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REPORTING BURDEN
Form
Respondent universe
Report of Railroad Trespasser Form
(Form FRA F 6180.178).
Total 3 ................................................
Total cost
equivalent
(A)
(B)
(C = A * B)
(D = C *
wage rate) 2
8
333.30
$20,184.65
Law enforcement agencies, non-grantees.
100 forms .............
10
16.70
1,011.35
Law enforcement agencies .....................
2,600 responses ...
N/A
350
21,196
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed ICR
should be submitted on regulations.gov
to the docket, Docket No. FRA–2024–
0014. All comments received will be
posted without change to the docket,
including any personal information
provided. Please refer to the assigned
OMB control number (2130–0505) in
any correspondence submitted. FRA
will summarize comments received in a
subsequent 30-day notice and include
them in its information collection
submission to OMB.
ADDRESSES:
Ms.
Arlette Mussington, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, at email:
arlette.mussington@dot.gov or
telephone: (571) 609–1285 or Ms.
Joanne Swafford, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, at email:
joanne.swafford@dot.gov or telephone:
(757) 897–9908.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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BILLING CODE 4910–06–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2024–0014]
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) and its
implementing regulations, FRA seeks
approval of the Information Collection
Request (ICR) summarized 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.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before October
4, 2024.
SUMMARY:
2 Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS) Employer Cost for Employee
Compensation—December 2023 for State and local
government. The hourly wage rate used is $37.53
+ overhead of 38%. Total burdened wage rate is
$60.56 ($37.53 + $23.03).
3 Totals may not add up due to rounding.
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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).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
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Total annual
burden hours
2,500 forms ..........
Christopher S. Van Nostrand,
Deputy Chief Counsel.
18:38 Aug 02, 2024
Average time
per response
(minutes)
Law enforcement agencies, grantees .....
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
2,600.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 350
hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour
Dollar Cost Equivalent: $21,196.
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 that does
not display a currently valid OMB
control number.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
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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, 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:
Title: Inspection and Maintenance of
Steam Locomotives.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0505.
Abstract: The Locomotive Inspection
Act (LIA) establishes safety and
inspection requirements for locomotives
in ‘‘use’’ on a ‘‘railroad line.’’ 1 The
statute was first enacted in 1911 as part
of a broad congressional effort to
‘‘reduce the loss of life and the injuries’’
caused by the dangerous conditions that
prevailed on the railroads in the late
19th and early 20th centuries.2 In 1911,
Congress enacted the first iteration of
the LIA to address the harms posed by
locomotive boilers,3 making it
‘‘unlawful’’ for a common carrier ‘‘to
use any locomotive engine propelled by
steam power in moving interstate or
foreign traffic unless the boiler of said
locomotive and appurtenances thereof
are in proper condition and safe to
operate in the service to which the same
is put.’’ 4 To help ensure the locomotive
boilers and their appurtenances are in
proper condition, the Steam Locomotive
Inspection and Maintenance Standards
require certain boiler pressure
1 49
U.S.C. 20701 et seq.
v. Southern Pac. Co., 196 U.S. 1, 19
(1904); see Napier v. Atlantic Coast Line R.R., 272
U.S. 605, 607–608 (1926).
3 Act of Feb. 17, 1911 (Act of 1911), ch. 103, 36
Stat. 913 (known as the Boiler Inspection Act).
4 Act of 1911, sec. 2, 36 Stat. 913–914.
2 Johnson
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calculations and service-day inspections
to be recorded and available to FRA.5
In this 60-day notice FRA has made
adjustments that decreased the
previously approved burden hours from
1,357 hours to 1,049 hours. The
decrease in burden hours is the result of
a more accurate analysis of the number
of forms FRA F 1 and FRA F 3 that are
required to be posted in the locomotive
cab. Additionally, the burden hours
being reported under 49 CFR 230.41 for
the removal of flexible stay bolt caps on
form FRA F 3 is already included in the
average time of 30 minutes reported to
complete each form. Therefore, the
burden hours for this requirement have
been removed.
Type of Request: Extension without
change (with changes in estimates) of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Form(s): FRA F 1, FRA F 2, FRA F 3,
FRA F 4, FRA F 5, and FRA F 19.
Respondent Universe: 82 steam
locomotive owners/operators.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion; annually.
REPORTING BURDEN
CFR part 230 section/FRA form name and number
FRA F 1:
31 and 92 Service Day Inspection Report ....................
FRA F 2:
Daily Locomotive Inspection Report .............................
FRA F 3:
Annual Inspection Report ..............................................
FRA F 4:
Boiler Specification Card ...............................................
