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Model No.
(# of Cylinders)

Serial numbers

P07A–4 PMI (105) ..

31650, 31651, 31652, 31653, 31654, 31655, 31656, 31657, 31658, 31659, 31660, 31661, 31662, 31663, 31664, 31665,
31666, 31667, 31668, 31669, 31670, 31671, 31672, 31673, 31674, 31675, 31676, 31677, 31678, 31679, 31680,
31681, 31682, 31683, 31684, 31685, 31686, 31687, 31688, 31689, 31690, 31691, 31692, 31693, 31694, 31695,
31696, 31697, 31698, 31699, 31700, 31701, 31702, 31703, 31704, 31705, 31706, 31707, 31708, 31709, 31710,
31711, 31712, 31713, 31714, 31715, 31716, 31717, 31718, 31719, 31720, 31721, 31722, 31723, 31724, 31725,
31726, 31727, 31728, 31729, 31730, 31731, 31732, 31733, 31734, 31735, 31736, 31737, 31738, 31739, 31740,
31741, 31742, 31743, 31744, 31745, 31746, 31747, 31748, 31749, 31750, 31751, 31752, 31753, 31754
100234, 100235, 100236, 100237, 100238, 100239, 100240, 100241, 100242, 100243, 100244, 100246, 100247,
100248, 100249, 100250, 100251, 100252, 100253, 100254, 100255, 100256, 100258, 100259, 100260, 100261,
100262, 100263, 100264, 100265, 100266, 100267, 100268, 100269, 100270, 100271, 100272, 100273, 100274,
100275, 100276, 100514, 100515, 100517, 100519, 100520, 100521, 100522, 100523, 100525, 100527, 100528,
100529, 100530, 100531, 100532, 100534, 100535, 100536, 100537, 100538, 100539, 100540, 100541, 100542,
100543, 100546, 100547, 100548, 100550, 100551, 100552, 100553, 100554, 100555, 100556, 100557, 100558,
100559, 100560, 100561, 100562, 100563, 100564, 100565, 100566, 100567, 100568, 100569, 100570, 100571,
100572, 100573, 100574, 100575, 100576, 100577, 100578, 100579, 100580, 100581, 100582, 100583, 100584,
100585, 100586, 100587, 100588, 100589, 100590, 100591, 100592, 100593, 100594, 100595, 100597, 100598,
100599, 100600, 100601, 100602, 100603, 100604, 100605, 100606, 100607, 100608, 100609, 100610, 100611,
100612, 100613, 100614, 100616, 100617, 100618, 100619, 100620, 100621, 100622, 100623, 100624, 100625,
100626, 100627, 100628, 100629, 100630, 100631, 100632, 100633, 100634, 100635, 100636, 100637, 100638,
100639, 100640, 100641, 100642, 100643, 100644, 100645, 100646, 100647, 100649, 100650, 100651, 100652,
100653, 100654, 100655, 100656, 100657, 103005, 103016, 103018, 103026, 103028, 103045, 103052, 103055,
103056, 103067, 103069, 103070, 103074, 103120, 103180, 103219, 103227, 103234, 103261, 103271, 103290,
103310, 103335, 103342, 103391, 103399, 103412, 103563, 103571, 103572, 103573, 103615, 103626, 103665,
103666, 103675
123248, 123249
21974, 21976, 21977, 21980, 21981, 21985, 21986, 21992, 21993, 21995, 22078
6565, 6566, 6567, 6568, 6569, 6570, 6571, 6572, 6573, 6574, 6575, 6576, 6577, 6578, 6692, 6693, 6694, 6695, 6696,
6697, 6699, 6700, 6701, 6702, 6703, 6704, 6705, 6706, 6707, 6708, 6709, 6710, 6711, 6712, 6713, 6714, 6715
1621, 1622, 1623, 1624, 1625, 1626, 1627, 1628, 1629, 1630, 1631, 1632, 1633, 1634, 1635, 1636, 1637, 1639, 1640,
1641, 1642, 1643, 1644, 1645, 1646
2453, 2454, 2455, 2456, 2457, 2459, 2460, 2461, 2462, 2463, 2464, 2465, 2466, 2467, 2468, 2469, 2470, 2471, 2472,
2473, 2474, 2475, 2477, 2478, 2479, 2480, 2481, 2482, 2483, 2484, 2485, 2486, 2487, 2488, 2489, 2490, 2491, 2492,
2493, 2494, 2495, 2496, 2497, 2498, 2499, 2500, 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506, 2507, 2508

P08F–3 PMI (210) ..

