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or other forms of information
technology.
The summary below describes the ICR
that FRA will submit for OMB clearance
as the PRA requires:
Title: Metrics and Minimum
Standards for Intercity Passenger Rail
Service.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0632.1
Abstract: On October 16, 2008,
President George W. Bush signed into
law the Passenger Rail Investment and
Improvement Act of 2008, Public Law
110–432, 122 Stat. 4907 (PRIIA). Section
207 of PRIIA requires FRA and Amtrak
jointly to develop new or improved
metrics and minimum standards for
measuring the performance and service
quality of intercity passenger train
operations, including cost recovery, ontime performance and minutes of delay,
ridership, on-board services, stations,
facilities, equipment, and other services
Section 207 also calls for consultation
with the Surface Transportation Board,
rail carriers over whose rail lines
Amtrak trains operate, States, Amtrak
employees, and groups representing
Amtrak passengers, as appropriate.
Section 207 further provides that the
metrics, at a minimum, must include:
the percentage of avoidable and fully
allocated operating costs covered by
passenger revenues on each route;
ridership per train mile operated;
measures of on-time performance and
delays incurred by intercity passenger
trains on the rail lines of each rail
carrier; and, for long-distance routes,
measures of connectivity with other
routes in all regions currently receiving
Amtrak service and the transportation
needs of communities and populations
that are not well-served by other forms
of intercity transportation.
Section 207 also provides that the
FRA Administrator must collect the
necessary data and publish a quarterly
report on the performance and service
quality of intercity passenger train
operations, including Amtrak’s cost
recovery, ridership, on-time
performance and minutes of delay,
causes of delay, on-board services,
stations, facilities, equipment, and other
services.
In connection with the Congressional
mandate, FRA’s Metrics and Minimum
Standards for Intercity Passenger Rail
Service final rule (49 CFR part 273) sets
forth a number of metrics that must be
collected. 85 FR 72971. On November
23, 2020, FRA published a request for
emergency processing of a collection of
1 The correct OMB control number for this
collection is 2130–0632. The number was
mistakenly listed incorrectly as 2130–0623 in the
Federal Register notice published December 10,
2020.

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information because FRA could not
reasonably comply with normal
clearance procedures to timely collect
ridership data metrics and certified
schedule metrics as required by 49 CFR
273.5(b) and (c). 85 FR 74783. This ICR
request covers all metrics set forth in the
final rule, including those covered by
the emergency clearance.
Type of Request: Revision to a
currently approved information
collection.
Affected Public: Amtrak.
Form(s): N/A.
Respondent Universe: 2 1 (Amtrak).
Frequency of Submission: Varied.
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
117.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 3 507
hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour
Dollar Cost Equivalent: $66,365.00.
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 a
respondent is not required to respond
to, conduct or sponsor 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2021–0006–N–1]

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
Request (ICR) abstracted below. Before
submitting this ICR to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
approval, FRA is soliciting public
comment on specific aspects of the
activities identified in the ICR.

SUMMARY:

2 As noted in the 60-day notice, the respondent
universe for the required reporting in 49 CFR
273.5(c)(2) is 24 railroads.
3 As also noted in the 60-day notice, the estimates
for the first year include one-time start up burdens
and the annual response, burden and total cost
equivalent estimates are expected to decrease after
the first year of this 3-year ICR period.

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Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before April 19,
2021.

DATES:

Submit comments and
recommendations for the proposed ICR
to Ms. Hodan Wells, Information
Collection Clearance Officer at email:
hodan.wells@dot.gov or telephone: (202)
493–0440, and Mr. John Purnell,
Information Collection Clearance Officer
at email: john.purnell@dot.gov or
telephone: (202) 493–0500. 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.

ADDRESSES:

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 ICR 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 may 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)
organize 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 summary below describes the ICR
that FRA will submit for OMB clearance
as the PRA requires:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Title: Accident/Incident Reporting
and Recordkeeping.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0500.
Abstract: The railroad accident/
incident reporting regulations in 49 CFR
part 225 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. As the
reporting requirements and the
information needed regarding each
category of accident/incident are
unique, a different form is used for each
category.

Type of Request: Extension without
change (with changes in estimates) of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Form(s): FRA F 6180.54; .55; .55a; .56;
.57; .78; .81; .97; .98; .107; .150.
Respondent Universe: 765 railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Reporting Burden:

Respondent
universe

Total annual
responses

Average time per
response

225.6(a)—Consolidated reporting—Request to FRA by parent corporation to
treat its commonly controlled carriers
as a single railroad carrier for purposes of this part.
225.9—Telephonic reports of certain accidents/incidents and other events.
225.11—Reporting of accidents/incidents—Form FRA F 6180.54.
225.12(a)—Rail equipment accident/incident reports alleging human factor as
cause—Form FRA F 6180.81.
—(b) Part I Form FRA F 6180.78 (Notices and copies).

