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BILLING CODE 4910–RY–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Federal Railroad
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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
approval of the following information
collection activities. 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.
Comments must be received no
later than January 18, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on any or all of the following proposed
activities by mail to either: Mr. Robert
Brogan, Office of Safety, Planning and
Evaluation Division, RRS–21, Federal
Railroad Administration, 1120 Vermont
Ave., NW., Mail Stop 17, Washington,
DC 20590, or Ms. Gina Christodoulou,
Office of Support Systems Staff, RAD–
43, Federal Railroad Administration,
1120 Vermont Ave., NW., 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 2130–0557, OMB
control number 2130–0564, or OMB
control number 2130–0565.’’
Alternatively, comments may be
transmitted via facsimile to (202) 493–
6230 or (202) 493–6170, or via E-mail to
Mr. Brogan at robert.brogan@dot.gov, or
to Ms. Christodoulou at
gina.christodoulou@dot.gov. Please refer
to the assigned OMB control number or
collection title in any correspondence
submitted. FRA will summarize
comments received in response to this
notice in a subsequent notice and
DATES:
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include them in its information
collection submission to OMB for
approval.
Mr.
Robert Brogan, Office of Planning and
Evaluation Division, RRS–21, Federal
Railroad Administration, 1120 Vermont
Ave., NW., Mail Stop 17, Washington,
DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 493–6292)
or Ms. Gina Christodoulou, Office of
Support Systems Staff, RAD–43, Federal
Railroad Administration, 1120 Vermont
Ave., NW., Mail Stop 35, Washington,
DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 493–6139).
(These telephone numbers are not tollfree.)
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), Public Law No. 104–13, 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 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 summary 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
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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procedures for the development and
implementation of safety integration
plans (‘‘SIPs’’ or ‘‘plans’’) by a Class I
railroad proposing to engage in certain
specified merger, consolidation, or
acquisition of control transactions with
another Class I railroad, or a Class II
railroad with which it proposes to
amalgamate operations. The scope of the
transactions covered under the two
rules is the same. FRA uses the
information collected, notably the
information requested. See 44 U.S.C.
3501.
Below is a brief summary of current
information collection activities that
FRA will submit for clearance by OMB
as required under the PRA:
Title: Safety Integration Plans.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0557.
Abstract: The Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) and the Surface
Transportation Board (STB), working in
conjunction with each other, have
issued joint final rules establishing
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required SIPs, to maintain and promote
a safe rail environment by ensuring that
affected railroads (Class Is and some
Class IIs) address critical safety issues
unique to the amalgamation of large,
complex railroad operations.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Railroads.
Respondent Universe: Class I
Railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Respondent
universe
Total annual
responses
Average time per
response
Total annual
burden hours
8 railroads ...........
1 plan ..................
340 hours ............
340 hours .............
$24,016
8 railroads ...........
8 railroads ...........
25 reports ............
6 responses .........
40 hours/2 hours
8 hours ................
88 hours ...............
48 hours ...............
5,632
3,072
8 railroads ...........
25 phone calls .....
10 minutes ...........
4 hours .................
256
8 railroads ...........
1 request .............
16 hours ..............
16 hours ...............
2,512
8 railroads ...........
2 reports ..............
16 hours ..............
32 hours ...............
2,048
CFR section
244.13—Safety Integration Plans:
Amalgamation of Operations—SIP Development & Quarterly Meetings.
244.17—Procedures ....................................
—Responses to FRA Inquiries Re: SIP
data.
—Coordination in Implementing Approved
SIP.
—Request for Confidential Treatment .........
244.19—Disposition:
—Comments
on
Proposed
SIP
Amendments.
Total Responses: 60.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 528
hours.
Status: Extension of a Currently
Approved Collection.
Title: Locomotive Crashworthiness.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0564.
Abstract: In a final rule published
June 28, 2006, the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) issued
comprehensive standards for locomotive
crashworthiness. These crashworthiness
standards are intended to help protect
locomotive cab occupants in the event
of a locomotive collision. The collection
of information is used by FRA to ensure
that locomotive manufacturers and
railroads meet minimum performance
standards and design load requirements
for newly manufactured and remanufactured locomotives in order to
help protect locomotive cab occupants
in the event that one of these covered
locomotives collides with another
Total annual
burden cost
locomotive, the rear of another train, a
piece of on-track equipment, a shifted
load on a freight car on an adjacent
parallel track, or a highway vehicle at a
rail-highway grade crossing.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Railroads.
