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Federal Register Notice that will be
published sometime this fall.
Form Number(s): SF–424.
Other Instruments: Information
Published with the Notice of Funds

Availability (NOFA) to be published in
Federal Register in Fall of 2009.
Affected Public: 50 States/Local
governments.

30663

Respondent Universe: 32 States/Local
governments.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.

REPORTING BURDEN
Grant program

Respondent universe

Total annual responses

Average time
per response

— Application Process ........................................
—Meeting requests with FRA Associate Administrator.
—Face to Face Meetings with Associate Admin
—Revisions to Grant Applications .......................
—Environmental Assessments ............................

32 States/Local govt ....
32 States/Local govt ....

10 grant applications ....
2 requests/letters .........

315 hours .....................
30 minutes ...................

3,150
1

32 States/Local govt ....
32 States/Local govt ....
32 States/Local govt ....

2 hours .........................
40 hours .......................
80 hours .......................

4
80
800

—Close-Out Procedures ......................................

32 States/Local govt ....

4 hours .........................

40

—Project Reports ................................................

32 States/Local govt ....

2 project meetings .......
2 grant revisions ..........
10 environmental documents.
10 sets of Close-out
documents.
10 reports .....................

80 hours .......................

800

Total Responses: 46.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
4,875 hours.
Status: Regular Review.
Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5
CFR 1320.5(b), 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.
Issued in Washington, DC on June 22,
2009.
Kimberly Orben,
Director, Office of Financial Management,
Federal Railroad Administration.
[FR Doc. E9–15027 Filed 6–25–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2009–0001–N–15]

Notice and Request for Comments
AGENCY: Federal Railroad
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice and Request for
Comments.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Requirements (ICRs)
abstracted below have been forwarded
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and comment. The
ICRs describe the nature of the
information collections and their
expected burdens. The Federal Register
notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following

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collections of information was
published on April 16, 2009 (74 FR
17762).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before July 27, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Robert Brogan, Office of Safety,
Planning and Evaluation Division, RRS–
21, Federal Railroad Administration,
1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Mail Stop
17, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone:
(202) 493–6292), or Ms. Nakia Jackson,
Office of Information Technology, RAD–
20, Federal Railroad Administration,
1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Mail Stop
35, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone:
(202) 493–6073). (These telephone
numbers are not toll-free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), Public Law 104–13, Section 2,
109 Stat. 163 (1995) (codified as revised
at 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), 1320.12. On April 16,
2009, FRA published a 60-day notice in
the Federal Register soliciting comment
on ICRs that the agency was seeking
OMB approval. 74 FR 17762. FRA
received no comments after issuing this
60-day notice. Accordingly, DOT
announces that these information
collection activities have been reevaluated and certified under 5 CFR
1320.5(a) and forwarded to OMB for
review and approval pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.12(c).
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

