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response, FRA is proposing to add seven 

new forms, Forms FRA F6180.161(l)–(r), 

to the safety appliance standards 

guidance checklists to cover these new 

types of cars. 

Additionally, FRA is updating the 

existing 11 forms to reflect editorial 

changes that were made to S–2044. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

Form(s): 11 forms (FRA F6180.161(a)– 

(k)), plus seven new forms (FRA F 

6180.161(l)–(r)). 

Respondent Universe: Car 

manufacturers/state inspectors. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion. 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

142. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 142 

hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour 

Dollar Cost Equivalent: $8,694. 

Under 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 CFR 

1320.5(b) and 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FRA 

informs all interested parties that a 

respondent is not required to respond 

to, conduct, or sponsor a collection of 

information that does not display a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

Brett A. Jortland, 

Deputy Chief Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27871 Filed 12–17–20; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2020–0027–N–33] 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its 

implementing regulations, FRA seeks 

approval of the Information Collection 

Request (ICR) abstracted 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 February 

16, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments and 

recommendations for the proposed ICR 

to Ms. Hodan Wells, Information 

Collection Clearance Officer at email: 

hodan.wells@dot.gov or telephone: (202) 

493–0440. Please refer to the assigned 

OMB control number in any 

correspondence submitted. FRA will 

summarize comments received in 

response to this notice in a subsequent 

notice and include them in its 

information collection submission to 

OMB for approval. 

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, FRA reasons that 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: Occupational Noise Exposure 

for Railroad Operating Employees. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0571. 

Abstract: Title 49 CFR part 227 

contains requirements for occupational 

noise exposure. FRA uses the collection 

of information to ensure that railroads 

covered by this rule establish and 

implement noise monitoring, hearing 

conservation, and audiometric testing 

programs to protect their employees 

against the harmful effects of excessive 

noise in the workplace. Additionally, 

railroads must maintain testing and 

training records on noise and hearing 

conservation. Further, railroads must 

make exposure measurement records for 

specific locations available to regional 

or national labor representatives upon 

request. 

Type of Request: Extension with 

change (estimates) of a currently 

approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses 

(Railroads, railroads equipment 

manufacturers). 

Form(s): N/A. 

Respondent Universe: 512 railroads. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion. 

Reporting Burden: 

CFR Section 1

Respondent 

universe 

(railroads) 

Total Annual 

responses 

Average time per 

response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Total cost 

equivalent 2

227.13—Waivers ......................................... 512 railroads .3 petition letters ......... 1 hour ....................... .3 $23 

227.103(a)-(f)—Noise monitoring program—Development and implementation.512 railroads 5 programs ................. 30 hours .................... 150 18,000 

—(g) Reporting of monitoring results—Notification of employee of monitoring.512 railroads 5 lists .......................... 30 minutes ................ 3 231 

227.107(a)—Hearing Conservation Program (HCP)—Development of programs.512 railroads 3 HCPs ....................... 31 hours .................... 93 11,160 

—Revised hearing conservation programs 

(HCPs).

512 railroads 3 HCPs ....................... 1.75 hours ................. 5 385 

227.109(e)—Audiometric testing program— 

Baseline audiograms—New and existing 

employees.

76,244 

employees 

6,862 records of tests 30 seconds ............... 57 4,389 


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1The current inventory exhibits a total burden of 

28,311 hours while the total burden of this notice 

is 3,980 hours. FRA determined some of the 

estimates were not derived from PRA requirements, 

thus leading to the increased figures in the current 

inventory, which were decreased accordingly in 

this notice. Also, totals may not add due to 

rounding. 

2The dollar equivalent cost is derived from the 

Surface Transportation Board’s Full Year Wage A&B 

data series using the appropriate employee group 

hourly wage rate that includes a 75-percent 

overhead charge. 

CFR Section 1

Respondent 

universe 

(railroads) 

Total Annual 

responses 

Average time per 

response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Total cost 

equivalent 2

—(f) Periodic audiograms ............................ 76,244 

employees 

25,415 records of tests 30 seconds ............... 212 16,324 

—(g)(1)-(2) Evaluation of audiograms ......... 76,244 

employees 

2,330 ratings + 93 

records of retests.

