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operations are not aeronautical activities
for the purposes of airport access.

between 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Kevin C. Willis,
Director, Office of Airport Compliance and
Management Analysis.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA–2023–0052]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Notice of Request for
Reinstatement of a Previously
Approved Information Collection
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of request for
reinstatement of a previously approved
information collection.
AGENCY:

The FHWA has forwarded the
information collection request described
in this notice to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
approval of a new (periodic)
information collection. We published a
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day
public comment period on this
information collection on September 20,
2023. We are required to publish this
notice in the Federal Register by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by
January 8, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by DOT Docket ID Number
0052 by any of the following methods:
Website: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received go to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation,
West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S.
Department of Transportation, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
Jodoin, 202–366–5465, Office of
Operations, Federal Highway
Administration, Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590,

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Title: Traffic Incident Management
Capability.
OMB Control #: 2125–0650.
Background: Each of the over 6
million crashes per year presents a
safety danger to motorists and
responders while often causing delays
on the nation’s roads. It is critical to
safety and mobility for these crashes to
be mitigated as efficiently and safely as
possible. To address these concerns,
dozens of Traffic Incident Management
(TIM) Programs have been established
throughout the country over the past
25–30 years. Most of the top 75
metropolitan areas and several rural
areas have some form of TIM Program,
often coordinated through a multidisciplinary committee comprised of all
the response disciplines. The TIMSA
tool was established to help regions
assess the level of TIM Program
maturity and to identify areas for
improvement.
The information is used by each
jurisdiction to better understand
opportunities for improving safety and
mobility in their region. The FHWA also
uses the data to assess progress of the
FHWA national TIM program and
identify opportunities to help regions
improve.
Respondents: Approximately 60
individuals will complete the
questionnaire in collaboration with an
estimated average of 5 other
participants.
Frequency: Annually.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: Approximately 3 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 180 Annual Hours.
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.

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Issued On: December 4, 2023.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2023–0002–N–35]

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

Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its
implementing regulations, this notice
announces that FRA is forwarding the
Information Collection Request (ICR)
summarized below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comment. The ICR describes
the information collection and its
expected burden. On September 25,
2023, FRA published a notice providing
a 60-day period for public comment on
the ICR. FRA received no comments in
response to the notice.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before January
8, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed ICR
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 Review—Open for
Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Arlette Mussington, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, at email:
[email protected] or
telephone: (571) 609–1285; or Ms.
Joanne Swafford, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, at email:
[email protected] or telephone:
(757) 897–9908.
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 25,
2023, FRA published a 60-day notice in
the Federal Register soliciting public
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comment on the ICR for which it is now
seeking OMB approval. See 88 FR
65765. FRA has received no comments
related to the proposed collection of
information.
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: Rail Integrity and Track Safety
Standards.1
OMB Control Number: 2130–0010.
Abstract: The Track Safety Standards
regulations under 49 CFR part 213
prescribes minimum safety
requirements for railroad track that is
part of the general railroad system of
transportation. FRA uses this
information collection to ensure and
enhance rail safety by monitoring
complete compliance with all regulatory
requirements. While the requirements
prescribed in this part generally apply
to specific track conditions existing in
isolation, a combination of track
conditions, none of which individually
amounts to a deviation from the
requirements in this part, may require
remedial action to provide safe
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operations over that track. Qualified
persons inspect track and take action to
allow safe passage of trains and ensure
compliance with the prescribed
standards.
In 2020, FRA published a final rule 2
revising the minimum safety
requirements for railroad track. The
changes included allowing inspection of
rail using continuous rail testing;
allowing the use of flange-bearing frogs
in crossing diamonds; relaxing the
guard check gage limits on heavy-point
frogs used in Class 5 track; removing an
inspection-method exception for high
density commuter lines; and other
miscellaneous revisions.
In addition, in 2011, FRA
promulgated a rule 3 mandating specific
requirements for effective concrete
crossties, for rail fastening systems
connected to concrete crossties, and for
automated inspections of track
constructed with concrete crossties.
These requirements supplement visual
inspections by Class I and Class II
railroads, intercity passenger railroads,
and commuter railroads.4
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.5
Affected Public: Businesses
(railroads).
Form(s):
Respondent Universe: 784.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
1,432,181.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
234,294 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour
Dollar Cost Equivalent: $20,131,107.
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 that does
not display a currently valid OMB
control number.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Christopher S. Van Nostrand,
Acting Deputy Chief Counsel.
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FR 63362, Oct. 7, 2020.
FR 18073, Apr. 1, 2011.
4 To more effectively manage FRA’s ICRs, the
concrete crosstie ICR, OMB Control No. 2130–0592,
has been combined with that of track safety
standards, OMB Control No. 2130–0010, in this
renewal cycle.
5 The 60-day notice incorrectly categorized the
type of request as an ‘‘Extension without change
(with changes in estimates) of a currently approved
collection.’’ Since OMB Control Nos. 2130–0010
and 2130–0592 are combined in this ICR, the type
of request, corrected in this 30-day notice, is a
‘‘Revision of a currently approved collection.’’
(OMB Control No. 2130–0592 will be discontinued
once OMB Control No. 2130–010 is cleared.)
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2010–0045]

New Mexico Rail Runner Express’s
Request To Amend Its Positive Train
Control System
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of availability and
request for comments.
AGENCY:

This document provides the
public with notice that, on November
28, 2023, the New Mexico Rail Runner
Express (NMRX) submitted a request for
amendment (RFA) to its FRA-certified
positive train control (PTC) system. FRA
is publishing this notice and inviting
public comment on the railroad’s RFA
to its PTC system.
DATES: FRA will consider comments
received by December 28, 2023. FRA
may consider comments received after
that date to the extent practicable and
without delaying implementation of
valuable or necessary modifications to a
PTC system.
ADDRESSES: Comments: Comments may
be submitted by going to https://
www.regulations.gov and following the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and the
applicable docket number. The relevant
PTC docket number for this host
railroad is Docket No. FRA–2010–0045.
For convenience, all active PTC dockets
are hyperlinked on FRA’s website at
https://railroads.dot.gov/researchdevelopment/program-areas/traincontrol/ptc/railroads-ptc-dockets. All
comments received will be posted
without change to https://
www.regulations.gov; this includes any
personal information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal, Train
Control, and Crossings Division,
telephone: 816–516–7168, email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In general,
Title 49 United States Code (U.S.C.)
Section 20157(h) requires FRA to certify
that a host railroad’s PTC system
complies with Title 49 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) part 236, subpart I,
before the technology may be operated
in revenue service. Before making
certain changes to an FRA-certified PTC
system or the associated FRA-approved
PTC Safety Plan (PTCSP), a host railroad
must submit, and obtain FRA’s approval
SUMMARY:

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