Respondent Universe: 685 Railroads/4
Locomotive Manufacturers.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
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Respondent universe
Total annual
responses
Average
time per
response
Total annual
burden
hours
229.207—Petition for FRA Approval
of
New
Locomotive
Crashworthiness Standards.
—Subsequent Years—Petitions ........
—Petition for FRA Approval of Substantive Change to FRA-Approved
Crashworthiness Design Standard.
—Petition for FRA Approval of NonSubstantive Change to FRA-Approved Crashworthiness Design
Standard.
229.109—Petition for FRA Approval
of Alternative Locomotive Crashworthiness Design Standard.
229.211—Comments on FRA Notice
of Petitions Received by Agency.
—Agency Request for Additional Information Concerning Petitions:
Hearings.
229.213—Locomotive Manufacturing
Information: Retention of Required
Info.
685 Railroads + 4 Loco. Manufacturers ..
2 petitions ......
1,050 hours
2,100 hours
$4,000
685 Railroads + 4 Loco. Manufacturers ..
685 Railroads + 4 Loco. Manufacturers ..
1 petition ........
2 petitions ......
1,050 hours
1,050 hours
1,050 hours
2,100 hours
2,000
254,000
685 Railroads + 4 Loco. Manufacturers ..
4 petitions ......
400 hours ..
1,600 hours
183,000
685 Railroads + 4 Loco. Manufacturers ..
1 petition ........
2,550 hours
2,550 hours
2,000
4 Loco. Manuf./RR Association/Labor Organizations/Public.
685 Railroads/4 Loco. Manuf./Other Interested Parties/Public.
10 comments
16 hours ....
160 hours ..
6,400
4 hearings (16
comments).
24 hours ....
96 hours ....
3,840
685 Railroads ...........................................
6 minutes ...
70 hours ....
2,800
229.215—Retention
Original Designs.
4 Loco. Manuf. .........................................
700 records or
stickers or
badge
plates.
24 loco. rcds.
8 hours ......
192 hours ..
7,680
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burden cost
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CFR section
Respondent universe
Total annual
responses
Average
time per
esponse
Total annual
burden
hours
—Retention of Records—Repairs
and Modifications.
—Inspection of Records ....................
685 Railroads ...........................................
6 records .......
4 hours ......
24 hours ....
960
6 Loco. Manuf./Rebuilders .......................
10 records .....
2 minutes ...
.33 hour .....
13
Total Responses: 764.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
9,942 hours.
Status: Extension of a Currently
Approved Collection.
Title: Safety Appliance Concern
Recommendation Report; Guidance
Checklist Forms.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0565.
Abstract: In an ongoing effort to
conduct more thorough and more
effective inspections of railroad freight
equipment and to further enhance safe
rail operations, FRA has developed a
safety concern recommendation report
form, and a group of guidance checklist
forms that facilitate railroad, rail car
owner, and rail equipment manufacturer
compliance with agency Railroad Safety
Appliance Standards regulations. In lieu
of completing an official inspection
report (Form FRA F 6180.96), which
takes subject railroad equipment out of
service and disrupts rail operations,
Form FRA F 6180.4a enables Federal
and State safety inspectors to report to
agency headquarters systemic or other
safety concerns. FRA headquarters
safety specialists can then contact
railroads, car owners, and equipment
manufacturers to address the reported
issue(s) and institute necessary
corrective action(s) in a timely fashion
without unnecessarily having to take
affected rail equipment out of service,
unless deemed defective. Forms FRA F
6180.4(b)–(m) are used in conjunction
with the Special Inspection of Safety
Appliance Equipment form (Form FRA
F 6180.4) to assist Federal Motive,
Power, and Equipment (MP&E) field
inspectors in ensuring that critical
sections of 49 CFR part 231 (Railroad
Safety Appliance Standards), pertaining
to various types of freight equipment,
are complied with through use of a
check-off list. By simplifying their
Form No.
Respondent universe
FRA F 6180.4a—MP&E Safety Concern and
Recommendation Report.
FRA F 6180.4b—Check List Sec. 231.1 ..............
FRA F 6180.4—Check List Sec. 231.2 ................
