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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 58 / Tuesday, March 28, 2017 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2017–0002–N–3]

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

Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its
implementing regulations, FRA is
seeking to conduct the information
collection activities listed below. Before
submitting this information collection
request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
approval, FRA is soliciting public
comment on specific aspects of the
activity identified below.
DATES: Comments must be received no
later than May 30, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the following information collection
activity 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. Kim 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—NEW’’, and
should also include the title of the
information collection. Alternatively,
comments may be faxed to (202) 493–
6216 or (202) 493–6497, or emailed 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.

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SUMMARY:

Mr.
Robert Brogan, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad
Safety, Regulatory Safety Analysis
Division, RRS–21, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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SE., Mail Stop 17, 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 toll-free.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA,
44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, and its
implementing regulations, 5 CFR part
1320, require Federal agencies to
provide 60-days’ notice to the public to
allow comment on information
collection activities before seeking OMB
approval of the activities. 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 parties to
comment on the following summary of
an information collection activity
regarding: (1) Whether the information
collection activity is necessary for FRA
to properly execute its functions,
including whether the activities will
have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
FRA’s estimate of the burden of the
information collection activity,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used to
determine the estimate; (3) how FRA
can enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information being
collected; and (4) how FRA can
minimize the burden of the information
collection activity on the public by
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques and other forms of
information technology (e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses). See
44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A); 5 CFR
1320.8(d)(1).
FRA believes soliciting public
comment will promote its efforts to
reduce the administrative and
paperwork burdens associated with the
collection of information. In summary,
FRA reasons that comments received
will advance three objectives: (1)
Reduce reporting burdens; (2) ensure it
organizes information collection
requirements in a ‘‘user-friendly’’ format
to improve the use of such information;
and (3) accurately assess the resources
expended to retrieve and produce
information requested. See 44 U.S.C.
3501.
Below is a brief summary of the
proposed ICR that FRA will submit for
OMB clearance as required under the
PRA:
Title: Workforce Development (WFD)
Survey.
OMB Control Number: 2130—NEW.
Abstract: FRA has statutory
responsibility to ensure the safety of

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railroad operations under 49 U.S.C.
20103. To conduct safe railroad
operations, the workforce must have the
requisite skills to operate equipment
and technologies. Therefore, it is FRA’s
responsibility to promote workforce
development policy and standards to
ensure the workforce has the necessary
skills and talent to conduct safe railroad
operations. Due to an increasingly
dynamic and maturing workforce
combined with changing skills’
requirements new technologies impose,
there is an increasing risk of not having
the necessary talent pools to fill critical
railroad operational positions.
In 2011, FRA published the Railroad
Industry Modal Profile: An Outline of
the Railroad Industry Workforce Trends,
Challenges, and Opportunities (Railroad
Industry Modal Profile), which provided
a comprehensive overview of the
railroad industry workforce as of
December 31, 2008. This document is
available to the public through FRA’s
Web site at https://www.fra.dot.gov/
eLib/Details/L01294. FRA published the
Railroad Industry Modal Profile in
response to the DOT National
Transportation Workforce Development
Initiative that required each DOT
Operating Administration (OA) to
produce an analysis of its industry
workforce. See https://www.rita.dot.gov/
ntwd for information on the initiative.
The prevailing workforce concerns
during the early stages of the DOT
National Transportation Workforce
Development Initiative were the large
number of retirement-eligible employees
in transportation-related fields and the
national shortage of science, technology,
engineering, and math graduates. Since
the railroad industry did very little
hiring in the late 1980s and through
most of the 1990s, the retirementeligible population became quite
large—even more than most other
industries and transportation modes
(which were grappling with similar
retirement population concerns).
These industry hiring practices create
risk in maintaining a viable workforce,
and, to take effective and efficient action
to minimize these risks, FRA requires
railroads to submit trustworthy
information on current Work Force
Development strategies and challenges.
Initial data FRA collected for the
Railroad Industry Modal Profile
established a baseline understanding of
the risks and status. FRA proposes this
survey to validate and further develop
its understanding of the risks. With this
submission, FRA is requesting
permission to acquire the necessary
information on the railroad industry
workforce.
Form Number(s): FRA 240.

