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drug testing and 10 percent of safetysensitive employees for random alcohol 

testing. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Vicky Dunne, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Office of Aerospace 

Medicine, Drug Abatement Division, 

Program Policy Branch; Email 

drugabatement@faa.gov; Telephone 

(202) 267–8442. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Discussion: Pursuant to 14 CFR 

120.109(b), the FAA Administrator’s 

decision on whether to change the 

minimum annual random drug testing 

rate is based on the reported random 

drug test positive rate for the entire 

aviation industry. If the reported 

random drug test positive rate is less 

than 1.00%, the Administrator may 

continue the minimum random drug 

testing rate at 25%. In 2023, the random 

drug test positive rate was 0.881%. 

Therefore, the minimum random drug 

testing rate will remain at 25% for 

calendar year 2025. 

Similarly, 14 CFR 120.217(c), requires 

the decision on the minimum annual 

random alcohol testing rate to be based 

on the random alcohol test violation 

rate. If the violation rate remains less 

than 0.50%, the Administrator may 

continue the minimum random alcohol 

testing rate at 10%. In 2023, the random 

alcohol test violation rate was 0.141%. 

Therefore, the minimum random 

alcohol testing rate will remain at 10% 

for calendar year 2025. 

If you have questions about how the 

annual random testing percentage rates 

are determined, please refer to the Code 

of Federal Regulations Title 14, section 

120.109(b) (for drug testing), and 

120.217(c) (for alcohol testing). 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Susan Northrup, 

Federal Air Surgeon. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25569 Filed 11–1–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2024–0015] 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its 

implementing regulations, FRA seeks 

approval of the Information Collection 

Request (ICR) summarized below. 

Before submitting this ICR to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

approval, FRA is soliciting public 

comment on specific aspects of the 

activities identified in the ICR. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

December 31, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed ICR 

should be submitted on regulations.gov 

to the docket, Docket No. FRA–2024– 

0015. All comments received will be 

posted without change to the docket, 

including any personal information 

provided. Please refer to the assigned 

OMB control number (2130–0005) in 

any correspondence submitted. FRA 

will summarize comments received in 

response to this notice in a subsequent 

notice, made available to the public, and 

include them in its information 

collection submission to OMB for 

approval. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Arlette Mussington, Information 

Collection Clearance Officer, at email: 

arlette.mussington@dot.gov or 

telephone: (571) 609–1285 or Ms. 

Joanne Swafford, Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, at email: 

joanne.swafford@dot.gov or telephone: 

(757) 897–9908. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA, 

44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, and its 

implementing regulations, 5 CFR part 

1320, require Federal agencies to 

provide 60 days’ notice to the public to 

allow comment on information 

collection activities before seeking OMB 

approval of the activities. See 44 U.S.C. 

3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.8 through 

1320.12. Specifically, FRA invites 

interested parties to comment on the 

following ICR regarding: (1) whether the 

information collection activities are 

necessary for FRA to properly execute 

its functions, including whether the 

activities will have practical utility; (2) 

the accuracy of FRA’s estimates of the 

burden of the information collection 

activities, including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used to 

determine the estimates; (3) ways for 

FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information being 

collected; and (4) ways for FRA to 

minimize the burden of information 

collection activities on the public, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. See 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A); 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1). 

FRA believes that soliciting public 

comment may reduce the administrative 

and paperwork burdens associated with 

the collection of information that 

Federal regulations mandate. In 

summary, comments received will 

advance three objectives: (1) reduce 

reporting burdens; (2) organize 

information collection requirements in a 

‘‘user-friendly’’ format to improve the 

use of such information; and (3) 

accurately assess the resources 

expended to retrieve and produce 

information requested. See 44 U.S.C. 

3501. 

The summary below describes the ICR 

that FRA will submit for OMB clearance 

as the PRA requires: 

Title: Hours of Service Regulations. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0005. 

Abstract: FRA’s hours of service 

recordkeeping regulations (49 CFR part 

228), amended as mandated by the Rail 

Safety Improvement Act of 2008, 

include substantive hours of service 

requirements for train employees (i.e., 

locomotive engineers and conductors) 

providing commuter and intercity rail 

passenger transportation (e.g., maximum 

on-duty periods, minimum off-duty 

periods, and other limitations). The 

regulations also require railroads to 

evaluate passenger train employee work 

schedules for risk of employee fatigue 

and implement measures to mitigate the 

risk, and to submit to FRA for approval 

certain schedules and mitigation plans. 

Finally, the regulations include 

recordkeeping and reporting provisions 

requiring railroads to keep hours of 

service records, and report excess 

service, for train employees, signal 

employees, and dispatching service 

employees on both freight and 

passenger railroads. FRA uses the 

information collected to verify that 

railroads do not require or allow their 

employees to exceed maximum on-duty 

periods and ensure that they abide by 

minimum off-duty periods, and adhere 

to other limitations, to enhance rail 

safety and reduce the risk of accidents/ 

incidents caused, or contributed to, by 

train employee fatigue. 

