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Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
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Communications received by June 1,
2012 will be considered by FRA before
final action is taken. Comments received
after that date will be considered as far
as practicable.
Anyone is able to search the
electronic form of any written
communications and 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 (Volume
65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78), or
online at http://www.dot.gov/
privacy.html.
Issued in Washington, DC, on April 11,
2012.
Ron Hynes,
Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for
Regulatory and Legislative Operations.
[FR Doc. 2012–9126 Filed 4–16–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2012–0020]
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Notice of Product Development
In accordance with Part 211 of Title
49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),
this document provides the public
notice that by a document dated
February 17, 2012, the Union Pacific
Railroad (UP) and the National Railroad
Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) have
provided the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) a Notice of
Product Development per 49 CFR
236.913(d)(1)(i) for the modification of
the Incremental Train Control System
(ITCS). FRA has assigned the petition
Docket Number FRA–2012–0020.
UP, Amtrak, and the Illinois
Department of Transportation (IDOT)
plan to conduct demonstration highspeed passenger train operations over a
portion of the corridor between Chicago,
IL, and St. Louis, MO, as part of the
high-speed rail (HSR) program. The
demonstration segments are on UP’s
Joliet Subdivision, between Control
Point (CP) X073 South Dwight, milepost
(MP) 72.81; and CP X093 Pontiac, MP
92.48.
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This modification of ITCS is in
furtherance of the High-Speed Rail 2A
Route Construction Agreement or the
‘‘2A Agreement.’’ High-speed passenger
trains will operate up to 110 mph on
UP’s portion of the 2A route. UP freight
trains will continue to operate at speeds
not to exceed 60 mph.
The scope of the work for the 2A
Agreement requires UP to design,
procure, and install:
1. Cab signal fixed equipment in an
initial segment between Dwight and
Pontiac.
2. A train control system meeting
Positive Train Control (PTC)
requirements on the entire UP portion of
the route, in accordance with Federal
regulations.
Because the proposed system does not
meet the statutory and regulatory
requirements for PTC systems, and does
not interoperate with the same, UP and
Amtrak plan to seek FRA approval for
its operation under Part 236, Subpart H.
Operation on the demonstration
segment will be under the centralized
traffic control rules of the General Code
of Operating Rules. UP freight trains
will use automatic cab signals (ACS),
consistent with the operation on its
other ACS territories that do not provide
speed control. Amtrak passenger trains
will use the speed control function of
the automatic train control onboard
their locomotives, which provides
enforcement of speed limits associated
with signal indications. UP and Amtrak
are the only operators on the
demonstration segment.
ITCS will provide a mechanism for
safe activation of highway-grade
crossing warning devices by passenger
trains operating in excess of 79 mph. In
addition, the two-way communications
feature of ITCS allows crossing health
and status information to be provided to
approaching ITCS equipped trains.
A copy of the notice, as well as any
written communications concerning the
notice, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov and in person at
the U.S. Department of Transportation’s
(DOT) Docket Operations Facility, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590. The Docket
Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
Interested parties are invited to
participate in these proceedings by
submitting written views, data, or
comments. FRA does not anticipate
scheduling a public hearing in
connection with these proceedings since
the facts do not appear to warrant a
hearing. If any interested party desires
an opportunity for oral comment, they
should notify FRA, in writing, before
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the end of the comment period and
specify the basis for their request.
All communications concerning these
proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number and may be
submitted by any of the following
methods:
• Web site: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Operations Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590.
• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays.
Communications received by June 1,
2012 will be considered by FRA before
final action is taken. Comments received
after that date will be considered as far
as practicable.
Anyone is able to search the
electronic form of any written
communications and 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 (Volume
65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78), or
online at http://www.dot.gov/
privacy.html.
Issued in Washington, DC, on April 11,
2012.
Ron Hynes,
Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for
Regulatory and Legislative Operations.
[FR Doc. 2012–9115 Filed 4–16–12; 8:45 am]
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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. 3501 et seq.), this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
SUMMARY:
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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 September 20, 2011
(Federal Register/Vol. 76, No. 182/pp.
