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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 summaries below describe the
nature of the information collection
requests (ICRs) and their expected
burdens. The revised requests are being
submitted for clearance by OMB as
required by the PRA.
Title: Railroad Operating Rules.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0035.
Abstract: The collection of
information is due to the railroad
operating rules set forth in 49 CFR part
217 which require Class I and Class II
railroads to file with FRA copies of their
operating rules, timetables, and
timetable special instructions, and
subsequent amendments thereto. Class
III railroads are required to retain copies
of these documents at their systems
headquarters. Also, 49 CFR 220.21(b)
prescribes the collection of information
which requires railroads to retain one
copy of their current operating rules
with respect to radio communications
and one copy of each subsequent
amendment thereto. These documents
must be made available to FRA upon
request. Through these rules, FRA
learns the condition of operating rules
and practices with respect to trains and
instructions provided by the railroad to
their employees in operating practices.
Type of Request: Extension with
change of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Businesses
(Railroads).
Form Number(s): N/A.
Annual Estimated Burden: 4,835,299
hours.
Title: Reflectorization of Freight
Rolling Stock.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0566.
Abstract: The Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) issued this
regulation to mandate the
reflectorization of freight rolling stock
(freight cars and locomotives) to
enhance the visibility of trains in order
to reduce the number and severity of
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crossings in which train visibility acted
as a contributing factor. The information
collected is used by FRA to ensure that
railroads/car owners follow the
schedule established by the regulation
for placing retro-reflective material on
the sides of freight rolling stock (freight
cars and locomotives) in order to
improve the visibility of trains. The
information is also used by FRA to
confirm that railroads/car owners meet
the prescribed standards for the
application, inspection, and
maintenance of the required retroreflective material.
Type of Request: Extension with
change of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Businesses
(Railroads).
Form Number(s): FRA F 6180.113.
Annual Estimated Burden: 8,769
hours.
Title: Track Safety Standards:
Concrete Crossties.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0592.
Abstract: On April 1, 2011, FRA
amended the Federal Track Safety
Standards to promote the safety of
railroad operations over track
constructed with concrete crossties. In
particular, FRA mandated specific
requirements for effective concrete
crossties, for rail fastening systems
connected to concrete crossties, and for
automated inspections of track
constructed with concrete crossties. The
information collected under § 213.234 is
used by FRA to ensure that automated
track inspections of track constructed
with concrete crossties are carried out as
specified in this section to supplement
visual inspections by Class I and Class
II railroads, intercity passenger
railroads, and commuter railroads or
small government jurisdictions that
serve populations greater than 50,000.
Type of Request: Extension with
change of a currently approved
information collection.
Affected Public: Businesses
(Railroads).
Form Number(s): N/A.
Annual Estimated Burden: 5,677
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

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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 July 7, 2014.
Rebecca Pennington,
Chief Financial Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014–16354 Filed 7–11–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Docket No. MARAD–2014–0102]

Agency Requests for Renewal of a
Previously Approved Information
Collection(s): Request for Waiver of
Service Obligation, Request for
Deferment of Service Obligation, and
Application for Review of Waiver/
Deferment Decision
Maritime Administration.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Department of
Transportation (DOT) invites public
comments about our intention to request
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval to renew an
information collection. These
information collections are for
midshipmen or graduates of the United
States Merchant Marine Academy
(USMMA) or cadets or graduates of a
State Maritime Academy (SMA) who
received Student Incentive Payment
(SIP) Program payments to determine if:
(1) A waiver should be granted of all or
a portion of the service obligation
contract in cases where there would be
undue hardship or impossibility of
performance due to accident, illness or
other justifiable reasons; (2) a deferment
of all or a portion of the service
obligation should be granted for the
purpose of entering a marine or
maritime-related graduate course of
study; or (3) an original decision of
items 1 or 2 should be overturned based
on a student or graduate’s appeal. Their
service obligation is required by law.
We are required to publish this notice

SUMMARY:

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Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 134 / Monday, July 14, 2014 / Notices
in the Federal Register by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by September 12, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Docket No. MARAD–
2014–0102 through one of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket
Management Facility, U.S. Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., West Building, Room W12–
140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except on Federal holidays.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anne Wehde, (202) 366–5469, Director,
Office of Maritime Workforce
Development, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2133–0510.
Title: Request for Waiver of Service
Obligation, Request for Deferment of
Service Obligation, and Application for
Review of Waiver/Deferment Decision.
Form Numbers: MA–935, MA–936,
MA–937.
Type of Review: Renewal of an
information collection.
Background: The Information
collection is essential for determining if
a student or graduate of the USMMA or
a SMA that participated in the Student
Incentive Payment (SIP) Program has a
valid circumstance preventing them
from fulfilling the requirements of the
service obligation contract signed at the
time of their enrollment in USMMA or
the SIP program. It also permits the
Maritime Administration (MARAD) to
determine if a graduate, who wishes to
defer their service obligation to attend
graduate school, is eligible to receive a
deferment. Student or graduates who
submit a waiver or deferral request have
an opportunity to appeal MARAD’s
decision. This collection is essential for
determining if the original decision for
a waiver or deferral request should be
overturned. Their service obligation is
required by law.
Number of Respondents: 11.
Frequency: Annually.
Number of Responses: 11.
Total Annual Burden: 3.30.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the
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accuracy of the estimated burden; (c)
ways for the Department to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information collection; and (d) ways
that the burden could be minimized
without reducing the quality of the
collected information. The agency will
summarize and/or include your
comments in the request for OMB’s
clearance of this information collection.
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
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.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Type of Request: Revision of a
Previously Approved Information
Collection.
Abstract: In accordance with the
Merchant Marine Act, 1936, the
Maritime Administration (MARAD) is
authorized to execute a full faith and
credit guarantee by the United States of
debt obligations issued to finance or
refinance the construction or
reconstruction of vessels. In addition,
the program allows for financing
shipyard modernization and
improvement projects. The information
to be collected will be used to evaluate
an applicant’s project and capabilities,
make the required determinations, and
administer any agreements executed
upon approval of loan guarantees.
Affected Public: Individuals/
businesses interested in obtaining loan
guarantees for construction or
reconstruction of vessels as well as
businesses interested in shipyard
modernization and improvements.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
10.
Estimated Number of Responses: 10.
Annual Estimated Total Annual
Burden Hours: 1,500.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.

Maritime Administration

ADDRESSES:

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
and 49 CFR 1.93.
Dated: July 7, 2014.
Christine Gurland,
Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration.
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[Docket No. DOT–MARAD 2014–0101]

Request for Comments of a Previously
Approved Information Collection
Maritime Administration, DOT.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below is being forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comments. A Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting comments on the
following information collection was
published on April 23, 2014 (Vol. 79,
No. 78, 22757).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before August 13, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Norman Serlin, 202–366–8159, Office of
Marine Financing, MAR–720, Maritime
Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Title XI Obligation Guarantees.
OMB Control Number: 2133–0018.
SUMMARY:

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Send comments regarding
the burden estimate, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to
the Office of Management and Budget,
Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of
the Secretary of Transportation, 725
17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
Comments are invited on: 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.

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
and 49 CFR 1:93.
Dated: July 7, 2014.
Christine Gurland,
Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2014–16320 Filed 7–11–14; 8:45 am]
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