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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 9366]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Smart Traveler Enrollment
Program
Notice of request for public
comment.
ACTION:
The Department of State is
seeking Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval for the
information collection described below.
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we are
requesting comments on this collection
from all interested individuals and
organizations. The purpose of this
notice is to allow 60 days for public
comment preceding submission of the
collection to OMB.
DATES: The Department will accept
comments from the public up to
February 1, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• Web: Persons with access to the
Internet may comment on this notice by
going to www.Regulations.gov. You can
search for the document by entering
‘‘Docket Number: DOS–2015–0050’’ in
the Search field. Then click the
‘‘Comment Now’’ button and complete
the comment form.
• Email: RiversDA@state.gov.
• Regular Mail: Send written
comments to: U.S. Department of State,
CA/OCS/PMO, SA–17, 10th Floor,
Washington, DC 20036.
• Fax: 202–736–9111.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S.
Department of State, CA/OCS/PMO, 600
19th St. NW., 10th Floor, Washington,
DC 20036.
You must include the DS form
number (if applicable), information
collection title, and the OMB control
number in any correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Direct requests for additional
information regarding the collection
listed in this notice, including requests
for copies of the proposed collection
instrument and supporting documents,
to Derek Rivers, Bureau of Consular
Affairs, Overseas Citizens Services (CA/
OCS/PMO), U.S. Department of State,
SA–17, 10th Floor, Washington, DC
20036 or at RiversDA@state.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
• Title of Information Collection:
Smart Traveler Enrollment Program.
• OMB Control Number: 1405–0152.
• Type of Request: Revision of a
Currently Approved Collection.
• Originating Office: CA/OCS/PMO.
• Form Number: DS–4024, DS–4024e.
SUMMARY:
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• Respondents: United States Citizens
and Nationals.
• Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,010,389.
• Estimated Number of Responses:
1,010,389.
• Average Time per Response: 20
minutes.
• Total Estimated Burden Time:
336,796 hours.
• Frequency: On Occasion.
• Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department to:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department.
• Evaluate the accuracy of our
estimate of the time and cost burden for
this proposed collection, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used.
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected.
• Minimize the reporting burden on
those who are to respond, including the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Please note that comments submitted
in response to this Notice are public
record. Before including any detailed
personal information, you should be
aware that your comments as submitted,
including your personal information,
will be available for public review.
Abstract of Proposed Collection
The STEP makes it possible for U.S.
nationals to register on-line from
anywhere in the world. In the event of
a family emergency, natural disaster or
international crisis, U.S. embassies and
consulates rely on this registration
information to provide critical
information and assistance to them. 22
U.S.C. 2715 is one of the main legal
authorities that deem the usage of this
form necessary.
Methodology
99% of responses are received via
electronic submission on the Internet.
The service is available on the
Department of State, Bureau of Consular
Affairs Web site https://travel.state.gov at
https://step.state.gov/step/. The paper
version of the collection permits
respondents who do not have Internet
access to provide the information to the
U.S. embassy or consulate by fax, mail
or in person.
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Dated: November 6, 2015.
Michelle Bernier-Toth,
Managing Director, Bureau of Consular
Affairs, Overseas Citizen Services,
Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Safety Advisory 2015–06]
Locomotive Alerters Resetting Without
Direct Engineer Action
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT)
ACTION: Notice of Safety Advisory.
