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summary data is provided on Form PR–
1392, Federal-Aid Highway
Construction Contractors Summary of
Employment Data. The STAs and
FHWA use this data to identify patterns
and trends of employment in the
highway construction industry, and to
determine the adequacy and impact of
the STA’s and FHWA’s contract
compliance and on-the-job (OJT)
training programs.
The STAs use this information to
monitor the contractors-employment
and training of minorities and women in
the traditional highway construction
crafts. Additionally, the data is used by
FHWA to provide summarization, trend
analyses to Congress, DOT, and FHWA
officials as well as others who request
information relating to the Federal-aid
highway construction EEO program.
The information is also used in making
decisions regarding resource allocation;
program emphasis; marketing and
promotion activities; training; and
compliance efforts.
Respondents: 11,077 annual
respondents for form PR–1391, and 52
STAs annual respondents for Form PR–
1392, total of 11,129.
Frequency: Annually.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: FHWA estimates it takes 30
minutes for Federal-aid contractors to
complete and submit Form PR–1391
and 8 hours for STAs to complete and
submit Form PR–1392.
Estimated Total Amount Burden
Hours: Form PR–1391— 5,539 hours per
year; Form PR–1392— 416 hours per
year, total of 5,955 hours annually.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection is
necessary for the FHWA’s performance;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
burdens; (3) ways for the FHWA to
enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the collected information; and
(4) ways that the burden could be
minimized, including the use of
electronic technology, without reducing
the quality of the collected information.
The agency will summarize and/or
include your comments in the request
for OMB’s clearance of this information
collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued On: May 31, 2019.
Michael Howell,
Information Collections Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket Number FRA–2019–0040]

Petition for Waiver of Compliance
Under part 211 of Title 49 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR), this
document provides the public notice
that on February 13, 2019, the City of
Fargo, North Dakota (City), petitioned
the Federal Railroad Administration
(FRA) for a waiver of compliance from
certain provisions of the Federal
railroad safety regulations contained at
49 CFR part 222. FRA assigned the
petition Docket Number FRA–2019–
0040.
Specifically, the City seeks a waiver
from the provisions of 49 CFR
222.35(b)(1) so that a new quiet zone
consisting of two public highway-rail
grade crossings (7th Avenue North &
16th Street North) may be established,
without constant warning time (CWT)
devices on one of the yard tracks. The
City asserts that the 16th Street North
crossing consists of two main line tracks
and two yard tracks. The 16th Street
crossing is equipped with flashing lights
and gates, and CWT devices on the two
main line tracks and the north yard
track; however, the south yard track
does not have CWT devices. The south
yard track uses a battery relay, which
will trigger the crossing active lights/
gates when equipment is within limits
of the crossing.
A copy of the petition, as well as any
written communications concerning the
petition, is available for review online at
www.regulations.gov and in person at
the U.S. Department of Transportation’s
(DOT) Docket Operations Facility, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590. The Docket
Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays.
Interested parties are invited to
participate in these proceedings by
submitting written views, data, or
comments. FRA does not anticipate
scheduling a public hearing in
connection with these proceedings since
the facts do not appear to warrant a
hearing. If any interested parties desire
an opportunity for oral comment and a
public hearing, they should notify FRA,
in writing, before the end of the
comment period and specify the basis
for their request.
All communications concerning these
proceedings should identify the
appropriate docket number and may be
submitted by any of the following
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• Website: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Operations Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590.
• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays.
Communications received by July 22,
2019 will be considered by FRA before
final action is taken. Comments received
after that date will be considered if
practicable.
Anyone can search the electronic
form of any written communications
and comments received into any of our
dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the
document, if submitted on behalf of an
association, business, labor union, etc.).
Under 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits
comments from the public to better
inform its processes. DOT posts these
comments, without edit, including any
personal information the commenter
provides, to www.regulations.gov, as
described in the system of records
notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can
be reviewed at https://
www.transportation.gov/privacy. See
also https://www.regulations.gov/
privacyNotice for the privacy notice of
regulations.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Acting Associate Administrator, Office of
Railroad Safety.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. DOT–OST–2015–0194]

Fast Track Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery
Office of the Secretary (OST),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments on revision of a previously
approved ICR.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Department of Transportation’s (DOT)
Office of the Secretary (OST) announces
its plan to submit the Information
Collection Request (ICR) described
below to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for its review and

SUMMARY:

