60-Day Notice of Intent To Seek Extension of Approval of Collections: Rail Carrier Financial Reports, 34109-34111 [2021-13665]
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exemption from the notice provisions of
rule 23c–3(b)(4) to the extent necessary
to permit each Fund to send notification
of an upcoming repurchase offer to
shareholders at least seven days but no
more than fourteen calendar days in
advance of the repurchase request
deadline.
5. Applicants contend that monthly
repurchase offers are in the public
interest and in the common
shareholders’ interests and consistent
with the policies underlying rule 23c–
3. Applicants assert that monthly
repurchase offers will provide investors
with more liquidity than quarterly
repurchase offers. Applicants assert that
shareholders will be better able to
manage their investments and plan
transactions, because if they decide to
forego a repurchase offer, they will only
need to wait one month for the next
offer. Applicants also contend that the
portfolio of each Fund will be managed
to provide ample liquidity for monthly
repurchase offers.
6. Applicants propose to send
notification to shareholders at least
seven days, but no more than fourteen
calendar days, in advance of a
repurchase request deadline. Applicants
assert that, because each Fund intends
to make payment on the fifth business
day or seventh calendar day (whichever
period is shorter) following the
repurchase pricing date, the entire
procedure will be completed before the
next notification is sent out to
shareholders, thus avoiding any overlap.
Applicants believe that these
procedures will eliminate any
possibility of investor confusion.
Applicants also state that monthly
repurchase offers will be a fundamental
feature of the Funds, and their
prospectuses will provide a clear
explanation of the repurchase program.
7. Applicants submit that for the
reasons given above the requested relief
is appropriate in the public interest and
is consistent with the protection of
investors and the purposes fairly
intended by the policy and provisions of
the Act.
Applicants’ Conditions
Applicants agree that any order
granting the requested relief shall be
subject to the following conditions:
1. The Fund (and any Future Fund
relying on this relief) will make a
repurchase offer pursuant to rule 23c–
3(b) for a repurchase offer amount of not
less than 5% in any one-month period.
In addition, the repurchase offer amount
for the then-current monthly period,
plus the repurchase offer amounts for
the two monthly periods immediately
preceding the then-current monthly
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period, will not exceed 25% of the
Fund’s (or Future Fund’s, as applicable)
outstanding common shares. The Fund
(and any Future Fund relying on this
relief) may repurchase additional
tendered common shares pursuant to
rule 23c–3(b)(5) only to the extent the
percentage of additional common shares
so repurchased does not exceed 2% in
any three-month period.
2. Payment for repurchased common
shares will occur at least five business
days before notification of the next
repurchase offer is sent to common
shareholders of the Fund (or any Future
Fund relying on this relief).
whether the collection has practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the Board’s
burden estimates; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, when
appropriate. Submitted comments will
be included and summarized in the
Board’s request for OMB approval.
Subjects: In this notice, the Board is
requesting comments on the following
information collections:
For the Commission, by the Division of
Investment Management, under delegated
authority.
J. Matthew DesLesDernier,
Assistant Secretary.
Description of Collection 1
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BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
60-Day Notice of Intent To Seek
Extension of Approval of Collections:
Rail Carrier Financial Reports
Surface Transportation Board.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA), the Surface
Transportation Board (Board) gives
notice of its intent to request from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval without change of the
six existing collections described below.
DATES: Comments on these information
collections should be submitted by
August 27, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to
Chris Oehrle, PRA Officer, Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20423–0001, or to
PRA@stb.gov. When submitting
comments, please refer to ‘‘Paperwork
Reduction Act Comments, Rail Carrier
Financial Reports.’’ For further
information regarding these collections,
contact Pedro Ramirez at (202) 245–
0333 or pedro.ramirez@stb.gov.
Assistance for the hearing impaired is
available through the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at
1–800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments
are requested concerning each
collection as to (1) whether the
particular collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Board, including
SUMMARY:
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Title: Quarterly Report of Revenues,
Expenses, and Income—Railroads (Form
RE&I).
