60, subpart VVV).

6(d)  Estimating the Respondent Universe and Total Burden and Costs

Based on our research for this ICR, approximately 53 existing sources are currently subject to the standard.  It is estimated that an additional one source will become subject to the standard in the next three years.

Number of respondents is calculated using the following table which addresses the three years covered by this ICR.

Number of Respondents

	Respondents That Submit Reports	Respondents That Do Not Submit Any Reports

	Year	(A)

Number of New Respondents 1	(B)

Number of Existing Respondents	(C)

Number of Existing Respondents That Keep Records but Do Not Submit Reports	(D)

Number of Existing Respondents That Are Also New Respondents	(E)

Number of Respondents

(E=A+B+C-D)

1	5	51	0	4	52

2	5	52	0	4	53

3	5	53	0	4	54

Average	5	52	0	4	53

1 New respondents include sources with constructed, reconstructed and modified affected facilities.

To avoid double-counting respondents, column D is subtracted.  As shown above, the average Number of Respondents over the three-year period of this ICR is 53.

The total number of annual responses per year is calculated using the following table:

Total Annual Responses

(A)Information Collection Activity	(B)

Number of Respondents 	(C)

Number of Responses	(D)

Number of Existing Respondents That Keep Records But Do Not Submit Reports	(E)

Total Annual Responses

E=(BxC)+D

Notification of construction/ reconstruction	5	1	0	5

Notification of actual startup	5	1	0	5

Notification of initial performance test	5	1	0	5

Notification of VOC use at the end of the initial year	1	1	0	1

Report of performance test	5	1	0	5

Report of performance retest	1	1	0	1

Report of monitoring exceedances and periods of noncompliance	11	4	0	44

Report of no excess emissions	42	2	0	84

Report when 1st projected VOC use exceeds the applicable cutoff	2	1	0	2

Notification of changes	1	1	0	1

	Total	153

The number of Total Annual Responses is 153.  Note that four respondents have been double counted in the above table because they have both existing affected facilities and new affected facilities.

The total annual labor costs are $805,367.  Details regarding these estimates may be found in Table 1. Annual Respondent Burden and Cost, NSPS for Polymeric Coating of Supporting Substrates Facilities (40 CFR part 60, subpart VVV), attached.

The total annual capital/startup and O&M costs to the regulated entities are $605,000.  The cost calculations are detailed in Section 6(b)(iii), Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Costs.

The average annual Agency burden and cost over next three years is estimated to be 771 labor hours at a cost of $30,478.  See Table 2. Annual Agency Burden and Cost, NSPS for Polymeric Coating of Supporting Substrates Facilities (40 CFR part 60, subpart VVV), attached.

6(e)  Bottom Line Burden Hours Burden Hours and Cost Tables

The detailed bottom line burden hours and cost calculations for the respondents and the Agency are shown in Tables 1 and 2, respectively, and summarized below.

(i) Respondent Tally

The total annual labor costs are $805,367.  Details regarding these estimates may be found in Table 1. Annual Respondent Burden and Cost, NSPS for Polymeric Coating of Supporting Substrates Facilities (40 CFR part 60, subpart VVV), attached.  Furthermore, the annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 83 hours per response.

The total annual capital/startup and O&M costs to the regulated entity are $605,000.  The cost calculations are detailed in Section 6(b)(iii), Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Costs.

(ii) The Agency Tally

The average annual Agency burden and cost over next three years is estimated to be 771 labor hours at a cost of $30,478.  See Table 2. Annual Agency Burden and Cost, NSPS for Polymeric Coating of Supporting Substrates Facilities (40 CFR part 60, subpart VVV), attached.

6(f)  Reasons for Change in Burden

There are no changes in the labor hours or costs in this ICR compared to the previous ICR (see rounding-off adjustment below).  This is due to two considerations.  First, the regulations have not changed over the past three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three years.  Secondly, the growth rate for the industry is very low, negative or non-existent, so there is no significant change in the overall burden.

Since there are no changes in the regulatory requirements and there is no significant industry growth, the labor hours and cost figures in the previous ICR are used in this ICR and there is no change in burden to industry.

The labor hour and cost burden in this ICR are the same as in the previous ICR, however, there is an adjustment.  The Annual Cost Burden as shown in Part II, Block 12 of the ICRAS (Information Collection Request, Review and Approval System) form is reduced (-$1,000) to account for rounding up/down in the previous ICR.

