Rail Fixed Guideway Systems; State Safety Oversight (SSO)
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
10/18/2024
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
04/30/2026
1,655
1,454
18,018
16,366
0
0
This is a revision of an approved information collection associated with a Final Rulemaking published on October 18, 2024. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) was published on February 15, 2024, and OIRA provided comments on the proposed rule on May 2, 2024. The NPRM included a change in notification criteria and a small increase in the respondent universe. Although FTA received 27 comments after the NPRM was published, none pertained to the information collection or the related burden hours or costs. Consequently, there are no changes from the NPRM to this Final Rulemaking submission.
The purpose of the SSO program is to oversee safety throughout the Nationâs rail transit systems. The entities responding to this information collection (IC) are States and rail transit agencies (RTAs). States must establish a safety oversight agency to oversee the safety of their rail transit agencies in their jurisdiction. The States and RTAs are required to provide FTA specific information to obtain and retain funding that will assist them in carrying out SSO activities. The information provided is reporting in nature and includes an annual report summarizing their program activity from the previous calendar year; pre-audit documents; periodic requests in the form of safety advisories issued by FTA due to a safety/accident related event; financial and milestone reports as part of the grant management process and the collection of incident reports as a result of a major safety event. This information is submitted electronically to FTAâs SSO program managers and incident investigators on an annual and as needed basis.
The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) was published on February 15, 2024, and OIRA provided comments on the proposed rule on May 2, 2024. The NPRM included a change in notification criteria and a small increase in the respondent universe. Although FTA received 27 comments after the NPRM was published, none of the comments pertained to the information collection or the related burden hours or costs. Consequently, there are no changes from the NPRM to this Final Rulemaking submission.
The supporting statement submitted with both the NPRM and Final Rulemaking reflects a small increase in the respondent universe from 30 SSOAs in the previous submittal to 31 to reflect the current number of SSOAs applicable under the SSO regulation. More significantly, this supporting statement includes an increase in burden resulting from proposed event notification criteria, updated annual reporting burden from SSOAs, and revised burden related to the FTA SSO audit program. Under the current collection, the estimated total annual burden hours is 16,365. If the proposals in the NPRM and Final Rulemaking are adopted, estimated burden hours would be increased by 1,653 hours, totaling 18,018 hours.
$756,907
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Ruth Lyons 202 366-2233
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
2024 SSO Final Rulemaking Supporting Statement 10.18.24.docx
SSO Certification Toolkit 2.0.pdf
Annual Reporting