60-Day Federal Register Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 54 / Wednesday, March 22, 2017 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Docket No. DOT–OST–2017–0010]

Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Research and Technology (OST–R);
Request for Clearance for an
Information Collection: Annual Tank
Car Survey
Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS) Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Research and Technology
(OST–R), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

The BTS is seeking approval
from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for an information
collection related to tank car facilities to
obtain an estimate of tank cars projected
to be modified or built to the new safer
Department of Transportation (DOT)
standards.

SUMMARY:

Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before May 22,
2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Docket No. DOT–OST–
2017–0010 through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
You may also submit comments
identified by DOT Docket ID Number
DOT–OST–2017–0010 to the U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT),
Dockets Management System (DMS).
You may submit your comments by mail
or in person to the Docket Clerk, Docket
Management System, U.S. Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave.
SE., West Building Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590. Comments
should identify the docket number as
indicated above. Paper comments
should be submitted in duplicate. The
DMS is open for examination and
copying, at the above address, from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except federal holidays. If you wish to
receive confirmation of receipt of your
written comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped postcard with the
following statement: ‘‘Comments on
Docket DOT–OST–2017–0010.’’ The
Docket Clerk will date stamp the
postcard prior to returning it to you via
the U.S. mail. Please note that due to
delays in the delivery of U.S. mail to
Federal offices in Washington, DC, we
recommend that persons consider an
alternative method (the Internet, fax, or
professional delivery service) to submit
comments to the docket and ensure
their timely receipt at U.S. DOT. You
may fax your comments to the DMS at
(202) 493–2251. Comments can also be

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viewed and/or submitted via the Federal
Rulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov.
Please note that anyone is able to
electronically search all comments
received into our docket management
system 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
(Volume 65, Number 70; pages 19475–
19570) or you may review the Privacy
Act Statement at http://
www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Clara Reschovsky, Bureau of
Transportation Statistics, Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Research and
Technology, Department of
Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE., Room E34–409, Washington, DC
20590, Telephone (202) 366–2857.
In
accordance with the requirements of 44
U.S.C. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) (the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995), this
notice announces the intention of the
BTS to request the Office of
Management and Budget’s (OMB’s)
approval for an information collection
related to Section 7308 of the Fixing
America’s Surface Transportation Act
(Pub. L. 114–94; the ‘‘FAST Act’’).
Specifically, Section 7308(c) of the
FAST ACT directs the Secretary of
Transportation to conduct a survey of
tank car facilities to obtain an estimate
of tank cars projected to be modified or
built to the new safer Department of
Transportation (DOT) Specification 117
or 117R. In order to satisfy the FAST
Act requirements, BTS is planning the
data collection. BTS invites comments
on its intention to collect information
from tank car retrofitting and
manufacturing facilities on the planned
and projected number of tank cars to be
retrofitted or manufactured beginning
the next calendar year, annually. Any
facility identified with the capacity to
modify or build new tank cars to the 117
or 117R specification, as described in
Section 7308(c) of the FAST Act will be
included in the survey identified in this
notice and submit the results to the
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
(BTS) no later than 60 days upon
request. Individual responses to the
survey will be kept confidential and a
summary report of aggregate findings
will be provided to:
(1) The Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the
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(2) The Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives.
In addition, this summary report will
also be published to the BTS Web page.
Title: Annual Tank Car Survey.
Background: On December 4, 2015,
President Barack Obama signed
legislation entitled ‘‘Fixing America’s
Surface Transportation Act of 2015,’’ or
the ‘‘FAST Act.’’ See Public Law 114–
94. The FAST Act includes the
‘‘Hazardous Materials Transportation
Safety Improvement Act of 2015’’ (see
Sections 7001 through 7311) and
instructs the Secretary of Transportation
to make specific regulatory amendments
to the Hazardous Materials Regulations
(HMR; 49 CFR parts 171–180), including
requirements for certain persons to
report the progress toward modifying
rail tank cars used for the transportation
of Class 3 flammable liquids in
accordance with the timeline
established in Section 7304 of the FAST
Act.
This notice is applicable to Section
7308(c) of the FAST Act which directs
the Secretary to conduct an annual
survey of tank car shops to acquire
projections of the number of tank cars
to be built or manufactured to the new
safer specifications. This includes those
tank cars modified to the DOT
Specification 117R, or equivalent, as
well as any new tank cars built to the
DOT Specification 117, or equivalent.
Modified tank cars will include, but
may not be limited to, those previously
built to Specifications: DOT105,
DOT109, DOT111, DOT112, DOT114,
DOT115, and DOT120.
Respondents: Across the nation there
are approximately 400 tank car facilities
that are currently registered or certified
to build or modify tank cars. However,
the majority of these do not have the
capacity to modify or build to the 117
or 117R Specifications. It is estimated
that, at most, 140 tank car shops possess
the required capacity to build or modify
to these new safer requirements.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: It is estimated that 140
facilities will provide one response each
to this request for information on an
annual basis, and that it will take
approximately 30 minutes to complete,
including record keeping and reporting.
This notice is intended to accurately
account for the annual burden.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: The
estimated burden is equal to 70 annual
burden hours (i.e., 140 responses per
year × 0.5 hour per response). The total
burden cost is estimated at $3,342 (i.e.,
70 burden hours × $47.74 per hour for
a manager in Transportation, Storage,
and Distribution).

