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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Scurry, (609) 637–4207 or karen.

scurry@dot.gov mailto:ben.gribbon@dot.

gov, Office of Administration, Federal 

Highway Administration, Department of 

Transportation, 840 Bear Tavern Road, 

West Trenton, NJ 08628, Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Assessment and Delivery of 

Safety Funding at the Local Level. 

Type of request: New information 

collection requirement. 

Background: The Safe, Accountable, 

Flexible, Efficient, Transportation 

Equity Act: A Legacy for Users 

(SAFETEA–LU), 23 U.S.C. 148, 

established the Highway Safety 

Improvement Program (HSIP) as a core 

Federal-aid Highway Program. The 

overall purpose of this program is to 

achieve a significant reduction in traffic 

fatalities and serious injuries on all 

public roads through the 

implementation of infrastructure-related 

highway safety improvements. Using 

Federal and State funds to assist local 

agencies in improving safety on local 

roads is critical for reducing fatalities 

and serious injuries. However, State and 

local agencies face many challenges and 

barriers when identifying, prioritizing, 

developing, and implementing safety 

projects on local roads. 

The requested information collection, 

in the form of an on-line survey tool, 

will be used to evaluate the extent, 

practices and processes State 

Departments of Transportation (DOTs) 

use to deliver or apply safety funding 

resources to local agencies for road 

safety improvement projects. The survey 

will also help identify challenges and 

barriers State DOTs and local agencies 

face when developing and 

implementing local road safety projects. 

Survey respondents will be asked to 

provide information about training, 

technical support, and human resources 

provided to, or on behalf of local 

agencies, to assist in the identification, 

analysis, development, evaluation, and 

implementation of local road safety 

improvement projects. Respondents will 

also be asked to identify any challenges 

or barriers States and local agencies face 

when attempting to provide funding and 

other resources for local road safety 

projects. 

Certain survey respondents will also 

be asked to provide feedback on Federal 

or State fiscal year expenditures applied 

to local road safety improvement 

projects over a three-year period and 

any methodologies used to identify a 

specific dollar amount or percentage of 

funds set aside for local road safety 

improvement projects. 

The information will allow FHWA to 

assess the extent to which states are 

providing funds to local agencies for 

safety projects and to identify human 

resources and technical assistance states 

need in order to overcome barriers and 

challenges to developing and 

implementing local road safety 

improvement projects. 

The survey will also help FHWA 

identify noteworthy practices that can 

be implemented in other States, with 

the ultimate goal of improving highway 

safety outcomes across the Nation. 

Respondents: State DOTs. 

Frequency: One time. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: Approximately 5 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: The total burden for this 

collection would be approximately 250 

hours. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the U.S. 

DOT’s performance, including whether 

the information will have practical 

utility; (2) the accuracy of the U.S. 

DOT’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, 

and clarity of the collected information; 

and (4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized, including the use of 

electronic technology, without reducing 

the quality of the collected information. 

The agency will summarize and/or 

include your comments in the request 

for OMB’s clearance of this information 

collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued on: March 21, 2012. 

Juli Huynh, 

Chief, Management Programs and Analysis 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7366 Filed 3–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA–2012– 

0033] 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping 

Requirements 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Request for public comment on 

proposed collection of information. 

SUMMARY: Before a Federal agency can 

collect certain information from the 

public, it must receive approval from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). Under procedures established 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, before seeking OMB approval, 

Federal agencies must solicit public 

comment on proposed collections of 

information, including extensions and 

reinstatement of previously approved 

collections. 

This document describes one 

collection of information for which 

NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before May 29, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments must refer to the 

docket notice numbers cited at the 

beginning of this notice and be 

submitted to Docket Management 

Facility: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. Please identify the 

proposed collection of information 

before a comment is provided, by 

referencing its OMB Clearance Number. 

It is requested, but not required, that 2 

copies of the comment be provided. The 

Docket Section is open on weekdays 

from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Complete copies of each request for 

collection of information may be 

obtained at no charge from Sean H. 

McLaurin, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Room W55–336, NVS–420, 

Washington, DC 20590. Mr. McLaurin’s 

telephone number is (202) 366–4800. 

Please identify the relevant collection of 

information by referring to its OMB 

Control Number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

before an agency submits a proposed 

collection of information to OMB for 

approval, it must first publish a 

document in the Federal Register 

providing a 60-day comment period and 

otherwise consult with members of the 

public and affected agencies concerning 

each proposed collection of information. 

The OMB has regulations describing 

what must be included in such a 

document. Under OMB’s regulation (at 

5CFR 1320.8(d)), an agency must ask for 

public comment 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; 


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1A redacted, executed trackage rights agreement 

between NSR and N&BE was filed with the notice 

of exemption. The unredacted version was 

concurrently filed under seal along with a motion 

for protective order, which will be addressed in a 

separate decision. 

