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comprehensive standards for locomotive 

crashworthiness. These crashworthiness 

standards are intended to help protect 

locomotive cab occupants in the event 

of a locomotive collision. The collection 

of information is used by FRA to ensure 

that locomotive manufacturers and 

railroads meet minimum performance 

standards and design load requirements 

for newly manufactured and remanufactured locomotives in order to 

help protect locomotive cab occupants 

in the event that one of these covered 

locomotives collides with another 

locomotive, the rear of another train, a 

piece of on-track equipment, a shifted 

load on a freight car on an adjacent 

parallel track, or a highway vehicle at a 

rail-highway grade crossing. 

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 

6,544 hours. 

Title: Safety Appliance Concern 

Recommendation Report; Guidance 

Checklist Forms. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0565. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Railroads. 

Form(s): FRA F 6180.4(a)–(q). 

Abstract: In an ongoing effort to 

conduct more thorough and more 

effective inspections of railroad freight 

equipment and to further enhance safe 

rail operations, FRA has developed a 

safety concern recommendation report 

form, and a group of guidance checklist 

forms that facilitate railroad, rail car 

owner, and rail equipment manufacturer 

compliance with agency Railroad Safety 

Appliance Standards regulations. In lieu 

of completing an official inspection 

report (Form FRA F 6180.96), which 

takes subject railroad equipment out of 

service and disrupts rail operations, 

Form FRA F 6180.4a enables Federal 

and State safety inspectors to report to 

agency headquarters systemic or other 

safety concerns. FRA headquarters 

safety specialists can then contact 

railroads, car owners, and equipment 

manufacturers to address the reported 

issue(s) and institute necessary 

corrective action(s) in a timely fashion 

without unnecessarily having to take 

affected rail equipment out of service, 

unless deemed defective. Forms FRA F 

6180.4(b)–(q) are used in conjunction 

with the Special Inspection of Safety 

Appliance Equipment form (Form FRA 

F 6180.4) to assist Federal Motive, 

Power, and Equipment (MP&E) field 

inspectors in ensuring that critical 

sections of 49 CFR part 231 (Railroad 

Safety Appliance Standards), pertaining 

to various types of freight equipment, 

are complied with through use of a 

check-off list. By simplifying their 

demanding work, check-off lists for 16 

essential sections of part 231 ensure that 

FRA MP&E field personnel completely 

and thoroughly inspect each type of 

freight car for compliance with its 

corresponding section in part 231. The 

Guidance Checklist forms may later be 

used by state field inspectors as well. 

FRA believes that this collection of 

information will result in improved 

construction of newly designed freight 

cars and improved field inspections of 

all freight cars currently in use. This, in 

turn, will serve to reduce the number of 

accidents/incidents and corresponding 

injuries and fatalities that occur every 

year due to unsafe or defective 

equipment that was not promptly 

repaired/replaced. 

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 168 

hours. 

Title: Passenger Train Emergency 

Systems. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0576. 

Type of Request: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Affected Public: Railroads. 

Form Number(s): N/A. 

Abstract: The collection of 

information is due to passenger train 

emergency regulations set forth in 49 

CFR part 238 to further the safety of 

passenger train occupants through both 

enhancements and additions to FRA’s 

existing requirements. The collection of 

information is used by FRA, railroad 

employees, rescue workers, and the 

public. Emergency responders use the 

information collected to be able to 

quickly find and understand how to 

operate passenger cars’ emergency 

windows, doors, and roof hatches so 

that they can successfully perform their 

jobs and save lives. The information 

collected is used by train passengers to: 

(1) Recognize and immediately report 

potential emergencies train crew 

members; (2) recognize hazards; (3) 

recognize and know how and when to 

operate appropriate emergency-related 

features and equipment, such as fire 

extinguishers, train doors, and 

emergency exits; and (4) recognize the 

potential special needs of fellow 

passengers, such as children, the 

elderly, and disabled, during an 

emergency; and (5) know how to 

quickly and safely evacuate the train in 

the event of an emergency, such as a 

collision, derailment, explosion, fire, or 

some other unanticipated occurrence. 

Luminescent or lighted emergency exit 

markings are used by train passengers 

and emergency responders to determine 

where the closest and most accessible 

emergency exit is located as well as how 

to operate the emergency exit 

mechanisms. Records of the inspection, 

maintenance, and repairs of emergency 

window and door exits and operational 

efficiency tests are used by FRA 

inspectors to monitor railroads’ 

regulatory compliance with this Part. 

Addressee: Send comments regarding 

these information collections to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, 725 Seventeenth Street, NW., 

Washington, DC, 20503, Attention: FRA 

Desk Officer, or via e-mail to OMB at the 

following address: 

oira_submissions@omb.eop.gov. 

Comments are invited on the 

following: Whether the proposed 

collections of information are necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Department, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

Department’s estimates of the burden of 

the proposed information collections; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collections of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

A comment to OMB is best assured of 

having its full effect if OMB receives it 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

Issued in Washington, DC on December 21, 

2010. 

Kimberly Coronel, 

Director, Office of Financial Management, 

Federal Railroad Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32557 Filed 12–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2010–0173; Notice 1] 

Notice of Receipt of Petition for 

Decision That Nonconforming 1991 

Rice Beaufort Double Trailers Are 

Eligible for Importation 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of petition for 

decision that nonconforming 1991 Rice 

Beaufort Double trailers are eligible for 

importation. 

