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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Agency Information Collection Activity
Seeking OMB Approval
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The FAA invites public
comments about our intention to request
the Office of Management and Budget’s
(OMB) revision of a current information
collection. The Federal Register Notice
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the following collection of
information was published on
September 14, 2006, vol. 71, no. 178,
page 54330. FAR Part 157 requires that
each person who intends to construct,
deactivate, or change the status of an
airport, runway, or taxiway must notify
the FAA of such activity.
DATES: Please submit comments by
February 20, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carla Mauney at Carla.Mauney@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
effect the proposed action would have
on existing airports and on the safe and
efficient use of airspace by aircraft,
determining the effects the proposed
action would have on existing or
contemplated traffic patterns of
neighboring airports, determining the
effects the proposed action would have
on the existing airspace structure and
projected programs of the FAA, and
determining the effects that existing or
proposed manmade objects (on file with
the FAA) and natural objects within the
affected area would have on the airport
proposal.
Addresses: 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 Nathan Lesser, Desk Officer,
Department of Transportation/FAA, and
sent via electronic mail to
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed
to (202) 395–6974.
Comments are invited on: Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; the accuracy of
the Department’s estimates of the
burden of the proposed information
collection; ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 10,
2007.
Carla Mauney,
FAA Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Strategy and Investment Analysis
Division, AIO–20.
[FR Doc. 07–151 Filed 1–17–07; 8:45 am]
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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Title: Notice of Landing Area
Proposal.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
OMB Control Number: 2120–0036.
Form(s): 7480–1.
Affected Public: An estimated 1500
Respondents.
Frequency: This information is
collected on occasion.
Estimated Average Burden Per
Response: Approximately 45 minutes
per response.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An
estimated 1125 hours annually.
Abstract: The information collected
provides the basis for determining the
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Agency Information Collection Activity
Seeking OMB Approval
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The FAA invites public
comments about our intention to request
the Office of Management and Budget’s
(OMB) revision of a current information
collection. The Federal Register Notice
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the following collection of
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information was published on
September 14, 2006, vol. 71, no. 178,
pages 54330–54331. Title 49, United
States Code, Section 44702 authorizes
the appointment of appropriately
qualified persons to be representatives
of the Administrator to allow those
persons to examine, test and certify
other persons for the purpose of issuing
them pilot and instructor certificates.
DATES: Please submit comments by
February 20, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carla Mauney at Carla.Mauney@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Title: Representatives of the
Administrator.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
OMB Control Number: 2120–0033.
Form(s): 8110–14, 8110–28, 8710–6,
8710–10.
Affected Public: An estimated 5015
Respondents.
Frequency: This information is
collected on occasion.
Estimated Average Burden Per
Response: Approximately 1.42 hour per
response.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An
estimated 7098 hours annually.
Abstract: Title 49, United States Code,
Section 44702 authorizes the
appointment of appropriately qualified
persons to be representatives of the
Administrator to allow those persons to
examine, test and certify other persons
for the purpose of issuing them pilot
and instructor certificates.
ADDRESSES: 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 Nathan Lesser, Desk Officer,
Department of Transportation/FAA, and
sent via electronic mail to
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed
to (202) 395–6974.
Comments are invited on: Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; the accuracy of
the Department’s estimates of the
burden of the proposed information
collection; ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on January 10,
2007.
Carla Mauney,
FAA Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Strategy and Investment Analysis
Division, AIO–20.
[FR Doc. 07–152 Filed 1–17–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Safety Advisory 2007–01
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of Safety Advisory;
Safety in Yards; Behavior of Employees
On or About Tracks; and Point
Protection.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: FRA is issuing Safety
Advisory 2007–01, which addresses the
safety of shoving or pushing movements
in yards, including those involving
remote control locomotives. This
advisory also addresses the behavior of
employees on or about tracks.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alan H. Nagler, Trial Attorney, Office of
Chief Counsel, FRA, 1120 Vermont
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20590,
telephone (202–493–6049 or 202–493–
6052); Edward Pritchard, Director,
Office of Safety Assurance and
Compliance, Office of Safety, FRA, 1120
Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20590, telephone (202–493–6300).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Although
the overall safety of railroad operations
has improved in recent years, a recent
fatal accident involving a carman struck
by a remote control yard movement
while he was backing a pickup truck
onto an in-yard private railroad grade
crossing (yard crossing) highlights the
need to review current railroad
procedures and practices.
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Results of Preliminary Investigation
The following discussion of the
circumstances surrounding a fatal
accident that occurred on December 14,
2006, is based on FRA’s preliminary
investigation. The accident is still under
investigation by FRA and local
authorities. The causes and contributing
factors, if any, have not yet been
established; therefore, nothing in this
Safety Advisory should be construed as
placing blame or responsibility for the
accident on the acts or omissions of any
person or entity.
The fatal accident occurred in
Manlius, New York, a suburb of
Syracuse, in CSX Transportation, Inc.’s
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(CSX) DeWitt Yard at about 5:25 p.m. on
December 14, 2006. The victim was a
54-year-old carman with about 30 years
of railroad service. While backing a
pickup truck onto a yard crossing, he
was struck by a yard movement of
railroad cars shoved by a remote control
locomotive. The remote control operator
(RCO) aligned a track switch, initiated
the yard movement by remote control,
and was driven to the East End
Yardmasters Tower by another CSX
employee while the yard movement was
underway.
