60-Day Notice of Intent To Seek Extension of Approval of Collection: Waybill Sample, 65421-65422 [2023-20553]
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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: September 19, 2023.
Kenyatta Clay,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2023–20552 Filed 9–21–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915–01–P
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
60-Day Notice of Intent To Seek
Extension of Approval of Collection:
Waybill Sample
Surface Transportation Board.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Surface Transportation Board (STB or
Board) gives notice of its intent to seek
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for an extension of
the collection of Waybill Sample,
described below.
DATES: Comments on this information
collection should be submitted by
November 21, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to
Chris Oehrle, PRA Officer, Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20423–0001, and to
PRA@stb.gov. When submitting
comments, please refer to ‘‘Paperwork
Reduction Act Comments, Waybill
Sample.’’ For further information
regarding this collection, contact Pedro
Ramirez at (202) 245–0333 or
pedro.ramirez@stb.gov. If you require an
accommodation under the Americans
with Disabilities Act, please call (202)
245–0245.
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
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be included and summarized in the
Board’s request for OMB approval.
Subjects: In this notice, the Board is
requesting comments on the extension
of the following information collection:
Description of Collection
Title: Waybill Sample.
OMB Control Number: 2140–0015.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Respondents: Respondents include
any railroad that is subject to the
Interstate Commerce Act and that
terminated at least 4,500 carloads on its
line in any of the three preceding years
or that terminated at least 5% of the
revenue carloads terminating in any
state in any of the three preceding years.
For the purposes of this analysis, the
Board categorizes railroads required to
report Waybill Sample data as either
quarterly or monthly and as either
sampling their own waybills or having
a third party conduct their sampling. As
a result, there are four categories of
respondents, as shown in Table below.
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TABLE—TOTAL BURDEN HOURS
Categories of respondents
Railroads that conduct their
own sampling and report
monthly ..............................
Railroads that conduct their
own sampling and report
quarterly ............................
Railroads that have a third
party sample their waybills
and report monthly ............
Railroads that have a third
party sample their waybills
and report quarterly ..........
Total Annual Burden
Hours .........................
Total annual
hours for
samples
submitted
150
20
30
220
420
Total Annual ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’
Cost: There are no other costs identified
because filings are submitted
electronically to the Board.
Needs and Uses: The Board is, by
statute, responsible for the economic
regulation of common carrier rail
transportation in the United States and
collects rail-carload waybills for this
purpose. The Board has authority to
TABLE—RESPONDENTS
collect these waybills under 49 U.S.C.
11144, 11145, and the Board often uses
Number
of
Categories of respondents
the information in rail-carload waybills
respondents
to carry out its responsibilities.
Railroads that conduct their
A rail-carload waybill is a ‘‘document
own sampling and report
or instrument prepared from the bill of
monthly ..............................
5 lading contract or shipper’s instructions
Railroads that conduct their
as to the disposition of the freight, and
own sampling and report
quarterly ............................
3 [is] used by the railroad(s) involved as
the authority to move the shipment and
Railroads that have a third
as the basis for determining the freight
party sample their waybills
and report monthly ............
2 charges and interline settlements.’’ 49
Railroads that have a third
CFR 1244.1(c). From these carload
party sample their waybills
waybills, the Board creates an aggregate
and report quarterly ..........
43 compilation of the sampled waybills of
all reporting carriers, referred to as the
Total Respondents ........
53
Waybill Sample. The Waybill Sample is
the Board’s principal source of data
Number of Respondents: 53.
about freight rail shipments. The
Estimated Time per Response: The
information in the Waybill Sample is
estimated hourly burden for waybill
used by the Board, other federal and
samples submitted to the Board varies
state agencies, and industry
depending on each respondent’s
stakeholders to monitor traffic flows and
particular circumstances. (Note:
rate trends in the industry, and to
respondents that are identified as
develop testimony in Board
reporting monthly (Class I carriers)
proceedings. The Board’s collection and
report monthly, quarterly, and annually use of this data enables it to meet its
(or 17 times per year). All other
statutory duty to regulate the rail
respondents (non-Class I carriers) report industry.
quarterly and annually (five times a
The Board makes this submission
year)).
because, under the PRA, a federal
Frequency of Response: Six
agency that conducts or sponsors a
respondents report monthly; and 46
collection of information must display a
other respondents report quarterly.
currently valid OMB control number. A
collection of information, which is
Total Burden Hours (annually
defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR
including all respondents): 420 hours.
1320.3(c), includes agency requirements
This estimated total burden hours is
that persons submit reports, keep
shown in the Table below.
