Notice and Request for Comments, 35411 [2014-14479]

Agencies

• Surface Transportation Board
• DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 119 (Friday, June 20, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 35411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14479]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board


Notice and Request for Comments

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, DOT.

ACTION: 30-day notice of request for approval for extension: 
Applications for Land-Use-Exemption Permits.

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, 
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501-
3519 (PRA), the Surface Transportation Board (Board) gives notice that 
it is requesting from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
approval of an extension of the information collection--Applications 
for Land-Use-Exemption Permits (for Solid Waste Rail Transfer 
Facilities)--further described below. The Board previously published a 
notice about this collection in the Federal Register on April 11, 2014, 
at 79 FR 20304. That notice allowed for a 60-day public review and 
comment period. No comments were received.
    Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10501(c)(2), as amended by the Clean 
Railroads Act of 2008 (CRA), the Board issued rules in Solid Waste Rail 
Transfer Facilities, EP 684 (served on March 24, 2011). Under these 
rules, a person seeking a land-use-exemption permit must file an 
application including (1) substantial facts and argument as to why a 
permit is necessary and (2) as required by the National Environmental 
Policy Act, an environmental report and/or an environmental impact 
statement.
    Under 49 CFR 1155.20, an applicant is required to file a notice of 
intent to apply for a land-use-exemption permit before filing its 
application. A suggested form for this notice may be found in Appendix 
A to part 1155. Further, under 49 CFR 1155.21(e), an application must 
include a draft Federal Register notice. A suggested form for the draft 
Federal Register notice may be found at Appendix B to part 1155.
    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 the collection 
of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions 
of the Board, including whether the collection has practical utility. 
Submitted comments will be summarized and included in the Board's 
request for OMB approval.

Description of Collection

    Title: Applications for Land-Use-Exemption Permits.
    OMB Control Number: 2140-0018.
    STB Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension without change.
    Respondents: Any applicant seeking a land-use-exemption permit.
    Number of Respondents: One.
    Estimated Time per Response: 160 hours.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours (annually including all respondents): 160 hours.
    Total ``Non-hour Burden'' Cost: An estimated $200,000 to hire an 
environmental consultant to work with Board staff on the required 
environmental report.
    Needs and Uses: This collection is needed to develop a record in 
land-use-exemption-permit proceedings, a process mandated by Congress 
in the CRA. The Board uses the information in this collection to 
accurately assess the merits of a permit application.
    Retention Period: Information in this report will be maintained on 
the Board's Web site for a minimum of one year and will be otherwise 
maintained until transferred to NARA as a permanent record.

DATES: Comments on this information collection should be submitted by 
July 28, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be identified as ``Paperwork 
Reduction Act Comments, Surface Transportation Board, Applications for 
Land-Use-Exemption Permits.'' These comments should be directed to the 
Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Attention: Patrick Fuchs, Surface Transportation Board Desk 
Officer, by email at by fax at (202) 395-6974; or by mail to Room 
10235, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information regarding the 
Applications for Land-Use-Exemption Permits, contact Danielle Gosselin 
at (202) 245-0300 or Gosselind@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 
or requests that persons submit reports, keep records, or provide 
information to the agency, third parties, or the public. Section 
3507(b) of the PRA requires, 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: June 17, 2014.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2014-14479 Filed 6-19-14; 8:45 am]
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