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comments or ask a question. The second
question asks users what their comment
or question relates to—the aesthetics or
the functionality. Users who select
functionality are asked a third question
that will sort their comment into either
the functionality of the acoustics or the
functionality of the user interface (UI).
If users elect the UI they will be allowed
to check multiple boxes from a list of
possible concerns. All responses will
lead to the blank comment box with an
option to add attachments totaling no
more than 500 mb in size. Participation
by using the model and providing
comments is entirely voluntary.
Respondents: Approximately 200
participants including the 52 State
DOTs, consultant/contractors,
researchers, academia and other
interested transportation and
environmental stakeholders.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: Estimated time is
approximately 15 hours per participant
over the six months. Participants are
each expected to spend 10 minutes per
comment and to enter an average of 20
questions and/or comments each. Time
expended will vary based on the
number and complexity of the situations
the user is modeling.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: The
estimated total annual burden for all
respondents is approximately 3,667
hours over six months.
Electronic Access: For access to the
docket to read background documents
or comments received, go to http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for accessing the dockets.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: October 27, 2016.
Michael Howell,
Information Collection Officer.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Ms.
Rachel Grice at (202) 493–8005, or Mr.
Michael Jones at 202–493–6106 or Ms.
Kimberly Toone, at (202) 493–6132.
These telephone numbers are not tollfree.

Federal Railroad Administration

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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[Docket Number FRA 2016–0002–N–22]

Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
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implementing regulations, FRA seeks
the Office of Management and Budget’s
(OMB) approval of the proposed
information collection activities
abstracted below. However, before
submitting this proposed information
collection request (ICR) to OMB for
clearance, FRA is soliciting public
comment on specific aspects of the
activities identified below.
DATES: Comments must be received no
later than January 3, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on any or all of the information
activities described in this notice by
mail to either Ms. Rachel Grice,
Engineering Psychologist or Michael
Jones, Engineering Psychologist, Office
of Railroad Policy and Development,
Human Factors Division, RPD–34, FRA,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Mail Stop
20, Washington, DC 20590; or Ms.
Kimberly Toone, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Information
Technology, RAD–20, FRA, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Mail Stop 35,
Washington, DC 20590. Commenters
requesting that FRA acknowledge
receipt of their respective comments
must include a self-addressed stamped
postcard stating, ‘‘Comments on OMB
Control Number 2130–New,’’ and
should also include the title of the
collection of information. Alternatively,
comments may be faxed to (202) 493–
6172 or (202) 493–6630, or emailed to
Rachel.Grice@dot.gov, Michael.Jones@
dot.gov, or 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.

Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), U.S. Department
of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its

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The PRA,
44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, and its
implementing regulations, 5 CFR part
1320, Rulemaking Procedures, require
Federal agencies to provide 60 days’
notice to the public for comment on
information collection activities before
seeking OMB approval. See 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A); 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1),
1320.10(e)(1), and 1320.12(a).
Specifically, FRA invites interested
respondents to comment on the
following summary of proposed
information collection activities
regarding: (1) Whether the information

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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) ways FRA
can enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information being
collected; and (4) ways FRA can
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); 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1).
FRA believes soliciting public
comment will promote its efforts to
reduce the administrative and
paperwork burdens associated with the
collection of information Federal
regulations mandate, including: (1)
Reducing reporting burdens; (2)
organizing information collection
requirements in a ‘‘user friendly’’ format
to improve the use of such information;
and (3) accurately assessing the
resources expended to retrieve and
produce information requested. See 44
U.S.C. 3501.
Below is a brief summary of the
proposed ICR that FRA will submit for
OMB approval as required under the
PRA:
Title: Cab Technology Integration Lab
(CTIL) Head-up Display Survey.
OMB Control Number: 2130–New.
Abstract: FRA is proposing a study
which will focus on railroad engineer
performance. Distraction is a common
problem in locomotive cabs and
preliminary research suggests that the
dispatch radio may have significant
effects on crew workload and
performance. Anecdotal evidence from
four train engineers indicates that the
radio is the most distracting technology
in the cab. There are generally two
categories of dispatcher-engineer
communications. Some require
immediate action and should be
provided in the usual manner (over the
radio). However, others do not require
immediate action and could be provided
as a written message.
FRA seeks to develop an
understanding of how the dispatch
radio communications could potentially
lead to human-performance degradation
in the railroad engineer, and if a HeadUp Display (HUD) would be an
alternative and superior technology to
communicating information usually
conveyed over the dispatch radio.

