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approval. The nature of the information
collection is described as well as its
expected burden. The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following
collection of information was published
on April 6, 2009. A comment dated June
5, 2009 was received, suggesting that the
Maritime Administration (MARAD)
amend its forms MA–29, MA–29A and
MA–29B (Vessel Transfer Forms) to
reference the applicability of the Toxic
Substance Control Act (TSCA), and 40
CFR 761.97, thereby reflecting the
statutory and regulatory constraints
regarding the export of United States
documented vessels for scrapping or
refit outside the United States.
MARAD was given the mandate to (a)
approve the transfer (the term transfer
includes the sale, lease, charter, or
agreement to sell, lease or charter to a
person not a citizen of the United
States) (46 U.S.C. 5610) of a United
States documented vessel to a person
who is not a citizen of the United States,
and (b) approve the placement of a
United States documented vessel under
foreign registry and/or the operation of
a United States documented vessel
under the authority of a foreign country
by a person who is not a citizen of the
United States. Federal agencies
generally may perform only those duties
authorized by statute.
MARAD’s forms collect the
information we require to make a
decision regarding the mandated
transfer approvals. To collect additional
information on the Vessel Transfer
Forms would exceed our mandated
authority.
In order to deal with the issue of
vessels being transferred for scrapping
outside the United States, we have
instituted a procedure of providing
written notification to the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
of all foreign vessel transfer approvals at
the time they are issued by the MARAD
(Letter dated April 2, 2008, from
Maritime Administrator to the
Administrator of the EPA.). This will
provide information to the EPA on
where and when any demolition will
take place. In addition, when an
application for transfer includes a vessel
leaving the U.S. registry for subsequent
foreign disposal, the owner and/or
buyer of the vessel are advised that the
vessel may be subject to the TSCA and
EPA implementing regulations.
DATES: Comments for this notice must
be submitted on or before September 9,
2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Jerome Davis, Maritime Administration,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
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Washington, DC 20590. Telephone:
202–366–0688; or E–Mail:
jerome.davis@dot.gov. Copies of this
collection also can be obtained from that
office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime
Administration (MARAD).
Title: Request for Transfer of
Ownership, Registry, and Flag, or
Charter, Lease, or Mortgage of U.S.Citizen Owned Documented Vessels.
OMB Control Number: 2133–0006.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Vessel owners who
have applied for foreign transfer of U.S.flag vessels.
Forms: MA–29, MA–29A, MA–29B
(Note: MA–29A is used only in cases of
a National emergency).
Abstract: This collection provides
information necessary for MARAD to
approve the sale, transfer, charter, lease,
or mortgage of U.S. documented vessels
to non-citizens, or the transfer of such
vessels to foreign registry and flag, or
the transfer of foreign flag vessels by
their owners as required by various
contractual requirements. The
information will enable MARAD to
determine whether the vessel proposed
for transfer will initially require
retention under the U.S.-flag statutory
regulations.
Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 120
hours.
Addresses: Send comments to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention
MARAD Desk Officer.
Comments Are Invited on: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed
information collection; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) 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.
A comment to OMB is best assured of
having its full effect if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication.
Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.
By order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: July 30, 2009.
Murray Bloom,
Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2009–0001–19]
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
AGENCY: Federal Railroad
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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
renewal of the following currently
approved 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 October 9, 2009.
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, 1200 New
Jersey Ave., SE., Mail Stop 25,
Washington, DC 20590, or Ms. Nakia
Jackson, 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 2130–0560.’’
Alternatively, comments may be
transmitted via facsimile to (202) 493–
6216 or (202) 493–6497, or via e-mail to
Mr. Brogan at robert.brogan@dot.gov, or
to Ms. Jackson at
nakia.jackson@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, Office of Planning and
Evaluation Division, RRS–21, Federal
Railroad Administration, 1200 New
Jersey Ave., SE., Mail Stop 17,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6292) or Ms. Nakia Jackson, Office
of Information Technology, RAD–20,
Federal Railroad Administration, 1200
New Jersey Ave., SE., Mail Stop 35,
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Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6073). (These telephone numbers
are not toll-free.)
