[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 192 (Thursday, October 4, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56827-56828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19612]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board


Notice and Request for Comments

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation.

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 (Board) gives 
notice that it has submitted a request to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for approval of the currently existing collection of 
Waybill Sample data, which is described in detail below. The Board 
previously published a notice about these collections in the Federal 
Register on May 21, 2007, at 72 FR 28549. That notice allowed for a 60-
day public review and comment period. No comments were received. 
Comments may now be submitted to OMB 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 functions of 
the Board, including whether the collection has practical utility.

Description of Collection

    Title: Waybill Sample.
    OMB Control Number: 2140-00.

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    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: 59 respondents report quarterly; 5 respondents report 
monthly.
    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, 11145, and 11901(e).

DATES: Comments on this information collection should be submitted by 
December 3, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be faxed to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: 
Surface Transportation Board Desk Officer, at (202) 395-6974. 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 3507(b) of the 
PRA, Federal agencies are required to provide, concurrent with their 
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.

    Dated: October 4, 2007.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-19612 Filed 10-3-07; 8:45 am]
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