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performance issues; and improving 

regulatory processes related to intercity 

passenger rail to the benefit of the 

public, the communities served by 

passenger rail, and the environment. 

The Board is interested in engaging with 

passenger rail stakeholders including 

the National Railroad Passenger 

Corporation (Amtrak), other intercity 

passenger rail operators, commuter rail 

operators, states that fund passenger 

rail, freight railroads, passenger rail 

advocacy groups, and railway labor on 

these passenger rail-related issues. Each 

Committee meeting will better inform 

the Board as to passenger rail matters. 

The duties of the Committee are 

solely advisory and will entail only the 

submission of non-binding advice and 

recommendations to the Board. No 

determinations of fact or policy will be 

made by the Committee, and the 

Committee will have no decisionmaking role or access to non-public 

Board information, including the 

Board’s decision-making process or 

other confidential information. 

Membership of the Committee 

The PRAC shall consist of 

approximately 18 voting members who 

will comprise a balanced representation 

of individuals knowledgeable regarding 

passenger rail transportation, freight rail 

transportation, commuter rail 

operations, and transportation public 

policy. The voting membership shall 

include no fewer than: 

• two representatives from Amtrak; 

• two representatives from commuter 

rail operators whose operations use 

facilities owned and/or utilized by (i) 

Amtrak, (ii) other intercity passenger 

rail operators, or (iii) rail freight 

operators (for purposes of ensuring 

geographic diversity within PRAC’s 

membership, these representatives 

cannot be from the same state as any of 

the state representatives described 

below and cannot be from the same state 

as each other); 

• two representatives from existing 

intercity passenger rail operators other 

than Amtrak, or developers of new 

intercity passenger rail lines other than 

Amtrak; 

• one representative from a state that 

provides funding for intercity passenger 

rail (for purposes of ensuring geographic 

diversity within PRAC’s membership, 

this representative cannot be from the 

same state as any of the representatives 

of the commuter rail operators described 

above, or the representative from a state 

in which the intercity passenger rail 

stations are served only by long-distance 

trains described below); 

• one representative from a state in 

which the intercity passenger rail 

stations are served only by long-distance 

trains, i.e., passenger trains serving the 

entirety of routes of more than 750 miles 

between endpoints (for purposes of 

ensuring geographic diversity within 

PRAC’s membership, this representative 

cannot be from the same state as any of 

the representatives of the commuter rail 

operators described above or the 

representative from the state that 

provides funding for intercity passenger 

rail described above); 

• two representatives from Class I 

freight railroads; 

• one representative from a Class II or 

Class III freight railroad; 

• one representative from an 

organized rail labor association; 

• two representatives from rail 

passenger advocacy organizations; 

• one representative from a rail 

shipper or customer advocacy 

organization or an individual shipper or 

customer; and 

• three at-large representatives with 

relevant experience (including, but not 

limited to, individuals involved in the 

design or construction of passenger rail 

equipment or infrastructure, in the 

provision of passenger rail analytic or 

consulting services, in transportation 

planning, or in transportation-related 

public policy work). 

All voting members of the Committee 

shall serve on the Committee in a 

representative capacity on behalf of 

their respective industry or stakeholder 

group. The Members of the Board shall 

serve as ex officio (non-voting) 

members. The Chair of the Board may 

also invite representatives from the U.S. 

Department of Transportation to serve 

on the PRAC in an advisory capacity. 

These federal governmental 

representatives will serve as ex officio 

(non-voting) members. 

The PRAC will meet at least twice a 

year, and meetings will be open to the 

public, consistent with the Government 

in the Sunshine Act, Public Law 94 409 

(1976). Information about the PRAC will 

be posted on the Board’s website at: 

https://www.stb.gov/resources/ 

stakeholder-committees/prac/. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 1321; 49 U.S.C. 

24101. 

Decided: November 6, 2023. 

By the Board, Board Members Fuchs, 

Hedlund, Oberman, Primus, and Schultz. 

Kenyatta Clay, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24944 Filed 11–9–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2021–1138] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of a New Approval of 

Information Collection: Computerized 

Neurocognitive Tests for Aeromedical 

Safety 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA 

invites public comments about our 

intention to request the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval for a new information 

collection. The Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day comment period soliciting 

comments on the following collection of 

information was published on December 

16, 2021. The collection involves inperson sessions between researchers 

and certified pilots. Computerized 

neurocognitive tests are a non-invasive 

way to measure cognitive function (e.g., 

attention, working memory, information 

processing speed, reaction time) and are 

used as part of the FAA’s overall 

aeromedical physical exam process to 

determine if a pilot is safe to operate an 

aircraft within the National Airspace 

System (NAS). Neurocognitive tests are 

required only for pilots with certain 

medical conditions associated with 

aeromedically significant cognitive 

impairments (i.e., not all pilots are 

tested). The FAA needs to ensure that 

the tests and data used to maintain the 

safety of the NAS are based on the most 

current scientific knowledge. The 

purpose of this IC effort is to obtain 

updated pilot normative data for the 

neurocognitive tests under 

consideration. The information 

collection (IC) effort will be used to 

potentially revise the FAA’s Aviation 

Medical Examiners (AME) Guide, 

update clinical practices, and assure 

aeromedical safety. Information will be 

collected from representative pilots 

across the United States, who will 

complete two different 1-hour 

neurocognitive tests. Total IC effort/time 

per person will be approximately four 

hours (i.e., to include check-in 

processing, informed consent, 

neurocognitive test-taking, rest breaks, 

and participant debrief). 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by December 13, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 


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1 ‘‘Improvements to Stewardship and Oversight 

Agreements Are Needed to Enhance Federal-aid 

Highway Program Management,’’ OIG, DOT, Report 

Number MH–2013–001 (October 1, 2012), available 

at: https://www.oig.dot.gov/library-item/28742. 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan M. Jay, Ph.D. by email at: 

susan.m.jay@faa.gov; phone: (405) 954– 

5500. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for FAA’s 

performance; (b) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information collection; and (d) 

ways that the burden could be 

minimized without reducing the quality 

of the collected information. 

