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Date Filed: September 28, 2009.
Parties: Members of the International
Air Transport Association.
Subject:
TC31 North & Central Pacific.
TC3—Central America, South America.
Expedited Resolution 002bj.
(Memo 0495).
Intended Effective Date: November 1,
2009.
Docket Number: DOT–OST–2009–
0236.
Date Filed: September 29, 2009.
Parties: Members of the International
Air Transport Association.
Subject:
TC123 Mid Atlantic.
Expedited Resolution 002bk (Memo
0453).
Intended Effective Date: November 1,
2009.
Docket Number: DOT–OST–2009–
0237.
Date Filed: September 29, 2009.
Parties: Members of the International
Air Transport Association.
Subject:
TC123 North Atlantic (except between
USA and Korea, Rep. of, Malaysia).
Expedited Resolution 002bg.
(Memo 0452).
Intended Effective Date: November 1,
2009.
Docket Number: DOT–OST–2009–
0238.
Date Filed: September 29, 2009.
Parties: Members of the International
Air Transport Association.
Subject:
TC123 North Atlantic between USA and
Korea, Rep. of Malaysia.
Expedited Resolution 002bg.
(Memo 0451).
Intended Effective Date: November 1,
2009.
Barbara J. Hairston,
Supervisory Dockets Officer, Docket
Operations, Alternate Federal Register
Liaison.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Innovative Technology
Administration

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[Docket Number RITA–2008–0002]

Notice of Request for Approval To
Continue To Collect New Information:
Confidential Close Call Reporting
System
AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS), Research and
Innovative Technology Administration

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(RITA), U.S. Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
this notice announces that the Bureau of
Transportation Statistics (BTS) intends
to request the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) renew the information
collection request for the Close Calls
project. This data collection effort is in
support of a five-year research study
aiming at improving rail safety by
analyzing information on close calls and
other unsafe occurrences in the rail
industry. The ongoing research study is
conducted by the Office of Human
Factors in the Federal Railroad
Administration and is designed to
identify safety issues and propose
corrective actions based on voluntary
reports of close calls submitted to BTS.
This collection is necessary because
data on close calls are not normally
reported to the railroad carriers or the
Federal Railroad Administration.
Continuous data collection for this
research project is necessary to develop
trends about rail safety and to improve
railroad safety on an ongoing basis.
DATES: Comments must be received by
December 21, 2009.

You can mail or handdeliver comments to the U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT),
Docket Management Facility (DMF).
You may submit your comments by mail
to the Docket Clerk, Docket No. RITA–
2008–0002, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave.,
SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Comments should identify the docket
number; paper comments should be
submitted in duplicate. The DMF 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–2008–0002.’’ 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

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comments to the DMF at (202) 493–
2251.
If you wish to file comments using the
Internet, you may use the Web site
http://www.regulations.gov. Please
follow the instructions for submitting an
electronic comment. You can also
review comments on-line at the same
Web site http://www.regulations,gov.
Please note that anyone is able to
electronically search all comments
received into our docket management
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 Department’s
Privacy Policy at http://www.dot.gov/
Privacy.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Demetra V. Collia, E–36, Room 314,
Bureau of Transportation Statistics,
Research and Innovative Technology
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave.,
SE., Washington, DC 20590; (202) 366–
1610; FAX No. (202) 366–3676;
e-mail:[email protected].
Data Confidentiality Provisions: The
confidentiality of Close Calls data 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 nonidentifying 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 close call reports.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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
continue an information collection
activity. BTS is seeking OMB approval
for the following BTS information
collection activity:
Title: Confidential Close Call
Reporting System.
OMB Control Number: 2139– 0010.
Type of Review: Approval to continue
to collect new information: Confidential
Close Call Reporting System (C3RS).
Respondents: Employees of selected
(pilot) railroad sites.
Number of Respondents: 4,000 (per
annum).

