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approval. The nature of the information 

collection is described as well as its 

expected burden. The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on the following 

collection of information was published 

on April 6, 2009. A comment dated June 

5, 2009 was received, suggesting that the 

Maritime Administration (MARAD) 

amend its forms MA–29, MA–29A and 

MA–29B (Vessel Transfer Forms) to 

reference the applicability of the Toxic 

Substance Control Act (TSCA), and 40 

CFR 761.97, thereby reflecting the 

statutory and regulatory constraints 

regarding the export of United States 

documented vessels for scrapping or 

refit outside the United States. 

MARAD was given the mandate to (a) 

approve the transfer (the term transfer 

includes the sale, lease, charter, or 

agreement to sell, lease or charter to a 

person not a citizen of the United 

States) (46 U.S.C. 5610) of a United 

States documented vessel to a person 

who is not a citizen of the United States, 

and (b) approve the placement of a 

United States documented vessel under 

foreign registry and/or the operation of 

a United States documented vessel 

under the authority of a foreign country 

by a person who is not a citizen of the 

United States. Federal agencies 

generally may perform only those duties 

authorized by statute. 

MARAD’s forms collect the 

information we require to make a 

decision regarding the mandated 

transfer approvals. To collect additional 

information on the Vessel Transfer 

Forms would exceed our mandated 

authority. 

In order to deal with the issue of 

vessels being transferred for scrapping 

outside the United States, we have 

instituted a procedure of providing 

written notification to the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

of all foreign vessel transfer approvals at 

the time they are issued by the MARAD 

(Letter dated April 2, 2008, from 

Maritime Administrator to the 

Administrator of the EPA.). This will 

provide information to the EPA on 

where and when any demolition will 

take place. In addition, when an 

application for transfer includes a vessel 

leaving the U.S. registry for subsequent 

foreign disposal, the owner and/or 

buyer of the vessel are advised that the 

vessel may be subject to the TSCA and 

EPA implementing regulations. 

DATES: Comments for this notice must 

be submitted on or before September 9, 

2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jerome Davis, Maritime Administration, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 

202–366–0688; or E–Mail: 

jerome.davis@dot.gov. Copies of this 

collection also can be obtained from that 

office. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime 

Administration (MARAD). 

Title: Request for Transfer of 

Ownership, Registry, and Flag, or 

Charter, Lease, or Mortgage of U.S.- 

Citizen Owned Documented Vessels. 

OMB Control Number: 2133–0006. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Vessel owners who 

have applied for foreign transfer of U.S.- 

flag vessels. 

Forms: MA–29, MA–29A, MA–29B 

(Note: MA–29A is used only in cases of 

a National emergency). 

Abstract: This collection provides 

information necessary for MARAD to 

approve the sale, transfer, charter, lease, 

or mortgage of U.S. documented vessels 

to non-citizens, or the transfer of such 

vessels to foreign registry and flag, or 

the transfer of foreign flag vessels by 

their owners as required by various 

contractual requirements. The 

information will enable MARAD to 

determine whether the vessel proposed 

for transfer will initially require 

retention under the U.S.-flag statutory 

regulations. 

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 120 

hours. 

Addresses: Send comments to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503, Attention 

MARAD Desk Officer. 

Comments Are Invited on: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed 

information collection; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection 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. 

Authority: 49 CFR 1.66. 

By order of the Maritime Administrator. 

Dated: July 30, 2009. 

Murray Bloom, 

Acting Secretary, Maritime Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–19059 Filed 8–7–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2009–0001–19] 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 

its implementing regulations, the 

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 

hereby announces that it is seeking 

renewal of the following currently 

approved information collection 

activities. Before submitting these 

information collection requirements for 

clearance by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB), FRA is soliciting 

public comment on specific aspects of 

the activities identified below. 

