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Board) gives notice of its intent to seek 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for an extension of 

the information collections of the Joint 

Notice of Intent to Arbitrate and Notice 

of Availability for Arbitrator Roster, as 

described separately below. 

DATES: Comments on these information 

collections should be submitted by 

February 5, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be identified as ‘‘Paperwork Reduction 

Act Comments, Arbitration Procedures 

under 49 CFR 1108.’’ Written comments 

for this information collection should be 

submitted via www.reginfo.gov/public/ 

do/PRAMain. This information 

collection can be accessed by selecting 

‘‘Currently under Review—Open for 

Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. As an alternative, 

written comments may be directed to 

the Office of Management and Budget, 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Attention: Michael J. McManus, 

Surface Transportation Board Desk 

Officer: via email at oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov; by fax at (202) 395–1743; 

or by mail to Room 10235, 725 17th 

Street NW, Washington, DC 20503. 

Please also direct all comments to 

Chris Oehrle, PRA Officer, Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001, or to 

PRA@stb.gov. When submitting 

comments, please refer to ‘‘Paperwork 

Reduction Act Comments, Arbitration 

Procedures under 49 CFR 1108.’’ For 

further information regarding this 

collection, contact Michael Higgins, 

Deputy Director, Office of Public 

Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and 

Compliance, at (202) 245–0284 or at 

RCPA@stb.gov. If you require an 

accommodation under the Americans 

with Disabilities Act, please call (202) 

245–0245. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board 

previously published a notice about this 

collection in the Federal Register (88 FR 

73388 (Oct. 25, 2023)). That notice 

allowed for a 60-day public review and 

comment period. No comments were 

received. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

(1) the accuracy of the Board’s burden 

estimates; (2) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; (3) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, when 

appropriate; and (4) whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Board, including 

whether the collection has practical 

utility. Submitted comments will be 

summarized and included in the 

Board’s request for OMB approval. 

Description of Information Collections 

OMB Control Number: 2140–0038. 

Information Collection 1 

Title: Joint Notice of Intent to 

Arbitrate. 

STB Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change. 

Respondents: Parties seeking to 

submit to arbitration certain matters 

before the Board. 

Number of Respondents: One. 

Estimated Time per Response: One 

hour. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours (annually 

including all respondents): One hour. 

Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost: None 

identified. Filings are submitted 

electronically to the Board. 

Needs and Uses: Under 49 CFR 

1108.5, arbitration commences with a 

written complaint that contains a 

statement that the relevant parties are 

participants in the Board’s arbitration 

program, or that the complainant is 

willing to arbitrate the dispute pursuant 

to the Board’s arbitration procedures. 

The respondent’s answer to the written 

complaint must then indicate the 

respondent’s participation in the 

Board’s arbitration program or its 

willingness to arbitrate the dispute at 

hand pursuant to the Board’s arbitration 

procedures. 

As an alternative to filing a written 

complaint, parties may submit a joint 

notice to the Board, indicating the 

consent of both parties to submit an 

issue in dispute to the Board’s 

arbitration program. In the joint notice, 

parties state the issue(s) that they are 

willing to submit to arbitration. The 

notice must contain a statement that 

would indicate that all relevant parties 

are participants in the Board’s 

arbitration program pursuant to 

§ 1108.3(a), or that the relevant parties 

are willing to arbitrate voluntarily a 

matter pursuant to the Board’s 

arbitration procedures, and the relief 

requested. The notice must also indicate 

whether parties have agreed to a threemember arbitration panel or a single 

arbitrator and must indicate whether the 

parties have mutually agreed to a lower 

amount of potential liability in lieu of 

the monetary award cap that would 

otherwise be applicable. The joint 

notice encourages greater use of 

arbitration to resolve disputes at the 

Board. 

Information Collection 2 

Title: Notice of Availability for 

Arbitrator Roster. 

STB Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change. 

Respondents: Potential arbitrators. 

Number of Respondents: 23. 

Estimated Time per Response: One 

hour. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Total Burden Hours (annually 

including all respondents): 23 hours. 

Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost: None 

identified. Filings are submitted 

electronically to the Board. 

Needs and Uses: Under 49 CFR 

1108.6(b), an arbitration roster is 

compiled by the Chairman, and 

potential interested, qualified persons 

who wish to be placed on the Board’s 

arbitration roster must submit notice of 

their availability to be added to the 

roster. The Chairman may augment the 

roster at any time to include eligible 

arbitrators and remove from the roster 

any arbitrators who are no longer 

available or eligible. Potential arbitrators 

must also update their availability and 

information annually, if they wish to 

remain available for the arbitration 

roster. The arbitration rosters are 

available to the public on the Board’s 

website at https://www.stb.gov/ 

resources/litigation-alternatives/ 

arbitration/#arbitration-procedures. 

