September 23,2016, .FR Notice (30-Day)

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 185 / Friday, September 23, 2016 / Notices
Total Estimated Responses: 36,608.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
8,152 hours.
Status: Regular Review.
Title: Bridge Worker Safety Rules.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0535.
Abstract: Title 49 U.S.C. 20139
requires FRA to issue rules, regulations,
orders, and standards for the safety of
maintenance-of-way employees on
railroad bridges, including standards for
‘‘bridge safety equipment’’ such as nets,
walkways, handrails, and safety lines,
along with requirements for using
vessels when work is performed on
bridges located over bodies of water.
Subpart B of 49 CFR part 214 establishes
minimum workplace safety standards
for railroad employees as they apply to
railroad bridges. Specifically, 49 CFR
214.105(c) establishes standards and
practices for safety net systems. Safety
nets and net installations must be droptested at the job site after initial
installation and before being used as a
fall-protection system, after major
repairs, and at 6-month intervals if left
at one site. If a drop-test is not feasible
and is not performed, then the railroad
or railroad contractor, or a designated
certified person, must provide written
certification the net complies with the
safety standards of 49 CFR 214.105. FRA
and State inspectors use the information
to enforce Federal regulations. The
information maintained at the job site
promotes safe bridge worker practices.
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 a
collection 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
Federal Railroad Administration

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[Docket No. FRA–2016–0002–N–20]

Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and comment request.
AGENCY:

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Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice
announces that FRA is forwarding the
new Information Collection Request
(ICR) abstracted below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comment. The ICR describes
the information collection and its
expected burden. On June 3, 2016, FRA
published a notice providing a 60-day
period for public comment on the ICR.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before October 24, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Robert Brogan, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad
Safety, Regulatory Analysis Division,
RRS–21, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Mail Stop 25, Washington,
DC 20590 (Telephone: (202) 493–6292);
or Ms. Kim Toone, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Office of
Administration, 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.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA,
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), and 1320.12. On June 3,
2016, FRA published a 60-day notice in
the Federal Register soliciting comment
on the ICR for which it is now seeking
OMB approval. See 81 FR 35814. 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 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.
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The summary below describes the ICR
and its expected burden. FRA is
submitting the new request for clearance
by OMB as the PRA requires.
Title: Survey of Plant and Insular
Tourist Railroads Subject to FRA Bridge
Safety Standards (49 CFR part 237).
OMB Control Number: 2130–New.
Abstract: FRA’s Bridge Safety
Standards (49 CFR part 237) require all
owners of railroad track with a gage of
2 feet or more supported by a bridge to
comply with the regulations. This
includes track owners with bridges
located within an industrial installation
(plant) that is not part of the general
railroad system of transportation
(general system), but over which
railroad equipment is moved by a
general system railroad. To identify
track owners subject to the requirements
of part 237, Bridge Safety Standards,
FRA relies on the railroad accident/
incident reports that FRA regulations
(49 CFR part 225, Railroad Accidents/
Incidents: Reports Classification, and
Investigations) require railroads to file
monthly. However, plant railroads and
insular tourist railroads are exempt from
49 CFR part 225 reporting requirements.
Under the ICR, FRA would request
any railroad serving a plant and moving
railroad equipment over bridges within
the plant, or the plant itself, to advise
FRA by email that there are railroad
bridges within the installation
potentially subject to FRA Bridge Safety
Standards. FRA would also request
insular tourist railroads, whose tracks
are supported by one or more bridges,
to advise FRA by email about these
bridges. The email notifications should
include the name of the installation or
insular tourist railroad, address,
including city and State, contact name,
telephone number, and email address.
This survey will be ongoing with initial
approval requested for 3 years.
FRA desires to identify plant and
insular tourist railroads that may be
subject to part 237 requirements, but are
exempt from part 225 reporting
requirements, to analyze the risks these
entities may pose to railroad bridge
safety and to aid in planning bridge
safety oversight activities and allocating
resources.
Type of Request: Approval of a new
information collection.
Affected Public: Freight railroads,
industrial installations (plants), insular
tourist railroads.
Form(s): N/A.
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
210.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 53
hours.
Addressee: Send comments regarding
these information collections to the

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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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