[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 40 (Friday, February 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12050-12051]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04100]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2018-0278]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Approval of a New
Information Collection Request: Crime Prevention for Truckers

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FMCSA
announces its plan to submit the Information Collection Request (ICR)
described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review
and approval. This request, titled ``Crime Prevention for Truckers,''
will allow for a study to understand the prevalence, seriousness, and
nature of the problem of harassment and assaults against minority and
female truckers.

DATES: Please send your comments by March 30, 2020. OMB must receive
your comments by this date in order to act quickly on the ICR.

ADDRESSES: All comments should reference Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2018-0278. Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on the proposed information
collection to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office
of Management and Budget. Comments should be addressed to the attention
of the Desk Officer, Department of Transportation/Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, and sent via electronic mail to
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or faxed to<PHONE_NUMBER>, or mailed to
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management
and Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street NW, Washington,
DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chris Flanigan, General Engineer,
Technology Division, Department of Transportation, Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration, 6th Floor, West Building, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001. Telephone:<PHONE_NUMBER>;
Email Address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Office hours are from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Crime Prevention for Truckers.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-00XX.
    Type of Request: New information collection.
    Respondents: Female and minority male commercial motor vehicle
drivers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: Maximum of 880 truck drivers [80
respondents reporting no incidents of harassment or crime + 800
respondents reporting one or more incidents of harassment or crime].
    Estimated Time per Response: Varies. [8 minutes for respondents not
reporting incidents of harassment or crime; 20 minutes for respondents
reporting an incident of harassment or crime].
    Expiration Date: This is a new information collection.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 277.3 hours [80 respondents
reporting no incidents x (8 minutes / 60 minutes per hour) + 800
respondents reporting one or more incidents x (20 minutes / 60 minutes
per hour)].
    Background: FMCSA has accumulated evidence, both documentary and
anecdotal, for a serious pattern of harassment- and assault-related
crimes against female and minority male truckers. For example, Security
Journal, in a 2006 article titled ``Workplace Violence against Female
Long-haul Truckers,'' reported that 42 percent of female longhaul
truckers reported experiencing one or more types of workplace violence.
USA Today, in a 2017 article titled ``Rigged,'' gave accounts of
repeated harassment of minority male truckers. Currently, FMCSA does
not provide materials or training to truckers, including minority and
female truckers, on how to protect themselves from being stalked,
harassed, assaulted, or robbed. Before effective solutions for
preventing or reducing these crimes against female and minority
truckers can be developed and implemented, FMCSA must understand the
prevalence, seriousness, and nature of the problem of harassment and
assaults against truckers. Currently, there is insufficient data. The
frequency and number of harassment- and assault-related crimes
occurring, the portion that are unreported, and reasons for
underreporting are unknown.
    The purpose of this research study is to gather information to
answer these questions, to understand how serious the problem is, and
to report it to FMCSA so the Agency can decide on further options for
evaluation and action. FMCSA needs to explore and validate the problem
of harassment- and assault-related crimes, especially against female
and minority male truckers for two reasons. First, there seems to be a
perception among these subpopulations of truckers that they are more
vulnerable than others. Second, there is a critical shortage of
truckers, and helping these subpopulations of truckers protect
themselves from crimes could draw more truckers from these
subpopulations, while stemming turnover, to alleviate the shortage.
    FMCSA has contracted with Battelle to create and execute a survey
of truck drivers to gather this information. This exploratory survey
will be limited in scale and scope. Quantitative and qualitative
analysis of the data will help the Agency to understand the nature and
extent of the problem and begin to formulate an approach to reducing
it. The results will not be used for rulemaking.
    The survey of professional truck drivers will be limited to female
and minority male drivers. The survey will ask whether the drivers have
experienced race- or gender-related harassment or crimes on the job. If
the driver has had such an experience, the survey will ask follow-up
questions on where and when the incidents occurred, any information the
respondent knows about the perpetrator, and whether the respondent
reported the incident. The survey will be anonymous. None of the
questions ask for information that could personally identify the
respondent or any perpetrators involved. Some respondents will take the
survey online, and others will take it in the form of an in-person
interview. Identical questions

