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1The dollar equivalent cost is derived from the 

2022 Surface Transportation Board 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). 

2Totals may not add up due to rounding. 

requirements for newly manufactured 

and re-manufactured locomotives. 

In this 60-day notice, FRA makes 

adjustments that decrease the 

previously approved estimated total 

annual burden hours from 507 hours to 

407 hours. These estimate adjustments 

reflect that FRA anticipates a decrease 

in the annual petition submissions for 

approval of substantive and nonsubstantive changes to locomotive 

crashworthiness design standards and 

alternative design standards under the 

following sections: 

• Under § 229.207(c), FRA is 

decreasing the estimated annual burden 

hours by 33.50 hours. 

• Under § 229.207(d), FRA is 

decreasing the estimated annual burden 

hours by 33.50 hours. 

• Under § 229.209(b), FRA is 

decreasing the estimated annual burden 

hours by 33.50 hours. 

Type of Request: Extension without 

change (with changes in estimates) of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses/Public/ 

Interested Parties. 

Form(s): N/A. 

Respondent Universe: 783 railroads, 4 

locomotive manufacturers. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion; one-time. 

REPORTING 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) 1

229.207(b)—Petitions for FRA approval of 

new locomotive crashworthiness design 

standards.

783 railroads 4 locomotive manufacturers.2.00 petitions ............ 50 hours 100.00 $8,593.00 

—(c) Petition for FRA approval of substantive changes to FRA-approved locomotive crashworthiness design standard.783 railroads 4 locomotive manufacturers.0.33 petition .............. 50 hours 16.50 1,417.85 

—(d) Petition for FRA approval of non-substantive changes to existing FRA approved locomotive crashworthiness design standard.783 railroads 4 locomotive manufacturers.0.33 petition .............. 50 hours 16.50 1,417.85 

229.209(b)—Alternative locomotive crashworthiness designs—Petition for FRA approval.783 railroads 4 locomotive manufacturers.0.33 petition .............. 50 hours 16.50 1,417.85 

229.211(b)(3)—Processing petitions—Additional information for FRA to appropriately 

consider the petition.

783 railroads 4 locomotive manufacturers.1.00 hearing .............. 24 hours 24.00 2,062.32 

229.213(a)(3)—Locomotive manufacturing 

information: retention by railroads.

783 railroads ............. 500 records/stickers/ 

badge plates.

2 minutes 16.67 1,432.45 

229.215—(a) Retention and inspection of 

designs—Retention of records—Original 

designs.

4 locomotive manufacturers.24 locomotive records 8 hours 192.00 16,498.56 

—(b) Repairs and modifications—Records .. 783 railroads ............. 6 locomotive crashworthiness modification/repair 

records.

4 hours 24.00 2,062.32 

—(c) Inspection of records ........................... 783 railroads ............. 20 records ................. 2 minutes 0.67 57.57 

Total 2 ..................................................... 783 railroads ............. 554 responses .......... N/A 407 34,960 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

554. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 407 

hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour 

Dollar Cost Equivalent: $34,960. 

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. 2023–24450 Filed 11–3–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2023–0076] 

Pipeline Safety: Information Collection 

Activities 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13, PHMSA invites 

public comments about PHMSA’s 

intention to request Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval to renew six information 

collections that are scheduled to expire 

in 2024. PHMSA has reviewed each 

information collection and considers 

them vital to maintaining pipeline 

safety. As such, PHMSA will request 

renewal from OMB, without change, for 

each information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

5, 2024. 


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ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted in the following ways: 

E-Gov Website: http://

www.regulations.gov. This site allows 

the public to submit comments on any 

Federal Register notice issued by any 

agency. 

Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

(DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

West Building, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery: Room W12–140 on the 

ground level of DOT, West Building, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC, between 9:00 a.m. and 

5:00 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: Identify the docket 

number, PHMSA–2023–0076, at the 

beginning of your comments. Note that 

all comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. You 

should know that anyone is able to 

search the electronic form of all 

comments received into any of our 

dockets by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

comment, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

Therefore, you may want to review 

DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement 

in the Federal Register published on 

April 11, 2000, (65 FR 19477) or visit 

http://www.regulations.gov before 

submitting any such comments. 

Docket: For access to the docket or to 

read background documents or 

comments, go to http://

www.regulations.gov at any time or to 

Room W12–140 on the ground level of 

DOT, West Building, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 

9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET, Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

If you wish to receive confirmation of 

receipt of your written comments, 

please include a self-addressed, 

stamped postcard with the following 

statement: ‘‘Comments on: PHMSA– 

2023–0076.’’ The Docket Clerk will date 

stamp the postcard prior to returning it 

to you via the U.S. mail. Please note that 

due to delays in the delivery of U.S. 

mail to Federal offices in Washington, 

DC, we recommend that persons 

consider an alternative method 

(internet, fax, or professional delivery 

service) of submitting comments to the 

docket and ensuring their timely receipt 

at DOT. 

