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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2010–0005–N–19]
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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 December 17, 2010.
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 17,
Washington, DC 20590, or Ms. Kimberly
Toone, 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
SUMMARY:
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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. Toone at
Kimberly.Toone@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, 1200 New
Jersey Ave., SE., Mail Stop 17,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6292) or Ms. Kimberly Toone,
Office of Information Technology, RAD–
20, Federal Railroad Administration,
1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Mail Stop
35, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone:
(202) 493–6132). (These telephone
numbers are not toll-free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), Public Law 104–13, section 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
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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 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
Respondent
universe
CFR Section
Total annual
responses
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.
Average time per
response
244.13—Safety Integration Plans: Amalgamation of Operations
—SIP Development & Quarterly
Meetings
8 railroads
1 plan
340 hours
244.17—Procedures
—Responses to FRA Inquiries Re:
SIP data
—Coordination in Implementing Approved SIP
—Request for Confidential Treatment
8
8
8
8
25 reports
6 responses
25 phone calls
1 request
244.19—Disposition
—Comments on
Amendments
8 railroads
2 reports
Proposed
railroads
railroads
railroads
railroads
Total annual
burden hours
340
$24,016
40 hours/2 hours
8 hours
10 minutes
16 hours
88
48
4
16
5,632
3,072
256
2,512
16 hours
32
2,048
SIP
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
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Respondent universe
229.207—Petition for FRA Approval of
New
Locomotive
Crashworthiness
Standards
—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
685 Railroads + 4
Loco. Manufacturers
685 Railroads + 4
Loco. Manufacturers
685 Railroads + 4
Loco. Manufacturers
2 petitions
1 petition
1 petitions
1,050 hours
1,050 hours
400 hours
2,100
1,050
400
229.209—Petition for FRA Approval of
Alternative
Locomotive
Crashworthiness Design Standard
685 Railroads + 4
Loco. Manufacturers
1 petition
2,550 hours
2,550
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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
229.211—Comments on FRA Notice of
Petitions Received by Agency
—Agency Request for Additional Information Concerning Petitions:
Hearings
4 Loco. Manuf./RR
Association/Labor
Organizations/
Public
685 Railroads/4
Loco. Manuf./
Other Interested
Parties/Public
10 comments
4 hearings (16 comments)
16 hours
24 hours
160
96
229.213—Locomotive Manufacturing Information: Retention of Required Info.
685 Railroads
1,000 records or
stickers or badge
plates
6 minutes
100
229.215—Retention of Records—Original
Designs
—Retention of Records—Repairs
and Modifications
—Inspection of Records
4 Loco. Manuf.
685 Railroads
6 Loco. Manuf./Rebuilders
24 loco. rcds.
6 records
10 records
8 hours
4 hours
2 minutes
192
24
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Total Responses: 1,059.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
6,672 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,
Average time per
response
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
Total annual
burden hours
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
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Total annual
responses
FRA F 6180.4a—MP& E Safety Concern
and Recommendation Report.
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FRA F 6180.4c—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 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 ...
FRA F 6180.4m—Check List Sec. 231.28
FRA F 6180.4n—Check List Sec. 231.138
FRA F 6180.4o—Check List Sec. 231.14 ..
FRA F 6180.4p—Check List Sec. 231.29 ..
FRA F 6180.4q—Check List Sec. 231.29 ..
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Respondent Universe: Federal and
State Safety Inspectors.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Total Responses: 186 forms.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 182
hours.
Status: Extension of a currently
approved collection.
Title: Passenger Train Emergency
Systems.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0576.
