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collection activities that FRA will
submit for clearance by OMB as
required under the PRA:
Title: FRA Emergency Order No. 30,
Emergency Order Establishing a
Maximum Operating Speed Operating
Speed of 40 mph in High-Threat Urban
Areas for Certain Trains Transporting
Large Quantities of Class 3 Flammable
Liquids.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0609.
Abstract: FRA is issuing Emergency
Order No. 30 (E.O. or Order) to require
that trains transporting large amounts of
Class 3 flammable liquid through
certain highly populated areas adhere to

Emergency order item No. 30

Respondent
universe

(1) Petitions for Special Approval to Take Actions Not in Accordance with This
Order.

70 Railroads

Form Number(s): N/A.
Total Estimated Responses: 25.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
1,000 hours.
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.
Erin McCartney,
Acting Chief Financial Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA 2015–0007–N–12]

Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Federal Railroad
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
its implementing regulations, the
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
hereby announces that it is seeking an
extension of the following currently
approved information collection
activities. On April 23, 2015, FRA and
the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Administration (PHMSA) jointly
published in the Federal Register a
Safety Advisory titled Hazardous

SUMMARY:

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a maximum authorized operating speed
limit. FRA has determined that public
safety compels issuance of the Order.
The Order is necessary due to the recent
occurrence of railroad accidents
involving trains transporting petroleum
crude oil and ethanol and the increasing
reliance on railroads to transport
voluminous amounts of those hazardous
materials in recent years. Under the
E.O., an affected train is one that
contains: (1) 20 or more loaded tank cars
in a continuous block, or 35 or more
loaded tank cars, of Class 3 flammable
liquid; and (2) at least one DOT

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Materials: Information Requirements
Related to the Transportation of Trains
Carrying Specified Volumes of
Flammable Liquids (FRA Safety
Advisory 2015–02; Docket No. PHMSA–
2015–0118, Notice 15–11). See 80 FR
22778. The information collection
activities associated with the Joint
Safety Advisory received a six-month
emergency approval from OMB on April
30, 2015. FRA seeks a regular clearance
(extension of the current approval for
three years) so that its personnel and
PHMSA personnel can continue to
collect certain information that is
essential during the course of an
investigation immediately following a
train accident. Before submitting these
information collection requirements 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 27, 2015.
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 17,
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 2130–0608.’’
Alternatively, comments may be
transmitted via facsimile to (202) 493–
6216 or (202) 493–6497, or via email to

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Specification 111 (DOT–111) tank car
(including those built in accordance
with Association of American Railroads
(AAR) Casualty Prevention Circular
1232 (CPC–1232)) loaded with a Class 3
flammable liquid. Affected trains must
not exceed 40 miles per hour (mph) in
high-threat urban areas (HTUAs) as
defined in 49 CFR 1580.3. This Order
takes effect immediately.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Frequency of Submission: One-time;
on occasion.
Respondent Universe: 70 Railroads.
Reporting Burden:
Total annual
responses

Average time
per response

Total annual
burden hours

25 Petitions

40 hours ......

1,000 hours

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 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, 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
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),
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)

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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

conducting such investigations, where
time is of the essence in gathering
evidence, the agencies are issuing a
Safety Advisory (FRA Safety Advisory
2015–02 and Docket NO. PHMSA–
2015–0118, Notice No. 15–11) to remind
railroads operating HHFTs—defined as
a train comprised of 20 or more loaded
tank cars of a Class 3 flammable liquid
in a continuous block, or a train with 35
or more loaded tank cars of a Class 3
flammable liquid across the entire
train—as well as the offerors of Class 3
flammable liquids transported on such
trains, of their obligation to provide
PHMSA and FRA, as expeditiously as
possible, with information agency
personnel need to conduct
investigations immediately following an
accident or incident.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Frequency of Submission: One-time;
On occasion.
Respondent Universe: 70 Railroads/
Stakeholders.
Reporting Burden:

FRA Safety Advisory 2015–02; Docket No. PHMSA–2015–0118

Respondent
universe

Total annual
responses

Average time
per response

Total annual
burden hours

(1) Records of High Hazard Flammable Trains Containing Information Specified in
This Safety Advisory Provided Upon Request to FRA/PHMSA Personnel After
Train Accident.

70 Railroads

50 Records ..

2 hours ........

100 hours.

Form Number(s): N/A.
Total Estimated Responses: 50.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 100
hours.
Status: Regular Review.
Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5
CFR 1320.5(b), 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FRA

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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
currently approved information
collection activities that FRA will
submit for clearance by OMB as
required under the PRA:
Title: FRA Safety Advisory 2015–02,
Hazardous Materials: Information
Requirements Related to the
Transportation of Trains Carrying
Specified Volumes of Flammable
Liquids.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0608.
Abstract: Due to recent derailments
involving ‘‘high hazard flammable
trains’’ (HHFTs), FRA and PHMSA have
conducted several post-accident
investigations and to ensure that
stakeholders are fully aware of each
agency’s investigative authority and
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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.

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Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Erin McCartney,
Acting Chief Financial Officer.
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