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document provides the public notice
that on August 9, 2020, Virginia &
Truckee Railroad Company (VTRR)
petitioned the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) for a waiver of
compliance from certain provisions of
the Federal railroad safety regulations
contained at 49 CFR part 215, Railroad
Freight Car Safety Standards. FRA
assigned the petition Docket Number
FRA–2010–0093.
Specifically, VTRR seeks to extend its
previous special approval under 49 CFR
215.203, Restricted cars, and relief from
49 CFR 215.303, Stenciling of restricted
cars, for three overage freight cars:
Caboose V&T 50, open air car V&T 55,
and boxcar V&T 54. It also requests to
add one car, caboose V&T 25, to the
current docket. All cars are owned by
VTRR and are not interchanged in
regular freight operations with other
railroads.
VTRR explains it conducts annual
comprehensive shop inspections and
detailed center plate inspections and
maintains and services the cars in
compliance with all applicable
regulations with the exception of the
relief granted.
A copy of the petition, as well as any
written communications concerning the
petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov.
Interested parties are invited to
participate in these proceedings by
submitting written views, data, or
comments. FRA does not anticipate
scheduling a public hearing in
connection with these proceedings since
the facts do not appear to warrant a
hearing. If any interested parties desire
an opportunity for oral comment and a
public hearing, they should notify FRA,
in writing, before the end of the
comment period and specify the basis
for their request.
All communications concerning these
proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number and may be
submitted by any of the following
methods:
• Website: https://
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instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Operations Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation
(DOT), 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, W12–
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Monday through Friday, except Federal
Holidays.
Communications received by October
8, 2020 will be considered by FRA
before final action is taken. Comments
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received after that date will be
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Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety,
Chief Safety Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2020–0027–N–19]
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
Request (ICR) abstracted below. Before
submitting this ICR to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
approval, FRA is soliciting public
comment on specific aspects of the
activities identified in the ICR.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before October
23, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments and
recommendations for the proposed ICR
to Ms. Hodan Wells, Information
Collection Clearance Officer at email:
hodan.wells@dot.gov or telephone: (202)
493–0440. 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
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notice and include them in its
information collection submission to
OMB for approval.
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 ICR 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 summary below describes the ICR
that FRA will submit for OMB clearance
as the PRA requires:
Title: Track Safety Standards;
Concrete Crossties.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0592.
Abstract: In 2011, FRA mandated
specific requirements for effective
concrete crossties, for rail fastening
systems connected to concrete crossties,
and for automated inspections of track
constructed with concrete crossties.
FRA uses the information collected
under 49 CFR 213.234 to ensure
automated track inspections of track
constructed with concrete crossties are
carried out as specified in the rule to
supplement visual inspections by Class
I and Class II railroads, intercity
passenger railroads, and commuter
railroads.
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Type of Request: Extension with
change (revised estimates) of a currently
approved collection.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Reporting Burden:
CFR Section 1
Respondent
universe
Total annual
responses
Average time
per responses
Total annual
burden hours
213.234(e)—Automated inspection of track constructed
with concrete crossties—Exception reports listing all exception to § 213.109(d)(4).
—(g) Procedure for integrity of data—Track owners to institute procedures for maintaining the integrity of the
data collected by the measurement system.
—(h)(3) Training—Track owners to provide annual training in handling rail seat deterioration exceptions to all
persons designated as fully qualified under § 213.7 and
whose territories are subject to the requirements of
§ 213.234—Recordkeeping.
Total .............................................................................
30 railroads ....
125 reports ....
15 minutes .....
31 hours .........
$1,813
30 railroads ....
30 revised procedures.
2 hours ...........
60 hours .........
7,200
30 railroads ....
2,250 records
of trained
employees.
5 minutes .......
188 hours .......
10,875
30 railroads ....
2,405 Responses.
N/A .................
279 Hours ......
19,888
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
2,405.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 279
hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour
Dollar Cost Equivalent: $19,888.
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,
Deputy Chief Counsel.
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are generally prohibited from engaging
in transactions with them.
DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section for applicable date(s).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
OFAC: Associate Director for Global
Targeting, tel.: 202–622–2420; Assistant
Director for Sanctions Compliance &
Evaluation, tel.: 202–622–2490;
Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.:
202–622–2480.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability
The SDN List and additional
information concerning OFAC sanctions
programs are available on OFAC’s
website (www.treas.gov/ofac).
Notice of OFAC Actions
On August 12, 2020, OFAC
determined that the property and
interests in property subject to U.S.
jurisdiction of the following persons are
blocked under the relevant sanctions
authorities listed below.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
AGENCY:
Entities
The U.S. 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
(SDN 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
1. PARTHIA CARGO LLC, 1 AK 01, Jebel
Ali South Zone, Jebel Ali Free Zone, Dubai,
United Arab Emirates; Office 203, Bur Dubai,
Souk Al Kabeer, Dubai, United Arab
Emirates; P.O. Box: 33393, Dubai, United
Arab Emirates; P.O. Box: 44439, Dubai,
United Arab Emirates; website
www.parthiacargo.com; Additional Sanctions
Information—Subject to Secondary
Sanctions; Chamber of Commerce Number
56868 (United Arab Emirates); Registration
Number 515161 (United Arab Emirates)
[SDGT] [IFSR] (Linked To: MAHAN AIR;
Linked To: MAHDAVI, Amin).