Abstract: The collection of
information is due to passenger train
emergency regulations set forth in 49
CFR 238 to further the safety of
passenger train occupants through both
enhancements and additions to FRA’s
existing requirements. The collection of
information is used by FRA, railroad
employees, rescue workers, and the
public. Emergency responders use the
information collected to be able to
quickly find and understand how to
operate passenger cars’ emergency
windows, doors, and roof hatches so
that they can successfully perform their
jobs and save lives. The information
collected is used by train passengers to:
(1) Recognize and immediately report
potential emergencies to train crew
members; (2) recognize hazards; (3)
recognize and know how and when to
operate appropriate emergency-related
features and equipment, such as fire
extinguishers, train doors, and
emergency exits; and (4) recognize the
potential special needs of fellow
passengers, such as children, the
elderly, and disabled, during an
49 CFR 238
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emergency; and (5) know how to
quickly and safely evacuate the train in
the event of an emergency, such as a
collision, derailment, explosion, fire, or
some other unanticipated occurrence.
Luminescent or lighted emergency exit
markings are used by train passengers
and emergency responders to determine
where the closest and most accessible
emergency exit is located as well as how
to operate the emergency exit
mechanisms. Records of the inspection,
maintenance, and repairs of emergency
window and door exits and operational
efficiency tests are used by FRA
inspectors to monitor railroads’
regulatory compliance with this Part.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Reporting Burden:
Average time per
response
Total annual responses
Total annual
burden hours
238.113—Emergency Window Exits—Markings
22 railroads
662 window markings
60 minutes/90 minutes/
120 minutes
964
238.114–Rescue Access Windows
22 railroads
1,092 access window
markings
45 minutes
819
238.121—Emergency Communications—Marked
Intercom Locations
22 railroads
116 marked intercom
locations
5 minutes
10
238.123—Emergency Road Access—Markings
and Instructions
22 railroads
232 marked roof access locations
30 minutes
116
238.303—Exterior Calendar Day Mechanical Inspection of Equip
—Rescue Access Exterior Markings/Signage/Instructions
—Records of Non-Compliance
22 railroads
150 required replacement markings
150 records
20 minutes
50
2 minutes
5
238.305—Interior Calendar Day Mechanical Inspection of Cars.
—Written Notification to Train Crew of Noncompliant Car + Notice on Door
—Inoperative PA system and Notification to
Crew
—Records of Non-complying Condition
22 railroads
9
1 minute
5
22 railroads
300 records
2 minutes
10
238.307—Periodic Mechanical Inspection of
Pass. Cars—Replacement Roof Access Markings
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22 railroads
260 notifications + 260
notices
300 notifications
22 railroads
32 replacement markings
20 minutes
11
Respondent Universe: Businesses
(railroads).
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Total Responses: 3,554.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
1,999 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.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
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Issued in Washington, DC on October 13,
2010.
Kimberly Coronel,
Director, Office of Financial Management,
Federal Railroad Administration.
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Maritime Administration
[Docket No. 2010–0092]
Marine Transportation System National
Advisory Council
Maritime Administration, DOT.
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ACTION:
The Maritime Administration
seeks applications for membership on
the Marine Transportation System
National Advisory Council (MTSNAC).
This Committee advises and makes
recommendations on impediments that
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2010-0005-N-19]
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment
Request
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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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 December 17, 2010.
