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on the basis for exemption
determination, please refer to section IV
of the August 29, 2016 notice (81 FR
59266). Deb Carlson stated that the state
of Minnesota has no concerns with
issuing George R. Morehouse an
exemption. Additionally, Ms. Carlson
noted that Curtis L. Shannon has held
a CDL since April 25, 2015. FMCSA
does not require drivers to hold a CDL
and instead looks at each individual’s
experience driving CMVs, as defined in
part FR 390.5 in the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Regulations, and any
crashes and moving violations in their
driving history. For additional
information on the basis for exemption
determination, please refer to section II,
section III, and section IV of the August
29, 2016, notice (81 FR 59266).
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IV. Conclusion
Based upon its evaluation of the 18
exemption applications, FMCSA
exempts the following drivers from the
vision requirement in 49 CFR
391.41(b)(10), subject to the
requirements cited above 49 CFR
391.64(b):
Gregory M. Anderson (NY)
Richard D. Auger (CA)
Theodore N. Belcher (VA)
Darrin E. Bogert (NY)
Michael S. Buck (IN)
Jose D. Chavez (MD)
Philip J. Clements (WI)
Alfonso P. Echevarria (GA)
Samuel R. Graziano (PA)
Zagar E. Melvin (GA)
George R. Morehouse (MN)
Robert H. Nelson, III (VA)
Salvador Sanchez (CA)
Randal J. Shabloski (PA)
Curtis L. Shannon (MN)
Ricardo N. Vargas (CA)
Johnny Watson (GA)
Harold F. White, Jr. (SC)
In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e)
and 31315, each exemption will be valid
for 2 years unless revoked earlier by
FMCSA. The exemption will be revoked
if: (1) The person fails to comply with
the terms and conditions of the
exemption; (2) the exemption has
resulted in a lower level of safety than
was maintained before it was granted; or
(3) continuation of the exemption would
not be consistent with the goals and
objectives of 49 U.S.C. 31136 and 31315.
If the exemption is still effective at the
end of the 2-year period, the person may
apply to FMCSA for a renewal under
procedures in effect at that time.
Issued on: October 18, 2016.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2016–0002–N–24]
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), U.S. Department
of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its
implementing regulations, FRA seeks
approval of proposed information
collection activities listed below. Before
submitting these information collection
requests (ICRs) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
approval, FRA is soliciting public
comment on specific aspects of the
activities, which are identified in this
notice.
SUMMARY:
Comments must be received no
later than December 27, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on any or all of the following proposed
activities by mail to either: Mr. Robert
Brogan, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad
Safety, Regulatory Analysis Division,
Federal Railroad Administration, RRS–
21, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Mail
Stop 25, Washington, DC 20590; or Ms.
Kim Toone, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Information
Technology, RAD–20, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue 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—New.’’ Alternatively, comments
may be faxed to (202) 493–6216 or (202)
493–6497, or emailed to Mr. Brogan at
Robert.Brogan@dot.gov, or 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: Mr.
Robert Brogan, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad
Safety, Regulatory Safety Analysis
Division, RRS–21, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Mail Stop 25, Washington,
DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 493–6292)
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or Ms. Kim Toone, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Office of
Information Technology, RAD–20,
Federal Railroad Administration, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Mail Stop 35,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6132). (These telephone numbers
are not toll free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA,
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 to
allow comment on information
collection activities before seeking OMB
approval to implement them. 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: (1) Whether the
information collection activities are
necessary for FRA to properly execute
its functions, including whether the
activities will have practical utility; (2)
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; (3) ways for
FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information being
collected; and (4) ways for FRA to
minimize the burden of information
collection activities on the public by
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques and 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 that Federal
regulations mandate. In summary, FRA
reasons that comments received will
advance three objectives: (1) Reduce
reporting burdens; (2) ensure that it
organizes information collection
requirements in a ‘‘user-friendly’’ format
to improve the use of such information;
and (3) 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: Accident/Incident Reporting
and Recordkeeping.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0500.
Abstract: The collection of
information is due to the railroad
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accident reporting regulations in 49 CFR
part 225 that require railroads to submit
monthly reports summarizing collisions,
derailments, and certain other
accidents/incidents involving damages
above a periodically revised dollar
threshold, as well as certain injuries to
passengers, employees, and other
persons on railroad property. Because
the reporting requirements and the
information needed regarding each
category of accident/incident are
unique, a different form is used for each
category.
