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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: Control of Alcohol and Drug
Use in Railroad Operations.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0526.
Type of Request: Extension without
change of a previously approved
collection.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Abstract: The information collection
requirements contained in preemployment and ‘‘for cause’’testing
regulations are intended to ensure a
sense of fairness and accuracy for
railroads and their employees. The
principal information—evidence of
unauthorized alcohol or drug use—is
used to prevent accidents by screening
personnel who perform safety-sensitive
service. FRA uses the information to
measure the level of compliance with
regulations governing the use of alcohol
or controlled substances. Elimination of
this problem is necessary to prevent
accidents, injuries, and fatalities of the
nature already experienced and further
reduce the risk of a truly catastrophic
accident.
Form Number: FRA F 6180.73,
6180.74, 6180.94A, 61880.94B.
Total Annual Estimated Burden
Hours: 31,797 hours.
ADDRESSES: 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 email 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.

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Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 18,
2012.
Michael Logue,
Acting Director, Office of Financial
Management, Federal Railroad
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2012–0006–N–1]

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 November 17, 2011 (76 FR
71433).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before February 23, 2012.
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.
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44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.5,
1320.8(d)(1), 1320.12. On November 17,
2011, FRA published a 60-day notice in
the Federal Register soliciting comment
on these ICRs for which the agency is
seeking OMB approval. 76 FR 71433.
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: Trespasser Death Study.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0563.
Type of Request: Reinstatement of a
previously approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Abstract: Trespasser deaths on
railroad rights-of-way and other railroad
property are the leading cause of
fatalities attributable to railroad
operations in the United States. In order
to address this serious issue, interest
groups, the railroad industry, and
government (Federal, State, and local)
must know more about the individuals
who trespass. With such knowledge,
specific educational programs,
materials, and messages regarding the
hazards and consequences of
trespassing on railroad property can be
developed and effectively distributed.
Due to the lack of available
demographic data, FRA proposes to
conduct a follow-up study to the one
released in 2008 titled Rail Trespasser
Fatalities; Developing Demographic
Profile. The previous study used a
private contractor to obtain additional
demographic data for the time period of
2003–2005 from local county medical
examiners so as to develop a general,
regional profile of ‘‘typical’’ trespassers
in order to target audiences with
appropriate education and enforcement
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number of injuries and fatalities. The
proposed or updated study will cover
six additional years of demographic
data, and will be used to determine the
validity of the earlier regional profile of
‘‘typical’’ trespassers or establish a new
regional profile of ‘‘typical trespassers.’’
Form Number: FRA F 6180.117.
Total Annual Estimated Burden
Hours: 183 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 email 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 January 18,
2012.
Michael Logue,
Acting Director, Office of Financial
Management, Federal Railroad
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012–1379 Filed 1–23–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
[FTA Docket No. FTA–2012–0008]

Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review
AGENCY:

Federal Transit Administration,

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DOT.
ACTION:

Notice of request for comments.

The Federal Transit
Administration invites public comment
about our intention to request the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) to
extend the approval of the following
information collection:

SUMMARY:

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49 U.S.C. 5335(a) and (b) National
Transit Database
The information collected is used to
determine eligibility for funding and to
monitor the grantees’ progress in
implementing and completing project
activities. The Federal Register notice
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments was published on November
7, 2011 (Citation 76 FR 68811). No
comments were received from that
notice.
Comments must be submitted
before February 23, 2012. A comment to
OMB is most effective if OMB receives
it within 30 days of publication.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sylvia L. Marion, Office of
Administration, Office of Management
Planning, (202) 366–6680.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 49 U.S.C. 5335(a) and (b)
National Transit Database.
Abstract: 49 U.S.C. Section 5335(a)
and (b) requires the Secretary of
Transportation to maintain a reporting
system, using a uniform system of
accounts, to collect financial and
operating information from the nation’s
public transportation systems. Congress
created the NTD to be the repository of
transit data for the nation to support
public transportation service planning.
FTA has established the NTD to meet
these requirements, and has collected
data for over 30 years. FTA continues to
seek ways to reduce the burden of NTD
reporting, most recently introducing its
new Sampling Manual in 2010 to reduce
the burden of passenger mile sampling
and introducing its new Small Systems
Waiver in 2011 to reduce the reporting
burden on small transit systems.
The NTD is comprised of four
modules, Rural, Annual, Monthly, and
Safety & Security.
NTD Rural Module: State DOTs and
tribal governments participating in the
Tribal Transit Program.
Estimated Annual Burden: Currently
FTA receives reports from 54 State and
Territorial DOTs, and from 56 Tribal
Transit grant recipients. Combined,
these States and Tribes report on behalf
of approximately 1,450 subrecipients
from FTA’s Rural (Section 5311)
Formula Program. For each
subrecipient, the State or Tribe provides
identifying information, sources of
operating funds, sources of capital
funds, vehicle revenue miles, vehicle
revenue hours, and unlinked passenger
trips. Additionally, a revenue vehicle
inventory is reported, as well as total
fatalities, injuries, and safety incidents
for the year. FTA estimates that it takes
approximately 20 hours to report on
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behalf of each subrecipient, including
the time needed for the subrecipient to
gather the information and report it to
its State DOT, the time for the State
DOT to assemble the data and submit it
to FTA, and the time to respond to
validation questions from FTA about the
data.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
29,000 hours.
Frequency: Annual reports.
NTD Annual Module—Small Systems
Waiver: FTA expects about 300 transit
systems with 30 or fewer vehicles to
claim a Small Systems Waiver.
Estimated Annual Burden: FTA
provides reduced reporting
requirements to urbanized area transit
systems with 30 or fewer vehicles.
These systems are exempt from
sampling for passenger miles and report
only summary financial and operating
statistics compared to full reporters in
urbanized areas, similar to what is
required of the rural subrecipients.
Additionally, they also report contact
information, funding allocation
information, a revenue vehicle
inventory, the number of stations and
maintenance facilities, and total
injuries, fatalities, and safety incidents.
The reports are also required to be
reviewed by an auditor and certified by
the CEO. Systems with this waiver are
also exempt from the Monthly and
Safety & Security Modules. FTA
estimates that completing a report for a
Small Systems Waiver requires
approximately 27 hours, including time
to assemble the information and
respond to validation questions from
FTA about the report.
Estimated Total Annual Urban
Burden: 8,100 hours.
Frequency: Annually.
NTD Annual Module—Full Reports:
FTA expects about 400 transit systems
to file complete reports, including 10
reports that represent a consolidated
report from numerous small systems.
Estimated Annual Burden: The Full
Report to the Annual Module is
comprehensive. Basic contact
information, as well as information on
subrecipients and purchased
transportation contracts must be
provided. Sources of funds for operating
expenses and capital expenses must be
provided, as well as detailed operating
and capital expenses for each mode by
function and object class. Key service
data collected includes vehicle revenue
miles, vehicle revenue hours, unlinked
passenger trips, and passenger miles
traveled; these must be provided by
average weekday, average Saturday,
average Sunday, and as an annual total.
Most systems that do not inherently
collect passenger mile information (such

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