FRA F 5:
Locomotive Service Day Report ...................................
FRA F 19:
Report of Alteration or Welded or Riveted Repair ........
Forms Subtotal .......................................................
230.6—Waivers:
(a)—Waivers .................................................................
230.12—Movement of non-complying steam locomotives:
(b)—Conditions for movement (tagging) .......................
230.14—Thirty-one (31) service day inspection:
(b)—FRA notification of 31 service day inspection ......
230.16—Annual inspection:
(b)—FRA notification of annual inspection ...................
230.19—Posting of FRA Form No. 1 and FRA Form No. 3:
(a) and (b)—Posting of forms .......................................
230.21—Steam locomotive number change:
—Number change .........................................................
230.22—Accident reports:
Respondent universe
Annual
responses
Average
time per
response
(hours)
Total annual
burden hours
Wage
rate
Total cost
equivalent
U.S.D.
(A)
(B)
(A * B = C)
(D) 6
(E = C * D)
82 steam owners operators
480
0.33
160.00
89.13
$14,260.80
82 steam owners operators
3,650
0.17
608.33
89.13
54,220.45
82 steam owners operators
115
0.5
57.50
89.13
5,124.98
82 steam owners operators
12
0.5
6.00
89.13
534.78
82 steam owners operators
150
0.25
37.50
89.13
3,342.38
82 steam owners/operators
10
1
10.00
89.13
891.30
...............................................
4,417
..................
879.33
..................
78,374.68
...............................................
1
1.00
1.00
89.13
89.13
82 steam owners/ operators
10
0.10
1.00
69.60
69.60
82 steam owners/operators
360
0.08
30.00
89.13
2,673.90
82 steam owners/operators
120
0.08
10.00
89.13
891.30
82 steam owners/operators
662
0.08
52.96
89.13
4,720.32
82 steam owners/operators
1
0.03
0.03
89.13
2.67
The burden hours associated with this requirement are included OMB Control No. 2130–0500. Consequently, there is no additional burden associated with this
requirement.
230.33—Welded repairs and alterations:
(a)—Written requests to FRA .......................................
230.34—Riveted repairs and alterations:
(a)—Written requests ....................................................
230.46—Badge plates:
—Attaching of metal badge plate .................................
230.47—Boiler number:
(a)—Stamped boiler number .........................................
230.49—Setting of safety relief valves:
(d)—Labeling of lowest set pressure ............................
230.60—Time of washing:
82 steam owners/operators
8
2.00
16.00
89.13
1,426.08
82 steam owners/operators
2
2.00
4.00
89.13
356.52
82 steam owners/operators
3
2.00
6.00
69.60
417.60
82 steam owners/operators
1
1.00
1.00
69.60
69.60
...............................................
5
1.00
5.00
69.60
348.00
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The burden for this requirement is included above in the burden listed under §§ 230.15 and 230.16. Consequently, there is no additional burden associated with this
requirement.
230.75—Stenciling dates of tests and cleaning:
—Stenciling ...................................................................
230.96—Main, side, and valve motion rods:
(b)—Written request for repairs ....................................
230.98 Driving, trailing, and engine truck axles:
(b)—Journal diameter stamped ....................................
230.116—Oil tanks:
—Marking of hand operated locations ..........................
Subtotal ..................................................................
Total7 ..............................................................
5 49
82 steam owners/operators
50
0.50
25.00
69.60
1,740.00
82 steam owners/operators
1
2.00
2.00
89.13
178.26
82 steam owners/operators
1
0.25
0.25
69.60
17.40
82 steam owners/operators
30
0.50
15.00
69.60
1,044.00
...............................................
1,255
..................
169.24
..................
14,044.39
82 steam owners/operators
5,672
N/A
1,049
N/A
92,419
CFR part 230.
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Total Estimated Annual Responses:
5,672.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
1,049 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour
Dollar Cost Equivalent: $92,419.
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 that does
not display a currently valid OMB
control number.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Christopher S. Van Nostrand,
Deputy Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2024–17186 Filed 8–2–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–06–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2015–0062]
Florida East Coast Railway’s Request
To Amend Its Positive Train Control
Safety Plan and Positive Train Control
System
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of availability and
request for comments.
AGENCY:
This document provides the
public with notice that, on June 4, 2024,
and July 22, 2024, Florida East Coast
Railway (FECR) submitted a request for
amendment (RFA) to its FRA-approved
Positive Train Control Safety Plan
(PTCSP). As this RFA involves a request
for FRA’s approval of proposed material
modifications to an FRA-certified
positive train control (PTC) system, FRA
is publishing this notice and inviting
public comment on the railroad’s RFA
to its PTCSP.
