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Estimated Annual Frequency per
Response: Once per information
collection request.
Estimated Average Burden Hours per
Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,500 hours.
Request for Comments
TVA will make comments submitted
in response to this notice, including
names and addresses where provided, a
matter of public record. TVA will
summarize the comments and include
them in the request for OMB approval.
We are requesting comments on all
aspects of this generic clearance request,
including: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Burden means the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal
agency. This includes the time needed to
review instructions; to develop, acquire,
install and utilize technology and systems for
the purpose of collecting, validating and
verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; to train personnel and
to be able to respond to a collection of
information, to search data sources, to
complete and review the collection of
information; and to transmit or otherwise
disclose the information.
Andrea S. Brackett,
Director, TVA Cybersecurity.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
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[Docket No. 2019–0640]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of Renewed Approval of
Information Collection: Air Taxi and
Commercial Operator Airport Activity
Survey
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
AGENCY:
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Notice and request for
comments.
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA
invites public comments about our
intention to request the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval to renew an information
collection. The collection involves
requesting that small on-demand
operators voluntarily provide the
number of revenue passengers that
boarded their aircraft at each airport
annually. This information is used in
determining an airport’s category and
eligibility for federal funding on an
annual basis. It is not available through
any other federal data source.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by October 21, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Please send written
comments:
By Electronic Docket:
www.regulations.gov (2019–0640).
By mail: Luis Loarte, FAA, 800
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20591.
By fax: 202–267–5257.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luis
Loarte by email at: Luis.Loarte@faa.gov;
phone: 202–267–9622.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for FAA’s
performance; (b) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information collection; and (d)
ways that the burden could be
minimized 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.
OMB Control Number: 2120–0067.
Title: Air Taxi and Commercial
Operator Airport Activity Survey.
Form Numbers: FAA Form 1800–31.
Type of Review: Clearance of a
renewal of an information collection.
Background: The data collected
through this survey is the only source of
data for charter and nonscheduled
passenger data by Part 135 operator (air
taxis). The data received on the form
(either paper or signed electronic copy)
is then incorporated into the Air Carrier
Activity Information System which is
used to determine whether an airport is
eligible for Airport Improvement
Program funds and for calculating
primary airport sponsor apportionment
as specified by title 49 United Stated
Code (U.S.C.), section 47114. The data
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collected on the form includes
passenger enplanements by carrier and
by airport. Passengers traveling on air
taxis would be overlooked entirely if
this passenger survey were not
conducted. As a result, many airports
would not receive their fair share of
funds since there is currently no other
source for this type of charter activity.
On average, approximately 100
operators respond each year, reporting a
total 1.1 million passengers. This data is
important to those airports that struggle
to meet the 2,500 and 10,000 passenger
levels and could not do so without the
reporting of the charter passengers.
Respondents: The voluntary survey is
sent through the U.S. Postal Service to
approximately 190 small on-demand
operators (certificated under Federal
Aviation Regulation Part 135) that have
reported activity in the last three years.
The form is also available on the FAA
website. Beginning with the calendar
year 2019 data, operators will be able to
access the form, electronically sign and
submit it to the FAA.
Frequency: Annually.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 1.5 hours per respondent.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: On
average, approximately 100 respondents
submit an annual response. The
cumulative total annual burden is
estimated to be 150 hours.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 16,
2019.
Luis Loarte,
Senior Airport Planner, Office of Airports/
Airport Planning and Environmental
Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2019–0004–N–13]
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), U.S. Department
of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its
implementing regulations, FRA seeks
approval of the Information Collection
Requests (ICRs) abstracted below. Before
submitting these ICRs to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
approval, FRA is soliciting public
SUMMARY:
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comment on specific aspects of the
activities identified below.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before October
21, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the ICRs activities by mail to either:
Ms. Hodan Wells, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Office of
Railroad Safety, Regulatory Analysis
Division, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590; or
Ms. Kim Toone, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Information
Technology, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, 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–XXXX,’’
(the relevant OMB control number for
each ICR is listed below) and should
also include the title of the ICR.
