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CFR section

Respondent universe

Total annual responses

Average time per
response

225.18—Railroad narrative report of possible alcohol/drug involvement in accident/incident.
—Reports required by section 219.209(b)
appended to rail equipment accident/incident report.
225.19—Rail-Highway Grade Crossing Accident/
Incident Report—Form FRA F 6180.57.
—Death, Injury, or Occupational Illness
(Form FRA F 6180.55a).
225.21—Railroad Injury and Illness Summary:
Form FRA F 6180.55.
225.21—Annual Railroad Report of Employee
Hours and Casualties, By State—Form FRA F
6180.56.
225.21/25—Railroad Employee Injury and/or Illness Record—Form FRA F 6180.98.
—Copies of forms to employees ..................
225.21—Initial Rail Equipment Accident/Incident
Record—Form FRA F 6180.97.
—Completion of Form FRA F 6180.97 because of rail equipment involvement.
225.21—Alternative
Record
for
Illnesses
Claimed to Be Work Related—Form FRA F
6180.107.
225.21—Highway User Statement—Railroad
cover letter and Form FRA F 6180.150 sent
out to potentially injured travelers involved in a
highway-rail grade crossing accident/incident.
—Form FRA F 6180.150 completed by
highway user and sent back to railroad.
225.25(h)—Posting of Monthly Summary ...........
225.27—Retention of Records ............................
—Record of Form FRA F 6180.107 .............
—Record of Monthly Lists ............................
—Record of Form FRA F 6180.97 ...............
—Record of Employee Human Factor Attachments.
225.33—Internal Control Plans—Amendments ...
225.35—Access to Records and Reports ...........
225.37—Optical Media Transfer of Reports, Updates, and Amendments.
—Electronic Submission of Reports, Updates, and Amendments.

744 railroads ................

12 reports .....................

30 minutes ...................

6

744 railroads ................

5 reports .......................

30 minutes ...................

3

744 railroads ................

1,900 + 260 forms .......

2 hours/1 hour ..............

4,060

744 railroads ................

60 min./60 min 195
min..
10 minutes ...................

11,1153

744 railroads ................

9,578 + 454 + 345
forms.
8,928 forms ..................

744 railroads ................

744 forms .....................

15 minutes ...................

186

744 railroads ................

13,700 forms ................

60 minutes ...................

13,700

744 railroads ................
744 railroads ................

411 form copies ...........
11,870 forms ................

14.
30 minutes ...................

5,935

744 railroads ................

1 form ...........................

30 minutes ...................

1

744 railroads ................

300 forms .....................

75 minutes ...................

375

744 railroads ................

1,035 letters/forms .......

50 minutes ...................

863

950 Injured Individuals

725 forms .....................

45 minutes ...................

544

744
744
744
744
744
744

................
................
................
................
................
................

8,928 lists .....................
13,700 records .............
300 records ..................
8,928 records ...............
11,760 records .............
2 minutes .....................

5 minutes
2 minutes
10.
2 minutes
2 minutes
58.

.....................
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744
457

.....................
.....................

298
392

744 railroads ................
15 railroads ..................
8 railroads ....................

10 amendment .............
200 lists ........................
200 transfers ................

6 hours .........................
20 minutes ...................
3 minutes .....................

60
67
10

744 railroads ................

2,400 submissions .......

3 minutes .....................

120

Total Responses: 109,440.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
46,577 hours.
Status: Extension of a currently
approved 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.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2017–0002–N–26]

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

Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice
announces that FRA is forwarding the
Information Collection Requests (ICRs)
abstracted below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comment. The ICRs describe
the information collections and their
expected burden. On September 13,
2017, FRA published a notice providing

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burden hours

1,488

a 60-day period for public comment on
the ICRs.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before January
10, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the ICRs to the 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_
[email protected].
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
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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).
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.
See 44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.8–
12. On September 13, 2017, FRA
published a 60-day notice in the Federal
Register soliciting comment on the ICRs
for which it is now seeking OMB
approval. See 82 FR 43079. 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. 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.
Comments are invited on the
following ICRs regarding: (1) Whether
the information collection activities are
necessary for FRA to properly execute
its functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) 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; (3) ways for
FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information being
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of information collection
activities on the public, including the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
The summaries below describe the
ICRs that FRA will submit for OMB
clearance as the PRA requires:
Title: Identification of Cars Moved
under 49 CFR 232.3(d) (Formerly Order
13528).
OMB Control Number: 2130–0506.
Abstract: This collection of
information identifies certain railroad
freight cars authorized to move under 49