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 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 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
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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 is a brief summary of currently
approved information collection
activities that FRA will submit for
clearance by OMB as required under the
PRA:
CFR section
Respondent universe
Title: Use of Locomotive Horns at
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
OMB Control Number: 2130–0560
Abstract: The collection of
information is used by FRA to increase
safety at highway-rail grade crossings
nationwide by requiring that locomotive
horns be sounded when train approach
and pass through these crossings, or by
ensuring that a safety level at least
equivalent to that provided by blowing
horns exists for rail corridors in which
horns are silenced. Communities that
qualify for this exception may create
‘‘quiet zones’’ within which locomotive
horns would not be routinely sounded.
FRA reviews applications by public
authorities intending to establish new
or, in some cases, continue pre-rule
quiet zones to ensure that the necessary
level of safety is achieved.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Public Authorities/
Railroads.
Respondent Universe: 340 Public
Authorities.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Reporting Burden:
Average time per
response
Total annual responses
Total
annual
burden
hours
727 Railroads/340 Public
Authorities
5 records/reports
2 hours
10
222.15—Waiver Petitions
727 Railroads/340 Public
Authorities
5 petitions
4 hours
20
222.17—Applications to Become a Recognized
State Agency
68 State Agencies
7 applications
8 hours
56
222.39—Establishment of Quiet Zone—Public Authority Application to FRA
—Application Diagnostic Team Reviews
—Completed Grade Crossing Inventory Forms
—Copies of Public Authority Quiet Zone Applications
—Comments on Public Authority Quiet Zone Applications
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222.11—Penalties—Falsified Records/Reports
340 Public Authorities
340 Public Authorities
340 Public Authorities
340 Public Authorities
715 Railroads/State
Agencies
105 applications
53 diagnostic team reviews
302 updated forms
630 copies
50 comments
80 hours
32 hours
1 hour
10 minutes
2.5 hours
222.41—Notice of Quiet Zone Establishment and
Notification to Parties
—Certification by Public Authority CEO
—Required Grade Crossing Inventory Forms
—Notice of Quiet Zone Continuation and Notification to Parties
—Certification by Public Authority CEO
—Required Grade Crossing Inventory Forms
—Filing of Detailed Plans by Public Authority
—Statewide Implementation Plan to Continue Horn
Ban—Notice of Intent to Create New Quiet Zone
—Comments on Public Authorities Notice of Intent
247 Communities/PAs
262 Communities
200 Communities
200 Communities
200 Communities
200 Communities
200 Communities/PAs
25 State Agencies
200 Public Authorities
200 RRs/State Agencies
247 notices + 1,482 notification
262 certifications
2,364 forms
200 notices + 1,200 notification
200 certifications
416 forms
100 plans
3 impl. Plans
100 notices + 600 notifications
70 comments
40 hours + 10 min.
5 minutes
60 minutes
40 hours + 10 min.
5 minutes
1 hour
40 hours
120 hours
20 hours + 10 minutes
4 hours
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1,696
302
105
125
10,127
22
2,364
8,200
17
416
4,000
360
2,100
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CFR section
Respondent universe
10
10
10
10
20
10
20
222.43—Notices and Other Required Information to
Create or Continue a Quiet Zone
—Notice of Intent to Create New/Partial Quiet Zone
or Implement New Supplementary Safety Measures or Auxiliary Safety Measures w/in Pre-Rule
Quiet Zone
—Required Grade Crossing Inventory Forms
—Comments on Public Authorities Notice of Intent
—Notice of Quiet Zone Establishment
—Required Grade Crossing Inventory Forms
—Certification by Public Authority CEO
216
216
715
316
316
216
222.47—Periodic Updates
—Written Affirmations That All Supplementary
Safety Measures (SSMs)/Auxiliary Safety Measures (ASMs) Meet Requirements
—Required Grade Crossing Inventory Forms
Total
annual
burden
hours
10 notices + 60 notifications
100 forms
10 certifications
5 notices + 30 notifications
5 comments
5 notices + 30 notifications
5 comments
40 hours + 10 min.