Alternatively, comments may be faxed
to 202–493–6216 or 202–493–6497, or
emailed to Ms. Wells at hodan.wells@
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: Ms.
Hodan Wells, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad
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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)
organize 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.
The summaries below describe the
ICRs that FRA will submit for OMB
clearance as the PRA requires:
Title: Filing of Dedicated Cars.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0502.
Abstract: Title 49 CFR part 215
contains freight car safety standards,
including conditions for freight cars in
dedicated service. ‘‘Dedicated service’’
means the exclusive assignment of
railroad cars to the transportation of
freight between specified points under
the conditions listed in 49 CFR 215.5(d),
including stenciling, or otherwise
displaying, in clear legible letters on
each side of the car body, the words
’’Dedicated Service.’’ The railroad must
notify FRA in writing that the cars are
to be operated in dedicated service.
Type of Request: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Form(s): N/A.
Respondent Universe: 746 railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion/monthly.
Reporting Burden:
Respondent universe
(railroads)
Total annual responses
Average time per
responses
746 railroads ........................
4 notifications .......................
1 hour ................
CFR section
215.5(d)(6)—Dedicated Service—Notification to
FRA.
Safety, Regulatory Analysis Division,
Federal Railroad Administration, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590 (telephone: (202) 493–0440) or
Ms. Kim Toone, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Information
Technology, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590
(telephone: (202) 493–6132).
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 of the activities. See 44 U.S.C.
3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.8 through
1320.12. Specifically, FRA invites
interested parties to comment on the
following ICRs 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,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. See 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A); 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1).
FRA believes that soliciting public
comment may reduce the administrative
Total annual
burden hours
Total cost
equivalent 1
4
$304
Total Estimated Annual Responses: 4.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 4
hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour
Dollar Cost Equivalent: $304.
Title: Rear End Marking Devices.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0523.
Abstract: Title 49 CFR part 221
contains requirements for rear end
marking devices. Railroads must give
FRA a detailed description of the type
of marking devices used for any
locomotive operating singly or for cars
or locomotives operating at the end of
a train (trailing end) to ensure they meet
minimum standards for visibility and
display. Specifically, part 221 requires
railroads to furnish a certification that
each device has been tested in
accordance with current ‘‘Guidelines for
Testing of Rear End Marking Devices.’’
Additionally, part 221 requires railroads
to furnish detailed test records, which
include the names of testing
organizations, description of tests,
number of samples tested, and the test
results, to demonstrate compliance with
the performance standard.
Type of Request: Extension with
change (revised estimates) of a currently
approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses
(railroads).
Form(s): N/A.
Respondent Universe: 746 railroads +
24 manufacturers.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Reporting Burden:
1 Throughout the tables in this document, the
dollar equivalent cost is derived from the Surface
Transportation Board’s Full Year Wage A&B data
series using the appropriate employee group hourly
wage rate that includes 75-percent overhead
charges.
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CFR section
Respondent universe
Total annual responses
Average time per
responses
221.14 and Appendix A—Marking Devices, and
Procedures for Approval of Rear End Marking.
746 railroads + 24 manufacturers.
2 requests/submissions .......
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Total Estimated Annual Responses: 2.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 2
hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour
Dollar Cost Equivalent: $152.
Title: System Safety Program.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0599.
Abstract: FRA uses the collection of
information to ensure that commuter
and intercity passenger railroads
establish and implement System Safety
Programs (SSPs) to improve the safety of
their operations and to ensure
compliance with the rule. Each railroad
will use its SSP/SSP Plan to proactively
identify and mitigate or eliminate
hazards and the resulting risk on its
system at an early stage to reduce the
number of railroad accidents, incidents,
and associated injuries, fatalities, and
property damage. A railroad has the
flexibility to tailor an SSP to its specific
operations. An SSP will be
implemented when FRA approves a
railroad’s submitted SSP Plan. Under
this information collection, FRA will
audit a railroad’s compliance with its
Total annual
burden hours
2
Total cost
equivalent
$152
SSP Plan. FRA will use the information
to ensure and enforce compliance with
this new regulation.
Type of Request: Extension with
change (revised estimates) of a currently
approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses
(railroads).