In this 60-day notice, FRA is updating 

existing form FRA F 6180.3 Hours of 

Service Report to make the following 

edits: 

• The term ‘‘Division’’ has been 

changed to ‘‘Place of Excess Service 

(City/State)’’. 

• Changing ‘‘Train or Engine Number 

(if train or engine crew)’’ to ‘‘Train ID/ 

Job ID’’. 

• ‘‘Type of Service’’ has been updated 

by adding the following check boxes: 

‘‘TEY’’; ‘‘Signal’’; ‘‘Dispatch’’ 

(respondent will check one box to reflect 

the type of service being performed at 

the time of excess service). 


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• The column, ‘‘Conservative Time 

Off Duty in Preceding 23-Hour Period’’ 

has been updated to ‘‘Previous Time 

Off’’. 

• Changing the term ‘‘Cause’’ to 

‘‘Brief Description of Excess Service’’. 

Additionally, FRA made multiple 

adjustments that increased the 

previously approved burden hours from 

1,283,507 to 1,284,832 hours. This 

increase, after a thorough review, is the 

result of the changes described in the 

following sections summarized below: 

• Under § 228.19, Monthly reports of 

excess service, FRA determined that the 

annual submissions of form FRA F 

6180.3, Exception Report, would 

increase the burden hours by 567 hours 

and 567 responses. 

• Under §§ 228.103 and 228.107, 

Construction of employees’ sleeping 

quarters—Petition request, FRA 

anticipates receiving zero petitions over 

the next three-year collection period. 

Accordingly, the burden hours were 

reduced by 48 hours. 

• Under § 228.207, Refresher training, 

and § 228.411, Training programs on 

fatigue and related topics, FRA made 

burden estimate adjustments that more 

accurately reflect the number of 

responses and estimated average time 

required by each section, increasing the 

burden by 6 hours. 

• Under § 228.407(f), Consultation 

with directly affected employees, FRA 

has determined that this requirement is 

not covered under the System Safety 

Program (SSP). Therefore, an estimated 

800 burden hours has been added to this 

section. 

Overall, the adjustments increased the 

total burden by 1,325 hours. 

Type of Request: Extension without 

change (with changes in estimates) of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses (railroads 

and signal contractors). 

Form(s): FRA F 6180.3. 

Respondent Universe: 797 railroads, 

signal contractors and subcontractors. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion. 

REPORTING BURDEN

CFR Part 228 section Respondent universe Total annual responses 

Average time per 

response 

(hours) 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Total cost 

equivalent U.S.D 

(A) (B) (A * B = C) (D = C * wage 

rate) 1

SUBPART B—Records and Reporting 

228.9—Railroad records; general ....................... The burden for this requirement is accounted for under § 228.11. 

228.11—Hours of duty records (electronic and 

paper).

797 Railroads signal 

contractors & subcontractors.

17,448,669 electronic .. 3 minutes ..................... 872,433.45 $77,759,993.40 

918,351 paper .............. 8 minutes ..................... 122,446.80 10,913,683.28 

228.17—Dispatchers record of train movements 63 dispatch offices ....... 285,000 cumulative 

train-movement tracking (records).

1 ................................... 285,000 25,402,050.00 

228.19(g) through (h)—Monthly reports of excess service—Exception (FRA F 6180.3).797 Railroads signal 

contractors & subcontractors.

2,317 reports ................ 1 ................................... 2,317 206,514.21 

SUBPART C—Construction of Railroad-Provided Sleeping Quarters 

228.103 and 228.107—Construction of employees’ sleeping quarters—Petition request to 

FRA to allow construction near work areas.

FRA anticipates zero petition submissions over the next three-year period. 

SUBPART D—Electronic Recordkeeping System and Automated Recordkeeping system 

228.207(b)—Training—Initial training—New employees and supervisors.671 railroads ................ 250 training records ..... 2 minutes ..................... 8 713.04 

—(c) Refresher training—System audits for 

irregularities by railroads and contractors.

797 railroads/signal 

contractors & subcontractors.

797 audits and records 2 ................................... 1,594 142,073.22 

SUBPART F—Substantive Hours of Service Requirements for Train Employees Engaged in Commuter or Intercity Rail Passenger Transportation 

228.407(a)—Analysis of work schedules—Railroads’ analysis of one cycle of work schedules of employees engaged in commuter or 

intercity passenger transportation.

36 railroads .................. 3 analyses .................... 2 ................................... 6 534.78 

—(b) Submissions of certain work schedules and any fatigue mitigation plans, 

(FMP) and determinations of operational 

necessity or declarations.

