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17A(b)(3)(F) of the Act 11 and is
reasonably designed to meet the margin,
financial resource and governance
requirements of Rules 17Ad–22(b)(2),
(b)(3) and (d)(8).12
IV. Conclusion
On the basis of the foregoing, the
Commission finds that the proposed
rule change is consistent with the
requirements of the Act and in
particular with the requirements of
Section 17A of the Act 13 and the rules
and regulations thereunder.
It is therefore ordered, pursuant to
Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,14 that the
proposed rule change (SR–ICEEU–2015–
010), as modified by Amendment No. 1
thereto be, and hereby is, approved.15
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated
authority.16
Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
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Law 106–50, the Veterans
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Applications for the Military Reservist
Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program
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The Interest Rate for eligible small
businesses is 4.000.
The number assigned is 14494 0.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
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James E. Rivera,
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA 2015–0007–N–26]
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Federal Railroad
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
its implementing regulations, the
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
hereby announces that it is seeking an
extension of the following currently
approved information collection
activities. On May 7, 2014, the Secretary
of Transportation issued Emergency
Order (EO) Docket No. DOT–OST–
2014–0067 requiring affected railroad
carriers to provide certain information
to the State Emergency Response
Commissions (SERCs) for each State in
which their trains carrying 1 million
gallons or more of Bakken crude oil
travel. The information collection
activities associated with the Secretary’s
Emergency Order originally received a
six-month emergency approval from
OMB on May 10, 2014. On July 10,
2015, OMB again approved the
information collection activities
associated with the Secretary’s
Emergency Order until March 31, 2016.
FRA is now requesting to continue these
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information collection activities until
the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration (PHMSA)
finalizes the Oil Spill Response
Proposed Rule that it is currently
working on and that will codify the
requirements of the Secretary’s
Emergency Order. The Secretary’s EO
remains in full force and effect until that
happens. FRA also hereby announces
that it is seeking renewal of the
additional currently approved
information collection activities
described below for the maximum time
period (3 years). Before submitting these
information collection requirements for
clearance by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB), FRA is soliciting
public comment on specific aspects of
the activities identified below.
DATES: Comments must be received no
later than December 18, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on any or all of the following proposed
activities by mail to either: Mr. Robert
Brogan, Information Clearance Officer,
Office of Safety, Regulatory Safety
Analysis Division, RRS–21, Federal
Railroad Administration, 1200 New
Jersey Ave. SE., Mail Stop 17,
Washington, DC 20590, or Ms. Kimberly
Toone, Information Clearance Officer,
Office of Information Technology, RAD–
20, Federal Railroad Administration,
1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Mail Stop 35,
Washington, DC 20590. Commenters
requesting FRA to acknowledge receipt
of their respective comments must
include a self-addressed stamped
postcard stating, ‘‘Comments on OMB
control number 2130 -lll.’’
Alternatively, comments may be
transmitted via facsimile to (202) 493–
6216 or (202) 493–6497, or via email to
Mr. Brogan at Robert.Brogan@dot.gov, or
to Ms. Toone at Kim.Toone@dot.gov.
Please refer to the assigned OMB control
number in any correspondence
submitted. FRA will summarize
comments received in response to this
notice in a subsequent notice and
include them in its information
collection submission to OMB for
approval.
Mr.
Robert Brogan, Information Clearance
Officer, Office of Safety, Regulatory
Safety Analysis Division, RRS–21,
Federal Railroad Administration, 1200
New Jersey Ave. SE., Mail Stop 17,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6292) or Ms. Kimberly Toone,
Information Clearance Officer, Office of
Information Technology, RAD–20,
Federal Railroad Administration, 1200
New Jersey Ave. SE., Mail Stop 35,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
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493–6132). (These telephone numbers
are not toll-free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), Public Law 104–13, sec. 2, 109
Stat. 163 (1995) (codified as revised at
44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), and its
implementing regulations, 5 CFR part
1320, require Federal agencies to
provide 60-days notice to the public for
comment on information collection
activities before seeking approval for
reinstatement or renewal by OMB. 44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A); 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1),
1320.10(e)(1), 1320.12(a). Specifically,
FRA invites interested respondents to
comment on the following summaries of
proposed information collection
activities regarding: (i) Whether the
information collection activities are
necessary for FRA to properly execute
its functions, including whether the
activities will have practical utility; (ii)
the accuracy of FRA’s estimates of the
burden of the information collection
activities, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used to
determine the estimates; (iii) ways for
FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information being
collected; and (iv) ways for FRA to
minimize the burden of information
collection activities on the public by
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology (e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses). See 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)(i)–(iv); 5 CFR
1320.8(d)(1)(i)–(iv). FRA believes that
soliciting public comment will promote
its efforts to reduce the administrative
and paperwork burdens associated with
the collection of information mandated
by Federal regulations. In summary,
FRA reasons that comments received
will advance three objectives: (i) Reduce
reporting burdens; (ii) ensure that it
organizes information collection
requirements in a ‘‘user friendly’’ format
to improve the use of such information;
and (iii) accurately assess the resources
expended to retrieve and produce
information requested. See 44 U.S.C.
