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inclusion or omission of information in
the summary is intended to affect the
legal status of the petition or its final
disposition.
Comments on this petition must
identify the petition docket number and
must be received on or before December
28, 2020.

DATES:

Send comments identified
by docket number FAA–2020–1141
using any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov and follow
the online instructions for sending your
comments electronically.
• Mail: Send comments to Docket
Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Room W12–140, West
Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC
20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take
comments to Docket Operations in
Room W12–140 of the West Building
Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
• Fax: Fax comments to Docket
Operations at 202–493–2251.
Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C.
553(c), DOT solicits comments from the
public to better inform its rulemaking
process. DOT posts these comments,
without edit, including any personal
information the commenter provides, to
http://www.regulations.gov, as
described in the system of records
notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can
be reviewed at http://www.dot.gov/
privacy.
Docket: Background documents or
comments received may be read at
http://www.regulations.gov at any time.
Follow the online instructions for
accessing the docket or go to the Docket
Operations in Room W12–140 of the
West Building Ground Floor at 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington,
DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.

ADDRESSES:

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Deana Stedman, AIR–612, Federal
Aviation Administration, 2200 South
216th Street, Des Moines, WA 98198,
phone and fax 206–231–3187, email
[email protected]; or Alphonso
Pendergrass, ARM–200, Office of
Rulemaking, Federal Aviation
Administration, 800 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591,
phone 202–267–4713, email
[email protected].
This notice is published pursuant to
14 CFR 11.85.

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Issued in Des Moines, Washington, on
December 2, 2020.
James E. Wilborn,
Acting Manager, Transport Standards
Branch.

Petition for Exemption
Docket No.: FAA–2020–1141.
Petitioner: The Boeing Company.
Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected:
§ 25.1103(b)(2).
Description of Relief Sought: The
Boeing Company is seeking relief from
the listed airplane design requirement
in order to support a supplemental type
certificate (STC) application for the
Model 747–8 airplane. The proposed
STC includes modifications to the
airplane’s auxiliary power unit (APU)
and the exemption would apply to the
APU air inlet system.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2020–0027–N–32]

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

SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its
implementing regulations, 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. These ICRs
describe the information collections and
their expected burdens. On September
16, 2020, FRA published a notice
providing a 60-day period for public
comment on the ICRs.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before January
7, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed ICRs
should be sent within 30 days of
publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find the particular ICR by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Hodan Wells, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad

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Safety, Regulatory Analysis Division,
Federal Railroad Administration,
telephone (202) 493–0440, email:
[email protected].
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
through 1320.12. On September 16,
2020, FRA published a 60-day notice in
the Federal Register soliciting comment
on the ICRs for which it is now seeking
OMB approval. See 85 FR 57932. FRA
received no comments in response to
this notice.
Before OMB decides whether to
approve the 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 Railroad Cars.1
OMB Control Number: 2130–0506.
Abstract: The collection of
information is associated with 49 CFR
1 FRA makes a revision to the title of OMB
Control Number 2130–0506 (formerly titled
Identification of Cars Moved in Accordance with
Order 13528).

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232.3(d), formerly contained in
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)
Order 13528. Paragraph (d)(3) of 49 CFR
232.3 conditionally excepts certain
export, industrial, and other cars not
owned by a railroad from part 232
compliance. It requires cars to be
identified by a card attached to each
side of the equipment, signed by the
shipper, specifically noting that the car
is being moved under the proper
authority. Railroads typically use carrier
bad order forms or tags for these
purposes. These forms are readily
available from all carrier repair
facilities. FRA estimates approximately
400 cars per year, each bearing two
forms or tags, are moved under this
regulation.
Type of Request: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Form(s): N/A.
Respondent Universe: 765 railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
800.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 67
hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour
Dollar Cost Equivalent: $3,886.
Title: U.S. Locational Requirement for
Dispatching U.S. Rail Operations.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0556.
Abstract: Title 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 a country other than
the United States in an emergency
situation, but only for the duration of
the emergency situation. See 49 CFR
241.9(c). A railroad relying on this
exception must provide written
notification of its action to FRA as soon
as practicable; such notification is not
required before addressing the
emergency situation. The information
collected under this rule is used as part
of FRA’s oversight function to ensure
that extraterritorial dispatchers comply
with applicable safety regulations.
Type of Request: Extension without
change of a currently approved
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.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour
Dollar Cost Equivalent: $616.