1 hour
5 minutes
40 hours + 10 min.
4 hours
40 hours + 10 min.
4 hours
410
100
1
205
20
205
20
216 notices + 648 notifications
376 updated forms
108 comments
72 notices + 432 notifications
950 updated forms
216 certifications
40 hours + 10 min.
1 hour
4 hours
40 hours + 10 min.
1 hour
5 minutes
8,748
376
432
2,952
950
18
200 Public Authorities
200 Public Authorities
100 affirmations + 600
copies
500 updated forms
30 min. + 2 min.
60 minutes
9 Public Authorities
3 Public Authorities
2 commitments
20 comments
5 hours
30 minutes
10
10
222.55—New Supplementary Safety Measures or
Alternative Safety Measures—Administrator Approval
—Opportunity for Public Comment
—Request for Approval After Completed Demonstration
265 Interested Parties
265 Interested Parties
265 Interested Parties
1 approval letter
5 comments
1 approval letter
30 minutes
30 minutes
30 minutes
1
3
1
222.57—Review of the Associate Administrator’s
Actions—Petition for Review of Decision
—Petition for Reconsideration of Denial of QZ Application
—Follow-up Documents to Associate Administrator
—Requests for Informal Hearing
265
200
200
200
1
1
1
1
60 min. + 2 min.
5 hrs. + 2 min.
2 hours
30 minutes
1
5
2
1
222.59—Use of Wayside Horns
—Installation w/in QZ and Written Notice to Railroads
—Installation at Grade Crossing Outside Quiet
Zone
200 Public Authorities
200 Public Authorities
10 notices + 60 copies
10 notices + 60 notice
copies
2.5 hours + 10 minutes
2.5 hours + 10 minutes
Appendix B to Part 222—Alternative Safety Measures
—Non-Engineering ASMs—Programmed Enforcement—Monitoring and Sampling Records
—Photo Enforcement—Monitoring & Sampling
Records
200 Public Authorities
200 Public Authorities
10 records
10 records
500 hours
9 hours
5,000
90
229.129—Locomotive Horn—Testing Requirements
—Written Reports/Records of Testing
—Re-Testing of Locomotive Horns—Reports/
Records
687 railroads
687 railroads
7,743 reports/records
650 report/records
60 minutes
60 minutes
7,743
650
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Communities/PAs
Communities/PAs
Communities/PAs
Communities/PAs
RRs/State Agencies
Public Authorities
RRs/State Agencies
Average time per
response
222.51—Review of Quiet Zone Status
—Written Commitment to Lower Risk Where Quiet
Zone Risk Index Exceeds Nationwide Significant
Risk Threshold
—Review at FRA’s Initiative—Opportunity to Comment
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222.42—Intermediate Quiet Zones/Partial Quiet
Zones
—Notice of Quiet Zone Continuation
—Required Grade Crossing Inventory Forms
—Certification by Public Authority CEO
—Notice of Intent to Establish New/Partial Quiet
Zone
—Comments on Public Authorities Notice of Intent
—Conversion of Intermediate Partial Quiet Zone
into 24-hour Quiet Zone—Notices + Notifications
—Public Comments on Notice of Intent
Total annual responses
39995
Communities/PAs
Communities
RRs/State Agencies
Public Authorities
Public Authorities
Public Authorities
Interested Parties
Public Authorities
Public Authorities
Public Authorities
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petition + 6 copies
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Total Responses: 21,476.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
67,194 hours.
Status: Regular Review.
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 August 4,
2009.
Martin Eble,
Acting Director, Office of Financial
Management, Federal Railroad
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2000–7257; Notice No. 55]
Railroad Safety Advisory Committee;
Notice of Meeting
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Announcement of Railroad
Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC)
Meeting.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: FRA announces the fortieth
meeting of the RSAC, a Federal advisory
committee that develops railroad safety
regulations through a consensus
process. The RSAC meeting topics will
include opening remarks from the FRA
Administrator and discussion of the
FRA High-Speed Rail Safety Strategy.
Status reports will be provided by the
Locomotive Standards, Passenger
Safety, Track Safety Standards, and
Medical Standards Working Groups.
