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might not be able to be accommodated.
Please note that due to security
considerations, two valid, government
issued photo identifications must be
presented to gain entrance to the
Headquarters building. The
Headquarters building is accessible by
taxi and privately owned conveyance
(public transportation is not generally
available), however, parking in the
vicinity of the building is extremely
limited. Additional information
regarding this and other IMO SHC
public meetings may be found at:
www.uscg.mil/imo.
Dated: May 13, 2013.
Brian Robinson,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating
Committee, Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Environmental Impact Statement:
Grand Forks County, North Dakota and
Polk County, Minnesota
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:

The FHWA is issuing this
notice to advise the public that an
environmental impact statement will be
prepared for a proposed highway project
in Grand Forks County, North Dakota
and Polk County, Minnesota.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Schrader, Environment and Rightof-Way Engineer, Federal Highway
Administration, North Dakota Division
Office, 1471 Interstate Loop, Bismarck,
North Dakota 58503, Telephone: (701)
221–9464. Sheri G. Lares,
Environmental Section Leader, North
Dakota Department of Transportation,
608 E. Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck,
North Dakota 58505–0700, Telephone:
(701) 328–2188.
SUMMARY:

The
FHWA, in cooperation with the North
Dakota and Minnesota Departments of
Transportation, will prepare an
environmental impact statement (EIS)
on a proposal to rehabilitate or replace
the historic Sorlie Bridge over the Red
River between Grand Forks, North
Dakota and East Grand Forks,
Minnesota.
Preliminary alternatives currently
under consideration include (1) Taking
no action to rehabilitate or replace the
historic bridge; (2) rehabilitating the
bridge on the existing alignment; (3)

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removal of the bridge and constructing
a new bridge on the existing alignment;
(4) rehabilitating the bridge and
constructing a new bridge on new
alignment; and (5) removal of the bridge
and constructing a new bridge on new
alignment.
Letters describing the proposed action
and soliciting comments will be sent to
appropriate Federal, State, regional and
local agencies, and to private
organizations and citizens who
previously have expressed, or are
known to have, an interest in this
project. Two public scoping meetings
will be held during the 60 day scoping
period. There will be one held in Grand
Forks on June 12, 2013 at the City Hall
from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m., and the other
in East Grand Forks on June 13, 2013
from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Locations of the
public scoping meetings for the
proposed project will be advertised in
local newspapers and other media and
will be hosted by the North Dakota and
Minnesota Departments of
Transportation.
To ensure that the full range of issues
related to this proposed action are
addressed and all significant issues
identified, comments and suggestions
are invited from all interested parties.
Comments or questions concerning this
proposed action and the EIS should be
directed to the FHWA at the address
provided above.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Number 20.205, Highway Research,
Planning, and Construction. The regulations
implementing Executive Order 12372
regarding intergovernmental consultation on
Federal programs and activities apply to this
program.)
Issued on: May 13, 2013.
Wendall L. Meyer,
Division Administrator, Federal Highway
Administration, North Dakota Division Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA 2013–0002–N–11]

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

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Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
hereby announces that it is seeking
approval of the following proposed
information collection activities. Before
submitting this proposed information
collection request (ICR) for clearance by
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), FRA is soliciting public
comment on specific aspects of the
activities identified below.
DATES: Comments must be received no
later than July 16, 2013.
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-New’’
and should also include the title of the
collection of information. 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,
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),

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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
proposed Information Collection
Request (ICR) that FRA will submit for
clearance by OMB as required under the
PRA:
Title: Electronic Device Distraction:
Test of Peer to Peer Intervention
Combined With Social Marketing.
OMB Control Number: 2130–New.
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
Harrisburg Yard of the Norfolk Southern
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.
Affected Public: Railroad Employees.
Respondent Universe: 480 Railroad
Employees.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.

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REPORTING BURDEN
Average time
per response
(minutes)

Respondent group

Respondent
universe

Total annual
responses

Pilot Site Personnel ........................
Norfolk Southern Personnel involved in implementing and managing the pilot.
Project Team Members ..................

450 Railroad Employees ................
15 Railroad Employees ..................

50 forms/questionnaires .................
15 forms/questionnaires .................

30
30

25
8

15 AARs/Fulcrum/Aubrey Daniels
Personnel.

15 forms/questionnaires .................

30

8

Total Responses: 80.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 41
hours.
Type of Request: Approval of a New
Information Collection.
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.
Issued in Washington, DC on May 8, 2013.
Rebecca Pennington,
Chief Financial Officer, Federal Railroad
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
[FTA Docket No. FTA–2013–0024]

Notice of Request for Revisions of an
Information Collection
AGENCY:

Federal Transit Administration,

DOT.
ACTION:

Notice of request for comments.

The Federal Transit
Administration invites public comments
about our intention to request the Office
of Management and Budget’s (OMB) to
approve the revisions of the following
information collection: 49 U.S.C. 5317,
New Freedom Program. The information
to be collected will be used to
accumulate mass transportation
financial and operating information
using a uniform system of accounts and

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records. The Federal Register Notice
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments was published on March 6,
2013.
Comments must be submitted
before June 17, 2013. A comment to
OMB is most effective if OMB receives
it within 30 days of publication.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
LaStar Matthews, Office of
Administration, Office of Management
Planning, (202) 366–2295.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:

Title: 49 U.S.C. Section 5317, New
Freedom Program
(OMB Number: 2132–0565)
Abstract: 49 U.S.C. 5317, the New
Freedom Program, authorizes the
Secretary of Transportation to make
grants to states for areas with a

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