National Transit Database Reporting Changes and Clarifications for Report Years 2025 and 2026, 384-385 [2024-31495]

Download as PDF 384 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 2 / Friday, January 3, 2025 / Notices Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87. conduct FRA random testing at higher rates. Thomas P. Keane, Associate Administrator, Office of Research and Registration. Discussion [FR Doc. 2024–31549 Filed 1–2–25; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Railroad Administration [Docket No. FRA–2001–11213, Notice No. 29] Drug and Alcohol Testing: Determination of Minimum Random Testing Rates for 2025 Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Notification of determination. AGENCY: This notification of determination announces FRA’s minimum annual random drug and minimum annual random alcohol testing rates for covered service, maintenance-of-way (MOW), and mechanical (MECH) employees for calendar year 2025. DATES: This determination takes effect January 3, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gerald Powers, FRA Drug and Alcohol Program Manager, by email: gerald.powers@dot.gov or by telephone: 202–493–6313; or Melissa Van Dermeir, FRA Drug and Alcohol Program Specialist, by email: melissa.vandermeir@dot.gov or by telephone: 312–720–9491. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year, FRA sets its minimum annual random testing rates after considering the last two complete calendar years of railroad industry drug and alcohol program data submitted to its Management Information System (MIS). FRA, however, reserves the right to consider factors other than MIS-reported data before deciding whether to lower annual minimum random testing rates. See 85 FR 81265 (Dec. 15, 2020). FRA is announcing that its minimum annual random drug and alcohol testing rates for calendar year 2025 will continue to be the same as those for calendar year 2024, as follows: • Covered service employees—25 percent for drugs and 10 percent for alcohol. • MOW employees—25 percent for drugs and 10 percent for alcohol. • MECH employees—50 percent for drugs and 25 percent for alcohol. These rates are minimums, and railroads and railroad contractors may lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:01 Jan 02, 2025 Jkt 265001 Federal Transit Administration Random Testing Rates for Covered Service Employees The industry-wide random drug testing positive rate for covered service employees remained below 1.0 percent for 2022 and 2023. The Administrator has therefore determined the minimum annual random drug testing rate for covered service employees will remain at 25 percent for the period January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025. The industry-wide random alcohol testing violation rate for covered service employees remained below 0.5 percent for 2022 and 2023. The Administrator has therefore determined the minimum random alcohol testing rate for covered service employees will remain at 10 percent for the period January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025. Random Testing Rates for MOW Employees The industry-wide random drug testing positive rate for MOW employees remained below 1.0 percent for 2022 and 2023. The Administrator has therefore determined the minimum annual random drug testing rate for MOW employees will remain at 25 percent for the period January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025 The industry-wide random alcohol testing violation rate for MOW employees remained below 0.5 percent for 2022 and 2023. The Administrator has therefore determined the minimum random alcohol testing rate for MOW employees will remain at 10 percent for the period January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025. Random Testing Rates for MECH Employees FRA will not have the two full years of industry-wide MIS data required to adjust the random testing rates for MECH employees until it has the MIS data for 2024, since MECH employees did not become subject to FRA random drug and alcohol testing until March 2022. See 87 FR 5719 (Feb. 2, 2022). The Administrator has therefore determined that the minimum random rates for MECH employees will remain at 50 percent for drugs and 25 percent for alcohol for the period January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025. Issued in Washington, DC Allison Ishihara Fultz, Chief Counsel. [FR Doc. 2024–31582 Filed 1–2–25; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–06–P PO 00000 Frm 00084 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 [FTA Docket No. FTA–2024–0013] National Transit Database Reporting Changes and Clarifications for Report Years 2025 and 2026 Federal Transit Administration (FTA), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Notice, reopening of comment period. AGENCY: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is reopening the comment period for the Federal Register notice regarding FTA’s National Transit Database reporting changes and clarifications, which was published on October 31, 2024, with the original comment period closing on December 30, 2024. DATES: The comment period for the document published October 31, 2024 at 89 FR 86907 is reopened. Comments should be filed by January 29, 2025. FTA will consider comments received after that date to the extent practicable. ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by docket number FTA– 2004–0013, by any of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for submitting comments. • Mail: Send comments to 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 or Courier: West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. • Fax: Fax comments to Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, at (202) 493–2251. Instructions: You must include the agency name (Federal Transit Administration) and Docket Number (FTA–2024–0013) for this notice, at the beginning of your comments. If sent by mail, submit two copies of your comments. Electronic Access and Filing: This document and all comments received may be viewed online through the Federal eRulemaking portal at https:// www.regulations.gov or at the street address listed above. Electronic submission, retrieval help, and guidelines are available on the Federal eRulemaking portal website. The SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\03JAN1.SGM 03JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 2 / Friday, January 3, 2025 / Notices website is available 24 hours each day, 365 days a year. Please follow the instructions. An electronic copy of this document may also be downloaded from the Office of the Federal Register’s home page at https://www.federal register.gov. Privacy Act: Except as provided below, all comments received into the docket will be made public in their entirety. The comments will be searchable by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.) You should not include information in your comment that you do not want to be made public. You may review DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477) or at https:// www.transportation.gov/privacy. For program matters, contact Chelsea Champlin, National Transit Database Program Manager, FTA Office of Budget and Policy, 202–366–1651, Chelsea.champlin@dot.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FTA’s Office of Budget and Policy is reopening the comment period for the Federal Register notice on National Transit Database Reporting Changes and Clarifications, originally published on October 31, 2024 (89 FR 86907). Given the complex nature of these reporting requirements and its impact on NTD reporting agencies, it is essential that transit agencies and all affected parties have sufficient time to review these proposals and comment on them if so desired. The extension is supported by FTA’s Transit Advisory Committee for Safety and FTA’s Office of Transit Safety, as the notice contains proposed changes that impact safety and security reporting as well. In support of public transportation safety, in light of the comment period coinciding with the end-of-year holidays, and to allow for more input on the implementation of these reporting changes, FTA believes offering the standard 30-day extension of time is justified and is reopening the comment period until January 29, 2025. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Veronica Vanterpool, Deputy Administrator. [FR Doc. 2024–31495 Filed 1–2–25; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–57–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:01 Jan 02, 2025 Jkt 265001 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Internal Revenue Service Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Information Collection Tools Relating to the Qualified Electric Vehicle Credit Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. AGENCY: The Internal Revenue Service, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The IRS is soliciting comments concerning information collection requirements related to the qualified electric vehicle credit. DATES: Written comments should be received on or before March 4, 2025 to be assured of consideration. ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Andres Garcia, Internal Revenue Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224, or by email to pra.comments@irs.gov. Include OMB control number 1545– 1374 or Qualified Electric Vehicle Credit, in the subject line of the message. SUMMARY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or copies of the form should be directed to Kerry Dennis at (202) 317–5751, or at Internal Revenue Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224, or through the internet, at Kerry.L.Dennis@irs.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Qualified Electric Vehicle Credit. OMB Number: 1545–1374. Form Number: 8834. Abstract: Form 8834 is used to claim any qualified electric vehicle passive activity credit allowed for the current tax year. The IRS uses the information on the form to determine that the credit is allowable and has been properly computed. Current Actions: There is no change in the form or paperwork burden previously approved by OMB. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Affected Public: Individuals or households, and businesses or other forprofit organizations. Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,136. PO 00000 Frm 00085 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 385 Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours, 47 min. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 15,022 hours. The following paragraph applies to all the collections of information covered by this notice. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless the collection of information displays a valid OMB control number. Books or records relating to a collection of information must be retained if their contents may become material in the administration of any internal revenue law. Generally, tax returns and tax return information are confidential, as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103. Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public record. Comments are invited on: (a) whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information. Approved: December 27, 2024. Kerry L. Dennis, Tax Analyst. 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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 2 (Friday, January 3, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 384-385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31495]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration

