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has sufficient vision to perform the
driving tasks required to operate a
commercial vehicle.’’ Mr. Tegeler
reported that he has driven straight
trucks for 36 years, accumulating
288,000 miles. He holds a Class A CDL
from Illinois. His driving record for the
last three years shows no crashes and no
convictions for moving violations in a
CMV.

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

William H. Wrice, Jr.
Mr. Wrice, 51, has had a chorioretinal
scar in his right eye since 2012. The
visual acuity in his right eye is 20/100,
and in his left eye, 20/20. Following an
examination in 2017, his optometrist
stated, ‘‘In my opinion the candidate’s
vision function is sufficient to perform
the driving tasks required to operate a
commercial vehicle.’’ Mr. Wrice
reported that he has driven straight
trucks for ten years, accumulating
120,000 miles, and tractor-trailer
combinations for two years,
accumulating 60,000 miles. He holds a
Class A CDL from Ohio. His driving
record for the last three years shows no
crashes and no convictions for moving
violations in a CMV.

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III. Request for Comments
In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e)
and 31315, FMCSA requests public
comment from all interested persons on
the exemption petitions described in
this notice. We will consider all
comments and material received before
the close of business on the closing date
indicated in the dates section of the
notice.
IV. Submitting Comments
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 that FMCSA can contact you if there
are questions regarding your
submission.
To submit your comment online, go to
http://www.regulations.gov and in the
search box insert the docket number
FMCSA–2017–0024 and click the search
button. When the new screen appears,
click on the blue ‘‘Comment Now!’’
button on the right hand side of the
page. On the new page, enter
information required including the
specific section of this document to
which each comment applies, and
provide a reason for each suggestion or
recommendation. If you submit your
comments by mail or hand delivery,
submit them in an unbound format, no
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To view comments, as well as any
documents mentioned in this preamble,
go to http://www.regulations.gov and in
the search box insert the docket number
FMCSA–2017–0024 and click ‘‘Search.’’
Next, click ‘‘Open Docket Folder’’ and
you will find all documents and
comments related to this notice.
Issued on: December 4, 2017.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2017–0002–N–25]

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

Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its
implementing regulations, FRA seeks
approval of the Information Collection
Request (ICR) abstracted below. Before
submitting this ICR to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
approval, FRA is soliciting public
comment on specific aspects of the
activities identified below.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before February
9, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the ICR activities by mail to either:
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; or Ms. Kim Toone,
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Office of Information
Technology, RAD–20, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
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Avenue 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
2130–0500,’’ and should also include
the title of the ICR. Alternatively,
comments may be faxed to (202) 493–
6216 or (202) 493–6497, or emailed to
Mr. Brogan at [email protected], or
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, 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
Collection Clearance Officer, 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
provide 60-days’ notice to the public to
allow comment on information
collection activities before seeking OMB
approval of the activities. See 44 U.S.C.
3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.8–12.
Specifically, FRA invites interested
parties to comment on the following
ICRs regarding: (1) Whether the
information collection activities are
necessary for FRA to properly execute
its functions, including whether the
activities 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 for FRA to
minimize the burden of information
collection activities on the public,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology See 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A); 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1).
FRA believes that soliciting public
comment will promote its efforts to
reduce the administrative and

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paperwork burdens associated with the
collection of information that Federal
regulations mandate. In summary, FRA
reasons that comments received will
advance three objectives: (1) Reduce
reporting burdens; (2) ensure that 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.
The summaries below describe the
ICRs that FRA will submit for OMB
clearance as the PRA requires:
Title: Accident/Incident Reporting
and Recordkeeping.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0500.
Abstract: The collection of
information is due to the railroad
accident reporting regulations in 49 CFR
part 225 that generally require railroads
to submit monthly reports summarizing
collisions, derailments, and certain
other accidents/incidents involving
damages above a periodically revised
dollar threshold, as well as certain
injuries to passengers, employees, and
other persons on railroad property.
Because the reporting requirements and
the information needed regarding each
category of accident/incident are
unique, a different form is used for each
category.