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Form Number(s): FRA F 6180.39i; 54;
55; 55A; 56; 57; 78; 81; 97; 98; 99;107;
150.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Respondent Universe: 790 railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
REPORTING BURDEN
Respondent universe
Total annual responses
Average time per
response
225.6—Consolidated Reporting—Request to
FRA by parent corporation to treat its commonly controlled carriers as a single railroad
carrier for purposes of this part.
—Written agreement by parent corporation with
FRA on specific subsidiaries included in its
railroad system.
—Notification by parent corporation regarding
any change in the subsidiaries making up its
railroad system and amended written agreement with FRA.
225.9—Telephonic Reports of Certain Accidents/Incidents and Other Events.
225.11—Reporting of Rail Equipment Accidents/Incidents—Form FRA F 6180.54.
225.12—Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Reports Alleging Human Factor as Cause—
Form FRA F 6180.81.
—Part I Form FRA F 6180.78 (Notices) ............
790 railroads ................
1 request ........................
40 hours .......................
40
790 railroads ................
1 agreement ..................
2 hours .........................
2
790 railroads ................
1 notification + 1 amended agreement.
60 minutes ...................
2
790 railroads ................
2,400 phone reports ......
15 minutes ...................
600
790 railroads ................
2,500 forms ....................
4,530
790 railroads ................
1,200 forms ....................
2 hours/1 hour/123 minutes.
15 minutes ...................
790 railroads ................
334
790 railroads ................
790 railroads ................
20 minutes ...................
15 minutes ...................
33
10
—Employee statement supplementing Railroad
Accident Report (Part II Form FRA F
6180.78).
—Employee confidential letter ............................
225.13—Late Reports—Railroad discovery of
improperly omitted Report of Accident/Incident.
—Railroad late/amended Report of Accident/Incident based on employee statement
supplementing Railroad Accident Report.
225.18—Railroad narrative report of possible alcohol/drug involvement in accident/incident.
—Reports required by section 219.209(b) appended to rail equipment accident/incident report.
225.19—Rail-Highway Grade Crossing Accident/Incident Report—Form FRA F 6180.57.
—Death, Injury, or Occupational Illness (Form
FRA F 6180.55a).
225.21—Railroad Injury and Illness Summary:
Form FRA F 6180.55.
225.21—Annual Railroad Report of Employee
Hours and Casualties, By State—Form FRA
F 6180.56.
225.21/25—Railroad Employee Injury and/or Illness Record—Form FRA F 6180.98.
—Copies of forms to employees ........................
225.21—Initial Rail Equipment Accident/Incident
Record—Form FRA F 6180.97.
—Completion of Form FRA F 6180.97 because
of rail equipment involvement.
225.21—Alternative
Record
for
Illnesses
Claimed to Be Work Related—Form FRA F
6180.107.
225.21—Highway User Statement—Railroad
cover letter and Form FRA F 6180.150 sent
out to potentially injured travelers involved in
a highway-rail grade crossing accident/incident.
Railroad employees .....
800 notices + 4,000 copies.
100 requests ..................
20 attachments + 20 notices.
60 statements ................
10 minutes + 3 minutes
—Joint operations ...............................................
—Late identification ............................................
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1.5 hours ......................
90
Railroad employees .....
790 railroads ................
10 letters ........................
25 late reports ...............
2 hours .........................
1 hour ...........................
20
25
790 railroads ................
25 amended reports +
40 copies.
1 hour + 3 minutes ......
27
790 railroads ................
12 reports ......................
30 minutes ...................
6
790 railroads ................
5 reports ........................
30 minutes ...................
3
790 railroads ................
2,100 forms ....................
2 hours/1 hour .............
4,000
790 railroads ................
3,243 forms ....................
60 min./60 min 195 min
3,700
790 railroads ................
9,480 forms ....................
10 minutes ...................
1,580
790 railroads ................
790 forms .......................
15 minutes ...................
198
790 railroads ................
13,700 forms ..................
60 minutes ...................
13,700
790 railroads ................
790 railroads ................
411 form copies .............
11,800 forms ..................
2 minutes .....................
30 minutes ...................
14
5,900
790 railroads ................
1 form ............................
30 minutes ...................
1
790 railroads ................
300 forms .......................
75 minutes ...................
375
790 railroads ................
950 letters/forms ............
50 minutes ...................
792
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burden hours
300
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Respondent universe
Total annual responses
Average time per
response
—Form FRA F 6180.150 completed by highway
user and sent back to railroad.
225.25 (h)—Posting of Monthly Summary .........
225.27—Retention of Records ...........................
—Record of Form FRA F 6180.107 ...................
—Record of Monthly Lists ..................................
—Record of Form FRA F 6180.97 .....................
—Record of Employee Human Factor Attachments.
