[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 97 (Monday, May 21, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28549-28550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-9689]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board


Notice and Request for Comments

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice of intent to seek approval of existing collection: 
Waybill Sample

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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq. (PRA), the Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) 
gives notice of its intent to seek from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) an approval for the currently existing collection of 
Waybill Sample data. This information collection is described in detail 
below. Comments are requested concerning: (1) The accuracy of the 
Board's burden estimates; (2) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information collected; (3) 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; and (4) whether this collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the

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functions of the Board, including whether the collection has practical 
utility. Submitted comments will be summarized and included in the 
Board's request for OMB approval.

Description of Collection

    Title: Waybill Sample.
    OMB Control Number: 2140-00.
    STB Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Approval of existing collection.
    Respondents: Any regulated railroad 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 total revenue carloads that terminated in 
a particular state.
    Number of Respondents: 64.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 75 minutes.
    Frequency: Five (5) respondents report Monthly; 59 report 
quarterly.
    Total Burden Hours (annually including all respondents): 370 hours.
    Total ``Non-hour Burden'' Cost: No ``non-hour cost'' burdens 
associated with this collection have been identified.
    Needs and Uses: The Surface Transportation Board is, by statute, 
responsible for the economic regulation of common carrier rail 
transportation in the United States. Under 49 CFR part 1244, a railroad 
is required to file carload waybill sample information (Waybill Sample) 
for all line-haul revenue waybills terminating on its lines if, in any 
of the three preceding years, it terminated 4500 or more carloads, or 
it terminated at least 5% of the total revenue carloads that terminate 
in a particular state. 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 has authority to 
collect this information under 49 U.S.C. 11144 and 11145.

DATES: Comments on this information collection should be submitted by 
July 20, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Marilyn Levitt, Surface 
Transportation Board, Suite 1260, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20423-0001, or to [email protected]. When submitting comments, please 
refer to ``Paperwork Reduction Comments: Waybill Sample.''

For Further Information Or To Obtain A Copy Of Pertinent Regulations 
Contact: Mac Frampton at (202) 245-0317 or at 
[email protected]. [Assistance for the hearing impaired is 
available through the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-
800-877-8339.] These regulations are codified at 49 CFR parts 1244.1-
1244.9 and are also available on the web through http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA, a Federal agency conducting 
or sponsoring 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 section 3506(c)(2)(A) 
of the PRA, Federal agencies are required to provide public notice and 
a 60-day comment period, prior to seeking OMB approval for an 
information collection.

    Dated: May 21, 2007.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-9689 Filed 5-18-07; 8:45 am]
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