DATES: Comments must be received no 

later than October 9, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on any or all of the following proposed 

activities by mail to either: Mr. Robert 

Brogan, Office of Safety, Planning and 

Evaluation Division, RRS–21, Federal 

Railroad Administration, 1200 New 

Jersey Ave., SE., Mail Stop 25, 

Washington, DC 20590, or Ms. Nakia 

Jackson, Office of Information 

Technology, RAD–20, Federal Railroad 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave., 

SE., Mail Stop 35, Washington, DC 

20590. Commenters requesting FRA to 

acknowledge receipt of their respective 

comments must include a self-addressed 

stamped postcard stating, ‘‘Comments 

on OMB control number 2130–0560.’’ 

Alternatively, comments may be 

transmitted via facsimile to (202) 493– 

6216 or (202) 493–6497, or via e-mail to 

Mr. Brogan at robert.brogan@dot.gov, or 

to Ms. Jackson at 

nakia.jackson@dot.gov. 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. 

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 17, 

Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 

493–6292) or Ms. Nakia Jackson, Office 

of Information Technology, RAD–20, 

Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 

New Jersey Ave., SE., Mail Stop 35, 


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Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 

493–6073). (These telephone numbers 

are not toll-free.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), Public Law No. 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 

provide 60-days notice to the public for 

comment on information collection 

activities before seeking approval for 

reinstatement or renewal by OMB. 44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A); 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), 

1320.10(e)(1), 1320.12(a). Specifically, 

FRA invites interested respondents to 

comment on the following summary of 

proposed information collection 

activities regarding (i) Whether the 

information collection activities are 

necessary for FRA to properly execute 

its functions, including whether the 

activities will have practical utility; (ii) 

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; (iii) ways for 

FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information being 

collected; and (iv) ways for FRA to 

minimize the burden of information 

collection activities on the public by 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology (e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses). See 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)(i)–(iv); 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)(1)(i)–(iv). FRA believes that 

soliciting public comment will promote 

its efforts to reduce the administrative 

and paperwork burdens associated with 

the collection of information mandated 

by Federal regulations. In summary, 

FRA reasons that comments received 

will advance three objectives: (i) Reduce 

reporting burdens; (ii) ensure that it 

organizes information collection 

requirements in a ‘‘user friendly’’ format 

to improve the use of such information; 

and (iii) accurately assess the resources 

expended to retrieve and produce 

information requested. See 44 U.S.C. 

3501. 

Below is a brief summary of currently 

approved information collection 

activities that FRA will submit for 

clearance by OMB as required under the 

PRA: 

Title: Use of Locomotive Horns at 

Highway-Rail Grade Crossings 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0560 

Abstract: The collection of 

information is used by FRA to increase 

safety at highway-rail grade crossings 

nationwide by requiring that locomotive 

horns be sounded when train approach 

and pass through these crossings, or by 

ensuring that a safety level at least 

equivalent to that provided by blowing 

horns exists for rail corridors in which 

horns are silenced. Communities that 

qualify for this exception may create 

‘‘quiet zones’’ within which locomotive 

horns would not be routinely sounded. 

FRA reviews applications by public 

authorities intending to establish new 

or, in some cases, continue pre-rule 

quiet zones to ensure that the necessary 

level of safety is achieved. 

Form Number(s): N/A. 

Affected Public: Public Authorities/ 

Railroads. 

Respondent Universe: 340 Public 

Authorities. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion. 

Reporting Burden: 