225.33—Internal Control Plans—Amendments ..
225.35—Access to Records and Reports ..........
225.37—Optical Media Transfer of Reports, Updates, and Amendments.
—Electronic Submission of Reports, Updates,
and Amendments.
950 Injured Individuals
660 forms .......................
45 minutes ...................
495
790
790
790
790
790
790
................
................
................
................
................
................
9,480 lists ......................
13,700 records ...............
300 records ....................
9,480 records .................
11,800 records ...............
1,740 records .................
5
2
2
2
2
2
.....................
.....................
.....................
.....................
.....................
.....................
790
457
10
316
393
58
790 railroads ................
15 railroads ..................
8 railroads ....................
10 amendments .............
200 lists .........................
200 transfers ..................
6 hours .........................
20 minutes ...................
3 minutes .....................
60
67
10
790 railroads ................
2,400 submissions .........
3 minutes .....................
120
Total Responses: 103,976.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
39,058 hours.
Status: Extension of a Currently
Approved Collection.
Title: Railroad Communications.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0524.
Abstract: FRA amended its radio
standards and procedures to promote
compliance by making the regulations
railroads
railroads
railroads
railroads
railroads
railroads
more flexible; to require wireless
communications devices, including
radios, for specified classifications of
railroad operations and roadway
workers; and to retitle this part to reflect
its coverage of other means of wireless
communications such as cellular
telephones, data radio terminals, and
other forms of wireless communications
to convey emergency and need-to-know
minutes
minutes
minutes
minutes
minutes
minutes
Total annual
burden hours
information. The new rule establishes
safe, uniform procedures covering the
use of radio and other wireless
communications within the railroad
industry.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Respondent Universe: 725 railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
REPORTING BURDEN
Respondent universe
Total annual responses
Average time per
response
220.8—Waivers Petitions ...................................
220.25—Instruction of Employees ......................
725 railroads ................
725 railroads ................
6
45,500
725 railroads ................
10 minutes ...................
2,090
—Operational Testing of Employees ..................
220.37—Testing Radio and Wireless Communication Equipment.
220.61—Transmission of Mandatory Directives
—Marking Mandatory Directives ........................
220.307—Railroad Written Document Stating
Authorized Business Purpose for Taking
Video/Photo with Railroad-Supplied Electronic
Device.
—Safety Briefing for Use of Railroad-Supplied
Electronic Device in Cab of Controlling Locomotive.
220.313—Railroad Written Program of Instruction and Examination on Part 220 Requirements.
—Training of Railroad Employees on Part 220
Requirements.
—Employee Training Records ............................
725 railroads ................
725 railroads ................
6 petition letters .............
91,000 instructed employees.
12,5400 instructed employees.
100,000 tests/record ......
780,000 tests .................
60 minutes ...................
30 minutes ...................
—Subsequent Years ...........................................
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5 minutes .....................
30 seconds ..................
8,333
6,500
725 railroads ................
725 railroads ................
725 railroads ................
7,200,000 directives ......
624,000 marks ...............
10 written documents ....
1.5 minutes ..................
15 seconds ..................
60 minutes ...................
180,000
2,600
10
725 railroads ................
5,460,000 briefings ........
1 minute .......................
91,000
5 new railroads ............
5 amended written Instruction Programs.
60 minutes ...................
5
730 railroads ................
5,000 Trained Employees.
5,000 records .................
15 minutes ...................
1,250
5 minutes .....................
417
Total Responses: 14,277,567.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
337,717 hours.
Status: Extension of a Currently
Approved Collection.
Title: Safety Integration Plans.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0557.
Abstract: FRA and the Surface
Transportation Board, working in
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conjunction with each other, have
issued joint final rules establishing
procedures for the development and
implementation of safety integration
plans (SIPs) by a Class I railroad
proposing to engage in certain specified
merger, consolidation, or acquisition of
control transactions with another Class
I railroad, or a Class II railroad with
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burden hours
which it proposes to amalgamate
operations. The scope of the
transactions covered under the two
rules is the same. FRA uses the
information collected (the required
SIPs), to maintain and promote a safe
rail environment by ensuring that
affected railroads (Class Is and some
Class IIs) address critical safety issues
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unique to the amalgamation of large,
complex railroad operations.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Railroads.
Respondent Universe: Class I
railroads.
CFR section
Total annual responses
Respondent universe
244.13—Safety Integration Plans: Amalgamation of Operations.
—SIP Development & Quarterly Meetings .........
244.17—Procedures—Reports to FRA ..............
—Responses to FRA Inquiries Re: SIP data .....
