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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA–2018–0027]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Request for Comments for
the Renewal of a Previously Approved
Information Collection
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, this notice announces that FHWA
will submit the collection of
information described below to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and comment. The
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day
comment period soliciting comments on
the following collection of information
was published on December 6, 2017.
The PRA submission describes the
nature of the information collection and
its expected cost and burden.
DATES: Please submit comments by May
23, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by DOT Docket ID 2018–0027
by any of the following methods:
Website: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received go to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation,
West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S.
Department of Transportation, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Purdy, 202–366–6993, Office of Freight
Management & Operations (HOFM–1),
Office of Operations, Federal Highway
Administration, Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue Southeast, Washington, DC
20590. Office hours are from 7:30 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: USDOT Survey and
Comparative Assessment of Truck
Parking Facilities.
Background: U.S. Department of
Transportation (USDOT) is directed to
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complete a survey and comparative
assessment of truck parking facilities in
each State as required by Section
1401(c) of Moving Ahead for Progress in
the 21st Century (MAP–21). MAP–21
Section 1401(c) required the survey in
order to evaluate the capability of the
States to provide adequate parking and
rest facilities for commercial motor
vehicles engaged in interstate
transportation. Other work activities
required under this section of MAP–21
were: An assessment of the volume of
commercial motor vehicle traffic in each
State and the development of a system
of metrics designed to measure the
adequacy of commercial motor vehicle
truck parking facilities in each state. A
survey was conducted in 2014 and is
available at: https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/
freight/infrastructure/truck_parking/
jasons_law/truckparkingsurvey/
index.htm. MAP–21 Section 1401(c)(3)
called for periodic updates to the
survey, which is the intent of the
proposed updated survey. The results of
this updated survey shall be made
available on a publicly accessible
Department of Transportation website
and updated periodically USDOT seeks
to continue to collect data to support
updates to the survey.
Respondents: State Transportation
and Enforcement Officials, Private
Sector Facility Owners/Operators,
Trucking Company owners or their
designee, and Truck Drivers. The target
groups of respondents are individuals
who are responsible for providing or
overseeing the operation of truck
parking facilities and stakeholders that
depend on such facilities to safely
conduct their business. The target group
identified in the legislation is ‘‘state
commercial vehicle safety personnel;’’
the Federal Highway Administration
(FHWA) has interpreted this term to
include the Department of
Transportation personnel in each State
involved in commercial vehicle safety
program activities and State
enforcement agency personnel directly
involved in enforcing highway safety
laws and regulations and in highway
incident and accident response. In
addition, FHWA finds that the survey
on the adequacy of truck parking
opportunities is not limited to publicly
owned facilities; input from private
sector facility owners/operators must be
obtained to adequately complete the
required work provided in the federal
legislation. FHWA also finds that input
obtained from trucking company
representatives (owners or their
designees, especially those in logistics
or who schedule drivers) and truck
drivers, key stakeholders for truck
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parking facilities who are most likely to
know where truck parking is needed,
will be necessary to complete the survey
requirements. As per MAP–21 Section
1401(c)(3), this survey will be
conducted periodically to allow for
required updates.
Types of Survey Questions: FHWA
intends to survey Department of
Transportation personnel in each State
on the location, number of spaces,
availability and demand for truck
parking in their State, including at rest
facilities, truck parking information
systems, truck parking plans, as well as
any impediments to providing adequate
truck parking capacity (including but
not limited to legislative, regulatory, or
financial issues; zoning; public and
private impacts, approval, and
participation; availability of land;
insurance requirements and other
issues). FHWA intends to survey private
truck stop operators in each State on the
location, number of truck parking
spaces, availability and demand they
observe at their facilities. FHWA
intends to survey public safety officials
in each State on their records and
observations of truck parking use and
patterns, including the location and
frequency of trucks parked adjacent to
roadways and on exit and entrance
ramps to roadway facilities. FHWA
intends to survey trucking companies
and truck drivers regarding the location
and frequency of insufficient truck
parking and capacity at rest facilities,
future truck parking needs and
locations, availability of information on
truck parking capacity, and other
impediments to identification, access
and use of truck parking. Other
questions may be included as needed as
a result of input from the focus groups,
stakeholder outreach or at FHWA’s
discretion, or as follow-up to the survey.
Estimate:
State Departments of Transportation =
50 (4 hours each) = up to 200 hours;
State Enforcement Personnel = 50 (1
hour each) = up to 50 hours;
Private Facility Owners/Operators =
229 (1 hour each) = up to 229 hours; and
Trucking Company Representatives
and Drivers = 150 (1 hour each) = up to
150 hours;
Total number of respondents = 479 for
the survey.
Total burden hours = no more than
629 hours (as allocated above).
Estimated Total Annual Burden: This
survey will be updated periodically; the
estimated total burden for each survey
cycle for all respondents is no more
than 629 hours.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
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Whether the proposed collection is
necessary for the FHWA’s performance;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
burdens; (3) ways for the FHWA to
enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the collected information; and
(4) ways that the burden could be
minimized, including the use of
electronic technology, without reducing
the quality of the collected information.
