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period is set to close on December 29,
2014. The extension is based on concern
expressed by the American Association
of State Highway and Transportation
Officials (AASHTO) that the December
29 closing date does not provide
sufficient time to review and provide
comprehensive comments on the notice.
The FHWA and NHTSA recognize that
others interested in commenting may
have similar concerns and agrees that
the comment period should be
extended. Therefore, the closing date for
comments is changed to February 15,
2015, which will provide stakeholders
interested in commenting additional
time to discuss, evaluate, and submit
responses to the docket.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before February 15, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Mail or hand deliver
comments to the U.S. Department of
Transportation, Dockets Management
Facility, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, or submit
electronically at http://
www.regulations.gov. All comments
should include the docket number that
appears in the heading of this
document. All comments received will
be available for examination and
copying at the above address from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. Those
desiring notification of receipt of
comments must include a selfaddressed, stamped postcard or may
print the acknowledgment page that
appears after submitting comments
electronically. 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
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 you
may visit http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions about the program discussed
herein, contact Melonie Barrington,
FHWA Office of Safety, (202) 366–8029,
or via email at Melonie.Barrington@
dot.gov; or Barbara Sauers, NHTSA
Office of Regional Operations and
Program Delivery, (202) 366–0144, or
via email at [email protected].
For legal questions, please contact
William Winne, Attorney-Advisor,
FHWA Office of the Chief Counsel,
(202) 366–1397, or via email at
[email protected]; or Jin H. Kim,
Attorney-Advisor, NHTSA Office of the
Chief Counsel, (202) 366–1834, or via
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hours for the DOT are from 8:00 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Access and Filing
You may submit or access all
comments received by DOT online
through: http://www.regulations.gov.
Electronic submission and retrieval help
and guidelines are available on the Web
site. It is available 24 hours each day,
365 days each year. Please follow the
instructions. An electronic copy of this
document may also be downloaded
from the Federal Register’s home page
at: http://www.federalregister.gov.
Background
On November 28, 2014, FHWA and
NHTSA published in the Federal
Register a notice and request for
comment on actions the agencies could
take without statutory changes to better
streamline and harmonize State
highway safety plan development and
reporting requirements. The notice
seeks comments from all interested
parties to help evaluate potential future
courses of action.
The original comment period for the
notice closes on December 29, 2014. The
AASHTO has expressed concern that
this closing date does not provide
sufficient time to review and provide
comprehensive comments and has
requested the comment period be
extended to February 15, 2015. The
agencies recognize that others interested
in commenting may have similar
concerns and agree that the comment
period should be extended. To allow
time for this organization and others to
submit comprehensive comments, the
closing date is changed from December
29, 2014, to February 15, 2015.
Gregory G. Nadeau,
Acting Administrator, Federal Highway
Administration.
David J. Friedman,
Deputy Administrator, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2014–0011–N–24]

Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).

AGENCY:

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Notice and request for
comments.

ACTION:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the renewal
Information Collection Requests (ICRs)
abstracted below arebeing forwarded to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and comment. The
ICRs describes the nature of the
information collection and its expected
burden. The Federal Register notice
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the following collection of
information was published on October
17, 2014 (79 FR 62513).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before January 29, 2015.
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, sec. 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 October 17,
2014, FRA published a 60-day notice in
the Federal Register soliciting comment
on ICR that the agency is seeking OMB
approval. See 79 FR 62513. 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
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
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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
requests (ICRs) and the expected
burden. The revised request is being
submitted for clearance by OMB as
required by the PRA.
Title: Inspection Brake System Safety
Standards for Freight and Other NonPassenger Trains and Equipment (Power
Brakes and Drawbars).
OMB Control Number: 2130–0008.
Abstract: Section 7 of the Rail Safety
Enforcement and Review Act of 1992,
Public Law 102–365, amended Section
202 of the Federal Railroad Safety Act
of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 421, 431 et seq.),
empowered the Secretary of
Transportation to conduct a review of
the Department’s rules with respect to
railroad power brakes and, where
applicable, prescribe standards
regarding dynamic brake equipment. In
keeping with the Secretary’s mandate
and the authority delegated from him to
the FRA Administrator, FRA issued
revisions to the regulations governing
freight power brakes and equipment in
October 2008 by adding a new subpart
addressing electronically controlled
pneumatic (ECP) brake systems. The
revisions are designed to provide for
and encourage the safe implementation
and use of ECT brake system
technologies. These revisions contain
specific requirements relating to design,
interoperability, training, inspection,
testing, handling defective equipment
and periodic maintenance related to
ECP brake systems. The final rule also
identifies provisions of the existing
regulations and statutes where FRA is
proposing to provide flexibility to
facilitate the voluntary adoption of this
advanced brake system technology. The
collection of information is used by FRA
to monitor and enforce current
regulatory requirements related to
power brakes on freight cars as well as
the recently added requirements related
to ECP brake systems. The collection of
information is also used by locomotive
engineers and road crews to verify that
the terminal air brake test has been
performed in a satisfactory manner.
Type of Request: Extension without
change of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Businesses
(Railroads).
Form(s): N/A.
Annual Estimated Burden: 991,451
hours.
Title: Occupational Noise Exposure
for Railroad Operating Employees.

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OMB Control Number: 2130–0571.
Abstract: The collection of
information is used by FRA to ensure
that railroads covered by this rule
establish and implement—by specified
dates—noise monitoring, hearing
conservation, and audiometric testing
programs, as well as hearing
conservation training programs, to
protect their employees against the
damaging and potentially dangerous
effects of excessive noise in the
everyday rail environment.
Type of Request: Extension with
change of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Businesses
(Railroads).
Form(s): N/A.
Annual Estimated Burden: 30,331
hours.
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.
Rebecca Pennington,
Chief Financial Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[FRA–2014–0090]

Petition for Waiver of Compliance
In accordance with Part 211 of Title
49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),
this document provides the public

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notice that by a document dated
September 19, 2014, the Central States
Steam Preservation Association
(CSSPA) has petitioned the Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA) for a
waiver of compliance from certain
provisions of the Federal railroad safety
regulations contained at 49 CFR part
230, Steam Locomotive Inspection and
Maintenance Standards. FRA assigned
the petition Docket Number FRA–2014–
0090. CSSPA is a nonprofit organization
based in Iowa that maintains and
operates two Chinese 2–10–2 steam
locomotives, Numbers 6988 and 7081.
CSSPA plans to operate the 6988 steam
engine in 2015 on the Iowa Interstate
Railroad (IAIS) and possibly other
railroads in the Midwest. The engines
are based on the IAIS in Newton, IA.
The Railroad Development Corporation
still maintains ownership of the two
steam engines at this time, but plans to
donate the engines to CSSPA in the near
future.
CSSPA requests relief from
performing the fifth annual inspection
as it pertains to the inspection of
flexible staybolt caps every 5 years, as
required by 49 CFR 230.41(a), and
requests to extend the inspection
interval to the eighth annual inspection.
CSSPA will perform all other
inspections as required by 49 CFR
230.16, Annual Inspection. CSSPA’s
justification for requesting this relief is
that the current level of safety would be
maintained due to the low number of
service days accrued in this engine
since the last flexible staybolt cap
inspection. There will be significant
cost savings, as the CSSPA shop forces
would not be required to remove the
cab, piping, jacketing, and insulation to
gain access to the caps to perform the
flexible staybolt cap inspection.
A copy of the petition, as well as any
written communications concerning the
petition, 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
the end of the comment period and
specify the basis for their request.

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