6(g)  Burden Statement

The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 83 hours per response.  Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency.  This includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.

 An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB Control Number.  The OMB Control Numbers for EPA’s regulations are listed at 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.

	To comment on the Agency's need for this information, the accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods for minimizing respondent burden, including the use of automated collection techniques, EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0033.  An electronic version of the public docket is available at http://www.regulations.gov/ which may be used to obtain a copy of the draft collection of information, submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically.  When in the system, select “search,” then key in the docket ID number identified in this document.  The documents are also available for public viewing at the Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC.  The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.  The telephone number for the Reading Room is<PHONE_NUMBER>, and the telephone number for the docket center is<PHONE_NUMBER>.  Also, you can send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA.  Please include the EPA Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0033 and OMB Control Number 2060-0181 in any correspondence.

Part B of the Supporting Statement

This part is not applicable because no statistical methods were used in collecting this information.

TABLE 1. Annual Respondent Burden and Cost:  NSPS for Polymeric Coating of Supporting Substrates Facilities (40 CFR part 60, subpart VVV)

Burden item

(A)

Person-hours per occurrence

(B)

Number of occurrences per year

(C)

Technical person-hours per respondent per year (C=A*B)

(D)b

Respondents per year

(E)

Technical person-hours per year (E=C*D)

(F)

Management person-hours per year (F=E*0.05)

(G)

Clerical person-hours per year (G=E*0.1)

(H)

Respondent person-hours per year

(H=E+F+G)

(I)

Cost, $a

1.	Applications	N/A

2.	Surveys and Studies	N/A

3.	Reporting Requirements

A.	Read instructions	1	1	1	5b+c+d	5	0.3	0.5	6	$367

B.	Required activities

● Initial performance test	280	1	280	5	1,400	70	140	1,610	$102,725

● Repeat of performance test	280	1	280	1e	280	14	28	322	$20,545

● Monthly compliance test	90	12	1080	1f	1,080	54	108	1,242	$79,245

C.	Create information	included in 3B

D. 	Gather existing information	included in 3E

E.	Write report

       New Affected Facilities

 ● Notification of construction/

  reconstruction

2

1

2

5

10

0.5

1

12

$734

● Notification of actual startup	2	1	2	5	10	0.5	1	12	$734

● Notification of initial performance test	2	1	2	5	10	0.5	1	12	$734

      ● Notification of VOC use at the end of the initial year

2

1

2

1g

2

0.1

0.2

2

$147

● Report of performance test	included in 3B

       New and Existing Affected Facilities

     ● Report of monitoring exceedances and periods of  non-compliance

16

4

64

11h

704

35

70

810

$51,656

     ● Report of no excess emissions	8	2	16	42i	672	34	67	773	$49,308

     ● Report when 1st projected VOC use exceeds the applicable cutoff

2

1

2

2

4

0.2

0.4

5

$294

    ● Report when 1st actual 12-month VOC use                    exceeds the applicable cutoff

2

1

2

0j

0

0

0

0

$0

      ● Notification of changes

4

1

4

5d

20

1

2

23

$1,468

4.	Recordkeeping Requirements

      New and Existing Affected Facilities

A.	Read instructions

included in 3A

B.	Plan activities

included in 3B

C.	Implement activities

included in 3B

D.	Develop record system

N/A

E.	Time to enter information

● Records of startups, shutdowns, malfunctions, etc.

1.5

25k

37.5

53

1,988

99

199

2,286

$145,833

● Records of operating parameters	0.25	350l	87.5	53	4,638	232	464 5,333	$340,277

● Records of semiannual estimate of projected VOC use

1

2m

2

11

22

1

2

25

$1,614

      ● Records of 12 month actual VOC use	1	12m	12	11	132	7	13	152 $9,686

F.	Train personnel

N/A

 	G.    Audits

N/A

ONE-TIME BURDEN AND COST (SALARY) NATIONWIDEa

10,976

549

1,098

12,623

$805,367

Footnotes

a	Costs assume a rate of $64.60/hour for technical labor, $95.32/hour for management labor, and $40.09/hour for clerical labor.

b	There are a total of 53 existing plants subject to this NSPS.  Assume that each existing plant has one solvent-borne coating operation subject to this NSPS.  Assume that a total of 4 new coating lines per year will be installed at existing plants.

c	Assume one additional solvent-borne coating operation with VOC usage greater than 95Mg/yr per year will be installed at a new plant each year and will become subject to the standard in the next three years.

