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to an agency’s submitting a collection to
OMB for approval, a 60-day notice and
comment period through publication in
the Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information.
Dated: April 27, 2016.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2016–10192 Filed 4–29–16; 8:45 am]
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
Notice and Request for Comments
Surface Transportation Board.
60-day notice of intent to seek
extension of approval: System Diagram
Maps.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–
3521 (PRA), the Surface Transportation
Board (STB or Board) gives notice of its
intent to seek approval from the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
an extension of the system diagram
maps, described below.
Comments are requested concerning:
(1) The accuracy of the Board’s burden
estimates; (2) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; (3) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, when
appropriate; and (4) whether the
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Board, including
whether the collection has practical
utility. Submitted comments will be
summarized and included in the
Board’s request for OMB approval.

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SUMMARY:

Description of Collection
Title: System Diagram Maps (or, in the
case of Class III carriers, the alternative
narrative description of rail system).
OMB Control Number: 2140–0003.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Respondents: Common carrier freight
railroads that are either new or reporting
changes in the status of one or more of
their rail lines.
Number of Respondents: 1.
Estimated Time per Response: 7.1
hours, based on average time reported in
informal survey of respondents (less
than 10).
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 7.1
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Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost: None
identified. Filings are submitted
electronically to the Board.
Needs and Uses: Under 49 CFR
1152.10–1152.13, all railroads subject to
the Board’s jurisdiction are required to
keep current system diagram maps on
file, or alternatively, in the case of a
Class III carrier (a carrier with assets of
not more than $38,060,384 in 2014
dollars), to submit the same information
in narrative form. The information
sought in this collection identifies all
lines in a particular railroad’s system,
categorized to indicate the likelihood
that service on a particular line will be
abandoned and/or whether service on a
line is currently provided under the
financial assistance provisions of 49
U.S.C. 10904. Carriers are obligated to
amend these maps as the need to change
the category of any particular line arises.
Comments on this information
collection should be submitted by July
1, 2016.

DATES:

Direct all comments to
Chris Oehrle, Surface Transportation
Board, 395 E Street SW., Washington,
DC 20423–0001, or to [email protected].
When submitting comments, please
refer to ‘‘System Diagram Maps.’’ For
further information regarding this
collection, please contact Pedro Ramirez
at (202) 245–0333 or at
[email protected]. [Assistance
for the hearing impaired is available
through the Federal Information Relay
Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.]

ADDRESSES:

Under the
PRA, a federal agency that conducts or
sponsors a collection of information
must display a currently valid OMB
control number. A collection of
information, which is defined in 44
U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c),
includes agency requirements that
persons submit reports, keep records, or
provide information to the agency, third
parties, or the public. Under
§ 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, federal
agencies are required to provide, prior
to an agency’s submitting a collection to
OMB for approval, a 60-day notice and
comment period through publication in
the Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Dated: April 27, 2016.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
Notice and Request for Comments
Surface Transportation Board.
60-Day notice of intent to seek
extension of approval: Rail Depreciation
Studies.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–
3521 (PRA), the Surface Transportation
Board (STB or Board) gives notice of its
intent to seek approval from the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
an extension of the Rail Depreciation
Studies. This information collection is
described in detail below.
Comments are requested concerning:
(1) The accuracy of the Board’s burden
estimates; (2) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; (3) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, when
appropriate; and (4) whether the
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Board, including
whether the collection has practical
utility. Submitted comments will be
summarized and included in the
Board’s request for OMB approval.

SUMMARY:

Description of Collection
Title: Rail Depreciation Studies.
OMB Control Number: 2140–0028.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension with
change.
Respondents: Class I railroads.
Number of Respondents: 7.
Estimated Time per Response:
Approximately 500 hours annually.
Frequency of Response: Bi-annual.
(Under 49 CFR part 1201, sections 4–1
to 4–4, the Board requires all class 1
(large) carriers to submit depreciation
studies no less than every three years for
equipment property and every six years
for road and track property. That means
that for any given six year period the
Class 1 railroads have to submit no less
than three depreciation reports or the
equivalent of 0.5 depreciation reports
per year.)
Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,500
hours (500 hours × 7 Class I railroads).
Total Annual ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’
Cost: Approximately $262,500 per year.
Board staff estimates that each study
will cost between $50,000 and $100,000,
which equals a cost of approximately
$25,000–$50,000 per year. Using an
average cost ($37,500 per year × 7 Class
I railroads), the non-hour burden cost is

