State Safety Participation
Program and Reporting of Remedial Actions
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
11/26/2025
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
11/30/2025
23,225
24,066
9,851
11,958
0
0
The collection of information is set
forth under 49 CFR part 212, and requires qualified State
inspectors to provide various reports to FRA for monitoring and
enforcement purposes concerning State investigative, inspection,
and surveillance activities regarding railroad compliance with
Federal railroad safety laws and regulations. Additionally, under
49 CFR part 209, subpart E, railroads are required to report to FRA
actions taken to remedy certain alleged violations of law. This
collection of information is mandatory, collected as needed, and it
involves reporting requirements.
This submission is an extension
without change (with changes in estimates) of a currently approved
ICR. FRA has made multiple adjustments to its estimated paperwork
burden that has decreased the previously approved burden hours from
11,958 hours to 9,851 hours and the responses from 24,066 to
23,225. FRA previously combined the burden estimates for several
sections and reported the combined burden under 49 U.S.C. 20105,
the statute that authorizes Part 212. Updated estimates are now
provided on a section-by-section basis. Additionally, § 212.109 has
been removed from this ICR because it was recently repealed by FRA
as obsolete. Because it was obsolete and required no actual
information collection even before it was repealed, removing §
212.109 from this ICR does not affect the overall PRA burden under
Part 212. This decrease, after a thorough review, is the result of
the changes described in the following sections summarized below: •
FRA reduced the estimated number of annual violation reports
submitted by State inspectors in various disciplines from 1,154 to
690 violation reports. Accordingly, the estimated burden hours for
these reports were decreased by 1,856. • For violation report
challenges authorized under § 209.405(b), FRA adjusted the
estimated number of challenges from 240 to 50 annually. This
adjustment more accurately reflects the estimated number of burden
hours, decreasing the burden by 143. • Under § 209.407, Delayed
reports, FRA decreased the estimated number of reports from 240 to
50 annually, reducing the reported burden by 143 hours. These
revised estimates contributed to an overall reduction of 2,107
burden hours and 841 responses.
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.