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‘‘Class Distinctions: Dutch Painting in
the Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer,’’ at
the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,
Kansas City, Missouri, from on or about
February 20, 2016, until on or about
May 29, 2016, in the exhibition
‘‘Reflecting Class in the Age of
Rembrandt and Vermeer,’’ and at
possible additional exhibitions or
venues yet to be determined, is in the
national interest. I have ordered that
Public Notice of these Determinations
be published in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information, including a list of
the imported objects, contact the Office
of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
in the Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S.
Department of State (telephone: 202–
632–6471; email: section2459@
state.gov). The mailing address is U.S.
Department of State, L/PD, SA–5, Suite
5H03, Washington, DC 20522–0505.
Dated: August 20, 2015.
Evan Ryan,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational
and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory
Committee; Meeting
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Aviation Rulemaking
Advisory Committee (ARAC) meeting.
AGENCY:

The FAA is issuing this notice
to advise the public of a meeting of the
ARAC.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
September 17, 2015, starting at 1 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time. Arrange oral
presentations by September 10, 2015.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place
at the Federal Aviation Administration,
800 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20591, 10th floor,
MacCracken Conference Room.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Renee Pocius, Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591,
telephone (202) 267–5093; fax (202)
267–5075; email Renee.Pocius@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.
2), we are giving notice of a meeting of
the ARAC taking place on September
17, 2015, at the Federal Aviation

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Administration, 800 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591.
The Agenda includes:
• Status Reports From Active Working
Groups
Æ Airman Certification Systems
Working Group (ARAC)
Æ Aircraft Systems Information
Security/Protection Working Group
(ARAC)
Æ Air Traffic Controller Training
Working Group (ARAC)
Æ Airworthiness Assurance Working
Group (TAE)
Æ Engine Harmonization Working
Group (TAE)—Engine Endurance
Testing Requirements—Revision of
Section 33.87
Æ Flight Test Harmonization Working
Group (TAE)—Phase 2 Tasking
Æ Materials Flammability Working
Group (TAE)
Æ Transport Airplane Metallic and
Composite Structures Working
Group (TAE)—Transport Airplane
Damage-Tolerance and Fatigue
Evaluation
Æ Transport Airplane
Crashworthiness and Ditching
Evaluation Working Group (TAE)
• New Tasks
Æ Rotorcraft Occupant Protection
Working Group (ARAC)
• Air Traffic Status Report from the
FAA
Attendance is open to the interested
public but limited to the space
available. Please confirm your
attendance with the person listed in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section no later than September 10,
2015. Please provide the following
information: Full legal name, country of
citizenship, and name of your industry
association, or applicable affiliation. If
you are attending as a public citizen,
please indicate so.
For persons participating by
telephone, please contact the person
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section by email or phone for
the teleconference call-in number and
passcode. Callers outside the
Washington metropolitan area are
responsible for paying long-distance
charges.
The public must arrange by
September 10, 2015 to present oral
statements at the meeting. The public
may present written statements to the
Aviation Rulemaking Advisory
Committee by providing 25 copies to the
Designated Federal Officer, or by
bringing the copies to the meeting.
If you are in need of assistance or
require a reasonable accommodation for
this meeting, please contact the person
listed under the heading FOR FURTHER

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INFORMATION CONTACT. Sign and oral
interpretation, as well as a listening
device, can be made available if
requested 10 calendar days before the
meeting.

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 26,
2015.
Lirio Liu,
Designated Federal Officer, Aviation
Rulemaking Advisory Committee.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2015–0007–N–22]

