December 18, 2013, FR Notice (30-Day)

Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 243 / Wednesday, December 18, 2013 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2013–0002–N–25]

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 Requests (ICRs) abstracted
below are being forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comment. The ICRs
describes the nature of the information
collections and their expected burdens.
The Federal Register notice with a 60day comment period soliciting
comments on the following collections
of information was published on
September 25, 2013 (78 FR 59086).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before January 17, 2014.
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, 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 tollfree.)
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 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 September 25,
2013, FRA published a 60-day notice in
the Federal Register soliciting comment
on ICRs that the agency was seeking
OMB approval. See 78 FR 59086. FRA
received no comments after issuing this
notice. Accordingly, these information
collection activities have been reevaluated and certified under 5 CFR
1320.5(a) and are being forwarded to
OMB for review and approval pursuant
to 5 CFR 1320.12(c).

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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
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
requirements (ICRs) and the expected
burden. The revised requirements are
being submitted for clearance by OMB
as required by the PRA.
Title: Emergency Order No. 28, Notice
No. 1.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0601.
Type of Request: Regular Clearance
with no change of a current collection
approved in August 2013 for six months
under Emergency Clearance Procedures.
Affected Public: Railroads.
Form(s): N/A.
Abstract: FRA has determined that
public safety compelled the issuance of
Emergency Order No. 28, which
requires railroads operating on the
general system of transportation to
implement additional processes and
procedures to ensure that unattended
trains and vehicles on mainline track or
sidings are properly secured against
unintended movement. Emergency
Order No. 28 was published in the
Federal Register on August 7, 2013, in
response to the catastrophic accident
that occurred in Lac-Me´gantic, Quebec,
Canada, on July 6, 2013. See 78 FR
48218. Emergency Order No. 28 is
intended to address some of the human
factors failures that may cause
unattended equipment to be improperly
secured in order to protect the general
public and communities near the
general system of rail transportation and
railroad equipment that is used on it
against derailment situations similar to
that which occurred at Lac-Me´gantic.
The collection of information is being
used by FRA to ensure that railroads
and their employees fulfill all the
requirements that are set out in the
Emergency Order. Among other
purposes, FRA will use the information
collected to verify that railroads

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develop, adopt, and comply with a plan
that identifies specific locations and
circumstances when a train or vehicle
transporting the type and quantity of
hazardous materials described in
Appendix A of this Emergency Order
shall be left unattended on a mainline
track or mainline siding outside of a
yard or terminal. FRA will also use the
collection of information to confirm that
railroads review and verify and adjust,
as necessary, existing procedures and
processes related to the number of hand
brakes to be set on all unattended trains
and equipment. Railroads must ensure
the means of verifying that the number
is appropriate. FRA will use the
collection of information to enforce
compliance, where necessary.
Annual Estimated Burden: 229,643
hours.
Title: Special Notice for Repairs.
Addressee: Send comments regarding
these information collections 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: oira_submissions@
omb.eop.gov.
Comments are invited on the
following: Whether the proposed
collections of information are 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 estimates of the burden of
the proposed information collections;
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the collections 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 December
12, 2013.
Rebecca Pennington,
Chief Financial Officer.
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