[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 20 (Monday, February 2, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5885-5886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2196]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2009-0001-N-2]


Notice and Request for Comments

SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information 
Collection Requirements (ICRs) abstracted below have been forwarded to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The 
ICRs describe the nature of the information collections and their 
expected burdens. The Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting comments on the following collections of information 
was published on November 25, 2008 (73 FR 71715).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 4, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert Brogan, Office of Safety, 
Planning and Evaluation Division, RRS-21, Federal Railroad 
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Mail Stop 17, Washington, DC 
20590 (telephone: (202) 493-6292), or Ms. Nakia Jackson, Office of 
Information Technology, RAD-20, Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 
New Jersey Ave., SE., Mail Stop 35, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: 
(202) 493-6073). (These telephone numbers are not toll-free.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 
Public Law No. 104-13, Section 2, 109 Stat. 163 (1995) (codified as 
revised at 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), and its

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implementing regulations, 5 CFR Part 1320, require Federal agencies to 
issue two notices seeking public comment on information collection 
activities before OMB may approve paperwork packages. 44 U.S.C. 3506, 
3507; 5 CFR 1320.5, 1320.8(d)(1), 1320.12. On November 25, 2008, FRA 
published a 60-day notice in the Federal Register soliciting comment on 
ICRs that the agency was seeking OMB approval. 73 FR 71715. FRA 
received no comments after issuing this 60-day notice. Accordingly, DOT 
announces that these information collection activities have been re-
evaluated and certified under 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and forwarded to OMB for 
review and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12(c).
    Before OMB decides whether to approve these proposed collections of 
information, it must provide 30 days for public comment. 44 U.S.C. 
3507(b); 5 CFR 1320.12(d). Federal law requires OMB to approve or 
disapprove paperwork packages between 30 and 60 days after the 30 day 
notice is published. 44 U.S.C. 3507 (b)-(c); 5 CFR 1320.12(d); see also 
60 FR 44978, 44983, Aug. 29, 1995. OMB believes that the 30 day notice 
informs the regulated community to file relevant comments and affords 
the agency adequate time to digest public comments before it renders a 
decision. 60 FR 44983, Aug. 29, 1995. Therefore, respondents should 
submit their respective comments to OMB within 30 days of publication 
to best ensure having their full effect. 5 CFR 1320.12(c); see also 60 
FR 44983, Aug. 29, 1995.
    The summary below describes the nature of the information 
collection requirements (ICRs) and the expected burden. The revised 
requirements are being submitted for clearance by OMB as required by 
the PRA.
    Title: FRA Emergency Order No. 26.
    OMB Control Number: 2130-0579.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Railroads.
    Abstract: Emergency Order No. 26--and its associated collection of 
information--is FRA's direct and proactive response to the September 
12, 2008, Chatsworth, California, collision of a Union Pacific (UP) 
freight train and a Metrolink commuter train, which resulted in the 
deaths of 25 people and numerous injuries to train occupants, as well 
as to other train accidents/incidents involving cell phone use and use 
of electronic/electrical devices that have occurred throughout the 
country recently. The collection of information under Emergency Order 
No. 26 is aimed at ensuring that railroads revise their programs of 
operational tests and inspections, as necessary, to include the 
requirements of E.O. 26 and specifically include a minimum number of 
operational tests and inspections; and at ensuring railroads instruct 
each of their operating employees and supervisors of railroad operating 
employees concerning the requirements of E.O. 26 and implementing 
railroad rules and instructions. The collection of information under 
E.O. 26 also contains a provision that allows railroads to petition for 
relief from this Order by adopting other means of ensuring that 
railroad operating employees are not distracted from their duties by 
use of electronic or electrical devices or by implementing technology 
that will prevent inappropriate acts and omissions from resulting in 
injury to persons.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 33,268 hours.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding these information collections to the 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, 725 Seventeenth Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: 
FRA Desk Officer. Alternatively, comments may be sent via e-mail to the 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of 
Management and Budget, at the following address: [email protected].
    Comments are invited on the following: Whether the proposed 
collections of information are necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the Department, including whether the information will 
have practical utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimates of 
the burden of the proposed information collections; ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 
ways to minimize the burden of the collections of information on 
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    A comment to OMB is best assured of having its full effect if OMB 
receives it within 30 days of publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register.

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520.

    Issued in Washington, DC on January 27, 2009.
Kimberly Orben,
Director, Office of Financial Management, Federal Railroad 
Administration.
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