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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.
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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
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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 17, 2013,
FRA published a 60-day notice in the
Federal Register soliciting comment on
the ICR for which the agency was
seeking OMB approval. 78 FR 29203.
FRA received no comments in response
to this notice.
Before OMB decides whether to
approve a proposed collection 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
days after the 30 day notice is
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
request (ICR) and the expected burden,
and will be submitted for clearance by
OMB as required by the PRA.
Title: Electronic Device Distraction:
Test of Peer to Peer Intervention
Combined with Social Marketing.
OMB Control Number: 2130—NEW.
Type of Request: Regular approval of
a new collection of information.
Affected Public: Railroad Employees.
Abstract: Operating railroad
equipment while being distracted by the
use of electronic devices (e.g., phones,
game consoles, personal computers,
etc.) is known to be a factor in some
accidents and suspected of being the
cause of many others in the railroad
industry. It is also known that such use
is dangerous, as evidenced by several
high profile accidents in the railroad
industry, and by research on distraction
in other transportation modes.
Consequently, the Department of
Transportation (DOT) and the Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA) have a
keen interest in devising counter
measures to reduce the incidence of
electronic device distraction (EDD) in
the railroad industry. One promising
approach is to combine peer-to-peer
conversations with an effort to change
the culture with respect to the
acceptability of EDD. FRA is initiating a
small scale test of this approach at the
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Railroad. As part of its efforts, an
evaluation is taking place to determine
if the approach works and what will be
needed to scale it up to other sites in the
railroad industry. As part of the test, it
will be necessary to conduct face-to-face
interviews with three respondent
groups. They are: (1) Members of
participating crafts and supervisors at
the pilot site; (2) Norfolk Southern
personnel involved in implementing
and managing the pilot; (3) Project team
members in the organizations contracted
to assist with the pilot. The majority of
interviews will be face-to-face.
Form Number(s): FRA F 6180.160.
Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 41
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
electronically via email to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs
(OIRA) 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.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 7,
2013.
Rebecca Pennington,
Chief Financial Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2013–0090]

Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping
Requirements
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, DOT
ACTION: Request for public comment on
proposed collection of information.
AGENCY:

Before a Federal agency can
collect certain information from the
public, it must receive approval from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). Under procedures established
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, before seeking OMB approval,
Federal agencies must solicit public
comment on the proposed collection of
information.
This document describes a proposed
collection of information under
regulations in 49 CFR parts 591, 592,
and 593 that pertain to the importation
of motor vehicles and items of motor
vehicle equipment that are subject to the
Federal motor vehicle safety, bumper,
and theft prevention standards.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before October 15, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
[identified by DOT Docket No. NHTSA–
2013- ] 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.
Telephone: 1–800–647–5527.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and docket
number for this proposed collection of
information. 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
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