Privacy Act Statement: DOT may 

solicit comments from the public 

regarding certain general notices. DOT 

posts these comments, without edit, 

including any personal information the 

commenter provides, to 

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 

www.dot.gov/privacy. 

Confidential Business Information: 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

is commercial or financial information 

that is both customarily and actually 

treated as private by its owner. Under 

the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 

(5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt from 

public disclosure. If your comments 

responsive to this notice contain 

commercial or financial information 

that is customarily treated as private, 

that you actually treat as private, and 

that is relevant or responsive to this 

notice, it is important that you clearly 

designate the submitted comments as 

CBI. Pursuant to 49 CFR 190.343, you 

may ask PHMSA to give confidential 

treatment to information you give to the 

Agency by taking the following steps: 

(1) mark each page of the original 

document submission containing CBI as 

‘‘Confidential’’; (2) send PHMSA, along 

with the original document, a second 

copy of the original document with the 

CBI deleted; and (3) explain why the 

information you are submitting is CBI. 

Unless you are notified otherwise, 

PHMSA will treat such marked 

submissions as confidential under the 

FOIA, and they will not be placed in the 

public docket of this notice. 

Submissions containing CBI should be 

sent to Angela Hill, DOT, PHMSA, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, PHP–30, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. Any 

commentary PHMSA receives that is not 

specifically designated as CBI will be 

placed in the public docket for this 

matter. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angela Hill by telephone at 202–366– 

1246 or by email at Angela.Hill@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 5, 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 

section 1320.8(d), requires PHMSA to 

provide interested members of the 

public and affected agencies the 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection and recordkeeping requests 

before they are submitted to OMB for 

approval. This notice identifies six 

information collection requests that 

PHMSA will submit to OMB for renewal 

and requests comment from interested 

parties. The information collections 

(including their expiration dates) are as 

follows: (1) OMB control number 2137– 

0625, Pipeline Safety: Integrity 

Management Program for Gas 

Distribution Pipelines (5/31/2024); (2) 

OMB control number 2137–0632, PostAccident Drug Testing for Pipeline 

Operators (8/31/2024); (3) OMB control 

number 2137–0048, Recordkeeping 

Requirements for Liquefied Natural Gas 

(LNG) Facilities (11/30/2024); (4) OMB 

control number 2137–0594, CustomerOwned Service Lines (11/30/2024); (5) 

OMB control number 2137–0618, 

Periodic Underwater Inspection and 

Notification of Abandoned Underwater 

Pipelines (11/30/2024); and (6) OMB 

control number 2137–0634, 

Recordkeeping for Underground Natural 

Gas Storage Facilities (11/30/2024). 

The following information is provided 

for these information collections: (1) 

Title of the information collection; (2) 

OMB control number; (3) Current 

expiration date; (4) Type of request; (5) 

Abstract of the information collection 

activity; (6) Description of affected 

public; (7) Estimate of total annual 

reporting and recordkeeping burden; 

and (8) Frequency of collection. 

PHMSA will request a three-year term 

of approval for each of the following 

information collection activities. 

PHMSA requests comments on the 

following information: 

1. Title: Pipeline Safety: Integrity 

Management Program for Gas 

Distribution Pipelines. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0625. 

Current Expiration Date: 5/31/2024. 

Type of Request: Renewal with no 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Abstract: The Federal Pipeline Safety 

Regulations require operators of gas 

distribution pipelines to develop and 

implement integrity management (IM) 

programs. The purpose of these 

programs is to enhance safety by 

identifying and reducing pipeline 

integrity risks. PHMSA requires that 

operators maintain records 

demonstrating compliance with these 

requirements for 10 years and that these 

records must include superseded IM 

plans. 

Affected Public: Operators of gas 

distribution pipeline systems. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Estimated number of responses: 

3,882. 

Estimated annual burden hours: 

723,192. 

Frequency of collection: On occasion. 

2. Title: Post-Accident Drug Testing 

for Pipeline Operators. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0632. 

Current Expiration Date: 8/31/2024. 

Type of Request: Renewal with no 

change of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: Pursuant to 49 CFR 199.227, 

operators are required to maintain 

records of its alcohol misuse prevention 

program. The post-accident drug testing 

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collection pertains specifically to 49 

CFR 199.227(b)(4), that requires 

operators to maintain records of 

decisions not to administer postaccident employee alcohol tests for a 

minimum of three years. Operators must 

make those records available to PHMSA 

upon request. 