Form(s): N/A.
Respondent Universe: 33 railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion/monthly.
Reporting Burden:
Respondent universe
Total annual responses
Average time per
response
270.103—System Safety Program Plan (SSP
Plan)—Comprehensive written SSP Plan that
meets all of this section’s requirements.
—Records of system safety training for employees/contractors/others.
—(q)(1) Performance of risk-based hazard
analyses and furnishing of RR results of
risk-based hazard analyses upon request
of FRA/participating part 212 States.
—(q)(2) Identification and implementation of
risk mitigation methods and furnishing of
descriptions of RR’s specific risk mitigation
methods that address hazards upon request of FRA/participating part 212 States.
—(r)(1) Performance of technology analysis
and furnishing of results of railroad’s technology analysis upon request of FRA/participating part 212 States.
270.107(a)—Consultation requirements—RR
consultation with its directly affected employees on SSP Plan.
—(a)(3)(ii) RR notification to directly affected
employees of preliminary meeting at least
60 days before being held.
—(b) RR consultation statements that includes service list with name & contact information for labor organization chairpersons & non-union employees who participated in process.
—Copies of consultations statements by RR
to service list individuals.
270.201(b)—SSP Plan found deficient by FRA
and requiring amendment.
—Review of amended SSP Plan found deficient and requiring further amendment.
—Reopened review of initial SSP Plan approval for cause stated.
270.203—Retention of SSP Plans—Retained
copies of SSP Plans.
270.303—Annual internal SSP assessments/reports conducted by RRs.
—Certification of results of RR internal assessment by chief safety official.
270.305—External safety audit—RR submission
of improvement plans in response to results of
FRA audit.
—Improvement plans found deficient by FRA
and requiring amendment.
—RR status report to FRA of implementation
of improvements set forth in the improvement plan.
Appendix B—Additional documents provided to
FRA upon request.
33 railroads ..........................
9 plans .................................
40 hours ............
360
$32,976
33 railroads ..........................
495 records ..........................
15 seconds ........
2
152
33 railroads ..........................
33 analyses results ..............
20 hours ............
660
50,160
33 railroads ..........................
33 mitigation methods descriptions.
10 hours ............
330
25,080
33 railroads ..........................
33 results of technology
analysis.
10 hours ............
330
25,080
33 railroads ..........................
11 consults (w/labor union
reps.).
1 hour ................
11
836
33 railroads ..........................
11 notices ............................
30 minutes .........
6
456
33 railroads ..........................
11 statements ......................
1 hour ................
11
836
33 railroads ..........................
11 copies .............................
1 minute ............
.18
14
33 railroads ..........................
4 amended plans .................
30 hours ............
120
9,120
33 railroads ..........................
1 further amended plan .......
20 hours ............
20
1,520
33 railroads ..........................
1 amended plan ...................
30 hours ............
30
2,280
33 railroads ..........................
15 copies .............................
10 minutes .........
3
228
33 railroads ..........................
16 evaluations/reports .........
2 hours ..............
32
2,432
33 railroads ..........................
33 certification statements ...
2 hours ..............
66
7,590
33 railroads ..........................
6 plans .................................
12 hours ............
72
8,280
33 railroads ..........................
2 amended plans .................
10 hours ............
20
1,520
33 railroads ..........................
2 reports ..............................
4 hours ..............
8
608
33 railroads ..........................
4 documents ........................
15 minutes .........
1
76
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burden hours
Total annual
dollar cost
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Respondent universe
Total annual responses
Average time per
response
Appendix C—Written requests by RRs to file required submissions electronically.
33 railroads ..........................
7 written requests ................
15 minutes .........
2
152
33 railroads ..........................
738 replies/responses .........
N/A ....................
2,084
169,396
Totals .............................................................
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
738.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
2,084 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour
Dollar Cost Equivalent: $169,396.
