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231.35–Procedure for modification of an approved industry safety appliance standard for
new car construction—filing of petitions.
—Affirmative statement by petitioner that a petition copy has been served on rep. of employees responsible for equipment’s operation/inspection/testing/maintenance.
—Service of each special approval petition on
parties designated in section 231.35(b).
—Statement of Interest in Reviewing Special
Approval Filed with FRA.
—Comments on petitions for modification ..........

AAR (industry rep.) ......

24 petitions for modification.

160 hours .....................

3,840

AAR (industry rep.) ......

24 statements ..............

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

12

AAR (industry rep.) ......

2,712 petition ...............

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

5,424

5 rail labor unions/general public.
744 railroads/5 labor
unions/general public.
AAR (industry rep.) ......

72 statements ..............

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

........................

36 comments ...............

10 hours .......................

........................

4 additional documents

6 hours .........................

24

Total Estimated Annual Responses:
4,655.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
30,487 hours.
Type of Request: Extension of a
Currently Approved Collection.
Under 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.
Sarah L. Inderbitzin,
Acting Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2017–05048 Filed 3–13–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2017–0002–N–1]

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

Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its
implementing regulations, FRA seeks
approval of proposed information
collection activities. Before submitting
these information collection requests
(ICR) to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for approval, FRA is
soliciting public comment on specific
aspects of the activities, which are
identified below.
DATES: Comments must be received no
later than May 15, 2017.
SUMMARY:

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Total annual responses

Total annual
burden hours

Respondent universe

—FRA review of petition for modification; agency objection and AAR response.

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Average time per
response

CFR section

Submit written comments
on any of the following information
collection activities by mail to either:
Mr. Robert Brogan, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Office of
Railroad Safety, Regulatory Safety
Analysis Division, RRS–21, Federal
Railroad Administration, 1200 New
Jersey Ave. SE., Mail Stop 17,
Washington, DC 20590, or Ms. Kim
Toone, Information Collection Clearance
Officer, 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–XXXX’’
(the relevant OMB control number for
each ICR is listed below), and should
also include the title of the collection.
Alternatively, comments may be faxed
to (202) 493–6216 or (202) 493–6497, or
emailed 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.

ADDRESSES:

Mr.
Robert Brogan, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad
Safety, Regulatory Safety Analysis
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, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Office of
Information Technology, RAD–20,
Federal Railroad Administration, 1200
New Jersey Ave. SE., Mail Stop 35,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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493–6132). These telephone numbers
are not toll-free.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA,
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 to
allow comment on information
collection activities before seeking OMB
approval of the activities. 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 parties to
comment on the following summary of
information collection activities
regarding: (1) Whether the information
collection activities are necessary for
FRA to properly execute its functions,
including whether the activities will
have practical utility; (2) 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; (3) how FRA
can enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information being
collected; and (4) how FRA can
minimize the burden of information
collection activities on the public by
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques and other forms of
information technology (e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses). See
44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A); 5 CFR
1320.8(d)(1).
FRA believes that soliciting public
comment will promote its efforts to
reduce the administrative and
paperwork burdens associated with the
collection of information that Federal
regulations mandate. In summary, FRA
reasons that comments received will
advance three objectives: (1) Reduce
reporting burdens; (2) ensure it
organizes information collection
requirements in a ‘‘user-friendly’’ format
to improve the use of such information;
and (3) accurately assess the resources

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expended to retrieve and produce
information requested. See 44 U.S.C.
3501.
Below is a brief summary of currently
approved information collection
activities FRA will submit for renewed
clearance by OMB as required under the
PRA:
Title: Passenger Train Emergency
Preparedness.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0545.
Abstract: Under 49 CFR part 239,
Passenger Train Emergency

Preparedness, FRA requires railroads to
meet minimum Federal standards for
the preparation, adoption, and
implementation of emergency
preparedness plans connected with the
operation of passenger trains, including
freight railroads hosting passenger rail
service operations. To help ensure
compliance with the regulation, FRA
requires railroads to conduct
operational tests of their personnel
responsible for implementing the
emergency preparedness plans.

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Requirements formerly in § 239.107
related to doors have been moved to
§ 238.112. Requirements formerly in
§ 239.107 related to windows have been
moved to § 238.307. See 78 FR 71785,
Nov. 29, 2013.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Respondent Universe: 45 Railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Reporting Burden:

CFR section

Respondent universe
(railroads)

Total annual
responses

Average time per
response

239.13—waivers ..................................................
239.101/201/203—emergency
preparedness
plan: amended plans.
—subsequent years: amended emergency preparedness plans.
—non-substantive changes to emergency preparedness plan.
—emergency preparedness plans for new/startup railroads.
—initial training of railroad control center and
emergency response communications center
personnel on emergency preparedness plan
(EPP) provisions.
—periodic EPP training of same groups of employees.
—initial EPP training of new railroad employees
and contractor/contracted employees.
239.101(a)(1)(ii)—RR designation of employees
responsible for maintaining emergency phone
numbers for use in contacting outside emergency responders and appropriate RR officials
that a passenger emergency has occurred.
—commuter/inter city passenger RRs gathering/
keeping emergency phone numbers.
239.101(a)(3)—coordinating applicable portions
of emergency preparedness plan between
each railroad hosting passenger service and
each railroad that provides or operates such
service.
239.101(a)(5)—Updating emergency responder
liaison information and conducting emergency
simulation.
239.101(a)(7)—RR dissemination of information
regarding emergency procedures/instructions.