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estimated to be approximately $262,500
per year.
Needs and Uses: Under 49 CFR part
1201, sections 4–1 to 4–4, the Board is
required to identify those classes of
property for which rail carriers may
include depreciation charges under
operating expenses, and the Board must
also prescribe a rate of depreciation that
may be charged to those classes of
property. Pursuant to the Board’s
authority under 49 U.S.C. 11145, Class
I rail carriers are required to submit
Depreciation Studies to the Board.
Information in these studies is not
available from any other source. The
Board uses the information in these
studies to prescribe depreciation rates.
These depreciation rate prescriptions
state the period for which the
depreciation rates therein are
applicable. Class I railroads apply the
prescribed depreciation rates to their
investment base to determine monthly
and annual depreciation expense. This
expense is included in the railroads’
operating expenses, which are reported
in their R–1 reports (OMB Control
Number 2140–0009). Operating
expenses are used to develop operating
costs for application in various
proceedings before the Board, such as in
rate reasonableness cases and in the
determination of railroad revenue
adequacy.
DATES: Comments on this information
collection should be submitted by July
1, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to
Chris Oehrle, Surface Transportation
Board, 395 E Street SW., Washington,
DC 20423–0001, or to [email protected].
When submitting comments, please
refer to ‘‘Rail Depreciation Studies.’’ For
further information regarding this
collection, contact Pedro Ramirez at
(202) 245–0333 or at
[email protected]. [Assistance
for the hearing impaired is available
through the Federal Information Relay
Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA, a federal agency that conducts or
sponsors a collection of information
must display a currently valid OMB
control number. A collection of
information, which is defined in 44
U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c),
includes agency requirements that
persons submit reports, keep records, or
provide information to the agency, third
parties, or the public. Under
§ 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, federal
agencies are required to provide, prior
to an agency’s submitting a collection to
OMB for approval, a 60-day notice and
comment period through publication in
the Federal Register concerning each

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proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information.
Dated: April 27, 2016.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2016–10193 Filed 4–29–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Buy America Waiver Notification
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

This notice provides
information regarding FHWA’s finding
that a Buy America waiver is
appropriate for the use of non-domestic
motor and machinery brakes for
Southern Boulevard (SR 80) Bascule
Bridge Replacement project that meet
AASHTO Moveable Highway Bridge
Design specifications (MHBDS) 5.5, 5.6,
6.7.13 in the State of Florida.
DATES: The effective date of the waiver
is May 3, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions about this notice, please
contact Mr. Gerald Yakowenko, FHWA
Office of Program Administration, (202)
366–1562, or via email at
[email protected]. For legal
questions, please contact Mr. Jomar
Maldonado, FHWA Office of the Chief
Counsel, (202) 366–1373, or via email at
[email protected]. Office hours
for the FHWA are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

Electronic Access
An electronic copy of this document
may be downloaded from the Federal
Register’s home page at: http://
www.archives.gov and the Government
Printing Office’s database at: http://
www.access.gpo.gov/nara.
Background
The FHWA’s Buy America policy in
23 CFR 635.410 requires a domestic
manufacturing process for any steel or
iron products (including protective
coatings) that are permanently
incorporated in a Federal-aid
construction project. The regulation also
provides for a waiver of the Buy
America requirements when the
application would be inconsistent with
the public interest or when satisfactory
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are not sufficiently available. This
notice provides information regarding
FHWA’s finding that a Buy America
waiver is appropriate for use of nondomestic motor and machinery brake
systems for Southern Boulevard (SR 80)
Bascule Bridge Replacement project in
the State of Florida.
In accordance with Division K,
section 122 of the ‘‘Consolidated and
Further Continuing Appropriations Act,
2015’’ (Pub. L. 113–235), FHWA
published a notice of intent to issue a
waiver on its Web site (http://
www.fhwa.dot.gov/construction/
contracts/waivers.cfm?id=118 ) on
January 14th. The FHWA received no
comments in response to the
publication. Based on all the
information available to the agency,
FHWA concludes that there are no
domestic manufacturers of motor and
machinery brake systems that meet
specifications for AASHTO Moveable
Highway Bridge Design for Southern
Boulevard (SR 80) Bascule Bridge
Replacement project in the State of
Florida.
In accordance with the provisions of
section 117 of the SAFETEA–LU
Technical Corrections Act of 2008 (Pub.
L. 110–244, 122 Stat. 1572), FHWA is
providing this notice as its finding that
a waiver of Buy America requirements
is appropriate. The FHWA invites
public comment on this finding for an
additional 15 days following the
effective date of the finding. Comments
may be submitted to FHWA’s Web site
via the link provided to the waiver page
noted above.
Authority: 23 U.S.C. 313; Pub. L. 110–161,
23 CFR 635.410).
Issued on: April 21, 2016.
Gregory G. Nadeau,
Administrator, Federal Highway
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2016–0027]

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption
Applications; Vision
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of applications for
exemptions; request for comments.
AGENCY:

FMCSA announces receipt of
applications from 21 individuals for
exemption from the vision requirement

SUMMARY:

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