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Stolz should be able to get his
commercial license.’’ Mr. Stolz reported
that he has driven straight trucks for 1
year, accumulating 1,000 miles, and
tractor-trailer combinations for 18 years,
accumulating 216,000 miles. He holds a
Class ABCDM CDL from Wisconsin. His
driving record for the last 3 years shows
no crashes and no convictions for
moving violations in a CMV.
III. Public Participation and Request for
Comments
FMCSA encourages you to participate
by submitting comments and related
materials.
Submitting Comments
If you submit a comment, please
include the docket number for this
notice, indicate the specific section of
this document to which each comment
applies, and provide a reason for each
suggestion or recommendation. You
may submit your comments and
material online or by fax, mail, or hand
delivery, but please use only one of
these means. FMCSA recommends that
you include your name and a mailing
address, an email address, or a phone
number in the body of your document
so the Agency can contact you if it has
questions regarding your submission.
To submit your comment online, go to
http://www.regulations.gov and put the
docket number FMCSA–2016–0208 in
the ‘‘Keyword’’ box, and click ‘‘Search.
When the new screen appears, click on
‘‘Comment Now!’’ button and type your
comment into the text box in the
following screen. Choose whether you
are submitting your comment as an
individual or on behalf of a third party
and then submit. If you submit your
comments by mail or hand delivery,
submit them in an unbound format, no
larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, suitable for
copying and electronic filing. If you
submit comments by mail and would
like to know that they reached the
facility, please enclose a stamped, selfaddressed postcard or envelope.

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Viewing Comments and Documents
To view comments, as well as
documents mentioned in this preamble
as being available in the docket, go to
http://www.regulations.gov and insert
the docket number FMCSA–2016–0208
in the ‘‘Keyword’’ box and click
‘‘Search.’’ Next, click ‘‘Open Docket
Folder’’ button and choose the
document listed to review. If you do not
have access to the Internet, you may
view the docket online by visiting the
Docket Management Facility in Room
W12–140 on the ground floor of the
DOT West Building, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., e.t., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Issued on: September 29, 2016.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2016–0002–N–19]

Agency Request for Emergency
Processing of Collection of
Information by the Office of
Management and Budget;
Railworthiness Directive for Certain
Railroad Tank Cars Equipped With
Bottom Outlet Valve Assembly and
Constructed by American Railcar
Industries and ACF Industries
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of Agency request for
OMB emergency information collection
processing and request for comments.
AGENCY:

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FRA hereby gives notice it is
submitting the following Information
Collection request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Emergency processing under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
and its implementing regulations. FRA
requests that OMB authorize the
proposed collection of information
identified below on October 18, 2016,
for a period of 180 days.

SUMMARY:

A
copy of this individual ICR, with
applicable supporting documentation,
may be obtained by calling FRA’s
Clearance Officers: Robert Brogan (tel.
(202) 493–6292) or Kimberly Toone (tel.
(202) 493–6132) (these numbers are not
toll-free), or by contacting Mr. Brogan
via facsimile at (202) 493–6216 or Ms.
Toone via facsimile at (202) 493–6497,
or via email by contacting Mr. Brogan at
[email protected]; or by contacting
Ms. Toone at [email protected].
Comments regarding these information
collection requirements should include
the title and OMB control number listed
below and should be sent directly 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 oira_
[email protected].
Title: Railworthiness Directive for
Certain Railroad Tank Cars Equipped
with Bottom Outlet Valve Assembly and
Constructed by American Railcar
Industries and ACF Industries
OMB Control Number: 2130–NEW.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Affected Public: Businesses (Tank Car
Owners).
Frequency of Submission: One-time;
on occasion.
Respondent Universe: 100 Tank Car
Owners.
Reporting Burden:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Total annual
responses

Average time per
response

20 Tank Car Owners
(100 Lessees/SubLessees).

20 ID Reports ............

4 hours .......................

80

100 Shippers ..............

14,000 inspections/
records.
14,000 records ...........

10 min ........................

2,333

2 hours .......................

28,000

2 hours .......................

66

Respondent universe

Identify tank cars covered by the Directive
for Certain Railroad Tank Cars Equipped
with Bottom Outlet Valve Assembly and
Constructed by American Railcar Industries and ACF Industries (14,800 cars).
Visual Inspection of Sump Weld Area of All
Tank Cars Identified under this Directive.
Inspect and Test Sump and BOV Skid
Groove as Stipulated in Directive and
Maintain Record Results.
Train and Qualify Non-Destructive Test
Technicians on NDT Procedures and
Record Qualification (1⁄3 of the 100 tank
car mechanics).

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FMCSA will consider all comments
and material received during the
comment period. FMCSA may issue a
final determination at any time after the
close of the comment period.