FRA hereby informs the regulated
community of railroads and the general
public that it is revising the instructions
for Form FRA F 6180.57, Highway-Rail
Grade Crossing Accident/Incident
Report, to capture information
concerning post-accident toxicological
testing for certain human-factor,
highway-rail grade crossing accidents
and incidents in the narrative block of
this form. The newly revised 49 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) 219.201(a),
effective on June 12, 2017, requires postaccident toxicological testing of railroad
employees when one or more of five
specific requirements are met for certain
human-factor categories of highway-rail
grade crossing accidents and incidents.
See 81 FR 37894 (June 10, 2016).
FRA will begin the process to add a
block to Form FRA F 6180.57 to
accommodate this requirement. In the
interim, if railroads perform drug and
alcohol testing on any employee
involved in a highway-rail grade
crossing accident, FRA is requesting the
railroad place the drug and alcohol
coding information in Item No. 54,
‘‘Narrative Description,’’ of Form FRA F
6180.57.
In accordance with the requirements
of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520) and
its implementing regulations (5 CFR
1320.5–12), FRA published the two

required Federal Register notices for
public comment and then transmitted to
OMB in March 2017 its renewal
submission for this information
collection. This submission increased
the agency estimate of the annual
number of forms completed for Form
FRA F 6180.57 by 160 forms from the
previously approved submission to
OMB (from 2,000 to 2,160 forms). FRA
estimated two hours as the average
burden time to complete Form FRA F
6180.57, including the time for the
information placed in the narrative
block of the form. OMB cleared this
renewal submission on June 2, 2017,
approving a total burden of 46,577
hours and 109,440 responses and
extended the previous clearance for
another three years. The new expiration
date for this information collection is
now June 30, 2020. FRA now seeks
approval for this change to the Form F
6180.57 instructions while requesting
no change to the number of burden
hours and burden responses.
Form Number(s): FRA F 6180.39i; 54;
55; 55A; 56; 57; 78; 81; 97; 98; 99;107;
150.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Respondent Universe: 744 railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Reporting Burden:

CFR section

Respondent universe

Total annual responses

Average time per
response

225.6–Consolidated Reporting—Request to FRA
by parent corporation to treat its commonly
controlled carriers as a single railroad carrier
for purposes of this part.
—Written agreement by parent corporation
with FRA on specific subsidiaries included
in its railroad system.
—Notification by parent corporation regarding any change in the subsidiaries making
up its railroad system and amended written agreement with FRA.
225.9—Telephonic Reports of Certain Accidents/
Incidents and Other Events.
225.11—Reporting of Rail Equipment Accidents/
Incidents—Form FRA F 6180.54.
225.12—Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Reports Alleging Human Factor as Cause—Form
FRA F 6180.81.
—Part I Form FRA F 6180.78 (Notices) ......

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

1 request ......................

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

40

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

1 agreement .................

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

2

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

1 notification + 1
amended agreement.

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

2

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

2,400 phone reports .....

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

600

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

1,400 + 500 + 640
forms.
952 forms .....................

2 hours/1 hour/123 minutes.
15 minutes ...................

4,612

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

10 minutes + 3 minutes

334

—Joint operations .........................................
—Late identification ......................................

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

20 minutes ...................
15 minutes ...................

33
10

—Employee statement supplementing Railroad Accident Report (Part II Form FRA F
6180.78).
—Employee confidential letter ......................
225.13—Late Reports—Railroad discovery of
improperly omitted Report of Accident/Incident.
—Railroad late/amended Report of Accident/Incident based on employee statement supplementing Railroad Accident
Report.

Railroad employees .....

800 notices + 4,010
copies.
100 requests ................
20 attachment + 20 notices.
60 statements ..............

1.5 hours ......................

90

Railroad employees .....
744 railroads ................

10 letters ......................
25 late reports ..............

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

20
25

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

25 amended reports +
40 copies.

1 hour + 3 minutes ......

27

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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.

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

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

SUMMARY:

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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
Collection Clearance Officer, Office of

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