OMB Control Number: 2120–XXXX. 

Title: Computerized Neurocognitive 

Tests for Aeromedical Safety. 

Form Numbers: n/a. 

Type of Review: New information 

collection. 

Background: The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on the following 

collection of information was published 

on December 16, 2021 (86 FR 239). The 

FAA received no comments. The FAA’s 

mission and vision is to provide the 

safest, most efficient aerospace system 

in the world as new users and 

technologies integrate into the system. 

Computerized neurocognitive tests are a 

non-invasive way to measure cognitive 

function (e.g., attention, working 

memory, information processing speed, 

reaction time). Neurocognitive tests are 

used as part of the FAA’s overall 

aeromedical physical exam process to 

determine if a pilot is safe to operate an 

aircraft within the NAS. Neurocognitive 

tests are required only for pilots and 

with certain medical conditions 

associated with aeromedically 

significant cognitive impairments (i.e., 

not all pilots). The FAA needs to ensure 

that the tests and data used to maintain 

the safety of the NAS based on the most 

current scientific knowledge. The 

purpose of this IC effort is to obtain 

updated pilot normative data for the 

current test and alternative 

neurocognitive tests under 

consideration. The IC effort will be used 

to potentially revise the FAA’s AME 

Guide, update clinical practices, and 

assure aeromedical safety. 

Respondents: 1,000 respondents. 

Frequency: One-time collection. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 4 hours burden per 

respondent-response. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

4,000 hours total burden. 

Issued in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on 

November 7, 2023. 

Susan M. Jay, 

Research Physiologist, Aviation Safety, Civil 

Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI), Federal 

Aviation Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24938 Filed 11–9–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2022–0013] 

Revision of Stewardship and Oversight 

Agreement Template 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This final notice announces 

the availability of a revised Stewardship 

and Oversight (S&O) Agreement 

template. The S&O Agreement defines 

the roles and responsibilities of FHWA 

and each State department of 

transportation (State DOT) with respect 

to project approvals and related 

responsibilities under title 23, United 

States Code (U.S.C.), and title 23, Code 

of Federal Regulations (CFR), and 

documents methods that will be used 

for Federal-aid Highway Program 

(FAHP) oversight activities. This 

template will be used by each of the 52 

FHWA Division Offices and their 

respective State DOTs to develop and 

execute a new S&O Agreement within 1 

year of the date this notice is published 

in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about this notice, please 

contact Mr. Steve Mills, Office of 

Infrastructure, (502) 682–3534, or via 

email at Steve.Mills@dot.gov. For legal 

questions, please contact Mr. David 

Serody, FHWA Office of Chief Counsel, 

(202) 366–4241, or via email at 

David.Serody@dot.gov. Office hours for 

FHWA are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

ET, Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In enacting 23 U.S.C. 106(c), as 

amended, Congress established 

authority for States to enter into 

agreements with FHWA under which 

the States carry out certain project 

responsibilities traditionally handled by 

FHWA. Congress also recognized the 

importance of a risk-based approach to 

FHWA oversight of the FAHP by 

establishing requirements in 23 U.S.C. 

106(g). The S&O Agreement is a key 

element of FHWA’s risk-based S&O 

approach. The S&O Agreements are 

formal instruments executed between 

each FHWA Division Office and its 

corresponding State DOT. The S&O 

Agreement defines the roles and 

responsibilities of FHWA and the State 

DOT with respect to title 23, U.S.C. 

project approvals and related 

responsibilities, and documents 

methods that will be used for FAHP 

oversight activities. 

In response to DOT Office of Inspector 

General (OIG) recommendations,1

FHWA revised its national S&O 

procedures to require use of a uniform 

template for developing an S&O 

Agreement. In 2015, FHWA issued the 

template currently in use. Each of the 52 

FHWA Division Offices and their 

respective State DOTs executed a new 

S&O Agreement based on the 2015 S&O 

Agreement template. 

The FHWA began initiating updates 

to the 2015 S&O Agreement template 

due to changes to applicable statutes 

and regulations and after identifying 

improvements to the template. In 

addition, section 11307 of the Bipartisan 

Infrastructure Law (BIL) (Pub. L. 117– 

58) directed the Secretary of 

Transportation to publish a template 

created by the Secretary for FederalState S&O Agreements in the Federal 

Register along with a notice requesting 

public comment on ways to improve the 

template. In accordance with this 

requirement, FHWA published a notice 

and request for comments regarding 

FHWA’s revised S&O Agreement 

template on December 21, 2022, at 87 

FR 78193. 

Section 11307(c)(1) of BIL requires 

FHWA to consider comments received 

in response to the Federal Register 

notice and publish a notice in the 

Federal Register that (A) describes any 

proposed changes to be made to the 

template, and any alternatives to such 

changes; (B) addresses comments in 

response to which changes were not 

made to the template; and (C) prescribes 

a schedule and a plan to execute a 

process for implementing the changes to 

the template. In accordance with section 

11307(c)(3) of BIL, FHWA will modify 

the template as stated in this notice and 

will update existing agreements with 


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