6 minutes + 30 seconds.234 18,018 

—(g)(3) Review of problem audiograms ..... 8,000 

employees 

45 documents ............. 10 minutes ................ 8 616 

— (h)(1) Follow-up procedures—notifications.8,000 

employees 

93 notices ................... 5 minutes .................. 8 616 

—(h)(2)(i)-(ii) Fitting/training of employees: 

hearing protectors.

240 

employees 

240 documenting training sessions.5 minutes .................. 20 1,540 

— (h)(2)(iii) Referrals for clinical/otological 

exam.

240 

employees 

20 referrals ................. 1 hour ....................... 20 1,540 

— (h)(2)(iv) Notification to employee of 

need for otological examination.

240 

employees 

20 notices ................... 5 minutes .................. 2 154 

— (h)(3) New audiometric interpretation ..... 240 

employees 

20 notices ................... 5 minutes .................. 2 154 

227.111—Audiometric test requirements .... 1,000 mobile 

vans 

1,000 records of tests 30 seconds ............... 8 616 

227.117(a)—Hearing protection attenuation— evaluation.512 railroads 50 evaluations ............ 30 minutes ................ 25 1,925 

— (d) Reevaluations of adequacy of hearing protection attenuation when employee noise exposure increases.512 railroads 10 documented reevaluations.30 minutes ................ 5 385 

227.119—Hearing Conservation Training 

Program—Development.

512 railroads 3 training program 

modifications.

60 minutes ................ 3 231 

—Employee HCP training ............................ 512 railroads 26,000 records of 

trainings.

2 minutes .................. 867 66,759 

—Periodic training ....................................... 512 railroads 6,862 records of 

trainings.

2 minutes .................. 229 17,633 

227.121(a)(1)(i)-(ii)—Recordkeeping—Availability of records upon request.512 railroads 30 requests + 30 responses.10 minutes + 15 minutes.13 1,001 

—(a)(1)(iv) Availability of exposure measurement records to regional or national 

labor representatives upon request.

512 railroads 150 requests + 150 responses.21 minutes + 45 minutes.165 12,705 

—(a)(2)-(3) Electronic records—Maintenance and transfer of records.512 railroads 10 records .................. 24 minutes ................ 4 308 

—(c) Audiometric test records ..................... 512 railroads 26,000 records ........... 2 minutes .................. 867 66,759 

—(d) Positions and person designated 

records.

512 railroads 54,000 records ........... 45 seconds ............... 675 51,975 

229.121(a)—Locomotive Cab Noise—Performance standards for locomotives— 

Records and certification.

3 equipment 

manufacturers 

610 records + 90 certifications.5 minutes + 40 minutes.111 8,547 

—(b)(3) Maintenance of locomotives—Excessive noise reports.494 railroads 3,000 reports + 3,000 

records.

1 minute + 1 minute 100 7,700 

—(b)(4) Recordkeeping—Written or electronic records.494 railroads 3,750 records ............. 1 minute .................... 63 4,851 

—(b)(4)(iii) Internal auditable monitoring 

systems—Records.

494 railroads 22 systems + 2 systems.36 min + 8.25 hours 30 2,310 

Appendix H(IV)—Static noise test protocols—Records for retest.500 

locomotives 

2 retest records .......... 5 minutes .................. .2 15 

Total ...................................................... 512 railroads 159,927 responses ..... N/A ............................ 3,980 316,871 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

159,927. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 

3,980 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour 

Dollar Cost Equivalent: $316,871. 

Under 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 CFR 

1320.5(b) and 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FRA 

informs all interested parties that a 

respondent is not required to respond 

to, conduct, or sponsor a collection of 

information that does not display a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

Brett A. Jortland, 

Deputy Chief Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27925 Filed 12–17–20; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2020–0089] 

National Emergency Medical Services 

Advisory Council; Solicitation of 

Applications 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Solicitation of Nominations for 

Appointment to the National Emergency 


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