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Wisconsin. The project’s Web site is at
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/d6/projects/
dresbachbridge/index.html. A Finding
of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for
this project was signed by FHWA on
August 27, 2012.
This notice applies to all Federal
agency decisions as of the issuance date
of this notice and all laws under which
such actions were taken, including but
not limited to:
1. General: National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) [42 U.S.C. 4321–
4351]; Federal-Aid Highway Act [23
U.S.C. 109]
2. Land: Section 4(f) of the Department
of Transportation Act of 1966 [49
U.S.C. 303]
3. Wildlife: Endangered Species Act [16
U.S.C. 1531–1544 and Section 1536];
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
[15 U.S.C. 661–667(d)]; Migratory
Bird Treaty Act [16 U.S.C. 703–712].
4. Historic and Cultural Resources:
Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act of 1966, as amended
[16 U.S.C. 470(f) et seq.];
Archaeological and Historic
Preservation Act [16 U.S.C. 469–
469(c)]
5. Executive Orders: E.O. 11990,
Protection of Wetlands; E.O. 11988,
Floodplain Management; E.O. 12898,
Federal Actions to Address
Environmental Justice in Minority
and Low Income Populations; E.O.
11593, Protection and Enhancement
of Cultural Resources; E.O. 13007,
Indian Sacred Sites; E.O. 13287,
Preserve America; E.O. 13175,
Consultation and Coordination with
Indian Tribal Governments; E.O.
11514, Protection and Enhancement
of Environmental Quality; E.O. 13112,
Invasive Species
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning
and Construction. The regulations
implementing Executive Order 12372
regarding intergovernmental consultation on
Federal programs and activities apply to this
program.)

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Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1).
Issued on: September 4, 2012.
Derrell Turner,
Division Administrator, Federal Highway
Administration, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA 2012–0006–N–13]

Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
its implementing regulations, the
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
hereby announces that it is seeking
renewal of the following currently
approved information collection
activities. Before submitting these
information collection requirements
(ICRs) for clearance by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), FRA is
soliciting public comment on specific
aspects of the activities identified
below.

SUMMARY:

Comments must be received no
later than November 23, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on any or all of the following proposed
activities by mail to either: Mr. Robert
Brogan, Office of Safety, Planning and
Evaluation Division, RRS–21, Federal
Railroad Administration, 1200 New
Jersey Ave. SE., Mail Stop 25,
Washington, DC 20590, or Ms. Kimberly
Toone, Office of Information
Technology, RAD–20, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave.
SE., Mail Stop 35, Washington, DC
20590. Commenters requesting FRA to
acknowledge receipt of their respective
comments must include a self-addressed
stamped postcard stating, ‘‘Comments
on OMB control number 2130–lll.’’
Alternatively, comments may be
transmitted via facsimile to (202) 493–
6216 or (202) 493–6497, or via email to
Mr. Brogan at [email protected], or
to Ms. Toone at
[email protected]. Please refer to
the assigned OMB control number in
any correspondence submitted. FRA
will summarize comments received in
response to this notice in a subsequent
notice and include them in its
information collection submission to
OMB for approval.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Robert Brogan, Office of Planning and
Evaluation Division, RRS–21, Federal
Railroad Administration, 1200 New
Jersey Ave. SE., Mail Stop 25,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6292) or Ms. Kimberly Toone,
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Office of Information Technology, RAD–
20, Federal Railroad Administration,
1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Mail Stop 35,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6132). (These telephone numbers
are not toll-free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), Public Law 104–13, § 2, 109 Stat.
163 (1995) (codified as revised at 44
U.S.C. 3501–3520), and its
implementing regulations, 5 CFR part
1320, require Federal agencies to
provide 60 days notice to the public for
comment on information collection
activities before seeking approval for
reinstatement or renewal by OMB. 44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A); 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1),
1320.10(e)(1), 1320.12(a). Specifically,
FRA invites interested respondents to
comment on the following summary of
proposed information collection
activities regarding (i) Whether the
information collection activities are
necessary for FRA to properly execute
its functions, including whether the
activities will have practical utility; (ii)
the accuracy of FRA’s estimates of the
burden of the information collection
activities, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used to
determine the estimates; (iii) ways for
FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information being
collected; and (iv) ways for FRA to
minimize the burden of information
collection activities on the public by
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology (e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses). See 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)(I)–(iv); 5 CFR
1320.8(d)(1)(I)–(iv). FRA believes that
soliciting public comment will promote
its efforts to reduce the administrative
and paperwork burdens associated with
the collection of information mandated
by Federal regulations. In summary,
FRA reasons that comments received
will advance three objectives: (i) Reduce
reporting burdens; (ii) ensure that it
organizes information collection
requirements in a ‘‘user friendly’’ format
to improve the use of such information;
and (iii) accurately assess the resources
expended to retrieve and produce
information requested. See 44 U.S.C.
3501.
Below is a brief summary of the
currently approved ICRs that FRA will
submit for clearance by OMB as
required under the PRA:
Title: State Safety Participation
Regulations and Remedial Actions.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0509.
Abstract: The collection of
information is set forth under 49 CFR

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part 212, and requires qualified state
inspectors to provide various reports to
FRA for monitoring and enforcement
purposes concerning state investigative,
inspection, and surveillance activities
regarding railroad compliance with
Federal railroad safety laws and

regulations. Additionally, railroads are
required to report to FRA actions taken
to remedy certain alleged violations of
law.
Form Number(s): FRA F 6180.33/61/
67/96/96A/109/110/111/112.
Affected Public: Businesses.

