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§ 391.41(b)(10), subject to the
requirements cited above. In accordance
with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315(b),
each exemption will be valid for two
years unless revoked earlier by FMCSA.
Issued on: September 25, 2019.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
Issued on: September 27, 2019.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
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:
[Docket No. FMCSA–2006–26367]
Motor Carrier Safety Advisory
Committee; Charter Renewal
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
comment on specific aspects of the
activities identified below.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
December 2, 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
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
SUMMARY:
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), Department
of Transportation (DOT).
AGENCY:
Announcement of Charter
Renewal of the Motor Carrier Safety
Advisory Committee (MCSAC).
ACTION:
FMCSA announces the
charter renewal of the MCSAC, a
Federal advisory committee that
provides the Agency with advice and
recommendations on motor carrier
safety programs and motor carrier safety
regulations through a consensus
process. This charter renewal will take
effect on September 27, 2019, and will
expire after 2 years.
SUMMARY:
Ms.
Shannon L. Watson, Senior Advisor to
the Associate Administrator for Policy,
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590,
(202) 385–2395, mcsac@dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Pursuant
to Section 14 of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463),
FMCSA is giving notice of the charter
renewal for the MCSAC. The MCSAC
was established to provide FMCSA with
advice and recommendations on motor
carrier safety programs and motor
carrier safety regulations.
The MCSAC comprises up to 25
voting representatives from safety
advocacy, safety enforcement, labor, and
industry stakeholders of motor carrier
safety. The diversity of the Committee
ensures the requisite range of views and
expertise necessary to discharge its
responsibilities. See the MCSAC website
for details on pending tasks at https://
www.fmcsa.dot.gov/mcsac.
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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: Grade Crossing Signal System
Safety Regulations.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0534.
Abstract: FRA believes that highwayrail grade crossing (grade crossing)
accidents resulting from warning system
failures can be reduced. Accordingly,
FRA’s regulations require railroads to
take specific responses in the event of
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an activation failure (when a grade
crossing warning system fails to indicate
the approach of a train at least 20
seconds prior to the train’s arrival at the
crossing or to indicate the presence of
a train occupying the crossing).
Specifically, railroads must report to
FRA every impact between on-track
railroad equipment and an automobile,
bus, truck, motorcycle, bicycle, farm
vehicle, or pedestrian at a highway-rail
grade crossing involving a crossing
warning system activation failure.
Notification must be provided to the
periodic maintenance, inspection, and
testing standards are effective.
Type of Request: Extension with
change (revised estimates) of a currently
approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses
(railroads).
Form(s): FRA F 6180.83.
Respondent Universe: 746 railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion/monthly.
Reporting Burden:
CFR section
Respondent universe
Total annual responses
Average time
per responses
234.7—Accidents involving grade crossing signal failure—
Telephone Notification.
234.9—Grade crossing signal system failure reports—
Form 6180.83.
234.105/106/107—Activation failure/partial activation/false
activation—Notification to train crew and law enforcement due to credible report of warning system malfunction.
234.109—Recordkeeping .....................................................
746 railroads ..............
2 phone calls ..................
2 minutes ...........
.1
$7
746 railroads ..............
250 reports .....................
10 minutes .........
42
2,856
746 railroads ..............
30,000 notifications ........
5 minutes ...........
2,500
170,000
746 railroads ..............
30,000 records ...............
5 minutes ...........
2,500
170,000
Total ..............................................................................
746 railroads ..............
60,252 responses ...........
N/A ....................
5,042
342,863
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
60,252.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
5,042 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour
Dollar Cost Equivalent: $342,863.
Title: Alleged Violation Reporting
Form.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0590.
Abstract: The Alleged Violation
Reporting Form is a response to section
307(b) of the Rail Safety Improvement
Act of 2008 which requires FRA to
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National Response Center within 24
hours of occurrence at the stipulated
toll-free telephone number.
Additionally, railroads must report to
FRA within 15 days each activation
failure of a highway-rail grade warning
system. Form FRA F 6180.83,
‘‘Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Warning
System Report,’’ must be used for this
purpose and completed using the
instructions printed on the form. With
this information, FRA can identify the
causes of activation failures and
investigate them to determine whether
‘‘provide a mechanism for the public to
submit written reports of potential
violations of Federal railroad safety and
hazardous materials transportation laws,
regulations, and orders to the Federal
Railroad Administration.’’ The Alleged
Violation Reporting Form allows the
general public to submit alleged
violations directly to FRA. The form
allows FRA to collect information
necessary to investigate the alleged
violation and to follow up with the
submitting party. FRA may share the
Respondent universe
Total annual responses
Average time per
responses
Alleged Violation Reporting Form (Form FRA F 6180.151)
1,000 individuals ........
570 forms .......................
5 minutes ...........
1 The dollar equivalent cost is derived from the
Surface Transportation Board’s Full Year Wage A&B
data series using the appropriate employee group
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Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Brett A. Jortland,
Acting Chief Counsel.
