30-Day Notice of Intent To Seek Extension and Modification of an Existing Collection: Urgent Rail Service Issues, 2151-2153 [2023-00517]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 8 / Thursday, January 12, 2023 / Notices FINRA arbitrators. FINRA also considered the Report’s recommendations to provide greater transparency and consistency in the arbitrator list selection process, some of which require amendments to the Codes. In evaluating proposals, FINRA considered numerous factors including efficiency, cost, fairness and transparency, and certain tradeoffs among these factors. Codifying current practice may achieve greater efficiency and fairness by reducing uncertainty among forum users. It would also have the least impact on costs. Those amendments that do not codify current practice and are new requirements for forum users may result in the more efficient administration of cases in the DRS arbitration forum, and would not impose an undue burden. Thus, the proposed amendments strike an appropriate balance between further enhancing the DRS arbitration forum while limiting any additional costs of complying with the proposed amendments. C. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others Written comments were neither solicited nor received. III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for Commission Action Within 45 days of the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register or within such longer period (i) as the Commission may designate up to 90 days of such date if it finds such longer period to be appropriate and publishes its reasons for so finding or (ii) as to which the self-regulatory organization consents, the Commission will: (A) by order approve or disapprove such proposed rule change, or (B) institute proceedings to determine whether the proposed rule change should be disapproved. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES IV. Solicitation of Comments • Use the Commission’s internet comment form (https://www.sec.gov/ rules/sro.shtml); or VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:36 Jan 11, 2023 Jkt 259001 Paper Comments • Send paper comments in triplicate to Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549–1090. 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All submissions should refer to File Number SR–FINRA–2022–033 and should be submitted on or before February 2, 2023. For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.90 Sherry R. Haywood, Assistant Secretary. [FR Doc. 2023–00425 Filed 1–11–23; 8:45 am] Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views and arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods: Electronic Comments • Send an email to rule-comments@ sec.gov. Please include File Number SR– FINRA–2022–033 on the subject line. BILLING CODE 8011–01–P SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Interest Rates The Small Business Administration publishes an interest rate called the optional ‘‘peg’’ rate (13 CFR 120.214) on a quarterly basis. This rate is a weighted 90 17 PO 00000 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). Frm 00090 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 2151 average cost of money to the government for maturities similar to the average SBA direct loan. This rate may be used as a base rate for guaranteed fluctuating interest rate SBA loans. This rate will be 4.13 percent for the January–March quarter of FY 2023. Pursuant to 13 CFR 120.921(b), the maximum legal interest rate for any third-party lender’s commercial loan which funds any portion of the cost of a 504 project (see 13 CFR 120.801) shall be 6% over the New York Prime rate or, if that exceeds the maximum interest rate permitted by the constitution or laws of a given State, the maximum interest rate will be the rate permitted by the constitution or laws of the given State. David B. Parrish, Chief, Secondary Market Division. [FR Doc. 2023–00469 Filed 1–11–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 30-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 that collection with a submission through OMB’s regular PRA clearance process. DATES: Comments on these information collections should be submitted by February 13, 2023. ADDRESSES: Written comments should be identified as ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act Comments, Surface Transportation Board: Urgent Rail Service Issues.’’ Written comments for the proposed information collection should be submitted via www.reginfo.gov/public/ do/PRAMain. This information collection can be accessed by selecting ‘‘Currently under Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\12JAN1.SGM 12JAN1 2152 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 8 / Thursday, January 12, 2023 / Notices search function. As an alternative, written comments may be directed to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Michael J. McManus, Surface Transportation Board Desk Officer: via email at oira_submission@ omb.eop.gov; by fax at (202) 395–1743; or by mail to Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503. Please also 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: The Board previously published a notice about this collection in the Federal Register (87 FR 66345 (Nov. 3, 2022)). That notice allowed for a 60-day public review and comment period. No comments were received. 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 × number of annual responses for each type of filing), as provided in Table 1 below. TABLE 1—TOTAL ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS Estimated hours per response khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES 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 .................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:36 Jan 11, 2023 Jkt 259001 service issues reported by a wide range of witnesses—including agricultural, energy, and other shippers, as well as government officials, rail labor, and other rail interests. 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, PO 00000 Frm 00091 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 E:\FR\FM\12JAN1.SGM 12JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 8 / Thursday, January 12, 2023 / Notices 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. 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. Section 3507(b) of the PRA requires, concurrent with an agency’s submitting a collection to OMB for approval, a 30-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. Decided date: January 9, 2023. Kenyatta Clay, Clearance Clerk. [FR Doc. 2023–00517 Filed 1–11–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4915–01–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration [Docket No.: FAA–2022–1033; Summary Notice No. 2022–43] Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Hyannis Air Service, Inc. d.b.a. Cape Air/Nantucket Airlines Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of Federal Aviation Regulations. