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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 185 / Friday, September 23, 2016 / Notices

Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 17th 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 DOT to properly perform its
functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
the accuracy of DOT’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 September 20,
2016.
Patrick T. Warren,
Acting Executive Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA 2016–0002–N–21]

Agency Request for Regular
Processing of Collection of
Information by the Office of
Management and Budget
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), U.S. Department
of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

Consistent with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
and its implementing regulations, this
document provides notice that FRA is
submitting an Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
collect information on railroads’
implementation of Positive Train
Control (PTC) systems on an annual
form entitled the Annual PTC Progress
Report Form (Form FRA F 6180.166).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Robert Brogan, Office of Railroad Safety,
Regulatory Analysis Division, RRS–21,
Federal Railroad Administration, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Mail Stop 25,

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Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6292) or Ms. Kim Toone, Office of
Information Technology, RAD–20,
Federal Railroad Administration, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Mail Stop 35,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6132). (These telephone numbers
are not toll free.) Comments or questions
about any aspect of this ICR should be
directed to OMB’s Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: FRA OMB
Desk Officer.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Participation
On June 23, 2016, FRA published a
notice in the Federal Register seeking
public comment on the revised Annual
PTC Progress Report Form. 81 FR 40938
(June 23, 2016). The PRA and its
implementing regulations 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. See 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A); 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1),
1320.10(e)(1), 1320.12(a). The comment
period closed on August 22, 2016. FRA
did not receive any written comments
responsive to its June 23, 2016, notice
and request for comments. FRA requests
regular processing and OMB
authorization to collect the information
on the new Annual PTC Progress Report
Form (Form FRA F 6180.166), as
identified below, 30 days after
publication of this notice for a period of
3 years.
II. Background on the Annual PTC
Reporting Requirement
Under the Positive Train Control
Enforcement and Implementation Act of
2015 (PTCEI Act), each railroad subject
to 49 U.S.C. 20157(a) must submit an
annual progress report to FRA by March
31, 2016, and annually thereafter, until
PTC implementation is completed. 49
U.S.C. 20157(c)(1). The PTCEI Act
specifically requires each railroad to
provide certain information in the
annual reports regarding its progress
toward implementing a PTC system,
including ‘‘any other information’’ FRA
requests. See id. In addition, 49 U.S.C.
20157(c)(2) requires FRA to conduct
compliance reviews at least annually to
ensure that each railroad is complying
with its revised PTC Implementation
Plan (PTCIP). The PTCEI Act requires
railroads to provide information to FRA
that FRA determines is necessary to
adequately conduct such compliance
reviews. See 49 U.S.C. 20157(c)(2).
On March 16, 2016, OMB approved
FRA’s Annual PTC Progress Report
Form (Form FRA F 6180.166) for a
period of 180 days under its emergency

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processing procedures. However, based
on industry’s oral and written
comments on the Quarterly PTC
Progress Report Form (Form FRA F
6180.165, OMB Control No. 2130–0553;
OMB Approval Expires June 30, 2017),
FRA revised the Annual PTC Progress
Report Form to be as consistent with the
quarterly report form as possible (where
the questions overlap), enabling
railroads to transfer information from
the quarterly report forms to the annual
report forms more easily. In summary,
on April 12, 2016, the Association of
American Railroads (AAR) submitted
comments to FRA on behalf of itself and
its member railroads, and the American
Public Transit Association (APTA)
submitted comments to FRA on behalf
of the Northeast Illinois Regional
Commuter Railroad (Metra), the Utah
Transit Authority, the Tri-County
Metropolitan Transportation District of
Oregon, and the Fort Worth
Transportation Authority.
On April 19, 2016, FRA held a
meeting on the proposed Quarterly PTC
Progress Report Form to offer the
affected regulated entities a forum to
provide additional comments and
feedback to FRA. Representatives from,
and members of, AAR, APTA, the
American Short Line and Regional
Railroad Association, and several
individual railroad representatives
attended the meeting and provided
feedback. FRA published minutes from
the meeting on www.regulations.gov
under Docket No. FRA–2016–0002. For
a detailed summary of the oral and
written comments and FRA’s responses
to the comments, please see 81 FR
28140 (May 9, 2016).
The current Annual PTC Progress
Report Form, as approved through
September 30, 2016, can be accessed
and downloaded in FRA’s eLibrary at:
https://www.fra.dot.gov/eLib/details/
L17366. To view the revised Annual
PTC Progress Report Form, please see
the form attached to FRA’s June 23,
2016, Federal Register notice. 81 FR
40938, 40940–40953. FRA is submitting
the June 23rd version of the annual
form, but with minor spacing
modifications, to OMB today for review
and regular processing.
III. Overview of Information Collection
The associated collection of
information is summarized below.
Title: Annual Positive Train Control
Progress Report Form.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0553.
Form Number(s): FRA F 6180.166.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Frequency of Submission: One-time;
on occasion.