d	Assume that changes constituting modification or reconstruction making an existing coating operation and/or a coating mix preparation equipment (e.g., changes to an existing coating mix preparation equipment such as the replacement of a coating applicator or the oven and installing a new part) will not occur frequently.  Therefore, we assume that each year 4 existing plus 1 new polymeric coating plants will undertake a change that constitutes modification or reconstruction.

e	Assume 20 percent of initial performance tests must be repeated due to failure (5 x 20% = 1).

f		If an affected facility is complying with the liquid-liquid material balance compliance method, monthly compliance determination are required to determine VOC used and recovered (by Method 24), and 	percent emission reduction.  Assume that 3 lines over the three year period (one line per year) will demonstrate compliance with a liquid material balance method.  Therefore, will be required to conduct 	monthly compliance tests.  This method can only be used when a VOC recovery device controls only those emissions from one affected coated operation.

g	An affected facility claiming to use less than 95Mg per year or less than 130 Mg per year of VOC in the first year of operation shall submit actual VOC records at the end of the initial year.  Assume  there is one new water-borne line per year (which uses less than 95 Mg of VOC per year) being installed at existing plants over the 3 year period.  This existing plant would be required to submit a notification of VOC use at the end of the initial year of operation of its new coating line.  Also we assume that the new solvent-borne lines being installed use at least 130 Mg of VOC per year and are not required to notified actual VOC use at the end of the initial year.

h	Assume that 20 percent of the affected facilities (either complying with the emission reduction standard, the alternative standard and/or coating mix preparation equipment standard) report monitoring exceedances or periods of noncompliance quarterly. [53 x 20% = 11 (rounded)].

i		Assumes 80 percent of solvent-borne lines report no excess emissions semiannually. [53 x 80% = 42 (rounded)].

j		No lines with projected VOC consumption of less than 95 Mg/yr or less than 130 Mg of VOC are expected to exceed the cutoff value in the future.

k	Assume one occurrence of malfunction/shutdown per 2 weeks (50 weeks per year).

l	Assume operating parameters recorded 350 days per year.  	m	Assume that 20 percent of the existing coating lines or “affected facilities” [53 x 20% = 11 (rounded)] claiming use of less than 95 Mg of VOC per year or less than 130 Mg of VOC per year, as well as the new water-borne line being installed per year are required to record semiannual estimates of the projected amount of VOC to be use for the manufacture of polymeric coated substrates at the affected coating operation that year and of actual 12-month VOC use. TABLE 2.  Annual Agency Burden and Cost:  NSPS for Polymeric Coating of Supporting Substrates Facilities (40 CFR part 60,

subpart VVV).

Activity

(A)

Hours per occurrence

(B)

Hours per line per year

(C)

Respon-

dents

per year

(D)

Technical person-hours per year (D=B*C)

(E)

Management person-hours per year (E=D*0.05)

(F)

Clerical person-hours per year (F=D*0.1)

(G)

Total person-hours per year

(G=D+E+F)

(H)

Cost,

$a

New Affected Facilities

● Attend initial performance testb+c	12	12	5d	60	3	6	69	$2,729

● Attend repeat performance teste	12	12	1f	12	0.6	1	14	$546

● Review of notification of construction/reconstruction

2

2

5

10

0.5

1

12

$455

● Review of notification of actual startup	2	2	5	10	0.5	1	12	$455

● Review of notification of initial performance testb+c+g

2

2

5

10

0.5

1

12

$455

● Review of notification of VOC use at the end of the initial yearg

2

2

1

2

0.1

0.2

2

$91

● Review of performance test resultsb+c	8	8	5	40	2	4	46	$1,820

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Footnotes

a	Costs assume a rate of $40.56/hour for technical labor, $54.66/hour for management labor, and $21.95/hour for clerical labor.

b	There are a total of 53 existing plants subject to this NSPS.  Assume that each existing plant has one solvent-borne coating operation subject to this NSPS.  Assume that a total of 4 new coating lines per year will be installed at existing plants.

c	Assume one additional solvent-borne coating operation with VOC usage greater than 95Mg/yr per year will be installed at a new plant each year and will become subject to the standard in the next three years.

d	A total of 5 new solvent-borne lines per year perform initial performance test.

e	Assume 20 percent of initial performance tests must be repeated due to failure (5 x 20% = 1).

f  	Assume retests are attended by EPA personnel.