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Affected Public: Class I freight and
passenger railroads, short line and
regional railroads, labor unions, major
associations, academia, and specialty
experts.
Respondent Universe: 91.
Frequency of Submission: One-time.
Reporting Burden:
Stakeholder segment

Number
invited
to survey

Burden
hours
@ 1⁄3 hour
per survey

Class I Passenger ...........
Class I Freight .................
Short Line and Regional
Labor Unions ...................
Associations ....................
Academia ........................

5
10
50
7
10
9

1.65
3.3
16.5
2.3
3.3
3

Total .........................

91

30.05

Total Estimated Annual Responses:
91.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
30.05 hours.
Type of Request: Approval of a new
Information Collection.
Under 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 displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Sarah L. Inderbitzin,
Acting Chief Counsel.
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BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Usual and
Customary Business Records
Maintained by Brewers
Departmental Offices, U.S.
Department of the Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
Bureau (TTB)
Title: Usual and Customary Business
Records Maintained by Brewers.
OMB Control Number: 1513–0058.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: The Internal Revenue Code
(IRC) at 26 U.S.C. 5415 requires brewers
to keep records in such form and
containing such information as the
Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe
by regulation as necessary to protect the
revenue. Under this authority, TTB
regulations in 27 CFR part 25 require
brewers to keep usual and customary
business records that allow TTB to
verify, for example, the quantities of raw
materials received at a brewery, the
quantity of beer and cereal beverages
produced and removed tax paid or
without payment of tax from a brewery,
and the quantity of beer previously
removed subject tax that is returned to
the brewery.
Form: None.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profits.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

The Department of the
Treasury will submit the following
information collection request(s) to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the
date of publication of this notice. The
public is invited to submit comments on
the collection(s) listed below.
DATES: Comments should be received on
or before April 27, 2017 to be assured
of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding
the burden estimate, or any other aspect
of the information collection, including
SUMMARY:

suggestions for reducing the burden, to
(1) Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for
Treasury, New Executive Office
Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503, or email at OIRA_Submission@
OMB.EOP.gov and (2) Treasury PRA
Clearance Officer, 1750 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Suite 8142, Washington, DC
20220, or email at [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Copies of the submissions may be
obtained by emailing [email protected],
calling (202) 622–0489, or viewing the
entire information collection request at
www.reginfo.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Dated: March 23, 2017.
Spencer W. Clark,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request;
Designation of Financial Market
Utilities
Departmental Offices, U.S.
Department of the Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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The Department of the
Treasury will submit the following
information collection request(s) to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and clearance in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the
date of publication of this notice. The
public is invited to submit comments on
the collection(s) listed below.
DATES: Comments should be received on
or before April 27, 2017 to be assured
of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding
the burden estimate, or any other aspect
of the information collection, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to
(1) Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for
Treasury, New Executive Office
Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503, or email at OIRA_Submission@
OMB.EOP.gov and (2) Treasury PRA
Clearance Officer, 1750 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Suite 8142, Washington, DC
20220, or email at [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Copies of the submissions may be
obtained by emailing [email protected],
calling (202) 622–0489, or viewing the
entire information collection request at
www.reginfo.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

Departmental Offices (DO)
Title: Designation of Financial Market
Utilities
OMB Control Number: 1505–0239.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Abstract: The information collected in
§ 1320.20 from Financial Market
Utilities (FMUs) will be used generally
by the Financial Stability Oversight
Council to determine whether to
designate or rescind the designation of
an FMU under Title VIII of the DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act. The collection of
information in § 1320.11 provides an
opportunity for an FMU to submit
written materials to the Council before
the Council decides whether to propose:
(1) The designation of the FMU as
systemically important; or (2) rescinding
the designation of the FMU as
systemically important. Similarly, the
collection of information in § 1320.12
provides an opportunity for an FMU to
request a hearing or submit written
materials to the Council to contest the
Council’s proposed determination to
either designate the FMU as
systemically important or rescind the
designation of the FMU.
Form: None.

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