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, this
notice announces that FRA is
forwarding the regular Clearance and
renewal information Collection
Requests (ICRs) abstracted below to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and comment. The
ICR describes the nature of the
information collection and 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 26,
2015 (80 FR 30109).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before October 1, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Robert Brogan, Regulatory Safety
Analysis Division, RRS–21, Federal
Railroad Administration, 1200 New
Jersey Ave. SE., 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., Mail Stop 35, Washington, DC
20590 (Telephone: (202) 493–6132).
(These telephone numbers are not tollfree.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), Public Law 104–13, sec. 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
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information collection activities before
OMB may approve paperwork packages.
44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.5,
1320.8(d)(1), and 1320.12. On May 26,
2015, FRA published a 60-day notice in
the Federal Register soliciting comment
on the ICRs that the agency is seeking
OMB approval. See 80 FR 30109. FRA
received no comments in response to
this notice.
Accordingly, FRA has reevaluated
and certified these information
collection activities under 5 CFR
1320.5(a), and is forwarding these ICRs
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
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 ICRs and the expected
burden. FRA is submitting these
proposed information collections to
OMB for clearance as required by the
PRA.
Title: FRA Safety Advisory 2015–01,
Mechanical Inspections and Wheel
Impact Detector Standards for Trains
Transporting Large Amounts of Class 3
Flammable Liquids.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0607.
Abstract: Recent derailments have
occurred involving trains transporting
large quantities of petroleum crude oil
and ethanol. Preliminary investigation
of one of these recent derailments
involving a crude oil train indicates that
a mechanical defect involving a broken
tank car wheel may have caused or
contributed to the incident. FRA issued
this Safety Advisory to make
recommendations to enhance the
mechanical safety of the cars in trains
transporting large quantities of
flammable liquids. This Safety Advisory
recommended that railroads use highly
qualified individuals to conduct the
brake and mechanical inspections and
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uses for wayside detectors that measure
wheel impacts to ensure the wheel
integrity of tank cars in those trains.
Type of Request: Regular Clearance of
an Information Collection Approved
under Emergency Processing
Affected Public: Businesses
(Railroads).
Form(s): N/A.
Total Annual Estimated Responses:
351,000.
Total Annual Estimated Burden:
6,333 hours.
Title: FRA Safety Advisory 2015–02,
Hazardous Materials: Information
Requirements Related to the
Transportation of Trains Carrying
Specified Volumes of Flammable
Liquids.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0608.
Abstract: Due to recent derailments
involving ‘‘high hazard flammable
trains’’ (HHFTs), FRA and PHMSA have
conducted several post-accident
investigations and to ensure that
stakeholders are fully aware of each
agency’s investigative authority and
cooperate with agency personnel
conducting such investigations, where
time is of the essence in gathering
evidence, the agencies issued a Safety
Advisory (FRA Safety Advisory 2015–02
and Docket NO. PHMSA–2015–0118,
Notice No. 15–11) to remind railroads
operating HHFTs—defined as a train
comprised of 20 or more loaded tank
cars of a Class 3 flammable liquid in a
continuous block, or a train with 35 or
more loaded tank cars of a Class 3
flammable liquid across the entire
train—as well as the offerors of Class 3
flammable liquids transported on such
trains, of their obligation to provide
PHMSA and FRA, as expeditiously as
possible, with information agency
personnel need to conduct
investigations immediately following an
accident or incident.
Type of Request: Regular Clearance of
an Information Collection Approved
under Emergency Processing.
Affected Public: Businesses
(Railroads).
Form(s): N/A.
Total Annual Estimated Responses:
50.
Total Annual Estimated Burden: 100
hours.
Title: FRA Emergency Order No. 30,
Emergency Order Establishing a
Maximum Operating Speed Operating
Speed of 40 mph in High-Threat Urban
Areas for Certain Trains Transporting
Large Quantities of Class 3 Flammable
Liquids.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0609.
Abstract: FRA issued Emergency
Order No. 30 (EO or Order) to require
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Class 3 flammable liquid through
certain highly populated areas adhere to
a maximum authorized operating speed
limit. FRA has determined that public
safety compels issuance of the Order.
The Order was necessary due to the
recent occurrence of railroad accidents
involving trains transporting petroleum
crude oil and ethanol and the increasing
reliance on railroads to transport
voluminous amounts of those hazardous
materials in recent years. Under the EO,
an affected train is one that contains: (1)
20 or more loaded tank cars in a
continuous block, or 35 or more loaded
tank cars, of Class 3 flammable liquid;
and (2) at least one DOT Specification
111 (DOT–111) tank car (including
those built in accordance with
Association of American Railroads
(AAR) Casualty Prevention Circular
1232 (CPC–1232)) loaded with a Class 3
flammable liquid. Affected trains must
not exceed 40 miles per hour (mph) in
high-threat urban areas (HTUAs) as
defined in 49 CFR 1580.3. This Order
took effect immediately upon issuance.
Type of Request: Regular Clearance of
an Information Collection Approved
under Emergency Processing.
Affected Public: Businesses
(Railroads).
Form(s): N/A.
Total Annual Estimated Responses:
25.
Total Annual Estimated Burden:
1,000 hours.
Title: Railroad Signal System
Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0006.
Abstract: The regulations pertaining
to railroad signal systems are contained
in 49 CFR parts 233 (Signal System
Reporting Requirements), 235
(Instructions Governing Applications for
Approval of a Discontinuance or
Material Modification of a Signal
System), and 236 (Rules, Standards, and
Instructions Governing the Installation,
Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair of
Systems, Devices, and Appliances).
Section 233.5 provides that each
railroad must report to FRA within 24
hours after learning of an accident or
incident arising from the failure of a
signal appliance, device, method, or
system to function or indicate as
required by part 236 of this Title that
results in a more favorable aspect than
intended or other condition hazardous
to the movement of a train. Section
233.7 sets forth the specific
requirements for reporting signal
failures within 15 days in accordance
with the instructions printed on Form
FRA F 6180.14.
Finally, § 233.9 sets forth the specific
requirements for the ‘‘Signal System
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five years each railroad must file a
signal system status report. The report is
to be prepared on a form issued by FRA
in accordance with the instructions and
definitions provided. Title 49 of the
Code of Federal Regulations, part 235
sets forth the specific conditions under
which FRA approval of modification or
discontinuance of railroad signal
systems is required and prescribes the
methods available to seek such
approval. The application process
prescribed under part 235 provides a
vehicle enabling FRA to obtain the
necessary information to make logical
and informed decisions concerning
carrier requests to modify or
discontinue signaling systems. Section
235.5 requires railroads to apply for
FRA approval to discontinue or
materially modify railroad signaling
systems. Section 235.7 defines material
modifications and identifies those
changes that do not require agency
approval. Section 235.8 provides that
any railroad may petition FRA to seek
relief from the requirements under 49
CFR part 236. Sections 235.10, 235.12,
and 235.13 describe where the petition
must be submitted, what information
must be included, the organizational
format, and the official authorized to
sign the application. Section 235.20 sets
forth the process for protesting the
granting of a carrier application for
signal changes or relief from the rules,
standards, and instructions. This section
provides the information that must be
included in the protest, the address for
filing the protest, the item limit for
filing the protest, and the requirement
that a person requesting a public
hearing explain the need for such a
forum. Section 236.110 requires that the
test results of certain signaling
apparatus be recorded and specifically
identify the tests required under
§§ 236.102–109; 236.377–236.387;
236.576; 236.577; and 236.586–589.
Section 236.110 further provides that
the test results must be recorded on preprinted or computerized forms provided
by the carrier and that the forms show
the name of the railroad, place and date
of the test conducted, equipment tested,
test results, repairs, and the condition of
the apparatus. This section also requires
that the employee conducting the test
must sign the form and that the record
be retained at the office of the
supervisory official having the proper
authority. Results of tests made in
compliance with § 236.587 must be
retained for 92 days, and results of all
other tests must be retained until the
next record is filed, but in no case less
than one year. Additionally, § 236.587
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departure test of cab signal, train stop,
or train control devices on locomotives
before that locomotive enters the
equipped territory. This section further
requires that whoever performs the test
must certify in writing that the test was
properly performed. The certification
and test results must be posted in the
locomotive cab with a copy of the
certification and test results retained at
the office of the supervisory official
having the proper authority. However, if
it is impractical to leave a copy of the
certification and test results at the
location of the test, the test results must
be transmitted to either the dispatcher
or one other designated official who
must keep a written record of the test
results and the name of the person
performing the test. All records
prepared under this section are required
to be retained for 92 days. Finally,
§ 236.590 requires the carrier to clean
and inspect the pneumatic apparatus of
automatic train stop, train control, or
cab signal devices on locomotives every
736 days, and to stencil, tag, or
otherwise mark the pneumatic
apparatus indicating the last cleaning
date.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved information
collection.
Affected Public: Businesses
(Railroads).
Form(s): FRA F 6180.47; FRA F
6180.14.
Total Annual Estimated Responses:
1,673,546.
Total Annual Estimated Burden:
444,883 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. Comments may also be
sent via email to OMB 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 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