3501.
Below are brief summaries of three
currently approved information
collection requests that FRA will submit
for clearance by OMB as required under
the PRA:
Title: Secretary of Transportation
Emergency Order Docket No. DOT–
OST–2014–0067.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0604.
Abstract: As noted in the summary
above, on May 7, 2014, the Secretary of
Transportation issued Emergency Order
(EO) Docket No. DOT–OST–2014–0067
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requiring affected railroad carriers to
provide certain information to the State
Emergency Response Commissions
(SERCs) for each State in which their
trains carrying 1 million gallons or more
of Bakken crude oil travel. This EO is
available through the Department’s
public docket system at
www.regulations.gov, under Docket No.
DOT–OST–2014–0067. The EO took
effect immediately upon issuance,
although affected railroads were
permitted 30 days to provide the
required information to the SERCs. The
EO is the Department’s direct and
proactive response to a recent series of
train accidents involving the
transportation of petroleum crude oil, a
hazardous material the transportation of
which is regulated by the Department.
The most recent accident occurred on
April 30, 2014, when a train
transporting petroleum crude oil
derailed in Lynchburg, Virginia and
released approximately 30,000 gallons
of its contents into the James River.
Further, the EO explains that, with the
rising demand for rail transportation of
petroleum crude oil throughout the
United States, the risk of rail incidents
has increased commensurate with the
increase in the volume of the material
shipped and that there have been
several significant derailments in both
the U.S. and Canada over the last
several months causing deaths and
property and environmental damage
that involved petroleum crude oil. DOT
emergency orders are rare and the EO
itself describes the most recent
accidents and circumstances leading the
agency to issue the EO. The collection
of information included under this EO
is aimed at ensuring that railroads that
transport in a single train a large
quantity of petroleum crude oil (1
million gallons or more), particularly
crude oil from the Bakken shale
formation in the Williston Basin,
provide certain information to the
relevant SERCs in each State in which
the railroad operates such trains.
Ensuring that railroads provide this
information to SERCs is critical to
ensuring that local and State emergency
responders are aware of the large
quantities of crude oil that are being
transported through their jurisdictions
and are prepared to respond to
accidents involving such trains should
they occur.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Frequency of Submission: One-time;
on occasion.
Respondent Universe: 47 Railroad
Carriers; 50 State Emergency Response
Commissions (SERCs).
Reporting Burden:
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Emergency order
item No.
Respondent
universe
Total annual responses
Average time
per response
(1) RR Notification to SERCs ............................................
(2) Updated RR Notification to SERCs .............................
47 railroads ......
47 railroads ......
30 hours ...........
4 hours .............
3,600
100
(3) Notification Copies to FRA ..........................................
(4) Requests to RRs by SERCs for Information from
Local Emergency Response Agencies Regarding the
Volume and Frequency of Train Traffic Implicated by
this Emergency Order within that Agency’s Jurisdiction
and RR Responses.
(5) Petitions to the Secretary/FRA Administrator for Relief from This Emergency Order.
47 railroads ......
47 railroads ......
120 written notifications .........
25 updated written notifications.
20 notification copies .............
30 informational assistance
requests + 30 informational
responses.
10 minutes ........
30 minutes ........
5
60
47 railroads ......
4 relief petitions .....................
2 hours .............
8
Total Estimated Responses: 229.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
3,773 hours.
Status: Extension of a currently
approved information collection.