FRA F 6180.4d—Check List Sec. 231.3 ..............
FRA F 6180.4e—Check List Sec. 231.4 ..............
FRA F 6180.4f—Check List Sec. 231.5 ...............
FRA F 6180.4g—Check List Sec. 231.6 ..............
FRA F 6180.4h—Check List Sec. 231.7 ..............
FRA F 6180.4i—Check List Sec. 231.8 ...............
FRA F 6180.4j—Check List Sec. 231.9 ...............
FRA F 6180.4k—Check List Sec. 231.21 ............
FRA F 6180.4l—Check List Sec. 231.27 .............
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FRA F 6180.4m—Check List Sec. 231.28 ...........
Respondent Universe: Federal and
State Safety Inspectors.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Total Responses: 240 Forms.
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100 Fed’l &
spectors.
100 Fed’l &
spectors.
100 Fed’l &
spectors.
100 Fed’l &
spectors.
100 Fed’l &
spectors.
100 Fed’l &
spectors.
100 Fed’l &
spectors.
100 Fed’l &
spectors.
100 Fed’l &
spectors.
100 Fed’l &
spectors.
100 Fed’l &
spectors.
100 Fed’l &
spectors.
100 Fed’l &
spectors.
Total annual
responses
(forms)
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demanding work, check-off lists for 12
essential sections of part 231 ensure that
FRA MP&E field personnel completely
and thoroughly inspect each type of
freight car for compliance with its
corresponding section in part 231. The
Guidance Checklist forms may later be
used by state field inspectors as well.
FRA believes that this collection of
information will result in improved
construction of newly designed freight
cars and improved field inspections of
all freight cars currently in use. This, in
turn, will serve to reduce the number of
accidents/incidents and corresponding
injuries and fatalities that occur every
year due to unsafe or defective
equipment that was not promptly
repaired/replaced.
Form Number(s): FRA F 6180.4(a)–
(m).
Affected Public: Businesses.
Reporting Burden:
Average time
per response
(minutes)
Total annual
burden hours
(hours)
Total annual
burden cost
State In-
50
60
50
$2,450
State In-
20
60
20
980
State In-
20
60
20
980
State In-
10
60
10
490
State In-
5
60
5
245
State In-
5
60
5
245
State In-
30
60
30
1,470
State In-
5
60
5
245
State In-
5
60
5
245
State In-
5
60
5
245
State In-
50
60
50
2,450
State In-
25
60
25
1,225
State In-
10
60
10
490
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 240
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
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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.
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Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Issued in Washington, DC, on November
13, 2007.
D.J. Stadtler,
Director, Office of Budget, Federal Railroad
Administration.
[FR Doc. E7–22593 Filed 11–16–07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–06–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD 2007 0010]
Information Collection Available for
Public Comments and
Recommendations
Notice of intention to request
extension of OMB approval and request
for comments.
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Maritime
Administration’s (MARAD’s) intention
to request extension of approval (with
modifications) for three years of a
currently approved information
collection.
DATES: Comments should be submitted
on or before January 18, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patricia Thomas, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Telephone: 202–366–2646; or E-Mail:
patricia.thomas@dot.gov. Copies of this
collection also can be obtained from that
office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title of
Collection: Regulations for Making
Excess or Surplus Federal Property
Available to the U.S. Merchant Marine
Academy, State Maritime Academies
and Non-Profit Maritime Training
Facilities.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved information
collection.
OMB Control Number: 2133–0504.
Form Numbers: None.
Expiration Date of Approval: Three
years from date of approval by the
Office of Management and Budget.
Summary of Collection of
Information: The Maritime
Administration requires approved
maritime training institutions seeking
excess or surplus government property
to provide a statement of need/
justification prior to acquiring the
property.
Need and Use of the Information:
This information is needed by MARAD
to determine compliance with
applicable statutory requirements
regarding surplus government property.
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Description of Respondents: Maritime
training institutions such as the U.S.
Merchant Marine Academy, State
Maritime Academies and non-profit
maritime institutions.
Annual Responses: 40 responses.
Annual Burden: 40 hours.