CFR section Respondent universe Total annual responses Average time per 

response 

Total 

annual 

burden 

hours 

222.11—Penalties—Falsified Records/Reports 727 Railroads/340 Public 

Authorities 

5 records/reports 2 hours 10 

222.15—Waiver Petitions 727 Railroads/340 Public 

Authorities 

5 petitions 4 hours 20 

222.17—Applications to Become a Recognized 

State Agency 

68 State Agencies 7 applications 8 hours 56 

222.39—Establishment of Quiet Zone—Public Authority Application to FRA 

—Application Diagnostic Team Reviews 

—Completed Grade Crossing Inventory Forms 

—Copies of Public Authority Quiet Zone Applications 

—Comments on Public Authority Quiet Zone Applications 

340 Public Authorities 

340 Public Authorities 

340 Public Authorities 

340 Public Authorities 

715 Railroads/State 

Agencies 

105 applications 

53 diagnostic team reviews 

302 updated forms 

630 copies 

50 comments 

80 hours 

32 hours 

1 hour 

10 minutes 

2.5 hours 

8,400 

1,696 

302 

105 

125 

222.41—Notice of Quiet Zone Establishment and 

Notification to Parties 

—Certification by Public Authority CEO 

—Required Grade Crossing Inventory Forms 

—Notice of Quiet Zone Continuation and Notification to Parties 

—Certification by Public Authority CEO 

—Required Grade Crossing Inventory Forms 

—Filing of Detailed Plans by Public Authority 

—Statewide Implementation Plan to Continue Horn 

Ban—Notice of Intent to Create New Quiet Zone 

—Comments on Public Authorities Notice of Intent 

247 Communities/PAs 

262 Communities 

200 Communities 

200 Communities 

200 Communities 

200 Communities 

200 Communities/PAs 

25 State Agencies 

200 Public Authorities 

200 RRs/State Agencies 

247 notices + 1,482 notification 

262 certifications 

2,364 forms 

200 notices + 1,200 notification 

200 certifications 

416 forms 

100 plans 

3 impl. Plans 

100 notices + 600 notifications 

70 comments 

40 hours + 10 min. 

5 minutes 

60 minutes 

40 hours + 10 min. 

5 minutes 

1 hour 

40 hours 

120 hours 

20 hours + 10 minutes 

4 hours 

10,127 

22 

2,364 

8,200 

17 

416 

4,000 

360 

2,100 

280 


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CFR section Respondent universe Total annual responses Average time per 

response 

Total 

annual 

burden 

hours 

222.42—Intermediate Quiet Zones/Partial Quiet 

Zones 

—Notice of Quiet Zone Continuation 

—Required Grade Crossing Inventory Forms 

—Certification by Public Authority CEO 

—Notice of Intent to Establish New/Partial Quiet 

Zone 

—Comments on Public Authorities Notice of Intent 

—Conversion of Intermediate Partial Quiet Zone 

into 24-hour Quiet Zone—Notices + Notifications 

—Public Comments on Notice of Intent 

10 Communities/PAs 

10 Communities/PAs 

10 Communities/PAs 

10 Communities/PAs 

20 RRs/State Agencies 

10 Public Authorities 

20 RRs/State Agencies 

10 notices + 60 notifications 

100 forms 

10 certifications 

5 notices + 30 notifications 

5 comments 

5 notices + 30 notifications 

5 comments 

40 hours + 10 min. 

1 hour 

5 minutes 

40 hours + 10 min. 

4 hours 

40 hours + 10 min. 

4 hours 

410 

100 

1 

205 

20 

205 

20 

222.43—Notices and Other Required Information to 

Create or Continue a Quiet Zone 

—Notice of Intent to Create New/Partial Quiet Zone 

or Implement New Supplementary Safety Measures or Auxiliary Safety Measures w/in Pre-Rule 

Quiet Zone 

—Required Grade Crossing Inventory Forms 

—Comments on Public Authorities Notice of Intent 

—Notice of Quiet Zone Establishment 

—Required Grade Crossing Inventory Forms 

—Certification by Public Authority CEO 

216 Communities/PAs 

216 Communities 

715 RRs/State Agencies 

316 Public Authorities 

316 Public Authorities 

216 Public Authorities 

216 notices + 648 notifications 

376 updated forms 

108 comments 

72 notices + 432 notifications 

950 updated forms 

216 certifications 

40 hours + 10 min. 

1 hour 

4 hours 

40 hours + 10 min. 