OMB Control Number: 2140–0013.
Form Number: Form RE&I.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Respondents: Class I railroads.
Number of Respondents: Seven.
Estimated Time per Response: Six
hours.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly.
Total Annual Hour Burden: 168 hours
annually.
Total Annual ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’
Cost: None identified. Filings are
submitted electronically to the Board.
Needs and Uses: This collection is a
report of railroad operating revenues,
operating expenses, and income items.
It is also a profit and loss statement,
disclosing net railway operating income
on a quarterly and year-to-date basis for
current and prior years. See 49 CFR
1243.1. The Board uses the information
in this report to ensure competitive,
efficient, and safe transportation
through general oversight programs that
monitor and forecast the financial and
operating condition of railroads, and
through regulation of railroad rate and
service issues and rail restructuring
proposals, including railroad mergers,
consolidations, acquisitions of control,
and abandonments. Information from
these reports is used by the Board, other
Federal agencies, and industry groups to
monitor and assess industry growth and
operations, detect changes in carrier
financial stability, and identify trends
that may affect the national
transportation system. Some of the
information from these reports is
compiled by the Board in our quarterly
Selected Earnings Data Report, which is
published on the Board’s website,
https://www.stb.gov/stb/industry/econ_
reports.html. The information contained
in these reports is not available from
any other source.
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Description of Collection 2
Title: Quarterly Condensed Balance
Sheet—Railroads (Form CBS).
OMB Control Number: 2140–0014.
Form Number: Form CBS.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Respondents: Class I railroads.
Number of Respondents: Seven.
Estimated Time per Response: Six
hours.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly.
Total Annual Hour Burden: 168 hours
annually.
Total Annual ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’
Cost: None identified. Filings are
submitted electronically to the Board.
Needs and Uses: This collection
shows the balance, quarterly and
cumulative, for the current and prior
year of the carrier’s assets and liabilities,
gross capital expenditures, and revenue
tons carried. See 49 CFR 1243.2. The
Board uses the information in this
report to ensure competitive, efficient,
and safe transportation through general
oversight programs that monitor and
forecast the financial and operating
condition of railroads, and through
specific regulation of railroad rate and
service issues and rail restructuring
proposals, including railroad mergers,
consolidations, acquisitions of control,
and abandonments. Information from
these reports is used by the Board, other
Federal agencies, and industry groups to
assess industry growth and operations,
detect changes in carrier financial
stability, and identify trends that may
affect the national transportation
system. Revenue ton-miles, which are
reported in these reports, are compiled
and published by the Board in its
quarterly Selected Earnings Data Report,
which is published on the Board’s
website, https://www.stb.gov/stb/
industry/econ_reports.html. The
information contained in these reports
is not available from any other source.
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Description of Collection 3
Title: Report of Railroad Employees,
Service and Compensation (Wage Forms
A and B).
OMB Control Number: 2140–0004.
Form Number: Wage Form A; and
Wage Form B.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Respondents: Class I railroads.
Number of Respondents: Seven.
Estimated Time per Response: No
more than 3 hours per quarterly report
and 4 hours per annual summation.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly,
with an annual summation.
Total Annual Hour Burden: No more
than 112 hours annually.
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Total Annual ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’
Cost: None identified. Filings are
submitted electronically to the Board.
Needs and Uses: This collection
shows the number of employees, service
hours, and compensation, by employee
group (e.g., executive, professional,
maintenance-of-way and equipment,
and transportation), of the reporting
railroads. See 49 CFR 1245. The
information is used by the Board to
forecast labor costs and measure the
efficiency of the reporting railroads. The
information is also used by the Board to
evaluate proposed regulated
transactions that may impact rail
employees, including mergers and
consolidations, acquisitions of control,
purchases, and abandonments. Other
Federal agencies and industry groups,
including the Railroad Retirement Board
(RRB), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS),
and Association of American Railroads
(AAR), use the information contained in
the reports to monitor railroad
operations. Certain information from
these reports is compiled and published
on the Board’s website, https://
www.stb.gov/stb/industry/econ_
reports.html. The information contained
in these reports is not available from
any other source.
