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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 is $89.13 ($50.93 × 1.75 = $89.13). 

report the requested information should 

be minimal. Once FRA has collected 

this information, it will be used to help 

confirm that the excepted track 

provision continues to be used in a safe 

and effective manner, and consistent 

with the original intent of § 213.4. 

Type of Request: Approval of a new 

collection of information. 

Affected Public: Railroads. 

Form(s): FRA F 6180.289. 

Respondent Universe: 6. 

Frequency of Submission: Annually. 

Reporting Burden: 2 hours per 

railroad per year. 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 6. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 12 

hours per year. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour 

Dollar Cost Equivalent: $1,069.56.1

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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[FTA Docket No. FTA 2024–0016] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: Generic Clearance 

for the Collection of Qualitative 

Feedback on Agency Service Delivery 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces that the Information 

Collection Requirements (ICRs) 

abstracted below have been forwarded 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and comment. The 

ICR describe the nature of the 

information collection and their 

expected burdens. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before December 26, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to https://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under Review— 

Open for Public Comments’’ or by using 

the search function. 

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 respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

A comment to OMB is best assured of 

having its full effect if OMB receives it 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tia 

Swain, Office of Administration, 

Management Planning Division, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Mail Stop TAD– 

10, Washington, DC 20590 (202) 366– 

0354 or tia.swain@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), Public Law 104–13, Section 2, 

109 Stat. 163 (1995) (codified as revised 

at 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), and its 

implementing regulations, 5 CFR part 

1320, require Federal agencies to issue 

two notices seeking public comment on 

information collection activities before 

OMB may approve paperwork packages. 

44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.5, 

1320.8(d)(1), 1320.12. On September 25, 

2024, FTA published a 60-day notice 

(89 FR 78429) in the Federal Register 

soliciting comments on the ICR that the 

agency was seeking OMB approval. FTA 

received no comments after issuing this 

60-day notice. Accordingly, DOT 

announces that these information 

collection activities have been reevaluated and certified under 5 CFR 

1320.5(a) and forwarded to OMB for 

review and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12(c). 

Before OMB decides whether to 

approve these proposed collections of 

information, it must provide 30 days for 

public comment. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b); 5 

CFR 1320.12(d). Federal law requires 

OMB to approve or disapprove 

paperwork packages between 30 and 60 

days after the 30-day notice is 

published. 44 U.S.C. 3507 (b)–(c); 5 CFR 

1320.12(d); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983. 

OMB believes that the 30-day notice 

informs the regulated community to file 

relevant comments and affords the 

agency adequate time to digest public 

comments before it renders a decision. 

60 FR 44983. Therefore, respondents 

should submit their respective 

comments to OMB within 30 days of 

publication to best ensure having their 

full effect. 5 CFR 1320.12(c); see also 60 

FR 44983. 

The summaries below describe the 

nature of the information collection 

requirements (ICRs) and the expected 

burden. The requirements are being 

submitted for clearance by OMB as 

required by the PRA. 

Title: Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery. 

OMB Control Number: 2132–0572. 

Background: The information 

collection activity will garner 

qualitative customer and stakeholder 

feedback in an efficient, timely manner, 

in accordance with the Administration’s 

commitment to improving service 

delivery. By qualitative feedback we 

mean information that provides useful 

insights on perceptions and opinions, 

but are not statistical surveys that yield 

quantitative results that can be 

generalized to the population of study. 

This feedback will provide insights into 

customer or stakeholder perceptions, 

experiences and expectations, provide 

an early warning of issues with service, 

or focus attention on areas where 

communication, training or changes in 

operations might improve delivery of 

products or services. These collections 

will allow for ongoing, collaborative and 

actionable communications between the 

Federal Transit Administration and its 

customers and stakeholders. It will also 

allow feedback to contribute directly to 

the improvement of program 

management. 

The solicitation of feedback will target 

areas such as: timeliness, 

appropriateness, accuracy of 

information, courtesy, efficiency of 

service delivery, and resolution of 

issues with service delivery. Responses 

will be assessed to plan and inform 

efforts to improve or maintain the 

quality of service offered to the public. 

If this information is not collected, vital 

feedback from customers and 

stakeholders on the Agency’s services 

will be unavailable. 

