60-Day Notice of Intent To Seek Extension and Modification of an Existing Collection: Urgent Rail Service Issues, 66345-66346 [2022-23948]
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It Is Ordered
1. The evidentiary hearing will
continue in the hearing room of the
Board’s headquarters, located at 395 E
Street SW, Washington, DC 20423–0001,
on November 17 and 18, 2022,
beginning each day at 9:30 a.m. EST.
2. A voting conference is scheduled
on December 7, 2022, in the hearing
room of the Board’s headquarters, at
2:00 p.m. EST.
3. The Parties are directed to file with
the Board, by November 10, 2022, lists
of the witnesses (1) whom they intend
to call for direct examination at the
evidentiary hearing, along with the time
they anticipate needing on direct
examination with each witness, and (2)
whom they request an opportunity to
cross-examine.
4. The Parties are directed to provide
the Board, by November 10, 2022, via
email at Hearings@stb.gov, updated lists
of their representatives and witnesses
who will participate at the evidentiary
hearing, those individuals’ email
addresses, and whether such
individuals will need access to the
confidential and/or highly confidential
breakout room(s).
5. This decision is effective on its
service date.
6. This decision will be published in
the Federal Register.
(Authority: 49 CFR 1113.1)
Decided: October 28, 2022.
By the Board, Mai T. Dinh, Director, Office
of Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2022–23885 Filed 11–2–22; 8:45 am]
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
60-Day Notice of Intent To Seek
Extension and Modification of an
Existing Collection: Urgent Rail
Service Issues
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 seek approval from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for an extension and
modification of an existing and
approved information collection, as
described below. An emergency
approval was granted for this collection
(OMB Control Number 2140–0041),
expiring on January 31, 2023. The Board
is now seeking to extend and modify
SUMMARY:
that collection with a submission
through OMB’s regular PRA clearance
process.
Comments on these information
collections should be submitted by
January 3, 2023.
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 ‘‘Urgent Rail
Service Issues.’’ For further information
regarding this collection, contact Ian
Anderson at (202) 245–0337 or
Ian.Anderson@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
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 collection:
DATES:
Description of Collection
Title: Urgent Rail Service Issues.
OMB Control Number: 2140–0041.
STB Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Revision and
extension of currently approved
collection.
Respondents: Class I (Large)
Railroads.
Number of Respondents: See Table 1
below.
Estimated Time per Response: See
Table 1 below.
Frequency: One-time, bi-weekly and
monthly, as provided in Table 1 below.
Total Burden Hours (annually
including all respondents): 3,024 (sum
of estimated hours per response ×
number of annual responses for each
type of filing), as provided in Table 1
below.
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TABLE 1—TOTAL ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS
Estimated
hours
per response
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Type of filing
Number of
respondents
Estimated
frequency
Total burden
hours
Service Progress Reports ................................................................................
Weekly Performance Data ...............................................................................
Monthly Employment Data ..............................................................................
Interim Update .................................................................................................
8
8
16
120
4
7
7
4
13
26
6
1
416
1,456
672
480
Total Burden Hours ..................................................................................
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........................
........................
3,024
Total Annual ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’
Cost: There are no non-hourly burden
costs for this collection. The itemized
sub-collections may be filed
electronically.
Needs and Uses: Under the Interstate
Commerce Act, as amended by the ICC
Termination Act of 1995, the Board is
responsible for the economic regulation
of common carrier rail transportation.
Under 49 U.S.C. 1321(b), 11123, and
11145(a), the Board is empowered to
address immediate service issues.
Collecting this information will enable
the Board to take necessary action to
timely deal with the unanticipated and
urgent service issues affecting the U.S.
rail system. These measures are meant
to inform the Board’s assessment of
further actions that may be warranted to
address the acute service issues facing
the rail industry and to promote
industry-wide transparency,
accountability, and improvements in
rail service.
At the Board’s April 26 and 27, 2022
public hearing in Urgent Issues in
Freight Rail Service, the Board received
extensive testimony on severe rail
service issues reported by a wide range
of witnesses—including agricultural,
energy, and other shippers, as well as
government officials, rail labor, and rail
experts. The Board has also continued
to review and monitor weekly rail
service performance data that indicated
substantial deterioration in service. This
information collection focuses on the
adequacy of service recovery efforts
involving BNSF Railway Company
(BNSF), CSX Transportation (CSXT),
Norfolk Southern Railway Company
(NS), and Union Pacific Railroad
Company UP), and it requires more
comprehensive and customer-centric
reporting of all Class I (large) railroads’
service metrics.
In a decision served on May 6, 2022,
the Board found that immediate action
was needed to address significant
service problems, and it ordered certain
railroads to immediately submit
relevant information. The Board took
this action to better inform its
assessment of actions that may be
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warranted to address rail service issues.
In a decision served on June 13, 2022,
the Board required UP, BNSF, CSXT,
and NS to correct deficiencies in their
service recovery plans and provide
additional information on their actions
to improve service and communications
with customers.
Now, in a decision served on October
28, 2022, the Board extended the
temporary reporting period for all seven
Class I carriers and required certain
updated information from UP, BNSF,
CSXT, and NS. The Board directed these
four carriers to continue to submit
biweekly service progress reports for an
additional six-month period, until May
5, 2023. The Board also directed all
Class I railroads to submit weekly
performance data during this period.
Although not all Class I carriers are
experiencing service problems to the
same degree, the U.S. rail system is an
interconnected network and problems
in one geographic area can quickly
spread elsewhere. The application of
certain reporting requirements to all
Class I carriers allows the Board to
assess the current service issues across
the entire rail network. All Class I
carriers must also continue to submit
monthly employment data in this
docket, as described in the May 6 Order.
