March 16, 2020, FR Notice (60-Day)

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Railroad Communications

March 16, 2020, FR Notice (60-Day)

OMB: 2130-0524

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relief from slot usage requirements, the
FAA expects that U.S. carriers will be
accommodated with reciprocal relief by
foreign coordinators. To the extent that
U.S. carriers fly to a foreign carrier’s
home jurisdiction and that home
jurisdiction does not offer reciprocal
relief to U.S. carriers, the FAA may
determine not to grant a waiver to that
foreign carrier. A foreign carrier seeking
a waiver may wish to ensure that the
responsible authority of the foreign
carrier’s home jurisdiction submits a
statement by email to ScheduleFiling@
dot.gov confirming reciprocal treatment
of the slot holdings of U.S. carriers.
Decision
The FAA will waive the minimum
slot usage requirements for all carriers
canceling scheduled flights at JFK, LGA,
and DCA as a direct result of the
Coronavirus. This action is effective for
Coronavirus-related flight cancelations
through May 31, 2020. This decision is
intended to provide limited relief to
allow airlines to adjust schedules to
changing demand projections at U.S.
slot-controlled airports directly
resulting from Coronavirus. Carriers
should advise the FAA Slot
Administration Office of Coronavirusrelated cancelations and return the slots
to the FAA by email to [email protected] to obtain relief. The
information provided must include the
dates for which relief is requested, the
flight number, origin/destination
airport, scheduled time of operation, the
slot identification number, as
applicable, and supporting information
demonstrating that flight cancelations
directly relate to the Coronavirus
outbreak.
Issued in Washington, DC on March 11,
2020.
Lorelei Peter,
Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.
[FR Doc. 2020–05278 Filed 3–13–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2020–0004–N–1]

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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

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implementing regulations, FRA seeks
approval of the Information Collection
Requests (ICRs) abstracted below. Before
submitting these ICRs 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 May 15,
2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the ICRs activities by mail to either:
Ms. Hodan Wells, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Office of
Railroad Safety, Regulatory Analysis
Division, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590; or
Ms. Kim Toone, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Information
Technology, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, 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–XXXX,’’
(the relevant OMB control number for
each ICR is listed below) 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 Ms. Wells at hodan.wells@
dot.gov, or Ms. Toone at kim.toone@
dot.gov. 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: Ms.
Hodan Wells, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad
Safety, Regulatory Analysis Division,
Federal Railroad Administration, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590 (telephone: (202) 493–0440) or
Ms. Kim Toone, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Information
Technology, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, 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 through
1320.12. Specifically, FRA invites
interested parties to comment on the

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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 may reduce the administrative
and 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)
organize 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: Railroad Communications.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0524.
Abstract: This collection of
information is used by FRA to promote
safety in rail operations and to ensure
compliance by railroads and their
employees with all the requirements set
forth in 49 CFR part 220. FRA amended
its radio standards and procedures to
promote compliance by making the
regulations more flexible; require
wireless communications devices,
including radios, for specified
classifications of railroad operations and
roadway workers; and retitle this part to
reflect its coverage of other means of
wireless communications such as
cellular telephones and data radio
terminals, to convey emergency and
need-to-know information. The
amended rule established safe, uniform
procedures covering the use of radio
and other wireless communications
within the railroad industry.
Type of Request: Extension with
change (revised estimates) of a currently
approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Form(s): N/A.
Respondent Universe: 746 railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.

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Reporting Burden:
CFR section

Respondent universe

Total annual responses

Average time per responses

220.8—Waivers and petitions ..................
220.61(b)—Transmission of mandatory
directive.
(b)(5)—Marking of fulfilled or canceled
mandatory directives.
220.313(a)—Railroad written program of
instruction and examination on part
220 requirements.
220.313(c)—Employee training records ..

746 railroads ...........
746 railroads ...........

2 petition letters ......
3,800,000 directives

1 hour .....................
90 seconds .............

2
95,000

$152
7,220,000

746 railroads ...........

396,000 marks ........

10 seconds .............

1,100

83,600

2 new railroads .......

2 amended written
instruction programs.
2,000 records ..........

1 hour .....................

152

30 seconds .............

1,292

Total ..................................................

746 railroads ...........

4,119,004 responses.

NA ...........................

95,902

7,288,552

746 railroads ...........

Total annual
burden hours

Total cost
equivalent 1

1 The dollar equivalent cost throughout this document is derived from the Surface Transportation Board’s Full Year Wage A&B data series
using the appropriate employee group hourly wage rate that includes a 75-percent overhead charge.