36 railroads .................. 3 fatigue mitigation 

plans.

20 ................................. 60 5,347.80 

—(b) Submissions to FRA for review and 

approval.

36 railroads .................. 1 submission ................ 1 ................................... 1 89.13 

—(c) Submission of models for FRA approval; validated models already accepted by FRA.FRA anticipates zero submissions under this requirement over the next three-year period. 

—(d) Analysis of certain later changes in 

work schedules—Analyses and mitigation 

plans—Resubmission to FRA for approval.

36 railroads .................. 1 analysis or plan ......... 1 ................................... 1 89.13 

—(e) Fatigue mitigation plans ...................... The paperwork burden for this requirement has been fulfilled by railroads or included under § 228.407(b)–(d). 


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1The dollar equivalent cost is derived from the 

2023 Surface Transportation Board Full Year Wage 

A&B data series using employee group 200 

(Professional Administrative Staff) hourly wage rate 

of $50.93. The total burden wage rate (straight time 

plus 75%) used in the table is $89.13 ($50.93 × 1.75 

= $89.13). 

2Totals may not add up due to rounding. 

REPORTING BURDEN—Continued 

CFR Part 228 section Respondent universe Total annual responses 

Average time per 

response 

(hours) 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Total cost 

equivalent U.S.D 

(A) (B) (A * B = C) (D = C * wage 

rate) 1

—(f) RR Consultation with directly affected 

employees on: (i) RR Work schedules at 

risk for fatigue level possibly compromising safety; and (ii) Railroad’s selection 

of fatigue mitigation tools; and (iii) All RR 

Submissions required by this section 

seeking FRA approval.

36 railroads .................. 20 ................................. 40 ................................. 800.00 71,304.00 

228.409—Requirements for railroad-provided 

employee sleeping quarters during interim releases and other periods available for rest 

within a duty tour.

The paperwork burden for requirement is included under§ 228.407(f). 

228.411—Training programs on fatigue and related topics (e.g., rest, alertness, changes in 

rest cycles, etc.)..

36 railroads .................. 36 ................................. 2 ................................... 72 6,417.36 

—(e) Records of training on fatigue and related topics.36 railroads .................. 5,539 ............................ 1 minute ....................... 92 8,199.96 

228.411(f)—Conditional exclusion—Written declaration to FRA by tourist, scenic, historic, or 

excursion railroads seeking exclusion.

93 railroads .................. 1 ................................... 1 ................................... 1 89.13 

Totals 2 .................................................. 797 railroads signal 

contractors & subcontractors.

18,660,988 ................... N/A ............................... 1,284,832 114,517,098 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

18,660,988. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 

1,284,832 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour 

Dollar Cost Equivalent: $114,517,098. 

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, 

Deputy Chief Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2024–25565 Filed 11–1–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2024–0006] 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its 

implementing regulations, FRA seeks 

approval of the Information Collection 

Request (ICR) summarized below. 

Before submitting this ICR to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

approval, FRA is soliciting public 

comment on specific aspects of the 

activities identified in the ICR. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

3, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed ICR 

should be submitted on regulations.gov 

to the docket, Docket No. FRA–2024– 

0006. All comments received will be 

posted without change to the docket, 

including any personal information 

provided. Please refer to the assigned 

OMB control number (2130–NEW) in 

any correspondence submitted. FRA 

will summarize comments received in 

response to this notice in a subsequent 

notice, made available to the public, and 

include them in its information 

collection submission to OMB for 

approval. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Arlette Mussington, Information 

Collection Clearance Officer, at email: 

arlette.mussington@dot.gov or 

telephone: (571) 609–1285 or Ms. 

Joanne Swafford, Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, at email: 

joanne.swafford@dot.gov or telephone: 

(757) 897–9908. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA, 

44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, and its 

implementing regulations, 5 CFR part 

1320, require Federal agencies to 

provide 60 days’ notice to the public to 

allow comment on information 

collection activities before seeking OMB 

approval of the activities. See 44 U.S.C. 

3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.8 through 

1320.12. Specifically, FRA invites 

interested parties to comment on the 

following ICR regarding: (1) whether the 

information collection activities are 

necessary for FRA to properly execute 

its functions, including whether the 

activities will have practical utility; (2) 

the accuracy of FRA’s estimates of the 

burden of the information collection 

activities, including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used to 

determine the estimates; (3) ways for 

FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information being 

collected; and (4) ways for FRA to 

minimize the burden of information 

collection activities on the public, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. See 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A); 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1). 

FRA believes that soliciting public 

comment may reduce the administrative 

and paperwork burdens associated with 

the collection of information that 

Federal regulations mandate. In 

summary, comments received will 

advance three objectives: (1) reduce 


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