will be asked of all drivers, but answers from males and females will
be analyzed separately.
    A maximum of 440 males and 440 females will be included in the
information collection. The information will be collected through a
combination of an online survey and in-person interviews. Approximately
160 in person interviews will be completed, 80 females and 80 minority
males. The balance will take the survey electronically. Some
individuals may be eligible to participate in the survey but will not
have had any recent experience of harassment or assault. These
individuals will be included in the final results for calculation of
prevalence. The total number of respondents targeted for those who
experienced some sort of harassment or assault will be 400 in each
group. If 400 targeted individuals are reached before the overall cap
of 440 respondents, data collection will be stopped for that group.
Individuals who are screened but are not female or minority male, or
with other criteria such as not being active drivers, will not be
included in the interview counts, though a tabulation of the number of
such contacts and reason for their disqualification will be reported to
better understand resource needs and burden in future data collection
efforts of this type. A $25 incentive will be given to eligible
respondents to the in-person interview or the online survey. For
respondents to be eligible and to receive the incentive, they must
report that they are a female or a minority male who has driven a truck
professionally in the past 2 years and complete the survey--at least
through the initial questions of what events, if any, they have
experienced.
    Battelle statisticians experienced in surveys and in analyzing data
for FMCSA will execute the data analysis plan. Findings will be
presented in a report that will be made available on the Agency's
website so that interested stakeholders and the general public will be
aware of the findings. Battelle is required to deliver a public-use
dataset at the conclusion of the project. By understanding the nature
and prevalence of crimes against truckers, FMCSA will be able to
formulate and promote programs to address the problem. The report may
be useful to law enforcement personnel, motor carriers, truck drivers,
operators of private truck stops, and others interested in addressing
the situation.
    If study findings indicate a significant problem that merits
action, FMCSA may consider developing training or outreach materials to
help truckers protect themselves from crime or harassment. Such
training or outreach materials could help foster motor carriers'
employee retention efforts and help make the truck driving profession
more attractive to a greater range of people.
    Public comments on this were requested in the Federal Register in a
July 23, 2019 notice (Docket No. FMCSA-2018-0278). Three comments were
received and are summarized below.
    Ellen Voie, President, Women In Trucking (WIT) Association,
appreciates the initiative to better understand the challenges female
and minority drivers face. WIT conducted research on best practices in
hiring and retaining female professional drivers. The respondents
indicated their level of safety at 4.4 on a scale of one to ten. She
states that this is unacceptable and that once the survey has been
completed and we can better understand the extent of crimes against
female (and minority) drivers, we can better address how to eliminate
any harassment and assaults directed against them. Overall, this
information will assist WIT in their efforts to attract and retain more
women in trucking.
    Desiree Wood, President, Real Women in Trucking, Inc. (RWIT), has
been receiving distress calls related to sexual misconduct related to
entry-level driver training fleets for over 10 years. RWIT is a truck
driver organization formed by working female truck drivers, many of
whom have had firsthand experience with sexual misconduct at a trucking
company, including Ms. Wood. This led to her forming RWIT, which aims
to assist women who have been raped, assaulted, harassed, and abandoned
by their employing carrier by referring them to law firms and the EEOC.
Ms. Wood recommends that FMCSA take immediate action to address these
issues instead of conducting the survey.
    Bunny Sterling, East Calais, Vermont, described several types of
harassment against women working in the trucking industry, but did not
claim specifically that they happened to her. They included lude
comments and gestures, unwanted physical advances and phone calls, and
threats of losing employment if retaliation occurred.
    FMCSA appreciates the comments and support for examining this issue
and plans to proceed with the data call to assess in more detail the
extent of this problem. This could lead to the agency reaching out to
driver training schools to encourage that they address these issues in
their courses.
    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed
collection is necessary for the FMCSA to perform its functions; (2) the
accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways for the FMCSA to enhance the
quality, usefulness, and clarity of the collected information; and (4)
ways that the burden could be minimized without reducing the quality of
the collected information.