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 17, Washington, DC
20590, or Ms. Kimberly Toone, 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-----
--.'' 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. Toone at Kimberly.Toone@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, 1200
New Jersey Ave., SE., Mail Stop 17, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone:
(202) 493-6292) or Ms. Kimberly Toone, Office of Information
Technology, RAD-20, Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Ave., SE., Mail Stop 35, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 493-
6132). (These telephone numbers are not toll-free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA),
Public Law 104-13, section 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
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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 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 Total annual
CFR Section Respondent universe Total annual responses response burden hours burden cost
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244.13--Safety Integration Plans: 8 railroads 1 plan 340 hours 340 $24,016
Amalgamation of Operations
--SIP Development & Quarterly Meetings
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244.17--Procedures 8 railroads 25 reports 40 hours/2 hours 88 5,632
--Responses to FRA Inquiries Re: SIP data 8 railroads 6 responses 8 hours 48 3,072
--Coordination in Implementing Approved 8 railroads 25 phone calls 10 minutes 4 256
SIP 8 railroads 1 request 16 hours 16 2,512
--Request for Confidential Treatment
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244.19--Disposition 8 railroads 2 reports 16 hours 32 2,048
--Comments on Proposed SIP 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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Average time per Total annual
CFR Section Respondent universe Total annual responses response burden hours
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229.207--Petition for FRA Approval of New 685 Railroads + 4 Loco. 2 petitions 1,050 hours 2,100
Locomotive Crashworthiness Standards Manufacturers 1 petition 1,050 hours 1,050
--Petition for FRA Approval of Substantive 685 Railroads + 4 Loco. 1 petitions 400 hours 400
Change to FRA-Approved Crashworthiness Manufacturers
Design Standard 685 Railroads + 4 Loco.
--Petition for FRA Approval of Non- Manufacturers
Substantive Change to FRA-Approved
Crashworthiness Design Standard
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229.209--Petition for FRA Approval of 685 Railroads + 4 Loco. 1 petition 2,550 hours 2,550
Alternative Locomotive Crashworthiness Manufacturers
Design Standard
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229.211--Comments on FRA Notice of 4 Loco. Manuf./RR 10 comments 16 hours 160
Petitions Received by Agency Association/Labor 4 hearings (16 comments) 24 hours 96
--Agency Request for Additional Organizations/Public
Information Concerning Petitions: 685 Railroads/4 Loco.
Hearings Manuf./Other Interested
Parties/Public
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229.213--Locomotive Manufacturing 685 Railroads 1,000 records or 6 minutes 100
Information: Retention of Required Info. stickers or badge
plates
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229.215--Retention of Records--Original 4 Loco. Manuf. 24 loco. rcds. 8 hours 192
Designs 685 Railroads 6 records 4 hours 24
--Retention of Records--Repairs and 6 Loco. Manuf./ 10 records 2 minutes .33
Modifications Rebuilders
--Inspection of Records
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Total Responses: 1,059.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 6,672 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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Average time
Form No. Respondent universe Total annual per response Total annual
responses (min) burden hours
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FRA F 6180.4a--MP& E Safety 130 Fed'l & State 30 Forms........... 60 30
Concern and Recommendation Inspectors.
Report.
FRA F 6180.4b--Check List Sec. 130 Fed'l & State 10 Forms........... 60 10
231.1. Inspectors.
FRA F 6180.4c--Check List Sec. 130 Fed'l & State 30 Forms........... 60 30
231.2. Inspectors.
FRA F 6180.4d--Check List Sec. 130 Fed'l & State 3 Forms............ 60 3
231.3. Inspectors.
FRA F 6180.4e--Check List Sec. 130 Fed'l & State 15 Forms........... 60 15
231.4. Inspectors.
FRA F 6180.4f--Check List Sec. 130 Fed'l & State 5 Forms............ 60 5
231.5. Inspectors.
FRA F 6180.4g--Check List Sec. 130 Fed'l & State 30 Forms........... 60 30
231.6. Inspectors.
FRA F 6180.4h--Check List 231.7.. 130 Fed'l & State 3 Forms............ 60 3
Inspectors.