Under 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 CFR
1320.5(b) and 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FRA
informs all interested parties that it may
not conduct or sponsor, and a
respondent is not required to respond
to, a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Brett A. Jortland,
Acting Chief Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2019–0004–N–12]
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its
implementing regulations, 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 comment. The ICRs describe
the information collections and their
expected burden. On June 14, 2019,
FRA published a notice providing a 60day period for public comment on the
ICRs.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
September 20, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the ICRs 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
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the following address: oira_
submissions@omb.eop.gov.
Mr.
Robert Brogan, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad
Safety, Regulatory Analysis Division,
Federal Railroad Administration, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W33–497,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6292); or Ms. Kim Toone,
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Office of Information
Technology, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Room W34–212,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6132).
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.
See 44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.8
through 1320.12. On June 14, 2019, FRA
published a 60-day notice in the Federal
Register soliciting comment on the ICRs
for which it is now seeking OMB
approval. See 84 FR 27833. FRA
received and reviewed the comments
submitted in response to this notice.
On August 7, 2019, Ms. Sarah
Yurasko, of the Association of American
Railroads (AAR) sent a comment on
behalf of its member railroads regarding
FRA’s Crossing Inventory renewal
information collection (Part 234; OMB
No. 2130–0017). Ms. Yurasko noted that
AAR and its member railroads ‘‘have
worked diligently with FRA since the
2015 publication of the Highway-Rail
Crossing Inventory Final Rule to ensure
that the information reported via the
U.S. Crossing Inventory forms is
accurate.’’ She noted that ‘‘both
railroads and State entities access the
site to report information under their
respective purviews, and unfortunately,
there have been several instances in
which a state has over-written railroadprovided information in one of the
railroad fields.’’ She observed that such
errors lead to confusion, administrative
burden to remediate, and ‘‘potential
FRA enforcement activity.’’ AAR and its
member railroads are urging FRA to
amend its system to lock-off designated
sections of the U.S. DOT Crossing
Inventory Form to the railroad, and
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burden hours
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equivalent
CFR section/subject
other designated sections to the state
entity. Ms. Yurasko advocated that there
are several sections of the Inventory
Form which both the railroad and the
state entity should be able to modify
and that, in these instances, ‘‘the form
should allow all parties to see who
made the most recent update to the
information in the form.’’ Ms. Yurasko
included a color-coded copy of the
Inventory Form (FRA F 6180.71) to
illustrate the categorization of fields that
railroads and the state entity would
each complete.
The accuracy and reliability of the
data that railroads and state entities
provide on the FRA Inventory Form is
vital to FRA and to its mission of
promoting and enhancing national rail
safety, particularly at grade crossings.
Before FRA issued the Crossing
Inventory final rule in 2015, FRA
solicited comment and feedback on
sections of the Inventory Form that the
railroads and state entities would
complete. Accordingly, in its March 29,
2013, comments on the proposed
Crossing Inventory rule, AAR
recommended FRA limit access to
certain specified data fields to either the
railroad or state entity to prevent
submission of erroneous information by
the other entity. The Crossing Inventory
system is designed to allow users to
view previously submitted Inventory
Forms, which can then be used to
determine when revised Inventory
Forms were submitted and whether the
railroad or state entity submitted them.
However, FRA will consider Ms.
Yurasko’s recommendations on behalf
of the AAR and its member railroads to
lock certain sections of the Inventory
Form to prevent over-writing by another
entity.
Before OMB decides whether to
approve these proposed collections of
information, it must provide 30 days for
public comment. 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2019-0004-N-13]
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment
Request
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its
implementing regulations, FRA seeks approval of the Information
Collection Requests (ICRs) abstracted below. Before submitting these
ICRs to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval, FRA is
soliciting public
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comment on specific aspects of the activities identified below.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
October 21, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the ICRs activities by mail to
either: Ms. Hodan Wells, Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Office of Railroad Safety, Regulatory Analysis Division, Federal
Railroad Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590; or Ms. Kim Toone, Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Office of Information Technology, Federal Railroad Administration, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, 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-XXXX,'' (the relevant OMB control number for each ICR is
listed below) and should also include the title of the ICR.
