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number of respondents changed from 51
to 53 and the hourly burdens for
responses changed marginally).
Respondents: Any railroad that is
subject to the Interstate Commerce Act
and that terminated at least 4,500
revenue carloads on its lines in any of
the three preceding years or that
terminated at least 5% of the revenue
carloads terminating in any state in any
of the three preceding years. Railroads
that are required to report Waybill
Samples may do so either quarterly or
monthly, and may either sample their
own waybills or have an STB contractor
conduct their sampling. As a result,
there are four categories of Respondents
discussed below: (1) Five railroads that
conduct their own sampling, and report
monthly, quarterly, and annually; (2)
two railroads that conduct their own
sampling, and report quarterly and
annually; (3) two railroads that have the
contractor sample their waybills, and
report monthly, quarterly, and annually;
and (4) 44 railroads that have the
contractor sample their waybills, and
report quarterly and annually.
Number of Respondents: 53.
Estimated Time per Response: Fortytwo and a half hours for each of the five
railroads that conduct their own
sampling, and report monthly,
quarterly, and annually (assuming 2.5
hours to conduct the sampling per
sample submitted). Twelve and a half
hours for each of the two railroads that
conduct their own sampling and report
quarterly and annually (assuming 2.5
hours to conduct the sampling per
sample submitted). Twenty-one and one
quarter hours for each of the two
railroads that have the contractor
sample their waybills, and report
monthly, quarterly, and annually
(assuming 1.25 hours per sample
submitted). Six and a quarter hours for
each of the 44 railroads that have the
contractor sample their waybills, and
report quarterly and annually (assuming
1.25 hours per sample submitted).
Frequency: Seven (7) respondents
report monthly; 46 report quarterly.
Total Burden Hours (annually
including all respondents): 555 hours.
This estimate is made up of the annual
burden hours for the (a) five railroads
that conduct their own sampling, and
report monthly, quarterly, and annually
(85 responses × 2.5 hours = 212.50
hours); (b) two railroads that conduct
their own sampling, and report
quarterly and annually (10 responses ×
2.5 hours = 25 hours); (c) two railroads
that have the contractor sample their
waybills, and report monthly, quarterly,
and annually (34 responses × 1.25 hours
= 42.50 hours); and (d) 44 railroads that
have the contractor sample their
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waybills, and report quarterly and
annually (220 responses × 1.25 hours =
275.00 hours).
Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost: No
‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens associated
with this collection have been
identified.
Needs and Uses: The Surface
Transportation Board is, by statute,
responsible for the economic regulation
of common carrier rail transportation in
the United States. The information in
the Waybill Sample is used by the
Board, other Federal and state agencies,
and industry stakeholders to monitor
traffic flows and rate trends in the
industry, and to develop testimony in
Board proceedings. The Board has
authority to collect this information
under 49 U.S.C. 11144 and 11145.
Under the PRA, a federal agency that
conducts or sponsors 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 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.
Dated: May 25, 2017.
Marline Simeon,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2017–0002–N–19]
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and comment request.
AGENCY:
Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice
announces that FRA is forwarding the
Information Collection Requests (ICRs)
abstracted below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and renewed approval. The ICRs
describe the information collections and
their expected burden. On March 14,
2017, FRA published a notice providing
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a 60-day period for public comment on
the ICRs.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before June 30, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Robert Brogan, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad
Safety, Regulatory 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
Administration, 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 issue
two notices seeking public comment on
information collection activities before
OMB may approve paperwork packages.
44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.5,
1320.8(d)(1), and 1320.12. On March 14,
2017, FRA published a 60-day notice in
the Federal Register soliciting comment
on the ICRs for which it is now seeking
OMB approval. See 82 FR 13714. FRA
received no comments in response to
the March 14, 2017 notice.
Before OMB decides whether to
approve these proposed collections of
information, it must provide 30 days for
public comment. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b); 5
CFR 1320.12(d). Federal law requires
OMB to approve or disapprove
paperwork packages between 30 and 60
days after the 30-day notice is
published. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b)–(c); 5 CFR
1320.12(d); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983,
Aug. 29, 1995. OMB believes the 30-day
notice informs the regulated community
to file relevant comments and affords
the agency adequate time to digest
public comments before it renders a
decision. 60 FR 44983, Aug. 29, 1995.
Therefore, respondents should submit
their respective comments to OMB
within 30 days of publication to best
ensure having their full effect. 5 CFR
1320.12(c); see also 60 FR 44983, Aug.
29, 1995.
The summaries below describe the
ICRs and their expected burden. FRA is
submitting the renewal requests for
clearance by OMB as the PRA requires.
Title: Passenger Train Emergency
Preparedness.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0545.