—Coordination in Implementing Approved SIP ..
—Request for Confidential Treatment ................
244.19—Disposition—Comments on Proposed
SIP Amendments.
Total Responses: 60.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 528
hours.
Status: Extension of a Currently
Approved Collection.
Title: Passenger Train Emergency
Systems.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0576.
Abstract: The collection of
information is due to passenger train
emergency regulations in 49 CFR part
238 to further the safety of passenger
train occupants through both
enhancements and additions to FRA’s
existing regulations. In its final rule
issued on November 29, 2013 (see 78 FR
8
8
8
8
8
8
railroads
railroads
railroads
railroads
railroads
railroads
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
....................
....................
....................
....................
....................
....................
Average time per
response
1 plan .............................
25 reports ......................
6 responses ...................
25 phone calls ...............
1 request ........................
2 reports ........................
340 hours .....................
40 hours + 2 hours ......
8 hours .........................
10 minutes ...................
16 hours .......................
16 hours .......................
71785), FRA added requirements for
emergency passage through vestibule
and other interior passageway doors and
enhanced emergency egress and rescue
signage requirements. FRA also
established requirements for lowlocation emergency exit path markings
to assist occupants in reaching and
operating emergency exits, particularly
under conditions of limited visibility.
Moreover, FRA added standards to
ensure emergency lighting systems are
provided in all passenger cars and
enhanced requirements for the
survivability of emergency lighting
Total annual
burden hours
340
88
48
4
16
32
systems in new passenger cars. The
purpose of this part is to prevent
collisions, derailments, and other
occurrences involving railroad
passenger equipment that cause injury
or death to railroad employees, railroad
passengers, or the general public and to
mitigate the consequences of such
occurrences to the extent they cannot be
prevented.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Railroads/businesses.
Respondent Universe: 30 railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Average time per
response
238.112—Door Emergency Egress and Rescue
Access Systems—markings, signage, instructions.
—Passenger car exterior doors intended for
emergency access by responders marked
with retro-reflective material and instructions
provided for their use.
—Markings and instructions—interior door panels/windows.
—Testing of car door removable panels, removable windows, manual override devices, &
door retention mechanisms as part of periodic mechanical inspection—Record.
238.113—Emergency Window Exits—markings/
and instructions.
—Periodic testing of representative sample of
car emergency exit windows as part of periodic mechanical inspection—Record.
238.114—Rescue Access Windows—Markings
with retro-reflective material on each exterior
car.
238.121—Emergency Communication—Marking
of each intercom intended for passenger use
on new Tier I & Tier II passenger cars.
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30 railroads ..................
45,804 markings/signs/
instructions.
15 minutes ...................
11,451
30 railroads ..................
30,536 exterior door
markings.
15 minutes ...................
7,634
30 railroads ..................
15 minutes ...................
335
30 railroads ..................
1,340 marked panels/
windows.
17 tested cars/records ...
90 minutes ...................
26
30 railroads ..................
662 window markings ....
964
30 railroads ..................
17 tested cars/records ...
60 min./90 min./120
minutes.
30 minutes ...................
30 railroads ..................
1,092 access window
markings.
45 minutes ...................
819
30 railroads ..................
5 minutes .....................
10
238.303—Exterior calendar day mechanical inspection of passenger equipment: Replacement of missing, illegible, or inconspicuous
markings, signage, & instructions.
—Record of noncomplying marking, signage, or
instruction.
238.305—Interior calendar day mechanical inspection of passenger cars: Written notification to train crew of noncomplying condition
and posting notice on door of defective condition.
30 railroads ..................
116 marked intercom locations (58 new cars
with two locations per
car).
150 replacement required markings.
20 minutes ...................
50
150 noncompliance
records.
260 notifications + 260
notices.
2 minutes .....................
5
1 minute .......................
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Total annual
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30 railroads ..................
30 railroads ..................
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Average time per
response
Respondent universe
—Written notification to train crew of car with
non-functioning PA or intercom system.
—Record of noncomplying condition ..................
—Railroad written procedures for mitigating
hazards of noncomplying condition.
—Written notification to train crew of noncomplying condition.
238.307—Records of inspection, testing, and
maintenance of passenger car emergency
window exits.
—Replacement of missing, illegible, or inconspicuous emergency roof access markings/instructions on cars.
238.311—Single Car Test: Railroad copy of
APTA Standard (SS–M–005–98) for railroad
head trainer.
—Other railroad copies of APTA Standard ........
30 railroads ..................
300 written notifications
1 minute .......................
5
30 railroads ..................
30 railroads ..................
300 records ....................
