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would require an unsatisfactory safety
rating, the Agency’s experience with
private RV owners suggests that the
absence of a CDL would have no
discernible effect on safety. That is
especially likely because the drivers
covered by this exemption are required
to comply with all other applicable
safety regulations, including medical
standards and hours-of-service limits.
The FMCSA continues to believe that it
is impracticable for these drivers to
obtain a CDL with a representative
vehicle when the actual vehicle they
will operate is an RV.
With regard to ATD’s
recommendation to issue a direct final
rule to make this exception permanent,
FMCSA does not believe such an action
is appropriate at this time.
The Agency does not believe that
drivers covered by this exemption will
experience any deterioration of their
safety record.
Unless exempt motor carriers fail to
maintain the terms and conditions
specified in the April 12, 2017,
decision, the exemption will remain in
effect through April 6, 2022.
Issued on: February 6, 2018.
Cathy F. Gautreaux,
Deputy Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2018–0008–N–2]

Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
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. On December 11,
2017, FRA published a notice providing
a 60-day period for public comment on
the ICR.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before March
22, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the ICR to the Office of Information

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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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Robert Brogan, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad
Safety, Safety Regulatory Analysis
Division, RRS–21, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Mail Stop 25, Washington,
DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 493–6292);
or 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).
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.
See 44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.8–
12. On December 11, 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 58265. FRA
received one comment in response to
this notice.
On January 24, 2018, Dennis J. Fixler,
the Chief Economist of the Bureau of
Economic Analysis (BEA), sent an
electronic letter expressing BEA’s strong
support of the continued collection of
data by FRA on the Accident/Incident
Reporting and Recordkeeping forms. He
noted that the data collected on these
forms are crucial to key components of
BEA’s economic statistics. In his letter,
Dr. Fixler stated that BEA uses data
collected on these forms to prepare
estimates of the employee compensation
component of national income and state
personal income. Specifically, Dr. Fixler
stated that data on the number of
employee injuries and deaths from
forms FRA F6180.55 and FRA F
6180.55a, Railroad Injury and Illness
Summary, are used to prepare estimates
of workers’ compensation for the
railroad industry, and that these same
data are used to prepare estimates of
workers’ compensation for the railroad
industry by State.
Before OMB decides whether to
approve these proposed collections of
information, it must provide 30 days for
public comment. Federal law requires
OMB to approve or disapprove
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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
within 30 days of publication to best
ensure having their full effect.
Comments are specifically invited on
the following ICR regarding: (1) Whether
the information collection activities are
necessary for FRA to properly execute
its functions, including whether the
information 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 for
FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information being
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of information collection
activities on the public, including the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
The summary below describes the ICR
that FRA will submit for OMB
clearance:
Title: Accident/Incident Reporting
and Recordkeeping.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0500.
Abstract: The collection of
information is due to the railroad
accident reporting regulations in 49 CFR
part 225 that require railroads to submit
monthly reports summarizing collisions,
derailments, and certain other
accidents/incidents involving damages
above a periodically revised dollar
threshold, as well as certain injuries to
passengers, employees, and other
persons on railroad property. Because
the reporting requirements and the
information needed regarding each
category of accident/incident are
unique, a different form is used for each
category.
FRA hereby informs the regulated
community of railroads and the general
public that it is revising the instructions
for Form FRA F 6180.57, Highway-Rail
Grade Crossing Accident/Incident
Report, to capture information
concerning post-accident toxicological
testing for certain human factor
highway-rail grade crossing accidents
and incidents in the narrative block of
this form. The newly revised 49 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) 219.201(a),
effective on June 12, 2017, requires postaccident toxicological testing of railroad
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circumstances, and include certain
human-factor categories of highway-rail
grade crossing accidents and incidents
(49 CFR 219.201(a)(5)). See 81 FR 37894
(June 10, 2016).
FRA will begin the process to add a
block to Form FRA F 6180.57 to
accommodate this requirement. In the
interim, if railroads perform drug and
alcohol testing on any employee or
employees involved in a highway-rail
grade crossing accident, FRA is
requesting the railroad place the drug
and alcohol coding information in Item
No. 54, ‘‘Narrative Description’’, of
Form FRA F 6180.57.
In accordance with the requirements
of the PRA, on February 28, 2017, FRA
transmitted to OMB its renewal
submission for this collection of
information. This submission increased
the agency estimate of the annual
number of forms completed for Form
FRA F 6180.57 by 160 forms from the
previously approved submission to
OMB (from a total of 2,000 to 2,160
forms). FRA estimated two hours as the
average burden time to complete Form
FRA F 6180.57, including the time for
the information to be placed in the
narrative block of the form. OMB
cleared this renewal submission
approving a total burden of 46,577
hours and 109,440 responses on June 2,
2017, and extended the previous
clearance for another three years. The
new expiration date for this information
collection is now June 30, 2020. FRA
now seeks approval for this change to
the Form 57 instructions.
Type of Request: Extension with
change of a current information
collection.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Form(s): FRA F 6180.39i; 54; 55; 55A;
56; 57; 78; 81; 97; 98; 99; 107; 150.
Respondent Universe: 744 railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
109,440.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
46,577 hours.
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 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.
Brett A. Jortland,
Acting Deputy Chief Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2018–0008–N–1]

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

Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice
announces that FRA is forwarding the
Information Collection Requests (ICRs)
abstracted below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comment. The ICRs describe
the information collections and their
expected burden. On October 11, 2017,
FRA published a notice providing a 60day period for public comment on the
ICRs.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before March
22, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the ICRs 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Robert Brogan, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad
Safety, Safety Regulatory Analysis
Division, RRS–21, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Mail Stop 25, Washington,
DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 493–6292);
or 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).
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.
See 44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.8–
12. On October 11, 2017, FRA published
a 60-day notice in the Federal Register
soliciting comment on the ICRs for
which it is now seeking OMB approval.
See 82 FR 47595. FRA received no
comments in response to this notice.
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Before OMB decides whether to
approve these proposed collections of
information, it must provide 30 days for
public comment. 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
within 30 days of publication to best
ensure having their full effect.
Comments are invited on the
following ICRs regarding: (1) Whether
the information collection activities are
necessary for FRA to properly execute
its functions, including whether the
information 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 for
FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information being
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of information collection
activities on the public, including the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
The summaries below describe the
ICRs that FRA will submit for OMB
clearance as the PRA requires:
Title: Occupational Noise Exposure
for Railroad Operating Employees.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0571.
Abstract: FRA uses the collection of
information to ensure railroads covered
by this rule establish and implement
noise monitoring, hearing conservation,
and audiometric testing programs. This
collection also includes hearing
conservation training programs that
protect railroad employees from the
damaging and potentially dangerous
effects of excessive noise in the
everyday rail environment.
Request: Extension with change of a
current information collection.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Form(s): N/A.
Respondent Universe: 502 railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
164,734.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
28,311 hours.
Title: Conductor Certification.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0596.

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