[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 103 (Wednesday, May 31, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25044-25045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11139]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2017-0002-N-19]


Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice and comment request.

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SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice 
announces that FRA is forwarding the Information Collection Requests 
(ICRs) abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and renewed approval. The ICRs describe the information 
collections and their expected burden. On March 14, 2017, FRA published 
a notice providing a 60-day period for public comment on the ICRs.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 30, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert Brogan, Information 
Collection Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad Safety, Regulatory 
Analysis Division, RRS-21, Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE., Mail Stop 25, Washington, DC 20590 (Telephone: (202) 
493-6292); or Ms. Kim Toone, Information Collection Clearance Officer, 
Office of Administration, Office of Information Technology, RAD-20, 
Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Mail Stop 
35, Washington, DC 20590 (Telephone: (202) 493-6132). (These telephone 
numbers are not toll free.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520, and its 
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), and 1320.12. On March 14, 2017, FRA 
published a 60-day notice in the Federal Register soliciting comment on 
the ICRs for which it is now seeking OMB approval. See 82 FR 13714. FRA 
received no comments in response to the March 14, 2017 notice.
    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 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 summaries below describe the ICRs and their expected burden. 
FRA is submitting the renewal requests for clearance by OMB as the PRA 
requires.
    Title: Passenger Train Emergency Preparedness.
    OMB Control Number: 2130-0545.
    Abstract: Under 49 CFR part 239, Passenger Train Emergency 
Preparedness, FRA requires railroads to

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meet minimum Federal standards for the preparation, adoption, and 
implementation of emergency preparedness plans connected with the 
operation of passenger trains, including freight railroads hosting 
operations of rail passenger service. To help ensure compliance with 
the regulations, FRA requires railroads to conduct operational tests of 
their personnel responsible for implementing the emergency preparedness 
plans.
    Type of Request: Extension without change of a currently approved 
information collection.
    Affected Public: Businesses (railroads).
    Form(s): N/A.
    Total Estimated Annual Responses: 69,670.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden: 21,470 hours.
    Title: Locomotive Cab Sanitation Standards.
    OMB Control Number: 2130-0552.
    Abstract: FRA's locomotive cab sanitation standards, 49 CFR 229.137 
and 229.139, prescribe minimum standards for locomotive cab sanitation 
facilities. FRA uses the information collection associated with these 
provisions to promote rail safety and the health of railroad workers by 
ensuring that all locomotive crew members have access to functioning 
and hygienic toilet/sanitary facilities as needed and to ensure 
railroads timely repair defective locomotive sanitary facilities.
    Type of Request: Extension without change of a currently approved 
information collection.
    Affected Public: Businesses (railroads).
    Form(s): N/A.
    Total Estimated Annual Responses: 113,256.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden: 1,272 hours.
    Title: Locomotive Crashworthiness.
    OMB Control Number: 2130-0564.
    Abstract: FRA's Locomotive Crashworthiness Design Requirements (49 
CFR part 229, subpart D) prescribe minimum crashworthiness standards 
for locomotives. These crashworthiness standards are intended to help 
protect locomotive cab occupants in the event of a collision or other 
accident involving a locomotive. FRA uses the information collection 
associated with Subpart D to ensure railroads use locomotives that meet 
the prescribed minimum performance standards and design load 
requirements for newly manufactured and re-manufactured locomotives.
    Type of Request: Extension with change (revised estimates) of a 
currently approved information collection.
    Affected Public: Businesses (railroads).
    Form(s): N/A.
    Total Estimated Annual Responses: 501.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden: 6,470 hours.
    Title: Critical Incident Stress Plans.
    OMB Control Number: 2130-0602.
    Abstract: FRA issued its Critical Incident Stress Plans Final Rule 
(49 CFR part 272) on March 25, 2014. See 79 FR 16218. Part 272 requires 
Class I, intercity passenger, and commuter railroads to develop, and 
submit to FRA for approval, critical incident stress plans that, among 
other things, provide appropriate support services be offered to their 
employees who are affected by a critical incident as defined at 49 CFR 
272.9. FRA uses the information collected to ensure railroads meet the 
minimum standards of Part 272.
    Type of Request: Extension with change (revised estimates) of a 
currently approved information collection.
    Affected Public: Businesses (railroads)/Rail Labor Unions.
    Form(s): N/A.
    Total Estimated Annual Responses: 663.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden: 314 hours.
    Addressee: Send comments regarding these information collections to 
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management 
and Budget, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: FRA 
Desk Officer. Comments may also be sent via email to OMB at the 
following address: [email protected].
    Comments are invited on the following: Whether the proposed 
collections of information are necessary for DOT to properly perform 
its functions, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; the accuracy of DOT'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.

John Seguin,
Acting Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2017-11139 Filed 5-30-17; 8:45 am]
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