212 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 1 / Monday, January 3, 2011 / Notices 

Issued on: December 27, 2010. 

Joseph S. Carra, 

Acting Associate Administrator for 

Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2010–33055 Filed 12–30–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

Notice and Request for Comments 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. 

ACTION: 30-day notice of request for 

approval: Waybill Sample. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3519 (PRA), the Surface Transportation 

Board (STB or Board) has submitted a 

request to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for an extension of 

approval for the collection of the 

Waybill Sample. The Board previously 

published a notice about this collection 

in the Federal Register on June 29, 

2010, at 75 FR 37,522. That notice 

allowed for a 60-day public review and 

comment period. No comments were 

received. The Waybill Sample collection 

is described in detail below. Comments 

may now be submitted to OMB 

concerning: (1) The accuracy of the 

Board’s burden estimates; (2) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information collected; (3) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, when 

appropriate; and (4) whether this 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Board, including 

whether the collection has practical 

utility. 

Description of Collection 

Title: Waybill Sample. 

OMB Control Number: 2140–0015. 

STB Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change. 

Respondents: Any regulated railroad 

that terminated at least 4,500 carloads 

on its line in any of the three preceding 

years or that terminated at least 5% of 

the total revenue carloads that 

terminated in a particular State. 

Number of Respondents: 52. 

Estimated Time per Response: 75 

minutes. 

Frequency: Six (6) respondents report 

monthly; 46 report quarterly. 

Total Burden Hours (annually 

including all respondents): 320 hours. 

Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost: No 

‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens associated with 

this collection have been identified. 

Needs and Uses: The Surface 

Transportation Board is, by statute, 

responsible for the economic regulation 

of common carrier rail transportation in 

the United States. Under 49 CFR 1244, 

a railroad is required to file carload 

waybill sample information (Waybill 

Sample) for all line-haul revenue 

waybills terminating on its lines if, in 

any of the three preceding years, it 

terminated 4500 or more carloads, or it 

terminated at least 5% of the total 

revenue carloads that terminate in a 

particular State. The information in the 

Waybill Sample is used by the Board, 

other Federal and State agencies, and 

industry stakeholders to monitor traffic 

flows and rate trends in the industry, 

and to develop testimony in Board 

proceedings. The Board has authority to 

collect this information under 49 U.S.C. 

11144 and 11145. 

DATES: Comments on this information 

collection should be submitted by 

January 31, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be identified as ‘‘Paperwork Reduction 

Act Comments, Surface Transportation 

Board, Waybill Sample.’’ These 

comments should be directed to the 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Attention: Kimberly Nelson, 

Surface Transportation Board Desk 

Officer, by fax at (202) 395–6974; by 

mail at Room 10235, 725 17th Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20503; or by 

e-mail at 

OIRA_SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV. 

For Further Information or to Obtain 

a Copy of the STB Form, Contact: For 

further information regarding the 

Waybill Sample collection, contact Scott 

Decker at (202) 245–0330 or 

deckers@stb.dot.gov, or Paul Aguiar at 

(202) 245–0323 or 

paul.aguiar@stb.dot.gov. [Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the 

hearing impaired: (800) 877–8339.] 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA, a Federal agency conducting or 

sponsoring a collection of information 

must display a currently valid OMB 

control number. A collection of 

information, which is defined in 44 

U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c), 

includes agency requirements that 

persons submit reports, keep records, or 

provide information to the agency, third 

parties, or the public. Under § 3506(b) of 

the PRA, Federal agencies are required 

to provide, concurrent with an agency’s 

submitting a collection to OMB for 

approval, a 30-day notice and comment 

period, through publication in the 

Federal Register, concerning each 

proposed collection of information, 

including each proposed extension of an 

existing collection of information. 

Dated: December 28, 2010. 

Andrea Pope-Matheson, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2010–33079 Filed 12–30–10; 8:45 am] 

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