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oral and written comments and FRA’s 

responses to the comments, please see 

81 FR 28140, May 9, 2016. 

Following the above cited 60-day 

public comment period, FRA is now 

requesting OMB’s re-approval of the 

forms, with the five changes described 

below. First, in Section 1 of the 

Quarterly PTC Progress Report Form 

(FRA F 6180.165), FRA proposes 

revising the row ‘‘Territories Where 

Revenue Service Demonstration Has 

Been Initiated’’ to state ‘‘Territories in 

Revenue Service Demonstration or in 

PTC Operation’’ for clarity, based on 

additional feedback from the industry 

following OMB’s approval of the form 

on August 15, 2017. FRA intended this 

row to include any and all territories 

where a railroad had initiated revenue 

service demonstration (RSD), even if a 

railroad subsequently obtained PTC 

System Certification from FRA and is 

operating its PTC system in revenue 

service. The purpose of this row is to 

collect information regarding a 

railroad’s progress toward meeting the 

statutory criteria under 49 U.S.C. 

20157(a)(3)(B)(vi)–(vii), if applicable. 

Based on feedback from the industry, 

FRA proposes clarifying the language in 

this row in Section 1 so railroads 

understand that a railroad can include 

in this row the number of territories 

where its PTC system is in RSD or in 

operation. This proposed change does 

not result in any additional reporting 

burden as it is only a clarifying change. 

Second, in footnotes 4 and 6 of the 

Quarterly PTC Progress Report Form 

(FRA F 6180.165), FRA proposes adding 

a hyperlink to Appendix A. The 

footnotes currently state: ‘‘If a particular 

category listed in this table does not 

apply to the railroad’s technology, 

please indicate ‘N/A.’ A railroad may 

add categories or subcategories if it 

wants to provide more detail.’’ FRA 

proposes adding the phrase ‘‘in 

Appendix A’’ to the second sentence 

with a hyperlink to that appendix to the 

form, as it will help direct railroads to 

the available section of the PDF where 

they can provide additional 

information. A hyperlink to Appendix A 

was in the corresponding footnotes in 

the prior version of the Quarterly PTC 

Progress Report Form that OMB 

approved through June 30, 2017, but the 

hyperlink was omitted in error from the 

current version of the form. This 

proposed change (i.e., adding a 

hyperlink to an existing appendix) does 

not result in any additional reporting 

burden as it is only a formatting change. 

Third, in Section 4 (entitled 

‘‘Installation/Track Segment Progress— 

Current Status’’) of both the quarterly 

form and the annual form, FRA 

proposes replacing the ‘‘Testing’’ option 

in the drop-down menu with two more 

precise options—i.e., ‘‘Field Testing’’ 

and ‘‘Revenue Service Demonstration.’’ 

This modification will help ensure 

clearer and more accurate reporting, 

without imposing an additional 

reporting burden. 

Fourth, with respect to only the 

Annual PTC Progress Report Form (FRA 

F 6180.166), FRA proposes to delete a 

now inapplicable instruction from 

footnote 7 in Section 4, which stated, 

Please note: For the Annual PTC Progress 

Report due by March 31, 2017, this 

mandatory geographic requirement (that 

must be satisfied by either completing 

Column 5 in Section 4 or submitting a GIS 

shapefile as described above) is due to FRA 

by April 30, 2017. Every other part of this 

form must be completed and submitted to 

FRA by March 31, 2017. This limited 

extension applies only in 2017. 

FRA delayed the due date for submitting 

that specific information in 2017 only, 

per OMB’s request, to ensure railroads 

had sufficient time to compile and 

provide the information. FRA proposes 

removing that note from footnote 7 as it 

is no longer applicable or necessary. By 

statute, a railroad’s Annual PTC 

Progress Report is due by March 31st 

each year until it completes PTC system 

implementation. 49 U.S.C. 20157(c)(1). 

Fifth, with respect to both the 

quarterly form and the annual form, 

FRA proposes making certain changes to 

Section 6 (entitled ‘‘Update on 

Interoperability Progress’’). FRA 

proposes removing the portion of the 

instruction that states a host railroad 

must provide information about the 

status of each tenant railroad’s rolling 

stock ‘‘if the tenant does not have a 

separate PTCIP on file.’’ FRA proposes 

removing this limiting instruction 

because FRA needs to know the PTC 

implementation status of any tenant 

railroad that operates on the host 

railroad’s property, except any tenant 

railroad that is subject to an exception 

under 49 CFR 236.1006(b). In addition, 

before the final column in the table in 

Section 6, FRA proposes adding a 

column entitled, ‘‘Scheduled 

Completion Date for Interoperability 

Testing.’’ This information is necessary 

for FRA to understand the progress a 

host railroad and each of its required 

tenant railroads are jointly making 

toward testing and achieving PTC 

system interoperability, consistent with 

host railroad’s PTC Implementation 

Plan and/or PTC Safety Plan. FRA 

estimates the additional burden for a 

host railroad to complete this new 

reporting requirement would be, on 

average, approximately 2.5 hours for 

Class I railroads and large passenger 

railroads; 1.25 hours for Class II and 

medium passenger railroads; and thirty 

minutes for Class III, terminal, and 

small passenger railroads. 

