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Estimated Total Annual Burden:
6,544 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 December
13, 2013.
Rebecca Pennington,
Chief Financial Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013–30363 Filed 12–20–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2013–0002–N–24]
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), United States
Department of Transportation (USDOT).
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
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 February 21, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on any or all of the following proposed
activities by mail to either: Ms. Janet
Wylie 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 acknowledge receipt of
their respective comments must include
a self-addressed stamped postcard
stating, ‘‘Comments on OMB control
number 2130–0580.’’ Alternatively,
comments may be transmitted via
facsimile to (202) 493–6170, or via email
to Ms. Wylie at janet.wylie@dot.gov, or
to Ms. Toone at Kim.Toone@dot.gov.
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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: Ms.
Janet Wylie, Office of Information and
Technology, RAD–20, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave.
SE., Mail Stop 35, Washington, DC
20590 (telephone: (202) 493–6353) 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. FRA reasons that
comments received will advance three
objectives: (i) Reduce reporting burdens;
(ii) ensure that it organizes information
collection requirements in a ‘‘user
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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: Notice of Funding Availability
and Solicitations of Applications for
Grants under the Railroad Rehabilitation
and Repair Grant Program.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0580.
Abstract: The Consolidated Security,
Disaster Assistance, and Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2009 (Pub. L. 110–
329; September 30, 2008), established
the Railroad Rehabilitation and Repair
Program, making Federal funds
available directly to States. This
Program allowed grants to fund up to 80
percent of the cost of rehabilitation and
repairs to Class II and Class III railroad
infrastructure damaged by hurricanes,
floods, and other natural disasters in
areas that are located in counties that
have been identified in a Disaster
Declaration for Public Assistance by the
President under title IV of the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act of 1974. Funding was
made available on a reimbursement
basis for costs incurred after a major
disaster declaration that was made
between January 1, 2008 and the date of
the publication of the notice of funding
availability in the counties covered by
such a declaration. Rehabilitation and
repairs include rights-of-way, bridges,
signals, and other infrastructure which
is part of the general railroad system of
transportation and primarily used by
railroads to move freight traffic.
FRA recently revised this Information
Collection Request (ICR) to allow for the
submission of additional grants under
this program based on the Notice of
Funding Availability published by FRA
on 10/13/2013 and the emergency
clearance request approved by OMB on
11/05/2013. Any grants submitted as
part of this previous ICR were due by
December 9, 2013. Therefore, this
revision no longer includes any burden
hours for the application process, as no
new applications are being accepted at
this time.
Due to the nature of these disaster
assistance funds, current economic
conditions, and the various States need
for immediate assistance to vital freight
transportation pathways and the
important role these sectors of
transportation play in the overall
national economy, FRA is requesting
OMB to extend this ICR in order to
manage the current grants obligated
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under this program until the remaining
grants have properly closed-out and are
completed.
Form Number(s): SF–425, SF–271,
SF–270.
Affected Public: Railroads, businesses,
States/Local governments.
Reporting Burden: Close-out
procedures.
Respondent Universe: 49.
Total Annual Responses: 6.
Average Time per Response: 84.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 504.
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 December 3,
2013.
Rebecca Pennington,
Chief Financial Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013–30364 Filed 12–20–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
Reports, Forms and Record Keeping
Requirements; Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below has been forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comment. The ICR describes
the nature of the information collections
and their expected burden. The Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period was published on February 27,
2012 (77 FR 11626). No comments were
received on this matter.
This document describes the
collection of information for which
NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval.
The collection of information described
is the ‘‘Consolidated Child Restraint
System Registration, Labeling and
Defect Notification.’’ (OMB Control
Number: 2127–0576)
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before January 22, 2014.
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Ms.
Cristina Echemendia at U.S. Department
of Transportation, NHTSA, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Room
W43–447, NVS–113, Washington, DC
20590. Mrs. Cristina Echemendia’s
telephone number is (202) 366–6345
and fax number is (202) 366–7002.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
Title: Consolidated Child Restraint
System Registration, Labeling and
Defect Notifications.
OMB Control Number: 2127–0576.
Type of Request: Label revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: A final rule published on
February 27, 2012 (77 FR 11626)
amended the Federal motor vehicle
safety standard for child restraint
systems (CRSs) to expand its
applicability to child restraints sold for
children weighing up to 80 pounds (lb).
The final rule also added a sentence to
the printed instructions and labeling of
certain CRSs (those that have internal
harnesses, and that are recommended
for older children). Currently, child
restraint manufacturers are required to
provide printed instructions with step
by-step information on how the restraint
is to be used. Without proper use, the
effectiveness of these systems is greatly
diminished. Each CRS must also have a
permanent label.1 A permanently
attached label gives ‘‘quicklook’’
information on whether the restraint
meets the safety requirements,
recommended installation and use, and
warnings against misuse. The requested
revision is to add a sentence to the
existing instructions brochure and
labeling that will inform the consumer
that the lower anchors of a Lower
Anchors and Tethers for Children
(LATCH) system may only be used for
children weighing ‘‘x’’ lb or less, where
the ‘‘x’’ value depends on the weight of
the CRS. The purpose of this label is to
reduce consumer confusion about using
LATCH, and to assure that the lower
anchors will be able to withstand the
forces generated by the child and CRS
in virtually all crashes.