Respondent Universe: States and
Railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.

REPORTING BURDEN
Respondent
universe

Total annual
responses

Average time per response

......................
......................
......................
......................
......................
......................

15 updates ...................
30 agreements .............
300 vouchers ...............
30 reports .....................
16,000 forms ................
550 reports ...................

2.5 hours ......................
1 hour ...........................
1 hour ...........................
15 hours .......................
15 minutes ...................
4 hours .........................

38
30
300
450
4,000
2,200

16 States ......................

140 reports ...................

4 hours .........................

560

15 States ......................

170 reports ...................

4 hours .........................

680

16 States ......................

35 reports .....................

4 hours .........................

140

16 States ......................

30 reports .....................

4 hours .........................

120

25 States ......................

100 reports ...................

4 hours .........................

400

14 States ......................

20 reports .....................

4 hours .........................

80

563 Railroads ...............
563 Railroads ...............
573 Railroads ...............

3,500 reports ................
700 challenges .............
350 reports ...................

15 minutes ...................
1 hours .........................
30 minutes ...................

875
700
175

CFR section
Application For Participation ................................
Training Funding Agreement ...............................
Inspector Training Reimbursement .....................
Annual Work Plan ................................................
Inspection Form (Form FRA F 6180.96) .............
Violation Report—Motive, Power, and Equipment Regulations (Form FRA F 6180.109).
Violation Report—Operating Practices Regulations (Form FRA F 6180.67).
Violation Report—Hazardous Materials Regulations (Form FRA F 6180.110).
Violation Report—Hours of Service Law (F
6180.33).
Violation Report—Accident/Incident Reporting
Rules (Form FRA F 6180.61).
Violation Report—Track Safety Regulations
(Form FRA F 6180.111).
Violation Report—Signal and Train Control Regulations (Form FRA F 6180.112).
Remedial Actions Reports ...................................
Violation Report Challenge ..................................
Delayed Reports ..................................................

States
States
States
States
States
States

railroads and public authorities in order
to increase safety at highway-rail grade
crossings nationwide by requiring that
locomotive horns be sounded when
trains approach and pass through these
crossings or by ensuring that a safety
level at least equivalent to that provided
by blowing locomotive horns exists for
corridors in which horns are silenced.
FRA reviews applications by public

Total Responses: 21,970.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
10,748 hours.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Title: Use of Locomotive Horns at
Highway-Rail Grade Crossings.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0560.
Abstract: Under Title 49 Part 222 of
the Code of Federal Regulations, FRA
seeks to collect information from

authorities intending to establish new
or, in some cases, continue pre-rule
quiet zones to ensure the necessary level
of safety is achieved.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Respondent Universe: 728 railroads/
340 Public Authorities.

CFR section

Respondent universe

Total annual responses

Average time per response

222.11—Penalties—Falsified Report ...................

728 Railroads/340 Public Authorities.
728 Railroads/340 Public Authorities.
68 State Agencies ........

1 report/record .............

2 hours .........................

2

5 petitions .....................

4 hours .........................

20

1 application .................

8 hours .........................

8

340 Public Authorities ..
340 Public Authorities ..
340 Public Authorities ..
340 Public Authorities ..
715 Railroads/State
Agencies.
216 Communities/Public Authorities.

10 applications .............
2 team reviews .............
50 updated forms .........
60 copies ......................
20 comments ...............

80 hours .......................
16 hours .......................
1 hour ...........................
10 minutes ...................
2.5 hours ......................

800
32
50
10
30

30 notices + 90 notifications.

40 hours + 10 minutes

216 Communities .........
715 Railroads/State
Agencies.
316 Public Authorities ..

150 updated forms .......
60 comments ...............

1 hour ...........................
4 hours .........................

30 notices + 180 notifications.
150 updated forms .......

40 hours + 10 minutes

222.15—Waiver Petitions ....................................

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15
30
30
30
30
17

Total annual
burden hours

222.17—Application to Become Recognized
State Agency.
222.39—Applications to Establish Quiet Zone ....
—Diagnostic Team Rev. ..............................
—Updated Crossing Inventory Forms ..........
—Copies of Quiet Zone Application .............
—Comments to FRA on Quiet Zone Application.
222.43—Written Notice of Public Authority Intent
to Create New Quiet Zone and Notification to
Required Parties.
—Updated Crossing Inventory Forms ..........
Comments on proposed Quiet Zone ...................
—Notice of Quiet Zone Establishment + Notification to Required Parties.
—Updated Crossing Inventory Forms ..........