III. Overview of Information Collection 

The associated collection of 

information is summarized below. 

Title: Positive Train Control 

(Quarterly Positive Train Control 

Progress Report and Annual Positive 

Train Control Progress Report). 

Type of Request: Extension with 

change of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses 

(railroads). 

Form(s): FRA F 6180.165 and FRA F 

6180.166. 

Respondent Universe: 41 Railroad 

Carriers. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion. 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

147,526. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 

2,728,528 hours. 

Under 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 CFR 

1320.5(b) and 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. 

Juan D. Reyes III, 

Chief Counsel. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping 

Requirements Agency Information 

Collection Activity Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted 

below will be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. The ICR describes 

the nature of the information collection 

and its expected burden. A Federal 

Register Notice with a 60-day comment 

period soliciting public comments on 

the following information collection 

was published on May 18, 2018 (83 FR 


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23336). NHTSA did not receive any 

public comments in response to the 60- 

day notice. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 7, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

within 30 days, to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street NW, Washington DC 20503, 

Attention NHTSA Desk Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Kathy Sifrit, Office of Behavioral Safety 

Research (NPD–320), National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE, W46–472, 

Washington, DC 20590. Dr. Sifrit’s 

phone number is (202) 366–0868 and 

her email address is kathy.sifrit@

dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Hazard Perception and 

Distracted Driving Training Intervention 

for Teens 

Type of Request: New information 

collection requirement. 

Abstract: The National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 

proposes to collect information from 

newly-licensed teen drivers for a onetime voluntary study to evaluate Risk 

Awareness and Perception Training 

(RAPT), a hazard perception and 

distracted driving training intervention 

to improve novice driver safety. NHTSA 

proposes to collect information from a 

sample of newly-licensed teen drivers in 

two States to determine (1) their 

eligibility to participate in a study to 

evaluate RAPT hazard perception 

training; (2) their hazard perception 

performance before and after they 

complete RAPT or placebo training, and 

again six months after training; and (3) 

their driving exposure via driving logs 

to account for potential differences 

across participants. In addition, 

participants will agree to allow 

researchers to access their crash and 

citation records for six months to 

support analyses of the effects of RAPT 

training on crash and citation rates. 

NHTSA will invite an estimated 20,000 

newly licensed drivers ages 16 through 

19 in two States to participate, with the 

goal of recruiting 10,000 volunteers— 

7,500 from a first State and 2,500 from 

a second State for validation. 

Participation will be voluntary and 

solicited through the distribution of 

recruiting letters at Department of Motor 

Vehicle locations (DMVs) when new 

drivers obtain their license. Once 

obtaining consent from the teen and 

their guardian(s) through an informed 

consent agreement, study participants 

will be randomly assigned within age 

and sex categories to either participation 

in the RAPT or the placebo condition. 

Participants in the RAPT condition will 

complete the training protocol; those in 

the placebo condition will view a 

vehicle maintenance video. A 

subsample of 2,000 participants will 

also be asked to complete a week-long 

trip log to record driving exposure 

during the study period. The 7,500 

participants in the first State will be 

invited to complete a six-month followup test to see whether they retained the 

RAPT training; these participants will 

also be asked questions about any 

crashes or traffic tickets during their 

first six months of driving to capture 

any unreported crashes or incidents. 

NHTSA will use the information to 

produce a technical report that presents 

the results of the study. The technical 

report will provide aggregate (summary) 

statistics and tables as well as the 

results of statistical analysis of the 

information, but it will not include any 

personal information. The technical 

report will be shared with State 

Highway Safety Offices as well as other 

stakeholders interested in improving the 

safety of novice teen drivers. The total 

estimated burden for recruitment (2,000 

hours), the initial training (7,500 hours), 

the trip log (1,167 hours) and the followup data collection (1,875 hours) is 

12,542 hours. 

Comments are invited on the 

following: 

(i) 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; 

(ii) The accuracy of the Department’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

information collection; 

(iii) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(iv) 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 most effective 

if OMB receives it within 30 days of 

publication of this notice. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. Section 3506(c)(2)(A). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 3, 

2018. 

Jeff Michael, 

Associate Administrator, Research and 

Program Development. 

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Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2018–0076] 

Drugs That Impair Safe Driving; 

Request for Comments; Correction 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: NHTSA published a 

document in the Federal Register of 

July 17, 2017, concerning request for 

comments on drugs that impair safe 

driving. The document had an incorrect 

docket number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Compton, 202–366–2699. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of July 17, 

2018, in FR Doc. 2018–15209, on page 

33305 in the second column, correct the 

‘‘Docket No.’’ to read: 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2018–0076] 

July 19, 2018 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. Section 3506(c)(2)(A). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 3, 

2018. 

Jeff Michael, 

Associate Administrator, Research and 

Program Development. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping 

Requirements Agency Information 

Collection Activity Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted 

below will be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. The ICR describes 

the nature of the information collection 

and its expected burden. A Federal 

Register Notice with a 60-day comment 

period soliciting public comments on 

the following information collection 


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