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period of insulin use to demonstrate
stable control of diabetes before being
allowed to operate a CMV.
In response to section 4129, FMCSA
made immediate revisions to the
diabetes exemption program established
by the September 3, 2003 notice.
FMCSA discontinued use of the 3-year
driving experience and fulfilled the
requirements of section 4129 while
continuing to ensure that operation of
CMVs by drivers with ITDM will
achieve the requisite level of safety
required of all exemptions granted
under 49 U.S.C.. 31136(e).
Section 4129(d) also directed FMCSA
to ensure that drivers of CMVs with
ITDM are not held to a higher standard
than other drivers, with the exception of
limited operating, monitoring and
medical requirements that are deemed
medically necessary.
The FMCSA concluded that all of the
operating, monitoring and medical
requirements set out in the September 3,
2003 notice, except as modified, were in
compliance with section 4129(d).
Therefore, all of the requirements set
out in the September 3, 2003 notice,
except as modified by the notice in the
Federal Register on November 8, 2005
(70 FR 67777), remain in effect.
IV. Submitting Comments
You may submit your comments and
material online or by fax, mail, or hand
delivery, but please use only one of
these means. FMCSA recommends that
you include your name and a mailing
address, an email address, or a phone
number in the body of your document
so that FMCSA can contact you if there
are questions regarding your
submission.
To submit your comment online, go to
http://www.regulations.gov and in the
search box insert the docket number
FMCSA–2015–0061 and click the search
button. When the new screen appears,
click on the blue ‘‘Comment Now!’’
button on the right hand side of the
page. On the new page, enter
information required including the
specific section of this document to
which each comment applies, and
provide a reason for each suggestion or
recommendation. If you submit your
comments by mail or hand delivery,
submit them in an unbound format, no
larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, suitable for
copying and electronic filing. If you
submit comments by mail and would
like to know that they reached the
facility, please enclose a stamped, selfaddressed postcard or envelope.
We will consider all comments and
material received during the comment
period and may change this proposed
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may issue a final rule at any time after
the close of the comment period.
V. Viewing Comments and Documents
To view comments, as well as any
documents mentioned in this preamble,
To submit your comment online, go to
http://www.regulations.gov and in the
search box insert the docket number
FMCSA–2015–0061 and click ‘‘Search.’’
Next, click ‘‘Open Docket Folder’’ and
you will find all documents and
comments related to the proposed
rulemaking.
Issued on: June 8, 2015.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2015–0007–N–17]

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

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
its implementing regulations, the
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
hereby announces that it is seeking
renewal of the following currently
approved information collection
activities. Before submitting the
information collection requests (ICRs)
below for clearance by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), FRA is
soliciting public comment on specific
aspects of the activities identified
below.
DATES: Comments must be received no
later than August 21, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on any or all of the following proposed
activities by mail to either: 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, or Ms. Kimberly
Toone, Office of Information
Technology, RAD–20, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave.
SE., Mail Stop 35, Washington, DC
20590. Commenters requesting FRA to
acknowledge receipt of their respective
comments must include a self-addressed
stamped postcard stating, ‘‘Comments
on OMB control number 2130–ll.’’
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Alternatively, comments may be
transmitted via facsimile to (202) 493–
6216 or (202) 493–6497, or via email to
Mr. Brogan at Robert.Brogan@dot.gov, or
to Ms. Toone at Kim.Toone@dot.gov.
Please refer to the assigned OMB control
number in any correspondence
submitted. FRA will summarize
comments received in response to this
notice in a subsequent notice and
include them in its information
collection submission to OMB for
approval.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Robert Brogan, Office of 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. 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 toll-free.)
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
provide 60-days notice to the public for
comment on information collection
activities before seeking approval for
reinstatement or renewal by OMB. 44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A); 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1),
1320.10(e)(1), 1320.12(a). Specifically,
FRA invites interested respondents to
comment on the following summary of
proposed information collection
activities regarding: (i) Whether the
information collection activities are
necessary for FRA to properly execute
its functions, including whether the
activities will have practical utility; (ii)
the accuracy of FRA’s estimates of the
burden of the information collection
activities, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used to
determine the estimates; (iii) ways for
FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information being
collected; and (iv) ways for FRA to
minimize the burden of information
collection activities on the public by
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology (e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses). See 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)(i)–(iv); 5 CFR
1320.8(d)(1)(i)–(iv). FRA believes that
soliciting public comment will promote
its efforts to reduce the administrative
and paperwork burdens associated with
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by Federal regulations. In summary,
FRA reasons that comments received
will advance three objectives: (i) Reduce
reporting burdens; (ii) ensure that it
organizes information collection
requirements in a ‘‘user friendly’’ format
to improve the use of such information;
and (iii) accurately assess the resources
expended to retrieve and produce
information requested. See 44 U.S.C.
3501.
Below is a brief summary of currently
approved information collection
activities that FRA will submit for
clearance by OMB as required under the
PRA:

