Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
| Published date | 22 April 2020 |
| Citation | 85 FR 22512 |
| Record Number | 2020-08516 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Federal Railroad Administration |
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 78 (Wednesday, April 22, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 78 (Wednesday, April 22, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22512-22513]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08516]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2020-0027-N-8]
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment
Request
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its
implementing regulations, FRA seeks approval of the Information
Collection Requests (ICRs) abstracted below. Before submitting these
ICRs to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval, FRA is
soliciting public comment on specific aspects of the activities
identified below.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
June 22, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the ICRs activities by mail to
either: Ms. Hodan Wells, Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Office of Railroad Safety, Regulatory Analysis Division, Federal
Railroad Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590; or Ms. Kim Toone, Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Office of Administration, Office of Information Technology, Federal
Railroad Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590. Commenters requesting FRA to acknowledge receipt of their
respective comments must include a self-addressed stamped postcard
stating, ``Comments on OMB Control Number 2130-XXXX,'' (the relevant
OMB control number for each ICR is listed below) and should also
include the title of the ICR. Alternatively, comments may be faxed to
202-493-6216 or 202-493-6497, or emailed to Ms. Wells at
[email protected], or Ms. Toone at [email protected]. Please refer to
the assigned OMB control number in any correspondence submitted. FRA
will summarize comments received in response to this notice in a
subsequent notice and include them in its information collection
submission to OMB for approval.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520, and its
implementing regulations, 5 CFR part 1320, require Federal agencies to
provide 60-days' notice to the public to allow comment on information
collection activities before seeking OMB approval of the activities.
See 44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.8 through 1320.12. Specifically,
FRA invites interested parties to comment on the following ICRs
regarding: (1) Whether the information collection activities are
necessary for FRA to properly execute its functions, including whether
the activities will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of FRA's
estimates of the burden of the information collection activities,
including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used to
determine the estimates; (3) ways for FRA to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information being collected; and (4) ways
for FRA to minimize the burden of information collection activities on
the public, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology. See 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A); 5
CFR 1320.8(d)(1).
FRA believes that soliciting public comment may reduce the
administrative and paperwork burdens associated with the collection of
information that Federal regulations mandate. In summary, FRA reasons
that comments received will advance three objectives: (1) Reduce
reporting burdens; (2) organize information collection requirements in
a ``user-friendly'' format to improve the use of such information; and
(3) accurately assess the resources expended to retrieve and produce
information requested. See 44 U.S.C. 3501.
The summaries below describe the ICRs that FRA will submit for OMB
clearance as the PRA requires:
Title: Locomotive Cab Sanitation.
OMB Control Number: 2130-0552.
Abstract: FRA's locomotive cab sanitation standards, 49 CFR 229.137
and 229.139, prescribe minimum standards for the locomotive cab
sanitation compartment, including the toilet facility. FRA uses the
information collection associated with these provisions to promote rail
safety and locomotive crew member health by ensuring crew member access
to a functioning and sanitary toilet facility and that railroads timely
repair defective and unsanitary conditions in the sanitation
compartment.
Type of Request: Extension without change of a currently approved
information collection.
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Affected Public: Businesses (railroads).
Form(s): N/A.
Respondent Universe: 746 railroads.
Frequency of Submission: One-time.
Reporting Burden:
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Respondent Total annual Average time per Total annual Total cost
CFR section universe responses responses burden hours equivalent
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229.137(d)--Defective, 746 railroads... 11,700 tags..... 90 seconds...... 293 $22,268
unsanitary toilet facility;
use in trailing position--
Tagging.
229.137(e) Defective, sanitary 746 railroads... 7,956 tags...... 90 seconds...... 199 15,124
toilet facility; use in
switching, transfer service--
Tagging.
229.139(d) Switching or 746 railroads... 93,600 notations 30 seconds...... 780 59,280
transfer service--defective
locomotive toilet facility--
Notation on daily inspection
report.
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Total..................... 746 railroads... 113,256 N/A............. 1,272 96,672
responses.
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Total Estimated Annual Responses: 113,256.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 1,272 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour Dollar Cost Equivalent: $96,672.
Title: Locomotive Crashworthiness.
OMB Control Number: 2130-0564.
Abstract: Under 49 CFR part 229, subpart D, FRA prescribes minimum
crashworthiness standards for locomotives. These crashworthiness
standards are intended to help protect locomotive cab occupants in the
event of a train collision or derailment. FRA uses this collection of
information to ensure railroads operate locomotives that meet the
prescribed minimum performance standards and design load requirements
for newly manufactured and re-manufactured locomotives.
Type of Request: Extension with change (revised estimates) of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses/Public/Interested Parties.
Form(s): N/A.
Respondent Universe: 746 railroads/4 locomotive manufacturers.
Frequency of Submission: On occasion; one-time.
Reporting Burden:
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Total annual
CFR section Respondent Total annual Average time per burden Total cost
universe responses responses hours equivalent
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229.207(b)--Petitions for FRA 746 railroads/4 2 petitions..... 50 hours........ 100 $7,600
approval of new locomotive locomotive
crashworthiness design manufacturers.
standards.
--(c) Petition for FRA 746 railroads/4 1 petition...... 50 hours........ 50 3,800
approval of substantive locomotive
changes to FRA-approved manufacturers.
locomotive crashworthiness
design standard.
--(d) Petition for FRA 746 railroads/4 1 petition...... 50 hours........ 50 3,800
approval of non-substantive locomotive
changes to existing FRA manufacturers.
approved locomotive
crashworthiness design
standard.
229.209(b)--Alternative 746 railroads/4 1 petition...... 50 hours........ 50 3,800
locomotive crashworthiness locomotive
designs--Petition for FRA manufacturers.
approval.
229.211(b)(3)--Processing 746 railroads/4 1 hearing....... 24 hours........ 24 1,824
petitions--Additional locomotive
information for FRA to manufacturers.
appropriately consider the
petition.
229.213(a)(3)--Locomotive 746 railroads... 500 records/ 2 minutes....... 16.7 1,269
manufacturing information: stickers/badge
retention by railroads. plates.
229.215--(a) Retention and 4 locomotive 24 records...... 8 hours......... 192 14,592
inspection of designs-- manufacturers.
Retention of records--
Original designs.
--(b) Repairs and 746 railroads... 6 records....... 4 hours......... 24 1,824
modifications--Records.
--(c) Inspection of records... 746 railroads... 10 records...... 2 minutes....... .3 23
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Total..................... 746 railroads... 546 responses... N/A............. 507 38,532
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Total Estimated Annual Responses: 546.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 507 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour Dollar Cost Equivalent: $38,532.
Under 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 CFR 1320.5(b) and 1320.8(b)(3)(vi),
FRA informs all interested parties that it may not conduct or sponsor,
and a respondent is not required to respond to, a collection of
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520.
Brett A. Jortland,
Deputy Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2020-08516 Filed 4-21-20; 8:45 am]
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