August 22, 2011, FR Notice (30-Day)

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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 162 / Monday, August 22, 2011 / Notices

Issued on: August 15, 2011.
Victor M. Mendez,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2011–0001–N–11]

Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Federal Railroad
Administration, (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and Request for
Comments.
AGENCY:

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 are being 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 burden. The Federal Register
notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following
collections of information was
published on June 13, 2011 (76 FR
34287).

SUMMARY:

Comments must be submitted on
or before September 21, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Robert Brogan, Office of Safety,
Planning and Evaluation Division, RRS–
21, Federal Railroad Administration,
1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., 3rd Floor,
Mail Stop 25, Washington, DC 20590,
(telephone: (202) 493–6292), or Ms.
Kimberly Toone, Office of Information
Technology, RAD–20, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave.,
SE., 3rd Floor, Mail Stop 35,
Washington, DC 20590, (telephone:
(202) 493–6132). (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 June 13, 2011,
FRA published a 60-day notice in the
Federal Register soliciting comment on

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these ICRs for which the agency is
seeking OMB approval. 76 FR 34287.
FRA received no comments in response
to this 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 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 of
this Notice to best ensure having their
full effect. 5 CFR 1320.12(c); see also 60
FR 44983, Aug. 29, 1995.
The summary below describes the
nature of the information collection
requirements (ICRs) and the expected
burden being submitted for clearance by
OMB as required by the PRA.
Title: Locomotive Safety Standards
and Event Recorders.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0004.
Type of Request: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Abstract: The Locomotive Inspection
requires railroads to inspect, repair, and
maintain locomotives and event
recorders so that they are safe, free of
defects, and can be placed in service
without peril to life. Crashworthy
locomotive event recorders provide FRA
with verifiable factual information about
how trains are maintained and operated,
and are used by FRA and State
inspectors for Part 229 rule
enforcement. The information garnered
from crashworthy event recorders is also
used by railroads to monitor railroad
operations and by railroad employees
(locomotive engineers, train crews,
dispatchers) to improve train handling,
and promote the safe and efficient
operation of trains throughout the
country, based on a surer knowledge of
different control inputs.
Form Number(s): FRA F 6180.49A.
Total Annual Estimated Burden
Hours: 863,951 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 may also be sent via e-mail

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to OMB at the following address: oirasubmissions@omb.eop.gov.
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 August 16,
2011.
Kimberly Coronel,
Director, Office of Financial Management,
Federal Railroad Administration.
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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:
ACTION:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et 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 May 27, 2011, and comments were
due by July 26, 2011. No comments
were received.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before September 23, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daniel Ladd, Maritime Administration,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone:
202–366–1859; or E-mail:
daniel.ladd@dot.gov. Copies of this
SUMMARY:

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