March 12, 2025 FR Notice (60-Day)

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Gap Well, Spring Creek, and
consumptive use; Issue Date: February
18, 2025.
Authority: Public Law 91–575, 84
Stat. 1509 et seq., 18 CFR parts 806 and
808.
Dated: March 7, 2025.
Jason E. Oyler,
General Counsel and Secretary to the
Commission.
[FR Doc. 2025–03917 Filed 3–11–25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7040–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2025–0013]

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, FRA seeks
approval of the Information Collection
Request (ICR) summarized 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 May 12,
2025.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed ICR
should be submitted on
www.regulations.gov to the docket,
Docket No. FRA–2025–0013. All
comments received will be posted
without change to the docket, including
any personal information provided.
Please refer to the assigned OMB control
number (2130–0006) in any
correspondence submitted. FRA will
summarize comments received in
response to this notice in a subsequent
notice made available to the public and
include them in its information
collection submission to OMB for
approval.
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.

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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
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, 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: Railroad Signal System
Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0006.
Abstract: The information collected
under 49 CFR parts 233, 235, and 236
is used by FRA to monitor railroad
compliance with FRA’s inspection and
testing requirements for signal systems,
as well as to review and approve
railroad requests to discontinue or
materially modify existing signal
systems. The information collected is
also used by FRA to monitor signal
failures (e.g., failure of a signal
appliance, device, method, or system to
function or indicate as required by 49
CFR part 236 that results in a more
favorable aspect than intended or other
condition hazardous to the movement of
a train).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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In this 60-day notice, FRA has made
multiple adjustments to estimates that
decreased the previously approved
burden hours by 1,435 hours. The
decrease in burden is solely a result of
these adjustments. FRA conducted a
thorough review of the paperwork
burden for this information collection
and has determined that some of the
estimates and average time per
responses were outdated. For example:
• Under §§ 233.7 and 235.20, the
burden hours have increased by a total
of 37.50 hours to reflect that submission
of signal failure reports and protests
have both increased over this last threeyear reporting period. This change is
primarily due to an increase in
submissions from labor organizations.
(The burden hours under § 235.20 have
also increased due to an increase in
average time per response, discussed
below.)
• Under § 235.5, the number of
applications has decreased over the last
reporting period. Consequently, this
submission reflects a decrease in the
number of responses resulting in a
burden reduction of 640 hours.
• As part of the evaluation process for
this submission, the average time for
each requirement was reviewed and
updates were made to the estimates for
§§ 235.20 protests and 236.590
pneumatic apparatus test records. The
average time per response reflected
under § 235.20 was increased from 30
minutes to one (1) hour, while the
average time for § 236.590 decreased
from 22.5 minutes to five (5) minutes.
This reduction is based on changes in
the pneumatic apparatus inspections
and the exceptions that allow a 92-day
inspection interval if certain parameters
are met. Overall, these adjustments
contributed to a reduction in the total
burden hours for this submission.
• Finally, under § 236.110, FRA
determined that the burden for railroads
to request authorization from FRA to
use an electronic records system was
not included in the previously reported
burden; only the record keeping burden
was included. Therefore, FRA increased
the total estimated burden in this
submission.
Type of Request: Extension without
change (with changes in estimates) of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Form(s): FRA F 6180.14.
Respondent Universe: 150 1 railroads.
1 In this submission, a recent FRA data collection
shows approximately 150 railroads, with wayside
signaling systems, that must comply with 49 CFR
233.5 and 233.7. When FRA last published a notice
in connection with its submission of this ICR (OMB
control number 2130–0006), on October 22, 2021 at
86 FR 58722, that notice was based on a
Respondent Universe of 754 railroads.

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Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.

REPORTING BURDEN
CFR section

Total annual
responses

Average time
per response

Total annual
burden hours

Wage
rate

Total cost
equivalent
U.S.D.
(E)

(A)

(B)

(A * B = C)

(D)

(E = C * D)

150 railroads ...........

1 ...................................

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

0.50

$89.13

$44.57

150 railroads ...........

20 .................................

15 minutes ...................

5

89.13

445.65

117 railroads ...........

8 ...................................

10 hours .......................

80

89.13

7,130.40

117 railroads ...........

8 ...................................

10 hours .......................

100

89.13

8,913.00

Railroads/Public ......
117 railroads ...........

40 .................................
300,000 (paper) +
636,660 (electronic).
8 ...................................

1 hour ...........................
27 minutes (paper) + 8
minutes (electronic).
80 hours .......................

40
219,888

89.13
69.79

3,565.20
15,345,983.52

640

89.13

57,043.20

Respondent universe

233.5—Accidents resulting from signal
failure.
233.7—Signal failure reports—Form FRA
F 6180.14 ‘‘False Proceed Signal Report’’.
235.5—Changes requiring filing of application.
235.8—Relief from the requirements of
part 236 of this title.
235.20—Protests ......................................
236.110—Results of tests ........................
236.110(e)—Authorization to use electronic or automated tracking systems
for test results.

117 railroads ...........

236.587—Departure Test .........................

The burden for this requirement is covered under OMB Control Number 2130–0553.

236.590—Pneumatic apparatus ...............

42 railroads .............

6,697 ............................

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

558.08

80.38

44,858.47

Total 2 ................................................

150 railroads ...........

943,444 responses ......

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

221,312

..............

15,467,984

Total Estimated Annual Responses:
943,444.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
221,312 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Dollar Cost
Equivalent: $15,467,984.
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,
Deputy Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2025–03919 Filed 3–11–25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2025–0012]

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

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AGENCY:

Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its
implementing regulations, FRA seeks
approval of the Information Collection

SUMMARY:

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Request (ICR) summarized 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 May 12,
2025.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed ICR
should be submitted on
www.regulations.gov to the docket,
Docket No. FRA–2025–0012. All
comments received will be posted
without change to the docket, including
any personal information provided.
Please refer to the assigned OMB control
number (2130–0526) in any
correspondence submitted. FRA will
summarize comments received in a
subsequent 30-day notice and include
them in its information collection
submission to OMB.
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

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
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, 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

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