Title: Ballast Defects and Conditions–
Importance of Identification and Repair
in Preventing Development of Unsafe
Combinations of Track Conditions.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0614.
Abstract: FRA issued Safety Advisory
2015–04 on August 20, 2015, to
emphasize the importance of timely
repairing ballast defects and conditions
on main tracks. FRA published Safety
Advisory 2015–04 in the Federal
Register on August 26, 2015. See 80 FR
51868. In the Safety Advisory, FRA
noted that ballast defects and ballast
conditions that are not repaired in a
timely manner can lead to future
defects. FRA believes it is important for
track inspectors to be aware that ballast
defects and conditions can cause track
components to deteriorate rapidly and
compromise the stability of the track
structure, and that inspectors are trained
to identify and repair ballast defects and
conditions. This safety advisory
recommends that track owners and
railroads: (1) Assess current engineering
instructions on ballast safety and update
them to provide specific guidance to
track inspectors (designated personnel
that are qualified to inspect and repair
track) on how to identify and initiate
remedial action under 49 CFR
213.233(d) for ballast defects and
conditions, as well as on the appropriate
remedial action to implement,
particularly in areas with one or more
additional track conditions; (2) train
track inspectors on the updated
engineering instructions and this safety
advisory to ensure they understand how
to identify and initiate remedial action
Respondent
universe
Safety advisory 2015–04
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tions to provide Guidance to Its Track Inspectors on
How to Identify and Repair Ballast Defects and Other
Ballast Conditions.
(2) RR Training of Its Track Inspectors on Updated Engi- 754 Railroads ...
neering Instructions and FRA Safety Advisory 2015–04.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Respondent Universe: 754 Railroads.
Frequency of Submission: One-time;
on occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
10,200.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
10,200 hours.
Status: Regular Review.
Title: Disqualification Proceedings.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0529.
Abstract: Under 49 U.S.C. 20111(c),
FRA is authorized to issue orders
disqualifying railroad employees,
including supervisors, managers, and
other agents, from performing safetysensitive service in the rail industry for
violations of safety rules, regulations,
standards, orders, or laws evidencing
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for ballast defects and conditions in a
timely manner, and understand the
importance of such remedial action in
preventing the development of unsafe
combinations of track conditions; and
(3) ensure that supervisors provide
adequate oversight of track inspectors to
achieve identification and remediation
of ballast defects and other track
conditions.
FRA is seeking regular Clearance of
this information collection request that
was previously approved under
Emergency Processing procedures on
September 9, 2015.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Frequency of Submission: One-time;
on occasion.
Respondent Universe: 754 Track
owners/Railroads.
Reporting Burden:
Total annual responses
Average time
per response
100 assessments + 100 engineering instruction updates.
60 minutes ........
200
10,000 trained track inspectors/records.
60 minutes ........
10,000
unfitness. FRA’s regulations, 49 CFR
part 209, subpart D, implement the
statutory provision by requiring (i) a
railroad employing or formerly
employing a disqualified individual to
disclose the terms and conditions of a
disqualification order to the individual’s
new or prospective employing railroad;
(ii) a railroad considering employing an
individual in a safety-sensitive position
to ask the individual’s previous
employing railroad whether the
individual is currently serving under a
disqualification order; and (iii) a
disqualified individual to inform his
new or prospective employer of the
disqualification order and provide a
copy of the same. Additionally, the
regulations prohibit a railroad from
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burden hours
employing a person serving under a
disqualification order to work in a
safety-sensitive position. This
information serves to inform a railroad
whether an employee or prospective
employee is currently disqualified from
performing safety-sensitive service
based on the issuance of a
disqualification order by FRA.
Furthermore, it prevents an individual
currently serving under a
disqualification order from retaining
and obtaining employment in a safetysensitive position in the rail industry.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Railroad Employees.
Respondent Universe: 40,000
Locomotive Engineers.
Total Responses: 3.
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Estimated Total Annual Burden: 5
hours.
Status: Extension of a currently
approved collection.
Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5
CFR 1320.5(b), 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FRA
informs all interested parties that it may
not conduct or sponsor, and a
respondent is not required to respond
to, a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Issued in Washington, DC on October 13,
2015.