Specific instructions for this
information collection and analysis of
recent data are provided in the October
28 order.
The information received by the
Board from this collection will continue
to be filed in Docket No. EP 770 (SubNo. 1) and will be publicly available at
www.stb.gov. The information may be
found by a search in that docket under
the ‘‘proceedings and dockets’’ pulldown menu.
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
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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: October 31, 2022.
Kenyatta Clay,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2022–23948 Filed 11–2–22; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. 2013–0259]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of a Renewed Approval of
Information Collection: Advisory
Circular: Reporting of Laser
Illumination of Aircraft
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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 Federal Register Notice
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the following collection of
information was published on
September 7, 2022. The collection
involves Advisory Circular 70–2A
which provides guidance to civilian air
crews on the reporting of laser
illumination incidents and
recommended mitigation actions to be
taken in order to ensure continued safe
and orderly flight operations.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by December 5, 2022.
SUMMARY:
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
60-Day Notice of Intent To Seek Extension and Modification of an
Existing Collection: Urgent Rail Service Issues
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 seek
approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an
extension and modification of an existing and approved information
collection, as described below. An emergency approval was granted for
this collection (OMB Control Number 2140-0041), expiring on January 31,
2023. The Board is now seeking to extend and modify that collection
with a submission through OMB's regular PRA clearance process.
DATES: Comments on these information collections should be submitted by
January 3, 2023.
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 ``Urgent Rail
Service Issues.'' For further information regarding this collection,
contact Ian Anderson at (202) 245-0337 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 collection:
Description of Collection
Title: Urgent Rail Service Issues.
OMB Control Number: 2140-0041.
STB Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Revision and extension of currently approved
collection.
Respondents: Class I (Large) Railroads.
Number of Respondents: See Table 1 below.
Estimated Time per Response: See Table 1 below.
Frequency: One-time, bi-weekly and monthly, as provided in Table 1
below.
Total Burden Hours (annually including all respondents): 3,024 (sum
of estimated hours per response x number of annual responses for each
type of filing), as provided in Table 1 below.
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Table 1--Total Estimated Burden Hours
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Estimated
Type of filing hours per Number of Estimated Total burden
response respondents frequency hours
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Service Progress Reports........................ 8 4 13 416
Weekly Performance Data......................... 8 7 26 1,456
Monthly Employment Data......................... 16 7 6 672
Interim Update.................................. 120 4 1 480
---------------------------------------------------------------
Total Burden Hours.......................... .............. .............. .............. 3,024
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Annual ``Non-hour Burden'' Cost: There are no non-hourly
burden costs for this collection. The itemized sub-collections may be
filed electronically.
Needs and Uses: Under the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended by
the ICC Termination Act of 1995, the Board is responsible for the
economic regulation of common carrier rail transportation. Under 49
U.S.C. 1321(b), 11123, and 11145(a), the Board is empowered to address
immediate service issues. Collecting this information will enable the
Board to take necessary action to timely deal with the unanticipated
and urgent service issues affecting the U.S. rail system. These
measures are meant to inform the Board's assessment of further actions
that may be warranted to address the acute service issues facing the
rail industry and to promote industry-wide transparency,
accountability, and improvements in rail service.
At the Board's April 26 and 27, 2022 public hearing in Urgent
Issues in Freight Rail Service, the Board received extensive testimony
on severe rail service issues reported by a wide range of witnesses--
including agricultural, energy, and other shippers, as well as
government officials, rail labor, and rail experts. The Board has also
continued to review and monitor weekly rail service performance data
that indicated substantial deterioration in service. This information
collection focuses on the adequacy of service recovery efforts
involving BNSF Railway Company (BNSF), CSX Transportation (CSXT),
Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS), and Union Pacific Railroad
Company UP), and it requires more comprehensive and customer-centric
reporting of all Class I (large) railroads' service metrics.
In a decision served on May 6, 2022, the Board found that immediate
action was needed to address significant service problems, and it
ordered certain railroads to immediately submit relevant information.
The Board took this action to better inform its assessment of actions
that may be warranted to address rail service issues. In a decision
served on June 13, 2022, the Board required UP, BNSF, CSXT, and NS to
correct deficiencies in their service recovery plans and provide
additional information on their actions to improve service and
communications with customers.
Now, in a decision served on October 28, 2022, the Board extended
the temporary reporting period for all seven Class I carriers and
required certain updated information from UP, BNSF, CSXT, and NS. The
Board directed these four carriers to continue to submit biweekly
service progress reports for an additional six-month period, until May
5, 2023. The Board also directed all Class I railroads to submit weekly
performance data during this period.
Although not all Class I carriers are experiencing service problems
to the same degree, the U.S. rail system is an interconnected network
and problems in one geographic area can quickly spread elsewhere. The
application of certain reporting requirements to all Class I carriers
allows the Board to assess the current service issues across the entire
rail network. All Class I carriers must also continue to submit monthly
employment data in this docket, as described in the May 6 Order.
Specific instructions for this information collection and analysis of
recent data are provided in the October 28 order.
The information received by the Board from this collection will
continue to be filed in Docket No. EP 770 (Sub-No. 1) and will be
publicly available at www.stb.gov. The information may be found by a
search in that docket under the ``proceedings and dockets'' pull-down
menu.
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: October 31, 2022.
Kenyatta Clay,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2022-23948 Filed 11-2-22; 8:45 am]
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