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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Joanne Swafford, Information Collection
Business and Small Agricultural
Clearance Officer, at email:
Cooperatives without Credit
[email protected] or telephone:
Available Elsewhere ..................
4.000 (757) 897–9908.
Private Non-Profit Organizations
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA,
without Credit Available Elsewhere ........................................
3.625 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, and its
implementing regulations, 5 CFR part
1320, require Federal agencies to
The number assigned to this disaster
provide 60 days’ notice to the public to
for economic injury is 217840.
allow comment on information
The states which received an EIDL
collection activities before seeking OMB
declaration are Arizona, Utah.
approval of the activities. See 44 U.S.C.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.8 through
Number 59008)
1320.12. Specifically, FRA invites
(Authority: 13 CFR 123.3(b).)
interested parties to comment on the
following ICR regarding: (1) whether the
James Stallings,
information collection activities are
Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster
necessary for FRA to properly execute
Recovery & Resilience.
its functions, including whether the
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activities will have practical utility; (2)
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the accuracy of FRA’s estimates of the
burden of the information collection
activities, including the validity of the
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
methodology and assumptions used to
determine the estimates; (3) ways for
Federal Railroad Administration
FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and
[Docket No. FRA–2026–0039]
clarity of the information being
collected; and (4) ways for FRA to
Proposed Agency Information
minimize the burden of information
Collection Activities; Comment
collection activities on the public,
Request
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
AGENCY: Federal Railroad
information technology. See 44 U.S.C.
Administration (FRA), Department of
3506(c)(2)(A); 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1).
Transportation (DOT).
FRA believes that soliciting public
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
comment may reduce the administrative
request for comment.
and paperwork burdens associated with
the collection of information that
SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork
Federal regulations mandate. In
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its
summary, comments received will
implementing regulations, FRA seeks
advance three objectives: (1) reduce
approval of the Information Collection
reporting burdens; (2) organize
Request (ICR) summarized below.
information collection requirements in a
Before submitting this ICR to the Office
‘‘user-friendly’’ format to improve the
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
use of such information; and (3)
approval, FRA is soliciting public
accurately assess the resources
comment on specific aspects of the
expended to retrieve and produce
activities identified in the ICR.
information requested. See 44 U.S.C.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
3501.
submit comments on or before October
The summary below describes the ICR
13, 2026.
that FRA will submit for OMB clearance
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
as the PRA requires:
recommendations for the proposed ICR
Title: System Safety Program.
should be submitted on https://
OMB Control Number: 2130–0599.
www.regulations.gov to Docket No.
Abstract: In 2020, FRA issued a final
FRA–2026–0039. All comments
rule 1 that requires each passenger rail
received will be posted without change
operation to develop and implement a
to the docket, including any personal
System Safety Program (SSP) to improve
information provided. Please refer to the the safety of its operations. Each
assigned OMB control number (2130–
passenger rail operation must use its
0599) in any correspondence submitted. SSP to proactively identify and mitigate
FRA will summarize comments received or eliminate railroad safety hazards and
in response to this notice in a
the resulting risk on its system to reduce
subsequent notice, made available to the the number of railroad accidents,
public, and include them in its
incidents, and associated injuries,
information collection submission to
1 85 FR 12826 (Mar. 4, 2020).
OMB for approval.

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fatalities, and property damage. An SSP
must also include a Fatigue Risk
Management Program (FRMP)
component, as required by a final rule
FRA issued in 2022.2 The purpose of an
FRMP is to improve railroad safety
through structured, systematic, and
proactive processes and procedures that
a railroad develops and implements to
identify and mitigate the effects of
fatigue on its employees.3
A passenger rail operation has the
flexibility to tailor an SSP to its specific
operations. An SSP must be fully
implemented within 36 months of
FRA’s approval of a submitted SSP plan.
Under the SSP regulation, FRA will
audit a passenger rail operation’s
compliance with its SSP plan and will
use the information collected to ensure
compliance with the regulation.
FRA uses the information collected to
help ensure that passenger rail
operations establish and implement
SSPs to improve the safety of their
operations and to confirm compliance
with the rule.
In this 60-day notice, FRA made
multiple adjustments to the previously
approved burden hours. While some
reported burden hours have increased,
the overall burden hours have decreased
from the previously approved 1,891
hours to 1,781 hours. In general, the
revised estimates reflect that the number
of total passenger rail operations
decreased from 33 to 32 and that FRA
lowered its estimate of new passenger
rail operations from 1 annually to 1 over
the next 3-year period of this
information collection.
To more effectively manage its ICRs,
FRA is also incorporating into this ICR
the burden hours under 49 CFR 270.409,
Requirements for an FRMP Plan,
currently reported under Control No.
2130–0633, Fatigue Risk Management
Program. The table below details the
specific paperwork requirements and
associated burden hours added for
section 270.409.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Form(s): N/A.
Respondent Universe: 32 passenger
rail operations + 1 new passenger rail
operation.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Reporting Burden:
2 87 FR 35660 (June 13, 2022).
3 § 270.403(a).

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Respondent
universe

CFR section

270.103
—(a) through (p) Comprehensive written SSP
plan that meets this section’s requirements
and in part 270, subpart E.

Total
annual
responses

Average
time per
response

Total
annual
burden
hours

Wage
rates 4

(A)

(B)

(C = A *
B)

(D = C *
wage rates)

40 hours ...............

13.20
hours

$121.22

$1,600.10

Total cost
equivalent
U.S. D

System safety program plan

1 new passenger rail operation

0.33 plan ................

—(q) Risk-based hazard analysis
(1) analysis to identify and analyze hazards
on the rail system and to determine the resulting risks.

32 passenger rail operations +
1 new passenger rail operation.

32.33 analyses results.