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CFR 232.3(d) (formerly Interstate
Commerce Commission Order 13528).
Paragraph (d) of 49 CFR 232.3 allows for
the movement of certain railroad freight
cars without air brakes from initial
terminal locations or through
interchange locations under certain
conditions.
Paragraph (d) of 49 CFR 232.3
requires the cars to be identified by a
card attached to the side of the
equipment specifically noting and
signed by the shipper that the car is
being moved under the authority of that
paragraph. Railroads typically use
carrier bad order forms or tags for these
purposes. These forms are readily
available from all carrier repair
facilities. If a car moving under 49 CFR
232.3(d) is not properly tagged, a carrier
is not allowed to move the car. Section
232.3(d)(3) does not require carriers or
shippers to retain cards or tags. When a
car bearing the two tags for movement
under this provision arrives at its
destination, the tags are simply
removed. FRA estimates approximately
400 cars per year are moved under this
regulation. Railroad employees use the
information collected to ensure that cars
moved in accordance with Order 13528
arrive at the correct destination. These
records are not maintained for the
purpose of information collection per
se.
Type of Request: Extension without
change of a current information
collection.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Form(s): N/A.
Respondent Universe: 755 railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
800.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 67
hours.
Title: U.S. Locational Requirement for
Dispatching U.S. Rail Operations.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0556.
Abstract: With one exception, 49 CFR
part 241 requires, in the absence of a
waiver, that all dispatching of railroad
operations occurring in the United
States be performed in the United
States. A railroad may, however,
conduct dispatching from Mexico or
Canada in an emergency, but only for
the duration of the emergency. A
railroad relying on this exception must
provide written notification of its action
to the FRA Regional Administrator of
each FRA region in which the railroad
emergency operation occurs as soon as
practicable; such notification is not
required before addressing the
emergency. The information collected
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oversight function to ensure that
extraterritorial dispatchers comply with
applicable safety regulations.
Type of Request: Extension without
change of a current information
collection.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Form(s): N/A.
Respondent Universe: 4 railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Responses: 1.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 8
hours.
Title: Safety and Health Requirements
Related to Camp Cars.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0595.
Abstract: Subparts C and E of 49 CFR
part 228 address the construction of
railroad-provided sleeping quarters
(camp cars) and set certain safety and
health requirements for such camp cars.
Specifically, subpart E of part 228
prescribes minimum safety and health
requirements for camp cars that a
railroad provides as sleeping quarters to
any of its train employees, signal
employees, or dispatching service
employees (covered-service employees),
and individuals employed to maintain
its right-of-way. Subpart E requires
railroad-provided camp cars to be clean,
safe, sanitary, and equipped with indoor
toilets, potable water, and other features
to protect the health of car occupants.
Subpart C of part 228 prohibits a
railroad from positioning a camp car
intended for occupancy in the
immediate vicinity of a switching or
humping yard which handles railcars
containing hazardous material (see 49
CFR 228.102). Generally, the
requirements of subparts C and E of part
228 are intended to provide coveredservice employees an opportunity for
rest free from the interruptions caused
by noise under the control of the
railroad.
The information collected under this
rule is used by FRA to ensure railroads
operating camp cars comply with all the
requirements mandated in this
regulation to protect the health and
safety of camp car occupants.
Specifically, the information collected is
used by FRA inspectors to verify that
railroads operating camp cars inspect
each water hydrant, hose, or nozzle
used for supplying potable water to a
camp car water system prior to use and
keep records of these inspections
required under § 228.323. Each such
hose or nozzle used must be cleaned
and sanitized as part of the inspection.
A signed, dated record of this inspection
must be kept within the camp for the
period of the connection. When the
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of these records must be submitted
promptly to a centralized location for
the railroad and maintained for one year
from the date the connection was
terminated. Review of the required
record enables FRA inspectors to closely
monitor water hydrants, hoses, and
nozzles used for supplying potable
water to a camp car water system are
properly cleaned, sanitized, and
inspected in order to prevent camp car
occupants from drinking contaminated
water. The information collected under
§ 228.323 is also used by FRA to
confirm that only trained individuals
are permitted to fill the potable water
systems.
Furthermore, under this section, FRA
inspectors verify that railroads keep
essential certification records/copies
regarding the safety of potable water
from a different local source. The
requirement states that each time that
potable water is drawn from a different
local source, the railroad must obtain a
certificate from a State or local health
authority indicating that the water from
this source is of a quality not less than
that prescribed in the National Primary
Drinking Water Regulations
promulgated by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency or obtain such a
certificate by a certified laboratory
following testing for compliance with
those standards. The current
certification must be kept within the
camp for the duration of the connection.
When the connection is terminated, a
copy of each of these records must be
