OMB files this
comment in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11( c ). This OMB action is
not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This action has no
effect on any current approvals. If OMB has assigned this ICR a new
OMB Control Number, the OMB Control Number will not appear in the
active inventory. For future submissions of this information
collection, reference the OMB Control Number provided. Prior to
publication of the final rule, the agency should provide to OMB a
summary of all comments received on the proposed information
collection and identify any changes made in response to these
comments.
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The information to be collected under
this proposed rule will be used by FRA to ensure that 40 States and
the District of Columbia develop and implement highway-rail grade
crossing action plans—as mandated by section 11401 of the FAST
Act—to reduce/eliminate the number of accidents/incidents that
occur at public and private grade crossings in their States. This
collection of information will also be used by FRA to make sure
that the initial 10 States—specified by section 202 of the RSIA and
FRA’s implementing regulation at 49 CFR 234.11—with the most
reported highway-rail grade crossing accidents/incidents at public
and private grade crossings during the three-period from 2006 to
2008 update their highway-rail grade crossing action plans and
submit reports to FRA describing the actions that they have taken
to implement their plans and addressing how each State will
continue to reduce highway-rail grade crossing safety risks. This
information collection is mandatory.
This information collection
submission is a request for reinstatement of a previously approved
OMB Control Number (OMB No. 2130-0589), which was discontinued at
the end of August 2016, when all previous requirements had been
completed by the initial 10 States. The total burden requested for
this information collection submission is 13,391 hours and 42
responses. The entire requested burden is a program change.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.