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approval and invites public comment.
Executive Order 12862 directs Federal
agencies to provide service to the public
that matches or exceeds the best service
available in the private sector. In order
to work continuously to ensure that our
programs are effective and meet our
customers’ needs, the Department of
Transportation (DOT) seeks a revision to
a fast track generic clearance
information collection request already
approved by OMB. A 60-day notice was
published on March 28, 2019. No
comments were received. OST requests
revision of ICR with OMB Control
Number: 2105–0573 as described below.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by July 5, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding
the burden estimate, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to
the Office of Management and Budget,
Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of
the Secretary of Transportation, 725
17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503.
Comments may also be sent via email to
OMB at the following address: oira_
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Habib Azarsina, Office of the Chief
Information Officer, Office of the
Secretary, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590,
202–366–1965 (Voice), 202–366–7870
(Fax), or [email protected]
(Email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Fast Track Generic Clearance for
the Collection of Qualitative Feedback
on Agency Service Delivery.
Abstract: The information collection
activity will garner qualitative customer
and stakeholder feedback in an efficient,
timely manner, in accordance with the
Department’s commitment to improving
service delivery. By qualitative feedback
we mean information that provides
useful insights on perceptions and
opinions, but are not statistical surveys
that yield quantitative results that can
be generalized to the population of
study. This feedback will provide
insight into customer or stakeholder
perceptions, opinions, experiences and
expectations, provide an early warning
of issues with service, or focus attention
on areas where communication, training
or changes in operations might improve
delivery of products or services. These
collections will allow for ongoing,
collaborative and actionable
communications between the
Department of Transportation and its
customers and stakeholders. It will also
allow feedback to contribute directly to
the improvement of program
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collected under this generic clearance
will provide useful information, but it
will not yield data that can be
generalized to the overall population.
The Department seeks a revision to a
fast track generic clearance information
collection request already approved by
OMB. Existence of Fast Track option for
conducting surveys has caused a sudden
increase in number of surveys. OST has
already used the 2,000 burden hours
previously approved. OST requests
increasing the total burden hours to
60,000.
The Department will submit a
collection for approval under this
generic clearance if it meets the
following conditions:
• The collections are voluntary.
• The collections are low-burden for
respondents (based on considerations of
total burden hours, total number of
respondents, or burden-hours per
respondent) and are low-cost for both
the respondents and the Federal
Government.
• The collections are
noncontroversial and do not raise issues
of concern to other Federal agencies.
• Any collection is targeted to the
solicitation of opinions from
respondents who have experience with
the program or may have experience
with the program in the near future.
• Personally identifiable information
(PII) is collected only to the extent
necessary and is not retained.
• Information gathered is intended to
be used only internally for general
service improvement and program
management purposes and is not
intended for release outside of the
Department (if released, the Department
must indicate the qualitative nature of
the information).
This type of generic clearance for
qualitative information will not be used
for quantitative information collections
that are designed to yield reliably
actionable results, such as monitoring
trends over time or documenting
program performance. Such data uses
require more rigorous designs that
address: The target population to which
generalizations will be made, the
sampling frame, the sample design
(including stratification and clustering),
the precision requirements or power
calculations that justify the proposed
sample size, the expected response rate,
methods for assessing potential
nonresponse bias, the protocols for data
collection, and any testing procedures
that were or will be undertaken prior to
fielding the study. Depending on the
degree of influence the results are likely
to have, such collections may still be
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mechanisms that are designed to yield
quantitative results.
Type of Review: Revision of a
previously approved ICR.
Affected Public: Individuals and
households, businesses and
organizations, State, Local or Tribal
Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
240,000.
Estimated Annual Responses: 80,000.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
20,000 hours.
Frequency: One-time requirement.
Annual burden hours = (80,000
responses) × (15 minutes) =
1,200,000 min. = 20,000 hours.
Total burden hours for 3 years = 20,000
× 3 = 60,000 hours.
Total respondents = 80,000 (each year)
× 3 = 240,000.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Habib Azarsina,
OST Paperwork Reduction Act Clearance
Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Extension of Information
Collection Request Submitted for
Public Comment; Comment Request
for Nonqualified Deferred
Compensation and IRC Section 409A
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

The Internal Revenue Service,
as part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
invites the public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. Currently, the IRS is
soliciting comments concerning
nonqualified deferred compensation
and IRC section 409A.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before August 5, 2019 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Laurie Brimmer, Internal Revenue
Service, Room 6129, 1111 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224.
Requests for additional information or
copies of the regulations should be
directed to R. Joseph Durbala, at Internal
Revenue Service, Room 6129, 1111
SUMMARY:

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