[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 1, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18412-18413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07163]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board


Notice and Request for Comments

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, DOT.

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

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, 
and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501-
3519 (PRA), the Surface Transportation Board (Board) gives notice that 
it is requesting from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
approval of the information collection--the Waybill Sample--further 
described below. The Board previously published a notice about this 
collection in the Federal Register on January 16, 2014, at 79 FR 2,938. 
That notice allowed for a 60-day public review and comment period. No 
comments were received.
    Comments are 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 
the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance 
of the 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.

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    OMB Control Number: 2140-0015.
    STB Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension without change.
    Respondents: Any railroad that is subject to the Interstate 
Commerce Act and 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 
revenue carloads terminating in any state in any of the three preceding 
years.
    Number of Respondents: 53.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 75 minutes.
    Frequency: Six respondents report monthly; 47 report quarterly.
    Total Burden Hours (annually including all respondents): 325 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 either (1) terminated at least 4,500 
carloads on its, or (2) terminated at least 5% of the revenue carloads 
terminating in any 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 
May 1, 2014.

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

For Further Information or To Obtain a Copy of the STB Form, Contact:  
For further information regarding the Waybill Sample collection, 
contact Paul Aguiar at (202) 245-0323 or [email protected]. 
[Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the hearing impaired: 
(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 320.3(c), includes agency requirements 
or requests that persons submit reports, keep records, or provide 
information to the agency, third parties, or the public. Section 
3507(b) of the PRA requires, 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: March 26, 2014.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2014-07163 Filed 3-31-14; 8:45 am]
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