AGENCY:
FRA is issuing Safety
Advisory 2015–06 to notify freight
railroads of the circumstances of a headon collision at Hoxie, AR, and the risks
automated inputs that reset alerter
warning timing cycles pose. A small
number of Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
locomotives were equipped with
alerters that the horn sequencer reset
without direct engineer action, reducing
the alerters’ effectiveness. UP has
appropriately modified its locomotives
to resolve the issue and FRA is not
aware of any other locomotives
equipped with alerters that
automatically reset without direct
engineer action. However, all freight
railroads should review the operation of
their locomotives equipped with
alerters, and modify them as necessary,
to ensure no system resets the alerter
warning timing cycle without direct
engineer action.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Gary Fairbanks, Staff Director, Motive
Power and Equipment Division, Office
of Railroad Safety, FRA, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC
20590, (202) 493–6322; or Mr. Michael
Masci, Trial Attorney, Office of Chief
Counsel, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE., Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493–
6037.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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Background, Including Accident
Summary and Regulatory Context
Locomotive Alerter Functioning
A locomotive alerter is a safety feature
installed on a locomotive to ensure the
locomotive engineer remains alert while
operating the locomotive. The alerter
monitors the engineer’s interactions
with the locomotive and initially
produces an alarm in the cab when no
control actions are taken to reset the
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alerter warning timing cycle within a
certain length of time. Because over-theroad locomotive operations often do not
require frequent engineer actions
(control inputs), alerter systems are also
equipped with a manual reset button
that allows the engineer to reset the
warning timing cycle directly. If no
control action or manual reset occurs
after the alarm sounds, the alerter
system will initiate a penalty brake
application and reduce locomotive
power to idle to stop the locomotive.
Horn activation is a locomotive
control action that will reset the alerter
warning timing cycle, but when
automated (using a horn sequencer) it
can also interfere with the alerter’s
normal functionality. On many
locomotives, there are two distinct ways
to activate the horn: (1) During ordinary
operation, the engineer holds a manual
horn controller in the ‘‘on’’ position to
activate it, and then releases the
controller to silence it; and (2) when
approaching a crossing, the engineer
activates a separate switch (often a foot
pedal) to initiate an automatic horn
sequencer (sounding the long-longshort-long sequence FRA’s regulations
require for public highway-rail grade
crossings, see Title 49 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) 222.21(a)). The
simple presence of a horn sequencer is
not a safety issue. The horn sequencer
is a convenient tool, because of the
frequent need to sound the long-longshort-long horn sequence for public
highway-rail grade crossings. However,
when the horn sequencer enables the
alerter warning timing cycle to reset
without direct engineer action, it acts to
delay the alerter’s safety functionality
and reduce its effectiveness, which
could have serious safety consequences.
Accident Summary and Testing
The head-on collision at Hoxie
highlights the importance of this issue.1
On August 17, 2014, at approximately
2:28 a.m. (CDT), a southbound UP
freight train passed an approach and
then a stop indication and collided with
a northbound UP freight train while
transitioning from double-main track to
single-main track at Control Point Y 229
on the UP Hoxie Subdivision in Hoxie.
The collision resulted in two
crewmember fatalities. The event
recorder on the lead southbound
1 This section provides a brief summary of the
circumstances surrounding the collision, based on
the NTSB and FRA preliminary findings to date.
The probable cause and contributing factors, if any,
have not yet been established. Therefore, nothing in
this safety advisory is intended to attribute a cause
to this incident, or place responsibility for this
accident on the acts or omissions of any person or
entity.
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locomotive was destroyed, but the event
recorder and a camera on a trailing
locomotive enabled the National
Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to
recreate certain key events leading up to
the moment of impact. Four minutes
and 53 seconds before impact, the
engineer activated the horn sequencer,
which continued to cycle for 4 minutes
and 6 seconds, at which time he
deactivated it after passing a grade
crossing at Hickory (Milepost (MP)
227.84)). During the time the horn
sequencer was operating, the engineer
made one throttle change, but took no
action after passing an approach signal
at MP 227.4.
Given the recorded speed of the train,
there were two intervals during horn
sequencer operation when the alerter
could have sounded, alerted the crew,
and initiated a penalty brake application
if no response was given. The evidence
available does not rule out the
possibility that the engineer was
manually resetting the alerter on the
lead locomotive. However, if the
locomotive was set up the same as the
trailing locomotive, which is likely, the
alerter would not have reached its
intended timing cycle limit before the
actual impact, regardless whether the
automatic activation of the horn
sequencer reset the timing cycle. The
interval from deactivation of the horn
sequencer to impact was 44 seconds, or
9 seconds shorter than the alerter
warning timing cycle interval of 53
seconds at the impact speed of 45 mph,
so no alarm or penalty brake application
could have occurred in this interval.