    Issued under the authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.87 on: February
19, 2020.
Kenneth Riddle,
Acting, Associate Administrator for Office of Research and Information
Technology.
[FR Doc. 2020-04100 Filed 2-27-20; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4910-EX-P


Aneth Data and Monitoring Summary

Data and Monitoring Activity	Comments	Investigative Lead or Compiler of
Data

Time-lapse Vertical Seismic Profiling (VSP)	Analysis in progress.
Intended to result in time-lapse images of plume development and measure
of geophysical property changes affected by CO22 injection.	Los Alamos
National Lab

Microseismic monitoring	Monitoring induced seismicity. Analysis in
progress. Intended to result in time-space relationships of microseismic
source locations, correlated with production/injection activity and
interpretation of results.	Los Alamos National Lab

Interwell tracers tests	Water-based test complete, CO2-conveyed test
just starting. Measuring time-space flow pattern of water and CO2 in
Aneth reservoir and evaluating novel tracers for CO2 flow.
EGI-University of Utah

Production and Injection Records from monitor areas	Being updated
periodically	Resolute Natural Resources

CO2 soil flux measurements

NM-Tech

Fracture analysis of cores	Memo report available	Sandia National Labs

Summary of well construction records

EPA

Surface fracture and banding study	Field work completed, report in
progress	Utah Geologic Survey

Analysis of Gothic Shale core – the Aneth Reservoir seal rock.
Terra-Tek tests to be conducted – includes petrography, geochemistry
analysis, mechanical properties (Terra-Tek proposed tests summary
available upon request).	Laboratory measurements just starting at Terra
Tek, preliminary fracture analysis completed. Poro-Technology to conduct
mercury capillary pressure measurements. Sandia will conduct xray
diffraction, backscattering electron imaging, fracture characterization,
and laser scanning confocal microscopy	Utah Geological Survey, Sandia
National Labs

Reservoir flow model framework for Aneth Unit	Formation tops (structure
and isopach maps), digitized well logs (porosity), core plug analysis
for permeability vs porosity relationship. Will result in flow
simulation results.	EGI-University of Utah, Utah Geological Survey

Self-potential monitoring	Acquisition and analysis underway. An
experimental technique being tested for effectiveness in detecting
subsurface CO2 flow	AIST, Japan


[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 101 (Friday, May 24, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 24133]
[FR Doc No: 2019-10892]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2011-0239; FRL-9994-30-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Grain Elevators (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), NSPS for Grain Elevators (EPA ICR
Number 1130.12, OMB Control Number 2060-0082), to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through May 30, 2019. Public comments were
previously requested, via the Federal Register, on May 30, 2018 during
a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days
for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below,
including its estimated burden and cost to the public. An agency may
neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond
to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid
OMB control number.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 24, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2011-0239, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB via email
to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Address comments to OMB Desk Officer
for EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the
public docket without change, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring,
Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail
Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; fax number:
(202) 564-0050; email address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at
www.regulations.gov, or in person at the EPA Docket Center, EPA West,
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The telephone
number for the Docket Center is<PHONE_NUMBER>. For additional
information about EPA's public docket, visit: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Grain
Elevators (40 CFR part 60, subpart DD) apply to each affected facility
at any grain terminal elevator or any grain storage elevator. The
facilities are each truck unloading station, truck loading station,
barge and ship loading station, railcar loading station, railcar
unloading station, grain dryer and all grain handling operations that
commenced construction, modification or reconstruction after August 3,
1978. Owners or operators of the affected facilities must make a one-
time-only report of the date of construction or reconstruction;
notification of the actual date of startup; notification of any
physical or operational change to existing facility that may increase
the rate of emission of the regulated pollutant; notification of
initial performance test; and results of initial performance test.
Owners or operators are also required to maintain records of the
occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction, or
any period during which the monitoring system is inoperative. This
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part
60, subpart DD
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Grain elevator operations.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 60
Subpart DD).
    Estimated number of respondents: 200 (total).
    Frequency of response: Initially.
    Total estimated burden: 460 hours (per year). Burden is defined at
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $52,000 (per year), which includes no
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the total estimated
respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB. The
regulations have not changed over the past three years and are not
anticipated to change over the next three years, and the growth rate
for the industry is very low or non-existent. This ICR reflects the on-
going burden and costs for existing facilities.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-10892 Filed 5-23-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6560-50-P


VOLUNTARY ALUMINUM INDUSTRIAL PARTNERSHIP

PREAMBLE

This is a voluntary agreement between the [company]  __________
(hereinafter, the partner company) and the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) by which the partner company and EPA build on
the progress already achieved through the Voluntary Aluminum Industrial
Partnership from 1995 through 2000.

