Notice2023-17751
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
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Published
August 18, 2023
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Railroad Administration
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 159 (Friday, August 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56698-56699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17751]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2003-0002-N-16]
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment
Request
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: 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
October 17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed ICR
should be submitted on <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a> to the docket, Docket No. FRA-
2023-0002. All comments received will be posted without change to the
docket,
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including any personal information provided. Please refer to the
assigned OMB control number (2130-0552) 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. Arlette Mussington, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, at email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d3b2a1bfb6a7a7b6fdbea6a0a0babdb4a7bcbd93b7bca7fdb4bca5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d2b3a0beb7a6a6b7fcbfa7a1a1bbbcb5a6bdbc92b6bda6fcb5bda4">[email protected]</span></a> or
telephone: (571) 609-1285 or Ms. Joanne Swafford, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, at email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d6bcb9b7b8b8b3f8a5a1b7b0b0b9a4b296b2b9a2f8b1b9a0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="513b3e303f3f347f22263037373e233511353e257f363e27">[email protected]</span></a> 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: Locomotive Cab Sanitation.
OMB Control Number: 2130-0552.
Abstract: FRA's locomotive cab sanitation standards, 49 CFR 229.137
and 229.139, prescribe minimum standards for the locomotive cab
sanitation compartment, including the toilet facility. FRA uses the
information collection associated with these provisions to promote rail
safety and locomotive crew member health by ensuring crew member access
to a functioning and sanitary toilet facility and that railroads timely
repair defective and unsanitary conditions in the sanitation
compartment.
In this 60-day notice, FRA has made a minor adjustment of less than
one hour due to a rounding error. Additionally, FRA is updating the
respondent universe from 746 railroads in the previous ICR to 784
railroads to reflect the changes that were made to the 2022 Railroad
Classification Data.
Type of Request: Extension without change (with changes in
estimates) of a currently approved information collection.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Form(s): N/A.
Respondent Universe: 784 railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On occasion.
Reporting Burden:
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Average time Total annual Total cost
CFR section Respondent universe Total annual responses per response burden hours equivalent in
(seconds) (hours) U.S. dollar
(A)............................... (B) (C = A * B) (D = C *
wage rates)
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229.21(a-b)--Daily inspection-- The burden for this requirement is covered under OMB Control No. 2130-0004 under Sec. 229.137 and Sec.
Written report. 229.139.
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229.137(d)--Defective, unsanitary 784 railroads................ 11,700 tags....................... 90 292.50 $19,392.75
toilet facility; use in trailing
position--Tagging.
229.137(e)--Defective, sanitary 784 railroads................ 7,956 tags........................ 90 198.90 13,187.07
toilet facility; use in switching,
transfer service--Tagging.
229.139(d)--Switching or transfer 784 railroads................ 93,600 notations.................. 30 780.00 51,714.00
service--defective locomotive toilet
facility--Notation on daily
inspection report.
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Total............................ 784 railroads................ 113,256 responses................. N/A 1,271 84,294
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Total Estimated Annual Responses: 113,256.
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\1\ Totals may not add due to rounding. The dollar equivalent
cost is derived from the 2022 Surface Transportation Board Full Year
Wage A&B data series using the burdened hourly wage of employee
groups, 400 (Maintenance of Equipment & Stores) $67.11, and 600
(Transportation, Train & Engine) $63.07. The wage rate is shared
with group 400 accounting for 80% and group 600 accounting for 20%.
The total burden wage rate (Straight time plus 75%) used in the
table is $63.30. 80% of $67.11 = $53.69, 20% of $63.07 = $12.61 for
a total of $66.30 hourly burdened wage rate.
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Total Estimated Annual Burden: 1,271 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour Dollar Cost Equivalent: $84,294.
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,
Acting Deputy Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2023-17751 Filed 8-17-23; 8:45 am]
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