Under the final rule, CRSs equipped
with internal harnesses to restrain the
child and with components to attach to
a child restraint anchorage system, will
be required to be labeled with a child
weight limit for using the lower anchors
1 FMVSS No. 213 also requires child restraint
manufacturers to provide owner-registration cards
and to keep records relating to owner registration
information, so that owners can be notified about
noncompliance or defect recall campaigns. These
owner registration requirements are not affected by
the final rule (77 FR 11626).
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to attach the child restraint to the
vehicle. The child weight limit depends
on the weight of the CRS. NHTSA
anticipates a change to the hour burden
or costs associated with the revised
child restraint labels and written
instructions. Child restraint
manufacturers produce, on average, a
total of approximately 4,500,000 child
restraints per year. The label would
apply to approximately 50 percent of
the total annual production (2,250,000
units). The hour burden associated with
the revised label consist of the child
restraint manufacturer: (1) Determining
the maximum allowable child weight
when using the lower LATCH anchor
attachments as a means of installation
and (2) adding this information on an
existing label and instruction manual.
We estimate 2 seconds of additional
burden per child restraint for the
determination of the maximum
allowable weight and the addition of the
information on the existing label and
instruction manual (2 sec × 2,250,000
units = 4,500,000 seconds = 1,250
hours).
Affected Public: Businesses,
Individuals and Households.
Estimated Additional Annual Burden:
1,250 hours.
Send comments, within 30
days, to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, 725 17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20503,
Attention NHTSA Desk Officer.
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 Departments 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 respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
A Comment to OMB is most effective if
OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication.
ADDRESSES:
Christopher J. Bonanti,
Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2013-0002-N-24]
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment
Request
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), United States Department
of Transportation (USDOT).
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 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 February 21, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on any or all of the following
proposed activities by mail to either: Ms. Janet Wylie 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 acknowledge receipt of their
respective comments must include a self-addressed stamped postcard
stating, ``Comments on OMB control number 2130-0580.'' Alternatively,
comments may be transmitted via facsimile to (202) 493-6170, or via
email to Ms. Wylie at janet.wylie@dot.gov, or to Ms. Toone at
Kim.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: Ms. Janet Wylie, Office of Information
and Technology, RAD-20, Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 New
Jersey Ave. SE., Mail Stop 35, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493-6353) 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. 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: Notice of Funding Availability and Solicitations of
Applications for Grants under the Railroad Rehabilitation and Repair
Grant Program.
OMB Control Number: 2130-0580.
Abstract: The Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 (Pub. L. 110-329; September 30,
2008), established the Railroad Rehabilitation and Repair Program,
making Federal funds available directly to States. This Program allowed
grants to fund up to 80 percent of the cost of rehabilitation and
repairs to Class II and Class III railroad infrastructure damaged by
hurricanes, floods, and other natural disasters in areas that are
located in counties that have been identified in a Disaster Declaration
for Public Assistance by the President under title IV of the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act of 1974. Funding
was made available on a reimbursement basis for costs incurred after a
major disaster declaration that was made between January 1, 2008 and
the date of the publication of the notice of funding availability in
the counties covered by such a declaration. Rehabilitation and repairs
include rights-of-way, bridges, signals, and other infrastructure which
is part of the general railroad system of transportation and primarily
used by railroads to move freight traffic.
FRA recently revised this Information Collection Request (ICR) to
allow for the submission of additional grants under this program based
on the Notice of Funding Availability published by FRA on 10/13/2013
and the emergency clearance request approved by OMB on 11/05/2013. Any
grants submitted as part of this previous ICR were due by December 9,
2013. Therefore, this revision no longer includes any burden hours for
the application process, as no new applications are being accepted at
this time.
Due to the nature of these disaster assistance funds, current
economic conditions, and the various States need for immediate
assistance to vital freight transportation pathways and the important
role these sectors of transportation play in the overall national
economy, FRA is requesting OMB to extend this ICR in order to manage
the current grants obligated
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under this program until the remaining grants have properly closed-out
and are completed.
Form Number(s): SF-425, SF-271, SF-270.
Affected Public: Railroads, businesses, States/Local governments.
Reporting Burden: Close-out procedures.
Respondent Universe: 49.
Total Annual Responses: 6.
Average Time per Response: 84.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 504.
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 December 3, 2013.
Rebecca Pennington,
Chief Financial Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-30364 Filed 12-20-13; 8:45 am]
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