Affected Public: Operators of PHMSAregulated pipelines. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Total Annual Responses: 609. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,218. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

3. Title: Recordkeeping Requirements 

for Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0048. 

Current Expiration Date: 11/30/2024. 

Type of Request: Renewal with no 

change of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: Pursuant to the Federal 

Pipeline Safety Regulations, liquefied 

natural gas facility operators are 

required to maintain records, make 

reports, and provide information 

regarding their liquefied natural gas 

facilities to PHMSA upon request. 

Affected Public: Operators of liquefied 

natural gas facilities. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Estimated number of responses: 

40,400. 

Estimated annual burden hours: 

12,120. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

4. Title: Customer-Owned Service 

Lines. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0594. 

Current Expiration Date: 11/30/2024. 

Type of Request: Renewal with no 

change of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: Pursuant to 49 CFR 192.16, 

operators of gas service lines who do not 

maintain their customers’ buried piping 

between service lines and building 

walls or gas utilization equipment are 

required to send written notices to their 

customers prescribing the proper 

maintenance of these gas lines and of 

the potential hazards of not properly 

maintaining these gas lines. Operators 

also must maintain records that include 

a copy of the notice currently in use and 

evidence that notices were sent to 

customers within the previous three 

years. The purpose of the collection is 

to provide PHMSA with adequate 

information about how customer-owned 

service lines are being maintained to 

prevent the potential hazards associated 

with not maintaining the lines. 

Examples of sufficient notification 

include a prepared notification with the 

customer’s bill. 

Affected Public: State and local 

governments. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Estimated number of responses: 

550,000. 

Estimated annual burden hours: 

9,167. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

5. Title: Periodic Underwater 

Inspection and Notification of 

Abandoned Underwater Pipelines. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0618. 

Current Expiration Date: 11/30/2024. 

Type of Request: Renewal with no 

change of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: The Federal Pipeline Safety 

Regulations at 49 CFR 192.612 and 49 

CFR 195.413 require operators of 

pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico and its 

inlets in waters less than 15 feet (4.6 

meters) deep to conduct periodic 

underwater inspections to determine 

whether the pipelines are exposed 

underwater pipelines or pose a hazard 

to navigation. If an operator discovers 

that its underwater pipeline is exposed 

or poses a hazard to navigation, among 

other remedial actions, the operator 

must contact the National Response 

Center by telephone within 24 hours of 

discovery and report the location of the 

exposed pipeline or hazardous pipeline. 

PHMSA’s regulations for reporting the 

abandonment of underwater pipelines 

can be found at 49 CFR 192.727 and 49 

CFR 195.59. These provisions contain 

certain requirements for disconnecting 

and purging abandoned pipelines and 

require operators to notify PHMSA of 

each abandoned offshore pipeline 

facility and each abandoned onshore 

pipeline facility that crosses over, 

under, or through a commercially 

navigable waterway. 

Affected Public: Operators of pipeline 

facilities. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Estimated number of responses: 92. 

Estimated annual burden hours: 

1,372. 

Frequency of collection: On occasion 

6. Title: Recordkeeping for 

Underground Natural Gas Storage 

Facilities. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0634. 

Current Expiration Date: 11/30/2024. 

Type of Request: Renewal with no 

change of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: The Federal Pipeline Safety 

Regulations at 49 CFR 192.12 require 

operators of underground natural gas 

storage facilities to maintain 

documentation and provide information 

to PHMSA upon request. Examples of 

the required records include operations 

and maintenance procedures, results of 

required tests, records of inspections 

and repairs, and notifications to the 

public. 

Affected Public: Operators of 

underground natural gas storage 

facilities. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Estimated number of responses: 136. 

Estimated annual burden hours: 220. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Comments are invited on: 

(a) The need for the renewal and 

revision of these collections of 

information 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 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(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 those 

who are to respond, including the use 

of appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as 

amended; and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued in Washington, DC, under authority 

delegated in 49 CFR 1.97. 

John A. Gale, 

Director, Standards and Rulemaking Division. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24445 Filed 11–3–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2023–0166] 

Transportation Services for Individuals 

With Disabilities: ADA Standards for 

Transportation Facilities 

AGENCY: Department of Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Request for information on 

accessibility improvements for 

transportation facilities. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT, or Department) is 

considering whether to amend the 

accessibility requirements for 

transportation facilities under the 

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 

(ADA) currently contained in Appendix 

A to DOT’s regulations governing 

transportation services for individuals 

with disabilities. The Department may 

consider whether to improve access 

beyond the minimum standards 

established by the U.S. Access Board 


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