60-day FRN

lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1

Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 52 / Friday, March 17, 2023 / Notices
4, the Board requires all Class I (large)
carriers to submit depreciation studies
no less than every three years for
equipment property and every six years
for road property. That means that for
any given six-year period, the Class I
railroads must submit no less than three
depreciation reports, or the equivalent
of 0.5 depreciation reports per year.)
Total Annual Hour Burden: 875 hours
(250 hours × 0.5 studies/year × 7 Class
I railroads).
Total Annual ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’
Cost: Approximately $210,000 per year.
Board staff estimates that each study
will cost between $20,000 and $100,000,
which equals a cost of approximately
$10,000–$50,000 per year. Using an
average cost ($30,000 per year × 7 Class
I railroads), the non-hour burden cost is
estimated to be approximately $210,000
per year.
Needs and Uses: Under 49 CFR part
1201, §§ 4–1 to 4–4, the Board is
required to identify those classes of
property for which rail carriers may
include depreciation charges under
operating expenses, and the Board must
also prescribe a rate of depreciation that
may be charged to those classes of
property. Under 49 U.S.C. 11145, Class
I rail carriers are required to submit
Depreciation Studies to the Board.
Information in these studies is not
available from any other source. The
Board uses the information in these
studies to prescribe depreciation rates.
These depreciation rate prescriptions
state the period for which the
depreciation rates therein are
applicable. Class I railroads apply the
prescribed depreciation rates to their
investment base to determine monthly
and annual depreciation expense. This
expense is included in the railroads’
operating expenses, which are reported
in their R–1 reports (OMB Control
Number 2140–0009). Operating
expenses are used to develop operating
costs for application in various
proceedings before the Board, such as in
rate reasonableness cases and in the
determination of railroad ‘‘revenue
adequacy.’’
Under the PRA, a Federal agency that
conducts or sponsors a collection of
information must display a currently
valid OMB control number. A collection
of information, which is defined in 44
U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c),
includes agency requirements that
persons submit reports, keep records, or
provide information to the agency, third
parties, or the public. Under 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A), Federal agencies are
required to provide, prior to an agency’s
submitting a collection to OMB for
approval, a 60-day notice and comment
period through publication in the

VerDate Sep<11>2014

17:04 Mar 16, 2023

Jkt 259001

Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information.
Information from certain schedules
contained in these reports is available at
the Board’s website at www.stb.gov by
navigating to ‘‘Reports & Data’’ and
clicking on ‘‘Economic Data.’’
Information in these reports is not
available from any other source.
Dated: March 14, 2023.
Aretha Laws-Byrum,
Clearance Clerk.
BILLING CODE 4915–01–P

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
60-Day Notice of Intent To Seek
Extension of Approval of Collection:
Recordations (Rail and Water Carrier
Liens), Water Carrier Tariffs, and
Agricultural Contract Summaries
Surface Transportation Board.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Surface Transportation Board (STB or
Board) gives notice of its intent to seek
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for the extension
(without change) of the collections
required by statute for rail or water
carrier equipment liens (recordations),
water carrier tariffs, and rail agricultural
contract summaries, as described in
more detail below.
DATES: Comments on this information
collection should be submitted by May
16, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to
Chris Oehrle, PRA Officer, Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20423–0001, or to
[email protected]. When submitting
comments, please refer to ‘‘Paperwork
Reduction Act Comments, Recordations
(Rail and Water Carrier Liens), Water
Carrier Tariffs, and Agricultural
Contract Summaries.’’ For further
information regarding this collection,
contact Mike Higgins at (866) 254–1792
(toll-free) or 202–245–0238, or by
emailing [email protected]. Assistance for
the hearing impaired is available
through the Federal Information Relay
Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments
are requested concerning each
collection as to (1) whether the
particular collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Board, including

PO 00000

Frm 00120

Fmt 4703

Sfmt 4703

whether the collection has practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the Board’s
burden estimates; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, when
appropriate. Submitted comments will
be included and summarized in the
Board’s request for OMB approval.
Description of Collections

[FR Doc. 2023–05493 Filed 3–16–23; 8:45 am]

SUMMARY:

16513

Collection Number 1
Title: Agricultural Contract
Summaries.
OMB Control Number: 2140–0024.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Number of Respondents:
Approximately 10 (seven Class I [large]
railroads and a limited number of other
railroads).
Frequency: On occasion. (Over the
last three years, respondents have filed
an average of 172 agricultural contract
summaries per year. The same number
of filings is expected during each of the
next three years.)
Estimated Time per Response:
Approximately 0.25 hours.
Total Burden Hours (annually
including all respondents): 43 hours
(172 submissions × 0.25 hours estimated
per submission).
Total Annual ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’
Cost: There are no non-hourly burden
costs for this collection. The collection
is filed electronically.
Needs and Uses: Under 49 U.S.C.
10709(d), railroads are required to file a
summary of the nonconfidential terms
of any contract for the transportation of
agricultural products.
Collection Number 2
Title: Recordations (Rail and Water
Carrier Liens).
OMB Control Number: 2140–0025.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Respondents: Parties holding liens on
rail equipment or water carrier vessels,
and carriers filing proof that a lien has
been removed.
Number of Respondents:
Approximately 50 respondents.
Frequency: On occasion. (Over the
last three years, respondents have filed
an average of 1,850 responses per year.
The same number of filings is expected
during each of the next three years.)
Estimated Time per Response:
Approximately 0.25 hours.