45 railroads ..................
45 railroads ..................

1 waiver petition ...........
45 amended plans .......

20 hours .......................
31.33 hours ..................

20
1,410

45 railroads ..................

9 amended plans .........

31.33 hours ..................

282

45 railroads ..................

4 amended plans .........

1 hour ...........................

4

2 new railroads ............

2 new plans ..................

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

160

45 railroads ..................

540 initially trained employees.

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

4,320

45 railroads ..................

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

216

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

1,080

45 railroads ..................

54 periodically trained
employees.
135 trained new employees.
45 designations ............

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

4

45 railroads ..................

2 lists/updated records

1 hour ...........................

2

45 railroads ..................

1 coordinated plan .......

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

16

45 railroads ..................

45 updated plans .........

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

1,800

2 new railroads ............

5 minutes/16 hours/48
hours/8 hours/24
hours.

239.105—Debrief and critique sessions ..............

45 railroads ..................

239.301(a)—RR operational tests/inspection of
on-board, control center, & emergency response center personnel.
—(b) and (c) maintenance and retention of operational tests/inspection records.
—(d) RR retention of 1 copy of operational testing & inspection program.
—(e) RR six-month review of tests/inspections
and adjustments to program of operational
tests/inspections.
—(f) RR annual summary of tests/inspections &
record of each summary.

45 railroads ..................

1,300 cards/2 programs/2 safety messages + 2 programs
+ 2 safety messages.
79 debrief/critique sessions.
25,000 operational
tests/inspections.

45 railroads ..................
45 railroads ..................

Total Estimated Annual Responses:
69,670.

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45 railroads ..................
45 railroads ..................

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300

27 hours .......................

2,133

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

6,250

25,000 records .............

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

833

90 program copies/
records.
90 periodic reviews/
analyses.

3 minutes .....................

5

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

180

45 annual summaries +
30 annual summary
hard copies.

5 minutes + 1 min ........

5

Total Estimated Annual Burden:
21,470 hours.

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Type of Request: Regular Review of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection.

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information to promote rail safety and
the health of railroad workers by
ensuring all locomotive crew members
have access to functioning and hygienic
toilet/sanitary facilities on an as needed
basis. FRA also uses this collection of
information to ensure railroads timely

Title: Locomotive Cab Sanitation
Standards.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0552.
Abstract: FRA’s locomotive cab
sanitation standards, 49 CFR 229.137
and 229.139, prescribe minimum
standards for locomotive sanitation
facilities. FRA uses this collection of
CFR section

Respondent universe

Total annual responses

Average time per
response

229.137(d)—Defective locomotive toilet facility—
Tagging.
229.137(e) Defective but sanitary locomotive toilet facility—Tagging.
229.139(d) Switching or transfer service—defective locomotive toilet facility—Notation on daily
inspection report.

744 railroads ................

11,700 tags/notices ......

90 seconds ...................

293

744 railroads ................

7,956 tags/notices ........

90 seconds ...................

199

744 railroads ................

93,600 notations ..........

30 seconds ...................

780

Total Estimated Responses: 113,256.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
1,272 hours.
Type of Request: Regular Review of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection.
Title: Locomotive Crashworthiness.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0564.
Abstract: FRA’s Locomotive
Crashworthiness Design Requirements
(49 CFR part 229, subpart D) prescribe

minimum crashworthiness standards for
locomotives. These crashworthiness
standards are intended to help protect
locomotive cab occupants in the event
of a collision or other accident involving
a locomotive. FRA uses the collection of
information to ensure railroads use
locomotives that meet the prescribed
minimum performance standards and
design load requirements for newly

CFR section

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repair defective locomotive sanitary
facilities.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Frequency of Submission: One-time.
Respondent Universe: 744 railroads.
Reporting Burden:

Respondent universe

Total annual
burden hours

manufactured and re-manufactured
locomotives.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Businesses/Public/
Interested Parties.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion; One-time.
Respondent Universe: 725 railroads/4
Locomotive Manufacturers.
Reporting Burden:
Average time per
response

Total annual responses

Total annual
burden hours

229.207(b)—Petition for FRA approval of new
locomotive crashworthiness design.
—(c) Petition for FRA approval of substantive
changes to FRA-approved locomotive crashworthiness design standard.
—(d) Petition for FRA approval of non-substantive changes to existing FRA approved locomotive crashworthiness design standard.
229.209(b)—Petition for FRA approval of alternative locomotive crashworthiness design.
229.211—(b)(2) Processing of petition—comments to FRA on petitions.
—(b)(3) Additional information obtained from
public at FRA hearings.