g	An affected facility claiming to use less than 95Mg per year or less than 130 Mg per year of VOC in the first year of operation shall submit actual VOC records at the end of the initial year.  Assume there is one new water-borne line per year (which uses less than 95 Mg of VOC per year) being installed at existing plants over the 3 year period.  This existing plant would be required to submit a notification of VOC use at the end of the initial year of operation of its new coating line.  Also we assume that the new solvent-borne lines being installed use at least 130 Mg of VOC per year and are not required to notify actual VOC use at the end of the initial year.

h	Assume that 20 percent of the affected facilities (either complying with the emission reduction standard, the alternative standard and/or coating mix preparation equipment standard) report monitoring exceedances or periods of noncompliance quarterly. [53 x 20% = 11 (rounded)].

j		Assumes 80 percent of solvent-borne lines report no excess emissions semiannually. [53 x 80% = 42 (rounded)].

k	No lines with projected VOC consumption of less than 95 Mg/yr or less than 130 Mg of VOC are expected to exceed the cutoff value in the future.

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-2013-0134; Notice 1]

General Motors, LLC, Receipt of Petition for Decision of
Inconsequential Noncompliance

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
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SUMMARY: General Motors, LLC, (GM) has determined that certain model
year 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra trucks manufactured
between January 29, 2013 and October 28, 2013, do not fully comply with
paragraph S5.3.1(e) of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS)
No. 101, Controls and Displays, and paragraph S<IP_ADDRESS> of FMVSS No.
102, Transmission Shift Position Sequence, Starter Interlock, and
Transmission Braking Effect. GM has filed an appropriate report dated
October 31, 2013, pursuant to 49 CFR part 573, Defect and Noncompliance
Responsibility and Reports.

DATES: The closing date for comments on the petition is March 26, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written data,
views, and arguments on this petition. Comments must refer to the
docket and notice number cited at the beginning of this notice and be
submitted by any of the following methods:
     Mail: Send comments by mail addressed to: U.S. Department
of Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.
     Hand Deliver: Deliver comments by hand to: U.S. Department
of Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. The
Docket Section is open on weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. except
Federal Holidays.
     Electronically: Submit comments electronically by: logging
onto the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) Web site at http://www.regulations.gov/. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments. Comments may also be faxed to<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Comments must be written in the English language, and be no greater
than 15 pages in length, although there is no limit to the length of
necessary attachments to the comments. If comments are submitted in
hard copy form, please ensure that two copies are provided. If you wish
to receive confirmation that your comments were received, please
enclose a stamped, self-addressed postcard with the comments. Note that
all comments received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided.
    Documents submitted to a docket may be viewed by anyone at the
address and times given above. The documents may also be viewed on the
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov by following the online
instructions for accessing the dockets. DOT's complete Privacy Act
Statement is available for review in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000, (65 FR 19477-78).
    The petition, supporting materials, and all comments received
before the close of business on the closing date indicated below will
be filed and will be considered. All comments and supporting materials
received after the closing date will also be filed and will be
considered to the extent possible. When the petition is granted or
denied, notice of the decision will be published in the Federal
Register pursuant to the authority indicated below.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. GM's Petition: Pursuant to 49 U.S.C.
30118(d) and 30120(h) (see implementing rule at 49 CFR part 556), GM
submitted a petition for an exemption from the notification and remedy
requirements of 49 U.S.C. Chapter 301 on the basis that this
noncompliance is inconsequential to motor vehicle safety.
    This notice of receipt of GM's petition is published under 49
U.S.C. 30118 and 30120 and does not represent any agency decision or
other exercise of judgment concerning the merits of the petition.
    II. Vehicles Involved: Affected are approximately 200,921 model
year 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra trucks manufactured
between January 29, 2013 and October 28, 2013.
    III. Noncompliance: GM explains that the noncompliance is that
under certain circumstances when an owner uses the steering wheel
controls to browse and select songs to play from an external device
(i.e., MP3 player) that is plugged into one of the vehicle's USB ports,
the instrument cluster may reset. When the instrument cluster resets
the analog gauges and identifications, the PRNDM [shift position]
indicator, and the cruise control telltale will briefly turn off. In
addition, some of the instrument cluster telltales may also illuminate
briefly without the condition the telltale is designed to indicate
being present.
    IV. Rule Text: Paragraph S5.3.1(e) of FMVSS No. 101 requires in
pertinent part:

S5.3.1(e)  Timing of illumination

    (e) A Telltale must not emit light except when identifying the
malfunction or vehicle condition it is designed to indicate, or during
a bulb check . . .