submitted promptly to a centralized
location for the railroad and maintained
for one year from the date the
connection was terminated.
Certification by a State or local health
authority or testing by a certified
laboratory and FRA review of
certification records help ensure that
drinking water used by camp car
occupants meets Federal standards and
is safe for consumption.
Also, under § 228.323, FRA inspectors
verify that necessary flushing records
are kept by railroads operating camp
cars. Under the requirement, each
potable water system must be drained
and flushed with a disinfecting solution
at least once every 120 days. The
railroad must maintain a record of the
draining and flushing of each separate
system within the camp for the last two
drain and flush cycles. The record must
contain the date of the work and the
name(s) of the individual(s) performing
the work. The original record must be
maintained with the camp. A copy of
each of these records must be sent to a
centralized location for the railroad and
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is critical that potable water systems be
drained and flushed periodically with a
disinfecting solution to prevent the
growth of bacteria that causes sickness.
FRA closely monitors the required
flushing and taste records to ensure that
this necessary task is completed on a
continuing basis while camp cars are
operational, especially when camp car
occupants report experiencing taste
problems with the drinking water.
Under § 228.331, FRA ensures that
any railroad using camp cars submits a
master emergency preparedness plan
pertaining to life safety and prominently
display a copy of this plan in all their
camp cars so that all camp occupants
can view it at their convenience. FRA
reviews each plan to ensure that it
addresses the following items: (1) The
means used to be aware of and notify all
occupants of impending weather
threats, including thunderstorms,
tornados, hurricanes, floods and other
major weather related risks; (2) shelterin-place and emergency-evacuation
instructions for each of the specific
threats identified; and (3) the address
and telephone number of the nearest
emergency medical facility and
directions on how to get there from the
camp car. Camp car occupants use this
information to take necessary action to
protect their lives and health.
Finally, under § 228.333, railroads
must take remedial action within 24
hours after receiving a good faith notice
from a camp car occupant or an
employee labor organization or notice
from FRA of non-compliance with this
subpart E. Railroads use the good faith
notices or notice from FRA to correct
each non-complying condition on a
camp car. If the non-complying
condition is not correctable, the railroad
has to cease use of the camp car as
sleeping quarters for each occupant.
FRA inspectors use this information to
ensure that railroads take necessary
remedial actions for camp cars with
non-complying conditions.
Type of Request: Extension without
change of a current information
collection.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Form(s): N/A.
Respondent Universe: 1 railroad.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
11,206.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
1,043 hours.
Title: Training, Qualification, and
Oversight for Safety-Related Railroad
Employees.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0597.
Abstract: On November 7, 2014, FRA
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49 CFR parts 214 and 232 and new part
243—establishing minimum training
standards for all safety-related railroad
employees, as required by the Rail
Safety Improvement Act of 2008. Part
243 requires each railroad or contractor
that employs one or more safety-related
employees to develop and submit a
training program to FRA for approval
and to designate the minimum training
qualifications for each occupational
category of employee. Part 243 also
requires most employers to conduct
periodic oversight of their own
employees and annual written reviews
of their training programs to close
performance gaps.
Additionally, amended part 214
requires specific training and
qualification of operators of roadway
maintenance machines that can hoist,
lower, and horizontally move a
suspended load.
Finally, part 232 clarifies the existing
training requirements for railroad and
contractor employees who perform
inspections, tests, or maintenance of
brake system.
FRA uses the information collected to
ensure each employer—railroad or
contractor—conducting operations
subject to new part 243, and railroads
subject to amended parts 214 and 232 as
appropriate, have developed, adopted,
modified, submitted, and complied with
a training program for each category and
subcategory of safety-related railroad
employee. Each program must have
training components identified so that
FRA will understand how the program
works when it reviews the program for
approval. Further, FRA reviews the
required training programs to ensure
they include the following: Initial,
ongoing, and on-the-job criteria; testing
and skills evaluation measures designed
to foster continual compliance with
Federal standards; and the identification
of critical safety defects and plans for
immediate remedial actions to correct
them.
In response to petitions for
reconsideration, FRA has extended the
effective date for developing the
required training program under
§ 243.101 for employers with 400,000 or
more total annual employee work hours
to January 1, 2019, and for employers
with less than 400,000 total annual
employee work hours to May 1, 2020.
Type of Request: Extension with
change of a current information
collection.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Form(s): N/A.
Respondent Universe: 1,550 railroads/
contractors/training organizations/
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Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
71,752.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
281,752 hours.
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 it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Brett A. Jortland,
Acting Deputy Chief Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
[FTA Docket No. 2017–0026]