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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 26,
2015.
Corey Hill,
Acting Executive Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2009–0089]

Petition for Waiver of Compliance
In accordance with part 211 of Title
49 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR), this document provides the
public notice that by a document posted
on March 11, 2015, the Ashtabula,
Carson & Jefferson Railroad (ACJR) has
petitioned the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) for a waiver of
compliance from certain provisions of
the Federal railroad safety regulations
contained at 49 CFR 223.11,
Requirements for existing locomotives.
FRA assigned the petition Docket
Number FRA–2009–0089.
ACJR of Jefferson City, OH, has
petitioned for a permanent waiver of
compliance for one locomotive, ACJR
7371, from the requirements of the
railroad safety glazing standards at 49
CFR part 223 that require certified
glazing in all windows. ACJR, chartered
in 1984 to save the Conrail Jefferson
Industrial Track, is located in the
northeastern corner of Ohio. Its 6.3-mile
long track, running through level
farmland and wooded areas, has one
terminus in Jefferson, OH, and the other,
for interchanges, at the south end of
Norfolk Southern Railway’s Carson Yard
in Ashtabula, OH. The railroad provides
bulk commodity shipping and
transloading services to customers from
its staging facilities at the termini. Each
year, the railroad hauls approximately
1,200 cars, at speeds not exceeding 10
mph.
The locomotive was built by the
American Locomotive Company (Alco)
in April 1941, as a model S1 B–B yard
switcher with an Alco 539 (6-cylinder,
660 hp) engine. It is equipped with
Plexiglas-type safety glazing that is in
good condition, clear, and unscratched.
ACJR states that there has been no
instance of vandalism in approximately
30 years of its operations. ACJR further
states that the expense of retrofitting the
locomotive to comply with FRA safety
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