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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.
Information from certain schedules
contained in these reports is available at
the Board’s website at www.stb.gov by
navigating to ‘‘Reports & Data’’ and
clicking on ‘‘Economic Data.’’
Information in these reports is not
available from any other source.
Dated: September 19, 2023.
Kenyatta Clay,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2023–20553 Filed 9–21–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket Number: 2023–1724]
Airport Investment Partnership
Program
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of application
of Avon Park Executive Airport (AVO),
Avon Park Florida; commencement of
60-day public review and comment
period.
AGENCY:
The FAA has accepted for
review the application for Avon Park
Executive Airport’s (AVO) participation
in the Airport Investment Partnership
Program (AIPP), under the terms and
conditions of the AIPP and the FAA’s
Notice of AIPP Application Procedures.
The filing date for AVO’s application is
noted as July 7, 2023. The City of Avon
Park, the airport sponsor, selected
Florida Airport Management as the
private operator and negotiated a draft
agreement for FAA review. The FAA
has determined that the final
application is substantially complete
and accepted for review. The
determination that the application is
substantially complete results in the
commencement of the FAA’s review
and is not an approval or disapproval of
the proposed privatization application.
The FAA is seeking information and
comments from interested parties on the
final application. The FAA will review
the application, public comments, and
any other relevant additional
submission by the applicant or the
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public and issue a decision approving or
disapproving the application. The AVO
application is available for public
review at https://www.regulations.gov.
The docket number is FAA Docket
Number 2023–1724.
DATES: September 22, 2023. Comments
must be received by November 21, 2023.
Comments that are received after that
date will be considered only to the
extent possible.
ADDRESSES: You may send written
comments by any of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and follow
the instructions for sending your
comments electronically. Docket
Number: FAA 2023–1724;
• Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001;
• Hand Delivery: Deliver to mail
address above between 9:00 a.m. and 5
p.m. EST, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays;
• Fax: (202) 493–2251.
Identify all transmissions with
‘‘Docket Number FAA–2023–1724’’ at
the beginning of the document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Heather Haney, Airport Compliance
Specialist, Airport Compliance and
Management Analysis Division, ACO–
100, Federal Aviation Administration,
800 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20591, telephone (202)
267–3085; or email Heather.Haney@
faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 49
U.S.C. 47134 establishes the AIPP and
authorizes the DOT to grant exemptions
from certain Federal statutory and
regulatory requirements for airport
privatization projects. The application
procedures require the FAA to publish
a notice of receipt of the final
application in the Federal Register and
accept public comment on the final
application for a period of 60 days.
Examining the Application: The final
application was filed under Docket
Number FAA–2023–1724. You may
examine the final application on the
internet at: https://www.regulations.gov
or in person at the Docket Operations
office between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
EST, Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. The Docket
Operations Office (800–647–5527) is
located at the U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC
20590–0001. The Docket contains the
application, the agreements, any
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comments received and other
information. The City of Avon Park has
also made copies of the final application
available at https://www.avonpark.city/
airport.
Title 49 of the U.S.C. 47134
authorizes the Secretary of
Transportation, and through delegation,
the FAA Administrator, to exempt a
sponsor of a public use airport that has
received Federal assistance, from certain
Federal requirements in connection
with the privatization of the airport by
sale or lease to a private party.
Specifically, the Administrator may
exempt the sponsor from all or part of
the requirements to use airport revenues
for airport-related purposes, to pay back
a portion of Federal grants upon the sale
or lease of an airport, and to return
airport property deeded by the Federal
Government upon transfer of the airport.
The Administrator is also authorized to
exempt the private purchaser or lessee
from the requirement to use all airport
revenues for airport-related purposes, to
the extent necessary to permit the
purchaser or lessee to earn
compensation from the operations of the
airport.
On September 16, 1997, the FAA
issued a notice of procedures to be used
in applications for exemption under
Airport Privatization Pilot Program
(Notice of final application procedures
for the Airport Privatization Pilot
program: Application Procedures, 62
Federal Register 48693–48708,
September 16, 1997, as modified, 62 FR
63211, Nov. 26, 1997). The FAA
Reauthorization Act of 2018 amended
Section 47134 by changing the name to
Airport Investment Partnership
Program, eliminated limitations on the
number of airports that could
participate along with several other
changes. On April 20, 2021, the FAA
issued a notice revising the application
procedures for applying for FAA
approval of the privatization or partial
privatization of a federally obligated
public airport to reflect the provisions of
the AIPP (86 Federal Register 20586–
20592, April 20, 2021). A request for
participation in the Program must be
initiated by the filing of either a
preliminary or final application for
exemption with the FAA.