FRA F 6180.4i--Check List Sec. 130 Fed'l & State 5 Forms............ 60 5
231.8. Inspectors.
FRA F 6180.4j--Check List Sec. 130 Fed'l & State 5 Forms............ 60 5
231.9. Inspectors.
FRA F 6180.4k--Check List Sec. 130 Fed'l & State 10 Forms........... 60 10
231.21. Inspectors.
FRA F 6180.4l--Check List Sec. 130 Fed'l & State 10 Forms........... 60 10
231.27. Inspectors.
FRA F 6180.4m--Check List Sec. 130 Fed'l & State 10 Forms........... 60 10
231.28. Inspectors.
FRA F 6180.4n--Check List Sec. 130 Fed'l & State 5 Forms............ 30 3
231.138. Inspectors.
FRA F 6180.4o--Check List Sec. 130 Fed'l & State 5 Forms............ 30 3
231.14. Inspectors.
FRA F 6180.4p--Check List Sec. 130 Fed'l & State 5 Forms............ 60 5
231.29. Inspectors.
FRA F 6180.4q--Check List Sec. 130 Fed'l & State 5 Forms............ 60 5
231.29. Inspectors.
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Respondent Universe: Federal and State Safety Inspectors.
Frequency of Submission: On occasion.
Total Responses: 186 forms.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 182 hours.
Status: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Title: Passenger Train Emergency Systems.
OMB Control Number: 2130-0576.
Abstract: The collection of information is due to passenger train
emergency regulations set forth in 49 CFR 238 to further the safety of
passenger train occupants through both enhancements and additions to
FRA's existing requirements. The collection of information is used by
FRA, railroad employees, rescue workers, and the public. Emergency
responders use the information collected to be able to quickly find and
understand how to operate passenger cars' emergency windows, doors, and
roof hatches so that they can successfully perform their jobs and save
lives. The information collected is used by train passengers to: (1)
Recognize and immediately report potential emergencies to train crew
members; (2) recognize hazards; (3) recognize and know how and when to
operate appropriate emergency-related features and equipment, such as
fire extinguishers, train doors, and emergency exits; and (4) recognize
the potential special needs of fellow passengers, such as children, the
elderly, and disabled, during an emergency; and (5) know how to quickly
and safely evacuate the train in the event of an emergency, such as a
collision, derailment, explosion, fire, or some other unanticipated
occurrence. Luminescent or lighted emergency exit markings are used by
train passengers and emergency responders to determine where the
closest and most accessible emergency exit is located as well as how to
operate the emergency exit mechanisms. Records of the inspection,
maintenance, and repairs of emergency window and door exits and
operational efficiency tests are used by FRA inspectors to monitor
railroads' regulatory compliance with this Part.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Reporting Burden:
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Respondent Total annual Average time per Total annual
49 CFR 238 universe responses response burden hours
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238.113--Emergency Window Exits-- 22 railroads 662 window 60 minutes/90 964
Markings markings minutes/120
minutes
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238.114-Rescue Access Windows 22 railroads 1,092 access 45 minutes 819
window markings
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238.121--Emergency Communications-- 22 railroads 116 marked 5 minutes 10
Marked Intercom Locations intercom
locations
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238.123--Emergency Road Access-- 22 railroads 232 marked roof 30 minutes 116
Markings and Instructions access locations
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238.303--Exterior Calendar Day 22 railroads 150 required 20 minutes 50
Mechanical Inspection of Equip replacement
markings
--Rescue Access Exterior 22 railroads 150 records 2 minutes 5
Markings/Signage/Instructions
--Records of Non-Compliance
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238.305--Interior Calendar Day
Mechanical Inspection of Cars.
--Written Notification to Train 22 railroads 260 notifications 1 minute 9
Crew of Non-compliant Car + + 260 notices
Notice on Door
--Inoperative PA system and 22 railroads 300 notifications 1 minute 5
Notification to Crew
--Records of Non-complying 22 railroads 300 records 2 minutes 10
Condition
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238.307--Periodic Mechanical 22 railroads 32 replacement 20 minutes 11
Inspection of Pass. Cars-- markings
Replacement Roof Access Markings
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Respondent Universe: Businesses (railroads).
Frequency of Submission: On occasion.
Total Responses: 3,554.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 1,999 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.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520.
Issued in Washington, DC on October 13, 2010.
Kimberly Coronel,
Director, Office of Financial Management, Federal Railroad
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-26158 Filed 10-15-10; 8:45 am]
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