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Frequency: The survey frequency is
prescribed by Section 7308(d) of the
FAST Act. Specifically, this section
requires the Secretary to conduct the
survey under Section 7308(c) annually
until May 1, 2029.
Public Comments Invited: Interested
parties are invited to send comments
regarding any aspect of this information
collection, including, but not limited to:
(1) The necessity and utility of the
information collection for the proper
performance of the functions of the
DOT; (2) the accuracy of the estimated
burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, clarity and content of the
collected information; and (4) ways to
minimize the collection burden without
reducing the quality of the collected
information. Comments submitted in
response to this notice will be
summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB’s clearance of this
information collection.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 9,
2017.
Patricia S. Hu,
Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics,
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research
and Technology.
[FR Doc. 2017–05644 Filed 3–21–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
[Docket ID Number DOT–OST–2014–0031]

Agency Information Collection:
Activity Under OMB Review; Report of
Traffic and Capacity Statistics—The T–
100 System
Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13, the Bureau of
Transportation Statistics invites the
general public, industry and other
governmental parties to comment on the
continuing need for and usefulness of
DOT requiring U.S. and foreign air
carriers to file traffic and capacity data
pursuant to 14 CFR 241.19 and Part 217,
respectively. These reports are used to
measure air transportation activity to,
from, and within the United States.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by May 22, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Rodes, Office of Airline
Information, RTS–42, Room E34–420,
OST–R, BTS, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE., Washington, DC 20590–0001,

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Telephone Number (202) 366–8513, Fax
Number (202) 366–3383 or EMAIL
[email protected].
Comments: Comments should identify
the associated OMB approval #2138–
0040 and Docket ID Number DOT–OST–
2014–0031. Persons wishing the
Department to acknowledge receipt of
their comments must submit with those
comments a self-addressed stamped
postcard on which the following
statement is made: Comments on OMB
#2138–0040, Docket—DOT–OST–2014–
0031. The postcard will be date/time
stamped and returned.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by DOT Docket ID Number
DOT–OST–2014–0031 by any of the
following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
Mail: Docket Services: U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., between
9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
Fax: 202–366–3383.
Instructions: Identify docket number,
DOT–OST–2014–0031, at the beginning
of your comments, and send two copies.
To receive confirmation that DOT
received your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Internet
users may access all comments received
by DOT at http://www.regulations.gov.
All comments are posted electronically
without charge or edits, 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 you may visit http://
DocketInfo.dot.gov.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to http://
www.regulations.gov. or the street
address listed above. Follow the online
instructions for accessing the dockets.
Electronic Access
You may access comments received
for this notice at http://
www.regulations.gov, by searching
docket DOT–OST–2014–0031.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Approval No. 2138–0040.
Title: Report of Traffic and Capacity
Statistics—The T–100 System.
Form No.: Schedules T–100 and T–
100(f).
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Certificated, commuter
and foreign air carriers that operate to,
from or within the United States.
T100 Form
Number of Respondents: 119.
Number of Annual Responses: 1,428.
Total Burden per Response: 6 hours.
Total Annual Burden: 8,568 hours.
T100F Form
Number of Respondents: 190.
Number of Annual Responses: 2,280.
Total Burden per Response: 2 hours.
Total Annual Burden: 4,560 hours.
Needs and Uses:
Airport Improvement
The Federal Aviation Administration
uses enplanement data for U.S. airports
to distribute the annual Airport
Improvement Program (AIP) entitlement
funds to eligible primary airports, i.e.,
airports which account for more than
0.01 percent of the total passengers
enplaned at U.S. airports. Enplanement
data contained in Schedule T–100/T–
100(f) are the sole data base used by the
FAA in determining airport funding.
U.S. airports receiving significant
service from foreign air carriers
operating small aircraft could be
receiving less than their fair share of
AIP entitlement funds. Collecting
Schedule T–100(f) data for small aircraft
operations will enable the FAA to more
fairly distribute these funds.
Air Carrier Safety
The FAA uses traffic, operational and
capacity data as important safety
indicators and to prepare the air carrier
traffic and operation forecasts that are
used in developing its budget and
staffing plans, facility and equipment
funding levels, and environmental
impact and policy studies. The FAA
monitors changes in the number of air
carrier operations as a way to allocate
inspection resources and in making
decisions as to increased safety
surveillance. Similarly, airport activity
statistics are used by the FAA to
develop airport profiles and establish
priorities for airport inspections.
Acquisitions and Mergers
While the Justice Department has the
primary responsibility over air carrier
acquisitions and mergers, the
Department reviews the transfer of

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