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performance; (b) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information collection; and (d)
ways that the burden could be
minimized without reducing the quality
of the collected information. The agency
will summarize and/or include your
comments in the request for OMB’s
clearance of this information collection.
OMB Control Number: 2120–0569.
Title: Same title as above.
Form Numbers: FAA Forms 5100–
100, 5100–101, 5100–108, 5100–110,
5100–126, 5100–127, 5100–128, 5100–
129, 5100–130, 5100–131, 5100–132,
5100–133, 5100–134, 5100–135, 5100–
136, 5100–137, 5100–138, 5100–139,
5100–140, 5100–141, 5100–142, 5370–1.
Type of Review: Renewal of an
information collection.
Background: The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following
collection of information was published
on March 11, 2019 (84 FR 8779) and this
is the 30-day notice. Codification of
certain U.S. Transportation laws at 49
U.S.C., repealed the Airport and Airway
Improvement Act of 1982, as amended,
and the Aviation Safety and Noise
Abatement Act of 1979, as amended,
and re-codified them without
substantive change at Title 49 U.S.C.,
which is referred to as the ‘‘Act.’’ The
Act provides funding for airport
planning and development projects at
airports included in the National Plan of
Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS).
The Act also authorizes funds for noise
compatibility planning and to carry out
noise compatibility programs. The
information required by this program is
necessary to protect the Federal interest
in safety, efficiency, and utility of the
airport. Data is collected to meet report
requirements of 2 CFR part 200 for
certifications and representations,
financial management and performance
measurement.
Respondents: Approximately 13,000
applications.
Frequency: Information is collected
on occasion.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: Approximately 9 Hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
Approximately 118,000 hours.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 24,
2019.
Murrell Stinnette,
Acting Deputy Director, Federal Aviation
Administration/Office of Airport Planning &
Programming/APP–2.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2019–0004–N–5]

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

Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its
implementing regulations, FRA seeks
approval of the Information Collection
Requests (ICRs) abstracted below. Before
submitting these ICRs to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
approval, FRA is soliciting public
comment on specific aspects of the
activities identified below.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before July 29,
2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the ICRs activities by mail to either:
Mr. Robert Brogan, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Office of
Railroad Safety, Regulatory Analysis
Division, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590; or
Ms. Kim Toone, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Information
Technology, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, 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 ICR.
Alternatively, comments may be faxed
to (202) 493–6216 or (202) 493–6497, or
emailed to Mr. Brogan at robert.brogan@
dot.gov, or 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Robert Brogan, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad
Safety, Regulatory Analysis Division,
Federal Railroad Administration, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590 (telephone: (202) 493–6292) or
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Ms. Kim Toone, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Information
Technology, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590
(telephone: (202) 493–6132).
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. See 44 U.S.C.
3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.8 through
1320.12. Specifically, FRA invites
interested parties to comment on the
following ICRs 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) ways for
FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information being
collected; and (4) ways for FRA to
minimize the burden of information
collection activities on the public,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. 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 that it
organizes information collection
requirements in a ‘‘user-friendly’’ format
to improve the use of such information;
and (3) accurately assess the resources
expended to retrieve and produce
information requested. See 44 U.S.C.
3501.
The summaries below describe the
ICRs that FRA will submit for OMB
clearance as the PRA requires:
Title: Designation of Qualified
Persons.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0511.
Abstract: The collection of
information is used to prevent the
unsafe movement of defective freight
cars. Railroads are required to inspect
freight cars for compliance and to
determine restrictions on the
movements of defective cars; qualified
inspectors are necessary to perform this
task.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Type of Request: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.

CFR section

215.11—Designation of
Inspectors—Written
Records.

Affected Public: Businesses.
Form(s): N/A.
Respondent Universe: 692 Railroads.

Respondent universe

Total annual responses

Average
time per
response
(minutes)

692 railroads ...................

1,200 records ..................

2 ......................................