Description of Collection 4
Title: Monthly Report of Number of
Employees of Class I Railroads (Wage
Form C).
OMB Control Number: 2140–0007.
Form Number: STB Form C.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Respondents: Class I railroads.
Number of Respondents: Seven.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.25
hours.
Frequency of Response: Monthly.
Total Annual Hour Burden: 105 hours
annually.
Total Annual ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’
Cost: None identified. Filings are
submitted electronically to the Board.
Needs and Uses: This collection
shows, for each reporting carrier, the
average number of employees at midmonth in the six job-classification
groups that encompass all railroad
employees. See 49 CFR 1246. The
information is used by the Board to
forecast labor costs and measure the
efficiency of the reporting railroads. The
information is also used by the Board to
evaluate the impact on rail employees of
proposed regulated transactions,
including mergers and consolidations,
acquisitions of control, purchases, and
abandonments. Other Federal agencies
and industry groups, including the RRB,
BLS, and AAR, use the information
contained in these reports to monitor
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railroad operations. Certain information
from these reports is compiled and
published on the Board’s website,
https://www.stb.gov/stb/industry/econ_
reports.html. The information contained
in these reports is not available from
any other source.
Description of Collection 5
Title: Annual Report of Cars Loaded
and Cars Terminated.
OMB Control Number: 2140–0011.
Form Number: Form STB–54.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Respondents: Class I railroads.
Number of Respondents: Seven.
Estimated Time per Response: Four
hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual.
Total Annual Hour Burden: 28 hours
annually.
Total Annual ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’
Cost: None identified. Filings are
submitted electronically to the Board.
Needs and Uses: This collection
reports the number of cars loaded and
cars terminated on the reporting
carrier’s line. See 49 CFR 1247.
Information in this report is entered into
the Board’s Uniform Rail Costing
System (URCS), which is a cost
measurement methodology. URCS,
which was developed by the Board
pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 11161, is used as
a tool in rail rate proceedings, in
accordance with 49 U.S.C. 10707(d), to
calculate the variable costs associated
with providing a particular service. The
Board also uses URCS to carry out more
effectively other of its regulatory
responsibilities, including: Acting on
railroad requests for authority to engage
in Board-regulated financial
transactions such as mergers,
acquisitions of control, and
consolidations, see 49 U.S.C. 11323–
11324; analyzing the information that
the Board obtains through the annual
railroad industry waybill sample, see 49
CFR 1244; measuring off-branch costs in
railroad abandonment proceedings, in
accordance with 49 CFR 1152.32(n);
developing the ‘‘rail cost adjustment
factors,’’ in accordance with 49 U.S.C.
10708; and conducting investigations
and rulemakings. This collection is
compiled and published on the Board’s
website, https://www.stb.gov/stb/
industry/econ_reports.html. There is no
other source for the information
contained in this report.
Description of Collection 6
Title: Quarterly Report of Freight
Commodity Statistics (Form QCS).
OMB Control Number: 2140–0001.
Form Number: Form QCS.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
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Respondents: Class I railroads.
Number of Respondents: Seven.
Estimated Time per Response: One
hour.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly,
with an annual summation.
Total Annual Hour Burden: 35 hours
annually.
Total Annual ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’
Cost: None identified. Filings are
submitted electronically to the Board.
Needs and Uses: This collection,
which is based on information
contained in carload waybills used by
railroads in the ordinary course of
business, reports car loadings and total
revenues by commodity code for each
commodity that moved on the railroad
during the reporting period. See 49 CFR
1248. Information in this report is
entered into the Board’s URCS, the uses
of which are explained under Collection
Number 5. This collection is compiled
and published on the Board’s website,
https://www.stb.gov/stb/industry/econ_
reports.html. There is no other source
for the information contained in this
report.