[FTA Docket No. FTA-2024-0013]


National Transit Database Reporting Changes and Clarifications 
for Report Years 2025 and 2026

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), U.S. Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice, reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is reopening the 
comment period for the Federal Register notice regarding FTA's National 
Transit Database reporting changes and clarifications, which was 
published on October 31, 2024, with the original comment period closing 
on December 30, 2024.

DATES: The comment period for the document published October 31, 2024 
at 89 FR 86907 is reopened. Comments should be filed by January 29, 
2025. FTA will consider comments received after that date to the extent 
practicable.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by docket number FTA-2004-
0013, by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Mail: Send comments to 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 or Courier: West Building Ground Floor, Room 
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET, 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
     Fax: Fax comments to Docket Management Facility, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, at (202) 493-2251.
    Instructions: You must include the agency name (Federal Transit 
Administration) and Docket Number (FTA-2024-0013) for this notice, at 
the beginning of your comments. If sent by mail, submit two copies of 
your comments.
    Electronic Access and Filing: This document and all comments 
received may be viewed online through the Federal eRulemaking portal at 
https://www.regulations.gov or at the street address listed above. 
Electronic submission, retrieval help, and guidelines are available on 
the Federal eRulemaking portal website. The

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website is available 24 hours each day, 365 days a year. Please follow 
the instructions. An electronic copy of this document may also be 
downloaded from the Office of the Federal Register's home page at 
https://www.federalregister.gov.
    Privacy Act: Except as provided below, all comments received into 
the docket will be made public in their entirety. The comments will be 
searchable by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or 
signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, 
business, labor union, etc.) You should not include information in your 
comment that you do not want to be made public. You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477) or at https://www.transportation.gov/
privacy.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For program matters, contact Chelsea 
Champlin, National Transit Database Program Manager, FTA Office of 
Budget and Policy, 202-366-1651, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FTA's Office of Budget and Policy is 
reopening the comment period for the Federal Register notice on 
National Transit Database Reporting Changes and Clarifications, 
originally published on October 31, 2024 (89 FR 86907). Given the 
complex nature of these reporting requirements and its impact on NTD 
reporting agencies, it is essential that transit agencies and all 
affected parties have sufficient time to review these proposals and 
comment on them if so desired. The extension is supported by FTA's 
Transit Advisory Committee for Safety and FTA's Office of Transit 
Safety, as the notice contains proposed changes that impact safety and 
security reporting as well. In support of public transportation safety, 
in light of the comment period coinciding with the end-of-year 
holidays, and to allow for more input on the implementation of these 
reporting changes, FTA believes offering the standard 30-day extension 
of time is justified and is reopening the comment period until January 
29, 2025.

Veronica Vanterpool,
Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2024-31495 Filed 1-2-25; 8:45 am]
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