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slots under all but the most unusual
circumstances. Carriers should plan
schedules in order to meet the
minimum usage requirement.
Consistent with this Notice, the FAA
will treat as used, any slot allocated to
a carrier on January 22 through 26,
2016, for which there was a planned
flight that was subsequently cancelled.
A waiver will not apply to slots without
a corresponding scheduled flight as the
carrier should have already factored
nonuse on those days into their usage
plans. In order to obtain a waiver under
this policy, a carrier must provide a list
of the cancelled flights at each slotcontrolled airport, including the
reported slot identification number,
operating carrier, flight number, date,
scheduled time of operation, scheduled
origin or destination airport, and the
diversion airport, if applicable.
Carriers must submit the detailed slot
and flight information to the FAA Slot
Administration Office by email to
[email protected]. Carriers at
LGA, which reported usage in midMarch, will have until April 8, 2016, to
submit additional information to request
a waiver under the terms of this Notice.
At JFK and EWR, usage reports for the
winter 2015–2016 scheduling season are
due by April 25, 2016. Carriers at JFK
and EWR must request a waiver request
under this Notice by the due date of the
reports. The FAA will review the
submission to determine if it meets the
terms of this limited waiver. Based on
the submitted information, the FAA will
respond to individual carriers via email
confirming the slots that will be treated
as used under this policy.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 21,
2016.
Lorelei Peter,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.
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Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
its implementing regulations, the
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)

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hereby announces that it is seeking an
extension of the following currently
approved information collection
activities. On February 19, 2016, FRA
published in the Federal Register its
request for Emergency Clearance for
new Form FRA F 6180.167, Bridge
Inspection Report Public Version
Request Form. See 81 FR 8588. The
information collection activities
associated with Form FRA F 6180.167
received a six-month emergency
approval from OMB on February 25,
2016. FRA seeks a regular clearance
(extension of the current approval for
three years) to continue this effort to
provide a means for a State or a political
subdivision of a State to obtain a public
version of a bridge inspection report
generated by a railroad for a bridge
located within their respective
jurisdiction. 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 May 23, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on any or all of the following proposed
activities by mail to either: Mr. Robert
Brogan, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad
Safety, Regulatory Safety Analysis
Division, RRS–21, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave.
SE., Mail Stop 17, Washington, DC
20590, or Ms. Kimberly Toone,
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, 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 2130–0586.’’
Alternatively, comments may be
transmitted via facsimile to (202) 493–
6216 or (202) 493–6497, or via email to
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, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Regulatory
Safety Analysis Division, RRS–21,
Federal Railroad Administration, 1200
New Jersey Ave. SE., Mail Stop 25,

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Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6292) or Ms. Kimberly Toone,
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, 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 tollfree.)
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 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)
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
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 request that FRA will submit
for clearance by OMB as required under
the PRA:

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Title: Bridge Safety Standards.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0586.
Abstract: On December 4, 2015,
President Obama signed into law the
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation
Act (FAST Act) (Pub. L. 114–94).
Section 11405, ‘‘Bridge Inspection
Reports,’’ provides a means for a State
or a political subdivision of a State to
obtain a public version of a bridge
inspection report generated by a railroad
for a bridge located within their
respective jurisdiction. While the FAST
Act specifies that requests for such
reports are to be filed with the Secretary
of Transportation, the responsibility for
fulfilling these requests is delegated to
FRA.
FRA has revised its currently
approved information collection to
account for the additional burden that
will be incurred by States and political
subdivisions of States requesting a
public version of a bridge inspection
report generated by a railroad for a
bridge located within their respective
jurisdiction. FRA developed a new form
titled ‘‘Bridge Inspection Report Public
Version Request Form’’ (see below) to
facilitate such requests by States and
their political subdivisions.
Additionally, FRA has revised its
currently approved information
collection to account for the additional
burden that will be incurred by
railroads to provide the public version
of a bridge inspection report upon
agency request to FRA.