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.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Respondent Universe: 754 Railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Reporting Burden:

CFR section

Respondent universe

Total annual responses

Average time per response

229.9—Movement of Non-Complying Locomotives.
229.15—Remote control locomotive—tagging to
indicate in remote control.
—Repair record of defective OCU linked to
remote control locomotive.
229.17—Accident Reports ...................................
229.20—Electronic Recordkeeping—Automatic
notice to RR each time locomotive is due for
inspection or maintenance.
29.21—Daily Inspection .......................................

44 Railroads .................

21,000 tags ..................

1 minute .......................

350

44 Railroads .................

3,000 tags ....................

2 minutes .....................

100

44 Railroads .................

200 records ..................

5 minutes .....................

17

44 Railroads .................
44 Railroads .................

1 report .........................
21,000 notifications ......

15 minutes ...................
1 second ......................

.25
6

754 Railroads ...............

16 minutes or 18 minutes.
13 minutes ...................

1,911,780

754 Railroads ...............

6,890,000 insp. reports/
records.
250 written reports .......

754 Railroads ...............

4,000 forms ..................

2 minutes .....................

133

754 Railroads ...............
754 Railroads ...............

9,500 tests/forms .........
9,500 secondary
records.
4,000 lists + 4,000 copies.

8 hours .........................
2 minutes .....................

76,000
317

2 minutes + 2 minutes

266

754 Railroads ...............

9,500 documents/
records.

2 minutes .....................

317

754 Railroads ...............

500 out-of-use notations.

5 minutes .....................

42

754 Railroads ...............

200 amendments .........

15 minutes ...................

50

754 Railroads ...............

90 minutes ...................

6,038

30 minutes ...................

350

754 Railroads ...............

4,025 readout records/
reports.
700 test failure notations.
1,000 removal tags ......

1 minute .......................

17

754 Railroads ...............

10,000 data reports ......

15 minutes ...................

2,500

754 Railroads ...............

700 tests/records .........

90 minutes ...................

1,050

754 Railroads ...............

88,000 tests/records ....

15 seconds ...................

367

754 Railroads ...............

2,100 tags ....................

2 minutes .....................

70

754 Railroads ...............

1,000 re-paintings/decals.

1 minute .......................

17

—Written Reports of MU Locomotive Inspections.
Locomotive Inspection and Repair Record—
Form FRA F 6180.49A.
229.23—Periodic Inspections of Locomotives ....
—Secondary record of information on Form
FRA F 6180.49A.
—List of defects/repairs during inspection
provided to RR employees + copies of
lists.
—Document from railroad to employees of
all tests conducted since last periodic inspection.
229.33—Out of Use Credit for Locomotives .......

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Title: Railroad Locomotive Safety
Standards and Event Recorders.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0004.
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

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Recordkeeping Requirements:
229.25—Periodic Inspection of Event Recorders: Written Copy of Instructions—
Amendments.
—Data Verification Readout of Event Recorder.
—Pre-Maintenance Test Failures of Event
Recorder.
229.135—Removal of event recorder from service—Tags.
—Preserving Locomotive Event Recorder
Accident Data—reports.
Other Requirements:
229.27—Annual tests of event recorders w/
self-monitoring feature displaying a failure
indication—tests.
229.29—Calibration of Locomotive Air Flow
Meter—Tests.
229.46—Tagging locomotive with inoperative or
ineffective automatic/independent brake that
can only be used in trailing position.
229.85—Marking of all doors, cover plates, or
barriers having direct access to high voltage
equipment with words ‘‘Danger High Voltage’’
or with word ‘‘Danger’’.

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754 Railroads ...............