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public’s awareness of, and participation in, the FAA’s exemption process. Neither publication of this notice nor the inclusion nor omission of information in the summary is intended to affect the legal status of the petition or its final disposition. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: Comments on this petition must identify the petition docket number and DATES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:36 Jan 11, 2023 Jkt 259001 must be received on or before February 1, 2023. ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA–2022–1033 using any of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for sending your comments electronically. • Mail: Send comments to Docket Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W12–140, West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590–0001. • Hand Delivery or Courier: Take comments to Docket Operations in Room W12–140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590– 0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. • Fax: Fax comments to Docket Operations at (202) 493–2251. Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments from the public to better inform its rulemaking process. DOT posts these comments, without edit, including any personal information the commenter provides, to https://www.regulations.gov, as described in the system of records notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at https://www.dot.gov/ privacy. Docket: Background documents or comments received may be read at https://www.regulations.gov at any time. Follow the online instructions for accessing the docket or go to the Docket Operations in Room W12–140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590–0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Thai at (202) 267–0175, Office of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591. This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85. Issued in Washington, DC, on December 21, 2022. Brandon Roberts, Executive Director, Office of Rulemaking. Petition for Exemption Docket No.: FAA–2022–1033. Petitioner: Hyannis Air Service, Inc. d.b.a. Cape Air/Nantucket Airlines. Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: § 135.243(a)(1). Description of Relief Sought: The petitioner seeks an exemption from 14 CFR 135.243(a)(1) requiring a Pilot in PO 00000 Frm 00092 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 2153 Command of Cape Air’s Part 135 commuter operation to hold an Airline Transport Pilot certificate while operating a nine passenger multi-engine reciprocating engine aircraft. The petitioner seeks to exercise the privileges of the exemption request outside of the United States. [FR Doc. 2023–00486 Filed 1–11–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–13–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration [Docket No.: FAA–2022–1193; Summary Notice No. 2022–40] Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; L3Harris Technologies Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of Federal Aviation Regulations. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public’s awareness of, and participation in, the FAA’s exemption process. Neither publication of this notice nor the inclusion nor omission of information in the summary is intended to affect the legal status of the petition or its final disposition. SUMMARY: Comments on this petition must identify the petition docket number and must be received on or before February 1, 2023. ADDRESSES: Send comments identified by docket number [FAA–2022–1193] using any of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for sending your comments electronically. • Mail: Send comments to Docket Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W12–140, West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590–0001. • Hand Delivery or Courier: Take comments to Docket Operations in Room W12–140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590– 0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. • Fax: Fax comments to Docket Operations at (202) 493–2251. Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments from the DATES: E:\FR\FM\12JAN1.SGM 12JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2151-2153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00517]


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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD


30-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 
February 13, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be identified as ``Paperwork 
Reduction Act Comments, Surface Transportation Board: Urgent Rail 
Service Issues.'' Written comments for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted via www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
This information collection can be accessed by selecting ``Currently 
under Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the

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search function. As an alternative, written comments may be directed to 
the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Michael J. McManus, Surface 
Transportation Board Desk Officer: via email at 
[email protected]; by fax at (202) 395-1743; or by mail to 
Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503.
    Please also 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: The Board previously published a notice 
about this collection in the Federal Register (87 FR 66345 (Nov. 3, 
2022)). That notice allowed for a 60-day public review and comment 
period. No comments were received.
    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.

                                      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 other rail interests. 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

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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.
    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. Section 3507(b) of the PRA requires, 
concurrent with an agency's submitting a collection to OMB for 
approval, a 30-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.

    Decided date: January 9, 2023.
Kenyatta Clay,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2023-00517 Filed 1-11-23; 8:45 am]
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