The City of Avon Park submitted its
final application to the Program, for
Avon Park Executive on July 7, 2023.
The FAA accepted the final application
on August 4, 2023. The City intends to
lease Avon Park Executive Airport (with
the exception of the City’s utility facility
and the baseball field, located on airport
property) in a partnership with Florida
Airport Management, a private operator,
for a lease term of 30 years, with a 10-
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
60-Day Notice of Intent To Seek Extension of Approval of
Collection: Waybill Sample
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) gives notice of its intent
to seek approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an
extension of the collection of Waybill Sample, described below.
DATES: Comments on this information collection should be submitted by
November 21, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Chris Oehrle, PRA Officer, Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20423-0001, and
to [email protected]. When submitting comments, please refer to ``Paperwork
Reduction Act Comments, Waybill Sample.'' For further information
regarding this collection, contact Pedro Ramirez at (202) 245-0333 or
[email protected]. If you require an accommodation under the
Americans with Disabilities Act, please call (202) 245-0245.
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
extension of the following information collection:
Description of Collection
Title: Waybill Sample.
OMB Control Number: 2140-0015.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without change.
Respondents: Respondents include any railroad that is subject to
the Interstate Commerce Act and that terminated at least 4,500 carloads
on its line in any of the three preceding years or that terminated at
least 5% of the revenue carloads terminating in any state in any of the
three preceding years. For the purposes of this analysis, the Board
categorizes railroads required to report Waybill Sample data as either
quarterly or monthly and as either sampling their own waybills or
having a third party conduct their sampling. As a result, there are
four categories of respondents, as shown in Table below.
Table--Respondents
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of
Categories of respondents respondents
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Railroads that conduct their own sampling and report 5
monthly................................................
Railroads that conduct their own sampling and report 3
quarterly..............................................
Railroads that have a third party sample their waybills 2
and report monthly.....................................
Railroads that have a third party sample their waybills 43
and report quarterly...................................
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Total Respondents................................... 53
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Number of Respondents: 53.
Estimated Time per Response: The estimated hourly burden for
waybill samples submitted to the Board varies depending on each
respondent's particular circumstances. (Note: respondents that are
identified as reporting monthly (Class I carriers) report monthly,
quarterly, and annually (or 17 times per year). All other respondents
(non-Class I carriers) report quarterly and annually (five times a
year)).
Frequency of Response: Six respondents report monthly; and 46 other
respondents report quarterly.
Total Burden Hours (annually including all respondents): 420 hours.
This estimated total burden hours is shown in the Table below.
Table--Total Burden Hours
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total annual
hours for
Categories of respondents samples
submitted
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Railroads that conduct their own sampling and report 150
monthly................................................
Railroads that conduct their own sampling and report 20
quarterly..............................................
Railroads that have a third party sample their waybills 30
and report monthly.....................................
Railroads that have a third party sample their waybills 220
and report quarterly...................................
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Total Annual Burden Hours........................... 420
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Total Annual ``Non-Hour Burden'' Cost: There are no other costs
identified because filings are submitted electronically to the Board.
Needs and Uses: The Board is, by statute, responsible for the
economic regulation of common carrier rail transportation in the United
States and collects rail-carload waybills for this purpose. The Board
has authority to collect these waybills under 49 U.S.C. 11144, 11145,
and the Board often uses the information in rail-carload waybills to
carry out its responsibilities.
A rail-carload waybill is a ``document or instrument prepared from
the bill of lading contract or shipper's instructions as to the
disposition of the freight, and [is] used by the railroad(s) involved
as the authority to move the shipment and as the basis for determining
the freight charges and interline settlements.'' 49 CFR 1244.1(c). From
these carload waybills, the Board creates an aggregate compilation of
the sampled waybills of all reporting carriers, referred to as the
Waybill Sample. The Waybill Sample is the Board's principal source of
data about freight rail shipments. The information in the Waybill
Sample is used by the Board, other federal and state agencies, and
industry stakeholders to monitor traffic flows and rate trends in the
industry, and to develop testimony in Board proceedings. The Board's
collection and use of this data enables it to meet its statutory duty
to regulate the rail industry.
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
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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.
Information from certain schedules contained in these reports is
available at the Board's website at www.stb.gov by navigating to
``Reports & Data'' and clicking on ``Economic Data.'' Information in
these reports is not available from any other source.
Dated: September 19, 2023.
Kenyatta Clay,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2023-20553 Filed 9-21-23; 8:45 am]
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