    Paragraph S<IP_ADDRESS> of FMVSS No. 102 requires in pertinent part:

    S5.3.1(e) Except as specified in S<IP_ADDRESS> if the transmission
shift position sequence includes a park position, identification of
shift positions, including the positions in relation to each other
and the position selected, shall be displayed in view of the driver
whenever any of the following conditions exist . . .

    V. Summary of GM's Analyses: GM stated its belief that the subject
noncompliance is inconsequential to motor vehicle safety for the
following reasons:
    A. The condition is extremely unlikely to occur.
    Before the condition can occur, the driver must operate a media
device

inserted into one of the vehicle's USB ports in a very specific way,
while other associated conditions also occur as follows:
    1. The driver must insert a media device, such as a jump drive or
MP3 player, into one of the USB ports to access songs on the media
device. The songs on that device will start playing without further
driver intervention.
    2. To select a particular song, either the center cluster controls
or the steering wheel controls may be used. The condition will not
occur if the center cluster controls are used, but if the redundant
steering wheel controls are used to select a song, the condition may
occur if the following series of events also occurs:
    a. The driver searches for a particular song by depressing the left
arrow on the right spoke of the steering wheel;
    b. then selects ``audio'' using the steering wheel controls;
    c. then selects ``browse'' using the steering wheel controls;
    d. then scrolls to a particular song using the steering wheel
controls; and
    e. then selects the song to play. At this point, operation remains
normal.
    f. If the driver selects ``browse'' using the steering wheel
controls to select a second song, the subject condition may occur, but
only if the total information in titles of the buffered songs exceeds
2,000 bytes. (Note: Fifteen songs are uploaded at a time to the
buffer).
    The combination of the specific series of events noted above,
together with the [total] information in the buffer exceeding 2000
bytes, is very unlikely.
    GM is aware of only 2 incidents of the subject condition occurring.
These incidents were isolated to the test vehicle fleet (589 vehicles),
which has accrued over 7 million total miles.
    GM checked all warranty claims on the subject vehicles and did not
find any complaints related to the subject condition. The subject
vehicles in the field are likely to have accrued over 106 million miles
with no field reports of the noncompliant condition.
    GM is not aware of any complaints to NHTSA about this condition.
    B. The condition is short-lived.
    The disruption of the PRNDM and the activation of the telltales as
a result of this condition are very brief. In the unlikely event the
subject condition were to occur and the instrument cluster resets, the
gear [shift position] display extinguishes for one and one half seconds
and a telltale bulb check is triggered, which persists for
approximately five seconds. This momentary condition would be a clear
indication to the driver that service may be required.
    GM is unaware of any previous recall for a short-lived activation
of the telltales. GM is also unaware of any previous recall for a
short-live disruption of the gear selector [display].
    In addition, GM referred to a NHTSA response to a letter from Ford
Motor Company dated May 23, 1979, in which GM believes that NHTSA
acknowledged that a short-lived inability to view telltales does not
necessarily warrant manufacturers correcting the condition.
    C. The condition has little effect on the normal operation of the
vehicle.
    While the operation of the instrument panel is briefly affected by
the underlying condition, none of the other vehicle operations are
affected. Any underlying messages remain in place and will continue to
be displayed after the instrument panel resets. Other operations, like
cruise control, are unaffected by the subject condition. Only the
displays on the instrument panel are briefly affected by the condition.
    If the condition were to occur it is unlikely the brief disruption
of the PRNDM will affect the driver. The condition can only be
triggered when the driver is searching for a song with the steering
wheel controls, which are located on the right spoke of the steering
wheel. If the driver is in the process of searching for a song, it is
unlikely the driver will shift the transmission for the one and one
half seconds the PRNDM is disrupted, since the driver would also use
his right hand to shift.
    D. NHTSA has previously granted petitions for inconsequential
noncompliance that GM believes can be applied to a decision on its
petition. Refer to GM's petition for a complete discussion of its
reasoning.
    GM has additionally informed NHTSA that it has corrected the
noncompliance so that all future production of these vehicles will
comply with FMVSS No. 110 and FMVSS No. 120.
    In summation, GM believes that the described noncompliance of the
subject vehicles is inconsequential to motor vehicle safety, and that
its petition, to exempt from providing recall notification of
noncompliance as required by 49 U.S.C. 30118 and remedying the recall
noncompliance as required by 49 U.S.C. 30120 should be granted.
    NHTSA notes that the statutory provisions (49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and
30120(h)) that permit manufacturers to file petitions for a
determination of inconsequentiality allow NHTSA to exempt manufacturers
only from the duties found in sections 30118 and 30120, respectively,
to notify owners, purchasers, and dealers of a defect or noncompliance
and to remedy the defect or noncompliance. Therefore, any decision on
this petition only applies to the subject noncompliant vehicles that GM
no longer controlled at the time it determined that the noncompliance
existed. However, any decision on this petition does not relieve
vehicle distributors and dealers of the prohibitions on the sale, offer
for sale, or introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate
commerce of the noncompliant vehicles under their control after GM
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)

