[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 165 (Thursday, August 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52588-52589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21241]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board


Notice and Request for Comments

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: 30-day notice of request for approval: Waybill Compliance 
Survey.

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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
3501-3519 (PRA), the Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) has 
submitted a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a 
reinstatement of approval for the collection of the Waybill Compliance 
Survey. The Board previously published a notice about this collection 
in the Federal Register on May 27, 2010, at 75 FR 29812. That notice 
allowed for a 60-day public review and comment period. No comments were 
received. The Waybill Compliance Survey is described in detail below. 
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 Compliance Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 2140-0010.
    STB Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension without change.
    Respondents: Regulated railroads that did not submit carload 
waybill sample information to the STB in the previous year.
    Number of Respondents: 120.
    Estimated Time per Response: .5 hours.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours (annually including all respondents): 60.
    Total ``Non-hour Burden'' Cost: No ``non-hour cost'' burdens 
associated with this collection have been identified.

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    Needs and Uses: The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Public Law 104-88, 
109 Stat. 803 (1995), which took effect on January 1, 1996, abolished 
the Interstate Commerce Commission and transferred to the STB the 
responsibility for the economic regulation of common carrier rail 
transportation, including the collection and administration of the 
Carload Waybill Sample. Under 49 CFR 1244, a railroad terminating 4500 
or more carloads, or terminating at least 5% of the total revenue 
carloads that terminate in a particular state, in any of the three 
preceding years is required to file carload waybill sample information 
(Waybill Sample) for all line-haul revenue waybills terminating on its 
lines. The information in the Waybill Sample is used to monitor traffic 
flows and rate trends in the industry. The Board needs to collect 
information in the Waybill Compliance Survey--information on carloads 
of traffic terminated each year by U.S. railroads--in order to 
determine which railroads are required to file the Waybill Sample. In 
addition, information collected in the Waybill Compliance Survey, on a 
voluntary basis, about the total operating revenue of each railroad 
helps to determine whether respondents are subject to other statutory 
or regulatory requirements. Accurate determinations regarding the size 
of a railroad helps the Board minimize the reporting burden for smaller 
railroads. The Board has authority to collect this information under 49 
U.S.C. 11144 and 11145 and under 49 CFR 1244.2.

DATES: Comments on this information collection should be submitted by 
September 27, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be identified as ``Paperwork 
Reduction Act Comments, Surface Transportation Board, Waybill 
Compliance Survey.'' These comments should be directed to the Office of 
Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Attention: Chandana Achanta, Surface Transportation Board Desk Officer, 
by fax at (202) 395-6974; by mail at Room 10235, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503; or by e-mail at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO OBTAIN A COPY OF THE STB FORM, CONTACT: 
Paul Aguiar, (202) 245-0323 or at [email protected]. [Assistance 
for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal Information 
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339].

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 Sec.  3506(b) of the 
PRA, Federal agencies are required to provide, concurrent with an 
agency's 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, including each 
proposed extension of an existing collection of information.

    Dated: August 23, 2010.
Andrea Pope-Matheson,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2010-21241 Filed 8-25-10; 8:45 am]
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