DATES: FRA will consider comments
received by August 26, 2024. FRA may
consider comments received after that
date to the extent practicable and
without delaying implementation of
valuable or necessary modifications to a
PTC system.
ADDRESSES:
Comments: Comments may be
submitted by going to https://
www.regulations.gov and following the
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SUMMARY:
6 The dollar equivalent cost is derived from the
2023 Surface Transportation Board Full Year Wage
A&B data series using the employee group 200
(Professional & Administrative) hourly wage rate of
$50.93 and group 400 (Maintenance of Equipment
& Stores) hourly wage rate of $39.77. The total
burden wage rate (Straight time plus 75%) used in
the table is $89.13 ($50.93 × 1.75 = $89.13), and
$69.60 ($39.77 × 1.75 = $69.60).
7 Totals may not add up due to rounding.
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online instructions for submitting
comments.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and the
applicable docket number. The relevant
PTC docket number for this host
railroad is Docket No. FRA–2015–0062.
For convenience, all active PTC dockets
are hyperlinked on FRA’s website at
https://railroads.dot.gov/researchdevelopment/program-areas/traincontrol/ptc/railroads-ptc-dockets. All
comments received will be posted
without change to https://
www.regulations.gov; this includes any
personal information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal, Train
Control, and Crossings Division,
telephone: 816–516–7168, email:
Gabe.Neal@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In general,
title 49 United States Code (U.S.C.)
section 20157(h) requires FRA to certify
that a host railroad’s PTC system
complies with title 49 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) part 236, subpart I,
before the technology may be operated
in revenue service. Before making
certain changes to an FRA-certified PTC
system or the associated FRA-approved
PTCSP, a host railroad must submit, and
obtain FRA’s approval of, an RFA to its
PTCSP under 49 CFR 236.1021.
Under 49 CFR 236.1021(e), FRA’s
regulations provide that FRA will
publish a notice in the Federal Register
and invite public comment in
accordance with 49 CFR part 211, if an
RFA includes a request for approval of
a material modification of a signal or
train control system. Accordingly, this
notice informs the public that, on June
4, 2024, FECR submitted an RFA to its
PTCSP for its Interoperable Electronic
Train Management System (I–ETMS),
which seeks FRA’s approval of FECR’s
request to implement I–ETMS Protect
7.0.3.0 which allows for the details of
the fixed high-speed consist to be
modifiable in the onboard computer
configuration files. This change
supports Brightline Trains Florida’s
plan to add passenger cars in order to
operate high speed trains with a consist
of 2 locomotives with more than 4
passenger cars. On July 22, 2024, FECR
submitted the pertinent software release
notes, which are a required element of
an RFA to a PTCSP under 49 CFR
236.1021(m). FECR’s completed RFA is
available in Docket No. FRA–2015–
0062.
Interested parties are invited to
comment on FECR’s RFA to its PTCSP
by submitting written comments or data.
During FRA’s review of this railroad’s
RFA, FRA will consider any comments
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or data submitted within the timeline
specified in this notice and to the extent
practicable, without delaying
implementation of valuable or necessary
modifications to a PTC system. See 49
CFR 236.1021; see also 49 CFR
236.1011(e). Under 49 CFR 236.1021,
FRA maintains the authority to approve,
approve with conditions, or deny a
railroad’s RFA to its PTCSP at FRA’s
sole discretion.
Privacy Act Notice
In accordance with 49 CFR 211.3,
FRA solicits comments from the public
to better inform its decisions. DOT posts
these comments, without edit, including
any personal information the
commenter provides, to https://
www.regulations.gov, as described in
the system of records notice (DOT/ALL–
14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at
https://www.transportation.gov/privacy.
See https://www.regulations.gov/
privacy-notice for the privacy notice of
regulations.gov. To facilitate comment
tracking, we encourage commenters to
provide their name, or the name of their
organization; however, submission of
names is completely optional. If you
wish to provide comments containing
proprietary or confidential information,
please contact FRA for alternate
submission instructions.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Carolyn R. Hayward-Williams,
Director, Office of Railroad Systems and
Technology.
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BILLING CODE 4910–06–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2024–0083]
Request for Information on
Collaboration and Data Sharing for
Railroad Operations Analysis
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Request for information (RFI).
AGENCY:
On November 15, 2021,
President Biden signed into law the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act,
also known as the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law (BIL). The BIL
provides historic appropriations for
railroad transportation grant programs
administered by the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) and authorizes
new programs to enhance rail safety and
to repair, restore, improve, and expand
the nation’s rail network. Among those
new programs is the Corridor
SUMMARY:
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