Total Estimated Annual Responses:
1,200.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 40
hours.
Total Estimated Annual Dollar Cost
Equivalent: $3,080.
Title: Qualification and Certification
of Locomotive Engineers.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0533.
Abstract: Section 4 of the Rail Safety
Improvement Act of 1988 (RSIA), Public
Law 100–342, 102 Stat. 624 (June 22,
1988), later amended and re-codified by

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Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Reporting Burden:

Public Law 103–272, 108 Stat. 874 (July
5, 1994), required FRA to issue
regulations to establish any necessary
program for certifying or licensing
locomotive engineers. The collection of
information is used by FRA to ensure
that railroads employ and properly train
qualified individuals as locomotive
engineers and designated supervisors of
locomotive engineers. The collection of
information is also used by FRA to
verify that railroads have established
required certification programs for

Total annual
dollar cost
equivalent 1

Total annual
burden hours
40

$3,080

locomotive engineers and that these
programs fully conform to the standards
specified in the regulation.
Type of Request: Extension with
change (revised estimates) of a currently
approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Form(s): N/A.
Respondent Universe: 741 Railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion; annually; triennially.
Reporting Burden:

Respondent universe

Total annual responses

Average time per
response

240.9—Waivers ......................................................
240.101/103—Cert. Prog: Amendments ................
— Cert. Prog.—New ..............................................
— Final Review ......................................................
— Material Modification to Program ......................
240.105(b)—(c) Written Reports/Determinations of
DSLE Performance Skills.
240.109/App. C—Prior Safety Conduct Data ........
240.111/App C—Driver’s License Data .................
—NDR Match—notifications and requests for data

741 railroads .................
741 railroads .................
5 railroads .....................
5 railroads .....................
741 railroads .................
10 railroads ...................

3 waiver petitions ..........
50 amendments ............
5 programs ....................
5 reviews .......................
30 modified programs ...
10 reports ......................

90 minutes ....................
1 hour ............................
40 hours ........................
1 hour ............................
45 minutes ....................
1 hour ............................

5
50
200
5
23
10

$385
$3,850
15,400
385
1,771
1,160

17,667 candidates .........
17,667 candidates .........
741 railroads .................

60 minutes ....................
15 minutes ....................
15 min. + 15 min. ..........

25
4,417
89

1,900
335,692
7,254

741 railroads .................

25 responses ................
17,667 requests ............
177 notices + 177 requests.
20 cases/comments ......

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

10

760

53,000 candidates .........
741 railroads .................

4 letters .........................
200 phone calls .............

15 minutes ....................
10 minutes ....................

1
33

76
2,508

17,667 candidates .........

353 requests + 353 responses.
150 self-referrals ...........

15 min./30 min. .............

265

20,298

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

13

988

5 copies .........................

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

1

77

741 railroads .................

5 reports ........................

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

5

385

741 railroads .................

10 notifications ..............

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

3

228

741 railroads .................

48 hours + 8 hours .......

1,968

151,536

741 railroads .................
741 railroads .................
53,000 candidates .........
N/A ................................
741 railroads .................
53,000 candidates .........

11 amended programs
+ 180 amended programs.
741 updates ..................
741 updated lists ...........
17,667 certificates .........
N/A ................................
177 records ...................
17,667 certificates .........

30 minutes ....................
60 minutes ....................
5 minutes ......................
N/A ................................
5 minutes ......................
70 minutes ....................

371
741
1,472
N/A
15
20,612

28,567
57,057
113,344
N/A
1,155
1,587,124

741 railroads .................

30 determinations .........

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

60

4,620

—Written response from candidate on driver’s license data.
240.111(g)—Notice to RR of Absence of License
240.111(h)—Duty to furnish data on prior safety
conduct as motor vehicle op..
240.113—Notice to RR Furnishing Data on Prior
Safety Conduct—Diff. RR.
240.119—Self-referral to EAP re: active substance abuse disorder.
240.121—Criteria—Vision/Hearing Acuity Data—
New Railroads.
240.121—Criteria—Vision/Hearing Acuity Data—
Cond. Certification.
240.121—Criteria—Vision/Hearing Acuity Data—
Not Meeting Standards—Notice by Employee.
240.127—Criteria for Examining Skill Performance—Modification to Certification Program to
Include Scoring System.
240.201/221—List of Qualified DSLEs ..................
240.201/221—List of Qualified Loco. Engineers ...
240.201/223/301—Loco. Engineers Certificate .....
—False entry on certificates ..................................
240.205—Data to EAP Counselor .........................
240.207—Medical certificate showing hearing/vision standards are met:.
written determinations waiving use of corrective
device.
1 Throughout the tables in this document, the
dollar equivalent cost is derived from the 2018
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5 railroads .....................