Claude H. Harris,
Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 148 (Monday, August 3, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45998-45999]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2015-N-0001]

Sixth Annual Coalition Against Major Diseases/Food and Drug
Administration Scientific Workshop; Public Workshop

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice of public workshop.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the sixth
annual scientific workshop co-sponsored by the Agency and the Coalition
Against Major Diseases (CAMD) Consortium of the Critical Path Institute
(C-Path). The purpose of this public workshop is to initiate
constructive discussion among scientists from FDA, the CAMD Consortium,
and other interested parties regarding ongoing efforts to develop tools
and methods to facilitate drug development for Alzheimer's disease and
Parkinson's disease.

DATES: The public scientific workshop will be held on October 15, 2015,
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The public workshop will be held at the FDA White Oak
Campus, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 31 Conference Center, the Great
Room (Rm. 1503A), Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002. Entrance for the public
scientific workshop participants (non-FDA employees) is through
Building 1, where routine security check procedures will be performed.
For parking and security information, please refer to http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/WorkingatFDA/BuildingsandFacilities/WhiteOakCampusInformation/ucm241740.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline Brooks-Leighton, Food and
Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, 10903 New
Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 21, Rm. 4521, Silver Spring, MD 20993, 240-402-
5292, FAX:<PHONE_NUMBER><EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    FDA and C-Path seek to leverage their combined strengths to create
new tools and methods to increase the efficiency of the drug
development process and bring new treatments for Alzheimer's disease
and Parkinson's disease. This annual public workshop brings together
representatives from the pharmaceutical industry, the academic research
community, patient advocacy groups, and governmental institutions;
including, the National Institute of Aging, the National Institute of
Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and the European Medicines Agency.
    The objectives of the workshop include:

1. Understanding the accomplishments of CAMD scientific projects
2. Discussing how these tools are currently or will be applied in drug
development
3. Obtaining commitment for sharing information/data to begin
quantifying benefits of these tools
4. Facilitating robust and open discussion among all parties of drug
development in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases

II. Attendance and Registration

    The FDA Conference Center at the White Oak location is a Federal
facility with security procedures and limited seating. Individuals who
wish to participate in the scientific workshop (in person or via the
Internet) must register on or before October 1, 2015, by visiting
https://www.SignUp4.net/public/ap.aspx?EID=SIXT10E.
    Early registration is recommended; registration is free and will be
on a first-come, first-served basis. However, FDA may limit the number
of participants from each organization based on space limitations.
Onsite registration on the day of the scientific workshop will be based
on space availability. The registration deadline is October 14, 2015.
An agenda will be provided approximately 2 weeks before the scientific
workshop at the FDA Meeting Information page, which is available online
at: http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/NewsEvents/ucm410863.htm.
    If you need special accommodations because of a disability, please
contact Jacqueline Brooks-Leighton (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT) at least 7 days before the scientific workshop.
    A live webcast of this scientific workshop will be viewable at
Adobe Connect Link: https://collaboration.fda.gov/camd101515/ on the
day of the scientific workshop. A video record of the scientific
workshop will be available at the same Web address for 1 year.

III. Transcripts

    Please be advised that as soon as a transcript is available, it
will be accessible at http://www.regulations.gov. It may be viewed at
the Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug
Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852. A
transcript

will also be available in either hard copy or on CD-ROM, after
submission of a Freedom of Information request. Written requests are to
be sent to Division of Freedom of Information (ELEM-1029), Food and
Drug Administration, 12420 Parklawn Dr., Element Bldg., Rockville, MD
20857.

    Dated: July 29, 2015.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
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