765 railroads ..........

0.33 request .............

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

13.20

$1,022.60

765 railroads ..........

3,123 phone reports

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

780.75

60,484.70

765 railroads ..........

1,970 forms ..............

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

3,940.00

305,231.80

765 railroads ..........

772 forms .................

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

193.00

14,951.71

765 railroads ..........

10 minutes (per notice) + 3 minutes
(per copy).

333.83

25,861.81

—(c) Joint operations ..............................
—(d) Late identification ...........................

765 railroads ..........
765 railroads ..........

20 minutes ..............
10 minutes ..............

25.67
6.67

1,988.65
516.72

—(g)
Employee
statement
supplementing railroad accident report
(Part II Form FRA 6180.78).
—(g)(3) Employee confidential letter .......
225.13(A)—Late reports—RR discovery
of improperly omitted report of accident/incident.
—(B) RR late/amended report of accident/incident based on employee
statement supplementing RR accident
report.
225.18(a)—RR narrative report of possible alcohol/drug involvement in accident/incident.
—(b) Reports required by section
219.209(b) appended to rail equipment
accident/incident report.
225.19(a)—Rail-highway grade crossing
accident/incident report—Form FRA F
6180.57.
—(d) Death, injury, or occupational illness (Form FRA F 6180.55a).

Railroad employees

800 notices + 800
notice copies +
3,200 copies + 10
copies.
77 reports .................
20 attachments + 20
notices.
60 statements ..........

1.5 hours ................

90.00

5,331.60

Railroad employees
765 railroads ..........

5 letters ....................
25 late reports ..........

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

10.00
50.00

592.40
3,873.50

765 railroads ..........

20 amended reports
+ 30 copies.

21.50

1,665.61

765 railroads ..........

12 reports .................

1 hour (per amended report) + 3
minutes (per
copy).
15 minutes ..............

3.00

232.41

765 railroads ..........

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

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

2.50

193.68

765 railroads ..........

2,231 forms ..............

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

4,462.00

345,671.14

765 railroads ..........

8,966 death, injury,
or occ. illness
forms + 1,044 trespasser forms +
291 suicide forms.

11,636.00

901,440.92

225.21—Railroad injury and illness summary—Form FRA F 6180.55.
225.21—Annual railroad report of employee hours and casualties, by
state—Form FRA F 6180.56.
225.21/25—Railroad employee injury
and/or illness record—Form FRA F
6180.98.
—Copies of forms to employees .............
225.21—Initial rail equipment accident/
incident record—Form FRA F 6180.97.
—Alternative record for illnesses claimed
to be work related—Form FRA F
6180.107.

765 railroads ..........

9,180 forms ..............

1 hour (death, injury, or occ. illness forms) + 2
hours (trespasser
forms) + 2 hours
(suicide forms).
10 minutes ..............

1,530.00

118,529.10

765 railroads ..........

765 forms .................

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

191.25

14,816.14

765 railroads ..........

4,000 forms ..............

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

4,000.00

309,880.00

765 railroads ..........
765 railroads ..........

120 form copies .......
10,518 forms ............

2 minutes ................
30 minutes ..............

4.00
5,259

309.88
407,414.73

765 railroads ..........

150 forms .................

75 minutes ..............

187.50

14,525.63

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burden hours

Total annual
dollar cost
equivalent 2

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universe

Total annual
responses

Average time per
response

—Highway user statement—RR cover
letter and Form FRA F 6180.150 sent
out to potentially injured travelers involved in a highway-rail grade crossing accident/incident.
—Form FRA F 6180.150 completed by
highway user and sent back to railroad.
225.25(h)—Posting of monthly summary
225.27(a)(1)—Retention of records .........
—Record of Form FRA F 6180.107s ......
—Record of monthly lists ........................
(a)(2)—Record of Form FRA F 6180.97
—Record of employee human factor attachments.
225.33—Internal control plans—Amendments.
225.35—Access to records and reports ..
225.37(a)—Optical media transfer of reports, updates, and amendments.
(c)(2)—Electronic submission of reports,
updates, and amendments.

765 railroads ..........

836 letters/forms ......

50 minutes ..............