30 written procedures ....
2 minutes .....................
40 hours .......................
10
1,200
30 railroads ..................
458 written notifications
2 minutes .....................
15
30 railroads ..................
7,634 inspection and
testing records.
5 minutes .....................
636
30 railroads ..................
32 required markings .....
20 minutes ...................
11
30 railroads ..................
30 APTA copies .............
15 minutes ...................
8
30 railroads ..................
360 copies (12 copies
per railroad).
2 minutes .....................
12
Total Responses: 89,780.
Estimated Annual Burden: 23,325
hours.
Status: Extension of a Currently
Approved Collection.
Under 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 CFR
1320.5(b), 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FRA informs
all interested parties 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 October 21,
2016.
Patrick Warren,
Acting Executive Director.
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[Docket No. NHTSA–2016–0102; Notice 1]
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.,
Receipt of Petition for Decision of
Inconsequential Noncompliance
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Receipt of petition.
AGENCY:
Volkswagen Group of
America , Inc. (Volkswagen), has
determined that certain model year
(MY) 2016 Volkswagen eGolf motor
vehicles do not fully comply with
paragraph S6.5.3.2 of Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No.
108, Lamps, reflective devices and
associated equipment. Volkswagen filed
a report dated September 16, 2016,
pursuant to 49 CFR part 573, Defect and
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burden hours
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Noncompliance Responsibility and
Reports. Volkswagen then petitioned
NHTSA under 49 CFR part 556 for a
decision that the subject noncompliance
is inconsequential as it relates to motor
vehicle safety.
DATES: The closing date for comments
on the petition is November 25, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written data, views,
and arguments on this petition.
Comments must refer to the docket and
notice number cited in the title of this
notice and submitted by any of the
following methods:
• Mail: Send comments by mail
addressed to U .S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, M–
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74496-74500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25893]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2016-0002-N-24]
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment
Request
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), U.S. Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its
implementing regulations, FRA seeks approval of proposed information
collection activities listed below. Before submitting these information
collection requests (ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for approval, FRA is soliciting public comment on specific aspects of
the activities, which are identified in this notice.
DATES: Comments must be received no later than December 27, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on any or all of the following
proposed activities by mail to either: Mr. Robert Brogan, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad Safety, Regulatory
Analysis Division, Federal Railroad Administration, RRS-21, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Mail Stop 25, Washington, DC 20590; or Ms. Kim
Toone, Information Collection Clearance Officer, Office of Information
Technology, RAD-20, Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue 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--New.'' Alternatively, comments may be faxed to (202) 493-
6216 or (202) 493-6497, or emailed to Mr. Brogan at
Robert.Brogan@dot.gov, or 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: Mr. Robert Brogan, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad Safety, Regulatory
Safety Analysis Division, RRS-21, Federal Railroad Administration, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Mail Stop 25, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone:
(202) 493-6292) or Ms. Kim Toone, Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Office of Information Technology, RAD-20, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Mail Stop 35, Washington,
DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 493-6132). (These telephone numbers are not
toll free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA, 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 to allow comment on information
collection activities before seeking OMB approval to implement them. 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: (1) Whether the information collection activities are
necessary for FRA to properly execute its functions, including whether
the activities will have practical utility; (2) 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; (3) ways for FRA to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information being collected; and (4) ways
for FRA to minimize the burden of information collection activities on
the public by automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques and 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 that Federal regulations mandate. In
summary, FRA reasons that comments received will advance three
objectives: (1) Reduce reporting burdens; (2) ensure that it organizes
information collection requirements in a ``user-friendly'' format to
improve the use of such information; and (3) 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: Accident/Incident Reporting and Recordkeeping.
OMB Control Number: 2130-0500.
Abstract: The collection of information is due to the railroad
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accident reporting regulations in 49 CFR part 225 that require
railroads to submit monthly reports summarizing collisions,
derailments, and certain other accidents/incidents involving damages
above a periodically revised dollar threshold, as well as certain
injuries to passengers, employees, and other persons on railroad
property. Because the reporting requirements and the information needed
regarding each category of accident/incident are unique, a different
form is used for each category.
Form Number(s): FRA F 6180.39i; 54; 55; 55A; 56; 57; 78; 81; 97;
98; 99;107; 150.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Respondent Universe: 790 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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225.6--Consolidated Reporting-- 790 railroads...... 1 request.......... 40 hours........... 40
Request to FRA by parent
corporation to treat its
commonly controlled carriers as
a single railroad carrier for
purposes of this part.
--Written agreement by parent 790 railroads...... 1 agreement........ 2 hours............ 2
corporation with FRA on specific
subsidiaries included in its
railroad system.