E:\FR\FM\17MRN1.SGM

17MRN1

16514

Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 52 / Friday, March 17, 2023 / Notices

lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1

Total Burden Hours (annually
including all respondents): 462.5 hours
(1,850 submissions × 0.25 hours
estimated per response).
Total ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’ Cost: There
are no non-hourly burden costs for this
collection. The collection may be filed
electronically.
Needs and Uses: Under 49 U.S.C.
11301 and 49 CFR part 1177, liens on
rail equipment or water carrier vessels
must be filed with the STB in order to
perfect a security interest in the
equipment. Subsequent amendments,
assignments of rights, or release of
obligations under such instruments
must also be filed with the agency. This
information is maintained by the Board
for public inspection. Recordation at the
STB obviates the need for recording the
liens in individual States.
Collection Number 3
Title: Water Carrier Tariffs.
OMB Control Number: 2140–0026.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Respondents: Water carriers that
provide freight transportation in
noncontiguous domestic trade.
Number of Respondents:
Approximately 22.
Frequency: Annual certification.
Total Burden Hours (annually
including all respondents): 77 hours (22
annual filings × 3.5 hours estimated
time per certification).
Total ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’ Cost: There
are no non-hourly burden costs for this
collection. The annual certifications
will be submitted electronically.
Needs and Uses: Under 49 U.S.C.
13702(b) and 49 CFR part 1312, in lieu
of individual tariffs, water carriers that
provide freight transportation in
noncontiguous domestic trade (i.e.,
shipments moving to or from Alaska,
Hawaii, or the U.S. territories or
possessions (Puerto Rico, Guam, the
U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa,
and the Northern Mariana Islands) to or
from the mainland U.S.) may file an
annual certification with the Board that
includes the internet address of a
website containing a list of current and
historical tariffs (including prices and
fees that the water carrier charges to the
shipping public).
The Board makes this submission
because, under the PRA, a federal
agency that conducts or sponsors a
collection of information must display a
currently valid OMB control number. A
collection of information, which is
defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR
1320.3(c), includes agency requirements
that persons submit reports, keep
records, or provide information to the

VerDate Sep<11>2014

17:04 Mar 16, 2023

Jkt 259001

agency, third parties, or the public.
Under 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), federal
agencies are required to provide, prior
to an agency’s submitting a collection to
OMB for approval, a 60-day notice and
comment period through publication in
the Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information.
Dated: March 14, 2023.
Aretha Laws-Byrum,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2023–05490 Filed 3–16–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915–01–P

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
60-Day Notice of Intent To Seek
Extension of Approval of Collection:
System Diagram Maps
Surface Transportation Board.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Surface Transportation Board (STB or
Board) gives notice of its intent to seek
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for an extension of
the collection of system diagram maps,
described below.
DATES: Comments on this information
collection should be submitted by May
16, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to
Chris Oehrle, PRA Officer, Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20423–0001, or to
[email protected]. When submitting
comments, please refer to ‘‘Paperwork
Reduction Act Comments, System
Diagram Maps.’’ For further information
regarding this collection, contact Pedro
Ramirez at (202) 245–0333 or
[email protected]. Assistance for
the hearing impaired is available
through the Federal Relay Service at
(800) 877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments
are requested concerning each
collection as to (1) whether the
particular collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Board, including
whether the collection has practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the Board’s
burden estimates; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, when
SUMMARY:

PO 00000

Frm 00121

Fmt 4703

Sfmt 9990

appropriate. Submitted comments will
be included and summarized in the
Board’s request for OMB approval.
Description of Collection
Title: System Diagram Maps (or, in the
case of Class III carriers, the alternative
narrative description of rail system).
OMB Control Number: 2140–0003.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Respondents: Common carrier freight
railroads that are either new or reporting
changes in the status of one or more of
their rail lines.
Number of Respondents: 1.
Estimated Time per Response: 5
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 5 hours.
Total ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’ Cost: No
‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens associated
with this collection have been
identified. The information is submitted
electronically.
Needs and Uses: Under 49 CFR
1152.10–1152.13, railroads subject to
the Board’s jurisdiction must keep
current system diagram maps on file, or
alternatively, in the case of a Class III
carrier, to submit the same information
in narrative form. The information
sought in this collection identifies all
lines in a particular railroad’s system,
categorized to indicate the likelihood
that service on a particular line will be
abandoned and/or whether service on a
line is currently provided under the
financial assistance provisions of 49
U.S.C. 10904. Carriers are obligated to
amend these maps as the need to change
the category of any particular line arises.
The Board makes this submission
because, under the PRA, a federal
agency that conducts or sponsors a
collection of information must display a
currently valid OMB control number. A
collection of information, which is
defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR
1320.3(c), includes agency requirements
that persons submit reports, keep
records, or provide information to the
agency, third parties, or the public.
Under 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), federal
agencies are required to provide, prior
to an agency’s submitting a collection to
OMB for approval, a 60-day notice and
comment period through publication in
the Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information.
Dated: March 14, 2023.
Aretha Laws-Byrum,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2023–05513 Filed 3–16–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915–01–P

E:\FR\FM\17MRN1.SGM

17MRN1