696.67

53,971.02

1,035 injured
viduals.
765 railroads
765 railroads
765 railroads
765 railroads
765 railroads
765 railroads

indi-

585 forms .................

45 minutes ..............

438.75

33,989.96

..........
..........
..........
..........
..........
..........

9,180 lists .................
4,000 records ...........
100 records ..............
9,180 records ...........
10,518 records .........
1,632 records ...........

5
2
2
2
2
2

................
................
................
................
................
................

765.00
133.33
3.33
306.00
350.60
54.40

59,264.55
10,329.08
257.98
23,705.82
27,160.98
4,214.37

765 railroads ..........

10 amendments .......

6 hours ...................

60.00

4,648.20

765 railroads ..........
1 railroad ................

200 lists ....................
12 transfers ..............

20 minutes ..............
3 minutes ................

66.67
0.60

5,164.92
46.48

765 railroads ..........

4,590 submissions ...

3 minutes ................

229.50

17,779.37

Totals ................................................

765 railroads ..........

89,057 responses ....

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

35,845

2,775,067

minutes
minutes
minutes
minutes
minutes
minutes

Total annual
burden hours

Total annual
dollar cost
equivalent 2

CFR section/subject 1

1 The current inventory exhibits a total burden of 46,577 hours while the total burden of this notice is 35,844 hours. Totals may not add due to
rounding.
2 The dollar equivalent cost is derived from the Surface Transportation Board’s 2019 Full Year Wage A&B data series using the appropriate
employee group hourly wage rate that includes a 75-percent overhead charge.

Total Estimated Annual Responses:
89,057.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
35,845 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour
Dollar Cost Equivalent: $2,775,067.
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 a
respondent is not required to respond
to, conduct, or sponsor a collection of
information that does not display a
currently valid OMB control number.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Brett A. Jortland,
Acting Chief Counsel.
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Deadline for Notification of Intent To
Use the Airport Improvement Program
(AIP) Primary, Cargo, and Nonprimary
Entitlement Funds Available to Date for
Fiscal Year 2021
Federal Aviation
Administration, Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

This action announces March
15, 2021, as the deadline for each

SUMMARY:

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airport sponsor to notify the FAA if it
will use its Fiscal Year (FY) 2021
entitlement funds (referred to as
apportionments in 49 U.S.C. 47114) to
accomplish Airport Improvement
Program (AIP) eligible projects. Each
sponsor has previously identified to the
FAA such projects through the Airports
Capital Improvement Plan process. This
action further announces May 3, 2021,
as the deadline for an airport sponsor to
submit a final grant application to use
FY 2021 entitlement funds.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David F. Cushing, Manager, Airports
Financial Assistance Division, APP–
500, at (202) 267–8827.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 49
U.S.C. 47105(f) provides that the
sponsor of an airport for which
entitlement funds are apportioned shall
notify the Secretary, by such time and
in a form as prescribed by the Secretary,
of the airport sponsor’s intent to submit
a grant application for its available
entitlement funds. Therefore, the FAA is
hereby notifying such airport sponsors
of the steps required to ensure that the
FAA has sufficient time to carry over
and convert remaining entitlement
funds.
The AIP grant program is operating
under the requirements of Public Law
115–254, the ‘‘FAA Reauthorization Act
of 2018,’’ enacted on October 5, 2018,
which authorizes the AIP through
September 30, 2023, and Public Law
116–260, the ‘‘Transportation, Housing

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and Urban Development, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021,’’
which appropriates FY 2021 funds for
the AIP through September 30, 2021. In
accordance with legislation enacted as
of the date of this notice, the AIP has
approximately $2.3 billion of
entitlement funds available through
September 30, 2021.
This notice applies only to those
airports that have entitlement funds
apportioned to them, except those
nonprimary airports located in
designated Block Grant States.
An airport sponsor intending to apply
for any of its available entitlement
funds, including those unused but still
available in accordance with 49 U.S.C.
47117 from prior years, must notify the
FAA of its intent to submit a grant
application by 12 p.m. prevailing local
time on Monday, March 15, 2021.
This notice must be in writing and
address all entitlement funds available
to date for FY 2021, including those
entitlement funds not obligated from
prior years. These notifications are
critical to ensure efficient planning and
administration of the AIP. The final
grant application deadline is Monday,
May 3, 2021. The final grant application
funding requests should be based on
bids, not estimates. The FAA will
carryover the remainder of available
entitlement funds after the above date as
prescribed under 49 U.S.C. 47117.
These funds will not be available again
to the airport sponsor until the

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