--Notification by parent 790 railroads...... 1 notification + 1 60 minutes......... 2
corporation regarding any change amended agreement.
in the subsidiaries making up
its railroad system and amended
written agreement with FRA.
225.9--Telephonic Reports of 790 railroads...... 2,400 phone reports 15 minutes......... 600
Certain Accidents/Incidents and
Other Events.
225.11--Reporting of Rail 790 railroads...... 2,500 forms........ 2 hours/1 hour/123 4,530
Equipment Accidents/Incidents-- minutes.
Form FRA F 6180.54.
225.12--Rail Equipment Accident/ 790 railroads...... 1,200 forms........ 15 minutes......... 300
Incident Reports Alleging Human
Factor as Cause--Form FRA F
6180.81.
--Part I Form FRA F 6180.78 790 railroads...... 800 notices + 4,000 10 minutes + 3 334
(Notices). copies. minutes.
--Joint operations............... 790 railroads...... 100 requests....... 20 minutes......... 33
--Late identification............ 790 railroads...... 20 attachments + 20 15 minutes......... 10
notices.
--Employee statement Railroad employees. 60 statements...... 1.5 hours.......... 90
supplementing Railroad Accident
Report (Part II Form FRA F
6180.78).
--Employee confidential letter... Railroad employees. 10 letters......... 2 hours............ 20
225.13--Late Reports--Railroad 790 railroads...... 25 late reports.... 1 hour............. 25
discovery of improperly omitted
Report of Accident/Incident.
--Railroad late/amended Report of 790 railroads...... 25 amended reports 1 hour + 3 minutes. 27
Accident/Incident based on + 40 copies.
employee statement supplementing
Railroad Accident Report.
225.18--Railroad narrative report 790 railroads...... 12 reports......... 30 minutes......... 6
of possible alcohol/drug
involvement in accident/incident.
--Reports required by section 790 railroads...... 5 reports.......... 30 minutes......... 3
219.209(b) appended to rail
equipment accident/incident
report.
225.19--Rail-Highway Grade 790 railroads...... 2,100 forms........ 2 hours/1 hour..... 4,000
Crossing Accident/Incident
Report--Form FRA F 6180.57.
--Death, Injury, or Occupational 790 railroads...... 3,243 forms........ 60 min./60 min 195 3,700
Illness (Form FRA F 6180.55a). min.
225.21--Railroad Injury and 790 railroads...... 9,480 forms........ 10 minutes......... 1,580
Illness Summary: Form FRA F
6180.55.
225.21--Annual Railroad Report of 790 railroads...... 790 forms.......... 15 minutes......... 198
Employee Hours and Casualties,
By State--Form FRA F 6180.56.
225.21/25--Railroad Employee 790 railroads...... 13,700 forms....... 60 minutes......... 13,700
Injury and/or Illness Record--
Form FRA F 6180.98.
--Copies of forms to employees... 790 railroads...... 411 form copies.... 2 minutes.......... 14
225.21--Initial Rail Equipment 790 railroads...... 11,800 forms....... 30 minutes......... 5,900
Accident/Incident Record--Form
FRA F 6180.97.
--Completion of Form FRA F 790 railroads...... 1 form............. 30 minutes......... 1
6180.97 because of rail
equipment involvement.
225.21--Alternative Record for 790 railroads...... 300 forms.......... 75 minutes......... 375
Illnesses Claimed to Be Work
Related--Form FRA F 6180.107.
225.21--Highway User Statement-- 790 railroads...... 950 letters/forms.. 50 minutes......... 792
Railroad cover letter and Form
FRA F 6180.150 sent out to
potentially injured travelers
involved in a highway-rail grade
crossing accident/incident.
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--Form FRA F 6180.150 completed 950 Injured 660 forms.......... 45 minutes......... 495
by highway user and sent back to Individuals.
railroad.
225.25 (h)--Posting of Monthly 790 railroads...... 9,480 lists........ 5 minutes.......... 790
Summary.
225.27--Retention of Records..... 790 railroads...... 13,700 records..... 2 minutes.......... 457
--Record of Form FRA F 6180.107.. 790 railroads...... 300 records........ 2 minutes.......... 10
--Record of Monthly Lists........ 790 railroads...... 9,480 records...... 2 minutes.......... 316
--Record of Form FRA F 6180.97... 790 railroads...... 11,800 records..... 2 minutes.......... 393
--Record of Employee Human Factor 790 railroads...... 1,740 records...... 2 minutes.......... 58
Attachments.
