[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 214 (Monday, November 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67131-67132]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24125]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

[Docket Number DOT-OST-2022-15247]


Agency Information Collection Activity; New Information 
Collection: Freight Logistics Optimization Works (FLOW) Initiative

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology 
(OST-R), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), U.S. Department of 
Transportation.

ACTION: 30-Day notice of new information collection.

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SUMMARY: On July 18, 2022, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics 
(BTS) announced its intention in a Federal Register Notice (87 FR 
42796) to request

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that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve the following 
information collection: The Freight Logistics Optimization Works (FLOW) 
Project. Over the past several years, the U.S. supply chain has 
struggled with unprecedented congestion under COVID-induced surges of 
containerized cargo through our ports and intermodal networks. In March 
of this year, the White House announced the launch of the Freight 
Logistics Optimization Works (FLOW) initiative with the Department of 
Transportation and the freight industry to facilitate a collaboration 
and sharing of intermodal trade data. This collaboration would help 
improve supply chain efficiencies and reduce overall costs to U.S. 
consumers. The FLOW initiative builds on previous work by the 
Administration's Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force to ensure the 
expeditious movement of cargo from ship to shelf. In accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, BTS announces its plan to submit 
the Information Collection Request (ICR) described below to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for its review and approval. BTS 
encouraged interested parties to submit comments to docket number 2022-
15247, during the 60-day comment period. No comments were received.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by December 7, 2022.

ADDRESSES: BTS seeks public comments on its proposed information 
collection. Comments should address whether the information will have 
practical utility; the accuracy of the estimated burden hours of the 
proposed information collection' ways to enhance the quality, utility 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize 
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including 
the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology. Send comments to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street 
NW, Washington, DC 20503, Attention: BTS Desk Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Demetra V. Collia, Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics, Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Research and Technology, USDOT, Office of Safety Data and Analysis, 
RTS-34, E36-302, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001, 
Phone No. (202) 366-1610; Fax No. (202) 366-3383; email: 
[email protected]. Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., EST, 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Data Confidentiality Provisions: The confidentiality of the Freight 
Logistics Optimization Works (FLOW) initiative with the Department of 
Transportation and the freight industry to facilitate a collaboration 
and sharing of intermodal trade data submitted to BTS is protected 
under the BTS Confidential Information Protection and Statistical 
Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-435 Foundations for 
Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018, Title III). In accordance with 
these confidentiality statutes, only statistical (aggregated) and non-
identifying data will be made publicly available by BTS through its 
reports. BTS will not release data to any public or private entity, nor 
any information that might reveal the identity of individuals, 
organizations or businesses without explicit consent of the data 
providers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. The Data Collection

    The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35; as 
amended) and 5 CFR part 1320 require each Federal agency to obtain OMB 
approval to initiate an information collection activity. BTS is seeking 
OMB approval for the following BTS information collection activity:
    Title: Freight Logistics Optimization Works (FLOW) Project.
    OMB Control Number: 2138-0049.
    Type of Review: New collection.
    Respondents: Businesses in the Freight Industry.
    Number of Potential Responses: No more than 200 companies.
    Estimated Time per Response: 26.5 hours.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: Estimated Total Annual Burden is 5,300.

Privacy Act

    You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 
Register published on January 17, 2008 (73 FR 3316), or you may visit 
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-785.pdf.

Demetra V. Collia,
Director, Office of Safety Data and Analysis, Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Research and Technology, U.S. Department of 
Transportation.
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