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to the corridor are considered necessary
to provide for existing and projected
traffic demand and system linkage.
A Reevaluation of the 2003 Record of
Decision (ROD) had recently been
initiated and was anticipated to include
follow-up to the 21 Commitments in the
ROD. In consideration of input from the
community, various refinements to the
approved alternative are being
evaluated. Preparation of a supplement
to the EIS has been determined to be the
appropriate documentation of the
potential refinements.
Considerations include (1)
constructing the approved alternative as
described in the ROD and (2)
incorporation of refinements to the
approved alternative. Updated
information on the effects of the
approved alternative will be
incorporated into and studied with any
refinements.
Letters describing the proposed action
and soliciting comments will be sent to
appropriate Federal, State, and local
agencies and will be posted on the
project Web site for public comment.
Public involvement activities have been
on-going, including two public meetings
recently held. Additional public
involvement activities, including a
public meeting, will be held in Lafayette
between June 2016 and the conclusion
of this study. In addition, a public
hearing will be held. Public notice will
be given of the time and place of the
meeting and hearing. The draft
supplemental EIS will be available for
public and agency review and comment
prior to the public hearing. No formal
scoping meeting will be held.
To ensure that the full range of issues
related to this proposed action are
addressed and all significant issues
identified, comments and suggestions
are invited from all interested parties.
Comments or questions concerning this
proposed action and the EIS should be
directed to the FHWA at the address
provided above. (Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance Program Number
20.205, Highway Research, Planning,
and Construction. The regulations
implementing Executive Order 12372
regarding intergovernmental
consultation on Federal programs and
activities apply to this program.)
Issued on: June 14, 2016.
Charles Bolinger,
Division Administrator, Baton Rouge.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2015–0436]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Extension of a Currently
Approved Information Collection
Request: Financial Responsibility for
Motor Carriers of Passengers and
Motor Carriers of Property
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
FMCSA announces its plan to submit
the Information Collection Request (ICR)
described below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. The FMCSA and
the public use the information (which is
currently being collected) to verify that
a motor carrier of property or passengers
has obtained, and has in effect, the
required minimum levels of financial
responsibility. Statute mandates that
motor carriers maintain proof of the
required financial responsibility at their
principal places of business, available
upon request of an FMCSA safety
investigator during compliance reviews.
Insurance Endorsements and Surety
Bonds are considered public
information and must be produced by a
motor carrier of passengers for review
upon reasonable request by a member of
the public.
DATES: Please send your comments on
or before July 21, 2016. OMB must
receive your comments by this date in
order to act quickly on the ICR.
ADDRESSES: All comments should
reference Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) Docket Number
FMCSA–2015–0436. Interested persons
are invited to submit written comments
on the proposed information collection
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget. Comments
should be addressed to the attention of
the Desk Officer, Department of
Transportation/Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, and sent via
electronic mail to oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov, or faxed to (202) 395–
6974, or mailed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Tura Gatling, Registration, Licensing,
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and Insurance Division, Office of
Registration and Safety Information,
Department of Transportation, Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration,
West Building 6th Floor, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC
20590. Telephone: 202–385–2415;
email: tura.gatling@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Financial Responsibility for
Motor Carriers of Passengers and Motor
Carriers of Property.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0008.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently-approved information
collection.
Respondents: Insurance and surety
companies of motor carriers of property
(Forms MCS–90 and MCS–82) and
motor carriers of passengers (Forms
MCS–90B and MCS–82B).
Estimated Number of Respondents:
8,004 [896 insurers for IC1 + 896
insurers for IC2 + 231 insurers for IC3
+ 231 insurers for IC4 + 5,750 carriers
for IC5 (Canada: 111 passenger carriers
+ 2,716 property carriers) + (Mexico &
NNA: 2 passenger carriers + 2,921
property carriers)].
Estimated Time per Response: The
FMCSA estimates it takes two minutes
to complete the Endorsement for Motor
Carrier Policies of Insurances for Public
Liability or the Motor Carrier Public
Liability Surety Bond; and one minute
to place either document on board the
vehicle [49 CFR 387.7(f)(property);
387.31(f)(passengers)]. These
endorsements and surety bonds are
maintained at the motor carrier’s
principal place of business [49 CFR
387.7(d); 49 CFR 387.31(d)].
Expiration Date: June 30, 2016.
Frequency of Response: Upon
creation, change or replacement of an
insurance policy or surety bond.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
4,777 hours [4,065 annual burden hours
for ICs 1–4 + 712 annual burden hours
for IC–5 document replacement =
4,777].
Background: The Secretary of
Transportation is responsible for
implementing regulations which
establish minimal levels of financial
responsibility for: (1) For-hire motor
carriers of property to cover public
liability, property damage and
environmental restoration, and (2) forhire motor carriers of passengers to
cover public liability and property
damage. The Endorsement for Motor
Carrier Policies of Insurance for Public
Liability (Forms MCS–90/90B) and the
Motor Carrier Public Liability Surety
Bond (Forms MCS–82/82B) contain the
minimum amount of information
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carrier of property or passengers has
obtained, and has in effect, the
minimum levels of financial
responsibility as set forth in applicable
regulations (motor carriers of property—
49 CFR 387.9; and motor carriers of
passengers—49 CFR 387.33). FMCSA
and the public can verify that a motor
carrier of property or passengers has
obtained, and has in effect, the required
minimum levels of financial
responsibility, by use of the information
enclosed within these documents.