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Total annual responses

Average time per
response

240.219—Denial of Certification; ...........................

17,667 candidates .........

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

60

4,590

Notification to employee of adverse decision ........
240.227—Canadian Certification Data ...................
240.229—Joint Operations—Notice—not qualified
240.309—RR Oversight Resp.: Detected poor
safety conduct—annotation.
Testing Requirements:
240.209/213—Written Tests Records ....................
240.211/213—Performance Test Records .............
240.303—Annual operational monitor observation
records.
240.303—Annual operating rules compliance test
records.
Recordkeeping:
240.215—Retaining info. supporting determination
240.305—Engineer’s notice of non-qualification to
RR.
—Relaying certification denial or revocation Status
to other certifying railroad.
240.307—Notice to engineer of disqualification ....
240.309—Railroad annual review ..........................
—Report of findings ...............................................

741 railroads .................
N/A ................................
321 railroads .................
15 railroads ...................

30 letters + 30 responses.
30 notifications ..............
N/A ................................
184 employee calls .......
6 annotations ................

1 hour ............................
N/A ................................
5 minutes ......................
15 minutes ....................

30
N/A
15
2

2,310
N/A
1,140
152

53,000 candidates .........
53,000 candidates .........
53,000 candidates .........

17,667 test records .......
17,667 test records .......
53,000 test records .......

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

1,472
1,472
4,417

111,872
111,872
335,692

53,000 candidates .........

53,000 test records .......

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

4,417

335,692

741 railroads .................
53,000 engineers or
candidates.
1,060 engineers ............

17,667 records ..............
100 notifications ............

30 minutes ....................
5 minutes ......................

8,834
8

671,384
608

2 letters .........................

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

1

76

741 railroads .................
51 railroads ...................
51 railroads ...................

1,100 letters ..................
51 reviews .....................
12 reports ......................

1 hour ............................
40 hours ........................
1 hour ............................

1,100
2,040
12

84,700
157,080
924

Total ................................................................

741 railroads .................

217,059 responses .......

N/A ................................

54,684

4,158,412

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Total Estimated Annual Responses:
217,059.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
54,684 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Dollar Cost
Equivalent: $4,158,412.
Title: Roadway Worker Protection.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0539.
Abstract: On June 10, 2016, FRA
amended its Roadway Worker
Protection (RWP) regulation (see 81 FR
37840) to resolve interpretative issues
that had arisen since the original 1996
promulgation of that rule. In particular,
this final rule adopted certain terms,
resolved miscellaneous interpretive
issues, codified certain FRA Technical
Bulletins, adopted new requirements
governing redundant signal protections
and the movement of roadway
maintenance machinery over signalized
non-controlled track, and amended
certain qualification requirements for
roadway workers. This final rule also
deleted three outdated incorporations
by reference of industry standards in
FRA’s Bridge Worker Safety Standards,
and cross referenced the Occupational

Safety and Health Administration’s
regulations on the same point.
Under the information collection
associated with the RWP rule (49 CFR
part 214), FRA collects a variety of
information. To ensure compliance with
the rule’s requirements, FRA collects
data on affected railroads’ on-track
safety programs to determine that
railroads have policies, procedures, and
practices in place that protect roadway
workers as they go about doing their
daily jobs in a dangerous environment.
Railroads are required to provide ontrack safety manuals to all roadway
workers that they can readily consult as
a guide when an issue arises as to how
to complete a work assignment while
maintaining complete safety. Under the
regulation, railroads are required to
provide initial and recurrent training to
roadway workers on their on-track
safety program and the procedures to be
followed to perform their daily work
assignments. This includes training for
roadway workers who work on adjacent
track and the appropriate practices and
procedures they must follow. FRA

