Proposed Information Collection; Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping Requirements, 18880-18881 [2012-7347]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Scurry, (609) 637–4207 or karen.
scurry@dot.gov mailto:ben.gribbon@dot.
gov, Office of Administration, Federal
Highway Administration, Department of
Transportation, 840 Bear Tavern Road,
West Trenton, NJ 08628, Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Assessment and Delivery of
Safety Funding at the Local Level.
Type of request: New information
collection requirement.
Background: The Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient, Transportation
Equity Act: A Legacy for Users
(SAFETEA–LU), 23 U.S.C. 148,
established the Highway Safety
Improvement Program (HSIP) as a core
Federal-aid Highway Program. The
overall purpose of this program is to
achieve a significant reduction in traffic
fatalities and serious injuries on all
public roads through the
implementation of infrastructure-related
highway safety improvements. Using
Federal and State funds to assist local
agencies in improving safety on local
roads is critical for reducing fatalities
and serious injuries. However, State and
local agencies face many challenges and
barriers when identifying, prioritizing,
developing, and implementing safety
projects on local roads.
The requested information collection,
in the form of an on-line survey tool,
will be used to evaluate the extent,
practices and processes State
Departments of Transportation (DOTs)
use to deliver or apply safety funding
resources to local agencies for road
safety improvement projects. The survey
will also help identify challenges and
barriers State DOTs and local agencies
face when developing and
implementing local road safety projects.
Survey respondents will be asked to
provide information about training,
technical support, and human resources
provided to, or on behalf of local
agencies, to assist in the identification,
analysis, development, evaluation, and
implementation of local road safety
improvement projects. Respondents will
also be asked to identify any challenges
or barriers States and local agencies face
when attempting to provide funding and
other resources for local road safety
projects.
Certain survey respondents will also
be asked to provide feedback on Federal
or State fiscal year expenditures applied
to local road safety improvement
projects over a three-year period and
any methodologies used to identify a
specific dollar amount or percentage of
funds set aside for local road safety
improvement projects.
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The information will allow FHWA to
assess the extent to which states are
providing funds to local agencies for
safety projects and to identify human
resources and technical assistance states
need in order to overcome barriers and
challenges to developing and
implementing local road safety
improvement projects.
The survey will also help FHWA
identify noteworthy practices that can
be implemented in other States, with
the ultimate goal of improving highway
safety outcomes across the Nation.
Respondents: State DOTs.
Frequency: One time.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: Approximately 5 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: The total burden for this
collection would be approximately 250
hours.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the U.S.
DOT’s performance, including whether
the information will have practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the U.S.
DOT’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, usefulness,
and clarity of the collected information;
and (4) ways that the burden could be
minimized, including the use of
electronic technology, without reducing
the quality of the collected information.
The agency will summarize and/or
include your comments in the request
for OMB’s clearance of this information
collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: March 21, 2012.
Juli Huynh,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis
Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA–2012–
0033]
Proposed Information Collection;
Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping
Requirements
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation.
AGENCY:
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Request for public comment on
proposed collection of information.
ACTION:
Before a Federal agency can
collect certain information from the
public, it must receive approval from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). Under procedures established
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, before seeking OMB approval,
Federal agencies must solicit public
comment on proposed collections of
information, including extensions and
reinstatement of previously approved
collections.
This document describes one
collection of information for which
NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before May 29, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Comments must refer to the
docket notice numbers cited at the
beginning of this notice and be
submitted to Docket Management
Facility: U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC
20590–0001. Please identify the
proposed collection of information
before a comment is provided, by
referencing its OMB Clearance Number.
It is requested, but not required, that 2
copies of the comment be provided. The
Docket Section is open on weekdays
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Complete copies of each request for
collection of information may be
obtained at no charge from Sean H.
McLaurin, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Room W55–336, NVS–420,
Washington, DC 20590. Mr. McLaurin’s
telephone number is (202) 366–4800.
Please identify the relevant collection of
information by referring to its OMB
Control Number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
before an agency submits a proposed
collection of information to OMB for
approval, it must first publish a
document in the Federal Register
providing a 60-day comment period and
otherwise consult with members of the
public and affected agencies concerning
each proposed collection of information.
The OMB has regulations describing
what must be included in such a
document. Under OMB’s regulation (at
5CFR 1320.8(d)), an agency must ask for
public comment on the following:
(i.) 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;
SUMMARY:
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(ii.) The accuracy the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(iii.) How to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
(iv.) How to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g. permitting
electronic submission of responses.
In compliance with these
requirements, NHTSA asks for public
comments on the following proposed
collections of information:
Title: Extension of Clearance.
OMB Control Number: 2127–0001.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Government.
Form Number: This collection of
information uses no standard form.
Abstract: The purpose of the NDR is
to assist States and other authorized
users in obtaining information about
problem drivers. State motor vehicle
agencies submit and use the information
for driver licensing purposes. Other
users obtain the information for
transportation safety purposes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 2,847
hours.
Number of Respondents: The number
of respondents is 51—the 50 States and
the District of Columbia.
Comments are invited on: Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; the accuracy of
the Department’s estimate of the burden
of the proposed information collection;
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondent, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Issued on March 22, 2012.
Terry Shelton,
Associate Administrator for the National
Center for Statistics and Analysis.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. FD 35608]
North Louisiana & Arkansas Railroad,
Inc.—Lease and Operation
Exemption—Line of Southeastern
Arkansas Economic Development
District
North Louisiana & Arkansas Railroad,
Inc. (NLA), a Class III rail carrier, has
filed a verified notice of exemption
under 49 CFR 1150.41 to lease from
Southeastern Arkansas Economic
Development District (SAEDD), a
noncarrier political subdivision of the
State of Arkansas, and to operate, a 21.8mile line of railroad extending between
milepost 433.0 at or near Lake Village in
Chicot County, Ark., and milepost 454.8
at or near the Louisiana/Arkansas
border.