The Board makes this submission
because, under the PRA, a federal
agency that conducts or sponsors a
collection of information must display a
currently valid OMB control number. A
collection of information, which is
defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR
1320.3(c), includes agency requirements
that persons submit reports, keep
records, or provide information to the
agency, third parties, or the public.
Under 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), federal
agencies are required to provide, prior
to an agency’s submitting a collection to
OMB for approval, a 60-day notice and
comment period through publication in
the Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information.
Dated: June 22, 2021.
Eden Besera,
Clearance Clerk.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–1998–4334;
FMCSA–2000–7918; FMCSA–2003–14504;
FMCSA–2003–15268; FMCSA–2004–17984;
FMCSA–2004–18885; FMCSA–2005–20027;
FMCSA–2005–21254; FMCSA–2006–26066;
FMCSA–2006–26653; FMCSA–2008–0106;
FMCSA–2008–0340; FMCSA–2009–0086;
FMCSA–2010–0385; FMCSA–2011–0010;
FMCSA–2011–0102; FMCSA–2012–0279;
FMCSA–2012–0337; FMCSA–2013–0022;
FMCSA–2013–0027; FMCSA–2013–0028;
FMCSA–2013–0029; FMCSA–2013–0169;
FMCSA–2014–0004; FMCSA–2014–0006;
FMCSA–2014–0008; FMCSA–2014–0298;
FMCSA–2014–0300; FMCSA–2014–0301;
FMCSA–2014–0304; FMCSA–2014–0305;
FMCSA–2015–0055; FMCSA–2015–0350;
FMCSA–2016–0024; FMCSA–2016–0213;
FMCSA–2016–0377; FMCSA–2017–0014;
FMCSA–2017–0019; FMCSA–2018–0018;
FMCSA–2018–0208; FMCSA–2018–0209;
FMCSA–2019–0004; FMCSA–2019–0005;
FMCSA–2019–0011]
Qualification of Drivers; Exemption
Applications; Vision
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), Department
of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of renewal of
exemptions; request for comments.
AGENCY:
FMCSA announces its
decision to renew exemptions for 59
individuals from the vision requirement
in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Regulations (FMCSRs) for interstate
commercial motor vehicle (CMV)
drivers. The exemptions enable these
individuals to continue to operate CMVs
in interstate commerce without meeting
the vision requirements in one eye.
DATES: Each group of renewed
exemptions were applicable on the
dates stated in the discussions below
and will expire on the dates stated in
the discussions below. Comments must
be received on or before July 28, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by the Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) Docket No.
FMCSA–1998–4334, Docket No.
FMCSA–2000–7918, Docket No.
FMCSA–2003–14504, Docket No.
FMCSA–2003–15268, Docket No.
FMCSA–2004–17984, Docket No.
FMCSA–2004–18885, Docket No.
FMCSA–2005–20027, Docket No.
FMCSA–2005–21254, Docket No.
FMCSA–2006–26066, Docket No.
FMCSA–2006–26653, Docket No.
FMCSA–2008–0106, Docket No.
FMCSA–2008–0340, Docket No.
FMCSA–2009–0086, Docket No.
FMCSA–2010–0385, Docket No.
FMCSA–2011–0010, Docket No.
SUMMARY:
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FMCSA–2011–0102, Docket No.
FMCSA–2012–0279, Docket No.
FMCSA–2012–0337, Docket No.
FMCSA–2013–0022, Docket No.
FMCSA–2013–0027, Docket No.
FMCSA–2013–0028, Docket No.
FMCSA–2013–0029, Docket No.
FMCSA–2013–0169, Docket No.
FMCSA–2014–0004, Docket No.
FMCSA–2014–0006, Docket No.
FMCSA–2014–0008, Docket No.
FMCSA–2014–0298, Docket No.
FMCSA–2014–0300, Docket No.
FMCSA–2014–0301, Docket No.
FMCSA–2014–0304, Docket No.