Corey Hill,
Acting Executive Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2013–0135; Notice 2]
General Motors, LLC, Denial of Petition
for Decision of Inconsequential
Noncompliance
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Denial of Petition.
AGENCY:
General Motors, LLC (GM) has
determined that certain model year
(MY) 2013–2014 Chevrolet Express,
GMC Savana, Chevrolet Silverado HD
and GMC Sierra HD compressed natural
gas (CNG) multipurpose passenger
vehicles (MPVs) and trucks
manufactured between May 20, 2012,
and September 25, 2013, do not comply
with the lettering height requirement in
paragraph S5.3 of Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standard (FMVSS) FMVSS No.
303, Fuel System Integrity of
Compressed Natural Gas Vehicles. GM
has filed an appropriate report dated
November 25, 2013, pursuant to 49 CFR
part 573, Defect and Noncompliance
Responsibility and Reports.
ADDRESSES: For further information on
this decision, contact Mr. Ed Chan,
Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance, at
the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) by telephone
at (202) 493–0335.
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
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noncompliance is inconsequential to
motor vehicle safety.
The agency published a notice of
receipt of the petition, with a 30-day
public comment period, on March 11,
2014 in the Federal Register (79 FR
13735). No comments were received. To
view the petition, and all supporting
documents log onto the Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) Web site
at: https://www.regulations.gov/. Then
follow the online search instructions to
locate docket number ‘‘NHTSA–2013–
0135.’’
II. Vehicles Involved: Affected are
approximately 2,247 MY 2013–2014
Chevrolet Express, GMC Savana,
Chevrolet Silverado HD and GMC Sierra
HD compressed natural gas (CNG) MPVs
and trucks manufactured between May
20, 2012, and September 25, 2013.
III. Noncompliance: GM explains that
the noncompliance is an error on the
vehicle CNG labels. Specifically, the
lettering height on the labels is 2.5 mm,
instead of the minimum 4.76 mm, as
required by paragraph S5.3 of FMVSS
No. 303.
IV. Rule Text: Paragraph S5.3 of
FMVSS No. 303 requires:
S5.3 Each CNG vehicle shall be
permanently labeled, near the vehicle
refueling connection, with the
information specified in S5.3.1 and
S5.3.2 of this section. The information
shall be visible to a person standing
next to the vehicle during refueling, in
English, and in letters and numbers that
are not less than 4.76 mm (3⁄16 inch)
high.
S5.3.1 The statement: ‘‘Service
pressure __kPa (__psig).’’
S5.3.2 The statement ‘‘See
instructions on fuel container for
inspection and service life.’’
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 information on the subject
CNG labels is correct and entirely
legible.
Paragraph S5.4 of FMVSS No. 303
requires that the information required
for the label also be included in the
owner’s manual using ‘‘. . . not less
than 10 point type.’’ The 2.5 mm
lettering height on the subject labels is
10 point type, i.e., the same lettering
size as what is specified for the owner’s
manual content. The 10 point type that
is legible for purposes of the owner’s
manual is also legible on the labels
installed at the CNG filler port.
B. The subject CNG label is an
‘‘information’’ label, not a ‘‘warning’’
label.
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The subject label is not a ‘‘warning’’
label and does not warn the user of a
safety related risk or consequence. Even
if the user does not read the label
information due to the font size, the
user will not miss information about a
safety risk.
C. The label font size does not create
a risk of misfueling.
Even if the user fails to read the
information label due to the reduced
font size, there would be no adverse
safety consequence. The service
pressure of the subject CNG tanks is
3,600 psi. There is no risk of overpressuring these tanks since CNG filling
stations are required to shutoff at 3,600
psi, per ANSI/IAS NGV 4.2–1999 CSA
12.52–M99(R09). Accordingly, there is
no risk of a fuel leak.
Even if the shutoff function on a
filling station were to malfunction, all
CNG tanks on the affected vehicles are
equipped with pressure-relief devices
designed to deploy at 5,400 psi, which
is below the burst pressure of the tank
itself.