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burden hours

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dollar cost
equivalent

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collects data from railroads on training
through the records that they are
required to keep. Additionally, FRA
collects information on violations of
workplace safety on Form FRA F
6180.119. FRA uses violation
information to make changes that
endanger railroad workers. Overall, FRA
uses the information that it collects
under this regulation to monitor and
enforce requirements relating to the
safety of roadway workers and ensure
that railroads fulfill their
responsibilities to make roadway
workers environment secure and free
from unnecessary and avoidable
hazards.
Type of Request: Extension with
change (revised estimates) of a currently
approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses/50,000
Roadway Workers/State Safety
Inspectors.
Form(s): FRA F 6180.1119.
Respondent Universe: 741 Railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Reporting Burden:

Respondent universe

Total annual responses

Average time per response

Form FRA F 6180.119—Part 214 Railroad Workplace Safety Violation Report.
214.307—Railroad On-Track Safety Programs—
RR Programs that comply with this Part + copies at System/Division Headquarters.
—RR Notification to FRA not less than one month
before on-track safety program takes effect.
—RR Amended on-track safety programs after
FRA disapproval.

350 Safety Inspectors ...

129 forms ......................

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

516

$31,579

741 Railroads ................

276 programs + 325
copies.

2 hours + 2 minutes ......

563

43,351

741 Railroads ................

276 notices ....................

20 minutes ....................

92

7,084

741 Railroads ................

1 program ......................

4 ....................................

4 hours

308

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—RR Written response in support of disapproved
program.
214.309—On-Track Safety Manual:
—RR Provisions for alternative access to information in on-track safety manual.
—RR Publication of bulletins/notices reflecting
changes in on-track safety manual.
214.311—RR Written procedure to achieve
prompt and equitable resolution of good faith
employee challenges.
214.313—Good faith challenges to on-track safety
rules.
214.317—On-Track Procedures for Snow Removal.
—On-track procedures for weed spray equipment

741 Railroads ................

1 written response ........

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

40

3,080

741 Railroads ................

741 provisions ...............

60 minutes ....................

741

57,057

60 Railroads ..................

100 bulletins/notices .....

60 minutes ....................

100

7,700

5 new railroads .............

5 developed procedures

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

3

231

20 railroads ...................

80 challenges ................

8 hours per challenge ...

640

42,880

5 Railroads ....................

5 operating procedures

60 minutes ....................

5

385

741 Railroads ................

741 operating procedures.
25 place of safety designations.

60 minutes ....................

741

57,057

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

2

134

741 Railroads ................

741 rules/procedures ....

3 hours ..........................

2,223

171,171

741 Railroads ................

5 requests .....................

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

20

1,540

3 Class I Railroads .......

1,000 written authorities

10 minutes ....................

167

11,189

3 Class I Railroads .......

25 data file records .......

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

50

3,850

741 Railroads ................

3 requests + 3 copies ...

30 minutes + 2 minutes

2

154

741 Railroads ................

26,250 designations ......

30 Seconds ...................

219

16,863

100 Railroads ................

10,000 notices ...............

5 seconds ......................

14

938

100 Railroads ................

3,000 notices .................

15 seconds ....................

13

804

741 Railroads ................

2,080,000 statements ...

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

17,333

1,161,311

741 Railroads ................

200 on-track safety
statements.

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

2

134

44 Railroads ..................

44 written procedures ...

13 ..................................

572 hours

44,044

50,000 roadway workers

50,000 records ..............

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

1,667

128,359

50,000 roadway workers

125 notices ....................

10 minutes ....................

21

1,407

692 Railroads/200 contractors.
741 Railroads/200 contractors.

5 procedures .................

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

10

770

500 lists .........................

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

500

38,500

692 Railroads/200 contractors.
692 Railroads/200 contractors.
692 Railroads/200 contractors.

150 additions/designations.
1,000 stickers/stencils ...

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

13

1,001

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

83

5,063

3,700 identified mechanisms.

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

308

18,788

692 railroads/200 contractors.
692 Railroads/200 contractors.

500 requests + 500 responses.
500 stencils/displays .....

10 minutes; 20 minutes

250

18,420

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

42

2,562

692 railroads/200 contractors.

5,000 records ................

60 minutes ....................