FMCSA–2014–0305, Docket No.
FMCSA–2015–0055, Docket No.
FMCSA–2015–0350, Docket No.
FMCSA–2016–0024, Docket No.
FMCSA–2016–0213, Docket No.
FMCSA–2016–0377, Docket No.
FMCSA–2017–0014, Docket No.
FMCSA–2017–0019, Docket No.
FMCSA–2018–0018, Docket No.
FMCSA–2018–0208, Docket No.
FMCSA–2018–0209, Docket No.
FMCSA–2019–0004, Docket No.
FMCSA–2019–0005, or Docket No.
FMCSA–2019–0011 using any of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
www.regulations.gov/, insert the docket
number, FMCSA–1998–4334, FMCSA–
2000–7918, FMCSA–2003–14504,
FMCSA–2003–15268, FMCSA–2004–
17984, FMCSA–2004–18885, FMCSA–
2005–20027, FMCSA–2005–21254,
FMCSA–2006–26066, FMCSA–2006–
26653, FMCSA–2008–0106, FMCSA–
2008–0340, FMCSA–2009–0086,
FMCSA–2010–0385, FMCSA–2011–
0010, FMCSA–2011–0102, FMCSA–
2012–0279, FMCSA–2012–0337,
FMCSA–2013–0022, FMCSA–2013–
0027, FMCSA–2013–0028, FMCSA–
2013–0029, FMCSA–2013–0169,
FMCSA–2014–0004, FMCSA–2014–
0006, FMCSA–2014–0008, FMCSA–
2014–0298, FMCSA–2014–0300,
FMCSA–2014–0301, FMCSA–2014–
0304, FMCSA–2014–0305, FMCSA–
2015–0055, FMCSA–2015–0350,
FMCSA–2016–0024, FMCSA–2016–
0213, FMCSA–2016–0377, FMCSA–
2017–0014, FMCSA–2017–0019,
FMCSA–2018–0018, FMCSA–2018–
0208, FMCSA–2018–0209, FMCSA–
2019–0004, FMCSA–2019–0005, or
FMCSA–2019–0011 in the keyword box,
and click ‘‘Search.’’ Next, sort the
results by ‘‘Posted (Newer-Older),’’
choose the first notice listed, and click
on the ‘‘Comment’’ button. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail: Dockets Operations; U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
60-Day Notice of Intent To Seek Extension of Approval of
Collections: Rail Carrier Financial Reports
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens,
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Surface Transportation Board (Board) gives notice of its intent to
request from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval without
change of the six existing collections described below.
DATES: Comments on these information collections should be submitted by
August 27, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Chris Oehrle, PRA Officer, Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20423-0001, or to
[email protected]. When submitting comments, please refer to ``Paperwork
Reduction Act Comments, Rail Carrier Financial Reports.'' For further
information regarding these collections, contact Pedro Ramirez at (202)
245-0333 or [email protected]. Assistance for the hearing impaired
is available through the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-
800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments are requested concerning each
collection as to (1) whether the particular collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Board,
including whether the collection has practical utility; (2) the
accuracy of the Board's burden estimates; (3) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, when appropriate. Submitted
comments will be included and summarized in the Board's request for OMB
approval.
Subjects: In this notice, the Board is requesting comments on the
following information collections:
Description of Collection 1
Title: Quarterly Report of Revenues, Expenses, and Income--
Railroads (Form RE&I).
OMB Control Number: 2140-0013.
Form Number: Form RE&I.
Type of Review: Extension without change.
Respondents: Class I railroads.
Number of Respondents: Seven.
Estimated Time per Response: Six hours.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly.
Total Annual Hour Burden: 168 hours annually.
Total Annual ``Non-Hour Burden'' Cost: None identified. Filings are
submitted electronically to the Board.
Needs and Uses: This collection is a report of railroad operating
revenues, operating expenses, and income items. It is also a profit and
loss statement, disclosing net railway operating income on a quarterly
and year-to-date basis for current and prior years. See 49 CFR 1243.1.
