Notice2023-28993
30-Day Notice of Intent To Seek Approval for Information Collections: Joint Notice of Intent To Arbitrate and Notice of Availability for Arbitrator Roster
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Published
January 4, 2024
Issuing agencies
Surface Transportation Board
Abstract
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) gives notice of its intent to seek approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension of the information collections of the Joint Notice of Intent to Arbitrate and Notice of Availability for Arbitrator Roster, as described separately below.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 3 (Thursday, January 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 498-499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28993]
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
30-Day Notice of Intent To Seek Approval for Information
Collections: Joint Notice of Intent To Arbitrate and Notice of
Availability for Arbitrator Roster
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Surface Transportation Board (STB or
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Board) gives notice of its intent to seek approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension of the information
collections of the Joint Notice of Intent to Arbitrate and Notice of
Availability for Arbitrator Roster, as described separately below.
DATES: Comments on these information collections should be submitted by
February 5, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be identified as ``Paperwork
Reduction Act Comments, Arbitration Procedures under 49 CFR 1108.''
Written comments for this information collection should be submitted
via <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. This information collection can
be accessed by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for Public
Comments'' or by using the search function. As an alternative, written
comments may be directed to the Office of Management and Budget, Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Michael J. McManus,
Surface Transportation Board Desk Officer: via email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#06696f7467597573646b6f75756f696846696b642863697628616970"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="056a6c77645a767067686c76766c6a6b456a68672b606a752b626a73">[email protected]</span></a>; by fax at (202) 395-1743; or by mail to
Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503.
Please also direct all comments to Chris Oehrle, PRA Officer,
Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20423-
0001, or to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#58080a19182b2c3a763f372e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="84d4d6c5c4f7f0e6aae3ebf2">[email protected]</span></a>. When submitting comments, please refer to
``Paperwork Reduction Act Comments, Arbitration Procedures under 49 CFR
1108.'' For further information regarding this collection, contact
Michael Higgins, Deputy Director, Office of Public Assistance,
Governmental Affairs, and Compliance, at (202) 245-0284 or at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#86d4c5d6c7c6f5f2e4a8e1e9f0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b9ebfae9f8f9cacddb97ded6cf">[email protected]</span></a>. If you require an accommodation under the Americans with
Disabilities Act, please call (202) 245-0245.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board previously published a notice
about this collection in the Federal Register (88 FR 73388 (Oct. 25,
2023)). That notice allowed for a 60-day public review and comment
period. No comments were received.
Comments are requested concerning: (1) the accuracy of the Board's
burden estimates; (2) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information collected; (3) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on the respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, when appropriate; and (4) whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Board, including whether the collection has practical utility.
Submitted comments will be summarized and included in the Board's
request for OMB approval.
Description of Information Collections
OMB Control Number: 2140-0038.
Information Collection 1
Title: Joint Notice of Intent to Arbitrate.
STB Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without change.
Respondents: Parties seeking to submit to arbitration certain
matters before the Board.
Number of Respondents: One.
Estimated Time per Response: One hour.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours (annually including all respondents): One hour.
Total ``Non-hour Burden'' Cost: None identified. Filings are
submitted electronically to the Board.
Needs and Uses: Under 49 CFR 1108.5, arbitration commences with a
written complaint that contains a statement that the relevant parties
are participants in the Board's arbitration program, or that the
complainant is willing to arbitrate the dispute pursuant to the Board's
arbitration procedures. The respondent's answer to the written
complaint must then indicate the respondent's participation in the
Board's arbitration program or its willingness to arbitrate the dispute
at hand pursuant to the Board's arbitration procedures.
As an alternative to filing a written complaint, parties may submit
a joint notice to the Board, indicating the consent of both parties to
submit an issue in dispute to the Board's arbitration program. In the
joint notice, parties state the issue(s) that they are willing to
submit to arbitration. The notice must contain a statement that would
indicate that all relevant parties are participants in the Board's
arbitration program pursuant to Sec. 1108.3(a), or that the relevant
parties are willing to arbitrate voluntarily a matter pursuant to the
Board's arbitration procedures, and the relief requested. The notice
must also indicate whether parties have agreed to a three-member
arbitration panel or a single arbitrator and must indicate whether the
parties have mutually agreed to a lower amount of potential liability
in lieu of the monetary award cap that would otherwise be applicable.
The joint notice encourages greater use of arbitration to resolve
disputes at the Board.
Information Collection 2
Title: Notice of Availability for Arbitrator Roster.
STB Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without change.
Respondents: Potential arbitrators.
Number of Respondents: 23.
Estimated Time per Response: One hour.
Frequency: Annually.
Total Burden Hours (annually including all respondents): 23 hours.
Total ``Non-hour Burden'' Cost: None identified. Filings are
submitted electronically to the Board.
Needs and Uses: Under 49 CFR 1108.6(b), an arbitration roster is
compiled by the Chairman, and potential interested, qualified persons
who wish to be placed on the Board's arbitration roster must submit
notice of their availability to be added to the roster. The Chairman
may augment the roster at any time to include eligible arbitrators and
remove from the roster any arbitrators who are no longer available or
eligible. Potential arbitrators must also update their availability and
information annually, if they wish to remain available for the
arbitration roster. The arbitration rosters are available to the public
on the Board's website at <a href="https://www.stb.gov/resources/litigation-alternatives/arbitration/#arbitration-procedures">https://www.stb.gov/resources/litigation-alternatives/arbitration/#arbitration-procedures</a>.
Under the PRA, a Federal agency that conducts or sponsors a
collection of information must display a currently valid OMB control
number. A collection of information, which is defined in 44 U.S.C.
3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c), includes agency requirements that persons
submit reports, keep records, or provide information to the agency,
third parties, or the public. Section 3507(b) of the PRA requires,
concurrent with an agency's submitting a collection to OMB for
approval, a 30-day notice and comment period through publication in the
Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an existing collection of
information.
Dated: December 29, 2023.
Brendetta Jones,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2023-28993 Filed 1-3-24; 8:45 am]
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