Agency Information Collection Activity; Notice of Request for Public Comment and Submission to OMB for Information Collection: Confidential Close Call Reporting for Transit Rail System, 11732-11733 [2013-03694]
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Basis for Renewing Exemptions
Under 49 U.S.C. 31315(b)(1), an
exemption may be granted for no longer
than two years from its approval date
and may be renewed upon application
for additional two year periods. In
accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and
31315, each of the 12 applicants has
satisfied the entry conditions for
obtaining an exemption from the vision
requirements (71 FR 63379; 72 FR 1050;
72 FR 180; 72 FR 9397; 73 FR 75803; 74
FR 6209; 74 FR 6211; 74 FR 980; 75 FR
72863; 76 FR 2190; 76 FR 4413; 76 FR
4414; 76 FR 9865). Each of these 12
applicants has requested renewal of the
exemption and has submitted evidence
showing that the vision in the better eye
continues to meet the requirement
specified at 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10) and
that the vision impairment is stable. In
addition, a review of each record of
safety while driving with the respective
vision deficiencies over the past two
years indicates each applicant continues
to meet the vision exemption
requirements.
These factors provide an adequate
basis for predicting each driver’s ability
to continue to drive safely in interstate
commerce. Therefore, FMCSA
concludes that extending the exemption
for each renewal applicant for a period
of two years is likely to achieve a level
of safety equal to that existing without
the exemption.
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Request for Comments
FMCSA will review comments
received at any time concerning a
particular driver’s safety record and
determine if the continuation of the
exemption is consistent with the
requirements at 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and
31315. However, FMCSA requests that
interested parties with specific data
concerning the safety records of these
drivers submit comments by March 21,
2013.
FMCSA believes that the
requirements for a renewal of an
exemption under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and
31315 can be satisfied by initially
granting the renewal and then
requesting and evaluating, if needed,
subsequent comments submitted by
interested parties. As indicated above,
the Agency previously published
notices of final disposition announcing
its decision to exempt these 12
individuals from the vision requirement
in 49 CFR 391.41(b)(10). The final
decision to grant an exemption to each
of these individuals was made on the
merits of each case and made only after
careful consideration of the comments
received to its notices of applications.
The notices of applications stated in
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detail the qualifications, experience,
and medical condition of each applicant
for an exemption from the vision
requirements. That information is
available by consulting the above cited
Federal Register publications.
Interested parties or organizations
possessing information that would
otherwise show that any, or all, of these
drivers are not currently achieving the
statutory level of safety should
immediately notify FMCSA. The
Agency will evaluate any adverse
evidence submitted and, if safety is
being compromised or if continuation of
the exemption would not be consistent
with the goals and objectives of 49
U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315, FMCSA will
take immediate steps to revoke the
exemption of a driver.
Issued on: January 31, 2013.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Innovative Technology
Administration
[Docket Number: RITA–2008–0002]
Agency Information Collection
Activity; Notice of Request for Public
Comment and Submission to OMB for
Information Collection: Confidential
Close Call Reporting for Transit Rail
System
Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS), Research and
Innovative Technology Administration
(RITA), U.S. Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
BTS announces its plan to submit the
Information Collection Request (ICR)
described below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
approval. On November 5, 2012, BTS
published a Federal Register notice (77
FR 66502), allowing for a 60-day
comment period on the ICR. The
comment period closed on January 4,
2013. The agency received one
comment, from the National Safety
Council (NSC), Docket Comment RITA–
2008–0002–0037, in response to the
notice which supported the need for the
information collection. The NSC
comment stated they agreed with BTS
that ’’ there is a need for proper data
collection and analysis on close calls
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and other unsafe occurrences in the
WMATA rail system.’’ The purpose of
this Notice is to allow 30 days for public
comment to OMB on this collection
from all interested individuals and
organizations.
Written comments should be
submitted by March 21, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Demetra V. Collia, Bureau of
Transportation Statistics, Research and
Innovative Technology Administration,
U.S. Department of Transportation,
Office of Advanced Studies, RTS–31,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590–0001; Phone No.
(202) 366–1610; Fax No. (202) 366–
3383; email: demetra.collia@dot.gov.