With regard to under-pressure (underfill) potential, all affected vehicles are
equipped with a CNG fuel gauge in the
instrument cluster to inform the driver
of the fuel level. While some drivers
may estimate the driving range
associated with a full fill, most drivers
typically rely on fuel gauges, not
anticipated range, to determine when to
refuel. Some CNG filling stations,
primarily in Canada, are designed to
shutoff at 3,000 psi, which is below the
3,600 psi service pressure of the affected
CNG tanks. However, regardless of
whether the CNG tanks on the affected
vehicles start out full (3,600 psi) or 83%
full (3,000 psi), the driver has ample
opportunity to monitor the fuel gauge
and refuel prior to the CNG being
depleted. Additionally, the owner
manual instructs that ‘‘the fuel gauge
has been calibrated to display full at
approximately 24,800 kPa (3,600 psi)
. . .’’
Finally, there is no risk that a
customer would attempt to fuel the CNG
tanks from a conventional gasoline
pump. The fueling nozzle and filling
port for CNG are completely distinct
from the corresponding nozzle and port
used for gasoline, and the distinctions
are obvious. In the extraordinary event
that a user attempted to connect a
conventional gasoline nozzle to the CNG
fueling valve, it would be immediately
apparent that the mismatched gasoline
nozzle does not attach to or work with
the CNG valve. GM also asserts that
owners and operators of CNG vehicles
(the large majority being fleet
purchasers) are well aware that their
vehicles use a non-conventional fuel,
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA 2015-0007-N-26]
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment
Request
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and its
implementing regulations, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
hereby announces that it is seeking an extension of the following
currently approved information collection activities. On May 7, 2014,
the Secretary of Transportation issued Emergency Order (EO) Docket No.
DOT-OST-2014-0067 requiring affected railroad carriers to provide
certain information to the State Emergency Response Commissions (SERCs)
for each State in which their trains carrying 1 million gallons or more
of Bakken crude oil travel. The information collection activities
associated with the Secretary's Emergency Order originally received a
six-month emergency approval from OMB on May 10, 2014. On July 10,
2015, OMB again approved the information collection activities
associated with the Secretary's Emergency Order until March 31, 2016.
FRA is now requesting to continue these
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information collection activities until the Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) finalizes the Oil Spill
Response Proposed Rule that it is currently working on and that will
codify the requirements of the Secretary's Emergency Order. The
Secretary's EO remains in full force and effect until that happens. FRA
also hereby announces that it is seeking renewal of the additional
currently approved information collection activities described below
for the maximum time period (3 years). Before submitting these
information collection requirements for clearance by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), FRA is soliciting public comment on
specific aspects of the activities identified below.
DATES: Comments must be received no later than December 18, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on any or all of the following
proposed activities by mail to either: Mr. Robert Brogan, Information
Clearance Officer, Office of Safety, Regulatory Safety Analysis
Division, RRS-21, Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave.
SE., Mail Stop 17, Washington, DC 20590, or Ms. Kimberly Toone,
Information Clearance Officer, Office of Information Technology, RAD-
20, Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Mail
Stop 35, Washington, DC 20590. Commenters requesting FRA to acknowledge
receipt of their respective comments must include a self-addressed
stamped postcard stating, ``Comments on OMB control number 2130 -___.''
Alternatively, comments may be transmitted via facsimile to (202) 493-
6216 or (202) 493-6497, or via email to Mr. Brogan at
Robert.Brogan@dot.gov, or to Ms. Toone at Kim.Toone@dot.gov. Please
refer to the assigned OMB control number in any correspondence
submitted. FRA will summarize comments received in response to this
notice in a subsequent notice and include them in its information
collection submission to OMB for approval.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert Brogan, Information
Clearance Officer, Office of Safety, Regulatory Safety Analysis
Division, RRS-21, Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave.