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CFR section

Respondent universe

Total annual responses

Average time per response

229.123—Locomotives equipped with a pilot,
snowplow, end plate with clearance above 6
inches—Marking/stenciling with words ‘‘9 inch
Maximum End Plate Height, Yard or Trail
Service Only’’.
—Notation in Remarks section of Form FRA
F6180.49A of pilot, snowplow, or end
plate clearance above 6 inches.
229.135—Re-manufactured
locomotives
equipped with certified crash-worthy event recorder.
229.140—Alerters—Visual indication to locomotive operator at least 5 seconds before
audio alarm—New Locomotives.
SUBPART E—229.303—Requests to FRA for
on-track testing of products outside a facility.
—Identification of all products developed by
Railroads and Vendors.
229.307—Safety Analysis for each product subject to this Subpart.
229.309—Safety critical changes to product subject to this Subpart—Notice to FRA.
—Report by product suppliers and private
owners to railroads of any safety-critical
changes to product.
229.311—Railroad Notification to FRA of intent
to place product subject to this Part in Service.
—Railroad document provided to FRA upon
request demonstrating product meets
Safety Analysis requirements for life cycle
of product.
—Railroad maintenance of data base of all
safety relevant hazards encountered after
product is placed in service.
—Written report to FRA disclosing frequency of safety relevant hazards for
product exceeding threshold set forth in
Safety Analysis.
—Final Report to FRA on results of analyses and counter measures to reduce frequency of safety related hazards.
219.313—Product testing results and records ....

754 Railroads ...............

20 markings/stencils ....

2 minutes .....................

1

754 Railroads ...............

20 notations .................

2 minutes .....................

1

754 Railroads ...............

1,000 certified memory
modules.

2 hours .........................

2,000

754 Railroads ...............

74,880,000 visual indications.

4 seconds .....................

83,200

754 Railroads ...............

20 requests ..................

8 hours .........................

160

754 Railroads ...............

2 hours .........................

40

754 Railroads ...............

20 product identification
documents.
300 safety analyses .....

240 hours .....................

72,000

754 Railroads ...............

10 notifications .............

16 hours .......................

160

3 Manufacturers ...........

10 reports .....................

8 hours .........................

80

754 Railroads ...............

300 notifications ...........

2 hours .........................

600

754 Railroads ...............

300 documents ............

2 hours .........................

600

754 Railroads ...............

300 databases .............

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

1,200

754 Railroads ...............

10 written reports .........

2 hours .........................

20

754 Railroads ...............

10 written final reports

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

40

754 Railroads ...............

5 minutes .....................

10,000

219.315—Railroad maintenance of Operations
and Maintenance Manual containing all documents related to installation, maintenance, repair, modification, and testing of a product
subject to this Part.
—RR Configuration Management Control
Plan.
—Positive ID of safety-critical components ..

754 Railroads ...............

120,000 product testing
records.
300 manuals ................

40 hours .......................

12,000

754 Railroads ...............

300 plans .....................

8 hours .........................

2,400

754 Railroads ...............

5 minutes .....................

5,000

229.317—RR Establishment and Implementation
of Training Qualification program for products
subject to this Subpart.
—Employees trained under RR program .....

754 Railroads ...............

60,000 Identified components.
300 programs ...............

40 hours .......................

12,000

754 Railroads ...............

30 minutes ...................

5,000

—Periodic refresher training of employees ..

754 Railroads ...............

—RR regular and periodic evaluation of effectiveness of its training program.
—RR record of individuals designated as
qualified under this Section.
Appendix F to Part 229—Guidance for
Verification and Validation of Products—3rd
Party Assessments.

Total Estimated Annual Responses:
82,168,698.

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Total annual
burden hours

20 minutes ...................

333

754 Railroads ...............

10,000 trained employees.
1,000 re-trained employees.
300 evaluations ............

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

1,200

754 Railroads ...............

10,000 records .............

10 minutes ...................

1,667

754 Railroads/3 Manufacturers.

1 3rd party assessment

4,000 hours ..................

4,000

Total Estimated Annual Burden:
2,213,623 hours.