Comments: Comments should refer to
the docket number that appears at the
top of this document. Written comments
may be submitted to the Docket Clerk,
U.S. DOT Dockets, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Comments also
may be submitted by electronic means
via the Internet at https://dms.dot.gov/
submit. Specifically address whether
this information collection is necessary
for proper performance of the functions
of the agency and will have practical
utility, accuracy of the burden
estimates, ways to minimize this
burden, and ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected. All
comments received will be available for
examination at the above address
between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT (or
EST), Monday through Friday, except
Federal Holidays. An electronic version
of this document is available on the
World Wide Web at https://dms.dot.gov.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (Volume
65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78) or you
may visit https://dms.dot.gov.
Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.
BILLING CODE 4910–81–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
November 13, 2007.
The Department of the Treasury will
submit the following public information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13, on or after the
publication date of this notice. Copies of
the submission(s) may be obtained by
calling the Treasury Bureau Clearance
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Officer listed. Comments regarding this
information collection should be
addressed to the OMB reviewer listed
and to the Treasury Department
Clearance Officer, Department of the
Treasury, Room 11000, 1750
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20220.
Dates: Written comments should be
received on or before December 19, 2007
to be assured of consideration.
Bureau of Public Debt (BPD)
OMB Number: 1535–0117.
Type of Review: Revision.
Title: Resolution For Transactions
Involving Registered Securities.
Forms: PD–F–1010.
Description: Completed by an official
of an organization that is designated to
act on behalf of the organization.
Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit institutions.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 85
hours.
Clearance Officer: Vicki S. Thorpe,
(304) 480–8150. Bureau of the Public
Debt, 200 Third Street, Parkersburg,
West Virginia 26106.
OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt,
(202) 395–7316. Office of Management
and Budget, Room 10235, New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20503.
Robert Dahl,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E7–22600 Filed 11–16–07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4810–39–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
November 9, 2007.
Dated: November 7, 2007.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Christine S. Gurland,
Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. E7–22188 Filed 11–16–07; 8:45 am]
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The Department of the Treasury will
submit the following public information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 on or after the date
of publication of this notice. Copies of
the submission(s) may be obtained by
calling the Treasury Bureau Clearance
Officer listed. Comments regarding this
information collection should be
addressed to the OMB reviewer listed
and to the Treasury Department
Clearance Officer, Department of the
Treasury, Room 11000, 1750
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20220.
Dates: Written comments should be
received on or before December 19, 2007
to be assured of consideration.
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
OMB Number: 1545–1317.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
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 approval of the following
information collection activities. 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 January 18, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on any or all of the following
proposed activities by mail to either: Mr. Robert Brogan, Office of
Safety, Planning and Evaluation Division, RRS-21, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1120 Vermont Ave., NW., Mail Stop 17, Washington, DC
20590, or Ms. Gina Christodoulou, Office of Support Systems Staff, RAD-
43, Federal Railroad Administration, 1120 Vermont Ave., NW., 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 2130-0557,
OMB control number 2130-0564, or OMB control number 2130-0565.''
Alternatively, comments may be transmitted via facsimile to (202) 493-
6230 or (202) 493-6170, or via E-mail to Mr. Brogan at
robert.brogan@dot.gov, or to Ms. Christodoulou at
gina.christodoulou@dot.gov. Please refer to the assigned OMB control
number or collection title 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, Office of Planning
and Evaluation Division, RRS-21, Federal Railroad Administration, 1120
Vermont Ave., NW., Mail Stop 17, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493-6292) or Ms. Gina Christodoulou, Office of Support Systems Staff,
RAD-43, Federal Railroad Administration, 1120 Vermont Ave., NW., Mail
Stop 35, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 493-6139). (These
telephone numbers are not toll-free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA),
Public Law No. 104-13, 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 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 summary 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
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information requested. See 44 U.S.C. 3501.
Below is a brief summary of current information collection
activities that FRA will submit for clearance by OMB as required under
the PRA:
Title: Safety Integration Plans.
OMB Control Number: 2130-0557.
Abstract: The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the Surface
Transportation Board (STB), working in conjunction with each other,
have issued joint final rules establishing procedures for the
development and implementation of safety integration plans (``SIPs'' or
``plans'') by a Class I railroad proposing to engage in certain
specified merger, consolidation, or acquisition of control transactions
with another Class I railroad, or a Class II railroad with which it
proposes to amalgamate operations. The scope of the transactions
covered under the two rules is the same. FRA uses the information
collected, notably the required SIPs, to maintain and promote a safe
rail environment by ensuring that affected railroads (Class Is and some
Class IIs) address critical safety issues unique to the amalgamation of
large, complex railroad operations.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Railroads.
