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drug testing and 10 percent of safetysensitive employees for random alcohol
testing.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Vicky Dunne, Federal Aviation
Administration, Office of Aerospace
Medicine, Drug Abatement Division,
Program Policy Branch; Email
drugabatement@faa.gov; Telephone
(202) 267–8442.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Discussion: Pursuant to 14 CFR
120.109(b), the FAA Administrator’s
decision on whether to change the
minimum annual random drug testing
rate is based on the reported random
drug test positive rate for the entire
aviation industry. If the reported
random drug test positive rate is less
than 1.00%, the Administrator may
continue the minimum random drug
testing rate at 25%. In 2023, the random
drug test positive rate was 0.881%.
Therefore, the minimum random drug
testing rate will remain at 25% for
calendar year 2025.
Similarly, 14 CFR 120.217(c), requires
the decision on the minimum annual
random alcohol testing rate to be based
on the random alcohol test violation
rate. If the violation rate remains less
than 0.50%, the Administrator may
continue the minimum random alcohol
testing rate at 10%. In 2023, the random
alcohol test violation rate was 0.141%.
Therefore, the minimum random
alcohol testing rate will remain at 10%
for calendar year 2025.
If you have questions about how the
annual random testing percentage rates
are determined, please refer to the Code
of Federal Regulations Title 14, section
120.109(b) (for drug testing), and
120.217(c) (for alcohol testing).
Issued in Washington, DC.
Susan Northrup,
Federal Air Surgeon.
[FR Doc. 2024–25569 Filed 11–1–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2024–0015]

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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) and its

SUMMARY:

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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
December 31, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed ICR
should be submitted on regulations.gov
to the docket, Docket No. FRA–2024–
0015. All comments received will be
posted without change to the docket,
including any personal information
provided. Please refer to the assigned
OMB control number (2130–0005) in
any correspondence submitted. FRA
will summarize comments received in
response to this notice in a subsequent
notice, made available to the public, and
include them in its information
collection submission to OMB for
approval.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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

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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: Hours of Service Regulations.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0005.
Abstract: FRA’s hours of service
recordkeeping regulations (49 CFR part
228), amended as mandated by the Rail
Safety Improvement Act of 2008,
include substantive hours of service
requirements for train employees (i.e.,
locomotive engineers and conductors)
providing commuter and intercity rail
passenger transportation (e.g., maximum
on-duty periods, minimum off-duty
periods, and other limitations). The
regulations also require railroads to
evaluate passenger train employee work
schedules for risk of employee fatigue
and implement measures to mitigate the
risk, and to submit to FRA for approval
certain schedules and mitigation plans.
Finally, the regulations include
recordkeeping and reporting provisions
requiring railroads to keep hours of
service records, and report excess
service, for train employees, signal
employees, and dispatching service
employees on both freight and
passenger railroads. FRA uses the
information collected to verify that
railroads do not require or allow their
employees to exceed maximum on-duty
periods and ensure that they abide by
minimum off-duty periods, and adhere
to other limitations, to enhance rail
safety and reduce the risk of accidents/
incidents caused, or contributed to, by
train employee fatigue.
In this 60-day notice, FRA is updating
existing form FRA F 6180.3 Hours of
Service Report to make the following
edits:
• The term ‘‘Division’’ has been
changed to ‘‘Place of Excess Service
(City/State)’’.
• Changing ‘‘Train or Engine Number
(if train or engine crew)’’ to ‘‘Train ID/
Job ID’’.
• ‘‘Type of Service’’ has been updated
by adding the following check boxes:
‘‘TEY’’; ‘‘Signal’’; ‘‘Dispatch’’
(respondent will check one box to reflect
the type of service being performed at
the time of excess service).

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• The column, ‘‘Conservative Time
Off Duty in Preceding 23-Hour Period’’
has been updated to ‘‘Previous Time
Off’’.
• Changing the term ‘‘Cause’’ to
‘‘Brief Description of Excess Service’’.
Additionally, FRA made multiple
adjustments that increased the
previously approved burden hours from
1,283,507 to 1,284,832 hours. This
increase, after a thorough review, is the
result of the changes described in the
following sections summarized below:
• Under § 228.19, Monthly reports of
excess service, FRA determined that the
annual submissions of form FRA F
6180.3, Exception Report, would
increase the burden hours by 567 hours
and 567 responses.

• Under §§ 228.103 and 228.107,
Construction of employees’ sleeping
quarters—Petition request, FRA
anticipates receiving zero petitions over
the next three-year collection period.
Accordingly, the burden hours were
reduced by 48 hours.
• Under § 228.207, Refresher training,
and § 228.411, Training programs on
fatigue and related topics, FRA made
burden estimate adjustments that more
accurately reflect the number of
responses and estimated average time
required by each section, increasing the
burden by 6 hours.
• Under § 228.407(f), Consultation
with directly affected employees, FRA
has determined that this requirement is

not covered under the System Safety
Program (SSP). Therefore, an estimated
800 burden hours has been added to this
section.
Overall, the adjustments increased the
total burden by 1,325 hours.
Type of Request: Extension without
change (with changes in estimates) of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses (railroads
and signal contractors).
Form(s): FRA F 6180.3.
Respondent Universe: 797 railroads,
signal contractors and subcontractors.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.

