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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 102 / Tuesday, May 30, 2017 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
Sunshine Act Meeting; Unified Carrier
Registration Plan Board of Directors
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Unified Carrier
Registration Plan board of directors
meeting.
AGENCY:
The meeting will be held
on June 7, 2017, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00
Noon, Mountain Daylight Time.
PLACE: The meetings will be open to the
public at the Drury Plaza Hotel, 828
Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501,
and via conference call. Those not
attending the meeting in person may
call 1–877–422–1931, passcode
2855443940, to listen and participate in
the meeting.
STATUS: Open to the public.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Unified
Carrier Registration Plan Board of
Directors (the Board) will continue its
work in developing and implementing
the Unified Carrier Registration Plan
and Agreement and to that end, may
consider matters properly before the
Board.
TIME AND DATE:
Mr.
Avelino Gutierrez, Chair, Unified
Carrier Registration Board of Directors at
(505) 827–4565.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Issued on: May 24, 2017.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator, Office of Policy,
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA 2017–0002–N–18]
Agency Request for Regular
Processing of Collection of
Information by the Office of
Management and Budget
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its
implementing regulations, this
document provides notice that FRA is
submitting an Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
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collect information on railroads’
implementation of positive train control
(PTC) systems on a quarterly form
entitled the Quarterly PTC Progress
Report Form (Form FRA F 6180.165).
On June 20, 2016, following the
required notice and comment period,
including a public meeting with
industry stakeholders, OMB approved
the Quarterly PTC Progress Report Form
(Form FRA F 6180.165) for a period of
12 months, expiring June 30, 2017. After
OMB’s initial approval, FRA made three
minor modifications to Form FRA F
6180.165, as described below. FRA
sought public comment on the proposed
revisions during a period of 60 days,
ending May 15, 2017. FRA requests
regular processing and OMB
authorization for 3 years to collect the
information on revised Form FRA F
6180.165, as identified below, beginning
30 days after publication of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Robert Brogan, Office of Railroad Safety,
Planning and Evaluation Division, RRS–
21, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Mail Stop 17, Washington, DC 20590
(telephone: (202) 493–6292) or Ms.
Kimberly Toone, Office of Information
Technology, RAD–20, FRA, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Mail Stop 35,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6132). These telephone numbers
are not toll-free. Comments or questions
about any aspect of this ICR should be
directed to OMB’s Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: FRA OMB
Desk Officer.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Participation
On March 14, 2017, FRA published a
notice in the Federal Register seeking
public comment on proposed revisions
to its Quarterly PTC Progress Report
Form (Form FRA F 6180.165 or Form).
82 FR 13717. The PRA and its
implementing regulations require
Federal agencies to provide 60-days’
notice to the public to solicit comment
on information collection activities
before seeking OMB’s approval,
reinstatement, or renewal of those
activities. See 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A); 5
CFR 1320.8(d)(1), 1320.10(e)(1),
1320.12(a). The comment period closed
on May 15, 2017. FRA did not receive
any comments in response to its March
14, 2017 notice.
II. Background on the Quarterly PTC
Reporting Requirement
The Positive Train Control
Enforcement and Implementation Act of
2015 (PTCEI Act) requires FRA to
conduct compliance reviews at least
annually to ensure each railroad subject
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to the statutory mandate to implement
a positive train control (PTC) system is
complying with its Revised PTC
Implementation Plan (PTCIP). 49 U.S.C.
20157(c)(2). To enable FRA to meet this
statutory mandate, the PTCEI Act
requires railroads to provide
information to FRA that FRA
determines is necessary to adequately
conduct such compliance reviews. 49
U.S.C. 20157(c)(2).
Under its statutory and regulatory
investigative authorities, FRA currently
requires, and seeks to continue
requiring, each railroad subject to the
PTC system mandate to submit
Quarterly PTC Progress Reports (Form
FRA F 6180.165) on its PTC system
implementation progress. See 49 U.S.C.
20157(c)(2); see also 49 U.S.C. 20107; 49
CFR 236.1009(h); 49 CFR 1.89.
Specifically, in addition to the Annual
PTC Progress Report (Form FRA F
6180.166) due each March 31 under 49
U.S.C. 20157(c)(1), railroads must
provide Quarterly PTC Progress Reports
covering the preceding three-month
period and submit the completed Forms
to FRA on the dates in the following
table until full PTC system
implementation is completed:
Coverage period
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
January 1–March 31 ......
April 1–June 30 .............
July 1–September 30 ....
October 1–December 31
Due dates for
quarterly
reports
April 30.
July 31.
October 31.
January 31.
Each railroad must submit its quarterly
progress reports on Form FRA F
6180.165 using FRA’s Secure
Information Repository (SIR) at https://
sir.fra.dot.gov.
FRA has determined that quarterly
reporting is necessary for FRA to
effectively monitor industry’s
implementation of PTC systems and to
meet the statutory mandate to conduct
compliance reviews at least annually to
ensure each railroad is complying with
its Revised PTCIP. See 49 U.S.C.
20157(c)(2). The annual reports (which
contain five more sections than the
quarterly reports) are due by March 31
each year under the PTCEI Act and
retrospectively describe railroads’ PTC
system implementation progress for the
entire preceding calendar year. The
quarterly reports, on the other hand,
show FRA individual railroad’s PTC
system implementation progress in as
close to real time as possible for the
current calendar year, enabling FRA to
identify railroads not on track to meet
the core implementation milestones
they set in their Revised PTCIPs. FRA
specifically chose quarterly reports in
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Sunshine Act Meeting; Unified Carrier Registration Plan Board of
Directors
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Unified Carrier Registration Plan board of directors
meeting.
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TIME AND DATE: The meeting will be held on June 7, 2017, from 8:00 a.m.
to 12:00 Noon, Mountain Daylight Time.
PLACE: The meetings will be open to the public at the Drury Plaza
Hotel, 828 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501, and via conference
call. Those not attending the meeting in person may call 1-877-422-
1931, passcode 2855443940, to listen and participate in the meeting.
STATUS: Open to the public.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Unified Carrier Registration Plan Board
of Directors (the Board) will continue its work in developing and
implementing the Unified Carrier Registration Plan and Agreement and to
that end, may consider matters properly before the Board.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Avelino Gutierrez, Chair, Unified
Carrier Registration Board of Directors at (505) 827-4565.
Issued on: May 24, 2017.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator, Office of Policy, Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-11179 Filed 5-25-17; 11:15 am]
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