Rail Fixed Guideway Systems; State Safety Oversight (SSO)

This is a revision of an approved information collection associated with a Final Rulemaking published on October 18, 2024. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) was published on February 15, 2024, and OIRA provided comments on the proposed rule on May 2, 2024. The NPRM included a change in notification criteria and a small increase in the respondent universe. Although FTA received 27 comments after the NPRM was published, none pertained to the information collection or the related burden hours or costs. Consequently, there are no changes from the NPRM to this Final Rulemaking submission. The purpose of the SSO program is to oversee safety throughout the Nation’s rail transit systems. The entities responding to this information collection (IC) are States and rail transit agencies (RTAs). States must establish a safety oversight agency to oversee the safety of their rail transit agencies in their jurisdiction. The States and RTAs are required to provide FTA specific information to obtain and retain funding that will assist them in carrying out SSO activities. The information provided is reporting in nature and includes an annual report summarizing their program activity from the previous calendar year; pre-audit documents; periodic requests in the form of safety advisories issued by FTA due to a safety/accident related event; financial and milestone reports as part of the grant management process and the collection of incident reports as a result of a major safety event. This information is submitted electronically to FTA’s SSO program managers and incident investigators on an annual and as needed basis.

The latest form for Rail Fixed Guideway Systems; State Safety Oversight (SSO) expires 2027-12-31 and is listed under ICR 202409-2132-001.

Annual Reporting

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