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2The dollar equivalent cost is derived from the 

DOL, BLS, Occupational Employment Statistics 

(OES) 11–3012, May 2022 National IndustrySpecific Occupational Employment and Wage 

Estimates NAICS 999200—Local Government, 

excluding schools and hospitals (OEWS 

Designation) hourly wage rate of $52.56. The total 

burdened wage rate (Straight time plus 75%) used 

in the table is $91.98 ($52.56 × 1.75 = $91.98). 

3Totals may not add up due to rounding. 

1Changes to the total cost equivalent in U.S. 

dollars, a category not included in the OIRA 

inventory, are due to updated statistics from the 

2022 Surface Transportation Board (STB) Full Year 

Wage A&B data series. 

CFR part 231 Respondent universe 

Total annual 

responses 

(forms) 

Average time per 

response 

(hour) 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Total cost 

equivalent in 

U.S. dollar 

(A) (B) (C = A * B) (D = C * 

wage rates) 2

Form FRA F 6180.161p ................................. Car manufacturers/State inspectors .............. 3 ........................ 1 ........................ 3.00 275.94 

Form FRA F 6180.161q ................................. Car manufacturers/State inspectors .............. 3 ........................ 1 ........................ 3.00 275.94 

Form FRA F 6180.161r ................................. Car manufacturers/State inspectors .............. 3 ........................ 1 ........................ 3.00 275.94 

Total 3 ...................................................... Car manufacturers/State inspectors .............. 142 responses ... N/A .................... 142 13,061 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

142. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 142 

hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour 

Dollar Cost Equivalent: $13,061. 

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 that does 

not display a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

Christopher S. Van Nostrand, 

Acting Deputy Chief Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21655 Filed 9–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2023–0002–N–28] 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), 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) summarized 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 

December 1, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed ICR 

should be submitted on regulations.gov 

to the docket, Docket No. FRA–2023– 

0002. All comments received will be 

posted without change to the docket, 

including any personal information 

provided. Please refer to the assigned 

OMB control number (2130–0594) in 

any correspondence submitted. FRA 

will summarize comments received in 

response to this notice in a subsequent 

notice, made available to the public, and 

include them in its information 

collection submission to OMB for 

approval. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Arlette Mussington, Information 

Collection Clearance Officer, at email: 

arlette.mussington@dot.gov or 

telephone: (571) 609–1285 or Ms. 

Joanne Swafford, Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, at email: 

joanne.swafford@dot.gov or telephone: 

(757) 897–9908. 

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, 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: Railroad Safety Appliance 

Standards. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0594. 

Abstract: The information collection 

associated with 49 CFR part 231 is used 

by FRA to promote and enhance the safe 

placement and securement of safety 

appliances on newly constructed rail 

vehicles. The regulation provides a 

process for railroads or car owners to 

submit requests for the approval of 

existing industry standards for safety 

appliance arrangements on newly 

constructed railroad cars, locomotives, 

tenders, or other rail vehicles in lieu of 

the specific arrangements in part 231. 

In this 60-day notice, FRA made no 

adjustments to the previously approved 

burden hours and responses in the 

OMB, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) inventory.1

Type of Request: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

Form(s): N/A. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion. 


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2The dollar equivalent cost is derived from the 

2022 STB Full Year Wage A&B data series using the 

employee group 200 (Professional & 

Administrative) hourly wage rate of $49.10. The 

total burden wage rate (Straight time plus 75%) 

used in the table is $85.93 ($49.10 × 1.75 = $85.93). 

3Totals may not add up due to rounding. 

REPORTING BURDEN

CFR section Respondent universe Total annual 

responses 

Average time 

per response 

(hours) 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Total cost 

equivalent in 

U.S. dollar 

(A) (B) (C = A * B) (D = C* wage 

rates) 2

231.33(b)—Procedure for special approval 

of existing industry safety appliance 

standards—filing of petitions.

AAR (industry rep.) ... 1 petition ................... 16 16.00 $1,374.88 

—(b)(6) Affirmative statement by petitioner 

that a petition copy has been served on 

rep. of employees responsible for equipment’s operation/inspection/testing/maintenance.

AAR (industry rep.) ... 1 affirmation statement.1 1.00 85.93 

—(f)(3)(iii) Disposition of petitions: petition 

returned by FRA requesting additional information.

AAR (industry rep.) ... 1 petition or additional document.2 2.00 171.86 

231.35(a)—Procedure for modification of an 

approved industry safety appliance standard for new car construction—filing of petitions.

AAR (industry rep.) ... 1 petition for modification.16 16.00 1,374.88 

—(b)(3) Affirmative statement by petitioner 

that a petition copy has been served on 

rep. of employees responsible for equipment’s operation/inspection/testing/maintenance.

AAR (industry rep.) ... 1 affirmation statement.1 1.00 85.93 

—(e) FRA review of petition for modification; 

agency objection and AAR response.

AAR (industry rep.) ... 1 additional comment 1 1.00 85.93 

Total 3 ..................................................... 765 railroads ............. 6 responses .............. N/A 37 3,179 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 6. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 37 

hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour 

Dollar Cost Equivalent: $3,179. 

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 that does 

not display a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

Christopher S. Van Nostrand, 

Acting Deputy Chief Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21657 Filed 9–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2023–0002–N–30] 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), 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 

Requests (ICRs) summarized below. 

Before submitting the ICRs to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

approval, FRA is soliciting public 

comment on specific aspects of the 

activities identified in the ICRs. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

December 1, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed ICRs 

should be submitted on regulations.gov 

to the docket, Docket No. FRA–2023– 

0002. All comments received will be 

posted without change to the docket, 

including any personal information 

provided. Please refer to the assigned 

OMB control number for each ICR, 

2130–0506 and 2130–0556, respectively, 

in any correspondence submitted. FRA 

will summarize comments received in a 

subsequent 30-day notice and include 

them in its information collection 

submission to OMB. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Arlette Mussington, Information 

Collection Clearance Officer, at email: 

arlette.mussington@dot.gov or 

telephone: (571) 609–1285 or Ms. 

Joanne Swafford, Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, at email: 

joanne.swafford@dot.gov or telephone: 

(757) 897–9908. 

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 ICRs 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 


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