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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
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 Noise Emission
Compliance Regulations.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0527
Abstract: Under authority granted by
the Noise Control Act of 1972, the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
has established limits for noise
Respondent
universe

CFR section

Total
annual
responses

Average
time
per
response

Total annual
burden hours

Total cost
equivalent
U.S.D.

(A)

(B)

(A*B=C)

(D=C*wage
rate) 2

210.11—Waivers ....................................................

FRA anticipates zero waivers over the three-year collection period.

210.27—New locomotive
for certification.

4 locomotive manufacturers.

certification—Request

210.31—Operation standards (stationary locomotives at 30 meters)—Recorded locomotive
noise emission test under the ‘‘Remarks’’ section on the reverse side of Form FRA F
6180.49A.
Total .................................................................

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emissions related to rail carriers in 40
CFR part 201. Those limits are enforced
by FRA under 49 CFR part 210.
Specifically, § 210.27 requires that all
new locomotives be tested and certified
to comply with the noise emission
standards.
The information collected under
§ 210.27 is used by FRA to confirm that
new locomotives are tested and do not
emit noise that exceeds the maximum
noise standards, in order to control
harmful noise and promote public
health and welfare.
In this 60-day notice, FRA made no
adjustments to the previously approved
burden hours and responses in the
OMB, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) inventory.1
Type of Request: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Form(s): N/A
Respondent Universe: 4 locomotive
manufacturers.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Reporting Burden

4

30 minutes

2

$178.26

The estimated paperwork burden for recording locomotive noise emission tests is covered
under OMB control number 2130–0004 (see § 229.23).

4 locomotive manufacturers.

4

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

2

$178.26

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 4.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 2
hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour
Dollar Cost Equivalent: $178.26.
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.)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Christopher S. Van Nostrand,
Deputy Chief Counsel.

Federal Railroad Administration

[FR Doc. 2025–07339 Filed 4–28–25; 8:45 am]

[Docket No. FRA–2025–0003]

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request

1 Changes to the total cost equivalent in U.S.
dollars, a category not included in the OIRA
inventory, are due to updated statistics from the
2023 Surface Transportation Board (STB) Full Year
Wage A&B data series.

2 The dollar equivalent cost is derived from the
2023 Surface Transportation Board Full Year Wage
A&B data series using employee group 200
(Professional Administrative Staff) hourly wage rate
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Notice of information collection;
request for comment.

ACTION:

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 June 30,
2025.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed ICR
should be submitted on
www.regulations.gov to the docket,
Docket No. FRA–2025–0003. All
comments received will be posted
without change to the docket, including
any personal information provided.
Please refer to the assigned OMB control
number (2130–0529) in any
correspondence submitted. FRA will
summarize comments received in
response to this notice in a subsequent
30-day 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.
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
SUMMARY:

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: Disqualification Proceedings.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0529.
Abstract: Title 49 CFR part 209,
subpart D (subpart D) codifies FRA
procedures to provide due process to
individuals whom FRA proposes to
disqualify from sensitive safety service,
as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 20111. Since
OMB first approved control number
2130–0529,1 the only section in subpart
D deemed to contain information
collection requirements subject to the
PRA was 49 CFR 209.331, Enforcement

of disqualification order, which
requires: (a) a railroad employing or
formerly employing a disqualified
individual to disclose the terms and
conditions of the order to the
individual’s new or prospective
employer railroad; (b) a railroad
considering hiring an individual in a
safety-sensitive position to inquire with
the individual’s prior employer, if the
former employer is a railroad, whether
the individual is serving under a
disqualification order; and (c) a
disqualified individual to inform the
individual’s current and prospective
railroad employers, and provide a copy
of the order.
When FRA last renewed this ICR in
2022, it included two sections under
subpart D in its paperwork burden
estimates in addition to § 209.331.2 On
review, FRA has determined that the
inclusion of those sections is not
required by the PRA. Specifically, the
response required under §§ 209.307 and
209.309 from a person who receives a
Notice of Proposed Disqualification is
not subject to OMB approval because
the information is collected ‘‘during the
conduct of an administrative action,
investigation, or audit involving an
agency against specific individuals or
entities.’’ See 5 CFR 1320.4(a)(2).
Therefore, the previously reported
burden for those two sections has been
removed from this ICR. Accordingly,
estimated burden hours under this ICR
have decreased from 41 hours to 2
hours, and the number of estimated
responses has decreased from 22 to 4
responses.
Type of Request: Extension without
change (with changes in estimates) of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: 754 railroads and
181,210 railroad employees.
Form(s): N/A.
Respondent Universe: 754 railroads
and 181,210 railroad employees.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.