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Office of Foreign Assets Control
Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
Total cost
equivalent 1
information collected with FRA
employees, State DOT partners, and law
enforcement agencies.
Type of Request: Extension with
change (revised estimates) of a currently
approved collection.
Affected Public: General public.
Form(s): FRA F 6180.151.
Respondent Universe: 1,000
individuals.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Reporting Burden:
CFR section
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
570.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 48
hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour
Dollar Cost Equivalent: $1,296.
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.
Total annual
burden hours
Total annual
burden hours
Total cost
equivalent 2
48
$1,296
The Department of the
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is publishing the names
of one or more persons that have been
placed on OFAC’s Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons List
based on OFAC’s determination that one
or more applicable legal criteria were
satisfied. All property and interests in
property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of
these persons are blocked, and U.S.
persons are generally prohibited from
engaging in transactions with them.
SUMMARY:
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
DATES:
hourly wage rate that includes 75-percent overhead
charges.
2 FRA used an hourly rate of $27 for the value of
the public’s time. FRA obtained this data from the
Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2019-0004-N-17]
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 comment on specific aspects of the activities
identified below.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
December 2, 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 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: Grade Crossing Signal System Safety Regulations.
OMB Control Number: 2130-0534.
Abstract: FRA believes that highway-rail grade crossing (grade
crossing) accidents resulting from warning system failures can be
reduced. Accordingly, FRA's regulations require railroads to take
specific responses in the event of
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an activation failure (when a grade crossing warning system fails to
indicate the approach of a train at least 20 seconds prior to the
train's arrival at the crossing or to indicate the presence of a train
occupying the crossing). Specifically, railroads must report to FRA
every impact between on-track railroad equipment and an automobile,
bus, truck, motorcycle, bicycle, farm vehicle, or pedestrian at a
highway-rail grade crossing involving a crossing warning system
activation failure. Notification must be provided to the National
Response Center within 24 hours of occurrence at the stipulated toll-
free telephone number. Additionally, railroads must report to FRA
within 15 days each activation failure of a highway-rail grade warning
system. Form FRA F 6180.83, ``Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Warning
System Report,'' must be used for this purpose and completed using the
instructions printed on the form. With this information, FRA can
identify the causes of activation failures and investigate them to
determine whether periodic maintenance, inspection, and testing
standards are effective.
Type of Request: Extension with change (revised estimates) of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses (railroads).
Form(s): FRA F 6180.83.
Respondent Universe: 746 railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On occasion/monthly.
Reporting Burden:
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Average time per Total annual Total cost
CFR section Respondent universe Total annual responses responses burden hours equivalent \1\
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234.7--Accidents involving grade 746 railroads............... 2 phone calls.................. 2 minutes............. .1 $7
crossing signal failure--
Telephone Notification.
234.9--Grade crossing signal 746 railroads............... 250 reports.................... 10 minutes............ 42 2,856
system failure reports--Form
6180.83.
234.105/106/107--Activation 746 railroads............... 30,000 notifications........... 5 minutes............. 2,500 170,000
failure/partial activation/false
activation--Notification to
train crew and law enforcement
due to credible report of
warning system malfunction.
234.109--Recordkeeping........... 746 railroads............... 30,000 records................. 5 minutes............. 2,500 170,000
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Total........................ 746 railroads............... 60,252 responses............... N/A................... 5,042 342,863
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Total Estimated Annual Responses: 60,252.
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\1\ 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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Total Estimated Annual Burden: 5,042 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour Dollar Cost Equivalent:
$342,863.
Title: Alleged Violation Reporting Form.
OMB Control Number: 2130-0590.
Abstract: The Alleged Violation Reporting Form is a response to
section 307(b) of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 which
requires FRA to ``provide a mechanism for the public to submit written
reports of potential violations of Federal railroad safety and
hazardous materials transportation laws, regulations, and orders to the
Federal Railroad Administration.'' The Alleged Violation Reporting Form
allows the general public to submit alleged violations directly to FRA.
The form allows FRA to collect information necessary to investigate the
alleged violation and to follow up with the submitting party. FRA may
share the information collected with FRA employees, State DOT partners,
and law enforcement agencies.
Type of Request: Extension with change (revised estimates) of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: General public.
Form(s): FRA F 6180.151.
Respondent Universe: 1,000 individuals.
Frequency of Submission: On occasion.
Reporting Burden:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Average time per Total annual Total cost
CFR section Respondent universe Total annual responses responses burden hours equivalent \2\
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alleged Violation Reporting Form 1,000 individuals........... 570 forms...................... 5 minutes............. 48 $1,296
(Form FRA F 6180.151).
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Total Estimated Annual Responses: 570.
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\2\ FRA used an hourly rate of $27 for the value of the public's
time. FRA obtained this data from the Department of Labor, Bureau of
Labor Statistics.
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Total Estimated Annual Burden: 48 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour Dollar Cost Equivalent: $1,296.
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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