ENS NPRM Supplementary Supporting Document

SUPPLEMENTARY SUPPORTING DOCUMENT

EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS NPRM

OMB No. 2130-NEW (Program Changes)

CFR Section/Subject	Respondent Universe	Total Annual Responses	Average Time per Response	Total Annual Burden Hours
234.303(b) – Report to ENS - Unsafe Condition at Highway-Rail Crossing 234.303(c)-Report to ENS Service - Unsafe Condition at Pathway Grade Crossing	594 railroads 594 railroads	63,891 reports 1,860 reports	1 minute 1 minute	1,065 hours 155 hours

234.305 (a) - Reported Malfunction of Warning System at Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Necessitating Immediate Contact by Dispatching RR of All Train Authorized to Operate through That Crossing - Contact of Crossing Maintenance Railroad by Dispatching Railroad - (b) Other Report of Warning System Malfunction at Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Necessitating Immediate Contact by Dispatching RR of All Trains Authorized to Operate Through That Crossing - Other Report of Warning System Malfunction at Highway-rail Grade Crossing Necessitating Prompt Contact by Dispatching RR of Law Enforcement Agency to Direct Traffic/Maintain Safety - (2) Other Report of Warning System Malfunction at Highway-rail Grade Crossing Necessitating Immediate Contact by Dispatching RR of All Trains Authorized to Operate Through That Crossing - Dispatching RR Contact of Law Enforcement Authority to Direct Traffic/Maintain Safety - Dispatching RR Contact of Maintaining RR re: Malfunction	594 railroads 594 railroads 594 railroads 594 railroads 594 railroads 594 railroads 594 railroads	465 contacts 465 contacts 925 contacts 925 contacts 920 contacts 920 contacts 920 contacts	1 minute 1 minute 1 minute 1 minute 1 minute 1 minute 1 minute	8 hours 8 hours 15 hours 15 hours 15 hours 15 hours 15 hours
234.305(c)(1) – Report of Warning System Failure at Pathway Grade Crossing and Need of Dispatching RR to Contact All Trains Operating Through It - Report of Warning System Failure at Pathway Grade Crossing and Need of Dispatching RR to Contact Law Enforcement Agencies -(d) Dispatching RR Contact of All Trains Operating Through Highway-rail or Pathway Grade Crossing Upon Receiving Report of Disabled Vehicle or Other Obstruction - Dispatching RR Contact of Law Enforcement Authority Upon Receiving Report of Disabled Vehicle or Other Obstruction - (h) Maintaining RR Provision of Contact Information to Dispatching RR	594 railroads 594 railroads 594 railroads 594 railroads 594 railroads	2 contacts 2 contacts 2,556 contacts 2,556 contacts 10 contacts	1 minute 1 minute 1 minute 1 minute 1 minute	.03333 hour .03333 hour 43 hours 43 hours .1667 hour
234.307 – 3rd Party Telephone Service - RR Contact Information to Service - RR Notification to FRA of Use of Service - 3rd Party Notification to RR of Report Pursuant to section 234.303	594 railroads 594 railroads 50 third parties	50 contacts 50 letters 100 contacts	15 minutes 60 minutes 1 minute	13 hours 50 hours 2 hours
234.309(a) - ENS Signs – General - Provision of ENS Telephone Number to Maintaining RR by Dispatching RR -(b) ENS Signs Located at Highway-Rail or Pathway Grade Crossings as required by section 234.311 with Necessary Information to Receive Reports Required under section 234.303	594 railroads 594 railroads	10 contacts 422,802 signs	30 minutes 15 minutes	5 hours 105,701 hrs.
234.313 – Recordkeeping - Records of Reported Unsafe Conditions Pursuant to Section 234.303	594 railroads	186,000 records	4 minutes	12,400 hours

NOTE: The above (detailed) information collection requirements associated with the ENS proposed rule are all new and thus, by definition, are program changes. The total number of responses requested for this new information collection submission is 685,249 and the total number of burden hours requested is 225,144.