P11F–2 PMI (2) ......
P12A–2 PMI (11) ....
T109A–1 GOODR
(37).
T112A–1 GOODR
(25).
T123–1 GOODR
(54).
Total Number
(3,859).

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 4, 2006.
Robert A. McGuire,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous
Materials Safety.
[FR Doc. E6–7047 Filed 5–9–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Innovative Technology
Administration
[Docket Number: RITA–2006–24715]

Notice of Request for Approval To
Collect New Information: Collection of
Data for Program Evaluation
Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS), Research and
Innovative Technology Administration
(RITA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: This notice announces that
the Bureau of Transportation Statistics
(BTS) intends to request the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve a data collection effort to
evaluate a five-year research program on
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near misses to improve safety in the rail
industry. The study is conducted by the
Office of Human Factors in the Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA) and is
designed to identify safety issues and
propose corrective actions based on
voluntary reports of close calls
submitted to BTS. Because of the
innovative nature of this program, the
FRA is implementing an evaluation to
determine whether the program is
succeeding, how it can be improved,
and what is needed to implement the
program through out the railroad
industry. This collection is necessary to
obtain the data needed to carry out the
evaluation. This notice is required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act.
DATES: Comments must be received by
July 10, 2006.
ADDRESSES: You can mail or handdeliver comments to the U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT),
Dockets Management System (DMS).
You may submit your comments by mail
or in person to the Docket Clerk, Docket
No. RITA–2006–24715, U.S. Department
of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street,
SW., Room PL–401, Washington, DC
20590–0001. Comments should identify
the docket number; paper comments