The agency will summarize and/or
include your comments in the request
for OMB’s clearance of this information
collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued On: April 17, 2018.
Michael Howell,
Information Collection Officer .
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2018–0037; Notice No. 1]
[Draft Safety Advisory 2018–01]
Draft Safety Advisory Related to
Temporary Signal Suspensions
AGENCY: Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT)
Notice of draft Safety Advisory;
request for comment.
ACTION:
This document provides
notice of FRA’s intent to issue a Safety
Advisory addressing railroad operations
under temporary signal suspensions.
The Safety Advisory would identify
existing industry best practices railroads
utilize when implementing temporary
signal suspensions and would
recommend that railroads conducting
rail operations under temporary signal
suspensions develop and implement
procedures and practices consistent
with the identified best practices. The
Safety Advisory would also recommend
that railroads take certain other actions
to ensure the safety of railroad
operations during temporary signal
suspensions. FRA believes that actions
consistent with the draft Safety
Advisory will reduce the risk of serious
injury or death both to railroad
employees and members of the public.
FRA invites public comment on all
aspects of the draft Safety Advisory.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on the draft Safety
Advisory provided below on or before
June 22, 2018.
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Comments in response to
this notice may be submitted by any of
the following methods:
• Website: The Federal eRulemaking
Portal, www.Regulations.gov. Follow the
website’s online instructions for
submitting comments.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation,
Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
• Hand Delivery: Docket Management
Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Room W12–140 on the
Ground level of the West Building,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name, docket name,
and docket number for this notice,
Docket No. FRA–2018–0037; Notice
No. 1. Note that all comments received
will be posted without change to https://
www.Regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. Please
see the Privacy Act Statement in this
document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Douglas Taylor, Staff Director,
Operating Practices, Office of Railroad
Safety, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE, Washington, DC 20590, telephone
(202) 493–6255; or Carolyn HaywardWilliams, Staff Director, Signal & Train
Control Division, Office of Railroad
Safety, FRA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE, Washington, DC 20590, telephone
(202) 493–6399.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
Draft Safety Advisory
A review of FRA’s accident/incident
data shows that overall, rail
transportation, both passenger and
freight, is safe. However, recent rail
accidents occurring in areas where a
railroad has temporarily suspended the
signal system, typically for purposes of
maintenance, repair, or installation of
additional components for a new or
existing system, demonstrate that rail
operations during the signal suspension
present increased safety risks. Further,
these accidents show that if the
increased risks associated with rail
operations under a temporary signal
suspension are not addressed, serious
unsafe conditions and practices are
introduced into rail transportation.
Most recently, on February 4, 2018,
both the engineer and conductor of
National Railroad Passenger Corporation
(Amtrak) Train P09103 were killed and
115 passengers injured,1 when their
1 Including 92 individuals who were transported
to medical facilities for treatment and 23 people
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train collided head-on with a CSX
Transportation, Inc. freight train (Train
F77703). The collision occurred at
approximately 2:27 a.m. in Cayce, South
Carolina when the Amtrak train,
traveling south from New York City,
New York, to Miami, Florida, and
operating on a track warrant, was
diverted from the main track through a
misaligned switch. The misaligned
switch sent the Amtrak train into the
siding where the CSX train was parked,
resulting in a head-on collision with an
impact speed of 50 miles per hour
(mph). The lead locomotive and six of
the seven cars in the Amtrak train
derailed. At the time of the accident,
eight Amtrak crew members and 139
passengers were on board the train.
While the cause of the February 4,
2018, accident has not yet been
determined, FRA’s preliminary
investigation indicates that despite the
CSX train crew reporting to the train
dispatcher that the switch was lined
correctly, the crew did not restore the
main track switch to its normal position
as required by Federal regulation (49
CFR 218.105) and CSX’s own operating
rules. Instead, it appears the crew left
the switch misaligned in the reverse
position (i.e., lined for the siding, not
the main line). Amtrak Train P09103
was the next train to traverse this
location. The misaligned switch
diverted the Amtrak train into the siding
and into the standing CSX train parked
on the siding. Notably, CSX signal
personnel had suspended the signal
system for the area where the accident
occurred to upgrade the system with
positive train control (PTC) technology.2
Signal personnel had stopped working
for the day at the time of the accident,
yet the temporary signal suspension
remained in place.
The National Transportation Safety
Board (NTSB) is investigating this
accident under its legal authority. 49
U.S.C. 1101 et seq.; 49 CFR 831.2(b). As
is customary, FRA is participating in the
NTSB’s investigation and is also
investigating the accident under its own
authority. 49 U.S.C. 20902; 49 CFR
1.89(a). While NTSB has not yet issued
any formal findings, on February 13,
2018, NTSB issued a Safety
Recommendation Report 3 regarding
who received first aid at a triage area established
near the accident site.
2 PTC is a system designed to prevent train-totrain collisions, overspeed derailments, incursions
into established work zone limits, and the
movement of a train through a switch left in the
wrong position, as described in subpart I of 49 CFR
part 236 and 49 U.S.C. 20157(i)(5).
