August 9, 2018, FR Notice (30-Day)

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 154 / Thursday, August 9, 2018 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2018–0008–N–5]

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
renewal Information Collection Request
(ICR) abstracted below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comment. The ICR describes
the information collection and its
expected burden. On April 26, 2018,
FRA published a notice providing a 60day period for public comment on the
ICR.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
September 10, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the ICR 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, Room W33–497,
Washington, DC 20590 (Telephone:
(202) 493–6292); or Ms. Kim Toone,
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Office of Administration, Office
of Information Technology, RAD–20,
Federal Railroad Administration, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W34–212,
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.
44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.5,
1320.8(d)(1), and 1320.12. On April 26,
2018, FRA published a 60-day notice in
the Federal Register soliciting comment
on the ICR for which it is now seeking
OMB approval. See 83 FR 18391. FRA

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received no comments in response to
this notice.
Before OMB decides whether to
approve this proposed collection of
information, it must provide 30 days for
public comment. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b); 5
CFR 1320.12(d). 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 ICR 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 summary below describes the ICR
that FRA will submit for OMB clearance
as the PRA requires.
Title: Steam Locomotive Inspection
and Maintenance Standards (Formerly
Steam Locomotive Inspection).
OMB Control Number: 2130–0505.
Abstract: The Locomotive Boiler
Inspection Act (LBIA) of 1911 required
each railroad subject to the Act to file
copies of its rules and instructions for
the inspection of locomotives. The
original LBIA was expanded to cover all
steam locomotives and tenders, and all
their parts and appurtenances. As
amended, this Act requires railroads to
inspect and repair steam locomotives to
ensure they operate safely. Per the LBIA,
the Steam Locomotive Inspection and
Maintenance Standards (49 CFR part
230) were established to provide more
specific standards that ensure steam
locomotive safety. Currently, as
amended in 1999, the collection of
information for part 230 is used
primarily by tourist or historic railroads
and by locomotive owners/operators to
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show that required inspections and
maintenance are complete. The
collection of information is also used by
FRA and State rail safety inspectors to
verify compliance with required
inspection and maintenance standards,
helping ensure steam locomotives are
‘‘safe and suitable’’ for service.
Type of Request: Extension without
change of a current information
collection.
Affected Public: Steam Locomotive
Owners/Operators.
Form(s): FRA–1; FRA–2; FRA–3;
FRA–4; FRA–5.
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
4,868.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
18,865 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.
Juan D. Reyes III,
Chief Counsel.
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BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Program Guidance for Metropolitan
Planning Program and State Planning
and Research Program Grants:
Availability of Final Circular
Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of availability of final
circular.
AGENCY:

The FTA has placed on its
website final guidance in the form of
FTA Circular 8100.1D, ‘‘Program
Guidance For Metropolitan Planning
and State Planning and Research
Program Grants.’’ The final circular
updates the Circular 8100.1C, ‘‘Program
Guidance For Metropolitan Planning
and State Planning and Research
Program Grants,’’ to reflect various
changes in law and to incorporate
provisions of the U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT) regulations,
‘‘Uniform Administrative Requirements,
Cost Principles, and Audit
Requirements for Federal Awards.
DATES: September 10, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Victor Austin, Office of Planning and
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