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Title: FRA Emergency Order No. 31,
Notice No. 1.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0611.
Abstract: On May 21, 2015, FRA
issued Emergency Order No. 31 (EO or
Order) to require that the National
Railroad Passenger Corporation
(Amtrak) take actions to control
passenger train speed at certain
locations on main line track in the
Northeast Corridor (as defined by 49
U.S.C. 24905(c)(1)(A)). Amtrak was
required to immediately implement
code changes to its Automatic Train
Control (ATC) System to enforce the
passenger train speed limit ahead of the

curves. Amtrak also had to install
additional wayside passenger train
speed limit signage at appropriate
locations on its Northeast Corridor rightof-way. FRA is continuing this
Emergency Order in full force and
effect, and is now seeking regular
clearance for the information collection
associated with this Emergency Order.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Respondent Universe: 1 Railroad.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Reporting Burden:

Emergency Order
No. 31—Item:

Respondent universe

Total annual responses

Average time per
response

(1) Amtrak survey of Northeast Corridor (NEC)
main line track system to create list identifying
each main track curve where there is a reduction of more than 20 mph from the maximum
authorized speed to that curve.
(2) Development and submission of Amtrak Action Plan to FRA.
(3) Installation of Additional Wayside Signs
throughout NEC, particularly along curve locations, to alert engineers and conductors of
maximum authorized train speed.
—Notice by Amtrak to FRA of Installation of
Signs along NEC designated in its.
(4) Relief Petition to FRA to take action not in
Accordance with this Emergency Order.

1 Railroad .....................

1 list ..............................

32 hours .......................

32

1 Railroad .....................

1 action plan ................

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

80

1 Railroad .....................

186 NEC wayside signs

15.4839 minutes per
sign.

48

1 Railroad .....................

6 notices .......................

15 minutes ...................

2

1 Railroad .....................

1 petition request .........

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

80

Total Estimated Annual Responses:
195.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 242.
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.
Rebecca Pennington,
Chief Financial Officer.
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curve at Frankford Junction in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where a
fatal accident occurred on May 12, 2015.
Amtrak was also required to identify all
other curves on the Northeast Corridor
where there is a significant reduction
(more than 20 miles per hour (mph))
from the maximum authorized approach
speed to those curves for passenger
trains. Amtrak was then required to
develop and comply with an FRAapproved action plan to modify its
existing ATC System or other signal
systems (or take alternative operational
actions) to enable enforcement of
passenger train speeds at the identified

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Audits of Subway Tunnel
Environments
AGENCY:

Federal Transit Administration,

DOT.
ACTION:

Notice of safety advisory.

On June 17, 2015, the Federal
Transit Administration (FTA) issued

SUMMARY:

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Safety Advisory 15–1 to advise rail fixed
guideway public transportation systems
(RFGPTS) with subway tunnel
environments of forthcoming audits to
be conducted by State Safety Oversight
Agencies (SSOAs) with oversight
jurisdiction in the assessment of tunnel
ventilation systems, emergency
procedures for fire and smoke events,
training programs to ensure compliance
with those emergency procedures, and
application of industry best standards in
maintenance and emergency
procedures. Additionally, FTA
instructed all State Safety Oversight
Agencies to conduct inspections of the
rail transit agencies’ tunnel ventilation
systems, and to audit the rail transit
agencies within their jurisdiction for the
purpose of determining the mileage and
characteristics of subway tunnels,
assessing the adequacy of the rail transit
agencies’ emergency procedures,
ensuring compliance with those
emergency procedures, and determining
compliance with industry best
standards in maintenance and
emergency procedure. The FTA issued
Safety Advisory 15–1 in response to an
urgent safety recommendation by the
National Transportation Safety Board
(NTSB). The FTA Safety Advisory
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Public Transportation Systems
(RFGPTS) with Subway Tunnel
Environments,’’ is available on the FTA
public Web site, http://www.fta.dot.gov/
tso.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
program matters, Thomas Littleton,
Associate Administrator for Transit
Safety and Oversight, (202) 366–1738 or
Thomas.Littleton@dot.gov. For legal
matters, Scott Biehl, Senior Counsel,
(202) 366–0826 or Scott.Biehl@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
January 12, 2015, at 3:15 p.m., Eastern
Standard Time, a southbound Yellow
Line rapid rail train number 302
operated by the Washington
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
(WMATA) stopped after encountering
heavy smoke in a subway tunnel
between the L’Enfant Plaza station and
the Potomac River Bridge. After
stopping, the rear car of train 302 was
about 386 feet from the south end of the
L’Enfant Plaza station platform. The
operator of train 302 informed
WMATA’s Operation Control Center
(OCC) that the train had stopped due to
heavy smoke. A following Yellow Line
train, number 510, stopped about 100
feet short of the south end of the same
platform, but its cars were entirely
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