The Board uses the information in this report to ensure competitive,
efficient, and safe transportation through general oversight programs
that monitor and forecast the financial and operating condition of
railroads, and through regulation of railroad rate and service issues
and rail restructuring proposals, including railroad mergers,
consolidations, acquisitions of control, and abandonments. Information
from these reports is used by the Board, other Federal agencies, and
industry groups to monitor and assess industry growth and operations,
detect changes in carrier financial stability, and identify trends that
may affect the national transportation system. Some of the information
from these reports is compiled by the Board in our quarterly Selected
Earnings Data Report, which is published on the Board's website,
https://www.stb.gov/stb/industry/econ_reports.html. The information
contained in these reports is not available from any other source.
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Description of Collection 2
Title: Quarterly Condensed Balance Sheet--Railroads (Form CBS).
OMB Control Number: 2140-0014.
Form Number: Form CBS.
Type of Review: Extension without change.
Respondents: Class I railroads.
Number of Respondents: Seven.
Estimated Time per Response: Six hours.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly.
Total Annual Hour Burden: 168 hours annually.
Total Annual ``Non-Hour Burden'' Cost: None identified. Filings are
submitted electronically to the Board.
Needs and Uses: This collection shows the balance, quarterly and
cumulative, for the current and prior year of the carrier's assets and
liabilities, gross capital expenditures, and revenue tons carried. See
49 CFR 1243.2. The Board uses the information in this report to ensure
competitive, efficient, and safe transportation through general
oversight programs that monitor and forecast the financial and
operating condition of railroads, and through specific regulation of
railroad rate and service issues and rail restructuring proposals,
including railroad mergers, consolidations, acquisitions of control,
and abandonments. Information from these reports is used by the Board,
other Federal agencies, and industry groups to assess industry growth
and operations, detect changes in carrier financial stability, and
identify trends that may affect the national transportation system.
Revenue ton-miles, which are reported in these reports, are compiled
and published by the Board in its quarterly Selected Earnings Data
Report, which is published on the Board's website, https://www.stb.gov/stb/industry/econ_reports.html. The information contained in these
reports is not available from any other source.
Description of Collection 3
Title: Report of Railroad Employees, Service and Compensation (Wage
Forms A and B).
OMB Control Number: 2140-0004.
Form Number: Wage Form A; and Wage Form B.
Type of Review: Extension without change.
Respondents: Class I railroads.
Number of Respondents: Seven.
Estimated Time per Response: No more than 3 hours per quarterly
report and 4 hours per annual summation.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly, with an annual summation.
Total Annual Hour Burden: No more than 112 hours annually.
Total Annual ``Non-Hour Burden'' Cost: None identified. Filings are
submitted electronically to the Board.
Needs and Uses: This collection shows the number of employees,
service hours, and compensation, by employee group (e.g., executive,
professional, maintenance-of-way and equipment, and transportation), of
the reporting railroads. See 49 CFR 1245. The information is used by
the Board to forecast labor costs and measure the efficiency of the
reporting railroads. The information is also used by the Board to
evaluate proposed regulated transactions that may impact rail
employees, including mergers and consolidations, acquisitions of
control, purchases, and abandonments. Other Federal agencies and
industry groups, including the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB), Bureau
of Labor Statistics (BLS), and Association of American Railroads (AAR),
use the information contained in the reports to monitor railroad
operations. Certain information from these reports is compiled and
published on the Board's website, https://www.stb.gov/stb/industry/econ_reports.html. The information contained in these reports is not
available from any other source.
Description of Collection 4
Title: Monthly Report of Number of Employees of Class I Railroads
(Wage Form C).
OMB Control Number: 2140-0007.
Form Number: STB Form C.
Type of Review: Extension without change.
Respondents: Class I railroads.
Number of Respondents: Seven.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.25 hours.
Frequency of Response: Monthly.
Total Annual Hour Burden: 105 hours annually.