225.33--Internal Control Plans-- 790 railroads...... 10 amendments...... 6 hours............ 60
Amendments.
225.35--Access to Records and 15 railroads....... 200 lists.......... 20 minutes......... 67
Reports.
225.37--Optical Media Transfer of 8 railroads........ 200 transfers...... 3 minutes.......... 10
Reports, Updates, and Amendments.
--Electronic Submission of 790 railroads...... 2,400 submissions.. 3 minutes.......... 120
Reports, Updates, and Amendments.
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Total Responses: 103,976.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 39,058 hours.
Status: Extension of a Currently Approved Collection.
Title: Railroad Communications.
OMB Control Number: 2130-0524.
Abstract: FRA amended its radio standards and procedures to promote
compliance by making the regulations more flexible; to require wireless
communications devices, including radios, for specified classifications
of railroad operations and roadway workers; and to retitle this part to
reflect its coverage of other means of wireless communications such as
cellular telephones, data radio terminals, and other forms of wireless
communications to convey emergency and need-to-know information. The
new rule establishes safe, uniform procedures covering the use of radio
and other wireless communications within the railroad industry.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Respondent Universe: 725 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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220.8--Waivers Petitions......... 725 railroads...... 6 petition letters. 60 minutes......... 6
220.25--Instruction of Employees. 725 railroads...... 91,000 instructed 30 minutes......... 45,500
employees.
--Subsequent Years............... 725 railroads...... 12,5400 instructed 10 minutes......... 2,090
employees.
--Operational Testing of 725 railroads...... 100,000 tests/ 5 minutes.......... 8,333
Employees. record.
220.37--Testing Radio and 725 railroads...... 780,000 tests...... 30 seconds......... 6,500
Wireless Communication Equipment.
220.61--Transmission of Mandatory 725 railroads...... 7,200,000 1.5 minutes........ 180,000
Directives. directives.
--Marking Mandatory Directives... 725 railroads...... 624,000 marks...... 15 seconds......... 2,600
220.307--Railroad Written 725 railroads...... 10 written 60 minutes......... 10
Document Stating Authorized documents.
Business Purpose for Taking
Video/Photo with Railroad-
Supplied Electronic Device.
--Safety Briefing for Use of 725 railroads...... 5,460,000 briefings 1 minute........... 91,000
Railroad-Supplied Electronic
Device in Cab of Controlling
Locomotive.
220.313--Railroad Written Program 5 new railroads.... 5 amended written 60 minutes......... 5
of Instruction and Examination Instruction
on Part 220 Requirements. Programs.
--Training of Railroad Employees 730 railroads...... 5,000 Trained 15 minutes......... 1,250
on Part 220 Requirements. Employees.
--Employee Training Records...... 730 railroads...... 5,000 records...... 5 minutes.......... 417
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Total Responses: 14,277,567.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 337,717 hours.
Status: Extension of a Currently Approved Collection.
Title: Safety Integration Plans.
OMB Control Number: 2130-0557.
Abstract: FRA and the Surface Transportation Board, working in
conjunction with each other, have issued joint final rules establishing
procedures for the development and implementation of safety integration
plans (SIPs) by a Class I railroad proposing to engage in certain
specified merger, consolidation, or acquisition of control transactions
with another Class I railroad, or a Class II railroad with which it
proposes to amalgamate operations. The scope of the transactions
covered under the two rules is the same. FRA uses the information
collected (the required SIPs), to maintain and promote a safe rail
environment by ensuring that affected railroads (Class Is and some
Class IIs) address critical safety issues
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unique to the amalgamation of large, complex railroad operations.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Railroads.
Respondent Universe: Class I railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On occasion.
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Total annual Average time per Total annual
CFR section Respondent universe responses response burden hours
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244.13--Safety Integration Plans:
Amalgamation of Operations.
--SIP Development & Quarterly 8 railroads........ 1 plan............. 340 hours.......... 340
Meetings.
244.17--Procedures--Reports to 8 railroads........ 25 reports......... 40 hours + 2 hours. 88
FRA.
--Responses to FRA Inquiries Re: 8 railroads........ 6 responses........ 8 hours............ 48
SIP data.
--Coordination in Implementing 8 railroads........ 25 phone calls..... 10 minutes......... 4
Approved SIP.
--Request for Confidential 8 railroads........ 1 request.......... 16 hours........... 16
Treatment.
244.19--Disposition--Comments on 8 railroads........ 2 reports.......... 16 hours........... 32
Proposed SIP Amendments.
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Total Responses: 60.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 528 hours.
Status: Extension of a Currently Approved Collection.
Title: Passenger Train Emergency Systems.
