Notice2025-21846
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
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Published
December 3, 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 230 (Wednesday, December 3, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55774-55776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-21846]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2025-0061]
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.
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DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
February 2, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed ICR
should be submitted on <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> to Docket No. FRA-2025-0061.
All comments received will be posted without change to the docket,
including any personal information provided. Please refer to the
assigned OMB control number (2130-0504) 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#5d3c2f31382929387330282e2e34333a2932331d393229733a322b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2a4b58464f5e5e4f04475f595943444d5e45446a4e455e044d455c">[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#543e3b353a3a317a27233532323b263014303b207a333b22"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e58f8a848b8b80cb96928483838a9781a5818a91cb828a93">[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: Special Notice for Repairs.
OMB Control Number: 2130-0504.
Abstract: Under 49 CFR part 216, FRA and State inspectors may issue
a Special Notice for Repairs to notify a railroad in writing of an
unsafe condition involving a locomotive, car, or track. The railroad
must notify FRA in writing when the equipment is returned to service or
the track is restored to a condition permitting operations at speeds
authorized for a higher class, specifying the repairs completed. FRA
and State inspectors use this information to remove from service
freight cars, passenger equipment, and locomotives until they can be
restored to a serviceable condition. They also use this information to
reduce the maximum authorized speed on a section of track until repairs
can be made.
In this 60-day notice, FRA made no changes to the previously
approved burden hours or responses.
Type of Request: Extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Form(s): FRA F 6180.8; FRA F 6180.8a.
Respondent Universe: 754 railroads.
Frequency of Submission: On occasion.
Reporting Burden:
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Total annual
Section \1\ Respondent universe Total annual Average time per Total annual Wage rate \2\ dollar cost
responses response burden hours equivalent
(A)................. (B)................. (C) = A * B (D) = C * wage
rates
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216.13 Special notice for repairs--locomotive
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--(b) RR reply to special notice 754 railroads....... 5 forms............. 15 minutes.......... 1.25 $89.13 $111.41
for repair informing FRA that
affected locomotive is returned
to service--FRA Form F 6180.8.
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216.14 Special notice for repairs--passenger equipment
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--(b) RR notification in writing The estimated paperwork burden for this requirement is covered under OMB Control Number 2130-0544 (see Sec. Sec.
that equipment is returned to 238.15 through 238.19).
service.
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216.15 Special notice for repairs--track class
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--(b) RR reply to special notice 754 railroads....... 1 form.............. 15 minutes.......... 0.25 89.13 22.28
for repair informing FRA that
affected track is restored to
condition permitting operations
at higher speeds--FRA Form F
6180.8a.
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216.17 Appeals
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--RR's right to appeal decision... FRA anticipates zero appeal requests during this 3-year ICR period.
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216.21 Notice of track conditions
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--(b) Letter from RR to FRA Staff 754 railroads....... 1 letter............ 1 hour.............. 1 89.13 89.13
Director that affected track has
been repaired and is ready for re-
inspection.
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Total \3\..................... 754 railroads....... 7 responses......... .................... 3 .............. 222.82
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Total Estimated Annual Responses: 7.
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\1\ Section 216.25, Issuance and review of emergency order is
exempt from the PRA under 5 CFR 1320.4(a)(2) and has been removed
from the table. This adjustment has no impact on burden hours.
\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).
\3\ Totals may not add due to rounding.
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Total Estimated Annual Burden: 3 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour Dollar Cost Equivalent: $222.82.
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. 2025-21846 Filed 12-2-25; 8:45 am]
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