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307(b) of the Rail Safety Improvement
Act of 2008, signed into law by
President George W. Bush on October
16, 2008, which requires Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA) to
‘‘provide a mechanism for the public to
submit written reports of potential
violations of Federal railroad safety and
hazardous materials transportation laws,
regulations, and orders to the Federal
Railroad Administration.’’ The Alleged
Violation Reporting Form allows the
general public to submit alleged
violations directly to FRA. The form’s

violation occurred; and details about the
violation. All information is voluntary.
FRA will collect the information via a
form on the FRA public Web site. FRA
may share the information collected
with FRA employees, State DOT
partners, and law enforcement agencies.
Form Number(s): FRA F 6180.151.
Affected Public: U.S. Residents.
Respondent Universe: 1,000
individuals.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.

Form number

Respondent universe

Total annual responses

Average time per response

Total annual burden hours

Alleged Violation Reporting
Form (Form FRA F
6180.151).

1,000 American Residents

400 forms ..........................

10 minutes ........................

67 hours

Total Responses: 400.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 67
hours.
Status: Regular Review of a Currently
Approved Information Collection.
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.
Issued in Washington, DC on August 6,
2013.
Rebecca Pennington,
Chief Financial Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2010–0005–N–16]

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

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Information
Collection Requirements (ICRs)
abstracted below will be forwarded to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and comment. The
ICRs describe the nature of the
information collection and their
expected burden. The Federal Register

SUMMARY:

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goal is to allow FRA to collect
information necessary to investigate the
alleged violation and to provide follow
up correspondence with the submitting
party.
The Alleged Violation Reporting Form
collects the name, phone number and
email of the person submitting the
alleged violations; the preferred method
by which to contact the person; the
railroad or company name that
committed the alleged violation, the
date and time the alleged violation
occurred; the location the alleged

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notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following
collections of information was
published on May 28, 2013.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before September 12, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Robert Brogan, Office of Safety,
Planning and Evaluation Division,
RRS–21, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave.
SE., 3rd Floor, Mail Stop 25,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6292), or Ms. Kimberly Toone,
Office of Information Technology, RAD–
20, Federal Railroad Administration,
1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., 3rd Floor,
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, Section 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 issue
two notices seeking public comment on
information collection activities before
OMB may approve paperwork packages.
44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.5,
1320.8(d)(1), 1320.12. On May 28, 2013,
FRA published a 60-day notice in the
Federal Register soliciting comment on
this ICR that the agency was seeking
OMB approval. 78 FR 32005. FRA
received no comments in response to
this notice.
Before OMB decides whether to
approve these proposed collections of
information, it must provide 30 days for
public comment. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b); 5
CFR 1320.12(d). Federal law requires
OMB to approve or disapprove
paperwork packages between 30 and 60
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published. 44 U.S.C. 3507 (b)–(c); 5 CFR
1320.12(d); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983,
Aug. 29, 1995. OMB believes that the 30
day notice informs the regulated
community to file relevant comments
and affords the agency adequate time to
digest public comments before it
renders a decision. 60 FR 44983, Aug.
29, 1995. Therefore, respondents should
submit their respective comments to
OMB within 30 days of publication to
best ensure having their full effect.
5 CFR 1320.12(c); see also 60 FR 44983,
Aug. 29, 1995.
The summary below describes the
nature of the information collection
requirements (ICRs) and the expected
burden for the ICRs that will be
submitted for clearance by OMB as
required by the PRA.
Title: Notice of Funding Availability
and Solicitation of Applications for
Grants under the Railroad Safety
Technology Grant Program.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0587.
Type of Request: Regular Approval of
a Currently Approved Information
Collection.
Affected Public: 1,525 Railroads/
Vendors/Universities.
Abstract: The Rail Safety Technology
Program is a program authorized under
the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008
(RSIA) (Pub. L. 110–432; October 16,
2008). The program was directed by
Congress and passed into law in the
aftermath of a series of major rail
accidents that culminated in an accident
at Chatsworth, California, in 2008.
Twenty-five people were killed and 135
people were injured in the Chatsworth
accident. This event turned the Nation’s
attention to rail safety and the
possibility that new technologies, such
as PTC, could prevent such accidents in
the future. The RSIA ordered
installation of PTC by all Class I