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HUDs have been incorporated and
researched extensively in aviation and
motor vehicle applications because of
their relative advantage over head-down
displays (HDDs). Research in the Cab
Technology Integration Lab (CTIL),
FRA’s locomotive simulator at the Volpe
Center in Cambridge, MA, has shown
that in-cab displays, such as moving
maps, can lead to prolonged headsdown time (Young, et al., 2015).
Additionally, research done in the field
in naturalistic studies using passenger
vehicles has also shown that looking
inside a vehicle for interface control
features increases the risk of an accident
(Liang, Lee, & Yekhsatyan, 2012). Thus,
a HUD has real advantages over an HDD.

An investigation of alternative
technologies that increase forward-track
viewing time is worth pursuing.
To test the hypothesis that display
communications on a HUD can reduce
workload and distractions while
increasing the time the engineer keeps
his or her eyes on the forward track, an
experiment will be run in the CTIL with
four different conditions: HUD presence
(present or absent) will be crossed with
radio communications (present or
absent). Forty train engineers will
participate in the simulator study and
survey data collection. The HUD will be
developed and installed by the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

A subjective measure of workload,
such as the NASA TLX, will be utilized
in this study and provided to the train
engineers after the simulator
experiment. In addition, usability of the
system will be rated with a usability
scale by the train engineers. Analysis of
the simulator data, workload data, and
usability survey data will allow FRA to
assess whether the HUD has a relative
advantage over the HDD in rail, and if
it could mitigate performance declines
related to the radio communications.
Affected Public: Railroad Workers.
Respondent Universe: 40 Railroad
Engineers.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.

REPORTING BURDEN
Form No.

Respondent
universe

Total
annual
responses

Average
time
per response
(hours)

Total
annual
burden
hours

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260

Total Responses: 40.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 260
hours.
Type of Request: Approval of a new
information collection.
Status: Regular Review.
Under 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 CFR
1320.5(b) and 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FRA
informs all interested parties that FRA
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.
Issued in Washington, DC, on October 26,
2016.
Patrick Warren,
Acting Executive Director.
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Maritime Administration
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Board
of Visitors Meeting
Maritime Administration.
Meeting notice.

AGENCY:
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The U.S. Department of
Transportation, Maritime
Administration (MARAD) announces
that the following U.S. Merchant Marine
Academy (Academy) Board of Visitors
(BOV) meeting will take place:
1. Date: November 14, 2016.
2. Time: TBD (est 10:00–10:30) a.m.

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Authority: 46 U.S.C. 51312; 5 U.S.C. app.
552b; 41 CFR parts 102–3.140 through 102–
3.165.

The
BOV’s Designated Federal Officer and
Point of Contact Brian Blower; 202 366–
2765; Brian.Blower@dot.gov.

[Docket No. NHTSA–2016–0067; Notice 2]

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Any
member of the public is permitted to file
a written statement with the Academy
BOV. Written statements should be sent
to the Designated Federal Officer at:
Brian Blower; 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE.,
W28–314, Washington, DC 20590 or via
email at Brian.Blower@Dot.gov. (Please
contact the Designated Federal Officer
for information on submitting comments
via fax.) Written statements must be
received no later than three working
days prior to the next meeting in order
to provide time for member
consideration. By rule, no member of
the public attending open meetings will
be allowed to present questions from the
floor or speak to any issue under
consideration by the BOV.

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
Dated: October 27, 2016.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration

Michelin North America, Inc., Grant of
Petition for Decision of
Inconsequential Noncompliance

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

ACTION:

3. Location: U.S. Merchant Marine
Academy, 300 Steamboat Road, Kings
Point, NY; Schuyler Otis Bland Library,
Crabtree Room.
4. Purpose of the Meeting: The
purpose of this meeting is to brief BOV
members on the State of the Academy
and the Sea Year Stand Down.
5. Public Access to the Meeting: This
meeting is open to the public. Seating is
on a first-come basis. Members of the
public wishing to attend the meeting
will need to show photo identification
in order to gain access to the meeting
location.

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National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Grant of petition.
AGENCY:

Michelin North America, Inc.
(MNA), has determined that certain
MNA tires do not fully comply with
paragraph S5.5.1(b) of Federal Motor
Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No.
139, New pneumatic radial tires for light
vehicles. MNA filed a report dated May
5, 2016, pursuant to 49 CFR part 573,
Defect and Noncompliance
Responsibility and Reports. MNA then
petitioned NHTSA under 49 CFR part
556 requesting a decision that the
subject noncompliance is

SUMMARY:

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