Abstract: Under 49 CFR part 239,
Passenger Train Emergency
Preparedness, FRA requires railroads to
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meet minimum Federal standards for
the preparation, adoption, and
implementation of emergency
preparedness plans connected with the
operation of passenger trains, including
freight railroads hosting operations of
rail passenger service. To help ensure
compliance with the regulations, FRA
requires railroads to conduct
operational tests of their personnel
responsible for implementing the
emergency preparedness plans.
Type of Request: Extension without
change of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Businesses
(railroads).
Form(s): N/A.
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
69,670.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
21,470 hours.
Title: Locomotive Cab Sanitation
Standards.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0552.
Abstract: FRA’s locomotive cab
sanitation standards, 49 CFR 229.137
and 229.139, prescribe minimum
standards for locomotive cab sanitation
facilities. FRA uses the information
collection associated with these
provisions to promote rail safety and the
health of railroad workers by ensuring
that all locomotive crew members have
access to functioning and hygienic
toilet/sanitary facilities as needed and to
ensure railroads timely repair defective
locomotive sanitary facilities.
Type of Request: Extension without
change of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Businesses
(railroads).
Form(s): N/A.
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
113,256.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
1,272 hours.
Title: Locomotive Crashworthiness.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0564.
Abstract: FRA’s Locomotive
Crashworthiness Design Requirements
(49 CFR part 229, subpart D) prescribe
minimum crashworthiness standards for
locomotives. These crashworthiness
standards are intended to help protect
locomotive cab occupants in the event
of a collision or other accident involving
a locomotive. FRA uses the information
collection associated with Subpart D to
ensure railroads use locomotives that
meet the prescribed minimum
performance standards and design load
requirements for newly manufactured
and re-manufactured locomotives.
Type of Request: Extension with
change (revised estimates) of a currently
approved information collection.
Affected Public: Businesses
(railroads).
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Form(s): N/A.
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
501.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
6,470 hours.
Title: Critical Incident Stress Plans.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0602.
Abstract: FRA issued its Critical
Incident Stress Plans Final Rule (49 CFR
part 272) on March 25, 2014. See 79 FR
16218. Part 272 requires Class I,
intercity passenger, and commuter
railroads to develop, and submit to FRA
for approval, critical incident stress
plans that, among other things, provide
appropriate support services be offered
to their employees who are affected by
a critical incident as defined at 49 CFR
272.9. FRA uses the information
collected to ensure railroads meet the
minimum standards of Part 272.
Type of Request: Extension with
change (revised estimates) of a currently
approved information collection.
Affected Public: Businesses
(railroads)/Rail Labor Unions.
Form(s): N/A.
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
663.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 314
hours.
Addressee: Send comments regarding
these information collections to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: FRA
Desk Officer. Comments may also be
sent via email to OMB at the following
address: oira_submissions@
omb.eop.gov.
Comments are invited on the
following: Whether the proposed
collections of information are necessary
for DOT to properly perform its
functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
the accuracy of DOT’s estimates of the
burden of the proposed information
collections; ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the collections of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
A comment to OMB is best assured of
having its full effect if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
John Seguin,
Acting Chief Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary of
Transportation
Transportation Infrastructure
Financing and Innovation Act (TIFIA)
Program; Agency Information
Collection Activities and Request for
Comments
Office of the Secretary of
Transportation, DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Transportation (DOT) has submitted an
information collection request to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to renew an existing information
collection. The information collection is
used to allow entities to apply for TIFIA
credit assistance and assists the DOT in
evaluating projects and project sponsors
for program eligibility and
creditworthiness.
SUMMARY:
Written comments should be
submitted by June 30, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to the attention of the
DOT/OST Desk Officer, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20503 or by
email at OIRA_submission@
omb.eop.gov with the associated OMB
Control Number 2105–0569.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
TIFIA program manager via email at
TIFIACredit@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501–3521) and OMB regulations at 5
CFR part 1320 provide that an agency
may not conduct or sponsor a collection
of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
Until OMB approves a collection of
information, you are not obligated to
respond. In order to obtain and renew
an OMB control number, Federal
agencies are required to seek public
comment on information collection and
recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR
1320.8(d) and 1320.12(a)).
As required at 5 CFR 1320.8(d), DOT
published a 60-day notice in the Federal
Register on March 24, 2017 (82 FR
15101), and the comment period ended
May 23, 2017. DOT received no
comments. DOT now requests
comments on the following subjects:
Comments are invited on: (a) The need
for the proposed collection of
information for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2017-0002-N-19]
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment
Request
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and comment request.