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railroads on any of their mainlines
carrying poisonous inhalation hazard
(PIH) materials and by all passenger and
commuter railroads on their main lines
not later than December 31, 2015.
As part of the RSIA, Congress
originally provided $50 million to FRA
to award, in one or more grants, to
eligible projects by passenger and
freight rail carriers, railroad suppliers,
and State and local Governments.
Presently, there is $550,000 remaining
of the original funds that FRA plans to
fund two projects with. Funds will be
awarded to projects that have a public
benefit of improved railroad safety and
efficiency, with priority given to
projects that make PTC technologies
interoperable between railroad systems;
projects that accelerate the deployment
of PTC technology on high-risk
corridors, such as those that have high
volumes of hazardous material
shipments; and for projects over which
commuter or passenger trains operate,
or that benefit both passenger and
freight safety and efficiency.
Funds provided under this grant
program may constitute a maximum of
80 percent of the total cost of a selected
project, with a minimum of 20 percent
of costs funded from other sources. The
funding provided under these grants
will be made available to grantees on a
reimbursement basis. FRA anticipates
awarding grants to two eligible
participants. Funding made available
through grants provided under this
program, together with funding from
other sources that is committed by a
grantee as part of a grant agreement,
must be sufficient to complete the
funded project and achieve the
anticipated technology development.
Form Number(s): FRA F 6180.146;
SF–269; SF–270.
Annual Estimated Burden Hours:
5,337 hours.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0589.
Abstract: Section 202 of the Rail
Safety Improvement Act (RSIA) of 2008
required the Secretary of Transportation
(delegated to the Federal Railroad
Administrator by 49 CFR 1.49) to
identify the 10 States that have had the
most-highway-rail grade crossing
collisions, on average, over the past
three years, and to require those States
to develop State highway-rail grade
crossing action plans, within a
reasonable period of time, as
determined by the Secretary. Section
202 of the law further provided that
these plans must identify specific
solutions for improving safety at
crossings, including highway-rail grade
crossing closures or grade separations,
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experienced multiple accidents or are at
high risk for such accidents.
Section 202 also provided the
following: The Secretary will provide
assistance to the States in developing
and carrying out such plans, as
appropriate; the plans may be
coordinated with other State or Federal
planning requirements; the plans will
cover a period of time determined to be
appropriate by the Secretary; and the
Secretary may condition the awarding of
any grants under 49 U.S.C. 20158,
20167, or 22501, to a State identified
under this section, on the development
of such State’s plan.
Lastly, Section 202 provided a review
and approval process under which, not
later than 60 days after the Secretary
receives such a State action plan, the
Secretary must review and either
approve or disapprove it. In the event
that the proposed plan is disapproved,
Section 202 indicates that the Secretary
must notify the affected State as to the
specific areas in which the proposed
plan is deficient, and the State must
correct all deficiencies within 30 days
following receipt of written notice from
the Secretary.
FRA uses the collection of
information to ensure that States meet
the Congressional mandate and devise
and implement suitable plans to reduce/
eliminate troublingly high numbers of
highway-rail grade collisions in their
States. FRA reviews grade these crossing
action plans and grade crossing action
plan revisions to ensure that these plans
include the following: (1) Identify
specific solutions for improving safety
at highway-rail grade crossings,
including highway-rail grade crossing
closures or grade separations, (2) Focus
on crossings that have experienced
multiple accidents or are at high risk for
such accidents, and (3) Cover a five-year
period of time.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 40
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;

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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.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 7,
2013.
Rebecca Pennington,
Chief Financial Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013–19573 Filed 8–12–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA 2013–0002–N–15]

Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Notice and request for
comments.

ACTION:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below will be forwarded to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comment. The ICR describes
the nature of the information collection
and their expected burden. The Federal
Register notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting comments on the
following collection of information was
published on May 17, 2013.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before September 12, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Robert Brogan, Office of Safety,
Planning and Evaluation Division, RRS–
21, Federal Railroad Administration,
1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Mail Stop 17,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6292), or Ms. Kimberly Toone,
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, Section 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 issue
two notices seeking public comment on
SUMMARY:

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