Notice2025-16161
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
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Published
August 22, 2025
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Railroad Administration
Abstract
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its implementing regulations, this notice announces that FRA is forwarding the Information Collection Request (ICR) summarized below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the information collection and its expected burden. On June 20, 2025, FRA published a notice providing a 60-day period for public comment on the ICR. FRA received no comments in response to the notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 161 (Friday, August 22, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41160-41161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16161]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2025-0004]
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, this notice announces that FRA is forwarding
the Information Collection Request (ICR) summarized below to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR
describes the information collection and its expected burden. On June
20, 2025, FRA published a notice providing a 60-day period for public
comment on the ICR. FRA received no comments in response to the notice.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
September 22, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed ICR
should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find the particular ICR by selecting
``Currently under Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Arlette Mussington, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, at email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#38594a545d4c4c5d16554d4b4b51565f4c5756785c574c165f574e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fe9f8c929b8a8a9bd0938b8d8d9790998a9190be9a918ad0999188">[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#e48e8b858a8a81ca97938582828b9680a4808b90ca838b92"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="462c29272828236835312720202934220622293268212930">[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
issue two notices seeking public comment on information collection
activities before OMB may approve paperwork packages. See 44 U.S.C.
3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.8 through 1320.12. On June 20, 2025, FRA
published a 60-day notice in the Federal Register soliciting public
comment on the ICR for which it is now seeking OMB approval. See 90 FR
26411. FRA has received no comments related to the proposed collection
of information.
Before OMB decides whether to approve this proposed collection of
information, it must provide 30 days' notice for public comment.
Federal law requires OMB to approve or disapprove paperwork packages
between 30 and 60 days after the 30-day notice is published. 44 U.S.C.
3507(b) and (c); 5 CFR 1320.12(d); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983, Aug.
29, 1995. The 30-day notice informs the regulated community of their
opportunity to file relevant comments and affords the agency adequate
time to consider public comments before it renders a decision. 60 FR
44983, Aug. 29, 1995. Therefore, respondents should submit their
respective comments to OMB within 30 days of publication to best ensure
having their full effect.
Comments are invited on the following ICR regarding: (1) whether
the information collection activities are necessary for FRA to properly
execute its functions, including whether the information 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 to minimize the burden of information
collection activities on the public, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
The summary below describes the ICR that FRA will submit for OMB
clearance as the PRA requires:
Title: Fatigue Risk Management Program for Certain Passenger and
Freight Railroads.
[[Page 41161]]
OMB Control Number: 2130-0633.
Abstract: In 2022, FRA issued a final rule that revised 49 CFR part
270--System Safety Program (SSP) and part 271--Risk Reduction Program
(RRP), to require railroads subject to those rules \1\ to include a
fatigue risk management program (FRMP) as one part of their railroad
safety risk reduction programs.\2\ A railroad must adopt and implement
its FRMP through an FRMP plan that the railroad has submitted to FRA
for review and approval.\3\ These FRMP requirements are found at part
270, subpart E--Fatigue Risk Management Programs and at part 271,
subpart G-- Fatigue Risk Management Programs. FRA will use the
information collected to ensure that railroads are developing and
implementing an FRMP that meets regulatory requirements.
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\1\ Part 270 applies to passenger rail operations (defined in 49
CFR 270.5 to mean ``intercity, commuter, or other short-haul
passenger rail service[s]''), and part 271 applies to Class I
freight railroads, railroads that FRA determines demonstrate
inadequate safety performance (ISP), and freight railroads that
elect to voluntarily comply with part 271. See 49 CFR 270.3 and
271.3(a).
\2\ 87 FR 35660-35675 (June 13, 2022). FRA issued the RRP, SSP,
and FRMP final rules to implement a mandate in the Rail Safety
Improvement Act of 2008 stating that FRA must require certain
railroads to develop and implement a railroad safety risk reduction
program that includes a fatigue management plan as one of its
components. 49 U.S.C. 20156(d)(2) and (f).
\3\ Sec. Sec. 270.409(a) and 271.609(a). A railroad must also
consult with its directly affected employees and use good faith and
best efforts to reach agreement with the employees on the contents
of its FRMP plan. Id.
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FRA will also use the collected information to determine whether a
railroad's FRMP is improving railroad safety through the reduction of
fatigue experienced by its safety-related railroad employees.
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.\4\ A railroad must design its FRMP, in
part, to reduce fatigue experienced by its safety-related railroad
employees and to reduce the risk of railroad accidents, incidents,
injuries, and fatalities where the fatigue of any of these employees is
a contributing factor.\5\ As part of a railroad's SSP or RRP, each FRMP
must be an ongoing program that supports continuous safety
improvement.\6\ A railroad must include its FRMP in the annual internal
assessment of its SSP or RRP, and FRA also includes FRMPs in its
external audits of a railroad's RRP or SSP to ensure that the
railroad's FRMP processes and procedures comply with the FRMP
regulation.\7\
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\4\ Sec. Sec. 270.403(a) and 271.603.
\5\ Sec. Sec. 270.403(b)(1) and 271.603(b)(1).
\6\ Sec. Sec. 270.103(p)(1)(vii) and 271.101(a).
\7\ Sec. Sec. 270.303, 270.305, 270.405, 271.401, 271.501, and
271.605.
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Type of Request: Extension without change (with changes in
estimates) of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Form(s): N/A.
Respondent Universe: 6 Class I railroads, 15 ISP railroads, and 35
passenger rail operations.
Frequency of Submission: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Responses: 12.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 436.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour Dollar Cost Equivalent: $38,816.
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.)
Issued in Washington, DC.
Christopher S. Van Nostrand,
Deputy Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2025-16161 Filed 8-21-25; 8:45 am]
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