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field that provides verifiable
information about how many trespass
deaths are accidental versus intentional.
Therefore, there are no verifiable
measures of the extent of rail-related
suicides in this country. While railroad
companies must report trespass
incidents resulting in serious injury or
death to the U.S. Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), injuries or deaths
that are ruled by a medical examiner or
coroner to be intentional are not
reported. Preliminary figures from 2006
indicate there were approximately 500
deaths and 360 injuries reported to
FRA—an increase of 100 incidents over
the previous year—but suicides are not
represented in these numbers.
Unverifiable estimates from a number of
sources range from 150 to more than 300
suicides per year on the U.S. railways.
Like any other incident on the rail
system, a suicide on the tracks results in
equipment and facility damage, delays
to train schedules, and trauma to
railroad personnel involved in the
incidents. As a result, FRA last year
awarded a grant for the first phase of a
five-year project to reduce suicides on
the rail system to the Railroad Research
Foundation (part of the Association of
American Railroads) and its
subcontractor, the American
Association of Suicidology (AAS). In the
course of the five-year project, the
research project’s goals include: (i) A
prevalence assessment to determine
verifiable numbers of suicides on the
rail system; (ii) Development of a
standardized reporting tool for industry
use; (iii) A causal analysis and root
cause analysis of suicide incidents that
occur during the grant cycle; and (iv)
Design and implementation of suicide
prevention measures for the nation’s rail
system to reduce suicide injuries and
deaths. AAS is also receiving a grant
from the Federal Transit Administration
(FTA) to study suicides on commuter
rail lines throughout the country.
Consequently, AAS has expanded its
study to include commuter lines as
well, and will be using the same
collection instruments once they are
approved by the Office of Management
and Budget.
This collection of information
pertains to Phase II of the project, the
causal analysis. In order to understand
as much as possible about people who
intend to die by placing themselves in
the path of a train and, therefore, to
design prevention strategies, AAS
intends to conduct 70 psychological
autopsies over the course of two years
on people who die by rail-related
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obtaining information about physical,
emotional, and circumstantial
contributors to a person’s death. The 70
psychological autopsies proposed for
the FRA and FTA projects will involve
interviews with witnesses to these
incidents—rail and commuter personnel
and members of the public—as well as
family members, friends, employers,
and co-workers. After conducting a root
cause analysis of this data, AAS will
then work with the industry to design,
pilot test, and implement effective
countermeasures with the goal of
reducing deaths, injuries, and
psychological trauma.
Form Number(s): FRA F 6180.125A;
FRA F 6180.125B.
Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 537
hours.
Addressee: Send comments regarding
this information collection to the Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, 725
Seventeenth Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20503, Attention: FRA Desk Officer.
Comments are invited on the
following: Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Department, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; the accuracy of the
Department’s estimate of the burden 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.
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.
Issued in Washington, DC on April 10,
2007.
D.J. Stadtler,
Director, Office of Budget, Federal Railroad
Administration.
[FR Doc. E7–7191 Filed 4–13–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping
Requirements; Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review
Maritime Administration, DOT.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 seq.), this notice announces
that the Information Collection
abstracted below has been forwarded to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. The
nature of the information collection is
described as well as its expected
burden. The Federal Register Notice
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the following collection of
information was published on January
18, 2007, and comments were due by
March 19, 2007. No comments were
received.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before May 16, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard Walker, Maritime
Administration, MAR–810, 400 7th
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590.
Telephone: (202) 366–3581, fax: (202)
366–6988; or e-mail:
richard.walker@dot.gov. Copies of this
collection also can be obtained from that
office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime
Administration (MARAD).
Title: Marine Port and Terminal
Infrastructure Data.
OMB Control No.: 2133–New.
Type of Request: New information
collection.
Affected Public: U.S. Ports and
Terminals.
Forms: Form MA–1041, MA–1042
and MA–1043.
Abstract: This biennial survey will
assist MARAD in determining the
number and type of facilities available
for moving cargo. Emphasis will be on
throughput capacity and the adequacy
of the number and type of terminals
available to move cargo efficiently
through the U.S. global freight
transportation system. The survey will
also provide an overview of ownership
of marine terminals in the United States.
The survey results will serve as an
indicator of the type of investment
funds needed to meet future
infrastructure requirements.
Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 872
Hours.
Addressee: Send comments to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention:
MARAD Desk Officer.
Comments are invited on: Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the

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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.
A comment to OMB is best assured of
having its full effect, if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication.
Issued in Washington, DC, on April 4,
2007.
Daron T. Threet,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. E7–7153 Filed 4–13–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD–2007–27875]

Information Collection Available for
Public Comments and
Recommendations
Notice and request for
comments.