FRA cannot determine whether an
alerter activation would have prevented
the Hoxie collision. Yet, if the alerter
had alarmed during the minutes leading
up to the collision, it could have
provided an opportunity to prevent or
mitigate this accident. FRA tests of
another locomotive in the same series
verified that the horn sequencer
installed in these locomotives reset the
alerter warning timing cycle after each
sounding of the horn, even though all
but the first horn blast were initiated
automatically. This series of 40
locomotives, which were built over 20
years ago, were factory-equipped with a
stand-alone horn sequencer, wired to
reset the alerter with every sounding of
the horn, including the sounding of the
horn by the horn sequencer.
UP has appropriately modified this
series of locomotives to address this
issue. FRA did not specifically regulate
the manner of the alerter’s interaction
with the horn sequencer when the
locomotives were manufactured. As
discussed below, freight locomotives of
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 9366]
60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Smart Traveler
Enrollment Program
ACTION: Notice of request for public comment.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Department of State is seeking Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval for the information collection described below.
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are
requesting comments on this collection from all interested individuals
and organizations. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for
public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
DATES: The Department will accept comments from the public up to
February 1, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Web: Persons with access to the Internet may comment on
this notice by going to www.Regulations.gov. You can search for the
document by entering ``Docket Number: DOS-2015-0050'' in the Search
field. Then click the ``Comment Now'' button and complete the comment
form.
Email: RiversDA@state.gov.
Regular Mail: Send written comments to: U.S. Department of
State, CA/OCS/PMO, SA-17, 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20036.
Fax: 202-736-9111.
Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. Department of State, CA/
OCS/PMO, 600 19th St. NW., 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20036.
You must include the DS form number (if applicable), information
collection title, and the OMB control number in any correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct requests for additional
information regarding the collection listed in this notice, including
requests for copies of the proposed collection instrument and
supporting documents, to Derek Rivers, Bureau of Consular Affairs,
Overseas Citizens Services (CA/OCS/PMO), U.S. Department of State, SA-
17, 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20036 or at RiversDA@state.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title of Information Collection: Smart Traveler Enrollment
Program.
OMB Control Number: 1405-0152.
Type of Request: Revision of a Currently Approved
Collection.
Originating Office: CA/OCS/PMO.
Form Number: DS-4024, DS-4024e.
Respondents: United States Citizens and Nationals.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,010,389.
Estimated Number of Responses: 1,010,389.
Average Time per Response: 20 minutes.
Total Estimated Burden Time: 336,796 hours.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Obligation to Respond: Voluntary.
We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department to:
Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper functions of the Department.
Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the time and cost
burden for this proposed collection, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used.
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected.
Minimize the reporting burden on those who are to respond,
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Please note that comments submitted in response to this Notice are
public record. Before including any detailed personal information, you
should be aware that your comments as submitted, including your
personal information, will be available for public review.
Abstract of Proposed Collection
The STEP makes it possible for U.S. nationals to register on-line
from anywhere in the world. In the event of a family emergency, natural
disaster or international crisis, U.S. embassies and consulates rely on
this registration information to provide critical information and
assistance to them. 22 U.S.C. 2715 is one of the main legal authorities
that deem the usage of this form necessary.
Methodology
99% of responses are received via electronic submission on the
Internet. The service is available on the Department of State, Bureau
of Consular Affairs Web site https://travel.state.gov at https://step.state.gov/step/. The paper version of the collection permits
respondents who do not have Internet access to provide the information
to the U.S. embassy or consulate by fax, mail or in person.
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Dated: November 6, 2015.
Michelle Bernier-Toth,
Managing Director, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Overseas Citizen
Services, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2015-30496 Filed 11-30-15; 8:45 am]
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