The purpose of this agreement is to avoid emissions of  CF4 and C2F6
(perfluorocarbons – PFCs) from primary aluminum manufacturing. As of
2000, the Partner Companies had cumulatively reduced emissions by
30%-60% from the 1990 baseline, the stated goal of VAIP.  This agreement
seeks to make further reductions by expanding the opportunity for
technically feasible, cost-effective emission reductions by 2005.  The
partnership believes such reductions help protect the climate.

COMMON AGREEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES

The partner company and EPA agree that only technically feasible and
cost effective efforts to reduce or maintain emissions of PFCs are
sought.

The partner company and EPA agree that consistent measurement methods
for PFCs, knowledge of the relationships between PFC generation and
process and design variables, and the development of emission factors
for these gases are critical to the overall success of the partnership.

The partner company and EPA recognize that while there should be no
expectation of zero emissions of PFCs from aluminum smelting operations,
there is some minimum level of emissions that reflect the best
facility-specific control possible.

EPA and the partner company will work together to ensure that the record
of the reductions is at a high level of quality.  EPA and the partner
company expect that companies that possess high quality emissions
reductions records will be in a preferred position to participate in any
future program that provides appropriate rewards and recognition for
early action.

Either the partner company or EPA can discontinue this agreement 30 days
after the receipt of written notice by the other party with no penalties
or continuing obligations.  If either party ends the MOU, both parties
will refrain from representing that the partner company is participating
in the partnership.

EPA RESPONSIBILITIES

EPA will work to improve the availability of information on the
generation of PFCs and on techniques to reduce emissions.

EPA will encourage other aluminum producing countries to include PFC
emission reductions in their respective climate protection strategies
and to share information on successful emission reduction strategies.

EPA will coordinate with the Department of Energy with respect to
reporting under this program and Section 1605(b)1 of the Energy Policy
Act of 1992.

EPA will provide the partner company with recognition for its
achievements in reducing PFC emissions and for its public service in
protecting the environment.  EPA will publicize the success of the
partnership and/or sponsor meetings/conferences on issues relating to
the partnership.

EPA will hold confidential any information designated as confidential
business information by the Partner in accordance with applicable
regulations at 40 CFR Part 2.

This MOU is not a fund-obligating document.  All of EPA's activities are
subject to the availability of appropriations.

EPA will continue to provide a single representative for the
partnership.  EPA will notify the partner company within 30 days of any
change in the representative’s identity.

PARTNER COMPANY RESPONSIBILITIES

The partner company will provide, on the basis of best available
information and to the degree technically and economically feasible,
necessary data for calculating annual PFC emissions including: annual
production, anode effect frequency, anode effect duration; anode effect
minutes per cell day (the product of frequency and duration); and slope
coefficients for both CF4 and C2F6.  The partner will provide annual
data by March 31 each year, using the reporting form in Attachment B.

The Partner Company will update its emissions reduction goal(s).  The
year 1990 will still be used as the base year for the partnership. If
the partner so chooses, it can provide emissions data for years prior to
1990.   At a minimum the partner will strive to maintain reductions
achieved since between 1990 and 2000.   The partner will submit its PFC
emissions reduction goal in conjunction with the signed MOU.  The goal
should include reducing one or more of the following key factors:

*	Anode Effect Minutes per cell day

*	Anode effect frequency

*	Anode effect duration

*	PFC Emissions

The partner company agrees that the activities it undertakes connected
with this MOU are not intended to provide services to the Federal
government, and that the Partner will not submit a claim for
compensation to any Federal agency.

The partner company agrees to appoint a single representative for the
partnership (designated in attachment A of this MOU).  The partner will
notify EPA within 30 days of any change in the representative’s
identity.

Signatories

The undersigned do hereby execute this Memorandum of Understanding on
the latter of the dates indicated below.

For the United States Environmental Protection Agency:

________________________					On: ________

Brian J. McLean,  Acting Director

Office of Atmospheric Programs

For the Partner

	_______________________________			On: __________

ATTACHMENT  tc "ATTACHMENT " \l 2  A – PARTNER REPRESENTATION

Designated Partner Representative:

Name:                                                      	Title:

Mailing Address:

Phone Number:

Facsimile Number:

E-mail Address:

Official Partner Signatory:

Name:                                                      	Title:

Mailing Address:

Phone Number:

Facsimile Number:

E-mail Address: ___________________________