On February 25, 2016, FMCSA
published a notice in the Federal
Register requesting public comments on
the ‘‘Financial Responsibility for Motor
Carriers of Passengers and Motor
Carriers of Property’’ Information
Collection Request, OMB Control
Number 2126–0008 (81 FR 9582). Two
comments were received in response to
this notice. FMCSA contacted one of the
commenters and determined that the
question was about a company-specific
FMCSA registration issue unrelated to
the notice, which has already been
resolved. FMCSA believes the other
comment can be interpreted as an
advertisement for the commenter’s
company, and not a question about the
notice.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
whether the proposed collection is
necessary for the performance of
FMCSA’s functions; (2) the accuracy of
the estimated burden; (3) ways for the
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: June 15, 2016.
G. Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of
Research and Information Technology.
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[Docket Number FRA–2010–0161]

Petition for Waiver of Compliance
In accordance with part 211 of Title
49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),
this document provides the public
notice that by a document dated April
8, 2016, the Hoosier Valley Railroad
Museum (HVRM), petitioned the
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provisions of the Federal railroad safety
regulations contained at 49 CFR part
223, Railroad Safety Glazing Standards.
FRA assigned the petition Docket
Number FRA–2010–0161.
HVRM has requested a permanent
waiver of compliance for one caboose
from the requirements of 49 CFR part
223, which requires certified glazing in
all windows. HVRM’s five cabooses,
B&LE 1989, EL C345, NKP 471, GTW
75072, and EJ&E 184, were previously
granted relief from the glazing
requirements in FRA’s July 14, 2011,
decision letter. Since that time, the
glazing requirements have been
amended to add provisions for glazing
on equipment that is over 50 years of
age from its original construction date.
Only Caboose EJ&E 184, which was
built in 1970, does not meet the 50-year
threshold in order to be covered under
the recently enacted glazing rule for
antiquated equipment. Caboose EJ&E
184 is less than 50 years of age and does
not meet the glazing requirements of 49
CFR 223.13, and thus requires
regulatory relief to continue in
operation.
HVRM is a non-profit 501(c)(3)
organization located in North Judson,
Indiana. It is a member of the
Association of Tourist Railroads &
Railway Museums, and operates the
railroad museum with the mission to
preserve railroad history in northwest
Indiana. The town of North Judson
acquired 33 miles of rail line, purchased
in 2004 from CSX Transportation to
help maintain a rail corridor for railway
excursions provided by HVRM using the
heritage equipment. HVRM is all
volunteer operated, has 15 or less
‘‘hours of service’’ volunteer workers,
and has FRA-approved certification
programs for engineers and conductors.
HVRM operations/train excursions are
conducted primarily on weekends.
There are also 10 or less weekday
excursions annually for school field
trips and community organizations. The
town of North Judson contracts with a
Class III short line operator, the
Chesapeake & Indiana Railroad (CKIN),
to maintain the rail line and provide
freight service to the rail line customers.
The primary freight corridor is Malden
to La Crosse to Wellsboro, Indiana. La
Crosse contains a wye track used both
by HVRM and CKIN for their respective
operations. HVRM provides a 30-day
advance notice of excursion train
schedules to CKIN. Both entities operate
under the General Code of Operating
Rules and the entire 33-mile rail line is
operated under yard limits at speeds not
to exceed 20 miles per hour.
HVRM notes that the use of this
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excursion operations will be on
expanded territory as referenced in
HVRM’s April 11, 2016, letter assigned
to FRA Docket Number FRA–2006–
24647. In addition to the 10 miles
between North Judson and La Crosse,
the caboose will occasionally operate in
tourist, excursion, and special event
trains as far as Malden, South
Thomaston, Hanna, and Wellsboro.
The subject caboose, EJ&E 184, is only
operated at limited track speed under
yard limits subject to the authority of
the CKIN, which is part of the general
railroad system. HVRM notes that the
installed glass in the subject caboose is
in good condition, operations are in a
benign environment, and the expense of
retrofitting the subject caboose with
FRA certified glazing imposes a
financial burden.
A copy of the petition, as well as any
written communications concerning the
petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov and in person at
the U.S. Department of Transportation’s
Docket Operations Facility, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590. The Docket
Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays.
Interested parties are invited to
participate in these proceedings by
submitting written views, data, or
comments. FRA does not anticipate
scheduling a public hearing in
connection with these proceedings since
the facts do not appear to warrant a
hearing. If any interested party desires
an opportunity for oral comment, they
should notify FRA, in writing, before
the end of the comment period and
specify the basis for the request.
All communications concerning these
proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number and may be
submitted by any of the following
methods:
• Web site: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Operations Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590.
• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays.
Communications received by August
5, 2016 will be considered by FRA
before final action is taken. Comments
received after that date will be
considered as far as practicable.
Anyone is able to search the
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