Respondent Universe: Class I Railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On occasion.
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Average time per Total annual burden Total annual
CFR section Respondent universe Total annual responses response hours burden cost
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244.13--Safety Integration Plans:
Amalgamation of Operations--SIP 8 railroads............ 1 plan................. 340 hours............. 340 hours............. $24,016
Development & Quarterly Meetings.
244.17--Procedures.................... 8 railroads............ 25 reports............. 40 hours/2 hours...... 88 hours.............. 5,632
--Responses to FRA Inquiries Re: SIP 8 railroads............ 6 responses............ 8 hours............... 48 hours.............. 3,072
data.
--Coordination in Implementing 8 railroads............ 25 phone calls......... 10 minutes............ 4 hours............... 256
Approved SIP.
--Request for Confidential Treatment.. 8 railroads............ 1 request.............. 16 hours.............. 16 hours.............. 2,512
244.19--Disposition:
--Comments on Proposed SIP 8 railroads............ 2 reports.............. 16 hours.............. 32 hours.............. 2,048
Amendments.
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Total Responses: 60.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 528 hours.
Status: Extension of a Currently Approved Collection.
Title: Locomotive Crashworthiness.
OMB Control Number: 2130-0564.
Abstract: In a final rule published June 28, 2006, the Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA) issued comprehensive standards for
locomotive crashworthiness. These crashworthiness standards are
intended to help protect locomotive cab occupants in the event of a
locomotive collision. The collection of information is used by FRA to
ensure that locomotive manufacturers and railroads meet minimum
performance standards and design load requirements for newly
manufactured and re-manufactured locomotives in order to help protect
locomotive cab occupants in the event that one of these covered
locomotives collides with another locomotive, the rear of another
train, a piece of on-track equipment, a shifted load on a freight car
on an adjacent parallel track, or a highway vehicle at a rail-highway
grade crossing.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Railroads.
Respondent Universe: 685 Railroads/4 Locomotive Manufacturers.
Frequency of Submission: On occasion.
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Total annual Average time per Total annual burden Total annual
CFR section Respondent universe responses response hours burden cost
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229.207--Petition for FRA Approval 685 Railroads + 4 Loco. 2 petitions.......... 1,050 hours......... 2,100 hours........ $4,000
of New Locomotive Crashworthiness Manufacturers.
Standards.
--Subsequent Years--Petitions..... 685 Railroads + 4 Loco. 1 petition........... 1,050 hours......... 1,050 hours........ 2,000
Manufacturers.
--Petition for FRA Approval of 685 Railroads + 4 Loco. 2 petitions.......... 1,050 hours......... 2,100 hours........ 254,000
Substantive Change to FRA- Manufacturers.
Approved Crashworthiness Design
Standard.
--Petition for FRA Approval of Non- 685 Railroads + 4 Loco. 4 petitions.......... 400 hours........... 1,600 hours........ 183,000
Substantive Change to FRA- Manufacturers.
Approved Crashworthiness Design
Standard.
229.109--Petition for FRA Approval 685 Railroads + 4 Loco. 1 petition........... 2,550 hours......... 2,550 hours........ 2,000
of Alternative Locomotive Manufacturers.
Crashworthiness Design Standard.
229.211--Comments on FRA Notice of 4 Loco. Manuf./RR Association/ 10 comments.......... 16 hours............ 160 hours.......... 6,400
Petitions Received by Agency. Labor Organizations/Public.
--Agency Request for Additional 685 Railroads/4 Loco. Manuf./Other 4 hearings (16 24 hours............ 96 hours........... 3,840
Information Concerning Petitions: Interested Parties/Public. comments).
Hearings.
229.213--Locomotive Manufacturing 685 Railroads..................... 700 records or 6 minutes........... 70 hours........... 2,800
Information: Retention of stickers or badge
Required Info. plates.
229.215--Retention of Records-- 4 Loco. Manuf..................... 24 loco. rcds........ 8 hours............. 192 hours.......... 7,680
Original Designs.
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--Retention of Records--Repairs 685 Railroads..................... 6 records............ 4 hours............. 24 hours........... 960
and Modifications.