5,000

305,000

—Roadway Worker in Charge (RWIC) Designation of alternative place of safety other than tunnel niche or clearing bay.
214.318—Procedures established by railroads for
workers to perform duties incidental to those of
inspecting, testing, servicing, or repairing rolling
equipment.
214.320—Roadway Maintenance Machines Movement over signalized non-controlled track—RR
request to FRA for equivalent level of protection
to that provided by limiting all train and locomotive movements to restricted speed.
214.322—Exclusive Track Occupancy, Electronic
Display—Written Authorities/Printed Authority
Copy If Electronic Display Fails or Malfunctions.
—Data File Records Relating to Electronic Display
Device Involved in Part 225 Reportable Accident/Incident.
—Request to FRA for NIST Publication 800–63–2,
‘‘Electronic Authentication Guideline’’.
214.329—Train Approach Warning—Written Designation of Watchmen/Lookouts.
214.336—Procedures for adjacent track movements over 25 mph: notifications/watchmen/
lookout warnings.
—Procedures for adjacent track movements 25
mph or less: Notifications/watchmen/lookout
warnings.
214.337—On-track safety procedures for lone
workers: statements by lone workers.
Statement of on-track safety using individual train
detection on track outside manual interlocking,
a controlled point, or a remotely controlled
hump yard facility.
214.339—Audible warning from trains: written procedures that prescribe effective requirements
for audible warning by horn and/or bell for trains.
214.343/345/347/349/351/353/355—Annual training for all roadway workers (RWs)—Records of
training.
214.503—Notifications for Non-Compliant Roadway Maintenance Machines or Unsafe Condition.
—Resolution Procedures .......................................

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214.505—Required environmental control and
protection systems for new on-track roadway
maintenance machines with enclosed cabs.
—Designations/additions to list ..............................
214.507—A-Built Light Weight on New Roadway
Maintenance Machines.
214.511—Required Audible Warning Devices for
New On-Track Roadway Maintenance Machines.
214.515—Overhead covers for existing on-track
roadway maintenance machines.
214.517—Retrofitting of Existing On-Track Roadway Maintenance Machines Manufactured On
or After Jan. 1, 1991.
214.523—Hi-Rail Vehicles .....................................

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—Non-complying conditions ...................................
214.527—Inspection for compliance; Repair
schedules.
214.533—Schedule of repairs; Subject to availability of parts.
Total ................................................................

692 railroads/200 contractors.
692 railroads/200 contractors.
692 railroads/200 contractors.

500 tags + 500 reports

741 railroads .................

Total Estimated Annual Responses:
2,188,306.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
32,410 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Dollar Cost
Equivalent: $1,207,732.
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 Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2019–11224 Filed 5–29–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2019–0004–N–7]

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 February 22, 2019,
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 July 1,
2019.

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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, Regulatory Analysis Division,
Federal Railroad Administration, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W33–497,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6292); or Ms. Kim Toone,
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Office of Administration, Office
of Information Technology, Federal
Railroad Administration, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Room W34–212,
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
through 1320.12. On February 22, 2019,
FRA published a 60-day notice in the
Federal Register soliciting comment on
the ICRs for which it is now seeking
OMB approval. See 84 FR 5807. FRA
received no comments in response to
this notice.
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.

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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: Safety Appliance Standards
Guidance Checklist Forms.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0565.
Abstract: Sample car/locomotive
inspections are performed upon request
as a courtesy to the car manufacturers to
ensure that the equipment is built in
accordance with the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR). Car manufacturers
that desire to have FRA review their
equipment for compliance with the CFR
may submit their request to FRA for
review at least 60 days prior to initial
construction. Although a sample car
inspection is not required, most car
manufacturers today request the
inspection. By helping ensure that
rolling stock equipment is built
compliant with the CFR, the sample car
inspection program reduces the safety
risk to railroad employees, passengers,
and the general public.
In an ongoing effort to conduct more
thorough and effective inspections of
freight railroad equipment and to
further enhance safe rail operations,
FRA has developed a group of guidance
checklist forms that facilitate railroad,
rail car owner, and rail equipment
manufacturer compliance with 49 CFR
part 231, Railroad Safety Appliance
Standards. Because 49 CFR part 231 was
supplemented and expanded several

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