Status updates will be provided on the
following tasks arising out of the Rail
Safety Improvement Act (RSIA):
Positive Train Control, Passenger Hours
of Service, Railroad Bridge Safety
Management, and Conductor
Certification. The Committee may also
be asked to accept a task regarding
another RSIA-mandated rulemaking
addressing Critical Incident Programs.
This agenda is subject to change,
including the possible addition of
further proposed tasks under the RSIA.
DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is
scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m. on
Thursday, September 10, 2009, and will
adjourn by 4:30 p.m.
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The RSAC meeting will be
held at the Washington Marriott Hotel,
located at 1221 22nd Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20037. The meeting is
open to the public on a first-come, firstserved basis, and is accessible to
individuals with disabilities. Sign and
oral interpretation can be made
available if requested 10 calendar days
before the meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Larry Woolverton, RSAC Administrative
Officer/Coordinator, FRA, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., Mailstop 25,
Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493–6212;
or Grady Cothen, Deputy Associate
Administrator for Safety, FRA, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Mailstop 25,
Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493–6302.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–
463), FRA is giving notice of a meeting
of RSAC. RSAC was established to
provide advice and recommendations to
the FRA on railroad safety matters. The
RSAC is composed of 54 voting
representatives from 31 member
organizations, representing various rail
industry perspectives. In addition, there
are non-voting advisory representatives
from the agencies with railroad safety
regulatory responsibility in Canada and
Mexico, the National Transportation
Safety Board, and the Federal Transit
Administration. The diversity of the
Committee ensures the requisite range
of views and expertise necessary to
discharge its responsibilities. See the
RSAC Web site for details on pending
tasks at: https://rsac.fra.dot.gov. Please
refer to the notice published in the
Federal Register on March 11, 1996 (61
FR 9740), for additional information
about the RSAC.
ADDRESSES:
Issued in Washington, DC on August 5,
2009.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety
Standards and Program Development.
[FR Doc. E9–19084 Filed 8–7–09; 8:45 am]
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Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
Sunshine Act Meetings; Unified Carrier
Registration Plan Board of Directors
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
TIME AND DATE: September 3, 2009, 12
noon to 3 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time.
PLACE: This meeting will take place
telephonically. Any interested person
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may call Mr. Avelino Gutierrez at (505)
827–4565 to receive the toll free number
and pass code needed to participate in
these meetings by telephone.
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: August 4, 2009.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy and
Program Development.
[FR Doc. E9–19236 Filed 8–6–09; 4:15 pm]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD–2009 0075]
Requested Administrative Waiver of
the Coastwise Trade Laws
AGENCY: Maritime Administration,
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Invitation for public comments
on a requested administrative waiver of
the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel
MON BIJOU.
SUMMARY: As authorized by 46 U.S.C.
12121, the Secretary of Transportation,
as represented by the Maritime
Administration (MARAD), is authorized
to grant waivers of the U.S.-build
requirement of the coastwise laws under
certain circumstances. A request for
such a waiver has been received by
MARAD. The vessel, and a brief
description of the proposed service, is
listed below. The complete application
is given in DOT docket MARAD–2009–
0075 at https://www.regulations.gov.
Interested parties may comment on the
effect this action may have on U.S.
vessel builders or businesses in the U.S.
that use U.S.-flag vessels. If MARAD
determines, in accordance with 46
U.S.C. 12121 and MARAD’s regulations
at 46 CFR Part 388 (68 FR 23084; April
30, 2003), that the issuance of the
waiver will have an unduly adverse
effect on a U.S.-vessel builder or a
business that uses U.S.-flag vessels in
that business, a waiver will not be
granted. Comments should refer to the
docket number of this notice and the
vessel name in order for MARAD to
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2009-0001-19]
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 renewal of the following currently
approved 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 October 9, 2009.
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, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Mail Stop 25, Washington, DC
20590, or Ms. Nakia Jackson, 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 2130-0560.''
