Je veux savoir à propos de…

51720

Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 177 / Thursday, September 16, 2021 / Notices
The Department is currently engaged with stakeholders and public agency partners in addressing current issues in freight and logistics through President Bidens Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force. DOTs E.O. 14017 report will build on those efforts, focusing on challenges and solutions over the medium and longer term while also addressing DOTs goals of safety, economic strength, climate resilience, equity, and transformation.
This notice requests comments and information from the public to assist the Department of Transportation in preparing the report required by E.O.
14017. In developing this report, the Secretary will consult with the heads of appropriate agencies, and will be assisted by the relevant operating administrations of the Department of Transportation.
Written Comments The Department seeks information from the public on the current challenges faced within the freight and logistics sector, including, but not limited to, the following topics:
1. The identification of major infrastructure or operational bottlenecks and chokepoints across all aspects of the freight and logistics supply chain including shipping/receiving, intermodal transfer, rail/water/truck transportation, warehousing, etc.that slow or impede efficient cargo movement within the freight and logistics sector, and the most effective investments and management practice improvements that could be made to alleviate those bottlenecks.
2. Current and potential future shortages and/or distribution limitations of essential cargo-handling equipment, such as chassis and shipping containers, and how these challenges can be or are likely to be addressed by the freight and logistics industry over both the medium and longer term.
3. Warehouse capacity and availability, and any challenges faced in operating and siting/constructing those facilities, as well as challenges faced by third-party logistics service providers and other stakeholders in the logistic system.
4. Major risks to resilience within the freight and logistics sector including defense, intelligence, cyber, homeland security, health, climate, environmental, natural, market, economic, geopolitical, human-rights, or labor-management risks. What factors help to mitigate, or conversely exacerbate, these risks?
5. The effects of climate change on transportation and logistics infrastructure and its implications for supply chain resiliency.

VerDate Sep<11>2014

16:44 Sep 15, 2021

Jkt 253001

6. Technology issues, including information systems, cybersecurity risks, and interoperability, that affect the safe, efficient, and reliable movement of goods. Would greater standardization of those technologies help address those challenges?
7. Key opportunities and challenges with respect to the existing and future workforce to ensure a well-functioning freight and logistics supply chain and achieve the Presidents goal of increasing good-paying jobs with the choice of a union. Are there additional workforce or skill set opportunities and needs currently, or expected in the future?
8. Current barriers including statutory, regulatory, technological, institutional, labor and workforce, management, existing business models/
practices issues that inhibit supply chain performance. For any barriers identified, please address the actors involved and potential outcomes should those barriers be removed.
9. Critical assets that the sector relies upon and their expected future availability. Would increasing domestic production of these assets be desirable or feasible as a means of ensuring greater supply chain resiliency chassis, containers, etc.?
10. Technological practices, including data sharing, that are being implemented at various levels across the supply chain sector. What are the upsides, challenges, and drawbacks of further adoption?
11. Actions that DOT or other agencies in the U.S. Government USG
could take under existing authorities or in partnership with States, local governments, the private sector, or labor to address current and evolving challenges within the freight and logistics sector.
12. Other policy recommendations or suggested executive, legislative, or regulatory changes to ensure a resilient supply chain that DOT/USG should consider, including means to collaborate more effectively across government agencies and suggestions based on state and international models.
13. Recommended actions by nonFederal entities, including State and local governments, private firms, labor, and other participants in the freight and logistics sector that could be encouraged by DOT/USG.
Dated: September 10, 2021.
Michael Shapiro, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy.
FR Doc. 202119974 Filed 91521; 8:45 am BILLING CODE 49109XP

PO 00000

Frm 00072

Fmt 4703

Sfmt 4703

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau Docket No. TTB20210003

Proposed Information Collections;
Comment Request No. 83
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau TTB; Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
AGENCY:

As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we invite comments on the proposed or continuing information collections listed below in this notice.
DATES: We must receive your written comments on or before November 15, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments on the information collections described in this document using one of the two methods described below Internet: To submit comments electronically, use the comment form for this document posted on the Regulations.gov e-rulemaking website at https www.regulations.gov within Docket No. TTB20210003.
Mail: Send comments to the Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Regulations and Rulings Division, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, 1310 G Street NW, Box 12, Washington, DC 20005.
Please submit separate comments for each specific information collection described in this document. You must reference the information collections title, form or recordkeeping requirement number if any, and OMB control number in your comment.
You may view copies of this document, the relevant TTB forms, and any comments received at https
www.regulations.gov within Docket No.
TTB20210003. TTB has posted a link to that docket on its website at https
www.ttb.gov/rrd/information-collectionnotices. You also may obtain paper copies of this document, the listed forms, and any comments received by contacting TTBs Paperwork Reduction Act Officer at the addresses or telephone number shown below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Hoover, Regulations and Rulings Division, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, 1310 G Street NW, Box 12, Washington, DC 20005;
2024531039, ext. 135; or informationcollections@ttb.gov please do not submit comments to this email address.
SUMMARY:

E:FRFM16SEN1.SGM

16SEN1