58341–58342).
DATES: Submit comments to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) on or
before May 17, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Send comments 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric
Traube at the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, Office of HumanVehicle Performance Research (NVS–
331), Department of Transportation,
1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington,
DC 20590. Mr. Traube’s phone number
is 202–366–5673. His email address is
[email protected].
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: National Survey of Driver
Attitudes and Opinions of Advanced Invehicle Alcohol Detection Systems.
OMB Control Number: 2127–0669.
Type of Request: Revision.
Abstract: In a continuing effort to
reduce the adverse consequences of
alcohol-impaired driving, NHTSA in
conjunction with the Automotive
Coalition for Traffic Safety (ACTS) is
undertaking research and development
to explore the feasibility of, and public
policy challenges associated with, use of
in-vehicle alcohol detection technology.
The agency believes that use of vehiclebased, alcohol detection technologies
could help to significantly reduce the
number of alcohol-impaired driving
crashes, deaths and injuries by
preventing drivers from driving while
their blood alcohol concentration (BAC)
is at or above the legal limit. In 2008,
ACTS and NHTSA entered into a 5-Year
Cooperative Agreement to ‘‘explore the
feasibility, the potential benefits of, and
the public policy challenges associated
with a more widespread use of
unobtrusive technology to prevent
drunk driving.’’ The goal of the Driver
Alcohol Detection System for Safety
(DADSS) project is, through a step-bystep, data-driven process, to develop
and test prototypes that may be
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considered for vehicle integration
thereafter.
As technology development
progresses and decisions are being made
about best practices for integrating such
technology into vehicles, NHTSA is
soliciting public opinions about the
proposed in-vehicle alcohol detection
devices. Optimization of the
effectiveness of the technology and
public acceptance of it as a safety
enhancement once deployed will
depend on the extent to which public
attitudes are taken into account during
the development process. OMB
previously approved focus groups with
licensed drivers to provide an initial
understanding of public preferences
concerning advanced alcohol detection
technology. In order to provide a more
complete understanding of driver
preferences, NHTSA is proposing to
conduct a nationally representative
telephone survey of drivers. Interviews
would be completed with 1,000 licensed
drivers randomly selected from the 50
States and the District of Columbia. The
survey would be composed of both a
landline sample and a smaller cell
phone sample selected from separate
sampling frames. The drivers would
have the developing in-vehicle alcohol
sensing technology systems described to
them, and asked a series of questions to
obtain their reactions to the systems and
their possible installation in new
vehicles. In conducting the telephone
interviews, the interviewers would use
computer-assisted telephone
interviewing to reduce interview length
and minimize recording errors. Each
driver in the sample would be
interviewed a single time. No
information would be collected that
could be used to identify any
respondent.
NHTSA and ACTS will use the
information from the proposed
telephone survey in decision making
regarding integration of the technology
under investigation into a vehicle.
Affected Public: Randomly selected
members of the general public ages 21
and older from across the United States
will be surveyed by telephone.
Participation by all respondents would
be voluntary and anonymous.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 256
hours 15 minutes (1,000 interviews plus
25 pilot interviews each averaging 15
minutes) would be added to the 288
hours previously approved for the focus
groups, which would total 544 hours
and 15 minutes.
Comments Are Invited on the Following
(i) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
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Department of Transportation, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(ii) The accuracy of the Department’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 of this notice.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
Issued in Washington, DC, on April 17,
2012.
John Maddox,
Associate Administrator, Vehicle Safety
Research.
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Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review: Uniform Criteria
for State Observational Surveys of
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National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, US DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below has been forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comment. The ICR describes
the nature of the information collections
and their expected burden. The notice
of proposed rulemaking, which
included a statement of the collection of
information and a 60-day comment
period, was published on January 28,
2009.
SUMMARY:
Comments must be submitted on
or before May 17, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack
Oates at the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, Office of
Regional Operations and Program
Delivery (NTI–200), 202–366–2730,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
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