Notice2025-07339
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
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Published
April 29, 2025
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 90, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17877-17878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07339]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2025-0005]
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
June 30, 2025.
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-
2025-0005. All comments received will be posted without change to the
docket, including any personal information provided. Please refer to
the assigned OMB control number (2130-0527) 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#48293a242d3c3c2d66253d3b3b21262f3c2726082c273c662f273e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6203100e071616074c0f1711110b0c05160d0c22060d164c050d14">[email protected]</span></a> or
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telephone: (571) 609-1285 or Ms. Joanne Swafford, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, at email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fc96939d929299d28f8b9d9a9a938e98bc989388d29b938a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6903060807070c471a1e080f0f061b0d290d061d470e061f">[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: Railroad Noise Emission Compliance Regulations.
OMB Control Number: 2130-0527
Abstract: Under authority granted by the Noise Control Act of 1972,
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established limits for
noise emissions related to rail carriers in 40 CFR part 201. Those
limits are enforced by FRA under 49 CFR part 210. Specifically, Sec.
210.27 requires that all new locomotives be tested and certified to
comply with the noise emission standards.
The information collected under Sec. 210.27 is used by FRA to
confirm that new locomotives are tested and do not emit noise that
exceeds the maximum noise standards, in order to control harmful noise
and promote public health and welfare.
In this 60-day notice, FRA made no adjustments to the previously
approved burden hours and responses in the OMB, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) inventory.\1\
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\1\ Changes to the total cost equivalent in U.S. dollars, a
category not included in the OIRA inventory, are due to updated
statistics from the 2023 Surface Transportation Board (STB) Full
Year Wage A&B data series.
\2\ The dollar equivalent cost is derived from the 2023 Surface
Transportation Board Full Year Wage A&B data series using employee
group 200 (Professional Administrative Staff) hourly wage rate of
$50.93. The total burden wage rate (straight time plus 75%) used in
the table is $89.13 ($50.93 x 1.75 = $89.13).
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Type of Request: Extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Form(s): N/A
Respondent Universe: 4 locomotive manufacturers.
Frequency of Submission: On occasion.
Reporting Burden
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Total cost
CFR section Respondent Total annual Average time Total annual equivalent
universe responses per response burden hours U.S.D.
................ (A) (B)............ (A*B=C) (D=C*wage
rate) \2\
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210.11--Waivers.............. FRA anticipates zero waivers over the three-year collection period.
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210.27--New locomotive 4 locomotive 4 30 minutes..... 2 $178.26
certification--Request for manufacturers.
certification.
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210.31--Operation standards The estimated paperwork burden for recording locomotive noise emission tests is
(stationary locomotives at covered under OMB control number 2130-0004 (see Sec. 229.23).
30 meters)--Recorded
locomotive noise emission
test under the ``Remarks''
section on the reverse side
of Form FRA F 6180.49A.
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Total.................... 4 locomotive 4 ............... 2 $178.26
manufacturers.
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Total Estimated Annual Responses: 4.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 2 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour Dollar Cost Equivalent: $178.26.
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,
Deputy Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2025-07339 Filed 4-28-25; 8:45 am]
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