Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 218 / Friday, November 12, 2004 / Notices 65497

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 3, 

2004. 

Kathy A. Weiner, 

Director, Office of Information Technology 

and Support Systems, Federal Railroad 

Administration.

[FR Doc. 04–25135 Filed 11–10–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration 

Notice of Application for Approval of 

Discontinuance or Modification of a 

Railroad Signal System or Relief From 

Requirements 

Pursuant to Title 49 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) Part 235 and 49 

U.S.C. 20502(a), the following railroad 

has petitioned the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) seeking approval 

for the discontinuance or modification 

of the signal system or relief from the 

requirements of 49 CFR Part 236 as 

detailed below. 

Docket Number FRA–2004–19336 

Applicant: Burlington Northern and 

Santa Fe Railway Company, Mr. 

William G. Peterson, Director Signal 

Engineering, 4515 Kansas Avenue, 

Kansas City, Kansas 66106. 

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe 

Railway Company (BNSF) seeks relief 

from the requirements of the Rules, 

Standards and Instructions, 49 CFR, Part 

236, Section 236.110, to the extent that 

each test record, need not be signed by 

the person making the inspection or 

test. In lieu of the signature, the BNSF 

proposes to implement an electronic 

system for recording and maintaining 

signal inspection records, that uniquely 

identify the person as the author of the 

record with a PIN number or password. 

Once a record is entered and verified, it 

cannot be modified. In conjunction with 

this relief, the BNSF also requests the 

utilization of an electronic system for 

recording and maintaining applicable 

inspection and test records as defined in 

49 CFR, Part 234, subject to approval by 

the Associate Administrator for Safety, 

as required by Section 234.273. A pilot 

program is planned for approximately 

100 signal employees located in 

Washington, Idaho, Montana, Texas, 

and Louisiana. 

Applicant’s justification for relief: The 

BNSF believes that the electronic 

system will serve the best interest of the 

BNSF and the Federal and State 

Inspection authorities that are required 

to inspect records. The BNSF also 

anticipates this system will provide 

many benefits, including: improved 

availability of test records, improved 

management reporting of compliance, 

improved consistency for filing records, 

and a reduction in the need for paper 

documentation. 

Any interested party desiring to 

protest the granting of an application 

shall set forth specifically the grounds 

upon which the protest is made, and 

include a concise statement of the 

interest of the party in the proceeding. 

Additionally, one copy of the protest 

shall be furnished to the applicant at the 

address listed above. 

All communications concerning this 

proceeding should be identified by the 

docket number and must be submitted 

to the Docket Clerk, DOT Central Docket 

Management Facility, Room PI–401, 400 

7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590–

0001. Communications received within 

45 days of the date of this notice will 

be considered by the FRA before final 

action is taken. Comments received after 

that date will be considered as far as 

practicable. All written communications 

concerning these proceedings are 

available for examination during regular 

business hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at the 

above facility. All documents in the 

public docket are also available for 

inspection and copying on the internet 

at the docket facility’s Web site at http:/

/dms.dot.gov. 

FRA wishes to inform all potential 

commenters that anyone is able to 

search the electronic form of all 

comments received into any of our 

dockets by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

comment, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

You may review DOT’s complete 

Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 

Register published on April 11, 2000 

(Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477–

78) or you may visit http://dms.dot.gov. 

FRA expects to be able to determine 

these matters without an oral hearing. 

However, if a specific request for an oral 

hearing is accompanied by a showing 

that the party is unable to adequately 

present his or her position by written 

statements, an application may be set 

for public hearing.

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 1, 

2004. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Acting Associate Administrator for Safety.

[FR Doc. 04–25136 Filed 11–10–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

Reports, Forms and Record Keeping 

Requirements; Agency Information 

Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice 

announces that the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted 

below has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. The ICR describes 

the nature of the information collections 

and their expected burden. The Federal 

Register Notice with a 60-day comment 

period was published on July 23, 2004 

(69 FR 44077).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before December 13, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

directed to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention NHTSA Desk Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Kido, National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, Office of the 

Chief Counsel (NCC–111), (202) 366–

5263, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Room 

5219, Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

Title: Confidential Business 

Information. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Form Number: This collection of 

information uses no standard forms. 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0025. 

Frequency: Submission of information 

pursuant to this regulation will depend 

on the frequency with which a given 

entity, such as a manufacturer of motor 

vehicles or motor vehicle equipment, 

submits information that the entity 

wishes the agency to withhold as 

confidential, generally pursuant to 

Exemption 4 of the Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552. 

Affected Public: This collection of 

information would apply to any person 

who seeks to have the agency treat as 

confidential information submitted to 

the agency either voluntarily or 

pursuant to a mandatory information 

request issued by the agency. Thus, the 

collection of information could apply to