As background, on July 15, 2010, FRA
published its Bridge Safety Standards
Final Rule. See 75 FR 41281. The final
rule on bridge safety standards
normalized and established federal
requirements for railroad bridges. The
final rule established minimum
requirements to assure the structural
integrity of railroad bridges and to
protect the safe operation of trains over
those bridges. The final rule required
railroads/track owners to implement
bridge management programs to prevent
the deterioration of railroad bridges and
to reduce the risk of human casualties,
environmental damage, and disruption
to the Nation’s transportation system
that would result from a catastrophic
bridge failure. Bridge management
programs were required to include
annual inspection of bridges as well as
special inspections, which must be
conducted if natural or accidental
events cause conditions that warrant
such inspections. Lastly, the final rule
required railroads/track owners to audit
bridge management programs and
bridge inspections and to keep records
mandated under 49 CFR part 237. This
final rule culminated FRA’s efforts to
develop and promulgate bridge safety
regulations and fulfilled the Railroad
Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (Pub. L.
110–432, Division A) mandate.
The information collected is used by
FRA to ensure that railroads/track
owners meet Federal standards for

bridge safety and comply with all the
requirements of this regulation. In
particular, the collection of information
is used by FRA to confirm that
railroads/track owners adopt and
implement bridge management
programs to properly inspect, maintain,
modify, and repair all bridges that carry
trains over them for which they are
responsible. Railroads/track owners
must conduct annual inspections of
railroad bridges. Further, railroads/track
owners must incorporate provisions for
internal audit into their bridge
management program and must conduct
internal audits of bridge inspection
reports. The internal audit information
is used by railroads/track owners to
verify that the inspection provisions of
the bridge management program are
being followed and to continually
evaluate the effectiveness of their bridge
management program and bridge
inspection activities. FRA uses this
information to ensure that railroads/
track owners implement a safe and
effective bridge management program
and bridge inspection regime.
Form Number(s): FRA F 6180.167.
Affected Public: States/Political
Subdivisions of States and Businesses.
Respondent Universe: 50 States/State
Political Subdivisions and 693
Railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Reporting Burden:

CFR Section

Respondent
universe

Total annual
responses

Average time per
response

NEW FAST ACT REQUIREMENTS ...................................................
—Form FRA F 6180.167 .............................................................

50 States/State
Political Subdivision.
693 Railroads ....

75 forms ..............

5 minutes ...........

6

75 reports ............

60 minutes ........

75

693 Railroads ....

15 notifications ....

90 minutes .........

22.5

693 Railroads ....

15 signed statements.
6 petitions ...........
5 plans ................
1,000 designations.
2,000 determinations.
2,000 instructions

30 minutes .........

7.5

4 hours ..............
24 hours ............
30 minutes .........

24
120
400

8 hours ..............

16,000

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

4,000

12.50 hours .......

93,750

40 hours ............

2,000

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

61,800

1 hour ................
30 minutes .........
30 minutes ........

15,450
25
1,000

30 minutes .........

100

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

20,000

—Railroad Submission to FRA of Bridge Inspection Report—
Public Version.
—237.3—Notifications to FRA of Assignment of Bridge Responsibility.
—Signed Statement by Assignee Concerning Bridge Responsibility.
237.9—Waivers—Petitions .................................................................
23731/33—Development/Adoption of Bridge Management Program
237.57—Designation of Qualified Individuals .....................................

693 Railroads ....
693 Railroads ....
693 Railroads ....

237.71—Determination of Bridge Load Capacities ............................

693 Railroads ....

237.73—Issuance of Instructions to Railroad Personnel by Track
Owner.
237.105—Special Bridge Inspections and Reports/Records .............

693 Railroads ....
693 Railroads ....

—Special Underwater Inspections ..............................................

693 Railroads ....

237.107 and 237.109—Nationwide Annual Bridge Inspections—Reports.
—Records ....................................................................................
—Report of Deficient Condition on a Bridge ...............................
237.111—Review of Bridge Inspection Reports by RR Bridge Engineers.
—Prescription of Bridge Insp. Procedure Modifications After
Review.
237.131—Design of Bridge Modifications or Bridge Repairs .............