Total Annual ``Non-Hour Burden'' Cost: None identified. Filings are
submitted electronically to the Board.
Needs and Uses: This collection shows, for each reporting carrier,
the average number of employees at mid-month in the six job-
classification groups that encompass all railroad employees. See 49 CFR
1246. The information is used by the Board to forecast labor costs and
measure the efficiency of the reporting railroads. The information is
also used by the Board to evaluate the impact on rail employees of
proposed regulated transactions, including mergers and consolidations,
acquisitions of control, purchases, and abandonments. Other Federal
agencies and industry groups, including the RRB, BLS, and AAR, use the
information contained in these reports to monitor railroad operations.
Certain information from these reports is compiled and published on the
Board's website, https://www.stb.gov/stb/industry/econ_reports.html.
The information contained in these reports is not available from any
other source.
Description of Collection 5
Title: Annual Report of Cars Loaded and Cars Terminated.
OMB Control Number: 2140-0011.
Form Number: Form STB-54.
Type of Review: Extension without change.
Respondents: Class I railroads.
Number of Respondents: Seven.
Estimated Time per Response: Four hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual.
Total Annual Hour Burden: 28 hours annually.
Total Annual ``Non-Hour Burden'' Cost: None identified. Filings are
submitted electronically to the Board.
Needs and Uses: This collection reports the number of cars loaded
and cars terminated on the reporting carrier's line. See 49 CFR 1247.
Information in this report is entered into the Board's Uniform Rail
Costing System (URCS), which is a cost measurement methodology. URCS,
which was developed by the Board pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 11161, is used
as a tool in rail rate proceedings, in accordance with 49 U.S.C.
10707(d), to calculate the variable costs associated with providing a
particular service. The Board also uses URCS to carry out more
effectively other of its regulatory responsibilities, including: Acting
on railroad requests for authority to engage in Board-regulated
financial transactions such as mergers, acquisitions of control, and
consolidations, see 49 U.S.C. 11323-11324; analyzing the information
that the Board obtains through the annual railroad industry waybill
sample, see 49 CFR 1244; measuring off-branch costs in railroad
abandonment proceedings, in accordance with 49 CFR 1152.32(n);
developing the ``rail cost adjustment factors,'' in accordance with 49
U.S.C. 10708; and conducting investigations and rulemakings. This
collection is compiled and published on the Board's website, https://www.stb.gov/stb/industry/econ_reports.html. There is no other source
for the information contained in this report.
Description of Collection 6
Title: Quarterly Report of Freight Commodity Statistics (Form QCS).
OMB Control Number: 2140-0001.
Form Number: Form QCS.
Type of Review: Extension without change.
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Respondents: Class I railroads.
Number of Respondents: Seven.
Estimated Time per Response: One hour.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly, with an annual summation.
Total Annual Hour Burden: 35 hours annually.
Total Annual ``Non-Hour Burden'' Cost: None identified. Filings are
submitted electronically to the Board.
Needs and Uses: This collection, which is based on information
contained in carload waybills used by railroads in the ordinary course
of business, reports car loadings and total revenues by commodity code
for each commodity that moved on the railroad during the reporting
period. See 49 CFR 1248. Information in this report is entered into the
Board's URCS, the uses of which are explained under Collection Number
5. This collection is compiled and published on the Board's website,
https://www.stb.gov/stb/industry/econ_reports.html. There is no other
source for the information contained in this report.
The Board makes this submission because, under the PRA, a federal
agency that conducts or sponsors a collection of information must
display a currently valid OMB control number. A collection of
information, which is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c),
includes agency requirements that persons submit reports, keep records,
or provide information to the agency, third parties, or the public.
Under 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), federal agencies are required to
provide, prior to an agency's submitting a collection to OMB for
approval, a 60-day notice and comment period through publication in the
Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an existing collection of
information.
Dated: June 22, 2021.
Eden Besera,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2021-13665 Filed 6-25-21; 8:45 am]
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