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(C)
of Executive Order 13224 of September 23,
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY:
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Affected Public: Businesses.
Form(s): N/A.
Respondent Universe: 30 railroads.
1 Note: The current inventory estimates a total
burden of 4,875 hours while the requesting
inventory estimates a total burden of 279 hours.
FRA determined some of the estimates were double
counted and/or outdated, while other estimates
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were not PRA requirements, thus leading to the
increased figures in the current inventory, which
were decreased accordingly in this notice. Also,
totals may not add due to rounding.
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Total cost
equivalent 2
2001, ‘‘Blocking Property and Prohibiting
Transactions With Persons Who Commit,
Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism,’’
66 FR 49079, 3 CFR, 2002 Comp., p. 786,
(E.O. 13224), as amended by Executive Order
13886 of September 9, 2019, ‘‘Modernizing
Sanctions to Combat Terrorism,’’ 84 FR
48041, (E.O. 13224, as amended), for having
materially assisted, sponsored, or provided
financial, material, or technological support
for, or goods or services to or in support of,
MAHAN AIR, a person whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to
E.O. 13224, as amended.
2. DELTA PARTS SUPPLY FZC (a.k.a.
DELTA PARTS SUPPLY), Q1–04–048/A Saif
Zone, P.O. Box 124119, Sharjah, United Arab
Emirates; Saif Zone, Sharjah, United Arab
Emirates; Additional Sanctions
Information—Subject to Secondary Sanctions
[SDGT] [IFSR] (Linked To: MAHAN AIR).
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(C)
of E.O. 13224, as amended, for having
materially assisted, sponsored, or provided
financial, material, or technological support
for, or goods or services to or in support of,
MAHAN AIR, a person whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to
E.O. 13224, as amended.
Individual
1. MAHDAVI, Amin, Number 1304 Bahar2
JBR, Dubai 44439, United Arab Emirates;
DOB 12 Feb 1967; POB Mashad, Iran; citizen
Iran; Additional Sanctions Information—
Subject to Secondary Sanctions; Gender Male
(individual) [SDGT] [IFSR].
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(B)
of E.O. 13224, as amended, for owning or
controlling, directly or indirectly, PARTHIA
CARGO LLC, a person whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to
E.O. 13224, as amended.
2 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 a 75-percent
overhead charge.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2020-0027-N-19]
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 Request (ICR) abstracted below. Before submitting this ICR
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval, FRA is
soliciting public comment on specific aspects of the activities
identified in the ICR.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
October 23, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments and recommendations for the proposed ICR to
Ms. Hodan Wells, Information Collection Clearance Officer at email:
[email protected] or telephone: (202) 493-0440. 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.
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 ICR
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 summary below describes the ICR that FRA will submit for OMB
clearance as the PRA requires:
Title: Track Safety Standards; Concrete Crossties.
OMB Control Number: 2130-0592.
Abstract: In 2011, FRA mandated specific requirements for effective
concrete crossties, for rail fastening systems connected to concrete
crossties, and for automated inspections of track constructed with
concrete crossties. FRA uses the information collected under 49 CFR
213.234 to ensure automated track inspections of track constructed with
concrete crossties are carried out as specified in the rule to
supplement visual inspections by Class I and Class II railroads,
intercity passenger railroads, and commuter railroads.
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Type of Request: Extension with change (revised estimates) of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Form(s): N/A.
Respondent Universe: 30 railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On occasion.
Reporting Burden:
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\1\ Note: The current inventory estimates a total burden of
4,875 hours while the requesting inventory estimates a total burden
of 279 hours. FRA determined some of the estimates were double
counted and/or outdated, while other estimates were not PRA
requirements, thus leading to the increased figures in the current
inventory, which were decreased accordingly in this notice. Also,
totals may not add due to rounding.
\2\ 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 a 75-
percent overhead charge.
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Average time per Total annual burden Total cost
CFR Section \1\ Respondent universe Total annual responses responses hours equivalent \2\
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213.234(e)--Automated inspection 30 railroads............ 125 reports............. 15 minutes............. 31 hours............... $1,813
of track constructed with
concrete crossties--Exception
reports listing all exception to
Sec. 213.109(d)(4).
--(g) Procedure for integrity of 30 railroads............ 30 revised procedures... 2 hours................ 60 hours............... 7,200
data--Track owners to institute
procedures for maintaining the
integrity of the data collected
by the measurement system.
--(h)(3) Training--Track owners to 30 railroads............ 2,250 records of trained 5 minutes.............. 188 hours.............. 10,875
provide annual training in employees.
handling rail seat deterioration
exceptions to all persons
designated as fully qualified
under Sec. 213.7 and whose
territories are subject to the
requirements of Sec. 213.234--
Recordkeeping.
Total......................... 30 railroads............ 2,405 Responses......... N/A.................... 279 Hours.............. 19,888
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Total Estimated Annual Responses: 2,405.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 279 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour Dollar Cost Equivalent: $19,888.
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,
Deputy Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2020-18482 Filed 8-21-20; 8:45 am]
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