Data Confidentiality Provisions: The
confidentiality of Close Call data is
protected under the BTS confidentiality
statute (49 U.S.C. 6307) and the
Confidential Information Protection and
Statistical Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) of
2002 (Pub. L. 107–347, Title V). In
accordance with these confidentiality
statutes, only statistical and nonidentifying data will be made publicly
available through any reports. BTS will
not release to WMATA/ATU or any
other public or private entity any
information that might reveal the
identity of individuals or organizations
mentioned in close call reports without
explicit consent of the respondent.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
I. The Data Collection
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. chapter 35; as amended) and
5 CFR part 1320 require each Federal
agency to obtain OMB approval to
initiate an information collection
activity. BTS is seeking OMB approval
for the following BTS information
collection activity:
Title: Confidential Close Call
Reporting for Transit Rail System
OMB Control Number: TBD.
Type of Review: Approval of data
collection.
Respondents: WMATA rail
employees.
Number of Respondents: 400 (per
annum).
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Frequency: Intermittent for 5 years.
(Reports are submitted when there is a
qualifying event, i.e., when a close call
occurs within WMATA’s rail system).
Total Annual Burden: 400 hours.
ADDRESSES: The agency seeks public
comments on its proposed information
collection. Comments should address
whether the information will have
practical utility; the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection; ways
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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 respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Send comments to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, 725–
17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503,
Attention: BTS Desk Officer.
Issued on: February 11, 2013.
Patricia Hu,
Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics,
Research and Innovative Technology
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 290 (Sub-No. 334X)]
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Norfolk Southern Railway Company—
Abandonment Exemption—in Calhoun
County, AL
Norfolk Southern Railway Company
(NSR) has filed a verified notice of
exemption under 49 CFR pt. 1152
subpart F–Exempt Abandonments to
abandon approximately 1.81 miles of
rail line extending between former
Eastern Alabama Railway milepost LAM
508.08 (near the intersection of W. 10th
and Pipe Streets) and milepost LAM
509.89 (to the east of the eastern end of
W. 30th Street), in Anniston, in Calhoun
County, Ala. The line traverses United
States Postal Service Zip Code 36201.
NSR has certified that: (1) No local
traffic has moved over the line for at
least two years; (2) no overhead traffic
has moved over the line; (3) no formal
complaint filed by a user of rail service
on the line (or by a state or local
government entity acting on behalf of
such user) regarding cessation of service
over the line either is pending with the
Surface Transportation Board (Board) or
with any U.S. District Court or has been
decided in favor of complainant within
the two-year period; and (4) the
requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7(c)
(environmental report), 49 CFR 1105.11
(transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12
(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR
1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental
agencies) have been met.
As a condition to this exemption, any
employee adversely affected by the
abandonment shall be protected under
Oregon Short Line Railroad—
Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch
Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham &
Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C.
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91 (1979). To address whether this
condition adequately protects affected
employees, a petition for partial
revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d)
must be filed.
Provided no formal expression of
intent to file an offer of financial
assistance (OFA) has been received, this
exemption will be effective on March
21, 2013, unless stayed pending
reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do
not involve environmental issues,1
formal expressions of intent to file an
OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),2 and
trail use/rail banking requests under 49
CFR 1152.29 must be filed by March 1,
2013. Petitions to reopen or requests for
public use conditions under 49 CFR
1152.28 must be filed by March 11,
2013, with the Surface Transportation
Board, 395 E Street SW., Washington,
DC 20423–0001.
A copy of any petition filed with the
Board should be sent to NSR’s
representative: Robert A. Wimbish, 2401
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite 300,
Washington, DC 20037.
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio.
NSR has filed a combined
environmental and historic report that
addresses the effects, if any, of the
abandonment on the environment and
historic resources. OEA will issue an
environmental assessment (EA) by
February 22, 2013. Interested persons
may obtain a copy of the EA by writing
to OEA (Room 1100, Surface
Transportation Board, Washington, DC
20423–0001) or by calling OEA at (202)
245–0305. Assistance for the hearing
impaired is available through the
Federal Information Relay Service at
(800) 877–8339. Comments on
environmental and historic preservation
matters must be filed within 15 days
after the EA becomes available to the
public.
Environmental, historic preservation,
public use, or trail use/rail banking
conditions will be imposed, where
appropriate, in a subsequent decision.
Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR
1152.29(e)(2), NSR shall file a notice of
consummation with the Board to signify
that it has exercised the authority
1 The Board will grant a stay if an informed
decision on environmental issues (whether raised
by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental
Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation)
cannot be made before the exemption’s effective
date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. Rail Lines, 5
I.C.C. 2d 377 (1989). Any request for a stay should
be filed as soon as possible so that the Board may
take appropriate action before the exemption’s
effective date.
2 Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing
fee, which is currently set at $1,600. See 49 CFR
1002.2(f)(25).
