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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Instrumented On-Road Study of
Motorcycle Riders.
Type of Request: New information
collection request.
Abstract: Motorcycle crashes and
fatalities have become a rapidly
escalating traffic safety problem on our
Nation’s roads. In 2010, 4,502
motorcyclists were killed in the United
States, which is more than double the
2,106 motorcyclist fatalities that
occurred when fatalities reached a low
in 1997. Motorcycles made up 3% of the
registered vehicles in the United States
in 2010 but motorcyclists accounted for
14% of the total traffic fatalities.
Knowledge of both how riders
successfully avoid crashes and of
behaviors that correlate with and
contribute to crash risk is crucial to
developing effective countermeasures to
reduce motorcycle crashes and fatalities.
Data describing actual events are
difficult to collect. Riders and law
enforcement officers are not always
aware of what caused a crash after the
fact. It is even more difficult to identify
behavioral factors associated with safe
riding, and the actions of riders during
evasive maneuvers that did not result in
a police-reportable crash. Studies using
instrumented vehicles to collect data on
the real-world driving of passenger car
and truck drivers have provided
unprecedented information describing
actual events occurring for drivers as
they negotiate the roadway system. The
goal of this study is to collect similar
data from motorcycle operators using
instrumented motorcycles.
The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) will be
conducting on-road instrumented
vehicle data collection with a total of
160 motorcycle riders to examine
motorcycle riders’ behaviors as they
typically ride. Volunteers will be
recruited to have their motorcycles
outfitted for one year with
instrumentation such as cameras, GPS,
and accelerometers that will capture
data on normal riding behavior
whenever their motorcycles are ridden.
Before participating in the on-road
portion of the study, participating
motorcycle riders will be asked to
complete intake questionnaires that will
ask about their demographics, riding
history, self-reported behavior, and
perceptions. After completing the onroad study, participants will be asked to
complete a short debriefing
questionnaire that will focus on their
experiences riding with the
instrumentation in the past year. This
subjective data will be combined with
the objective data from the
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behavior to help NHTSA develop a
better understanding of if a rider’s
demographic characteristics, riding
history, self-reported behavior, and
perceptions are linked to his or her
behavior on the road.
Affected Public: Participation in the
study will be voluntary. Each of the 160
participants in the on-road
instrumented motorcycle portion of the
study will be asked to complete intake
questionnaires, capturing demographic
characteristics, riding history, selfreported behavior, and perceptions,
during his or her instrumentation
session and to complete a debriefing
questionnaire as the instrumentation is
being removed from his or her
motorcycle one year later.
Estimated Total Burden: The intake
questionnaires are estimated to take 75
minutes to complete, and the debriefing
questionnaire is estimated to last 15
minutes. Intake questionnaires will be
completed during the time when the
respondent’s motorcycle is being
instrumented, and the debriefing
questionnaire will be completed while
the instrumentation is being removed
from the respondent’s motorcycle after
the one-year period of on-road data
collection. This results in an estimated
burden of 200 hours of burden for the
intake questionnaires (160 respondents
× 75 minutes), and 40 hours of burden
for the debriefing questionnaires (160
respondents × 15 minutes).
The total estimated information
collection burden for this project is 240
hours over one year: 200 hours for the
intake questionnaires and 40 hours for
the debriefing interviews. The
respondents will not incur any recordkeeping burden or record-keeping cost
from the information collection.
Comments are invited on the
following: (i) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (ii) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection; (iii)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (iv) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
A comment to OMB is most effective
if OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).

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Issued on: May 7, 2012.
Jeff Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and
Program Development.
[FR Doc. 2012–11338 Filed 5–9–12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
Information Collection Activities
AGENCY:

Surface Transportation Board,

DOT.
30-Day notice and request for
comments.

ACTION:

As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
(PRA), the Surface Transportation Board
(Board) gives notice that it is requesting
from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) reinstatement without
change of the seven previously
approved collections described below.
Comments are requested concerning
each collection as to (1) whether the
particular collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Board, including
whether the collection has practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the Board’s
burden estimates; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, when
appropriate.
DATES: Written comments are due on
June 11, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be identified as ‘‘Paperwork Reduction
Act Comments, Surface Transportation
Board,’’ and should refer to the title of
the specific collection(s) commented
upon. These comments should be
directed to the Office of Management
and Budget, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Patrick
Fuchs, Surface Transportation Board
Desk Officer, by fax at (202) 395–5167;
by mail at Room 10235, 725 17th Street
NW., Washington, DC 20500; or by
email at
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or copies of the
information collection(s) send your
request to
[email protected]
or call Paul Aguiar at (202) 245–0323.
[Federal Information Relay Service
SUMMARY:

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(FIRS) for the hearing impaired: (800)
877–8339.]
Subjects: In this notice the Board is
requesting that comments be sent to
OMB on the following information
collections:
Collection Number 1
Title: Class I Railroad Annual Report.
OMB Control Number: 2140–0009.
Form Number: R1.
Type of Review: Reinstatement
without change of previously approved
collection.
Respondents: Class I railroads.
Number of Respondents: 7.
Estimated Time per Response: No
more than 800 hours, based on
information provided by the railroad
industry during the 1990’s. This
estimate includes time spent reviewing
instructions; searching existing data
sources; gathering and maintaining the
data needed; completing and reviewing
the collection of information; and
converting the data from the carrier’s
individual accounting system to the
Board’s Uniform System of Accounts
(USOA), which ensures that the
information will be presented in a
consistent format across all reporting
railroads, see 49 U.S.C. 11141–43,
11161–64, 49 CFR 1200–1201.
Frequency of Response: Annual.
Total Annual Hour Burden: No more
than 5,600 hours.
Total Annual ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’
Cost: No ‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens
associated with this collection have
been identified.
Needs and Uses: Annual reports are
required to be filed by Class I railroads
under 49 U.S.C. 11145. The reports
show operating expenses and operating
statistics of the carriers. Operating
expenses include costs for right-of-way
and structures, equipment, train and
yard operations, and general and
administrative expenses. Operating
statistics include such items as carmiles, revenue-ton-miles, and gross tonmiles. The reports are used by the
Board, other Federal agencies, and
industry groups to monitor and assess
railroad industry growth, financial
stability, traffic, and operations, and to
identify industry changes that may
affect national transportation policy.
Information from this report is also
entered into the Board’s Uniform Rail
Costing System (URCS), which is a cost
measurement methodology. URCS,
which was developed by the Board
pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 11161, is used as
a tool in rail rate proceedings, in
accordance with 49 U.S.C. 10707(d), to
calculate the variable costs associated
with providing a particular service. The
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effectively carry out other of its
regulatory responsibilities, including:
Acting on railroad requests for authority
to engage in Board-regulated financial
transactions such as mergers,
acquisitions of control, and
consolidations, see 49 U.S.C. 11323–
11324; analyzing the information that
the Board obtains through the annual
railroad industry waybill sample, see 49
CFR 1244; measuring off-branch costs in
railroad abandonment proceedings, in
accordance with 49 CFR 1152.32(n);
developing the ‘‘rail cost adjustment
factors,’’ in accordance with 49 U.S.C.
10708; and conducting investigations
and rulemakings.
Information from certain schedules
contained in these reports is compiled
and published on the Board’s Web site,
http://www.stb.dot.gov. Information in
these reports is not available from any
other source.
Collection Number 2
Title: Quarterly Report of Revenues,
Expenses, and Income—Railroads (Form
RE&I).
OMB Control Number: 2140–0013.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Reinstatement
without change of previously approved
collection.
Respondents: Class I railroads.
Number of Respondents: 7.
Estimated Time per Response: 6
hours.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly.
Total Annual Hour Burden: 168
hours.
Total Annual ‘‘Non Hour Burden’’
Cost: No ‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens
associated with this collection have
been identified.
Needs and Uses: This collection is a
report of railroad operating revenues,
operating expenses and income items; it
is a profit and loss statement, disclosing
net railway operating income on a
quarterly and year-to-date basis for the
current and prior years. See 49 CFR
1243.1. The Board uses the information
in this report to ensure competitive,
efficient, and safe transportation
through general oversight programs that
monitor and forecast the financial and
operating condition of railroads, and
through regulation of railroad rate and
service issues and rail restructuring
proposals, including railroad mergers,
consolidations, acquisitions of control,
and abandonments. Information from
these reports is used by the Board, other
Federal agencies, and industry groups to
monitor and assess industry growth and
operations, detect changes in carrier
financial stability, and identify trends
that may affect the national
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information from these reports is
compiled by the Board in our quarterly
Selected Earnings Data Report, which is
published on the Board’s Web site,
http://www.stb.dot.gov. The information
contained in these reports is not
available from any other source.
Collection Number 3
Title: Quarterly Condensed Balance
Sheet—Railroads (Form CBS).
OMB Control Number: 2140–0014.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Reinstatement
without change of previously approved
collection.
Respondents: Class I railroads.
Number of Respondents: 7.
Estimated Time per Response: 6
hours.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly.
Total Annual Hour Burden: 168
hours.
Total Annual ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’
Cost: No ‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens
associated with this collection have
been identified.
Needs and Uses: This collection
shows the balance (quarterly and
cumulative) for the current and prior
year of the carrier’s assets and liabilities,
gross capital expenditures, and revenue
tons carried. See 49 CFR 1243.2. The
Board uses the information in this
report to ensure competitive, efficient,
and safe transportation through general
oversight programs that monitor and
forecast the financial and operating
condition of railroads, and through
specific regulation of railroad rate and
service issues and rail restructuring
proposals, including railroad mergers,
consolidations, acquisitions of control,
and abandonments. Information from
these reports is used by the Board, other
Federal agencies, and industry groups to
assess industry growth and operations,
detect changes in carrier financial
stability, and identify trends that may
affect the national transportation
system. Revenue ton-miles, which are
reported in these reports, are compiled
and published by the Board in its
quarterly Selected Earnings Data Report,
which is published on the Board’s Web
site, http://www.stb.dot.gov. The
information contained in these reports
is not available from any other source.
Collection Number 4
OMB Control Number: 2140–0004.
Title: Report of Railroad Employees,
Service and Compensation (Wage Forms
A and B).
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Reinstatement
without change of previously approved
collection.
Respondents: Class I railroads.

