[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 78 (Wednesday, April 22, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22512-22513]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08516]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2020-0027-N-8]


Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment 
Request

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

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its 
implementing regulations, FRA seeks approval of the Information 
Collection Requests (ICRs) abstracted below. Before submitting these 
ICRs to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval, FRA is 
soliciting public comment on specific aspects of the activities 
identified below.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
June 22, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on the ICRs activities by mail to 
either: Ms. Hodan Wells, Information Collection Clearance Officer, 
Office of Railroad Safety, Regulatory Analysis Division, Federal 
Railroad Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 
20590; or Ms. Kim Toone, Information Collection Clearance Officer, 
Office of Administration, Office of Information Technology, Federal 
Railroad Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 
20590. Commenters requesting FRA to acknowledge receipt of their 
respective comments must include a self-addressed stamped postcard 
stating, ``Comments on OMB Control Number 2130-XXXX,'' (the relevant 
OMB control number for each ICR is listed below) and should also 
include the title of the ICR. Alternatively, comments may be faxed to 
202-493-6216 or 202-493-6497, or emailed to Ms. Wells at 
[email protected], or Ms. Toone at [email protected]. Please refer to 
the assigned OMB control number in any correspondence submitted. FRA 
will summarize comments received in response to this notice in a 
subsequent notice and include them in its information collection 
submission to OMB for approval.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520, and its 
implementing regulations, 5 CFR part 1320, require Federal agencies to 
provide 60-days' notice to the public to allow comment on information 
collection activities before seeking OMB approval of the activities. 
See 44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.8 through 1320.12. Specifically, 
FRA invites interested parties to comment on the following ICRs 
regarding: (1) Whether the information collection activities are 
necessary for FRA to properly execute its functions, including whether 
the activities will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of FRA's 
estimates of the burden of the information collection activities, 
including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used to 
determine the estimates; (3) ways for FRA to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information being collected; and (4) ways 
for FRA to minimize the burden of information collection activities on 
the public, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology. See 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A); 5 
CFR 1320.8(d)(1).
    FRA believes that soliciting public comment may reduce the 
administrative and paperwork burdens associated with the collection of 
information that Federal regulations mandate. In summary, FRA reasons 
that comments received will advance three objectives: (1) Reduce 
reporting burdens; (2) organize information collection requirements in 
a ``user-friendly'' format to improve the use of such information; and 
(3) accurately assess the resources expended to retrieve and produce 
information requested. See 44 U.S.C. 3501.
    The summaries below describe the ICRs that FRA will submit for OMB 
clearance as the PRA requires:
    Title: Locomotive Cab Sanitation.
    OMB Control Number: 2130-0552.
    Abstract: FRA's locomotive cab sanitation standards, 49 CFR 229.137 
and 229.139, prescribe minimum standards for the locomotive cab 
sanitation compartment, including the toilet facility. FRA uses the 
information collection associated with these provisions to promote rail 
safety and locomotive crew member health by ensuring crew member access 
to a functioning and sanitary toilet facility and that railroads timely 
repair defective and unsanitary conditions in the sanitation 
compartment.
    Type of Request: Extension without change of a currently approved 
information collection.

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    Affected Public: Businesses (railroads).
    Form(s): N/A.
    Respondent Universe: 746 railroads.
    Frequency of Submission: One-time.
    Reporting Burden:

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                                   Respondent       Total annual    Average time per  Total annual   Total cost
          CFR section               universe          responses         responses     burden hours   equivalent
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229.137(d)--Defective,          746 railroads...  11,700 tags.....  90 seconds......           293       $22,268
 unsanitary toilet facility;
 use in trailing position--
 Tagging.
229.137(e) Defective, sanitary  746 railroads...  7,956 tags......  90 seconds......           199        15,124
 toilet facility; use in
 switching, transfer service--
 Tagging.
229.139(d) Switching or         746 railroads...  93,600 notations  30 seconds......           780        59,280
 transfer service--defective
 locomotive toilet facility--
 Notation on daily inspection
 report.
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    Total.....................  746 railroads...  113,256           N/A.............         1,272        96,672
                                                   responses.
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    Total Estimated Annual Responses: 113,256.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden: 1,272 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour Dollar Cost Equivalent: $96,672.
    Title: Locomotive Crashworthiness.
    OMB Control Number: 2130-0564.
    Abstract: Under 49 CFR part 229, subpart D, FRA prescribes minimum 
crashworthiness standards for locomotives. These crashworthiness 
standards are intended to help protect locomotive cab occupants in the 
event of a train collision or derailment. FRA uses this collection of 
information to ensure railroads operate 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 collection.
    Affected Public: Businesses/Public/Interested Parties.
    Form(s): N/A.
    Respondent Universe: 746 railroads/4 locomotive manufacturers.
    Frequency of Submission: On occasion; one-time.
    Reporting Burden:

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                                                                                      Total annual
          CFR section              Respondent       Total annual    Average time per      burden     Total cost
                                    universe          responses         responses         hours      equivalent
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229.207(b)--Petitions for FRA   746 railroads/4   2 petitions.....  50 hours........           100        $7,600
 approval of new locomotive      locomotive
 crashworthiness design          manufacturers.
 standards.
--(c) Petition for FRA          746 railroads/4   1 petition......  50 hours........            50         3,800
 approval of substantive         locomotive
 changes to FRA-approved         manufacturers.
 locomotive crashworthiness
 design standard.
--(d) Petition for FRA          746 railroads/4   1 petition......  50 hours........            50         3,800
 approval of non-substantive     locomotive
 changes to existing FRA         manufacturers.
 approved locomotive
 crashworthiness design
 standard.
229.209(b)--Alternative         746 railroads/4   1 petition......  50 hours........            50         3,800
 locomotive crashworthiness      locomotive
 designs--Petition for FRA       manufacturers.
 approval.
229.211(b)(3)--Processing       746 railroads/4   1 hearing.......  24 hours........            24         1,824
 petitions--Additional           locomotive
 information for FRA to          manufacturers.
 appropriately consider the
 petition.
229.213(a)(3)--Locomotive       746 railroads...  500 records/      2 minutes.......          16.7         1,269
 manufacturing information:                        stickers/badge
 retention by railroads.                           plates.
229.215--(a) Retention and      4 locomotive      24 records......  8 hours.........           192        14,592
 inspection of designs--         manufacturers.
 Retention of records--
 Original designs.
--(b) Repairs and               746 railroads...  6 records.......  4 hours.........            24         1,824
 modifications--Records.
--(c) Inspection of records...  746 railroads...  10 records......  2 minutes.......            .3            23
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    Total.....................  746 railroads...  546 responses...  N/A.............           507        38,532
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    Total Estimated Annual Responses: 546.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden: 507 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour Dollar Cost Equivalent: $38,532.
    Under 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 CFR 1320.5(b) and 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), 
FRA informs all interested parties that it may not conduct or sponsor, 
and a respondent is not required to respond to, a collection of 
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

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

Brett A. Jortland,
Deputy Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2020-08516 Filed 4-21-20; 8:45 am]
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