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burden hours

1,215

150
240
1,230
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CFR section

Respondent universe

Total annual responses

Average time per response

—Certification by CEO of Public Authority
Regarding Accuracy of Information.
222.47—Periodic Updates: Written Affirmation
that Supplementary Safety Measures Implemented w/in Quiet Zone Conform to Rule or
Terms of Approval.
—Updated Crossing Inventory Forms ..........
222.51—Written Commitment to Lower Risk to
Traveling Public in Quiet Zones Exceeding
Nationwide Significant Risk Threshold.
—Comments Upon FRA Review of Quiet
Zone Status.
222.55—Request for FRA Approval of New Supplementary Safety Measures or Alternative
Safety Measures (ASMs) for Quiet Zone.
—Comments on New SSMs or ASMs .........

216 Public Authorities ..

30 certifications ............

5 minutes .....................

3

200 Public Authorities ..

70 written affirmations +
420 copies (to required parties).

30 minutes + 2 minutes

70

200 Public Authorities ..
9 Public Authorities ......

350 updated forms .......
5 written commitments

1 hour ...........................
5 hours .........................

350
25

3 Public Authorities ......

4 comments .................

30 minutes ...................

2

265 Interested Parties ..

1 letter ..........................

30 minutes ...................

1

265 Interested Parties/
General Public.
265 Interested Parties ..
265 Public Authorities/
Interested Parties.

5 comments .................

30 minutes ...................

3

1 letter ..........................
5 petitions + 5 petition
copies.

30 minutes ...................
60 minutes + 2 minutes

1
1

200 Public Authorities ..

1 letter + 6 letter copies

5 hours + 2 minutes .....

5

200 Public Authorities ..

1additional document/
set of materials.
1 letter ..........................
5 notices + 30 notice
copies.

2 hours .........................

2

30 minutes ...................
2.5 hours + 10 minutes

1
18

—Request for SSM/ASM Approval—Demo
222.57—Petition for FRA Review of Decision
Granting or Denying a New SSM or ASM; Petition Copies to Relevant Parties.
—Request for FRA Reconsideration of Disapproval of Quiet Zone + Party Copies.
—Additional Documents to FRA as Followup to Petition for Reconsideration.
—Letter Requesting FRA Informal Hearing
222.59—Written Notice of Use of Wayside Horn
at Grade Crossing within Quiet Zone + Party
Copies.
—Notice of Wayside Horn Outside Q. Zone
Appendix B—Public Authority Record Relating to
Monitoring and Sampling Efforts at Grade
Crossing in Quiet Zone with Programmed Enforcement.
—Public Authority Record Relating to Monitoring and Sampling Efforts at Grade
Crossing in Quiet Zone with Photo Enforcement.
222.129—Written Reports/Records of Locomotive Horn Testing.

Total Estimated Responses: 2,466.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
5,596 hours.
Status: Regular Review.
Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5
CFR 1320.5(b), 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FRA
informs all interested parties that it may
not conduct or sponsor, and a
respondent is not required to respond
to, a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.

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Issued in Washington, DC, on September
18, 2012.
Rebecca Pennington,
Chief Financial Officer, Federal Railroad
Administration.
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200 Public Authorities ..
200 Public Authorities ..
200 Public Authorities ..

2.5 hours + 10 minutes

18

200 Public Authorities ..

5 notices + 30 notice
copies.
1 record ........................

500 hours .....................

500

200 Public Authorities ..

1 record ........................

9 hours .........................

9

728 Railroads ...............

650 reports/records ......

60 minutes ...................

650

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 290 (Sub-No. 336X)]

Norfolk Southern Railway Company—
Abandonment and Discontinuance of
Service Exemption—In Lake County,
Ind., and Cook County, Ill.
Norfolk Southern Railway Company
(NSR) has filed a verified notice of
exemption under 49 CFR part 1152
subpart F—Exempt Abandonments and
Discontinuances of Service for NSR to
abandon approximately 6.30 miles of
rail line (the Eastern Line Segment)
located in Lake County, Ind., and Cook
County, Ill., and to discontinue service
over a contiguous line segment of
approximately 1.2 miles (the Western
Line Segment) located in Cook County,
Ill.1 The roughly 6.30-mile Eastern Line
1 The Eastern Line Segment and the Western Line
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Segment extends from milepost JH 12.80
(near the Eastern Line Segment’s
crossing of Eagle Ridge Drive) in
Schererville, Ind., to milepost JH 19.10
(near the Eastern Line Segment’s
crossing of Cottage Grove Avenue) in
Ford Heights, Ill. The roughly 1.2-mile
Western Line Segment extends from
milepost JH 19.10 (near Cottage Grove
Avenue) in Ford Heights, Ill., to
milepost JH 20.30 (near State Street) in
Chicago Heights, Ill.
The Line traverses United States
Postal Service Zip Codes 46375, 46311
and 60411. NSR states that it has filed
this notice of exemption to facilitate the
construction by Canadian National
Railway Company (CN) and Elgin, Joliet
& Eastern Railway (EJ&E) of a grade
separation over U.S. Route 30, a project
upon which the Surface Transportation
Board (Board) conditioned its approval
Hartsdale Industrial Track, will be referred to
collectively as the Line.

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