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Total Estimated Annual Responses:
4,119,004.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
95,902 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour
Dollar Cost Equivalent: $7,288,552.
Title: Passenger Train Emergency
Systems.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0576.
Abstract: This information collection
is due to passenger train emergency
systems regulations under 49 CFR part
238. The purpose of this part is to
prevent collisions, derailments, and
other occurrences involving railroad
passenger equipment that cause injury
or death to railroad employees, railroad

passengers, or the general public, and to
mitigate the consequences of such
occurrences to the extent they cannot be
prevented.
In its final rule issued on November
29, 2013 (see 78 FR 71785), FRA added
requirements for emergency passage
through vestibule and other interior
passageway doors and enhanced
emergency egress and rescue signage
requirements. FRA also established
requirements for low-location
emergency exit path markings to assist
occupants in reaching and operating
emergency exits, particularly under
conditions of limited visibility.

Moreover, FRA added standards to
ensure emergency lighting systems are
provided in all passenger cars and
enhanced requirements for the
survivability of emergency lighting
systems in new passenger cars.
Type of Request: Extension with
change (revised estimates) of a currently
approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses
(railroads).
Form(s): N/A.
Respondent Universe: 34 railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Reporting Burden:

CFR section

Respondent universe

Total annual responses

Average time per responses

238.112—Door emergency egress and
rescue access systems:
—Markings, signage, instructions.
(e)—Passenger car exterior doors intended for emergency access by responders marked with retro-reflective
material and instructions provided for
their use.
(f)(5)—Markings and instructions—interior doors/removable panels or windows.
238.113(d)—Emergency window exits—
Markings/and instructions.
238.114(d)—Rescue access windows—
Markings with retro-reflective material
on each exterior car.
238.121(b)—Emergency
communications—Marking of each intercom intended for passenger use on new Tier
I & Tier II passenger cars.
238.123(e)—Marked emergency roof access locations.

34 railroads .............

2,250 markings/
signs/instructions.

5 minutes ................

187.5

$14,250

34 railroads .............

2,250 exterior door
markings.

5 minutes ................

187.5

14,250

34 railroads .............

1,500 marked panels/windows.

5 minutes ................

125

9,500

34 railroads .............

60 window markings

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

1,140

34 railroads .............

1,500 access window markings.

5 minutes ................

125

9,500

34 railroads .............

375 marked intercom locations.

5 minutes ................

31.3

2,379

34 railroads .............

375 marked emergency roof access
locations.

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

187.5

14,250

Total ..................................................

34 railroads .............

8,310 responses .....

NA ...........................

859

65,269

Total Estimated Annual Responses:
8,310.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 859
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Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour
Dollar Cost Equivalent: $65,269.
Under 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 CFR
1320.5(b) and 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FRA

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Total annual
burden hours

Total cost
equivalent

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

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displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Brett A. Jortland,
Acting Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2020–05272 Filed 3–13–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2020–0004–N–2]

Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its
implementing regulations, this notice
announces that FRA is forwarding the
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 December 30,
2019, FRA published a notice providing
a 60-day period for public comment on
the ICR.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before April 15,
2020.
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: Ms.
Hodan Wells, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad
Safety, Regulatory Analysis Division,
Federal Railroad Administration, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590 (telephone: (202) 493–0440) or
Ms. Kim Toone, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Information
Technology, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, 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

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information collection activities before
OMB may approve paperwork packages.
See 44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.8
through 1320.12. On December 30,
2019, FRA published a 60-day notice in
the Federal Register soliciting public
comment on the ICR for which it is now
seeking OMB approval. See 84 FR
72128. FRA has received no comments
in response to this notice.
Before OMB decides whether to
approve this proposed collection of
information, it must provide 30-days’
notice 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 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: Railroad Police Officers.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0537.
Abstract: FRA regulations in 49 CFR
part 207 require railroads to notify
States of all designated police officers
who perform duties outside of their
respective jurisdictions. This is
necessary to verify proper police
authority.
Type of Request: Extension with
change (revised estimates) of a currently
approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Form(s): N/A.
Respondent Universe: 746 railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.

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Total Estimated Annual Responses:
110.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 11
hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour
Dollar Cost Equivalent: $836.
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 Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2020–05273 Filed 3–13–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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[Docket No. FRA–2020–0004–N–3]

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