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should be submitted in duplicate. The
DMS is open for examination and
copying, at the above address, from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except federal holidays. If you wish to
receive confirmation of receipt of your
written comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped postcard with the
following statement: ‘‘Comments on
Docket RITA–2006–24715.’’ The Docket
Clerk will date stamp the postcard prior
to returning it to you via the U.S. mail.
Please note that due to delays in the
delivery of U.S. mail to Federal offices
in Washington, DC, we recommend that
persons consider an alternative method
(the Internet, fax, or professional
delivery service) to submit comments to
the docket and ensure their timely
receipt at U.S. DOT. You may fax your
comments to the DMS at (202) 493–
2251.
If you wish to file comments using the
Internet, you may use the DOT DMS
Web site at http://dms.dot.gov. Please
follow the online instructions for
submitting an electronic comment. You
can also review comments on-line at the
DMS Web site at http://dms.dot.gov.
Please Note that anyone is able to
electronically search all comments
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system by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the
comment if submitted on behalf of an
association, business, labor union, etc.).
You may review DOT’s complete
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal
Register published on April 11, 2000
(Volume 65, Number 70; pages 19477–
78) or you may review the Privacy Act
Statement at http://dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Demetra V. Collia, RTS 31, Room 3430,
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC
20590; (202) 366–1610; FAX NO. (202)
493–0568; e-mail:
[email protected].
Data Confidentiality Provisions: The
confidentiality of data collected by BTS
is protected under the BTS
confidentiality statute (49 U.S.C. 111 (k)
and the Confidential Information
Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act
(CIPSEA) of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–347, Title
V). In accordance with these
confidentiality statutes, only statistical
and non-identifying data will be made
publicly available through reports.
Further, BTS will not release to FRA or
any other public or private entity any
information that might reveal the
identity of individuals or organizations
mentioned in the collected survey data.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. The Data Collection
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35; as amended) and
5 CFR part 1320 require each Federal
agency to obtain OMB approval to
initiate an information collection
activity. BTS is seeking OMB approval
for the following BTS information
collection activity:
Title: Collection of Data for Program
Evaluation.
OMB Control Number: 2139–NEW.
Type of Review: Approval of data
collection.
Respondents: Employees of selected
(pilot) railroad sites.
Number of Respondents: 1,200 (per
annum).
Estimated Time per Response: 0.50
hours.
Frequency: The evaluation survey will
be conducted three times: (1) At the
onset of the Close Calls research
program (baseline); (2) two to three
years later; and (3) at the end of the
Close Calls research program (five to six
years from the baseline data collection.).
Total Annual Burden: 600 hours.
II. Background
Collecting data on the nation’s
transportation system is an important
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transportation community and is
authorized in BTS statutory authority
(49 U.S.C. 111(c)(1) and (2) and 49
U.S.C. 111(c)(5) (j)). Further, BTS and
FRA share a common interest in
promoting rail safety based on better
data. In recognition of the need for new
approaches to improving safety, the
FRA has initiated a research program
called the Confidential Close Call
Reporting System (C3RS). The C3RS is
designed to identify safety issues and
propose corrective actions based on
voluntary reports of close calls
submitted to BTS. A close call
represents a situation in which an
ongoing sequence of events was stopped
from developing further, preventing the
occurrence of potentially serious safetyrelated consequences. This might
include the following: (1) Events that
happen frequently, but have low safety
consequences; (2) events that happen
infrequently but have the potential for
high consequences (e.g., a train in dark
territory proceeds beyond its authority);
(3) events that are below the FRA
reporting threshold (e.g., an event that
causes a minor injury); and (4) events
that are reportable to FRA but have the
potential for a far greater accident than
the one reported (e.g., a slow speed
collision with minor damage to the
equipment and no injuries.)
BTS will collect close call reports
submitted by railroad employees,
develop an analytical database
containing the reported data and other
pertinent information, and protect the
confidentiality of these data through its
own statute (49 U.S.C. 111(i)) and the
Confidential Information Protection and
Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002
(CIPSEA). The operating assumption
behind C3RS is that by assuring
confidentiality, employees will report
events which, if dealt with, will
decrease the likelihood of accidents.
C3RS therefore has both a confidential
reporting component, and a problem
analysis/solution component. C3RS is
expected to affect safety in two ways.
First, it will lead to problem solving
concerning specific safety conditions.
Second, it will engender an
organizational culture and climate that
supports greater awareness of safety and
a greater cooperative willingness to
improve safety. BTS is seeking a
separate OMB approval for the
collection of close call reports (71 FR
24913, April 27, 2006) which does not
involve the evaluation of the reporting
system.
While C3RS has been developed and
is being implemented with the
participation of the FRA, railroad labor,
and railroad management, there are
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being implemented in the most effective
way, and whether it will have its
intended effect. Further, even if C3RS is
successful, it will be necessary to know
if it is successful enough to implement
on a wide scale. To address these
important questions, the FRA is
implementing a formative evaluation to
guide program development, a
summative evaluation to assess impact,
and a sustainability evaluation to
determine how C3RS can continue after
the test period is over. The evaluation
is needed to provide the FRA with
guidance as to how it can improve the
program, and how it might be scaled up
throughout the railroad industry.
Program evaluation is an inherently
data driven activity. Its basic tenet is
that as change is implemented, data can
be collected to track the course and
consequences of the change. Because of
the setting in which C3RS is being
implemented, that data must come from
the railroad employees (labor and
management) who may be affected.
Employees of selected railroad sites
(pilot sites) will be asked to fill out a
questionnaire which will be made
available to them at town hall meetings
and mail back to BTS. The evaluation
program questionnaire will request the
respondent to provide information such
as: (a) Beliefs about rail safety; (b) issues
and personal concerns related to
implementation of safety programs in
their work environment; (c) knowledge
and views on voluntary reporting of
unsafe events; and (d) opinions and
observations about the operation of
C3RS at their work site.
III. Request for Comments
BTS requests comments on any
aspects of these information collections,
including: (1) The accuracy of the
estimated burden; (2) ways to enhance
the quality, usefulness, and clarity of
the collected information; and (3) ways
to minimize the collection burden
without reducing the quality of the
information collected, including
additional use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 3, 2006.
William Bannister,
Acting Deputy Director, Bureau of
Transportation Statistics, Research and
Innovative Technology Administration.
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