NLA states that, at the present time,
the 21.8-mile line is impassable, but
once Board authorization of the lease
has been obtained and rehabilitation of
the line has been completed, it will
commence operations. NLA also states
that it will interchange traffic with the
Union Pacific Railroad Company,
Arkansas Midland Railroad Company
and Delta Southern Railroad.
According to NLA, the initial term of
the lease agreement shall be for a 20year period, beginning on the effective
date of the Board’s decision that
approves the proposed transaction. NLA
states that the lease does not involve
any provision or agreement that would
limit future interchange with a thirdparty connecting carrier. NLA has
included a copy of the lease agreement
as part of its filing.
The earliest the transaction can be
consummated is April 11, 2012, the
effective date of the exemption (30 days
after the exemption was filed).
NLA certifies that its projected annual
revenues as a result of this transaction
will not exceed those that would qualify
it as a Class III rail carrier. NLA further
certifies that its projected annual
revenues as a result of this transaction
will not exceed $5 million.
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the
exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d)
may be filed at any time. The filing of
a petition to revoke will not
automatically stay the effectiveness of
the exemption. Stay petitions must be
filed no later than April 4, 2012 (at least
7 days before the exemption becomes
effective).
An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD
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35608, must be filed with the Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20423–0001. In
addition, one copy of each pleading
must be served on Richard H. Streeter,
Law Office of Richard H. Streeter, 5255
Partridge Lane NW., Washington, DC
20016.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at
‘‘www.stb.dot.gov.’’
Decided: March 23, 2012.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Raina S. White,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. FD 35597]
Nittany & Bald Eagle Railroad
Company—Temporary Trackage
Rights Exemption—Norfolk Southern
Railway Company
Norfolk Southern Railway Company
(NSR), pursuant to a written trackage
rights agreement dated February 3,
2012, has agreed to grant nonexclusive
overhead temporary trackage rights to
Nittany & Bald Eagle Railroad Company
(N&BE), between Lock Haven, Pa.
(milepost BR 194.2) and Driftwood, Pa.
(milepost BR 139.2), a distance of
approximately 55 miles.1
The transaction may be consummated
on or after April 11, 2012, and the
temporary trackage rights are scheduled
to expire on December 30, 2012. The
purpose of the temporary trackage rights
is to allow N&BE to operate bridge train
service for temporary, seasonal traffic
originating on the N&BE for delivery to
an off-line destination.
As a condition to this exemption, any
employees affected by the acquisition of
the temporary trackage rights will be
protected by the conditions imposed in
Norfolk and Western Railway—
Trackage Rights—Burlington Northern,
Inc., 354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified
in Mendocino Coast Railway—Lease
and Operate—California Western
Railroad, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980), and any
employees affected by the
discontinuance of those trackage rights
will be protected by the conditions set
1 A redacted, executed trackage rights agreement
between NSR and N&BE was filed with the notice
of exemption. The unredacted version was
concurrently filed under seal along with a motion
for protective order, which will be addressed in a
separate decision.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA-2012-0033]
Proposed Information Collection; Reports, Forms, and Record
Keeping Requirements
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Request for public comment on proposed collection of
information.
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SUMMARY: Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from
the public, it must receive approval from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB). Under procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, before seeking OMB approval, Federal agencies must solicit
public comment on proposed collections of information, including
extensions and reinstatement of previously approved collections.
This document describes one collection of information for which
NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 29, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Comments must refer to the docket notice numbers cited at
the beginning of this notice and be submitted to Docket Management
Facility: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-
0001. Please identify the proposed collection of information before a
comment is provided, by referencing its OMB Clearance Number. It is
requested, but not required, that 2 copies of the comment be provided.
The Docket Section is open on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Complete copies of each request for
collection of information may be obtained at no charge from Sean H.
McLaurin, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W55-336, NVS-420,
Washington, DC 20590. Mr. McLaurin's telephone number is (202) 366-
4800. Please identify the relevant collection of information by
referring to its OMB Control Number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
before an agency submits a proposed collection of information to OMB
for approval, it must first publish a document in the Federal Register
providing a 60-day comment period and otherwise consult with members of
the public and affected agencies concerning each proposed collection of
information. The OMB has regulations describing what must be included
in such a document. Under OMB's regulation (at 5CFR 1320.8(d)), an
agency must ask for public comment on the following:
(i.) 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;
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(ii.) The accuracy the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(iii.) How to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected;
(iv.) How to minimize the burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond including the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g. permitting electronic
submission of responses.
In compliance with these requirements, NHTSA asks for public
comments on the following proposed collections of information:
Title: Extension of Clearance.
OMB Control Number: 2127-0001.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Form Number: This collection of information uses no standard form.
Abstract: The purpose of the NDR is to assist States and other
authorized users in obtaining information about problem drivers. State
motor vehicle agencies submit and use the information for driver
licensing purposes. Other users obtain the information for
transportation safety purposes.
Estimated Annual Burden: 2,847 hours.
Number of Respondents: The number of respondents is 51--the 50
States and the District of Columbia.
Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Department, including whether the information will have practical
utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of information on respondent, including
the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Issued on March 22, 2012.
Terry Shelton,
Associate Administrator for the National Center for Statistics and
Analysis.
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