Notice of Request for Revisions of an
Information Collection
AGENCY:

Federal Transit Administration,

DOT.
ACTION:

Notice of request for comments.

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to
request the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) to approve the revisions
of the following information collection:
Clean Fuel Cell Grant Program.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
before February 9, 2018.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that your
comments are not entered more than
once into the docket, submit comments
identified by the docket number by only
one of the following methods:
1. Web site: www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting
comments on the U.S. Government
electronic docket site. (Note: The U.S.
Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s)
electronic docket is no longer accepting
electronic comments.) All electronic
submissions must be made to the U.S.
Government electronic docket site at
www.regulations.gov. Commenters
should follow the directions below for
mailed and hand-delivered comments.
2. Fax: 202–366–7951.
3. Mail: U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Docket Operations, M–30,
West Building, Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001.
4. Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of
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Avenue SE., Docket Operations, M–30,
West Building, Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001
between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except federal
holidays.
Instructions: You must include the
agency name and docket number for this
notice at the beginning of your
comments. Submit two copies of your
comments if you submit them by mail.
For confirmation that FTA has received
your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Note that
all comments received, including any
personal information, will be posted
and will be available to Internet users,
without change, to www.regulations.gov.
You may review DOT’s complete
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal
Register published April 11, 2000, (65
FR 19477), or you may visit
www.regulations.gov. Docket: For access
to the docket to read background
documents and comments received, go
to www.regulations.gov at any time.
Background documents and comments
received may also be viewed at the U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Docket
Operations, M–30, West Building,
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001 between
9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Vanessa Williams, Office of Program
Management (202) 366–4818 or email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested
parties are invited to send comments
regarding any aspect of this information
collection, including: (1) The necessity
and utility of the information collection
for the proper performance of the
functions of the FTA; (2) the accuracy
of the estimated burden; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
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 approval of this
information collection.
Title: Clean Fuel Cell Grant Program
(OMB Number: 2132–0573).
Background: The Clean Fuels Grant
Program was developed to assist nonattainment and maintenance areas in
achieving or maintaining the National
Ambient Air Quality Standards for
ozone and carbon monoxide (CO). The
program also supported emerging clean
fuel and advanced propulsion
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Clean Fuels Grant Program was repealed
under the Moving Ahead for Progress in
the 21st Century Act (MAP–21).
However, funds previously authorized
for programs repealed by MAP–21
remain available for their originally
authorized purposes until the period of
availability expires, the funds are fully
expended, the funds are rescinded by
Congress, or the funds are otherwise
reallocated.
Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 17.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 68
hours.
Frequency: Annually.
William Hyre,
Deputy Associate Administrator for
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Limitation on Claims Against Proposed
Public Transportation Projects
Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

This notice announces a final
environmental action taken by the
Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
for a project in Los Angeles County,
California. The purpose of this notice is
to announce publicly the environmental
decision by FTA on the subject project
and to activate the limitation on any
claims that may challenge this final
environmental action.
DATES: By this notice, FTA is advising
the public of final agency actions
subject to Section 139(l) of Title 23,
United States Code (U.S.C.). A claim
seeking judicial review of FTA actions
announced herein for the listed public
transportation projects will be barred
unless the claim is filed on or before
May 10, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy-Ellen Zusman, Assistant Chief
Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, (312)
353–2577 or Alan Tabachnick,
Environmental Protection Specialist,
Office of Environmental Programs, (202)
366–8541. FTA is located at 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC
20590. Office hours are from 9:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given that FTA has taken final
agency action by issuing a certain
approval for the public transportation
SUMMARY:

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