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response, FRA is proposing to add seven
new forms, Forms FRA F6180.161(l)–(r),
to the safety appliance standards
guidance checklists to cover these new
types of cars.
Additionally, FRA is updating the
existing 11 forms to reflect editorial
changes that were made to S–2044.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Form(s): 11 forms (FRA F6180.161(a)–
(k)), plus seven new forms (FRA F
6180.161(l)–(r)).
Respondent Universe: Car
manufacturers/state inspectors.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
142.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 142
hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour
Dollar Cost Equivalent: $8,694.
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.
[FR Doc. 2020–27871 Filed 12–17–20; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2020–0027–N–33]

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:

Respondent
universe
(railroads)

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CFR Section 1
227.13—Waivers .........................................
227.103(a)-(f)—Noise
monitoring
program—Development and implementation.
—(g) Reporting of monitoring results—Notification of employee of monitoring.
227.107(a)—Hearing Conservation Program (HCP)—Development of programs.
—Revised hearing conservation programs
(HCPs).
227.109(e)—Audiometric testing program—
Baseline audiograms—New and existing
employees.

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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 in the ICR.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before February
16, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments and
recommendations for the proposed ICR
to Ms. Hodan Wells, Information
Collection Clearance Officer at email:
[email protected] or telephone: (202)
493–0440. 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.
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
following ICR 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
SUMMARY:

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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 summary below describes the ICR
that FRA will submit for OMB clearance
as the PRA requires:
Title: Occupational Noise Exposure
for Railroad Operating Employees.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0571.
Abstract: Title 49 CFR part 227
contains requirements for occupational
noise exposure. FRA uses the collection
of information to ensure that railroads
covered by this rule establish and
implement noise monitoring, hearing
conservation, and audiometric testing
programs to protect their employees
against the harmful effects of excessive
noise in the workplace. Additionally,
railroads must maintain testing and
training records on noise and hearing
conservation. Further, railroads must
make exposure measurement records for
specific locations available to regional
or national labor representatives upon
request.
Type of Request: Extension with
change (estimates) of a currently
approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses
(Railroads, railroads equipment
manufacturers).
Form(s): N/A.
Respondent Universe: 512 railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Reporting Burden:

Total Annual
responses

Average time per
response

512 railroads
512 railroads

.3 petition letters .........
5 programs .................

1 hour .......................
30 hours ....................

.3
150

$23
18,000

512 railroads

5 lists ..........................

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

3

231

512 railroads

3 HCPs .......................

31 hours ....................

93

11,160

512 railroads

3 HCPs .......................

1.75 hours .................

5

385

6,862 records of tests

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

57

4,389

76,244
employees

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Respondent
universe
(railroads)

CFR Section 1
—(f) Periodic audiograms ............................

Average time per
response

25,415 records of tests

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

212

16,324

2,330 ratings + 93
records of retests.
45 documents .............

6 minutes + 30 seconds.
10 minutes ................

234

18,018

8

616

93 notices ...................

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

8

616

240 documenting training sessions.
20 referrals .................

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

20

1,540

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

20

1,540

20 notices ...................

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

2

154

20 notices ...................

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

2

154

1,000 records of tests

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

8

616

50 evaluations ............

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

25

1,925

512 railroads

10 documented reevaluations.

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

5

385

512 railroads

3 training program
modifications.
26,000 records of
trainings.
6,862 records of
trainings.
30 requests + 30 responses.
150 requests + 150 responses.

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

3

231

2 minutes ..................

867

66,759

2 minutes ..................

229

17,633

10 minutes + 15 minutes.
21 minutes + 45 minutes.

13

1,001

165

12,705

512 railroads

10 records ..................

24 minutes ................

4

308

512 railroads
512 railroads

26,000 records ...........
54,000 records ...........

2 minutes ..................
45 seconds ...............

867
675

66,759
51,975

3 equipment
manufacturers

610 records + 90 certifications.

5 minutes + 40 minutes.

111

8,547

494 railroads

3,000 reports + 3,000
records.
3,750 records .............

1 minute + 1 minute

100

7,700

1 minute ....................

63

4,851

22 systems + 2 systems.
2 retest records ..........

36 min + 8.25 hours

30

2,310

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

.2

15

159,927 responses .....

N/A ............................

3,980

316,871

76,244
employees
76,244
employees
8,000
employees
8,000
employees
240
employees
240
employees
240
employees
240
employees
1,000 mobile
vans
512 railroads

—(g)(1)-(2) Evaluation of audiograms .........
—(g)(3) Review of problem audiograms .....
— (h)(1) Follow-up procedures—notifications.
—(h)(2)(i)-(ii) Fitting/training of employees:
hearing protectors.
— (h)(2)(iii) Referrals for clinical/otological
exam.
— (h)(2)(iv) Notification to employee of
need for otological examination.
— (h)(3) New audiometric interpretation .....
227.111—Audiometric test requirements ....
227.117(a)—Hearing protection attenuation— evaluation.
— (d) Reevaluations of adequacy of hearing protection attenuation when employee noise exposure increases.
227.119—Hearing Conservation Training
Program—Development.
—Employee HCP training ............................

512 railroads

—Periodic training .......................................

512 railroads

227.121(a)(1)(i)-(ii)—Recordkeeping—Availability of records upon request.
—(a)(1)(iv) Availability of exposure measurement records to regional or national
labor representatives upon request.
—(a)(2)-(3) Electronic records—Maintenance and transfer of records.
—(c) Audiometric test records .....................
—(d) Positions and person designated
records.
229.121(a)—Locomotive Cab Noise—Performance standards for locomotives—
Records and certification.
—(b)(3) Maintenance of locomotives—Excessive noise reports.
—(b)(4) Recordkeeping—Written or electronic records.
—(b)(4)(iii) Internal auditable monitoring
systems—Records.
Appendix H(IV)—Static noise test protocols—Records for retest.
Total ......................................................

512 railroads
512 railroads

494 railroads
494 railroads
500
locomotives
512 railroads

Total Estimated Annual Responses:
159,927.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
3,980 hours.

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Total Annual
responses

1 The current inventory exhibits a total burden of
28,311 hours while the total burden of this notice
is 3,980 hours. FRA determined some of the
estimates were not derived from PRA requirements,
thus leading to the increased figures in the current
inventory, which were decreased accordingly in
this notice. Also, totals may not add due to
rounding.
2 The dollar equivalent cost 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 Burden Hour
Dollar Cost Equivalent: $316,871.
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.

Total annual
burden hours

Total cost
equivalent 2

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2020–0089]

National Emergency Medical Services
Advisory Council; Solicitation of
Applications

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.

National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT).

AGENCY:

Brett A. Jortland,
Deputy Chief Counsel.
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Appointment to the National Emergency

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