Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
05/29/2025
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
05/31/2025
290,698
105,751
13,604
5,619
5,505
200,355
FRA uses the information that it collects under 49 CFR part 214 to monitor and enforce requirements relating to the safety of roadway workers and ensure that railroads fulfill their responsibilities to keep roadway workers secure and free from unnecessary and avoidable hazards. This collection of information is mandatory, collected as needed, and it involves both reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Additionally, Form FRA F 6180.119 is used by FRA/State inspectors to cite rule violations of Part 214 and to recommend civil penalties for serious infractions.
US Code:
49 USC 20103
Name of Law: Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970
This is an extension without change (with changes in estimates) of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).
FRA has made multiple adjustments to its estimated paperwork burden that increased the previously approved burden from 5,619 hours to 13,604 hours, and the number of responses from 105,751 to 290,698. FRA conducted a thorough review and analysis of this ICR package and has determined that several of the paperwork burdens reported in the previous submission were overestimated and some were determined to be unnecessary under the PRA as detailed below. The total estimated burden has increased, however, because FRA has included the estimated burden associated with § 214.337(f), which was inadvertently omitted in the past.
⢠Under § 214.307, On-track safety programs, FRA made burden estimate adjustments to the previously submitted burden hours to accurately reflect that most railroads have completed this requirement, and the number of times notifications are received from railroads with respect to any amendments made to their current safety programs or new startups. This submission primarily reflects only the number of new startups, which is estimated at two new railroads. Consequently, the paperwork burden for this requirement has decreased from 679 to 37 burden hours.
⢠§ 214.336, On-track safety procedures for certain roadway work groups and adjacent tracks, permits the use of train approach warnings by watchmen/lookouts. After a thorough review, FRA found that this requirement is not considered an information collection under 5 CFR 1320.3(b)(2). Subsequently, the burden hours associated with this requirement were removed, thus reducing the burden by 28 hours.
⢠Under § 214.337(f), On-track safety procedures for lone workers, it was determined that the burden was not included in the previously reported submissions. This submission corrects that oversight and, consequently, the burden hours were increased by 10,400 hours.
⢠Under paragraph § 214.505(c), Required environmental control and protection systems for new on-track roadway maintenance machines with enclosed cabs, the average burden associated with the list of designated on-track roadway maintenance machines was decreased from 1 hour to 5 minutes. The decrease in burden hours reflects that, with the exception of startups, railroads should have already developed these designated lists and, therefore, only need to maintain and update them as appropriate.
⢠Additionally, the previously reported burden of 13 hours under § 214.505(d), related to existing roadway maintenance machines identified as âdesignated,â has been removed from this ICR because the regulatory requirement does not cause the collection of any information.
⢠A review of the number of FRA F 6180.119 forms, submitted over the last four and a half years, showed that on an average only six forms were being submitted annually. Therefore, the burden hours associated with this requirement were decreased by 492 hours.
⢠Finally, the overall recordkeeping burden hours have decreased from 3,387 hours to 2,953 hours. This decrease is due to the reduced number of roadway workers employed with the railroads.
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.
Form FRA F 6180.119 Roadway Worker Protection: Roadway Maintenance Machines
May 29, 2025 FR Notice (30-Day).pdf
2130-0539_Railroad Workplace Safety-SJ-(clean) 03-25-2025.docx
49 CFR 214.doc
Roadway Worker Protection: Roadway Maintenance Machines