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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 that 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
nature of the information collection
requirements (ICRs) and the expected
burden. The current requirements are
being submitted for renewed clearance
by OMB as required by the PRA.
Title: Grade Crossing Signal System
Safety.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0534.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Railroads.
Abstract: FRA believes that highwayrail grade crossing (grade crossing)
accidents resulting from warning system
failures can be reduced. Motorists lose
faith in warning systems that constantly
warn of an oncoming train when none
is present. Therefore, the fail-safe
feature of a warning system loses its
effectiveness if the system is not
repaired within a reasonable period of
time. A greater risk of an accident is
present when a warning system fails to
activate as a train approaches a grade
crossing. FRA’s regulations require
railroads to take specific responses in
the event of an activation failure. FRA
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solutions to the problems of grade
crossing device malfunctions. With this
information, FRA is able to correlate
accident data and equipment
malfunctions with the types of circuits
and age of equipment. FRA can then
identify the causes of grade crossing
system failures and investigate them to
determine whether periodic
maintenance, inspection, and testing
standards are effective. FRA also uses
the information collected to alert
railroad employees and appropriate
highway traffic authorities of warning
system malfunctions so that they can
take the necessary measures to protect
motorists and railroad workers at the
grade crossing until repairs have been
made.
Form Number(s): FRA F 6180.83.
Annual Estimated Burden: 8,152
hours.
Title: Bridge Worker Safety Rules.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0535.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Railroads.
Abstract: Section 20139 of Title 49 of
the United States Code required FRA to
issue rules, regulations, orders, and
standards for the safety of maintenanceof-way employees on railroad bridges,
including for ‘‘bridge safety equipment’’
such as nets, walkways, handrails, and
safety lines, and requirements for the
use of vessels when work is performed
on bridges located over bodies of water.
FRA has added 49 CFR Part 214 to
establish minimum workplace safety
standards for railroad employees as they
apply to railroad bridges. Specifically,
section 214.15(c) establishes standards
and practices for safety net systems.
Safety nets and net installations are to
be drop-tested at the job site after initial
installation and before being used as a
fall-protection system; after major
repairs; and at six-month intervals if left
at one site. If a drop-test is not feasible
and is not performed, then a written
certification must be made by the
railroad or railroad contractor, or a
designated certified person, that the net
does comply with the safety standards
of this section. FRA and State inspectors
use the information to enforce Federal
regulations. The information that is
maintained at the job site promotes safe
bridge worker practices.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Annual Estimated Burden: 1 hour.
Title: Railroad Police Officers.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0537.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Railroads.
Abstract: Under 49 CFR Part 207,
railroads are required to notify states of
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discharging their duties outside of their
respective jurisdictions. This
requirement is necessary to verify
proper police authority.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Annual Estimated Burden: 181 hours.
Addressee: Send comments regarding
these information collections to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 Seventeenth Street, NW.,
Washington, DC, 20503, Attention: FRA
Desk Officer. Alternatively, comments
may be sent via e-mail to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs
(OIRA), Office of Management and
Budget, at the following address:
oira_submissions@omb.eop.gov.
Comments are invited on the
following: Whether the proposed
collections of information are 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 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.
Issued in Washington, DC on June 22,
2009.
Kimberly Orben,
Director, Office of Financial Management,
Federal Railroad Administration.
[FR Doc. E9–15028 Filed 6–25–09; 8:45 am]
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public inspection; however, FRA is not
accepting public comment on the
document.
BNSF Railway Company (Docket
Number FRA–2006–23687)
BNSF has submitted an informational
filing to FRA to begin operational
testing of ETMS Version VI on BNSF’s
Scenic Subdivision. This testing will
allow BNSF to obtain the necessary
assessments required to amend BNSF’s
currently approved Product Safety Plan
(PSP) for ETMS Version I for a future
submittal to the FRA. In addition, this
testing will allow BNSF to substantiate
the ETMS technology in tunnel
operations on freight territories. The
informational filing has been placed
under Docket Number FRA–2006–23687
and is available for public inspection.
Interested parties are invited to
review the informational filing and
associated documents at the DOT
Docket Management facility during
regular business hours (9 a.m.—5 p.m.)
at 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room
W12–140, Washington, DC 20590. All
documents in the public docket are also
available for inspection and copying on
the Internet at http://
www.regulations.gov.
Anyone is able to search the
electronic form of any written
communications received into any of
our dockets by name of the individual
submitting the document (or signing the
document, if submitted on behalf of an
association, business, labor union, etc.).
You may review the DOT’s complete
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal
Register published on April 11, 2000
(Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477–
78).
Issued in Washington, DC on June 22,
2009.
Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety
Standards and Program Development.
[FR Doc. E9–15124 Filed 6–25–09; 8:45 am]
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Notice of Informational Filing
For informational purposes only, the
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
is providing notice that it has received
an informational filing from BNSF
Railway Company (BNSF) to conduct
testing of Configuration VI of BNSF’s
Electronic Train Management System
(ETMS) submitted pursuant to Title 49
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
236.913. The informational filing is
described below, including the
submitting party and the requisite
docket number where the informational
filing and any related information may
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To
Release Airport Property at
Pocahontas Municipal Airport,
Pocahontas, AR
AGENCY: Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of request to release
airport property.
SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and
invites public comment on the release of

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