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SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice
announces that FRA is forwarding the Information Collection Requests
(ICRs) abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review and renewed approval. The ICRs describe the information
collections and their expected burden. On March 14, 2017, FRA published
a notice providing a 60-day period for public comment on the ICRs.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 30, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert Brogan, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad Safety, Regulatory
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 Administration, 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
issue two notices seeking public comment on information collection
activities before OMB may approve paperwork packages. 44 U.S.C. 3506,
3507; 5 CFR 1320.5, 1320.8(d)(1), and 1320.12. On March 14, 2017, FRA
published a 60-day notice in the Federal Register soliciting comment on
the ICRs for which it is now seeking OMB approval. See 82 FR 13714. FRA
received no comments in response to the March 14, 2017 notice.
Before OMB decides whether to approve these proposed collections of
information, it must provide 30 days for public comment. 44 U.S.C.
3507(b); 5 CFR 1320.12(d). Federal law requires OMB to approve or
disapprove paperwork packages between 30 and 60 days after the 30-day
notice is published. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b)-(c); 5 CFR 1320.12(d); see also
60 FR 44978, 44983, Aug. 29, 1995. OMB believes the 30-day notice
informs the regulated community to file relevant comments and affords
the agency adequate time to digest public comments before it renders a
decision. 60 FR 44983, Aug. 29, 1995. Therefore, respondents should
submit their respective comments to OMB within 30 days of publication
to best ensure having their full effect. 5 CFR 1320.12(c); see also 60
FR 44983, Aug. 29, 1995.
The summaries below describe the ICRs and their expected burden.
FRA is submitting the renewal requests for clearance by OMB as the PRA
requires.
Title: Passenger Train Emergency Preparedness.
OMB Control Number: 2130-0545.
Abstract: Under 49 CFR part 239, Passenger Train Emergency
Preparedness, FRA requires railroads to
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meet minimum Federal standards for the preparation, adoption, and
implementation of emergency preparedness plans connected with the
operation of passenger trains, including freight railroads hosting
operations of rail passenger service. To help ensure compliance with
the regulations, FRA requires railroads to conduct operational tests of
their personnel responsible for implementing the emergency preparedness
plans.
Type of Request: Extension without change of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Businesses (railroads).
Form(s): N/A.
Total Estimated Annual Responses: 69,670.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 21,470 hours.
Title: Locomotive Cab Sanitation Standards.
OMB Control Number: 2130-0552.
Abstract: FRA's locomotive cab sanitation standards, 49 CFR 229.137
and 229.139, prescribe minimum standards for locomotive cab sanitation
facilities. FRA uses the information collection associated with these
provisions to promote rail safety and the health of railroad workers by
ensuring that all locomotive crew members have access to functioning
and hygienic toilet/sanitary facilities as needed and to ensure
railroads timely repair defective locomotive sanitary facilities.
Type of Request: Extension without change of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Businesses (railroads).
Form(s): N/A.
Total Estimated Annual Responses: 113,256.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 1,272 hours.
Title: Locomotive Crashworthiness.
OMB Control Number: 2130-0564.
Abstract: FRA's Locomotive Crashworthiness Design Requirements (49
CFR part 229, subpart D) prescribe minimum crashworthiness standards
for locomotives. These crashworthiness standards are intended to help
protect locomotive cab occupants in the event of a collision or other
accident involving a locomotive. FRA uses the information collection
associated with Subpart D to ensure railroads use locomotives that meet
the prescribed minimum performance standards and design load
requirements for newly manufactured and re-manufactured locomotives.
Type of Request: Extension with change (revised estimates) of a
currently approved information collection.
Affected Public: Businesses (railroads).
Form(s): N/A.
Total Estimated Annual Responses: 501.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 6,470 hours.
Title: Critical Incident Stress Plans.
OMB Control Number: 2130-0602.
Abstract: FRA issued its Critical Incident Stress Plans Final Rule
(49 CFR part 272) on March 25, 2014. See 79 FR 16218. Part 272 requires
Class I, intercity passenger, and commuter railroads to develop, and
submit to FRA for approval, critical incident stress plans that, among
other things, provide appropriate support services be offered to their
employees who are affected by a critical incident as defined at 49 CFR
272.9. FRA uses the information collected to ensure railroads meet the
minimum standards of Part 272.
Type of Request: Extension with change (revised estimates) of a
currently approved information collection.
Affected Public: Businesses (railroads)/Rail Labor Unions.
Form(s): N/A.
Total Estimated Annual Responses: 663.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 314 hours.
Addressee: Send comments regarding these information collections to
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management
and Budget, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: FRA
Desk Officer. Comments may also be sent via email to OMB at the
following address: oira_submissions@omb.eop.gov.
Comments are invited on the following: Whether the proposed
collections of information are necessary for DOT to properly perform
its functions, including whether the information will have practical
utility; the accuracy of DOT's estimates of the burden of the proposed
information collections; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the collections of information on respondents, including the
use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
A comment to OMB is best assured of having its full effect if OMB
receives it within 30 days of publication of this notice in the Federal
Register.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520.
John Seguin,
Acting Chief Counsel.
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