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Number of Respondents: 7.
Estimated Time per Response: No
more than 30 hours per quarterly report
and 40 hours per annual summation.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly,
with an annual summation.
Total Annual Hour Burden: No more
than 1120 hours.
Total Annual ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’
Cost: No ‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens
associated with this collection have
been identified.
Needs and Uses: This collection
shows the number of employees, service
hours, and compensation, by employee
group (e.g., executive, professional,
maintenance-of-way and equipment,
and transportation), of the reporting
railroads. See 49 CFR 1245. The
information is used by the Board to
forecast labor costs and measure the
efficiency of the reporting railroads. The
information is also used by the Board to
evaluate proposed regulated
transactions that may impact rail
employees, including mergers and
consolidations, acquisitions of control,
purchases, and abandonments. Other
Federal agencies and industry groups,
including the Railroad Retirement
Board, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and
Association of American Railroads, use
the information contained in the reports
to monitor railroad operations. Certain
information from these reports is
compiled and published on the Board’s
Web site, http://www.stb.dot.gov. The
information contained in these reports
is not available from any other source.
Collection Number 5
Title: Monthly Report of Number of
Employees of Class I Railroads (Wage
Form C).
OMB Control Number: 2140–0007.
Form Number: STB Form 350.
Type of Review: Reinstatement
without change of previously approved
collection.
Respondents: Class I railroads.
Number of Respondents: 7.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.25
hours.
Frequency of Response: Monthly.
Total Annual Hour Burden: 105
hours.
Total Annual ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’
Cost: No ‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens
associated with this collection have
been identified.
Needs and Uses: This collection
shows, for each reporting carrier, the
average number of employees at midmonth in the six job-classification
groups that encompass all railroad
employees. See 49 CFR 1246. The
information is used by the Board to
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information is also used by the Board to
evaluate the impact on rail employees of
proposed regulated transactions,
including mergers and consolidations,
acquisitions of control, purchases, and
abandonments. Other Federal agencies
and industry groups, including the
Railroad Retirement Board, Bureau of
Labor Statistics, and Association of
American Railroads, use the information
contained in these reports to monitor
railroad operations. Certain information
from these reports is compiled and
published on the Board’s Web site,
http://www.stb.dot.gov. The information
contained in these reports is not
available from any other source.
Collection Number 6
Title: Annual Report of Cars Loaded
and Cars Terminated.
OMB Control Number: 2140–0011.
Form Number: Form STB–54.
Type of Review: Reinstatement
without change of previously approved
collection.
Number of Respondents: 7.
Estimated Time per Response: 4
hours.
Frequency of Response: Annual.
Total Annual Hour Burden: 28 hours.
Total Annual ‘‘Non Hour Burden’’
Cost: No ‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens
associated with this collection have
been identified.
Needs and Uses: This collection
reports the number of cars loaded and
cars terminated on the reporting
carrier’s line. See 49 CFR 1247.
Information in this report is entered into
the Board’s URCS, the uses of which are
explained under Collection Number 1.
There is no other source for the
information contained in this report.
Collection Number 7
OMB Control Number: 2140–0001.
Title: Quarterly Report of Freight
Commodity Statistics (Form QCS).
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Reinstatement
without change of previously approved
collection.
Respondents: Class I railroads.
Number of Respondents: 7.
Estimated Time per Response: 217
hours.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly,
with an annual summation.
Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,076
hours annually.
Total Annual ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’
Cost: No ‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens
associated with this collection have
been identified.
Needs and Uses: This collection,
which is based on information
contained in carload waybills used by
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business, reports car loadings and total
revenues by commodity code for each
commodity that moved on the railroad
during the reporting period. See 49 CFR
1248. Information in this report is
entered into the Board’s URCS, the uses
of which are explained under Collection
Number 1. There is no other source for
the information contained in this report.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA, a Federal agency conducting or
sponsoring a collection of information
must display a currently valid OMB
control number. A collection of
information, which is defined in 44
U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c),
includes agency requirements that
persons submit reports, keep records, or
provide information to the agency, third
parties, or the public. Under the PRA
and 5 CFR 1320.8, an agency may not
conduct or sponsor, and a person is not
required to respond to, a collection of
information unless the collection
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. Section 3507(b) of the PRA
requires, concurrent with an agency’s
submitting a collection to OMB for
approval, a 30-day notice and comment
period through publication in the
Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information.
Dated: May 7, 2012.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2012–11272 Filed 5–9–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0701]

Agency Information Collection
Activities (Bereaved Family Member
Satisfaction Survey) Under OMB
Review
Veterans Health
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3521), this notice
announces that the Veterans Health
Administration (VHA), Department of
Veterans Affairs, will submit the
collection of information abstracted
below to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and comment.
The PRA submission describes the
nature of the information collection and
its expected cost and burden and

SUMMARY:

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