SUMMARY: This document announces 

receipt by the National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a 

petition for a decision that 1991 Rice 

Beaufort Double trailers that were not 

originally manufactured to comply with 

all applicable Federal Motor Vehicle 

Safety Standards (FMVSS) are eligible 


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1The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company 

(Goodyear) is a State of Ohio corporation that 

manufactures replacement motor vehicle 

equipment. 

for importation into the United States 

because they are substantially similar to 

vehicles that were originally 

manufactured for importation into and 

sale in the United States and that were 

certified by their manufacturer as 

complying with the safety standards 

(the U.S.-certified version of the 1991 

Rice Beaufort Double trailers,) and they 

are capable of being readily altered to 

conform to the standards. 

DATES: The closing date for comments 

on the petition is January 27, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

the docket and notice numbers above 

and be submitted by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility: 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

Instructions: Comments must be 

written in the English language, and be 

no greater than 15 pages in length, 

although there is no limit to the length 

of necessary attachments to the 

comments. If comments are submitted 

in hard copy form, please ensure that 

two copies are provided. If you wish to 

receive confirmation that your 

comments were received, please enclose 

a stamped, self-addressed postcard with 

the comments. Note that all comments 

received will be posted without change 

to http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided. 

Please see the Privacy Act heading 

below. 

Privacy Act: 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 (65 FR 

19477–78). 

How to Read Comments Submitted to 

the Docket: You may read the comments 

received by Docket Management at the 

address and times given above. You may 

also view the documents from the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the online instructions for 

accessing the dockets. The docket ID 

number and title of this notice are 

shown at the heading of this document 

notice. Please note that even after the 

comment closing date, we will continue 

to file relevant information in the 

Docket as it becomes available. Further, 

some people may submit late comments. 

Accordingly, we recommend that you 

periodically search the Docket for new 

material. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Coleman Sachs, Office of Vehicle Safety 

Compliance, NHTSA (202–366–3151). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A), a 

motor vehicle that was not originally 

manufactured to conform to all 

applicable FMVSS shall be refused 

admission into the United States unless 

NHTSA has decided that the motor 

vehicle is substantially similar to a 

motor vehicle originally manufactured 

for importation into and sale in the 

United States, certified under 49 U.S.C. 

30115, and of the same model year as 

the model of the motor vehicle to be 

compared, and is capable of being 

readily altered to conform to all 

applicable FMVSS. Petitions for 

eligibility decisions may be submitted 

by either manufacturers or importers 

who have registered with NHTSA 

pursuant to 49 CFR Part 592. As 

specified in 49 CFR 593.7, NHTSA 

publishes notice in the Federal Register 

of each petition that it receives, and 

affords interested persons an 

opportunity to comment on the petition. 

At the close of the comment period, 

NHTSA decides, on the basis of the 

petition and any comments that it has 

received, whether the vehicle is eligible 

for importation. The agency then 

publishes this decision in the Federal 

Register. 

J.K. Technologies, LLC (‘‘JK’’), of 

Baltimore, Maryland (Registered 

Importer 90–006) has petitioned NHTSA 

to decide whether nonconforming 1991 

Rice Beaufort Double trailers are eligible 

for importation into the United States. 

The vehicles which JK believes are 

substantially similar are 1991 Rice 

Beaufort Double trailers that were 

manufactured for sale in the United 

States and certified by their 

manufacturer as conforming to all 

applicable FMVSS. The petitioner states 

that it compared non-U.S. certified 1991 

Rice Beaufort Double trailers to their 

U.S.-certified counterparts, and found 

the vehicles to be substantially similar 

to the U.S. certified model 1991 Rice 

Beaufort Double trailers. 

The petitioner contends that the 

nonconforming 1991 Rice Beaufort 

Double trailers are capable of being 

readily altered to meet the following 

standards, in the manner indicated: 

Standard No. 108 Lamps, Reflective 

Devices and Associated Equipment: 

installation of conforming reflex 

reflectors, tail lamps, license plate 

lamps, rear side marker lamps, front 

side marker lamps, intermediate side 

markers lamps, rear identification 

lamps, and front and rear clearance 

lamps, to achieve compliance with the 

standard. 

Standard No. 119 New Pneumatic 

Tires for Vehicles Other than Passenger 

Cars: inspection of all vehicles and 

replacement of any nonconforming tires 

with ones that meet the standard. 

Standard No. 120 Tire Selection and 

Rims for Motor Vehicles Other than 

Passenger Cars: installation of a tire 

information placard, and inspection of 

all vehicles and replacement of any 

nonconforming rims with ones that 

meet the standard. 

All comments received before the 

close of business on the closing date 

indicated above will be considered, and 

will be available for examination in the 

docket at the above address both before 

and after that date. To the extent 

possible, comments filed after the 

closing date will also be considered. 

Notice of final action on the petition 

will be published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to the authority 

indicated below. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A) and 

(b)(1); 49 CFR 593.8; delegations of authority 

at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.8. 

Issued on: December 20, 2010. 

Claude H. Harris, 

Acting Associate Administrator for 

Enforcement. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32559 Filed 12–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2010–0174; Notice 1] 

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 

Company, Receipt of Petition for 

Decision of Inconsequential 

Noncompliance 

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 

Company (Goodyear) 1 has determined 

that certain Goodyear commercial truck 

tires manufactured between April 2007 

and July 2010 do not fully comply with 


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