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Estimated Time per Response: 0.50
hours.
Frequency: Intermittent for
approximately three (3) years. (Reports
are submitted when there is a qualifying
event, i.e., a close call occurs within a
pilot site. The frequency of such an
event is estimated to be two per day.)
Total Annual Burden: 365.00 hours.
II. Background
Continuing to collect data on the
Nation’s transportation system is an
important component of the BTS
responsibility to the transportation
community and is authorized in BTS
statutory authority (49 USC 111(c)(1)
and (2) and 49 USC 111(c)(5) (j)). BTS
and FRA share a common interest in
promoting rail safety based on better
data. To that end, FRA’s Office of
Research and Development is
sponsoring the Confidential Close Call
Reporting System (C3RS) Demonstration
Project to investigate the effectiveness of
such a data collection system in
improving rail safety. The data
collection phase of this study was
initiated in February, 2009 and is
scheduled to continue for
approximately 3 more years.
A close call represents a situation in
which an ongoing sequence of events
was stopped from developing further,
preventing the occurrence of potentially
serious safety-related 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.)
Employees involved in a close call are
asked to fill out a questionnaire and
mail it to BTS. Blank forms of the
questionnaire will be made available on
the Web for download and at the
employees work site. The respondent is
asked to provide information such as:
(1) Name and contact information; (2)
time and location of the close call event;
(3) a short description of the event; (4)
contributing factors to the close call;
and (5) any other information that might
be useful in determining a root cause of
such event.
BTS collects close call reports
submitted by railroad employees and
protects the confidentiality of these data
through its own statute (49 U.S.C.
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Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act
of 2002 (CIPSEA). In addition, BTS is
developing an analytical database
containing the reported data and other
pertinent information to determine root
causes of frequently reported close calls.
The database is a valuable tool to
railroad carriers and the FRA in their
effort to identify safety issues and
provide corrective measures before an
accident occurs.
Voluntary reporting of close calls to a
confidential system can provide a tool
to identify and correct weaknesses in
railroad safety systems before an
accident actually occurs. The C3RS
demonstration project offers a
voluntary, cooperative, non-punitive
environment to communicate safety
concerns. Through the analysis of close
calls the FRA and the railroad
community receive information about
factors that may contribute to unsafe
events and the error recovery
mechanisms that prevented an adverse
consequence from occurring. Such
information is used to develop new
training programs, identify root causes
of potentially adverse events, assess risk
and allocate resources to address those
risks more efficiently. In addition, the
database provides rail safety researchers
with valuable information regarding
precursors to safety risks and
contributes to research and
development of intervention programs
aimed at preventing accidents and
fatalities.
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 October 15,
2009.
Steven D. Dillingham,
Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics,
Research and Innovative Technology
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To
Release Airport Property at the
Punxsutawney Municipal Airport,
Punxsutawney, PA
AGENCY: Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) DOT.
ACTION: Notice of request to release
airport property.
SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and
invite public comment on the release of
land at the Punxsutawney Municipal
Airport, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
under the provisions of Section 47125(a)
of Title 49 United States Code (U.S.C.).
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before November 20, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this
application may be mailed or delivered
to the following address: Ricky Young,
Manager, Punxsutawney Municipal
Airport Authority, 500 Chestnut Street,
Punxsutawney, PA 15767, and at the
FAA Harrisburg Airports District Office:
Lori K. Pagnanelli, Manager, Harrisburg
Airports District Office, 3905 Hartzdale
Dr., Suite 508, Camp Hill, PA 17011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori
B.R. Ledebohm, Planner, Harrisburg
Airports District Office location listed
above.
The request to release property may
be reviewed in person at this same
location.

The FAA
invites public comment on the request
to release property at the Punxsutawney
Municipal Airport under the provisions
of Section 47125(a) of Title 49 U.S.C.
On July 28, 2009, the FAA and the
Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation Bureau of Aviation
determined that the request to release
property at the Punxsutawney
Municipal Airport submitted by the
Punxsutawney Municipal Airport
Authority (Authority) met the
procedural requirements.
The following is a brief overview of
the request:
The Punxsutawney Municipal Airport
Authority requests the release of
30.4248 acres of non-aeronautical
airport property to Frank M. Amundson
and Mary Ann Amundson. The property
was acquired without Federal
participation and is currently vacant.
The property is located on the Easterly
corner of Ridgmont Road and Clawson
Street. The purpose of this release is to
allow the Punxsutawney Municipal
Airport Authority (Authority) to
exchange the subject land that does not

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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