SE., Mail Stop 17, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 493-6292) or
Ms. Kimberly Toone, Information Clearance Officer, Office of
Information Technology, RAD-20, Federal Railroad Administration, 1200
New Jersey Ave. SE., Mail Stop 35, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone:
(202) 493-6132). (These telephone numbers are not toll-free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA),
Public Law 104-13, sec. 2, 109 Stat. 163 (1995) (codified as revised at
44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), and its implementing regulations, 5 CFR part
1320, require Federal agencies to provide 60-days notice to the public
for comment on information collection activities before seeking
approval for reinstatement or renewal by OMB. 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A);
5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), 1320.10(e)(1), 1320.12(a). Specifically, FRA
invites interested respondents to comment on the following summaries of
proposed information collection activities regarding: (i) Whether the
information collection activities are necessary for FRA to properly
execute its functions, including whether the activities will have
practical utility; (ii) the accuracy of FRA's estimates of the burden
of the information collection activities, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used to determine the estimates; (iii) ways
for FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
being collected; and (iv) ways for FRA to minimize the burden of
information collection activities on the public by automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology (e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses). See 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)(i)-(iv); 5 CFR
1320.8(d)(1)(i)-(iv). FRA believes that soliciting public comment will
promote its efforts to reduce the administrative and paperwork burdens
associated with the collection of information mandated by Federal
regulations. In summary, FRA reasons that comments received will
advance three objectives: (i) Reduce reporting burdens; (ii) ensure
that it organizes information collection requirements in a ``user
friendly'' format to improve the use of such information; and (iii)
accurately assess the resources expended to retrieve and produce
information requested. See 44 U.S.C. 3501.
Below are brief summaries of three currently approved information
collection requests that FRA will submit for clearance by OMB as
required under the PRA:
Title: Secretary of Transportation Emergency Order Docket No. DOT-
OST-2014-0067.
OMB Control Number: 2130-0604.
Abstract: As noted in the summary above, on May 7, 2014, the
Secretary of Transportation issued Emergency Order (EO) Docket No. DOT-
OST-2014-0067 requiring affected railroad carriers to provide certain
information to the State Emergency Response Commissions (SERCs) for
each State in which their trains carrying 1 million gallons or more of
Bakken crude oil travel. This EO is available through the Department's
public docket system at www.regulations.gov, under Docket No. DOT-OST-
2014-0067. The EO took effect immediately upon issuance, although
affected railroads were permitted 30 days to provide the required
information to the SERCs. The EO is the Department's direct and
proactive response to a recent series of train accidents involving the
transportation of petroleum crude oil, a hazardous material the
transportation of which is regulated by the Department. The most recent
accident occurred on April 30, 2014, when a train transporting
petroleum crude oil derailed in Lynchburg, Virginia and released
approximately 30,000 gallons of its contents into the James River.
Further, the EO explains that, with the rising demand for rail
transportation of petroleum crude oil throughout the United States, the
risk of rail incidents has increased commensurate with the increase in
the volume of the material shipped and that there have been several
significant derailments in both the U.S. and Canada over the last
several months causing deaths and property and environmental damage
that involved petroleum crude oil. DOT emergency orders are rare and
the EO itself describes the most recent accidents and circumstances
leading the agency to issue the EO. The collection of information
included under this EO is aimed at ensuring that railroads that
transport in a single train a large quantity of petroleum crude oil (1
million gallons or more), particularly crude oil from the Bakken shale
formation in the Williston Basin, provide certain information to the
relevant SERCs in each State in which the railroad operates such
trains. Ensuring that railroads provide this information to SERCs is
critical to ensuring that local and State emergency responders are
aware of the large quantities of crude oil that are being transported
through their jurisdictions and are prepared to respond to accidents
involving such trains should they occur.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Frequency of Submission: One-time; on occasion.
Respondent Universe: 47 Railroad Carriers; 50 State Emergency
Response Commissions (SERCs).
Reporting Burden:
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Total annual Average time per Total annual
Emergency order item No. Respondent universe responses response burden hours
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(1) RR Notification to SERCs.. 47 railroads.......... 120 written 30 hours............. 3,600
notifications.
(2) Updated RR Notification to 47 railroads.......... 25 updated 4 hours.............. 100
SERCs. written
notifications.
(3) Notification Copies to FRA 47 railroads.......... 20 notification 10 minutes........... 5
copies.
(4) Requests to RRs by SERCs 47 railroads.......... 30 informational 30 minutes........... 60
for Information from Local assistance
Emergency Response Agencies requests + 30
Regarding the Volume and informational
Frequency of Train Traffic responses.
Implicated by this Emergency
Order within that Agency's
Jurisdiction and RR Responses.
(5) Petitions to the Secretary/ 47 railroads.......... 4 relief 2 hours.............. 8
FRA Administrator for Relief petitions.
from This Emergency Order.
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Total Estimated Responses: 229.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 3,773 hours.
Status: Extension of a currently approved information collection.