(ii.) The accuracy the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(iii.) How to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; 

(iv.) How 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 or other forms of 

information technology, e.g. permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

In compliance with these 

requirements, NHTSA asks for public 

comments on the following proposed 

collections of information: 

Title: Extension of Clearance. 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0001. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Government. 

Form Number: This collection of 

information uses no standard form. 

Abstract: The purpose of the NDR is 

to assist States and other authorized 

users in obtaining information about 

problem drivers. State motor vehicle 

agencies submit and use the information 

for driver licensing purposes. Other 

users obtain the information for 

transportation safety purposes. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 2,847 

hours. 

Number of Respondents: The number 

of respondents is 51—the 50 States and 

the District of Columbia. 

Comments are invited on: Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; the accuracy of 

the Department’s estimate of the burden 

of the proposed information collection; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondent, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Issued on March 22, 2012. 

Terry Shelton, 

Associate Administrator for the National 

Center for Statistics and Analysis. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7347 Filed 3–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35608] 

North Louisiana & Arkansas Railroad, 

Inc.—Lease and Operation 

Exemption—Line of Southeastern 

Arkansas Economic Development 

District 

North Louisiana & Arkansas Railroad, 

Inc. (NLA), a Class III rail carrier, has 

filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR 1150.41 to lease from 

Southeastern Arkansas Economic 

Development District (SAEDD), a 

noncarrier political subdivision of the 

State of Arkansas, and to operate, a 21.8- 

mile line of railroad extending between 

milepost 433.0 at or near Lake Village in 

Chicot County, Ark., and milepost 454.8 

at or near the Louisiana/Arkansas 

border. 

NLA states that, at the present time, 

the 21.8-mile line is impassable, but 

once Board authorization of the lease 

has been obtained and rehabilitation of 

the line has been completed, it will 

commence operations. NLA also states 

that it will interchange traffic with the 

Union Pacific Railroad Company, 

Arkansas Midland Railroad Company 

and Delta Southern Railroad. 

According to NLA, the initial term of 

the lease agreement shall be for a 20- 

year period, beginning on the effective 

date of the Board’s decision that 

approves the proposed transaction. NLA 

states that the lease does not involve 

any provision or agreement that would 

limit future interchange with a thirdparty connecting carrier. NLA has 

included a copy of the lease agreement 

as part of its filing. 

The earliest the transaction can be 

consummated is April 11, 2012, the 

effective date of the exemption (30 days 

after the exemption was filed). 

NLA certifies that its projected annual 

revenues as a result of this transaction 

will not exceed those that would qualify 

it as a Class III rail carrier. NLA further 

certifies that its projected annual 

revenues as a result of this transaction 

will not exceed $5 million. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

may be filed at any time. The filing of 

a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the effectiveness of 

the exemption. Stay petitions must be 

filed no later than April 4, 2012 (at least 

7 days before the exemption becomes 

effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

35608, must be filed with the Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, one copy of each pleading 

must be served on Richard H. Streeter, 

Law Office of Richard H. Streeter, 5255 

Partridge Lane NW., Washington, DC 

20016. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

‘‘www.stb.dot.gov.’’ 

Decided: March 23, 2012. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Raina S. White, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7432 Filed 3–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35597] 

Nittany & Bald Eagle Railroad 

Company—Temporary Trackage 

Rights Exemption—Norfolk Southern 

Railway Company 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company 

(NSR), pursuant to a written trackage 

rights agreement dated February 3, 

2012, has agreed to grant nonexclusive 

overhead temporary trackage rights to 

Nittany & Bald Eagle Railroad Company 

(N&BE), between Lock Haven, Pa. 

(milepost BR 194.2) and Driftwood, Pa. 

(milepost BR 139.2), a distance of 

approximately 55 miles.1

The transaction may be consummated 

on or after April 11, 2012, and the 

temporary trackage rights are scheduled 

to expire on December 30, 2012. The 

purpose of the temporary trackage rights 

is to allow N&BE to operate bridge train 

service for temporary, seasonal traffic 

originating on the N&BE for delivery to 

an off-line destination. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employees affected by the acquisition of 

the temporary trackage rights will be 

protected by the conditions imposed in 

Norfolk and Western Railway— 

Trackage Rights—Burlington Northern, 

Inc., 354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified 

in Mendocino Coast Railway—Lease 

and Operate—California Western 

Railroad, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980), and any 

employees affected by the 

discontinuance of those trackage rights 

will be protected by the conditions set 


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