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granted and fully abandoned the line. If
consummation has not been effected by
NSR’s filing of a notice of
consummation by February 19, 2014,
and there are no legal or regulatory
barriers to consummation, the authority
to abandon will automatically expire.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at
www.stb.dot.gov.
Decided: February 13, 2013.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Derrick A. Gardner,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 1000 (Sub-No. 2X); Docket
No. AB 290 (Sub-No. 344X)]
Georgia Southwestern Railroad, Inc.—
Discontinuance of Service
Exemption—in Chattahoochee, Marion,
and Schley Counties, GA.; Central of
Georgia Railroad Company—
Discontinuance of Service
Exemption—in Chattahoochee, Marion,
and Schley Counties, GA
Central of Georgia Railroad Company
(CGA) and Georgia Southwestern
Railroad, Inc. (GSWR) (collectively,
applicants) have jointly filed a verified
notice of exemption under 49 CFR part
1152 subpart F—Exempt Abandonments
and Discontinuances of Service for each
carrier to discontinue service over
approximately 33 miles of rail line
between milepost 12.0 at or near
Ochillee and milepost 45.0 near
Ellaville, in Chattahoochee, Marion, and
Schley Counties, GA (the line).
Applicants state that the line is a
portion of a CGA-owned rail line
extending between Ochillee and
milepost 61.5 in Americus, GA, that is
leased to GSWR. The line traverses
United States Postal Service Zip Codes
31803, 31805, 31806, and 31905.
Applicants have certified that: (1) No
local traffic has moved over the line for
at least two years; (2) no overhead traffic
has moved over the line for at least two
years and overhead traffic, if any, could
be transported over other rail routes; (3)
no formal complaint filed by a user of
rail service on the line (or by a state or
local government entity acting on behalf
of such user) regarding cessation of
service over the line either is pending
with the Surface Transportation Board
or with any U.S. District Court or has
been decided in favor of complainant
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Innovative Technology Administration
[Docket Number: RITA-2008-0002]
Agency Information Collection Activity; Notice of Request for
Public Comment and Submission to OMB for Information Collection:
Confidential Close Call Reporting for Transit Rail System
AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and
Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A)
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, BTS announces its plan to
submit the Information Collection Request (ICR) described below to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. On November 5,
2012, BTS published a Federal Register notice (77 FR 66502), allowing
for a 60-day comment period on the ICR. The comment period closed on
January 4, 2013. The agency received one comment, from the National
Safety Council (NSC), Docket Comment RITA-2008-0002-0037, in response
to the notice which supported the need for the information collection.
The NSC comment stated they agreed with BTS that '' there is a need for
proper data collection and analysis on close calls and other unsafe
occurrences in the WMATA rail system.'' The purpose of this Notice is
to allow 30 days for public comment to OMB on this collection from all
interested individuals and organizations.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by March 21, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Demetra V. Collia, Bureau of
Transportation Statistics, Research and Innovative Technology
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of Advanced
Studies, RTS-31, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001;
Phone No. (202) 366-1610; Fax No. (202) 366-3383; email:
demetra.collia@dot.gov.
Data Confidentiality Provisions: The confidentiality of Close Call
data is protected under the BTS confidentiality statute (49 U.S.C.
6307) and the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical
Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-347, Title V). In
accordance with these confidentiality statutes, only statistical and
non-identifying data will be made publicly available through any
reports. BTS will not release to WMATA/ATU or any other public or
private entity any information that might reveal the identity of
individuals or organizations mentioned in close call reports without
explicit consent of the respondent.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. The Data Collection
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35; as
amended) and 5 CFR part 1320 require each Federal agency to obtain OMB
approval to initiate an information collection activity. BTS is seeking
OMB approval for the following BTS information collection activity:
Title: Confidential Close Call Reporting for Transit Rail System
OMB Control Number: TBD.
Type of Review: Approval of data collection.
Respondents: WMATA rail employees.
Number of Respondents: 400 (per annum).
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Frequency: Intermittent for 5 years. (Reports are submitted when
there is a qualifying event, i.e., when a close call occurs within
WMATA's rail system).
Total Annual Burden: 400 hours.
ADDRESSES: The agency seeks public comments on its proposed information
collection. Comments should address whether the information will have
practical utility; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden
of the proposed information collection; ways
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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 respondents, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology. Send comments to
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management
and Budget, 725-17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: BTS
Desk Officer.
Issued on: February 11, 2013.
Patricia Hu,
Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Research and Innovative
Technology Administration.
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