The RCO stated that as he was riding
to the East End Yardmasters Tower, he
made a visual determination that the
track (including the track at the two
yard crossings over which the
movement traversed) was clear of
equipment or other obstructions. The
yard movement was not conducted in
an activated remote control zone.
During the approximately 1⁄4-mile
shoving movement, the leading end of
the movement was not under
continuous observation by the RCO. The
route traversed included both the yard
crossing on which the accident occurred
and a second, paved yard crossing.
The leading end of the yard
movement, which is the end that struck
the carman’s pickup truck, consisted of
six empty flat cars. Due to its low
profile, the approach of an empty flat
car is less perceptible than the approach
of other rolling stock, e.g., box car, tank
car, locomotive. This was exacerbated
by darkness, as the sun had set
approximately 1 hour before the
accident.
Upon impact, the carman’s truck was
shoved for about 444 feet whereupon it
flipped onto its roof and was
additionally shoved approximately 490
feet. Immediately after the accident, the
truck was observed with its backup
lights illuminated and its backup alarm
sounding, indicating that the carman
had backed onto the crossing ahead of
the yard movement.
The RCO stated that he stopped the
yard movement when he noticed a
strange white light at the leading end of
the yard movement and heard a radio
transmission to stop the yard
movement. The preliminary
investigation disclosed that upon
impact, the carman in the pickup truck
transmitted his urgent plea on the
mechanical department radio channel to
stop the movement. That transmission
was heard by the yardmaster because he
could monitor the mechanical
department channel in the yard office.
Within seconds, the yardmaster
observed the carman’s truck being
shoved and radioed the RCO to stop.
Because the carman and the RCO were
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utilizing different radio channels, the
carman was unable to contact the RCO
directly. The yard movement finally
came to rest about 1,490 feet from where
the movement was initiated and 934 feet
from where it struck the carman’s truck.
The autopsy determined that the cause
of death was due to injuries sustained
when the truck overturned while being
shoved by the yard movement. Postaccident testing of the carman’s urine
specimen revealed the presence of
marijuana metabolite (THCA) at low
levels. Neither the parent drug (THC)
nor the marijuana metabolite was
detected in the blood at the established
cutoff point. Since the marijuana
metabolite was not active and the parent
drug was not reported in the blood,
these findings do not provide scientific
evidence that would support any
conclusion regarding possible
impairment of the carman’s faculties.
This is particularly the case since death
occurred shortly after the impact, and
marijuana constituents remain stable in
these fluids for long periods after
metabolism ceases.
Safety Issues
CSX’s General and Operating
Equipment Rule R15 (published in CSX
System Bulletin 001 of October 1, 2006,
under Instructions Governing Remote
Control Locomotive Operation) states, in
relevant part, that
[P]oint protection must be provided when
cars, platform or engines are being moved
and conditions require. A crewmember must
take a position on the lead equipment to see
that the track ahead is clear, or be ahead of
the movement. When an RCO operator is
providing point protection, that operator
should be the primary operator when
practicable.
CSX rules do not define the term ‘‘point
protection.’’ Although the RCO was
ahead of the movement as permitted by
CSX rule, he did not observe the
collision and initiated a brake
application only after hearing a radio
transmission from the yardmaster.
The preliminary investigation
indicates that the RCO controlled the
yard movement while riding in a
moving motor vehicle. CSX General and
Operating Equipment Rule R8 states, in
relevant part, that ‘‘[an] RCL [remote
control locomotive] crew member will
not operate an RCL * * * while riding
in a moving motor vehicle or other
machinery that is not connected to their
consist.’’ This rule goes further than
FRA’s published guidelines for the
operation of remote control locomotives,
which states, in relevant part: ‘‘[W]hen
operating an RCL, the RCO should not
operate any other type of machinery [66
FR 10340, 10344 (Feb. 14, 2001) (Notice
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Agency Information Collection Activity Seeking OMB Approval
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The FAA invites public comments about our intention to request
the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) revision of a current
information collection. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day
comment period soliciting comments on the following collection of
information was published on September 14, 2006, vol. 71, no. 178,
pages 54330-54331. Title 49, United States Code, Section 44702
authorizes the appointment of appropriately qualified persons to be
representatives of the Administrator to allow those persons to examine,
test and certify other persons for the purpose of issuing them pilot
and instructor certificates.
DATES: Please submit comments by February 20, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carla Mauney at Carla.Mauney@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Title: Representatives of the Administrator.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
OMB Control Number: 2120-0033.
Form(s): 8110-14, 8110-28, 8710-6, 8710-10.
Affected Public: An estimated 5015 Respondents.
Frequency: This information is collected on occasion.
Estimated Average Burden Per Response: Approximately 1.42 hour per
response.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 7098 hours annually.
Abstract: Title 49, United States Code, Section 44702 authorizes
the appointment of appropriately qualified persons to be
representatives of the Administrator to allow those persons to examine,
test and certify other persons for the purpose of issuing them pilot
and instructor certificates.
ADDRESSES: 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 Nathan Lesser, Desk Officer, Department of Transportation/
FAA, and sent via electronic mail to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or
faxed to (202) 395-6974.
Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Department, including whether the information will have practical
utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimates of the burden of
the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on January 10, 2007.
Carla Mauney,
FAA Information Collection Clearance Officer, Strategy and Investment
Analysis Division, AIO-20.
[FR Doc. 07-152 Filed 1-17-07; 8:45 am]
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