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operating authority will be revoked
involuntarily. Although the effect of
both types of revocation is the same,
some carriers prefer to request voluntary
revocation. For various business
reasons, a registrant may request
revocation of some part, but not all, of
its operating authority.
This information collection supports
the DOT strategic goal of safety by
enabling registrants to voluntarily
request revocation of operating
authority, or some part of that authority.
A completed Form OCE–46 is filed with
FMCSA by the registrant for requesting
that all, or a part, of its operating
authority be revoked. The information
contained on the form is used by
FMCSA in deciding on the revocation
request. The use of Form OCE–46 has
proven to be an easy and effective
means by which a registrant can request
revocation of its operating authority.
Form OCE–46 is filed by registrants
on a voluntary, and for the most part,
one-time basis. It calls for a very limited
amount of information to identify the
registrant and the scope of its request.
Thus, the information collection itself
has not been automated, although the
information collected is ultimately
entered into an automated database. The
burden associated with this ICR is being
revised due to an anticipated increase in
the estimated number of annual filings
from 3,000 to 3,501 and to account for
the corresponding cost of notarizing and
mailing Form OCE–46.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection is
necessary for FMCSA to perform its
functions; (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (3) ways for FMCSA
to enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the collected information; and
(4) ways that the burden could be
minimized without reducing the quality
of the collected information.
Issued under the authority delegated in 49
CFR 1.87 on: July 18, 2017.
G. Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2017–0002–N–3]

Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request; Work Force Development
Survey
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation. (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and comment request.
AGENCY:

Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice
announces that FRA is forwarding the
Information Collection Request (ICR)
abstracted below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comment. The ICR describes
the information collection and its
expected burden.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before August 24, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Kim Toone, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of
Administration, Office of Information
Technology, RAD–20, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Mail Stop 35, Washington,
DC 20590 (Telephone: (202) 493–6132).
(This telephone number is 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 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), and 1320.12. On March 29,
2017, FRA published a 60-day notice in
the Federal Register soliciting comment
on the ICR for which it is now seeking
OMB approval. See 82 FR 15417. FRA
received no comments in response to
this notice.
Before OMB decides whether to
approve this proposed collection 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 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
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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 summary below describes the ICR
and its expected burden. FRA is
submitting the new request for clearance
by OMB as the PRA requires.
Title: Workforce Development (WFD)
Survey.
OMB Control Number: 2130–NEW.
Abstract: The FRA has statutory
responsibility to ensure the safety of
railroad operations as prescribed in the
Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 (49
U.S.C. 20103). To conduct safe railroad
operations, the workforce must have the
requisite skills to operate equipment
and technologies. Therefore, it is the
responsibility of the FRA to promote
workforce development policy and
standards to ensure the workforce has
the necessary skills and talent to
conduct safe railroad operations. Due to
an increasingly dynamic and maturing
workforce combined with changing
skills requirements imposed by newly
introduced technologies, there is an
increasing risk in not having the
necessary talent pools to fill critical
railroad operational positions. In 2011,
FRA published the first Railroad
Industry Modal Profile: An Outline of
the Railroad Industry Workforce Trends,
Challenges, and Opportunities, which
provided a comprehensive overview of
the railroad industry workforce as of
December 31, 2008. This document is
available to the public through the FRA
Web site. The Railroad Industry Modal
Profile was a response to the DOT
National Transportation Workforce
Development Initiative that required
each DOT Operating Administration to
produce an analysis of its industry
workforce.
The prevailing workforce concerns
during the early stages of the DOT
National Transportation Workforce
Development Initiative were the large
number of retirement-eligible employees
in transportation related fields and the
national shortage of science, technology,
engineering, and math graduates. Since
the railroad industry had done very
little hiring in the late 1980s and
throughout most of the 1990s, the
retirement-eligible population became
quite large, even beyond that of most
other industries and transportation
modes (each of which were also
grappling with similar retirement
population concerns).
These concerns create risk in
maintaining a viable workforce, and to
take effective and efficient action to
minimize these risks, FRA requires
trustworthy information on current
WFD strategies and challenges. Initial

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data collected for the modal profile
established a baseline understanding of
the risks and status. However, to
validate and further develop the
understanding of the risks, this survey
is being proposed. With this
submission, FRA is requesting
permission to acquire the needed
knowledge regarding the workforce.
Type of Request: New information
collection.
Affected Public: Class I freight and
passenger railroads, short line and
regional railroads, labor unions, major
associations, academia and specialty
experts.
Form(s): FRA Form 240.
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
91.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 30.5
hours.
Addressee: Send comments regarding
these information collections to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 17th 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
collection of information is necessary
for DOT to properly perform its
functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
the accuracy of DOT’s estimates of the
burden of the proposed information
collections; ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the collections 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.
Sarah L. Inderbitzin,
Acting Chief Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[U.S. DOT Docket No. NHTSA–2017–0049]

Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping
Requirements
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

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Request for public comment on
proposed collection of information.

ACTION:

Before a Federal agency can
collect certain information from the
public, it must receive approval from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). Under procedures established
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, before seeking OMB approval,
Federal agencies must solicit public
comment on proposed collections of
information, including extensions and
reinstatements of previously approved
collections. This document describes an
Information Collection Request (ICR) for
which NHTSA intends to seek OMB
approval.

SUMMARY:

Comments must be submitted on
or before September 25, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by DOT Docket ID Number
NHTSA–2017–0049 using any of the
following methods:
Electronic Submissions: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Docket Management Facility,
M–30, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC
20590.
Hand Delivery: West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
Instructions: Each submission must
include the Agency name and the
Docket number for this Notice. Note that
all comments received will be posted
without change to http://
www.regulations.gov including any
personal information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Randolph Atkins, Ph.D., Contracting
Officer’s Representative, Office of
Behavioral Safety Research (NPD–310),
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave.
SE., W46–500, Washington, DC 20590.
Dr. Atkins’ phone number is 202–366–
5597 and his email address is
randolph.atkins@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, before an agency submits a
proposed collection of information to
OMB for approval, it must publish a
document in the Federal Register
providing a 60-day comment period and
otherwise consult with members of the
public and affected agencies concerning
each proposed collection of information.
The OMB has promulgated regulations
describing what must be included in
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such a document. Under OMB’s
regulations (at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an
agency must ask for public comment on
the following:
(i) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(ii) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(iii) How to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(iv) How to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
In compliance with these
requirements, NHTSA asks for public
comment on the following proposed
collection of information:
Title: Effectiveness of State Law
Enforcement Liaison Programs.
Type of Request: New information
collection request.
OMB Clearance Number: None.
Form Numbers: NHTSA Form 1408
and NHTSA Form 1409.
Requested Expiration Date of
Approval: 3 years from date of approval.
Summary of the Collection of
Information: The National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
proposes to collect information from the
State’s Law Enforcement Liaisons (LELs)
and a selection of their State and
sponsoring agency sponsors about the
State’s LEL program activities in
promoting NHTSA’s traffic safety
programs and initiatives. Participation
in the study will be voluntary. The LELs
and their State and sponsoring agency
sponsors will be asked to participate in
an online Web site-based survey
designed to identify their program
characteristics, costs, and Staterecommended program practices. The
following data will be collected:
Number of LELs, program structure and
organization, job description, program
objectives, reporting requirements,
performance monitoring practices,
program costs, communication
networks, reported usefulness of
specific program practices, site and
conference attendance practices, and
public outreach activities. The
estimated time to complete the webbased surveys will be 45 minutes. No
personally identifiable information will
be used in analysis. The results from the

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