1 hour 

5 minutes 

8,748 

376 

432 

2,952 

950 

18 

222.47—Periodic Updates 

—Written Affirmations That All Supplementary 

Safety Measures (SSMs)/Auxiliary Safety Measures (ASMs) Meet Requirements 

—Required Grade Crossing Inventory Forms 

200 Public Authorities 

200 Public Authorities 

100 affirmations + 600 

copies 

500 updated forms 

30 min. + 2 min. 

60 minutes 

70 

500 

222.51—Review of Quiet Zone Status 

—Written Commitment to Lower Risk Where Quiet 

Zone Risk Index Exceeds Nationwide Significant 

Risk Threshold 

—Review at FRA’s Initiative—Opportunity to Comment 

9 Public Authorities 

3 Public Authorities 

2 commitments 

20 comments 

5 hours 

30 minutes 

10 

10 

222.55—New Supplementary Safety Measures or 

Alternative Safety Measures—Administrator Approval 

—Opportunity for Public Comment 

—Request for Approval After Completed Demonstration 

265 Interested Parties 

265 Interested Parties 

265 Interested Parties 

1 approval letter 

5 comments 

1 approval letter 

30 minutes 

30 minutes 

30 minutes 

1 

3 

1 

222.57—Review of the Associate Administrator’s 

Actions—Petition for Review of Decision 

—Petition for Reconsideration of Denial of QZ Application 

—Follow-up Documents to Associate Administrator 

—Requests for Informal Hearing 

265 Interested Parties 

200 Public Authorities 

200 Public Authorities 

200 Public Authorities 

1 petition + 5 copies 

1 petition + 6 copies 

1 document 

1 letter 

60 min. + 2 min. 

5 hrs. + 2 min. 

2 hours 

30 minutes 

1 

5 

2 

1 

222.59—Use of Wayside Horns 

—Installation w/in QZ and Written Notice to Railroads 

—Installation at Grade Crossing Outside Quiet 

Zone 

200 Public Authorities 

200 Public Authorities 

10 notices + 60 copies 

10 notices + 60 notice 

copies 

2.5 hours + 10 minutes 

2.5 hours + 10 minutes 

35 

35 

Appendix B to Part 222—Alternative Safety Measures 

—Non-Engineering ASMs—Programmed Enforcement—Monitoring and Sampling Records 

—Photo Enforcement—Monitoring & Sampling 

Records 

200 Public Authorities 

200 Public Authorities 

10 records 

10 records 

500 hours 

9 hours 

5,000 

90 

229.129—Locomotive Horn—Testing Requirements 

—Written Reports/Records of Testing 

—Re-Testing of Locomotive Horns—Reports/ 

Records 

687 railroads 

687 railroads 

7,743 reports/records 

650 report/records 

60 minutes 

60 minutes 

7,743 

650 


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Total Responses: 21,476. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

67,194 hours. 

Status: Regular Review. 

Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 

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

informs all interested parties that it may 

not conduct or sponsor, and a 

respondent is not required to respond 

to, a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

Issued in Washington, DC on August 4, 

2009. 

Martin Eble, 

Acting Director, Office of Financial 

Management, Federal Railroad 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–19060 Filed 8–7–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2000–7257; Notice No. 55] 

Railroad Safety Advisory Committee; 

Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Announcement of Railroad 

Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC) 

Meeting. 

SUMMARY: FRA announces the fortieth 

meeting of the RSAC, a Federal advisory 

committee that develops railroad safety 

regulations through a consensus 

process. The RSAC meeting topics will 

include opening remarks from the FRA 

Administrator and discussion of the 

FRA High-Speed Rail Safety Strategy. 

Status reports will be provided by the 

Locomotive Standards, Passenger 

Safety, Track Safety Standards, and 

Medical Standards Working Groups. 

Status updates will be provided on the 

following tasks arising out of the Rail 

Safety Improvement Act (RSIA): 

Positive Train Control, Passenger Hours 

of Service, Railroad Bridge Safety 

Management, and Conductor 

Certification. The Committee may also 

be asked to accept a task regarding 

another RSIA-mandated rulemaking 

addressing Critical Incident Programs. 