Under the PRA, a Federal agency that 

conducts or sponsors a collection of 

information must display a currently 

valid OMB control number. A collection 

of information, which is defined in 44 

U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c), 

includes agency requirements that 

persons submit reports, keep records, or 

provide information to the agency, third 

parties, or the public. Section 3507(b) of 

the PRA requires, concurrent with an 

agency’s submitting a collection to OMB 

for approval, a 30-day notice and 

comment period through publication in 

the Federal Register concerning each 

proposed collection of information, 

including each proposed extension of an 

existing collection of information. 

Dated: December 29, 2023. 

Brendetta Jones, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28993 Filed 1–3–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

30-Day Notice of Intent To Seek 

Extension of Approval for Information 

Collection: Rail Service Data 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. 


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ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the 

Surface Transportation Board (STB or 

Board) gives notice of its intent to seek 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for an extension of 

the information collection of Rail 

Service Data, as described below. 

DATES: Comments on this information 

collection should be submitted by 

February 5, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be identified as ‘‘Paperwork Reduction 

Act Comments, Rail Service Data.’’ 

Written comments for this information 

collection should be submitted via 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

This information collection can be 

accessed by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. As an 

alternative, written comments may be 

directed to the Office of Management 

and Budget, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Michael J. 

McManus, Surface Transportation Board 

Desk Officer: via email at oira_

submission@omb.eop.gov; by fax at 

(202) 395–1743; or by mail to Room 

10235, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, 

DC 20503. 

Please also direct all comments to 

Chris Oehrle, PRA Officer, Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001, or to 

PRA@stb.gov. When submitting 

comments, please refer to ‘‘Paperwork 

Reduction Act Comments, Rail Service 

Data.’’ For further information regarding 

this collection, contact Michael Higgins, 

Deputy Director, Office of Public 

Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and 

Compliance (OPAGAC), at (202) 245– 

0284 and at Michael.Higgins@stb.gov. If 

you require an accommodation under 

the Americans with Disabilities Act, 

please call (202) 245–0245. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board 

previously published a notice about this 

collection in the Federal Register (88 FR 

73389 (Oct. 25, 2023)). That notice 

allowed for a 60-day public review and 

comment period. No comments were 

received. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

(1) the accuracy of the Board’s burden 

estimates; (2) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; (3) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, when 

appropriate; and (4) whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Board, including 

whether the collection has practical 

utility. Submitted comments will be 

summarized and included in the 

Board’s request for OMB approval. 

Description of Collection 

Title: Rail Service Data Collection. 

OMB Control Number: 2140–0033. 

STB Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change. 

Respondents: Class I railroads (on 

behalf of themselves and the Chicago 

Transportation Coordination Office 

(‘‘CTCO’’)). 

Number of Respondents: Seven. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

collection seeks three related responses, 

as indicated in the table below. 

TABLE—ESTIMATED TIME PER

RESPONSE

Type of responses 

Estimated time 

per response 

(hours) 

Weekly .................................. 1.5 

Semi-annual .......................... 7 

On occasion .......................... 7 

Frequency: The frequencies of the 

collection are set forth in the table 

below. 

TABLE—FREQUENCY OF RESPONSES

Type of responses Frequency of 

responses 

Weekly ...................... 52/year. 

Semi-annual .............. 2/year. 

On occasion .............. 1/year. 

Total Burden Hours (annually 

including all respondents): The total 

annual burden hours are estimated to be 

no more than 651 hours per year, as 

indicated in the table below. 

TABLE—TOTAL BURDEN HOURS (PER YEAR) 

Type of responses Number of 

respondents 

Estimated time 

per response 

(hours) 

Frequency of responses Total yearly 

burden hours 

Weekly ............................................................ 7 1.5 52/year ........................................................... 546 

Semi-annual .................................................... 7 7 2/year ............................................................. 98 

On occasion .................................................... 1 7 1/year ............................................................. 7 

Total ......................................................... ........................ ........................ ......................................................................... 651 

Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost: There 

are no other costs identified because 

filings are submitted electronically to 

the Board. 

Needs and Uses: Under 49 CFR part 

1250, the Board requires the nation’s 

seven Class I (large) railroads and the 

Chicago Transportation Coordination 

Office (CTCO), through its Class I 

members, to report certain railroad 

service performance metrics on a 

weekly basis and certain other 

information on a semi-annual and 

occasional basis. This collection of rail 

service data aids the Board in 

identifying rail service issues, allowing 

the Board to better understand current 

service issues and to identify and 

address potential future regional and 

national service disruptions more 

quickly. The transparency resulting 

from this collection also benefits rail 

shippers and other stakeholders by 

helping them to better plan operations 

and make informed decisions based on 

publicly available, near real-time data 

and their own analysis of performance 

trends over time. 