Title: Ballast Defects and Conditions-Importance of Identification
and Repair in Preventing Development of Unsafe Combinations of Track
Conditions.
OMB Control Number: 2130-0614.
Abstract: FRA issued Safety Advisory 2015-04 on August 20, 2015, to
emphasize the importance of timely repairing ballast defects and
conditions on main tracks. FRA published Safety Advisory 2015-04 in the
Federal Register on August 26, 2015. See 80 FR 51868. In the Safety
Advisory, FRA noted that ballast defects and ballast conditions that
are not repaired in a timely manner can lead to future defects. FRA
believes it is important for track inspectors to be aware that ballast
defects and conditions can cause track components to deteriorate
rapidly and compromise the stability of the track structure, and that
inspectors are trained to identify and repair ballast defects and
conditions. This safety advisory recommends that track owners and
railroads: (1) Assess current engineering instructions on ballast
safety and update them to provide specific guidance to track inspectors
(designated personnel that are qualified to inspect and repair track)
on how to identify and initiate remedial action under 49 CFR 213.233(d)
for ballast defects and conditions, as well as on the appropriate
remedial action to implement, particularly in areas with one or more
additional track conditions; (2) train track inspectors on the updated
engineering instructions and this safety advisory to ensure they
understand how to identify and initiate remedial action for ballast
defects and conditions in a timely manner, and understand the
importance of such remedial action in preventing the development of
unsafe combinations of track conditions; and (3) ensure that
supervisors provide adequate oversight of track inspectors to achieve
identification and remediation of ballast defects and other track
conditions.
FRA is seeking regular Clearance of this information collection
request that was previously approved under Emergency Processing
procedures on September 9, 2015.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Frequency of Submission: One-time; on occasion.
Respondent Universe: 754 Track owners/Railroads.
Reporting Burden:
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Total annual Average time per Total annual
Safety advisory 2015-04 Respondent universe responses response burden hours
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(1) RR Assessment and Update 754 Railroads......... 100 assessments + 60 minutes........... 200
of Engineering Instructions 100 engineering
to provide Guidance to Its instruction
Track Inspectors on How to updates.
Identify and Repair Ballast
Defects and Other Ballast
Conditions.
(2) RR Training of Its Track 754 Railroads......... 10,000 trained 60 minutes........... 10,000
Inspectors on Updated track inspectors/
Engineering Instructions and records.
FRA Safety Advisory 2015-04.
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Form Number(s): N/A.
Respondent Universe: 754 Railroads.
Frequency of Submission: One-time; on occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Responses: 10,200.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 10,200 hours.
Status: Regular Review.
Title: Disqualification Proceedings.
OMB Control Number: 2130-0529.
Abstract: Under 49 U.S.C. 20111(c), FRA is authorized to issue
orders disqualifying railroad employees, including supervisors,
managers, and other agents, from performing safety-sensitive service in
the rail industry for violations of safety rules, regulations,
standards, orders, or laws evidencing unfitness. FRA's regulations, 49
CFR part 209, subpart D, implement the statutory provision by requiring
(i) a railroad employing or formerly employing a disqualified
individual to disclose the terms and conditions of a disqualification
order to the individual's new or prospective employing railroad; (ii) a
railroad considering employing an individual in a safety-sensitive
position to ask the individual's previous employing railroad whether
the individual is currently serving under a disqualification order; and
(iii) a disqualified individual to inform his new or prospective
employer of the disqualification order and provide a copy of the same.
Additionally, the regulations prohibit a railroad from employing a
person serving under a disqualification order to work in a safety-
sensitive position. This information serves to inform a railroad
whether an employee or prospective employee is currently disqualified
from performing safety-sensitive service based on the issuance of a
disqualification order by FRA. Furthermore, it prevents an individual
currently serving under a disqualification order from retaining and
obtaining employment in a safety-sensitive position in the rail
industry.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Railroad Employees.
Respondent Universe: 40,000 Locomotive Engineers.
Total Responses: 3.
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Estimated Total Annual Burden: 5 hours.
Status: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 CFR 1320.5(b),
1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FRA informs all interested parties that it may not
conduct or sponsor, and a respondent is not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520.
Issued in Washington, DC on October 13, 2015.
Corey Hill,
Acting Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 2015-26409 Filed 10-16-15; 8:45 am]
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