Alternatively, comments may be transmitted via facsimile to (202) 493-
6216 or (202) 493-6497, or via e-mail to Mr. Brogan at
robert.brogan@dot.gov, or to Ms. Jackson at nakia.jackson@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, Office of Planning
and Evaluation Division, RRS-21, Federal Railroad Administration, 1200
New Jersey Ave., SE., Mail Stop 17, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone:
(202) 493-6292) or Ms. Nakia Jackson, Office of Information Technology,
RAD-20, Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE.,
Mail Stop 35,
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Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 493-6073). (These telephone
numbers are not toll-free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA),
Public Law No. 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 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 information requested. See 44 U.S.C. 3501.
Below is a brief summary of currently approved information
collection activities that FRA will submit for clearance by OMB as
required under the PRA:
Title: Use of Locomotive Horns at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings
OMB Control Number: 2130-0560
Abstract: The collection of information is used by FRA to increase
safety at highway-rail grade crossings nationwide by requiring that
locomotive horns be sounded when train approach and pass through these
crossings, or by ensuring that a safety level at least equivalent to
that provided by blowing horns exists for rail corridors in which horns
are silenced. Communities that qualify for this exception may create
``quiet zones'' within which locomotive horns would not be routinely
sounded. FRA reviews applications by public authorities intending to
establish new or, in some cases, continue pre-rule quiet zones to
ensure that the necessary level of safety is achieved.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Public Authorities/Railroads.
Respondent Universe: 340 Public Authorities.
Frequency of Submission: On occasion.
Reporting Burden:
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Total
Total annual Average time per annual
CFR section Respondent universe responses response burden
hours
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222.11--Penalties--Falsified Records/ 727 Railroads/340 5 records/reports 2 hours 10
Reports Public Authorities
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222.15--Waiver Petitions 727 Railroads/340 5 petitions 4 hours 20
Public Authorities
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222.17--Applications to Become a 68 State Agencies 7 applications 8 hours 56
Recognized State Agency
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222.39--Establishment of Quiet Zone-- 340 Public 105 applications 80 hours 8,400
Public Authority Application to FRA Authorities 53 diagnostic team 32 hours 1,696
--Application Diagnostic Team Reviews 340 Public reviews 1 hour 302
--Completed Grade Crossing Inventory Authorities 302 updated forms 10 minutes 105
Forms 340 Public 630 copies 2.5 hours 125
--Copies of Public Authority Quiet Authorities 50 comments
Zone Applications 340 Public
--Comments on Public Authority Quiet Authorities
Zone Applications 715 Railroads/State
Agencies
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222.41--Notice of Quiet Zone 247 Communities/PAs 247 notices + 1,482 40 hours + 10 min. 10,127
Establishment and Notification to 262 Communities notification 5 minutes 22
Parties 200 Communities 262 certifications 60 minutes 2,364
--Certification by Public Authority 200 Communities 2,364 forms 40 hours + 10 min. 8,200
CEO 200 Communities 200 notices + 1,200 5 minutes 17
--Required Grade Crossing Inventory 200 Communities notification 1 hour 416
Forms 200 Communities/PAs 200 certifications 40 hours 4,000
--Notice of Quiet Zone Continuation 25 State Agencies 416 forms 120 hours 360
and Notification to Parties 200 Public 100 plans 20 hours + 10 2,100
--Certification by Public Authority Authorities 3 impl. Plans minutes 280
CEO 200 RRs/State 100 notices + 600 4 hours
--Required Grade Crossing Inventory Agencies notifications
Forms 70 comments
--Filing of Detailed Plans by Public
Authority
--Statewide Implementation Plan to
Continue Horn Ban--Notice of Intent
to Create New Quiet Zone
--Comments on Public Authorities
Notice of Intent
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222.42--Intermediate Quiet Zones/ 10 Communities/PAs 10 notices + 60 40 hours + 10 min. 410