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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 a
respondent is not required to respond
to, conduct, or sponsor a collection of
information that does not display a
currently valid OMB control number.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Brett A. Jortland,
Deputy Chief Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Federal Transit Administration
Adoption of the Federal Highway
Administration’s Nationwide Section
4(f) Net Benefit and Historic Bridges
Programmatic Evaluations
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Federal Transit
Administration (FTA), U.S. Department
of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: FRA and FTA (together ‘‘the
Agencies’’) are jointly issuing this notice
to adopt the Federal Highway
Administration’s (FHWA) nationwide
programmatic Section 4(f) evaluations
for certain transportation projects
having a net benefit to Section 4(f)
properties (Nationwide Net Benefit
Programmatic Evaluation) and for
certain transportation projects that use
historic bridges (Nationwide Historic
Bridges Programmatic Evaluation).
These nationwide Section 4(f)
programmatic evaluations would
provide the Agencies with an alternative
to the individual Section 4(f) evaluation
process for demonstrating compliance
with Section 4(f) requirements, as
applicable. For proposed projects that
do not meet the criteria for Section 4(f)
exceptions or the criteria contained in
the Applicability sections of the
programmatic evaluations, the Agencies
will prepare an individual evaluation or
make a de minimis impact
determination.
DATES: The adoption of these
evaluations is effective on January 7,
2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For FRA: Marlys Osterhues, Chief,
Environment and Project Engineering
Division, Office of Railroad Policy and
Development, telephone: (202) 493–
0413, email: [email protected];
or Faris Mohammed, Attorney-Advisor,
Office of Chief Counsel, telephone: (202)

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493–7064, email: Faris.Mohammed@
dot.gov.
For FTA: Megan Blum, Director,
Office of Environmental Programs,
telephone: (202) 366–0463, email:
[email protected]; or Mark
Montgomery, Attorney-Advisor, Office
of Chief Counsel, telephone: (202) 366–
1017, email: [email protected].
FRA and FTA are located at 1200 New
Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20590.
Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
e.t., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The Agencies may not
approve a proposed transportation
project that would use property from
significant publicly-owned parks,
recreation areas, or wildlife and
waterfowl refuges or from significant
historic sites (collectively, ‘‘Section 4(f)
properties’’) that are subject to Section
4(f) requirements (49 U.S.C. 303 and 23
U.S.C. 138), unless certain conditions
are met. An agency may approve a
proposed transportation project
requiring the use of a Section 4(f)
property only if the agency determines
that: (1) There is no feasible and
prudent alternative to using that land,
and the project includes all possible
planning to minimize harm to the
property resulting from such use; or (2)
the use of the property, after
consideration of avoidance,
minimization, mitigation, or
enhancement measures to be
implemented as a condition of approval,
will have a de minimis impact. These
efforts generally are documented in an
individual evaluation, unless the agency
makes a de minimis impact
determination, or the use meets the
criteria for one of the Section 4(f)
exceptions found at 23 CFR 774.13. As
part of the individual evaluation, the
agency must include a feasible and
prudent avoidance alternative analysis
and identify measures to minimize
harm. The agency also must provide a
public comment period and coordinate
with official(s) with jurisdiction in the
individual evaluation process.
However, FHWA has approved five
nationwide programmatic evaluations
applicable to specific uses of Section
4(f) properties. Programmatic
evaluations streamline the Section 4(f)
process by eliminating the need for an
individual Section 4(f) evaluation for
certain projects. Programmatic
evaluations can be applied to any class
of action under the National
Environmental Policy Act. FHWA
developed the framework and basic
approach to the programmatic
evaluations at a program level to cover

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