REPORTING BURDEN
CFR Part 228 section

Respondent universe

Total annual responses

Average time per
response
(hours)

Total annual
burden hours

Total cost
equivalent U.S.D

(A)

(B)

(A * B = C)

(D = C * wage
rate) 1

SUBPART B—Records and Reporting
228.9—Railroad records; general .......................

The burden for this requirement is accounted for under § 228.11.

228.11—Hours of duty records (electronic and
paper).

797 Railroads signal
contractors & subcontractors.

228.17—Dispatchers record of train movements

63 dispatch offices .......

228.19(g) through (h)—Monthly reports of excess service—Exception (FRA F 6180.3).

797 Railroads signal
contractors & subcontractors.

17,448,669 electronic ..

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

872,433.45

$77,759,993.40

918,351 paper ..............
285,000 cumulative
train-movement tracking (records).
2,317 reports ................

8 minutes .....................
1 ...................................

122,446.80
285,000

10,913,683.28
25,402,050.00

1 ...................................

2,317

206,514.21

SUBPART C—Construction of Railroad-Provided Sleeping Quarters
228.103 and 228.107—Construction of employees’ sleeping quarters—Petition request to
FRA to allow construction near work areas.

FRA anticipates zero petition submissions over the next three-year period.

SUBPART D—Electronic Recordkeeping System and Automated Recordkeeping system
228.207(b)—Training—Initial training—New employees and supervisors.
—(c) Refresher training—System audits for
irregularities by railroads and contractors.

671 railroads ................

250 training records .....

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

8

713.04

797 railroads/signal
contractors & subcontractors.

797 audits and records

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

1,594

142,073.22

SUBPART F—Substantive Hours of Service Requirements for Train Employees Engaged in Commuter or Intercity Rail Passenger Transportation

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228.407(a)—Analysis of work schedules—Railroads’ analysis of one cycle of work schedules of employees engaged in commuter or
intercity passenger transportation.
—(b) Submissions of certain work schedules and any fatigue mitigation plans,
(FMP) and determinations of operational
necessity or declarations.
—(b) Submissions to FRA for review and
approval.

36 railroads ..................

3 analyses ....................

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

6

534.78

36 railroads ..................

3 fatigue mitigation
plans.

20 .................................

60

5,347.80

36 railroads ..................

1 submission ................

1 ...................................

1

89.13

1

89.13

—(c) Submission of models for FRA approval; validated models already accepted by FRA.

FRA anticipates zero submissions under this requirement over the next three-year period.

—(d) Analysis of certain later changes in
work schedules—Analyses and mitigation
plans—Resubmission to FRA for approval.

36 railroads ..................

—(e) Fatigue mitigation plans ......................

The paperwork burden for this requirement has been fulfilled by railroads or included under § 228.407(b)–(d).

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REPORTING BURDEN—Continued
CFR Part 228 section

Respondent universe

—(f) RR Consultation with directly affected
employees on: (i) RR Work schedules at
risk for fatigue level possibly compromising safety; and (ii) Railroad’s selection
of fatigue mitigation tools; and (iii) All RR
Submissions required by this section
seeking FRA approval.

36 railroads ..................

Average time per
response
(hours)

Total annual
burden hours

Total cost
equivalent U.S.D

(A)

(B)

(A * B = C)

(D = C * wage
rate) 1

20 .................................

40 .................................

800.00

71,304.00

228.409—Requirements for railroad-provided
employee sleeping quarters during interim releases and other periods available for rest
within a duty tour.

The paperwork burden for requirement is included under§ 228.407(f).

228.411—Training programs on fatigue and related topics (e.g., rest, alertness, changes in
rest cycles, etc.)..
—(e) Records of training on fatigue and related topics.
228.411(f)—Conditional exclusion—Written declaration to FRA by tourist, scenic, historic, or
excursion railroads seeking exclusion.

36 railroads ..................

36 .................................

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

72

6,417.36

36 railroads ..................

5,539 ............................

1 minute .......................

92

8,199.96

93 railroads ..................

1 ...................................

1 ...................................

1

89.13

797 railroads signal
contractors & subcontractors.

18,660,988 ...................

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

1,284,832

114,517,098

Totals 2 ..................................................

Total Estimated Annual Responses:
18,660,988.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
1,284,832 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour
Dollar Cost Equivalent: $114,517,098.
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. 2024–25565 Filed 11–1–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2024–0006]

Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).

AGENCY:

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Total annual responses

1 The dollar equivalent cost is derived from the
2023 Surface Transportation Board Full Year Wage
A&B data series using employee group 200
(Professional Administrative Staff) hourly wage rate
of $50.93. The total burden wage rate (straight time
plus 75%) used in the table is $89.13 ($50.93 × 1.75
= $89.13).
2 Totals may not add up due to rounding.

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Notice of information collection;
request for comment.

ACTION:

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 January
3, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed ICR
should be submitted on regulations.gov
to the docket, Docket No. FRA–2024–
0006. 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–NEW) in
any correspondence submitted. FRA
will summarize comments received in
response to this notice in a subsequent
notice, made available to the public, and
include them in its information
collection submission to OMB for
approval.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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:
SUMMARY:

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joanne.swafford@dot.gov or telephone:
(757) 897–9908.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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, comments received will
advance three objectives: (1) reduce

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