Partial Quiet Zones 10 Communities/PAs notifications 1 hour 100
--Notice of Quiet Zone Continuation 10 Communities/PAs 100 forms 5 minutes 1
--Required Grade Crossing Inventory 10 Communities/PAs 10 certifications 40 hours + 10 min. 205
Forms 20 RRs/State 5 notices + 30 4 hours 20
--Certification by Public Authority Agencies notifications 40 hours + 10 min. 205
CEO 10 Public 5 comments 4 hours 20
--Notice of Intent to Establish New/ Authorities 5 notices + 30
Partial Quiet Zone 20 RRs/State notifications
--Comments on Public Authorities Agencies 5 comments
Notice of Intent
--Conversion of Intermediate Partial
Quiet Zone into 24-hour Quiet Zone--
Notices + Notifications
--Public Comments on Notice of Intent
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222.43--Notices and Other Required 216 Communities/PAs 216 notices + 648 40 hours + 10 min. 8,748
Information to Create or Continue a 216 Communities notifications 1 hour 376
Quiet Zone 715 RRs/State 376 updated forms 4 hours 432
--Notice of Intent to Create New/ Agencies 108 comments 40 hours + 10 min. 2,952
Partial Quiet Zone or Implement New 316 Public 72 notices + 432 1 hour 950
Supplementary Safety Measures or Authorities notifications 5 minutes 18
Auxiliary Safety Measures w/in Pre- 316 Public 950 updated forms
Rule Quiet Zone Authorities 216 certifications
--Required Grade Crossing Inventory 216 Public
Forms Authorities
--Comments on Public Authorities
Notice of Intent
--Notice of Quiet Zone Establishment
--Required Grade Crossing Inventory
Forms
--Certification by Public Authority
CEO
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222.47--Periodic Updates 200 Public 100 affirmations + 30 min. + 2 min. 70
--Written Affirmations That All Authorities 600 copies 60 minutes 500
Supplementary Safety Measures (SSMs)/ 200 Public 500 updated forms
Auxiliary Safety Measures (ASMs) Authorities
Meet Requirements
--Required Grade Crossing Inventory
Forms
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222.51--Review of Quiet Zone Status 9 Public Authorities 2 commitments 5 hours 10
--Written Commitment to Lower Risk 3 Public Authorities 20 comments 30 minutes 10
Where Quiet Zone Risk Index Exceeds
Nationwide Significant Risk
Threshold
--Review at FRA's Initiative--
Opportunity to Comment
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222.55--New Supplementary Safety 265 Interested 1 approval letter 30 minutes 1
Measures or Alternative Safety Parties 5 comments 30 minutes 3
Measures--Administrator Approval 265 Interested 1 approval letter 30 minutes 1
--Opportunity for Public Comment Parties
--Request for Approval After 265 Interested
Completed Demonstration Parties
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222.57--Review of the Associate 265 Interested 1 petition + 5 60 min. + 2 min. 1
Administrator's Actions--Petition Parties copies 5 hrs. + 2 min. 5
for Review of Decision 200 Public 1 petition + 6 2 hours 2
--Petition for Reconsideration of Authorities copies 30 minutes 1
Denial of QZ Application 200 Public 1 document
--Follow-up Documents to Associate Authorities 1 letter
Administrator 200 Public
--Requests for Informal Hearing Authorities
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222.59--Use of Wayside Horns 200 Public 10 notices + 60 2.5 hours + 10 35
--Installation w/in QZ and Written Authorities copies minutes 35
Notice to Railroads 200 Public 10 notices + 60 2.5 hours + 10
--Installation at Grade Crossing Authorities notice copies minutes
Outside Quiet Zone
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Appendix B to Part 222--Alternative 200 Public 10 records 500 hours 5,000
Safety Measures Authorities 10 records 9 hours 90
--Non-Engineering ASMs--Programmed 200 Public
Enforcement--Monitoring and Sampling Authorities
Records
--Photo Enforcement--Monitoring &
Sampling Records
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229.129--Locomotive Horn--Testing 687 railroads 7,743 reports/ 60 minutes 7,743
Requirements --Written Reports/ 687 railroads records 60 minutes 650
Records of Testing 650 report/records
--Re-Testing of Locomotive Horns--
Reports/Records
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Total Responses: 21,476.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 67,194 hours.
Status: Regular Review.
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 August 4, 2009.
Martin Eble,
Acting Director, Office of Financial Management, Federal Railroad
Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-19060 Filed 8-7-09; 8:45 am]
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