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Estimated Average Annual Burden:
The burden hours per response will
vary with each survey; however, we
estimate an average burden of 15
minutes for each survey.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: We estimate that FHWA will
survey approximately 21,000
respondents annually during the next 3
years. Therefore, the estimated total
annual burden is 5,200 hours.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: September 2, 2011.
Michael Howell,
Acting Chief, Management Programs and
Analysis Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA 2011–001–N–12]
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Federal Railroad
Administration.
ACTION: Notice.
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
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 November 7, 2011.
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,
SUMMARY:
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 2130–0571.’’
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 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 25,
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, § 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: Occupational Noise Exposure
for Railroad Operating Employees.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0571.
Abstract: The collection of
information is used by FRA to ensure
that railroads covered by this rule
establish and implement—by specified
dates—noise monitoring, hearing
conservation, and audiometric testing
programs, as well as hearing
conservation training programs, to
protect their employees against the
damaging and potentially dangerous
effects of excessive noise in the
everyday rail environment.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Respondent Universe: 460 railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Reporting Burden:
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Respondent universe
Total annual responses
Average time per
response
227.9—Waivers ...........................
460 Railroads .................
5 petitions .......................
60 minutes ......................
5 hours.
227.103—Noise Monitoring Program.
—Notification of Employee of
Monitoring.
460 Railroads .................
460 programs .................
5,165 hours.
460 Railroads .................
905 lists ..........................
2 hours/8 hours 600
hours.
30 minutes ......................
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Respondent universe
Total annual responses
Average time per
response
227.107—Hearing Conservation
Program (HCP).
—Revised Hearing Conservation
Programs (HCPs).
460 railroads ...................
461 HCPs .......................
150 hrs/2 hrs/31 hrs .......
2,875 hours.
460 railroads ...................
92 HCPs .........................
/7.5 hours .......................
1.74 hours ......................
160 hours.
227.109—Audiometric
Testing
Program—Existing
Employees—Baseline Audiograms.
—Periodic Audiograms ................
78,000 Employees ..........
60,000 audiograms +
6,000 a-grams.
7 minutes + ....................
25 minutes ......................
7,000 hours +
2,500 hours.
78,000 Employees ..........
25 minutes 6 min./2.5 hrs
3,333 hours.
—Evaluation of Audiograms ........
—Problem Audiograms ................
.........................................
78,000 Employees ..........
8,000 a-grams 2,330
eval. + 93 retests.
.........................................
45 documents 93 notices
.........................................
10 minutes ......................
15 minutes ......................
466 hours.
8 hours
24 hours.
8,000 Employees ............
240 tr. session ................
2 minutes ........................
8 hours.
8,000 Employees ............
20 referrals .....................
2 hours ...........................
40 hours.
240 Employees ...............
20 notices .......................
5 minutes ........................
2 hours.
240 Employees ...............
20 notices .......................
5 minutes ........................
2 hours.
227.111—Audiometric Test Requirements.
1,000 Mobile Vans .........
1,000 tests ......................
45 minutes ......................
750 hours.
227.117—Hearing Protection Attenuation—Evaluation.
—Re-Evaluations .........................
460 Railroads .................
50 evaluations ................
30 minutes ......................
25 hours.
460 Railroads .................
10 reevaluations .............
30 minutes ......................
5 hours.
460 Railroads/AAR .........
441 programs .................
706 hours.
460 Railroads .................
460 Railroads .................
26,000 tr. Empl ...............
7,000 tr. Empl. ................
8 hours/2 hours/116
hours/1 hour 30 minutes.
.........................................
30 minutes ......................
13,000 hours.
3,500 hours.
460 Railroads .................
10 min. + 15 min. ...........
5 hours.
460 Railroads .................
460 Railroads .................
10 requests + 10 Responses.
150 requests + 150 resp.
10 records ......................
21 min. + 45 min. ...........
24 minutes ......................
166 hours.
4 hours.
460 Railroads .................
26,000 records ...............
2 minutes ........................
867 hours.
460 Railroads .................
54,000 records ...............
45 seconds .....................
675 hours.
460 Railroads .................
26,000 records ...............
30 seconds .....................
217 hours.
460 Railroads .................
280 records ....................
7 minutes ........................
33 hours.
3 Equipment Manufacturers.
460 Railroads .................
700 tests/rcds. ................
40 min. + 5 min. .............
111 hours.
10 min. + 5 min. .............
750 hours.
460 Railroads .................
570 Railroads .................
3,000 reports + 3,000
records.
3,750 records .................
570 systems ...................
8 minutes ........................
36 min. + 8.25 hours ......
500 hours.
572 hours.
700 Locomotives ............
2 retests + 2 records ......
35 min. + 5 min. .............
1 hour.
—Follow-up Procedures—Notifications.
—Fitting/Training of Employees:
Hearing Protectors.
—Referrals For Clinical/Otological
Examinations.
—Notification to Employee of
Need: Otological Examination.
—New Audiometric Interpretation
227.119—Hearing Conservation
Training
Program—Development.
—Employee Training ...................
—Periodic Training ......................
227.121—Record Keeping—Authorization: Records.
—Request for Copies of Reports
—Records Transfer When Carrier
Becomes Defunct.
—Railroad
Audiometric
Test
Records.
—Hearing Conservation Program
(HCP) Records.
—HCP Training Records of Employees.
—Records: Standard Threshold
Shifts of Employees.
229.121—Locomotive
Cab
Noise—Tests/Certifications.
—Equipment Maintenance: Excessive Noise Reports.
—Maintenance Records ..............
