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Abstract: Part 241 requires, in the
absence of a waiver, that all dispatching
of railroad operations that occurs in the
United States be performed in this
country, with a minor exception. A
railroad is allowed to conduct
extraterritorial dispatching from Mexico
or Canada in emergency situations, but
only for the duration of the emergency.
A railroad relying on the exception must
provide written notification of its action
to the FRA Regional Administrator of
each FRA region in which the railroad
operation occurs; such notification is
not required before addressing the
emergency situation. The information
collected under this rule will be used as
part of FRA’s oversight function to
ensure that extraterritorial dispatchers
comply with applicable safety
regulations.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Total Annual Estimated Burden
Hours: 8 hours.
Addressee: Send comments regarding
this information collection to the Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, 725
Seventeenth Street NW., Washington,
DC, 20503, Attention: FRA Desk Officer.
Comments may also be sent via email to
OMB at the following address: [email protected].
Comments are invited on the
following: Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Department, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; the accuracy of the
Department’s estimate of the burden of
the proposed information collection;
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and 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 best assured of
having its full effect if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register.

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Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December
22, 2011.
Michael Logue,
Acting Director, Office of Financial
Management, Federal Railroad
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
Information Collection Activities:
Submission for the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Request for Comment
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of
information collection and solicitation
of public comment.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 35), this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below will be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review. The ICR describes the nature of
the information collection and its
expected burden. A Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting public comments on the
following information collection was
published on June 13, 2011 (Federal
Register/Vol. 76, No. 113/pp. 34290–
34291).

SUMMARY:

Submit comments to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) on or
before January 30, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alan Block at the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, Office of
Behavioral Safety Research (NTI–131),
W46–499, Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. Mr.
Block’s phone number is (202) 366–
6401 and his email address is
[email protected]
DATES:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Control Number: 2127-New.
Title: The National Survey of
Pedestrian and Bicyclist Attitudes,
Knowledge, and Behaviors.
Form No.: NHTSA Form 1148.
Type of Review: Regular.
Respondents: Telephone interviews
will be administered to a national
sample of people 16 and older who have
access to a residential landline and/or a
personal cell phone.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 15
pre-test respondents and 9,000 survey
respondents.
Estimated Time per Response: 20
minutes per interview.
Total Estimated Annual Burden
Hours: 3,005 hours.
Frequency of Collection: The survey
will be administered a single time.
Abstract: The National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

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proposes to collect information from the
public to ascertain the scope and
magnitude of bicycle and pedestrian
activity and the public’s behavior and
attitudes regarding bicycling and
walking. A national telephone survey
will be administered to 9,000 randomly
selected respondents drawn from all 50
States and the District of Columbia. The
national survey will be preceded by a
pretest administered to 15 respondents.
The survey will ask about the
characteristics of bicycling and walking
trips, conspicuity, community design
for bicycling and walking, bicycle
helmet use, and general opinions about
bicycling and walking. Interview length
will average 20 minutes. NHTSA will
use the findings from this proposed
collection of information to assist States,
localities, and communities in
developing and refining bicycling and
walking safety programs.
In conducting the proposed telephone
interviews, the interviewers would use
computer-assisted telephone
interviewing to reduce interview length
and minimize recording errors. No
personally identifiable information will
be collected during the telephone
interviews.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding
the burden estimate, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk
Officer for Department of
Transportation, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, or by
email at [email protected],
or fax: (202) 395–5806.
Comments Are Invited On: Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department of
Transportation, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
the accuracy of the Department’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
information collection; ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and 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 of this notice.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. Section 3506(c)(2)(A).

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Issued in Washington, DC, on December
23, 2011.
Jeff Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and
Program Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2011–0182; Notice 1]

Receipt of Petition for Decision That
Nonconforming 2000–2003 Kawasaki
ZR750 Motorcycles Are Eligible for
Importation
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Receipt of petition.
AGENCY:

This document announces
receipt by the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a
petition for a decision that
nonconforming 2000–2003 Kawasaki
ZR750 motorcycles that were not
originally manufactured to comply with
all applicable Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standards (FMVSS) are eligible
for importation into the United States
because (1) they are substantially
similar to vehicles that were originally
manufactured for sale in the United
States and that were certified by their
manufacturer as complying with the
safety standards, and (2) they are
capable of being readily altered to
conform to the standards.
DATES: The closing date for comments
on the petition is January 30, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to
the docket and notice numbers above
and be submitted by any of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility:
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., between
9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
• Fax: (202) 493–2251.
Instructions: Comments must be
written in the English language, and be
no greater than 15 pages in length,
although there is no limit to the length
of necessary attachments to the
comments. If comments are submitted

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in hard copy form, please ensure that
two copies are provided. If you wish to
receive confirmation that your
comments were received, please enclose
a stamped, self-addressed postcard with
the comments. Note that all comments
received will be posted without change
to http://www.regulations.gov, including
any personal information provided.
Please see the Privacy Act heading
below.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets 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 (65 FR
19477–78).
How to Read Comments submitted to
the Docket: You may read the comments
received by Docket Management at the
address and times given above. You may
also view the documents from the
Internet at http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for
accessing the dockets. The docket ID
number and title of this notice are
shown at the heading of this document
notice. Please note that even after the
comment closing date, we will continue
to file relevant information in the
Docket as it becomes available. Further,
some people may submit late comments.
Accordingly, we recommend that you
periodically search the Docket for new
material.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
George Stevens, Office of Vehicle Safety
Compliance, NHTSA (202) 366–5308.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Under 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A), a
motor vehicle that was not originally
manufactured to conform to all
applicable FMVSS shall be refused
admission into the United States unless
NHTSA has decided that the motor
vehicle is substantially similar to a
motor vehicle originally manufactured
for sale in the United States, certified
under 49 U.S.C. 30115, and of the same
model year as the model of the motor
vehicle to be compared, and is capable
of being readily altered to conform to all
applicable FMVSS.
Petitions for eligibility decisions may
be submitted by either manufacturers or
importers who have registered with
NHTSA pursuant to 49 CFR Part 592. As
specified in 49 CFR 593.7, NHTSA
publishes notice in the Federal Register
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opportunity to comment on the petition.
At the close of the comment period,
NHTSA decides, on the basis of the
petition and any comments that it has
received, whether the vehicle is eligible
for importation. The agency then
publishes this decision in the Federal
Register.
US SPECS, LLC (‘‘US SPECS’’), of
Havre de Grace, Maryland (Registered
Importer 03–321) has petitioned NHTSA
to decide whether non-U.S. certified
2000–2003 Kawasaki ZR750
motorcycles are eligible for importation
into the United States. The vehicles that
US SPECS believes are substantially
similar are 2000–2003 Kawasaki ZR750
motorcycles that were manufactured for
sale in the United States and certified by
their manufacturer as conforming to all
applicable FMVSS.
The petitioner claims that it carefully
compared non-U.S. certified 2000–2003
Kawasaki ZR750 motorcycles to their
U.S. certified counterparts, and found
the vehicles to be substantially similar
with respect to compliance with most
FMVSS.
US SPECS submitted information
with its petition intended to
demonstrate that non-U.S. certified
2000–2003 Kawasaki ZR750
motorcycles, as originally
manufactured, conform to many FMVSS
in the same manner as their U.S.
certified counterparts, or are capable of
being readily altered to conform to those
standards.
Specifically, the petitioner claims that
non-U.S. certified 2000–2003 Kawasaki
ZR750 motorcycles are identical to their
U.S. certified counterparts with respect
to compliance with Standard Nos. 106
Brake Hoses, 116 Brake Fluid, 119 New
Pneumatic Tires for Vehicles other than
Passenger Cars, and 122 Motorcycle
Brake Systems.
The petitioner further contends that
the vehicles are capable of being readily
altered to meet the following standards,
in the manner indicated below:
Standard No. 108 Lamps, Reflective
Devices and Associated Equipment:
Installation of the following U.S.certified components on vehicles not
already so equipped: (a) Headlamp; (b)
front and rear side-mounted reflex
reflectors; (c) rear-mounted reflex
reflector; and (d) rear turn signal lamps.
Standard No. 111 Rearview Mirrors:
Inspection of all vehicles, and
installation of U.S.-model mirrors on
vehicles that are not already so
equipped.
Standard No. 120 Tire Selection and
Rims for Vehicles other than Passenger
Cars: Installation of a tire information
placard.

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