693 Railroads ....

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693 Railroads ....
693 Railroads ....

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7,500 insp. and
reports/records.
50 insp. and Reports/rcds..
15,450 insp. & reports.
15,450 records ....
50 reports ............
2,000 insp. rpt. reviews.
200 insp. proc.
modifications.
1,250 designs ......

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Respondent
universe

Total annual
responses

Average time per
response

—Bridge Modification Repair Reviews/Supervisory Efforts .........

693 Railroads ....

1.50 hours .........

1,875

—Common Standard Designed by Railroad Bridge Engineer ....
237.153—Audits of Inspections ..........................................................

693 Railroads ....
693 Railroads ....

1,250 br. mod. repair reviews.
50 standards .......
725 insp. audits ...

1,200
5,534

237.155—Documents and Records ....................................................
—Establishment of RR Monitoring and Info. Technology Security Systems for Electronic Recordkeeping.
—Employees Trained in System .................................................

693 Railroads ....

5 systems ............

24 hours ............
80 hours/24
hours/6 hours.
80 hours ............

693 Railroads ....

100 employees ....

8 hours ..............

800

CFR Section

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Total Estimated Responses for New
FAST Act Requirements: 150.
Total Estimated Responses for Entire
Information Collection: 49,271.
Total Estimated Total Annual Burden
for New FAST Act Requirements: 81
hours.
Total Estimated Total Annual Burden
Entire Information Collection: 224,689
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Type of Request: Extension without
change of a currently approved
information collection under regular
clearance procedures.
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

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burden hours

400

displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Issued in Washington, DC on March 18,
2016.
Amit Bose,
Chief Counsel.

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FAST Act Bridge Inspection Report
Requests
The Fixing America’s Surface
Transportation Act (FAST Act) (Pub. L.
114–94) (Dec. 4, 2015), Section 11405,
‘‘Bridge Inspection Reports,’’ provides a
means for a State or a political
subdivision of a State to obtain a public
version of a bridge inspection report
generated by a railroad for a bridge
located within their respective
jurisdiction. While the FAST Act
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Transportation, the responsibility for
fulfilling these requests is delegated to
the Federal Railroad Administration
(FRA). See 49 CFR 1.89. The text of
Section 11405 of the FAST Act is
provided in attachment 1.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. Who can make a request for a
bridge inspection report under Section
11405 of the FAST Act?
A. Section 11405 of the FAST Act
permits a State or a political subdivision
of a State to file a request for a public

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version of a bridge inspection report for
a bridge located in that State or political
subdivision’s jurisdiction. Thus, any
duly elected or appointed official of a
State or political subdivision of a State,
acting in his or her official capacity,
may file a request. This includes
officials of a State, city, county, town,
municipality or other political
subdivision of a State.
Q. What information do I need to
provide in my request?
A. Go to FRA’s Web site
(www.fra.dot.gov) and click on the