Under the PRA, a Federal agency that 

conducts or sponsors a collection of 

information must display a currently 

valid OMB control number. A collection 

of information, which is defined in 44 

U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c), 

includes agency requirements that 

persons submit reports, keep records, or 

provide information to the agency, third 

parties, or the public. Section 3507(b) of 

the PRA requires, concurrent with an 

agency’s submitting a collection to OMB 

for approval, a 30-day notice and 

comment period through publication in 

the Federal Register concerning each 

proposed collection of information, 

including each proposed extension of an 

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Dated: December 29, 2023. 

Brendetta Jones, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28992 Filed 1–3–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2023–2554] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Requests for Comments; 

Clearance of a Renewal of an 

Information Collection: Operational 

Waivers for Small Unmanned Aircraft 

Systems 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Renewal notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA 

invites public comments about our 

intention to request Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval for a renewal of information 

collection. The FAA must continue 

collecting information about requests for 

waivers from certain operational rules 

that apply to small unmanned aircraft 

systems (sUAS). The FAA will continue 

to use the collected information to make 

determinations whether to authorize or 

deny the requested operations of sUAS. 

The information collected is necessary 

to issue such authorizations or denials 

consistent with the FAA’s mandate to 

ensure safe and efficient use of national 

airspace. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by March 4, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Please send written 

comments: 

By Electronic Docket: 

www.regulations.gov (Enter docket 

number into search field). 

By mail: Dwayne C. Morris, 800 

Independence Ave. SW, Washington, 

DC 20591. 

By fax: (202) 267–1078. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel Ridgeway by email at: 

Dan.Ridgeway@faa.gov; or phone at: 

(360) 605–9425. 

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. The agency 

will summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0796. 

Title: Operational Waivers for Small 

Unmanned Aircraft Systems. 

Form Numbers: N/A (Online Portal). 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Background: The FAA is seeing 

increased complexity of small 

unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) 

operation flying under 14 CFR part 107. 

Under 14 CFR 107.205, operators of 

small UAS continue to request waivers 

from certain operational rules. In 2018, 

the FAA updated and modernized the 

process for applying for such waivers by 

introducing the FAADroneZone 

website. These improvements have 

facilitated the process of collecting and 

submitting the information required as 

part of a waiver application. In 2021, 

recognizing the demand to expedite the 

integration of unmanned aircraft 

systems (UAS) into the National 

Airspace System (NAS), the FAA 

revised the regulatory framework for 

safely integrating UAS into routine NAS 

operations. The was accomplished by 

publishing the ‘‘Operation of Small 

Unmanned Aircraft Systems Over 

People’’ rule in January, 2021, which 

permitted routine operations of small 

unmanned aircraft over people and at 

night under certain conditions. This 

change significantly decreased the 

waiver requests for such operations by 

over 55%. The reporting burdens for 

operational waiver applications are 

currently covered by Information 

Collection Request (ICR) 2120–0768. As 

part of this effort, the FAA is renewing 

this ICR, for operational waiver 

applications only. In order to process 

operational waiver requests, the FAA 

requires the operator’s name, the 

operator’s contact information, and 

information related to the date, place, 

and time of the requested small UAS 

operation. Additional information is 

required related to the proposed waiver 

and any necessary mitigations. The FAA 

will use the requested information to 

determine if the proposed UAS 

operation can be conducted safely. This 

information is necessary for the FAA to 

meet its statutory mandate of 

maintaining a safe and efficient national 

airspace. See 49 U.S.C. 40103, 44701 

and 44807. 

Respondents: sUAS 107 Waiver 

Applications: 3,565 per year. 

Frequency: On occasion. For 

operational waivers requests, a 

respondent provides the information 

once, at the time of the request for a 

waiver. If granted, operational waivers 

may be valid for up to four (4) years. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 0.65 hours per response. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

2,317 hours. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

29, 2023. 

Daniel Ridgeway, 

Aviation Safety Inspector, Flight Standards 

Service, Emerging Technologies Division 

(AFS–700). 

[FR Doc. 2023–28991 Filed 1–3–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Carbon 

Dioxide Sequestration Credit 

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. 

Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service, 

as part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the public and other Federal 

agencies to take this opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing information collections, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. Currently, the IRS is 

soliciting comments concerning Form 

8933, Carbon Dioxide Sequestration 

Credit. 

DATES: Comments should be received on 

or before February 5, 2024 to be assured 

of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

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: 

Copies of the submissions may be 

obtained from Melody Braswell by 

emailing PRA@treasury.gov, calling 

(202) 622–1035, or viewing the entire 

information collection request at 

www.reginfo.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 

Title: Carbon Dioxide Sequestration 

Credit. 

OMB Number: 1545–2132. 

Form Number: 8933. 

Abstract: Use Form 8933 to claim the 

carbon oxide sequestration credit. The 


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