Alternatively, comments may be faxed to 202-493-6216 or 202-493-6497,
or emailed to Ms. Wells at [email protected], or Ms. Toone at
[email protected]. Please refer to the assigned OMB control number in
any correspondence submitted. FRA will summarize comments received in
response to this notice in a subsequent notice and include them in its
information collection submission to OMB for approval.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Hodan Wells, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad Safety, Regulatory
Analysis Division, Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 493-0440) or Ms. Kim
Toone, Information Collection Clearance Officer, Office of Information
Technology, Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 493-6132).
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 of the activities.
See 44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.8 through 1320.12. Specifically,
FRA invites interested parties to comment on the following ICRs
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, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology. See 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A); 5
CFR 1320.8(d)(1).
FRA believes that soliciting public comment may 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) organize 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.
The summaries below describe the ICRs that FRA will submit for OMB
clearance as the PRA requires:
Title: Filing of Dedicated Cars.
OMB Control Number: 2130-0502.
Abstract: Title 49 CFR part 215 contains freight car safety
standards, including conditions for freight cars in dedicated service.
``Dedicated service'' means the exclusive assignment of railroad cars
to the transportation of freight between specified points under the
conditions listed in 49 CFR 215.5(d), including stenciling, or
otherwise displaying, in clear legible letters on each side of the car
body, the words ''Dedicated Service.'' The railroad must notify FRA in
writing that the cars are to be operated in dedicated service.
Type of Request: Extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Form(s): N/A.
Respondent Universe: 746 railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On occasion/monthly.
Reporting Burden:
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equivalent cost is derived from the Surface Transportation Board's
Full Year Wage A&B data series using the appropriate employee group
hourly wage rate that includes 75-percent overhead charges.
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215.5(d)(6)--Dedicated 746 railroads................... 4 notifications................. 1 hour.............. 4 $304
Service--Notification to FRA.
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Total Estimated Annual Responses: 4.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 4 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour Dollar Cost Equivalent: $304.
Title: Rear End Marking Devices.
OMB Control Number: 2130-0523.
Abstract: Title 49 CFR part 221 contains requirements for rear end
marking devices. Railroads must give FRA a detailed description of the
type of marking devices used for any locomotive operating singly or for
cars or locomotives operating at the end of a train (trailing end) to
ensure they meet minimum standards for visibility and display.
Specifically, part 221 requires railroads to furnish a certification
that each device has been tested in accordance with current
``Guidelines for Testing of Rear End Marking Devices.'' Additionally,
part 221 requires railroads to furnish detailed test records, which
include the names of testing organizations, description of tests,
number of samples tested, and the test results, to demonstrate
compliance with the performance standard.
Type of Request: Extension with change (revised estimates) of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses (railroads).
Form(s): N/A.
Respondent Universe: 746 railroads + 24 manufacturers.
Frequency of Submission: On occasion.
Reporting Burden:
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Average time per Total annual Total cost
CFR section Respondent universe Total annual responses responses burden hours equivalent
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221.14 and Appendix A--Marking 746 railroads + 24 manufacturers 2 requests/submissions.......... 1 hour.............. 2 $152
Devices, and Procedures for
Approval of Rear End Marking.
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Total Estimated Annual Responses: 2.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 2 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour Dollar Cost Equivalent: $152.
Title: System Safety Program.
OMB Control Number: 2130-0599.
Abstract: FRA uses the collection of information to ensure that
commuter and intercity passenger railroads establish and implement
System Safety Programs (SSPs) to improve the safety of their operations
and to ensure compliance with the rule. Each railroad will use its SSP/
SSP Plan to proactively identify and mitigate or eliminate hazards and
the resulting risk on its system at an early stage to reduce the number
of railroad accidents, incidents, and associated injuries, fatalities,
and property damage. A railroad has the flexibility to tailor an SSP to
its specific operations. An SSP will be implemented when FRA approves a
railroad's submitted SSP Plan. Under this information collection, FRA
will audit a railroad's compliance with its SSP Plan. FRA will use the
information to ensure and enforce compliance with this new regulation.
Type of Request: Extension with change (revised estimates) of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses (railroads).
Form(s): N/A.
Respondent Universe: 33 railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On occasion/monthly.