REPORTING BURDEN
CFR section

Respondent universe

Total annual
responses

Average time per
response

Total annual
burden hours

Wage rates

Total cost
equivalent

(A)

(B)

(C) = A * B

(D) 3

(E) = C * D

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Subpart D Disqualification Procedures
209.307 Reply ...............
209.309 Informal response.

1 See

The paperwork burden associated with this regulatory requirement is exempt under 5 CFR 1320.4(a)(2).
The paperwork burden associated with this regulatory requirement is exempt under 5 CFR 1320.4(a)(2).

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REPORTING BURDEN—Continued

CFR section

Respondent universe

Total annual
responses

Average time per
response

Total annual
burden hours

Wage rates

Total cost
equivalent

209.331 Enforcement of
disqualification order:

754 railroads .................

2

30 minutes

1

$89.13

$89.13

—(a) A railroad that employs or formerly employed an individual
serving under a disqualification order
must inform other prospective employers.
—(b) A railroad considering hiring an individual to perform
safety-sensitive functions to check with
previous railroad employer for any disqualification orders.

This is a common practice for the railroad industry to do routine personnel checks on individuals whom they are planning on hiring. Thus, there is no burden associated with this requirement.

—(c) Individual subject
to a disqualification
order shall inform employer.

181,210 employees ......

2

30 minutes

1

$89.13

$89.13

Total 4 .....................

181,210 employees ......
754 railroads

4

N/A

2

N/A

$178.26

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 4.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 2
hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour
Dollar Cost Equivalent: $178.26.
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.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD–2025–0067]

Request for Comments on the Renewal
of a Previously Approved Collection:
Uniform Financial Reporting
Requirements

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Maritime Administration, DOT.

3 The dollar equivalent cost is derived from the
2023 Surface Transportation Board’s Full Year
Wage A&B data series using the employee group
200 (Professional & Administrative) hourly wage
rate of $50.93. The total burden wage rate (straight
time plus 75%) used in the table is $89.13 ($50.93
× 1.75 = $89.13).
4 Total may not add up due to rounding.

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ACTION:

Notice.

The Maritime Administration
(MARAD) invites public comments on
our intention to request approval from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to renew an information
collection in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The
proposed collection OMB 2133–0005
(Uniform Financial Reporting
Requirements) is used to evaluate the
financial condition of entities borrowing
funds from or receiving financial
benefits from MARAD. Since the last
renewal, the public burden for this
collection was updated to include
mailing costs for respondents. We are
required to publish this notice in the
Federal Register to obtain comments
from the public and affected agencies.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before June 30, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Docket No. MARAD–
2024–0067 through one of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
www.regulations.gov. Search using the
above DOT docket number and follow
the online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket
Management Facility, U.S. Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12–
140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9
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a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except on Federal holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and docket
number for this rulemaking.
NOTE: All comments received will be
posted without change to
www.regulations.gov including any personal
information provided.

Comments are invited on: (a) whether
the proposed collection of information
is reasonable for the Department’s
performance; (b) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (c) ways for the
Department to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information
collection; and (d) ways that the burden
could be modified 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steven S. Park, 202–366–1464, Office of
Financial Approvals and Marine
Insurance, Maritime Administration,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590, Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Uniform Financial Reporting
Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 2133–0005.
Type of Request: Extension with
change of a currently approved
collection.

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