20 hours ...............

646.60
hours

90.19

58,316.85

(2) Identification of specific actions that will
be implemented to mitigate or eliminate the
hazards and resulting risks identified by
paragraph (q)(1).
(3) Risk-based hazard analysis when there
are significant operational changes or
modifications that have a direct impact on
railroad safety.

32 passenger rail operations +
1 new passenger rail operation.

32.33 identifications
of mitigation actions.

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

323.30
hours

90.19

29,158.43

32 passenger rail operations ....

3 analyses .............

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

30 hours

90.19

2,705.70

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

323.30
hours

90.19

29,158.43

—(r) Technology analysis and implementation plan
—Development and periodic update as necessary, of a technology analysis and implementation plan to be included in the SSP.

32 passenger rail operations +
1 new passenger rail operation.
270.107

Consultation requirements

—(a) Consultation with directly affected employees on new or amended SSP plan
(This section includes the burden for consulting on an FRMP plan, which must be
included in an SSP plan).

32 passenger rail operations +
1 new passenger rail operation.

5.33 consults .........

1 hour ...................

5.33
hours

90.19

480.71

—(a)(3)(ii) Notification to directly affected employees of preliminary meeting at least 60
days before being held.
—(b)(1) through (b)(3) Consultation statements submitted with new or amended
SSP plans, and statement copies to service
list individuals.
—(c) Statements from directly affected employees.

32 passenger rail operations +
1 new passenger rail operation.
32 passenger rail operations +
1 new passenger rail operation.

5.33 notices ...........

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

2.67
hours

90.19

240.36

5.33 statements .....

1 hour ...................

5.33
hours

90.19

480.71

—(d) Consultation requirements for SSP plan
amendments to be included in written SSP
plan.

The estimated paperwork burden for this regulatory requirement is covered under § 270.103.

9.90
hours
100 hours

90.19

892.88

90.19

9,019.00

5.39
hours

90.19

486.12

FRA anticipates zero railroad submissions during this 3-year ICR period.

270.201

Filing and approval

—(a) and (b) Initial SSP plan submission .......

1 new passenger rail operation

0.33 plans ..............

30 hours ...............

—(c) Submission of amended SSP plan previously approved.

32 passenger rail operations ....

5 amended plans ...

20 hours ...............

270.203
—Retained copies of SSP plans ....................

Retention of system safety program plan

32 passenger rail operations +
1 new passenger rail operation.
270.303

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32.33 technology
analysis.

32.33 copies ..........

10 minutes ...........

Internal system safety program assessment

—Annual internal SSP assessments ..............

32 passenger rail operations ....

32 evaluations/reports.

2 hours .................

64 hours

90.19

5,772.16

—(c) Certification of results of internal assessment by chief safety official.

32 passenger rail operations ....

32 certification
statements.

2 hours .................

64 hours

121.22

7,758.08

270.305

External safety audit

—(b)(1) Submission of improvement plans in
response to results of FRA audit.

32 passenger rail operations ....

4 plans ...................

12 hours ...............

48 hours

121.22

5,818.56

—(b)(2) Improvement plans found deficient by
FRA and requiring revision/correction.

32 passenger rail operations ....

2 revised/ corrected
plans.

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

20 hours

90.19

1,803.80

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Total
annual
responses

Average
time per
response

Total
annual
burden
hours

Wage
rates 4

(A)

(B)

(C = A *
B)

(D = C *
wage rates)

2 reports ................

4 hours .................

8 hours

90.19

721.52

Respondent
universe

CFR section

—(b)(3) Status report to FRA of implementation of improvements in the improvement
plan.

32 passenger rail operations ....

Total cost
equivalent
U.S. D

270.409 Requirements for an FRMP plan (Previously reported under 2130–0633)

—(a) through (d)— New FRMP plan as part
of an SSP containing the following elements:.
• Analysis of fatigue risk • Mitigation
strategies
• Evaluation—processes to monitor the
overall effectiveness of the FRMP
• FRMP implementation plan
—Initial meeting with FRA to review FRMP
plan.
—Amendments to FRMP plans already approved (§ 270.405(c)(2)).

1 new passenger rail operation

0.33 plans ..............

78 hours ...............

25.74
hours

90.19

2,321.49

1 new passenger rail operation

0.33 meetings ........

16 hours ...............

90.19

476.20

32 passenger rail operations ....

2 amended plans ...

40 hours ...............

5.28
hours
80 hours

90.19

7,215.20

Appendix B to 270
—Additional documents provided to FRA
upon request.
Totals 5 .....................................................

32 passenger rail operations +
1 new passenger rail operation.

4 documents ..........

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

1 hour

90.19

90.19

33 Passenger rail operations ...

233 responses .......

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

1,781
hours

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

164,516.50

Total Estimated Annual Responses:
233.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
1,781 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour
Dollar Cost Equivalent: $164,516.50.
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.)

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4 The dollar equivalent cost is derived from the
2024 Surface Transportation Board Full Year Wage
A&B data series using employee group 200
(Professional & Administrative) hourly wage rate of
$51.54 and employee group 100 (Executives,
Officials, & Staff Assistants) hourly wage rate of
$69.27. The total burden wage rate (straight time
plus 75%) used in the table is $90.19 ($51.54 × 1.75
= $90.19) and $121.22 ($69.27 × 1.75 = $121.22).
5 Totals may not add up due to rounding.

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Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2026–1585]

Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
AGENCY: Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork

Christopher S. Van Nostrand,
Deputy Chief Counsel.

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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 October
13, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed ICR
should be submitted on https://
www.regulations.gov to Docket No.
FRA–2026–1585. All comments
received will be posted without change
to the docket, including any personal
information provided. Please refer to the

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assigned OMB control number (2130–
0610) 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.
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

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