Reporting Burden:
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Total annual
CFR section/subject Respondent universe Total annual responses Average time per Total annual dollar cost
response burden hours equivalent
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270.103--System Safety Program 33 railroads.................... 9 plans......................... 40 hours............ 360 $32,976
Plan (SSP Plan)--
Comprehensive written SSP
Plan that meets all of this
section's requirements.
--Records of system safety 33 railroads.................... 495 records..................... 15 seconds.......... 2 152
training for employees/
contractors/others.
--(q)(1) Performance of 33 railroads.................... 33 analyses results............. 20 hours............ 660 50,160
risk-based hazard
analyses and furnishing
of RR results of risk-
based hazard analyses
upon request of FRA/
participating part 212
States.
--(q)(2) Identification 33 railroads.................... 33 mitigation methods 10 hours............ 330 25,080
and implementation of descriptions.
risk mitigation methods
and furnishing of
descriptions of RR's
specific risk mitigation
methods that address
hazards upon request of
FRA/participating part
212 States.
--(r)(1) Performance of 33 railroads.................... 33 results of technology 10 hours............ 330 25,080
technology analysis and analysis.
furnishing of results of
railroad's technology
analysis upon request of
FRA/participating part
212 States.
270.107(a)--Consultation 33 railroads.................... 11 consults (w/labor union 1 hour.............. 11 836
requirements--RR consultation reps.).
with its directly affected
employees on SSP Plan.
--(a)(3)(ii) RR 33 railroads.................... 11 notices...................... 30 minutes.......... 6 456
notification to directly
affected employees of
preliminary meeting at
least 60 days before
being held.
--(b) RR consultation 33 railroads.................... 11 statements................... 1 hour.............. 11 836
statements that includes
service list with name &
contact information for
labor organization
chairpersons & non-union
employees who
participated in process.
--Copies of consultations 33 railroads.................... 11 copies....................... 1 minute............ .18 14
statements by RR to
service list individuals.
270.201(b)--SSP Plan found 33 railroads.................... 4 amended plans................. 30 hours............ 120 9,120
deficient by FRA and
requiring amendment.
--Review of amended SSP 33 railroads.................... 1 further amended plan.......... 20 hours............ 20 1,520
Plan found deficient and
requiring further
amendment.
--Reopened review of 33 railroads.................... 1 amended plan.................. 30 hours............ 30 2,280
initial SSP Plan approval
for cause stated.
270.203--Retention of SSP 33 railroads.................... 15 copies....................... 10 minutes.......... 3 228
Plans--Retained copies of SSP
Plans.
270.303--Annual internal SSP 33 railroads.................... 16 evaluations/reports.......... 2 hours............. 32 2,432
assessments/reports conducted
by RRs.
--Certification of results 33 railroads.................... 33 certification statements..... 2 hours............. 66 7,590
of RR internal assessment
by chief safety official.
270.305--External safety 33 railroads.................... 6 plans......................... 12 hours............ 72 8,280
audit--RR submission of
improvement plans in response
to results of FRA audit.
--Improvement plans found 33 railroads.................... 2 amended plans................. 10 hours............ 20 1,520
deficient by FRA and
requiring amendment.
--RR status report to FRA 33 railroads.................... 2 reports....................... 4 hours............. 8 608
of implementation of
improvements set forth in
the improvement plan.
Appendix B--Additional 33 railroads.................... 4 documents..................... 15 minutes.......... 1 76
documents provided to FRA
upon request.
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Appendix C--Written requests 33 railroads.................... 7 written requests.............. 15 minutes.......... 2 152
by RRs to file required
submissions electronically.
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Totals.................... 33 railroads.................... 738 replies/responses........... N/A................. 2,084 169,396
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Total Estimated Annual Responses: 738.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 2,084 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour Dollar Cost Equivalent:
$169,396.
Under 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 CFR 1320.5(b) and 1320.8(b)(3)(vi),
FRA informs all interested parties that it may not conduct or sponsor,
and a respondent is not required to respond to, a collection of
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520.
Brett A. Jortland,
Acting Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2019-17995 Filed 8-20-19; 8:45 am]
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