--Inspection of Records........... 6 Loco. Manuf./Rebuilders........ 10 records........... 2 minutes........... .33 hour........... 13
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Total Responses: 764.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 9,942 hours.
Status: Extension of a Currently Approved Collection.
Title: Safety Appliance Concern Recommendation Report; Guidance
Checklist Forms.
OMB Control Number: 2130-0565.
Abstract: In an ongoing effort to conduct more thorough and more
effective inspections of railroad freight equipment and to further
enhance safe rail operations, FRA has developed a safety concern
recommendation report form, and a group of guidance checklist forms
that facilitate railroad, rail car owner, and rail equipment
manufacturer compliance with agency Railroad Safety Appliance Standards
regulations. In lieu of completing an official inspection report (Form
FRA F 6180.96), which takes subject railroad equipment out of service
and disrupts rail operations, Form FRA F 6180.4a enables Federal and
State safety inspectors to report to agency headquarters systemic or
other safety concerns. FRA headquarters safety specialists can then
contact railroads, car owners, and equipment manufacturers to address
the reported issue(s) and institute necessary corrective action(s) in a
timely fashion without unnecessarily having to take affected rail
equipment out of service, unless deemed defective. Forms FRA F
6180.4(b)-(m) are used in conjunction with the Special Inspection of
Safety Appliance Equipment form (Form FRA F 6180.4) to assist Federal
Motive, Power, and Equipment (MP&E) field inspectors in ensuring that
critical sections of 49 CFR part 231 (Railroad Safety Appliance
Standards), pertaining to various types of freight equipment, are
complied with through use of a check-off list. By simplifying their
demanding work, check-off lists for 12 essential sections of part 231
ensure that FRA MP&E field personnel completely and thoroughly inspect
each type of freight car for compliance with its corresponding section
in part 231. The Guidance Checklist forms may later be used by state
field inspectors as well. FRA believes that this collection of
information will result in improved construction of newly designed
freight cars and improved field inspections of all freight cars
currently in use. This, in turn, will serve to reduce the number of
accidents/incidents and corresponding injuries and fatalities that
occur every year due to unsafe or defective equipment that was not
promptly repaired/replaced.
Form Number(s): FRA F 6180.4(a)-(m).
Affected Public: Businesses.
Reporting Burden:
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Total annual Average time Total annual
Form No. Respondent responses per response burden hours Total annual
universe (forms) (minutes) (hours) burden cost
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FRA F 6180.4a--MP&E Safety 100 Fed'l & 50 60 50 $2,450
Concern and Recommendation State
Report. Inspectors.
FRA F 6180.4b--Check List Sec. 100 Fed'l & 20 60 20 980
231.1. State
Inspectors.
FRA F 6180.4--Check List Sec. 100 Fed'l & 20 60 20 980
231.2. State
Inspectors.
FRA F 6180.4d--Check List Sec. 100 Fed'l & 10 60 10 490
231.3. State
Inspectors.
FRA F 6180.4e--Check List Sec. 100 Fed'l & 5 60 5 245
231.4. State
Inspectors.
FRA F 6180.4f--Check List Sec. 100 Fed'l & 5 60 5 245
231.5. State
Inspectors.
FRA F 6180.4g--Check List Sec. 100 Fed'l & 30 60 30 1,470
231.6. State
Inspectors.
FRA F 6180.4h--Check List Sec. 100 Fed'l & 5 60 5 245
231.7. State
Inspectors.
FRA F 6180.4i--Check List Sec. 100 Fed'l & 5 60 5 245
231.8. State
Inspectors.
FRA F 6180.4j--Check List Sec. 100 Fed'l & 5 60 5 245
231.9. State
Inspectors.
FRA F 6180.4k--Check List Sec. 100 Fed'l & 50 60 50 2,450
231.21. State
Inspectors.
FRA F 6180.4l--Check List Sec. 100 Fed'l & 25 60 25 1,225
231.27. State
Inspectors.
FRA F 6180.4m--Check List Sec. 100 Fed'l & 10 60 10 490
231.28. State
Inspectors.
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Respondent Universe: Federal and State Safety Inspectors.
Frequency of Submission: On occasion.
Total Responses: 240 Forms.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 240 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.
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Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520.
Issued in Washington, DC, on November 13, 2007.
D.J. Stadtler,
Director, Office of Budget, Federal Railroad Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-22593 Filed 11-16-07; 8:45 am]
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