3 NTSB, Safety Recommendation Report: Train
Operation During Signal Suspension, Report No.
RSR–18/01, Recommendation No. R–18–005 (Feb.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2018-0027]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments
for the Renewal of a Previously Approved Information Collection
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995,
this notice announces that FHWA will submit the collection of
information described below to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and comment. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day
comment period soliciting comments on the following collection of
information was published on December 6, 2017. The PRA submission
describes the nature of the information collection and its expected
cost and burden.
DATES: Please submit comments by May 23, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID 2018-
0027 by any of the following methods:
Website: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. Department of Transportation, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Purdy, 202-366-6993, Office of
Freight Management & Operations (HOFM-1), Office of Operations, Federal
Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue Southeast, Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 7:30 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: USDOT Survey and Comparative Assessment of Truck Parking
Facilities.
Background: U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is directed
to complete a survey and comparative assessment of truck parking
facilities in each State as required by Section 1401(c) of Moving Ahead
for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21). MAP-21 Section 1401(c)
required the survey in order to evaluate the capability of the States
to provide adequate parking and rest facilities for commercial motor
vehicles engaged in interstate transportation. Other work activities
required under this section of MAP-21 were: An assessment of the volume
of commercial motor vehicle traffic in each State and the development
of a system of metrics designed to measure the adequacy of commercial
motor vehicle truck parking facilities in each state. A survey was
conducted in 2014 and is available at: https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/infrastructure/truck_parking/jasons_law/truckparkingsurvey/index.htm. MAP-21 Section 1401(c)(3) called for periodic updates to the
survey, which is the intent of the proposed updated survey. The results
of this updated survey shall be made available on a publicly accessible
Department of Transportation website and updated periodically USDOT
seeks to continue to collect data to support updates to the survey.
Respondents: State Transportation and Enforcement Officials,
Private Sector Facility Owners/Operators, Trucking Company owners or
their designee, and Truck Drivers. The target groups of respondents are
individuals who are responsible for providing or overseeing the
operation of truck parking facilities and stakeholders that depend on
such facilities to safely conduct their business. The target group
identified in the legislation is ``state commercial vehicle safety
personnel;'' the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has interpreted
this term to include the Department of Transportation personnel in each
State involved in commercial vehicle safety program activities and
State enforcement agency personnel directly involved in enforcing
highway safety laws and regulations and in highway incident and
accident response. In addition, FHWA finds that the survey on the
adequacy of truck parking opportunities is not limited to publicly
owned facilities; input from private sector facility owners/operators
must be obtained to adequately complete the required work provided in
the federal legislation. FHWA also finds that input obtained from
trucking company representatives (owners or their designees, especially
those in logistics or who schedule drivers) and truck drivers, key
stakeholders for truck parking facilities who are most likely to know
where truck parking is needed, will be necessary to complete the survey
requirements. As per MAP-21 Section 1401(c)(3), this survey will be
conducted periodically to allow for required updates.
Types of Survey Questions: FHWA intends to survey Department of
Transportation personnel in each State on the location, number of
spaces, availability and demand for truck parking in their State,
including at rest facilities, truck parking information systems, truck
parking plans, as well as any impediments to providing adequate truck
parking capacity (including but not limited to legislative, regulatory,
or financial issues; zoning; public and private impacts, approval, and
participation; availability of land; insurance requirements and other
issues). FHWA intends to survey private truck stop operators in each
State on the location, number of truck parking spaces, availability and
demand they observe at their facilities. FHWA intends to survey public
safety officials in each State on their records and observations of
truck parking use and patterns, including the location and frequency of
trucks parked adjacent to roadways and on exit and entrance ramps to
roadway facilities. FHWA intends to survey trucking companies and truck
drivers regarding the location and frequency of insufficient truck
parking and capacity at rest facilities, future truck parking needs and
locations, availability of information on truck parking capacity, and
other impediments to identification, access and use of truck parking.
Other questions may be included as needed as a result of input from the
focus groups, stakeholder outreach or at FHWA's discretion, or as
follow-up to the survey.
Estimate:
State Departments of Transportation = 50 (4 hours each) = up to 200
hours;
State Enforcement Personnel = 50 (1 hour each) = up to 50 hours;
Private Facility Owners/Operators = 229 (1 hour each) = up to 229
hours; and
Trucking Company Representatives and Drivers = 150 (1 hour each) =
up to 150 hours;
Total number of respondents = 479 for the survey.
Total burden hours = no more than 629 hours (as allocated above).
Estimated Total Annual Burden: This survey will be updated
periodically; the estimated total burden for each survey cycle for all
respondents is no more than 629 hours.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including: (1)
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Whether the proposed collection is necessary for the FHWA's
performance; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burdens; (3) ways for
the FHWA to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the
collected information; and (4) ways that the burden could be minimized,
including the use of electronic technology, without reducing the
quality of the collected information. The agency will summarize and/or
include your comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this
information collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued On: April 17, 2018.
Michael Howell,
Information Collection Officer .
[FR Doc. 2018-08394 Filed 4-20-18; 8:45 am]
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