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Bridge Inspection Report link and fill
out the ‘‘Bridge Inspection Report
Public Version Request Form’’ (FRA F
6180.167) in its entirety (a link to the
form is provided at the end of these
questions). Please provide the following
information:
• Your name and title;
• Official address;
• Email address;
• Telephone number;
• Identification of the individual
bridge(s) for which you are requesting a
public version of a bridge inspection
report(s). Bridge identification
information could include a street
name, a nearby intersecting street, a
waterway or a recognizable land feature
where appropriate;
• Name of the railroad that owns and/
or operates over the requested bridge(s)
(if known); and
• An indication that the request is
being made in your official capacity as
a representative of a State or a political
subdivision of a State. The bridge(s) for
which the inspection report(s) is sought
must be within the jurisdiction of the
political subdivision of the State you
represent.
Q. How do I file my request?
A. You can file a request by going to
FRA’s Web site (www.fra.dot.gov) and
clicking on the Bridge Inspection Report
link. There you will find the ‘‘Bridge
Inspection Report Public Version
Request Form’’ (FRA F 6180.167). Please
complete this pdf fillable form by
providing all of the information listed in
the question above and click on the
‘‘submit’’ box when completed. This
will automatically create an email that
will send the completed form directly to
FRA. A link to the form has also been
provided at the end of these questions
below.
If you are unable to submit the form
to FRA directly, please fill out the
‘‘Bridge Inspection Report Public
Version Request Form’’ (FRA F
6180.167) and attach it in an email to
FRABridgeInspectionReportRequest@
dot.gov. Requests will only be accepted
through this email address with the
proper form completely filled out and
attached.
Q. How will FRA handle a request?
A. FRA will evaluate the request and,
if found to be compliant with law, FRA
will promptly request that the railroad
responsible for the bridge provide a
public version of the most recent
inspection report(s) to FRA. Once FRA
has received the report(s), FRA will
review the report(s) to ensure that at
least the minimum information required
by law has been provided. Once
determined to be satisfactory, the
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electronically by reply to the request
unless the requester provides an
alternate email address to send the
report to.
Q. What information must a railroad
include in the public version of the
bridge inspection report provided to
FRA?
A. The FAST Act requires the
following information to be included in
a public version of a bridge inspection
report:
1. The date of the last inspection;
2. Length of bridge;
3. Location of bridge;
4. Type of bridge (superstructure);
5. Type of structure (substructure);
6. Features crossed by the bridge;
7. Railroad contact information; and
8. A general statement on the
condition of the bridge.
Q. How much time does a railroad
have to provide the public version of a
bridge inspection report to FRA?
A. FRA interprets the statute to
require a railroad to provide a requested
report containing at least the minimum
specified information within a
reasonable amount of time. FRA
believes that a reasonable time for a
railroad to provide a requested report is
within 30 days of receipt of FRA’s
request.
Q. How long will it take FRA to
produce a public version of a bridge
inspection report to a requester?
A. FRA will handle these requests as
expeditiously as possible and generally
expects to respond to most requests by
providing the requester with a public
version of a bridge inspection report
within 45 days of receipt of the request.
(Link to Form will be located here)
Attachment 1 to Frequently Asked
Questions
FAST Act—Section 11405—Bridge
Inspection Reports
Section 417(d) of the Rail Safety
Improvement Act of 2008 (49 U.S.C.
20103 note) is amended—(1) by striking
‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting the
following: ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The
Secretary’’; and (2) by adding at the end
the following: ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF
BRIDGE CONDITION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State or
political subdivision of a State may file
a request with the Secretary for a public
version of a bridge inspection report
generated under subsection (b)(5) for a
bridge located in such State or political
subdivision’s jurisdiction.
‘‘(B) PUBLIC VERSION OF
REPORT.—If the Secretary determines
that the request is reasonable, the
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recent bridge inspection report, such as
a summary form, for a bridge subject to
a request under subparagraph (A). The
public version of a bridge inspection
report shall include the date of last
inspection, length of bridge, location of
bridge, type of bridge, type of structure,
feature crossed by bridge, and railroad
contact information, along with a
general statement on the condition of
the bridge.
‘‘(C) PROVISION OF REPORT.—The
Secretary shall provide to a State or
political subdivision of a State a public
version of a bridge inspection report
submitted under subparagraph (B).
‘‘(D) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—
The Secretary, upon the reasonable
request of State or political subdivision
of a State, shall provide technical
assistance to such State or political
subdivision of a State to facilitate the
understanding of a bridge inspection
report.’’
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2016–0027 (Notice No.
2016–2)]

Hazardous Materials: Information
Collection Activities
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), Department of Transportation
(DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
PHMSA invites comments on certain
information collections pertaining to
hazardous materials transportation for
which PHMSA intends to request
renewal from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before May 23,
2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by the docket number
(PHMSA–2016–0027) by any of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Operations, U.S.
Department of Transportation, West
Building, Ground Floor, Room W12–
140, Routing Symbol M–30, 1200 New
SUMMARY:

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