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ACTION:

SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Maritime
Administration’s (MARAD) intention to
request the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) approval for a new
information collection related to the
availability of mariners.
DATES: Comments should be submitted
on or before June 15, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean
McKeever, Maritime Administration,
MAR–700, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone:
(202) 366–5737, fax: (202) 366–7901; or
e-mail: jean.mckeever@dot.gov Copies of
this collection can also be obtained from
that office.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title of
Collection: MARAD Maritime Operator
Survey Concerning Mariner
Availability.
Type of Request: New Collection.
OMB Control Number: 2133—New.
Form Numbers: MA–1048.
Expiration Date of Approval: Three
years from date of approval by the
Office of Management and Budget.
Summary of Collection of
Information: Part of the stated statutory
policy of the Merchant Marine Act,
1936, is to foster the development and
maintenance of an adequate U.S.-flag
merchant marine manned with trained
and efficient citizen personnel. In order
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current or projected shortage of
mariners exists and if there is an
operational or business impact on the
merchant marine. MARAD believe that
a brief preliminary survey is necessary
at this time because it has received an
abundance of anecdotal information
indicating that there is a serious existing
and projected mariner shortage in
different market sectors. If the
preliminary survey indicates that there
is a projected shortage that appears to be
more than short-term, MARAD will
follow-up with a more detailed survey
to analyze the shortage and ascertain the
best means to address it.
Need and Use of the Information: The
new data collection will rely on a
written survey and telephone follow-up.
The survey will request the respondents
to provide information such as: (1)
Future plans to hire mariners; (2) past
difficulty in hiring mariners; (3)
expectations of future difficulty in
hiring mariners; (4) impact on business
operations and plans; and (5)
suggestions for solutions.
Description of Respondents: The
target population for the survey will be
approximately 100 vessel operating
companies representing different sectors
of the U.S. maritime industry.
Annual Responses: 100.
Annual Burden: 33.34 hours.
Comments: Comments should refer to
the docket number that appears at the
top of this document. Written comments
may be submitted to the Docket Clerk,
U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL–401, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC
20590. Comments also may be
submitted by electronic means via the
Internet at http://dms.dot.gov/submit.
Specifically address whether this
information collection is necessary for
proper performance of the functions of
the agency and will have practical
utility, accuracy of the burden
estimates, ways to minimize this
burden, and ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected. All
comments received will be available for
examination at the above address
between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT (or
EST), Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. An electronic version
of this document is available on the
World Wide Web at http://dms.dot.gov.
Privacy Act
Anyone is able to search the
electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
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Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (Volume
65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78) or you
may visit http://www.dms.dot.gov.
(Authority: 49 CFR 1.66)
Dated: April 11, 2007.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Christine Gurland,
Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. E7–7154 Filed 4–13–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
April 11, 2007.

The Department of the Treasury has
submitted the following public
information collection requirement(s) to
OMB for review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13. Copies of the
submission(s) may be obtained by
calling the Treasury Bureau Clearance
Officer listed. Comments regarding this
information collection should be
addressed to the OMB reviewer listed
and to the Treasury Department
Clearance Officer, Department of the
Treasury, Room 11000, 1750
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20220.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before May 16, 2007 to
be assured of consideration.
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
OMB Number: 1545–xxxx.
Type of Review: New Collection.
Title: EFTPS Individual Enrollment
with Third Party Authorization Form.
Form: 9783T.
Description: The information derived
from Form 9783T will allow individual
taxpayers to authorize a Third Party to
pay their federal taxes on their behalf
using the Electronic Federal Tax
Payment System (EFTPS).
Respondents: Businesses and other
for-profit institutions.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 167
hours.
OMB Number: 1545–xxxx.
Type of Review: New Collection.
Title: Revenue Procedure 2007–x.
Description: The respondents are
nonprofit organizations seeking
recognition of exemption under certain
parts of § 501(c) of the Internal Revenue
Code. These organizations must submit
a letter application. We need this
information to determine whether the
organization meets the legal
requirements for tax-exempt status. In
addition, the information will be used to

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