—Internal Auditable Monitoring
Systems.
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Appendix H—Static Test Protocols/Records.
Total Responses: 230,919.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
43,928 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
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Total annual burden
hours
Issued in Washington, DC on September 2,
2011.
Kimberly Coronel,
Director, Office of Financial Management,
Federal Railroad Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA 2011-001-N-12]
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment
Request
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration.
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 November 7, 2011.
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. 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 2130-0571.''
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 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 25, 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, 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: Occupational Noise Exposure for Railroad Operating
Employees.
OMB Control Number: 2130-0571.
Abstract: The collection of information is used by FRA to ensure
that railroads covered by this rule establish and implement--by
specified dates--noise monitoring, hearing conservation, and
audiometric testing programs, as well as hearing conservation training
programs, to protect their employees against the damaging and
potentially dangerous effects of excessive noise in the everyday rail
environment.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Respondent Universe: 460 railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On occasion.
Reporting Burden:
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Total annual Average time per Total annual
CFR Section Respondent universe responses response burden hours
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227.9--Waivers................. 460 Railroads...... 5 petitions....... 60 minutes........ 5 hours.
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227.103--Noise Monitoring 460 Railroads...... 460 programs...... 2 hours/8 hours 5,165 hours.
Program. 600 hours.
--Notification of Employee of 460 Railroads...... 905 lists......... 30 minutes........ 453 hours.
Monitoring.
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227.107--Hearing Conservation 460 railroads...... 461 HCPs.......... 150 hrs/2 hrs/31 2,875 hours.
Program (HCP). hrs.
--Revised Hearing Conservation 460 railroads...... 92 HCPs........... /7.5 hours........ 160 hours.
Programs (HCPs). 1.74 hours........
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227.109--Audiometric Testing 78,000 Employees... 60,000 audiograms 7 minutes +....... 7,000 hours +
Program--Existing Employees-- + 6,000 a-grams. 25 minutes........ 2,500 hours.
Baseline Audiograms.
--Periodic Audiograms.......... 78,000 Employees... 8,000 a-grams 25 minutes 6 min./ 3,333 hours.
2,330 eval. + 93 2.5 hrs.
retests.
--Evaluation of Audiograms..... ................... .................. .................. 466 hours.
--Problem Audiograms........... 78,000 Employees... 45 documents 93 10 minutes........ 8 hours
notices. 15 minutes........ 24 hours.
--Follow-up Procedures--
Notifications.
--Fitting/Training of 8,000 Employees.... 240 tr. session... 2 minutes......... 8 hours.
Employees: Hearing Protectors.
--Referrals For Clinical/ 8,000 Employees.... 20 referrals...... 2 hours........... 40 hours.
Otological Examinations.
--Notification to Employee of 240 Employees...... 20 notices........ 5 minutes......... 2 hours.
Need: Otological Examination.
--New Audiometric 240 Employees...... 20 notices........ 5 minutes......... 2 hours.
Interpretation.
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227.111--Audiometric Test 1,000 Mobile Vans.. 1,000 tests....... 45 minutes........ 750 hours.
Requirements.
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227.117--Hearing Protection 460 Railroads...... 50 evaluations.... 30 minutes........ 25 hours.
Attenuation--Evaluation.
--Re-Evaluations............... 460 Railroads...... 10 reevaluations.. 30 minutes........ 5 hours.
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227.119--Hearing Conservation 460 Railroads/AAR.. 441 programs...... 8 hours/2 hours/ 706 hours.
Training Program--Development. 116 hours/1 hour
30 minutes.
--Employee Training............ 460 Railroads...... 26,000 tr. Empl... .................. 13,000 hours.
--Periodic Training............ 460 Railroads...... 7,000 tr. Empl.... 30 minutes........ 3,500 hours.
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227.121--Record Keeping-- 460 Railroads...... 10 requests + 10 10 min. + 15 min.. 5 hours.
Authorization: Records. Responses.
--Request for Copies of Reports 460 Railroads...... 150 requests + 150 21 min. + 45 min.. 166 hours.
resp..
--Records Transfer When Carrier 460 Railroads...... 10 records........ 24 minutes........ 4 hours.
Becomes Defunct.
--Railroad Audiometric Test 460 Railroads...... 26,000 records.... 2 minutes......... 867 hours.
Records.
--Hearing Conservation Program 460 Railroads...... 54,000 records.... 45 seconds........ 675 hours.
(HCP) Records.
--HCP Training Records of 460 Railroads...... 26,000 records.... 30 seconds........ 217 hours.
Employees.
--Records: Standard Threshold 460 Railroads...... 280 records....... 7 minutes......... 33 hours.
Shifts of Employees.
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229.121--Locomotive Cab Noise-- 3 Equipment 700 tests/rcds.... 40 min. + 5 min... 111 hours.
Tests/Certifications. Manufacturers.
--Equipment Maintenance: 460 Railroads...... 3,000 reports + 10 min. + 5 min... 750 hours.
Excessive Noise Reports. 3,000 records.
--Maintenance Records.......... 460 Railroads...... 3,750 records..... 8 minutes......... 500 hours.
--Internal Auditable Monitoring 570 Railroads...... 570 systems....... 36 min. + 8.25 572 hours.
Systems. hours.
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Appendix H--Static Test 700 Locomotives.... 2 retests + 2 35 min. + 5 min... 1 hour.
Protocols/Records. records.
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Total Responses: 230,919.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 43,928 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 September 2, 2011.
Kimberly Coronel,
Director, Office of Financial Management, Federal Railroad
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-23007 Filed 9-7-11; 8:45 am]
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