725 railroads/4 loco2 petitions .....................
motive manufacturers.
725 railroads/4 loco1 petition ......................
motive manufacturers.

1,050 hours ..................

2,100

1,050 hours ..................

1,050

725 railroads/4 loco1 petition ......................
motive manufacturers.

400 hours .....................

400

1 petition ......................

2,550 hours ..................

2,550

5 comments .................

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

80

2 hearings (8 comments per hearing @
3 hours each).

24 hours .......................

48

229.213(a) Locomotive manufacturing information: retention by railroads.
239.215—(a) Manufacturer retention of original
locomotive designs.
—(b) Owner/lessee retention of records regarding repair or modification to locomotive crashworthiness features.
—(c) Inspection of records required in
239.215(a)&(b) from custodian upon FRA request.

725 railroads/4 locomotive manufacturers.
725 railroads/4 locomotive manufacturers.
725 railroads/4 locomotive manufacturers/public/other interested parties.
725 railroads ................

1,000 records/stickers/
badge plates.
24 locomotive records ..

6 minutes .....................

100

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

192

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

24

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

33

Total Estimated Responses: 1,052.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
6,544 hours.
Type of Request: Regular Review of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection.
Title: Critical Incident Stress Plans.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0602.

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4 locomotive manufacturers.
725 railroads/locomotive lessees.
725 railroads/4 locomotive manufacturers.

6 locomotive crashworthiness modification/repair records.
10 records ....................

Abstract: FRA issued its Critical
Incident Stress Plans Final Rule (49 CFR
part 272), on March 25, 2014. See 79 FR
16218. Part 272 requires Class I,
intercity passenger, and commuter
railroads to develop, and submit to FRA
for approval, critical incident stress
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services be offered to their employees
who are affected by a critical incident as
defined in 49 CFR 272.9. FRA uses the
information collected to ensure the
minimum standards of Part 272 are met.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Businesses/Rail
Labor Unions.

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Frequency of Submission: One-time.
Respondent Universe: 34 railroads.

Reporting Burden:
Average time per
response

Respondent universe

272.103—(a) Railroad submission of updated/
modified existing critical incident stress plan
(CISP) to FRA for approval.
—(b) RR CISP copy to 5 labor organizations .....
—(c)(1) Rail labor organization comment to FRA
on CISP submission.
—(2)(1) Rail labor affirmative statement to FRA
that comment copy has been served on railroad.
(e) Copy to RR employees of updated/modified
CISP.
(f) RR copy to FRA inspector upon request of
CISP.
272.105—Requirement to file CISP electronically

34 railroads ..................

34 updated/modified
plans.

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

544

34 railroads ..................
5 employee labor organizations.
5 employee labor organizations.

170 plan copies ............
65 comments ...............

5 minutes .....................
3 hours .........................

14
195

65 certifications ............

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

16

34 railroads ..................

169,500 copies .............

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

14,125

34 railroads ..................

136 plan copies ............

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

11

34 railroads ..................

34 CISP electronic submissions.

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

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Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Sarah L. Inderbitzin,
Acting Chief Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA 2017–0002–N–8]

Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activity; Comment Request
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), U.S. Department
of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its
implementing regulations, FRA is
informing the public that FRA has made
three proposed revisions to the
Quarterly Positive Train Control (PTC)
Progress Report Form (Form FRA F
6180.165), which the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
previously approved on June 20, 2016,
under its regular processing procedures.
Before submitting this revised quarterly

SUMMARY:

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Total annual
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Total Estimated Responses: 170,004.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
14,908 hours.
Type of Request: Regular Review of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection.
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.

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information collection request to OMB
for regular clearance and approval, FRA
is soliciting public comment on specific
aspects of the proposed information
collection identified below.
DATES: Comments must be received no
later than May 15, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the following proposed activity 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 2130–0553.’’
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.
When you submit comments to FRA in
response to this notice, please refer to
the assigned OMB control number
2130–0553 and to Docket Number FRA–
2017–0002–N–8. FRA will summarize
comments received in response to this
notice in a subsequent notice and
include the comments in its information
collection submission to OMB for
approval.
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,

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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:
I. Public Comment Under the PRA
The PRA and its implementing
regulations require Federal agencies to
provide 60-days’ notice to the public for
comment on information collection
activities before seeking approval or
renewal by OMB. See 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: (i) Whether the
information collection activity is
necessary for FRA to properly execute
its functions, including whether the
activity will have practical utility; (ii)
the accuracy of FRA’s estimates of the
burden of the information collection
activity, 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 the information
collection activity 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
soliciting public comment will promote
its efforts to reduce the administrative
and paperwork burdens associated with
the collection of information. In
summary, FRA reasons that comments
received will advance three objectives:
(i) Reduce reporting burdens; (ii) ensure

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