Notice and Request for Comments, 212 [2010-33079]

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• Surface Transportation Board
• DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 1 (Monday, January 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-33079]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board


Notice and Request for Comments

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: 30-day notice of request for approval: Waybill Sample.

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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
3501-3519 (PRA), the Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) has 
submitted a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an 
extension of approval for the collection of the Waybill Sample. The 
Board previously published a notice about this collection in the 
Federal Register on June 29, 2010, at 75 FR 37,522. That notice allowed 
for a 60-day public review and comment period. No comments were 
received. The Waybill Sample collection is described in detail below. 
Comments may now be submitted to OMB concerning: (1) The accuracy of 
the Board's burden estimates; (2) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information collected; (3) ways to minimize the 
burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including 
the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology, when appropriate; and (4) whether this 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the Board, including whether the collection has 
practical utility.

Description of Collection

    Title: Waybill Sample.
    OMB Control Number: 2140-0015.
    STB Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension without change.
    Respondents: Any regulated railroad that terminated at least 4,500 
carloads on its line in any of the three preceding years or that 
terminated at least 5% of the total revenue carloads that terminated in 
a particular State.
    Number of Respondents: 52.
    Estimated Time per Response: 75 minutes.
    Frequency: Six (6) respondents report monthly; 46 report quarterly.
    Total Burden Hours (annually including all respondents): 320 hours.
    Total ``Non-hour Burden'' Cost: No ``non-hour cost'' burdens 
associated with this collection have been identified.
    Needs and Uses: The Surface Transportation Board is, by statute, 
responsible for the economic regulation of common carrier rail 
transportation in the United States. Under 49 CFR 1244, a railroad is 
required to file carload waybill sample information (Waybill Sample) 
for all line-haul revenue waybills terminating on its lines if, in any 
of the three preceding years, it terminated 4500 or more carloads, or 
it terminated at least 5% of the total revenue carloads that terminate 
in a particular State. The information in the Waybill Sample is used by 
the Board, other Federal and State agencies, and industry stakeholders 
to monitor traffic flows and rate trends in the industry, and to 
develop testimony in Board proceedings. The Board has authority to 
collect this information under 49 U.S.C. 11144 and 11145.

DATES: Comments on this information collection should be submitted by 
January 31, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be identified as ``Paperwork 
Reduction Act Comments, Surface Transportation Board, Waybill Sample.'' 
These comments should be directed to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: 
Kimberly Nelson, Surface Transportation Board Desk Officer, by fax at 
(202) 395-6974; by mail at Room 10235, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503; or by e-mail at OIRA_SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV.
    For Further Information or to Obtain a Copy of the STB Form, 
Contact: For further information regarding the Waybill Sample 
collection, contact Scott Decker at (202) 245-0330 or 
deckers@stb.dot.gov, or Paul Aguiar at (202) 245-0323 or 
paul.aguiar@stb.dot.gov. [Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) for 
the hearing impaired: (800) 877-8339.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA, a Federal agency conducting 
or sponsoring a collection of information must display a currently 
valid OMB control number. A collection of information, which is defined 
in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c), includes agency requirements 
that persons submit reports, keep records, or provide information to 
the agency, third parties, or the public. Under Sec.  3506(b) of the 
PRA, Federal agencies are required to provide, concurrent with an 
agency's submitting a collection to OMB for approval, a 30-day notice 
and comment period, through publication in the Federal Register, 
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each 
proposed extension of an existing collection of information.

    Dated: December 28, 2010.
Andrea Pope-Matheson,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2010-33079 Filed 12-30-10; 8:45 am]
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