PHOS Supplementary Supporting Document

SUPPLEMENTARY SUPPORTING DOCUMENT

PASSENGER HOURS OF SERVICE NPRM

OMB No. 2130-0005 (Summary)

49 CFR Section or Statutory Provision	Respondent Universe	Total Annual Responses	Average Time per Response	Total Annual Burden Hours
228.11 - Hours of Duty Records (Current Requirement)	768 railroads/signal contractors	27,429,750 records	2 min./5 min./10 min.	2,856,125 hours
228.17 – Dispatchers Record of Train Movements (Current Requirement)	150 Dispatch Offices	200,750 records	3 hours	602,250 hours
228.19 - Monthly Reports of Excess Service (Current Requirement But Now includes Limbo time and consecutive days on duty)	300 railroads	2,670 reports	2 hours	5,340 hours
228.103 - Construction of Employee Sleeping Quarters – Petitions to allow construction near work areas (Current Requirement)	50 railroads	1 petition	16 hours	16 hours
228.203 - Program Components (Current Requirements) – Electronic Recordkeeping – - Modifications for Daylight Savings Time -System Security/Individual User Identification/Program Logic Capabilities/ Search Capabilities	9 railroads	5 modifica-tions 1 program with security/I.D./ program logic & search capability	120 hours 720 hours	600 hours 720 hours
228.205 - Access to Electronic Records – (Current Requirement) – System Access Procedures for Inspectors	768 railroads/signal contractors	100 electronic records access procedures	30 minutes	50 hours
228.207 – Training in Use of Electronic System – (Current Requirements) – Initial Training – Refresher Training	768 railroads/signal contractors 768 railroads/signal contractors	47,000 train. employees 2,200 train. Employees	1 hour 1 hour	47,000 hours 2,200 hours
49 U.S.C. 21102(b) – The Federal hours of service laws - Petitions for Exemption from Laws (Current Requirement)	10 railroads	2 petitions	10 hours	20 hours
228.403 – Exemption (New Requirements) – Commuter/Passenger Railroad Requests -Tourist/Excursion RR Requests -Tourist/Excursion RR Annual Renewal Exemption Requests	28 railroads 140 railroads 140 railroads	5 exemption requests 130 requests 130 requests	8 hours 2 hours 30 minutes	40 hours 260 hours 65 hours
228.407 – Analysis of Work Schedules; Submissions; FRA Review and Approval of Submissions; Fatigue Mitigation Plans (New Requirements) - Reports to FRA of Work Schedules That Exceed Fatigue Threshold - Fatigue Mitigation Plans Submitted to FRA - Submission of Work Schedules Using Validation Model At/Exceeding Threshold That Can Be Mitigated by Mitigation Tools - Submission of Work Schedules Using Validation Model At/Exceeding Threshold That Cannot Be Mitigated by Mitigation Tools and Determined to Be Operationally Necessary by RR - RR Determinations -RR Declaration That No Work Schedules Need to Be Submitted to FRA For Exceeding Fatigue Threshold -Submission of Follow-up Analysis by RR Due to Work Schedule Change - Updated Fatigue Mitigation Plans - RR Consultation with Employees and Employee Organizations on Work Schedules Found to be at High Risk Fatigue Level and Mitigation Tools and All RR Submissions to FRA - Filed Statements w/FRA by Employees and Employee Organizations Unable to Reach Consensus on Work Schedules or Mitigation Tools or RR FRA Submissions	168 railroads 168 railroads 168 railroads 168 railroads 168 railroads 168 railroads 168 railroads 168 railroads 168 railroads 168 railroads RR Employees/ Employee Organizations	28 analyses 20 reports 15 plans 15 schedules 5 schedules 20 decisions 10 statements 28 analyses 28 plans 40 consults 5 statements	80 hours 2 hours 4 hours 4 hours 4 hours 2 hours 1 hour 4 hours 4 hours 4 hours 2 hours	2,240 hours 40 hours 60 hours 60 hours 20 hours 40 hours 10 hours 112 hours 112 hours 160 hours 10 hours
228.411 – Training – (New Requirements) – Development of Training Programs - Employee Initial Training - Initial Training – New Employees - Triennial Refresher Training - Records	168 railroads 168 railroads 168 railroads 168 railroads 168 railroads	29 programs 10,000 tr. employees 150 empl. 10,150 empl. 10,150 rcds.	20 hours 1 hour 1 hour 15 minutes 5 minutes	580 hours 10,000 hours 150 hours 2,538 hours 846 hours
Appendix D: Guidance on Fatigue Management Plans – (New Requirement)	90 railroads	4 plans	15 hours	60 hours

Note No. 1: There is one adjustment above under § 228.11. This one adjustment decreased the burden by 193,085 hours from the last approved submission. Program changes resulting from revised § 228.19 increased the burden by 60 hours and program changes resulting from the new requirements under Subpart F of Part 228 (§ 228.403 to Appendix D) increased the burden by 17,403 hours. Total program changes increased the burden by 17,463 hours. Overall, the one adjustment and the numerous program changes decreased the burden by 175,622 hours from the last approved submission.

Note No. 2: The previously approved burden total for this information collection is 3,707,346 hours. Total requested burden hours above for this revised submission amount to 3,531,724 hours. The burden for current requirements amounts to 3,514,321 hours. The burden for new requirements amounts to 17,403 hours.