20 Tank Car Owners
(100 Lessees/SubLessees).
10 Tank Car Facility
Operators.

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Tank Car Owner Notification to All Parties
under Contract to Car Owner, including
Lessees and/or sub-Lessees, using tank
cars subject to the Terms of this Directive.
Report of Inspection , Test, and Repair Information stipulated in paragraph 2(g) of Directive to FRA.
Repairs: 15% of Relevant Tank Fleet of
14,000 cars— Record and Report of Repairs to Tank Car Owners.
Tank Car Facility Request to Tank Car
Owner for Written Permission and Approval of Qualification and Maintenance
Program It Will Use Consistent with Appendices D, R, and W of the Tank Car
Manual and 49 CFR 180.513 Prior to Initiating Any Repairs.
Tank Car Facility Report of All Work Performed to Tank Car Owner.

Total Estimated Responses: 44,293.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
68,953 hours.
Status: Emergency Review.
Description:
On September 30, 2016, FRA issued a
Railworthiness Directive (Directive) to
all owners of DOT specification 111
general purpose tank cars, which can be
found on FRA’s Web site at http://
www.fra.dot.gov/eLib/details/L18383.
FRA issued the Directive based on its
finding that as a result of nonconforming welding practices, DOT–111
tank cars built by American Railcar
Industries, Inc. (ARI) and ACF
Industries, LLC (ACF) between 2009 and
2015 to the ARI and ACF 300 stub sill
design and equipped with a two-piece
cast sump and bottom outlet valve
(BOV) skid may be in an unsafe
operating condition and could result in
the release of hazardous materials. As a
result of the non-conforming welding
practices, these cars may have
substantial weld defects at the sump
and BOV skid groove attachment welds,
potentially affecting each tank’s ability
to retain its contents during
transportation. The Directive requires
owners to: (1) Identify tank cars in their
fleet covered by this Directive; and (2)
ensure appropriate inspection and
testing of each tank car’s sump and BOV
skid groove attachment welds to ensure
no flaw exists which could result in the
loss of tank integrity.
As provided under 5 CFR 1320.13,
Emergency Processing, DOT is
requesting emergency processing for
this new collection of information as
specified in the PRA and its
implementing regulations. DOT cannot
reasonably comply with normal
clearance procedures because the use of
normal clearance procedures is

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Total annual
responses

Average time per
response

20 Tank Car Owners
(100 Lessees/SubLessees).

100 notices ................

2 hours .......................

200

20 Tank Car Owners
(100 Lessees/SubLessees).
10 Tank Car Facility
Operators.

14,000 reports ............

20 min. per car/report.

4,667

2,100 car reports/
records.

16 hours .....................

33,600

10 Tank Car Facility
Operators.

20 requests + 20 written permissions.

10 min. + 10 min .......

7

10 Tank Car Facility
Operators.

Burden Included Directly Above.

N/A .............................

N/A

Respondent universe

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reasonably likely to disrupt the
collection of information. Further, in
light of recent tank car accidents/
incidents carrying crude oil, FRA
believes safety is an overriding issue.
The Directive took effect upon issuance.
FRA cannot wait the normal 90 days of
public comment. Under the Directive,
tank car owners must take immediate
action to identify tank cars in their fleet
subject to the Directive. Therefore, FRA
is requesting OMB approval of this
collection of information 7 days after
publication of this Notice in the Federal
Register. Upon OMB approval of its
Emergency clearance request, FRA will
follow the normal clearance procedures
for the information collection associated
with this Directive.
Under 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 CFR
1320.5(b), 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FRA informs
all interested parties 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 October 4,
2016.
Amitabha Bose,
Chief Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement for the Coachella Valley—
San Gorgonio Pass Rail Corridor
Service: Riverside, San Bernardino,
Orange, and Los Angeles Counties, CA
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), U.S. Department
of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare
a Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS).
AGENCY:

Through this NOI, FRA
announces it will prepare a
Programmatic EIS and Environmental
Impact Report (EIR) jointly with the
Riverside County Transportation
Commission (RCTC) and the California
Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
for the Coachella Valley—San Gorgonio
Pass Rail Corridor Service (Project).
FRA, RCTC, and Caltrans will develop
the Programmatic EIS/EIR in
compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA), and the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
FRA invites the public and Federal,
state, and local agencies to provide
input into the scope of the EIS/EIR and
will consider all information from
outreach activities when preparing the
EIS/EIR. The Project will study options
for providing intercity passenger rail
service between the cities of Los
Angeles and Indio, California also
known as the Coachella Valley—San
Gorgonio Pass Corridor (the Corridor).
DATES: Persons interested in providing
written comments on the scope of the
Coachella Valley—San Gorgonio Pass
SUMMARY:

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