This agenda is subject to change, 

including the possible addition of 

further proposed tasks under the RSIA. 

DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is 

scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m. on 

Thursday, September 10, 2009, and will 

adjourn by 4:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The RSAC meeting will be 

held at the Washington Marriott Hotel, 

located at 1221 22nd Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20037. The meeting is 

open to the public on a first-come, firstserved basis, and is accessible to 

individuals with disabilities. Sign and 

oral interpretation can be made 

available if requested 10 calendar days 

before the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larry Woolverton, RSAC Administrative 

Officer/Coordinator, FRA, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue, SE., Mailstop 25, 

Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493–6212; 

or Grady Cothen, Deputy Associate 

Administrator for Safety, FRA, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Mailstop 25, 

Washington, DC 20590, (202) 493–6302. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463), FRA is giving notice of a meeting 

of RSAC. RSAC was established to 

provide advice and recommendations to 

the FRA on railroad safety matters. The 

RSAC is composed of 54 voting 

representatives from 31 member 

organizations, representing various rail 

industry perspectives. In addition, there 

are non-voting advisory representatives 

from the agencies with railroad safety 

regulatory responsibility in Canada and 

Mexico, the National Transportation 

Safety Board, and the Federal Transit 

Administration. The diversity of the 

Committee ensures the requisite range 

of views and expertise necessary to 

discharge its responsibilities. See the 

RSAC Web site for details on pending 

tasks at: http://rsac.fra.dot.gov. Please 

refer to the notice published in the 

Federal Register on March 11, 1996 (61 

FR 9740), for additional information 

about the RSAC. 

Issued in Washington, DC on August 5, 

2009. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E9–19084 Filed 8–7–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

Sunshine Act Meetings; Unified Carrier 

Registration Plan Board of Directors 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

TIME AND DATE: September 3, 2009, 12 

noon to 3 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time. 

PLACE: This meeting will take place 

telephonically. Any interested person 

may call Mr. Avelino Gutierrez at (505) 

827–4565 to receive the toll free number 

and pass code needed to participate in 

these meetings by telephone. 

STATUS: Open to the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Unified 

Carrier Registration Plan Board of 

Directors (the Board) will continue its 

work in developing and implementing 

the Unified Carrier Registration Plan 

and Agreement and to that end, may 

consider matters properly before the 

Board. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Avelino Gutierrez, Chair, Unified 

Carrier Registration Board of Directors at 

(505) 827–4565. 

Issued on: August 4, 2009. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy and 

Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E9–19236 Filed 8–6–09; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. MARAD–2009 0075] 

Requested Administrative Waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Invitation for public comments 

on a requested administrative waiver of 

the Coastwise Trade Laws for the vessel 

MON BIJOU. 

SUMMARY: As authorized by 46 U.S.C. 

12121, the Secretary of Transportation, 

as represented by the Maritime 

Administration (MARAD), is authorized 

to grant waivers of the U.S.-build 

requirement of the coastwise laws under 

certain circumstances. A request for 

such a waiver has been received by 

MARAD. The vessel, and a brief 

description of the proposed service, is 

listed below. The complete application 

is given in DOT docket MARAD–2009– 

0075 at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Interested parties may comment on the 

effect this action may have on U.S. 

vessel builders or businesses in the U.S. 

that use U.S.-flag vessels. If MARAD 

determines, in accordance with 46 

U.S.C. 12121 and MARAD’s regulations 

at 46 CFR Part 388 (68 FR 23084; April 

30, 2003), that the issuance of the 

waiver will have an unduly adverse 

effect on a U.S.-vessel builder or a 

business that uses U.S.-flag vessels in 

that business, a waiver will not be 

granted. Comments should refer to the 

docket number of this notice and the 

vessel name in order for MARAD to 


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