OMB Control Number: 2130-0576.
Abstract: The collection of information is due to passenger train
emergency regulations in 49 CFR part 238 to further the safety of
passenger train occupants through both enhancements and additions to
FRA's existing regulations. In its final rule issued on November 29,
2013 (see 78 FR 71785), FRA added requirements for emergency passage
through vestibule and other interior passageway doors and enhanced
emergency egress and rescue signage requirements. FRA also established
requirements for low-location emergency exit path markings to assist
occupants in reaching and operating emergency exits, particularly under
conditions of limited visibility. Moreover, FRA added standards to
ensure emergency lighting systems are provided in all passenger cars
and enhanced requirements for the survivability of emergency lighting
systems in new passenger cars. The purpose of this part is to prevent
collisions, derailments, and other occurrences involving railroad
passenger equipment that cause injury or death to railroad employees,
railroad passengers, or the general public and to mitigate the
consequences of such occurrences to the extent they cannot be
prevented.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Railroads/businesses.
Respondent Universe: 30 railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On occasion.
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Total annual Average time per Total annual
CFR Section Respondent universe responses response burden hours
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238.112--Door Emergency Egress 30 railroads....... 45,804 markings/ 15 minutes......... 11,451
and Rescue Access Systems-- signs/instructions.
markings, signage, instructions.
--Passenger car exterior doors 30 railroads....... 30,536 exterior 15 minutes......... 7,634
intended for emergency access by door markings.
responders marked with retro-
reflective material and
instructions provided for their
use.
--Markings and instructions-- 30 railroads....... 1,340 marked panels/ 15 minutes......... 335
interior door panels/windows. windows.
--Testing of car door removable 30 railroads....... 17 tested cars/ 90 minutes......... 26
panels, removable windows, records.
manual override devices, & door
retention mechanisms as part of
periodic mechanical inspection--
Record.
238.113--Emergency Window Exits-- 30 railroads....... 662 window markings 60 min./90 min./120 964
markings/and instructions. minutes.
--Periodic testing of 30 railroads....... 17 tested cars/ 30 minutes......... 9
representative sample of car records.
emergency exit windows as part
of periodic mechanical
inspection--Record.
238.114--Rescue Access Windows-- 30 railroads....... 1,092 access window 45 minutes......... 819
Markings with retro-reflective markings.
material on each exterior car.
238.121--Emergency Communication-- 30 railroads....... 116 marked intercom 5 minutes.......... 10
Marking of each intercom locations (58 new
intended for passenger use on cars with two
new Tier I & Tier II passenger locations per car).
cars.
238.303--Exterior calendar day 30 railroads....... 150 replacement 20 minutes......... 50
mechanical inspection of required markings.
passenger equipment: Replacement
of missing, illegible, or
inconspicuous markings, signage,
& instructions.
--Record of noncomplying marking, 30 railroads....... 150 noncompliance 2 minutes.......... 5
signage, or instruction. records.
238.305--Interior calendar day 30 railroads....... 260 notifications + 1 minute........... 9
mechanical inspection of 260 notices.
passenger cars: Written
notification to train crew of
noncomplying condition and
posting notice on door of
defective condition.
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--Written notification to train 30 railroads....... 300 written 1 minute........... 5
crew of car with non-functioning notifications.
PA or intercom system.
--Record of noncomplying 30 railroads....... 300 records........ 2 minutes.......... 10
condition.
--Railroad written procedures for 30 railroads....... 30 written 40 hours........... 1,200
mitigating hazards of procedures.
noncomplying condition.
--Written notification to train 30 railroads....... 458 written 2 minutes.......... 15
crew of noncomplying condition. notifications.
238.307--Records of inspection, 30 railroads....... 7,634 inspection 5 minutes.......... 636
testing, and maintenance of and testing
passenger car emergency window records.
exits.
--Replacement of missing, 30 railroads....... 32 required 20 minutes......... 11
illegible, or inconspicuous markings.
emergency roof access markings/
instructions on cars.
238.311--Single Car Test: 30 railroads....... 30 APTA copies..... 15 minutes......... 8
Railroad copy of APTA Standard
(SS-M-005-98) for railroad head
trainer.
--Other railroad copies of APTA 30 railroads....... 360 copies (12 2 minutes.......... 12
Standard. copies per
railroad).
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Total Responses: 89,780.
Estimated Annual Burden: 23,325 hours.
Status: Extension of a Currently Approved Collection.
Under 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 CFR 1320.5(b), 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FRA
informs all interested parties 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 October 21, 2016.
Patrick Warren,
Acting Executive Director.
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