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result in holes in the fuselage exceeding 

CFR-specified dimensions. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Mississippi Division; Rescinding the 

Notice of Intent for an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS): Harrison, 

George, Greene, Jackson, Perry, and 

Stone Counties, Mississippi 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Rescind Notice of Intent to 

prepare an EIS. 

SUMMARY: This notice rescinds the 

Notice of Intent for preparing an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for proposed highway, State Route 15, to 

provide a connection between Interstate 

10 and U.S. 98 near Beaumont, 

Harrison, George, Greene, Jackson, 

Perry, and Stone Counties, Mississippi. 

The original Notice of Intent for this EIS 

process was published in the Federal 

Register on May 28, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Claiborne Barnwell, Project 

Development Team Leader, Federal 

Highway Administration, Mississippi 

Division, 100 West Capitol Street, Suite 

1026, Jackson, Mississippi 39269, 

Telephone: (601) 965–4217. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Federal Highway Administration 

(FHWA) in cooperation with the 

Mississippi Department of 

Transportation (MDOT) initiated an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

with a Notice of Intent May 28, 2009, to 

provide a connector road between 

Interstate 10 and U.S. 98. 

Due to funding constraints this Notice 

of Intent is rescinded. 

Andrew H. Hughes, 

Division Administrator, Mississippi Federal 

Highway Administration, Jackson, 

Mississippi. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2010–0005–N–20] 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

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

announces that the Information 

Collection Requirements (ICRs) 

abstracted below have been forwarded 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and comment. The 

ICRs describes the nature of the 

information collections and their 

expected burdens. The Federal Register 

notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on the following 

collections of information was 

published on October 18, 2010 (75 FR 

63889). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before January 27, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Robert Brogan, Office of Planning and 

Evaluation Division, RRS–21, Federal 

Railroad Administration, 1200 New 

Jersey Ave., SE., Mail Stop 25, 

Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 

493–6292), or Ms. Kimberly Toone, 

Office of Information Technology, RAD– 

20, Federal Railroad Administration, 

1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Mail Stop 

35, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: 

(202) 493–6132). (These telephone 

numbers are not toll-free.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), Public Law 104–13, § 2, 109 Stat. 

163 (1995) (codified as revised at 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. 

44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.5, 

1320.8(d)(1), 1320.12. On October 18, 

2010, FRA published a 60-day notice in 

the Federal Register soliciting comment 

on ICRs that the agency was seeking 

OMB approval. 75 FR 63889. FRA 

received no comments after issuing this 

notice. Accordingly, DOT announces 

that these information collection 

activities have been re-evaluated and 

certified under 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 

forwarded to OMB for review and 

approval pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12(c). 

Before OMB decides whether to 

approve these proposed collections of 

information, it must provide 30 days for 

public comment. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b); 5 

CFR 1320.12(d). 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)–(c); 5 CFR 

1320.12(d); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983, 

Aug. 29, 1995. OMB believes that the 30 

day notice informs the regulated 

community to file relevant comments 

and affords the agency adequate time to 

digest 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. 5 

CFR 1320.12(c); see also 60 FR 44983, 

Aug. 29, 1995. 

The summary below describes the 

nature of the information collection 

requirements (ICRs) and the expected 

burden. The proposed requirements are 

being submitted for clearance by OMB 

as required by the PRA. 

Title: Safety Integration Plans. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0557. 

Type of Request: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Affected Public: Railroads. 

Form(s): N/A. 

Abstract: The Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) and the Surface 

Transportation Board (STB), working in 

conjunction with each other, issued 

joint final rules establishing procedures 

for the development and 

implementation of safety integration 

plans (‘‘SIPs’’ or ‘‘plans’’) by a Class I 

railroad proposing to engage in certain 

specified merger, consolidation, or 

acquisition of control transactions with 

another Class I railroad, or a Class II 

railroad with which it proposes to 

amalgamate operations. The scope of the 

transactions covered under the two 

rules is the same. FRA uses the 

information collected, notably the 

required SIPs, to maintain and promote 

a safe rail environment by ensuring that 

affected railroads (Class Is and some 

Class IIs) address critical safety issues 

unique to the amalgamation of large, 

complex railroad operations. 

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 528 

hours. 

Title: Locomotive Crashworthiness. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0564. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Railroads. 

Form(s): N/A. 

Abstract: In a final rule published 

June 28, 2006, the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) issued 


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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. 

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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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