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Respondent Universe: 41 railroad
carriers.

Reporting burden:

Annual PTC progress report

Respondent universe

Total annual responses

Average time per
response

Form FRA F 6180.166 .........................................

41 railroads ..................

41 reports/forms ...........

38.41 hours ..................

FRA notes that the 38.41-hour
estimate is an average for all railroads.
FRA estimated the annual reporting
burden is 60 hours for Class I and large
passenger railroads, 40 hours for Class
II and medium passenger railroads, and
25 hours for Class III, terminal, and
small passenger railroads.
Total Estimated Annual Responses for
Form FRA F 6180.166: 41.
Total Estimated Annual Burden for
Form FRA F 6180.166: 1,575 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Responses for
Entire Information Collection: 147,776.
Total Estimated Annual Burden for
Entire Information Collection:
3,126,039.
Status: Regular Review.
Under 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 CFR
1320.5(b) and 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 September
20, 2016.
Patrick T. Warren,
Acting Executive Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2016–0090]

Request for Comment on ‘‘Federal
Automated Vehicles Policy’’
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and Request for
Comments.
AGENCY:

NHTSA invites public
comment on the document, ‘‘Federal
Automated Vehicles Policy.’’ This
document is intended as a starting point
that provides needed initial guidance to
industry, government, and consumers. It
will necessarily evolve over time,
changing based on public comment; the
experience of the agency,
manufacturers, suppliers, consumers,

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and others; and/or further technological
innovation. NHTSA intends to revise
and refine the document within one
year, and periodically thereafter, to
reflect such public input, experience,
and innovation, and will address
significant comments received in the
next revision of this document.
DATES: You should submit your
comments early enough to ensure that
Docket Management receives them no
later than November 22, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to
the docket number above and be
submitted by one of the following
methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday
through Friday, except Federal
Holidays.
• Instructions: For detailed
instructions on submitting comments
and additional information on the
rulemaking process, see the Public
Participation heading of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document. Note that all comments
received will be posted without change
to http://www.regulations.gov, including
any personal information provided.
• 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
(65 FR 19477–78) or at https://
www.transportation.gov/privacy.
• Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to http://
www.regulations.gov or to the street
address listed above. Follow the online
instructions for accessing the dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
technical issues: Mr. Frank Barickman,

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Total annual
burden hours
1,575

Team Leader at NHTSA’s Vehicle
Research and Test Center at (937) 666–
4511 or by email at av_info_nhtsa@
dot.gov.
For legal issues: Mr. Steve Wood of
NHTSA’s Office of Chief Counsel, at
(202) 366–2992 or by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA), under the
U.S. Department of Transportation, was
established by the Highway Safety Act
of 1970, to carry out safety programs
under the National Traffic and Motor
Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 and the
Highway Safety Act of 1966. NHTSA is
responsible for reducing deaths,
injuries, and economic losses resulting
from motor vehicle crashes on our
nation’s roadways. This is accomplished
by conducting research, setting and
enforcing safety performance standards
for motor vehicles and motor vehicle
equipment, generating and
disseminating comparative safety
performance information to encourage
the production and purchase of
advanced safety features, requiring the
calling and remedying of defective and
noncompliant vehicles and equipment,
and by making grants to state and local
governments to enable them to conduct
effective local highway safety programs.
Prior or in addition to issuing standards,
NHTSA also issues guidance regarding
motor vehicle safety issues.
Over the past several decades, many
important safety technologies have
become standard equipment through
regulation and voluntary industry
action, and tremendous adjustments in
consumer behavior about safety have
been made through behavioral safety
programs and the promotion of these
programs by safety partners. Despite
these efforts and the hundreds of
thousands of lives saved attributable to
these efforts, crashes still happen, and
people are still injured and killed.
35,092 people died on U.S. roadways in
2015. Moreover, NHTSA’s data suggest
that 94% of crashes can be tied to a
human choice or behavior.1
1 See Singh, S. (2015, February). Critical reasons
for crashes investigated in the National Motor
Vehicle Crash Causation Survey. (Traffic Safety
Facts Crash Stats. Report No. DOT HS 812 115).

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