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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] 

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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 

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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. 

2The dollar equivalent cost is derived from the 

2022 STB Full Year Wage A&B data series using 

employee group 400 (Maintenance of Equipment & 

Stores) hourly wage rate of $38.35. The total burden 

wage rate (straight time plus 75%) used in the table 

is $67.11 ($38.35 × 1.75 = $67.11). 

3Totals may not add due to rounding. 

4See 49 CFR 241.9(c). 

5Changes to the total cost equivalent in U.S. 

dollars, an estimation category not included in the 

OIRA inventory, are due to updated statistics from 

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

6The dollar equivalent cost is derived from the 

2022 STB Full Year Wage A&B data series using 

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). 

7Totals may not add up due to rounding. 

and paperwork burdens associated with 

the collection of information that 

Federal statutes and regulations 

mandate. In summary, FRA reasons that 

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 

ICRs that FRA will submit for OMB 

clearance as the PRA requires: 

Title: Identification of Railroad Cars. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0506. 

Abstract: This collection of 

information is associated with 49 CFR 

232.3(d). Section 232.3(d)(3) 

conditionally excepts certain export, 

industrial, and other cars not owned by 

a railroad from part 232 compliance. It 

requires cars to be identified by a card 

attached to each side of the equipment, 

signed by the shipper, specifically 

noting that the car is being moved under 

the proper authority. Railroads typically 

use carrier bad order forms or tags for 

these purposes. These forms are readily 

available from all carrier repair 

facilities. FRA estimates approximately 

400 cars per year, each bearing two 

forms or tags, are moved under this 

regulation. 

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. 

Respondent Universe: 765 railroads 

and freight car owners. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion. 

Reported Burden: 

CFR section Respondent universe Total annual responses Average time per 

responses 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Total cost 

equivalent in 

U.S. dollar 

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

wage rates) 2

232.3(d)(3)—Tagging .......................................... 765 railroads and 

freight car owners.

800 tags ....................... 5 minutes ..................... 67.00 $4,496.37 

Total 3 ........................................................... 765 railroads and 

freight car owners.

800 responses ............. N/A ............................... 67.00 4,496 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

800. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 67 

hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour 

Dollar Cost Equivalent: $4,496. 

Title: U.S. Locational Requirement for 

Dispatching U.S. Rail Operations. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0556. 

Abstract: Title 49 CFR part 241 

requires, in the absence of a waiver, that 

all dispatching of United States railroad 

operations be performed in the United 

States. A railroad may, however, 

dispatch from a country other than the 

United States in an emergency situation, 

but only for the duration of the 

emergency situation.4 A railroad relying 

on this exception must provide written 

notification of its action to FRA as soon 

as practicable; such notification is not 

required before addressing the 

emergency situation. The information 

collected under this ICR is used as part 

of FRA’s oversight function to help 

ensure that extraterritorial dispatchers 

comply with applicable safety 

regulations. 

In this 60-day notice, FRA made no 

adjustments to the previously approved 

burden hours and responses in the 

OMB, OIRA inventory.5

Type of Request: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

Form(s): N/A. 

Respondent Universe: 4 railroads. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion. 

Reporting Burden: 

CFR section 

Respondent 

universe 

(railroads) 

Total annual responses 

Average time per 

responses 

(hours) 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Total cost 

equivalent in 

U.S. dollar 

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

wage rates) 6

241.9(c)—Written notification to FRA of emergency 

where dispatcher outside the U.S. dispatches a railroad operation in the U.S. for the duration of the emergency.

4 1 notice ........................ 8 ................................... 8.00 $687.44 

Total 7 .......................................................................... 4 1 response ................... N/A ............................... 8 687 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 1. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 8 

hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour 

Dollar Cost Equivalent: $687. 

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 


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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. 2023–21656 Filed 9–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Voluntary Service National Advisory 

Committee, Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. ch. 

10, that the Executive Committee of the 

VA Voluntary Service (VAVS) National 

Advisory Committee (Committee) will 

meet on October 26–27, 2023 at the 

Veterans of Foreign Wars Washington 

Office located at 200 Maryland Avenue 

NE, Washington, DC 20002. The 

meeting sessions will begin and end as 

follows: 

Date(s) Time(s) 

Thursday, October 26, 2023 .................................................................... 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). 

Friday, October 27, 2023 ......................................................................... 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EST. 

The meeting sessions are open to the 

public. 

The Committee advises the Secretary, 

through the Under Secretary for Health, 

on the coordination and promotion of 

volunteer activities and strategic 

partnerships within VA health care 

facilities on matters related to 

volunteerism. The Committee is also 

comprised of 56 major Veteran, civic 

and service organizations. The 

Executive Committee consists of 20 

representatives from the Committee 

member organizations. 

Agenda topics will include the 

Committee goals and objectives; review 

of minutes from the April 26, 2023 

meeting; an update on VA Center for 

Development and Civic Engagement 

activities; Veterans Health 

Administration update and journey to 

become a High Reliability Organization; 

subcommittee reports; review of 

standard operating procedures; review 

of fiscal year 2023 organization data; 

2024 annual the Committee meeting 

plans; and any new business. 

The public may submit written 

statements for the Committee’s review 

to Sabrina C. Clark, Ph.D., Designated 

Federal Officer, VA Center for 

Development and Civic Engagement 

(15CDCE), Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20420, or email at 

Sabrina.Clark@va.gov. Any member of 

the public wishing to attend the meeting 

or seeking additional information 

should contact Dr. Clark at 202–536– 

8603. 

Dated: September 27, 2023. 

Jelessa M. Burney, 

Federal Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21736 Filed 9–29–23; 8:45 am] 

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