The Agency will only submit a 

collection for approval under this 

generic clearance if it meets the 

following conditions: 

• The collections are voluntary; 

• The collections are low-burden for 

respondents (based on considerations of 

total burden hours, total number of 

respondents, or burden-hours per 

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the respondents and the Federal 

Government; 

• The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of 

concern to other Federal agencies; 

• Any collection is targeted to the 

solicitation of opinions from 

respondents who have experience with 

the program or may have experience 

with the program in the near future; 

• Personally identifiable information 

(PII) is collected only to the extent 

necessary and is not retained; 

• Information gathered is used only 

internally for general service 

improvement and program management 

purposes and is not intended for release 

outside of the agency; 

• Information gathered is not used for 

the purpose of substantially informing 

influential policy decisions; and 

• Information gathered yields 

qualitative information; the collections 

are not designed or expected to yield 

statistically reliable results or used as 

though the results are generalizable to 

the population of study. 

Feedback collected under this generic 

clearance will provide useful 

information, but it will not yield data 

that can be generalized to the overall 

population. This type of generic 

clearance for qualitative information 

will not be used for quantitative 

information collections that are 

designed to yield reliably actionable 

results, such as monitoring trends over 

time or documenting program 

performance. Such data uses require 

more rigorous designs that address: the 

target population to which 

generalizations will be made, the 

sampling frame, the sample design 

(including stratification and clustering), 

the precision requirements or power 

calculations that justify the proposed 

sample size, the expected response rate, 

methods for assessing potential 

nonresponse bias, the protocols for data 

collection, and any testing procedures 

that were or will be undertaken prior to 

fielding the study. Depending on the 

degree of influence the results are likely 

to have, such collections may still be 

eligible for sub mission for other generic 

mechanisms that are designed to yield 

quantitative results. 

Current Action: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Individuals and 

Households, Businesses and 

Organizations, State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Estimated Total Annual Respondents: 

10,000. 

Estimated Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 7,582 hours. 

Frequency: Once per request. 

Kusum Dhyani, 

Director, Office of Management Planning. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Prevention of Alcohol Misuse and 

Prohibited Drug Use in Transit 

Operations 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), United States Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of calendar year 2025 

random drug and alcohol testing rates. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

calendar year 2025 drug and alcohol 

random testing rates for specific 

recipients of FTA financial assistance. 

The minimum random drug testing rate 

will remain at 50 percent, and the 

random alcohol testing rate will remain 

at 10 percent. 

DATES: Applicability Date: January 1, 

2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Iyon 

Rosario, Senior Drug and Alcohol 

Program Manager in the Office of 

Transit Safety and Oversight, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590 (telephone: 202–366–2010 or 

email: Iyon.Rosario@dot.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 1, 1995, FTA required large 

transit employers to begin drug and 

alcohol testing of employees performing 

safety-sensitive functions and to submit 

annual reports by March 15 of each year 

beginning in 1996, pursuant to drug and 

alcohol regulations adopted by FTA at 

49 CFR parts 653 and 654 in February 

1994. The annual report includes the 

number of employees who had a 

verified positive test for the use of 

prohibited drugs and the number of 

employees who tested positive for the 

misuse of alcohol during the reported 

year. Small employers commenced the 

required testing on January 1, 1996, and 

began reporting the same information as 

the large employers beginning March 

15, 1997. 

FTA updated the testing rules by 

merging them into a new 49 CFR part 

655, effective August 1, 2001 (66 FR 

42002). The regulation maintained a 

random testing rate for prohibited drugs 

at 50 percent and the misuse of alcohol 

at 10 percent. The Administrator may 

lower the random testing rate to 25 

percent if the violation rates drop below 

1.0 percent for drug testing and 0.5 

percent for alcohol testing for two 

consecutive years. Accordingly, in 2007, 

FTA reduced the random drug testing 

rate from 50 percent to 25 percent (72 

FR 1057). In 2018, however, FTA 

returned the random drug testing rate to 

50 percent for calendar year 2019 based 

on verified industry data for calendar 

year 2017, which showed that the rate 

had exceeded 1 percent (83 FR 63812). 

Pursuant to 49 CFR 655.45, the 

Administrator’s decision to determine 

the minimum annual percentage rate for 

random drug and alcohol testing is 

based, in part, on the reported positive 

drug and alcohol violation rates for the 

entire public transportation industry. 

The information used for this 

determination is drawn from the Drug 

and Alcohol Management Information 

System (MIS) reports required by 49 

CFR 655.72. To ensure the reliability of 

the data, the Administrator must 

consider the quality and completeness 

of the reported data, obtain additional 

information or reports from employers, 

and make appropriate modifications in 

calculating the industry’s verified 

positive results and violation rates. 

For calendar year 2025, the 

Administrator has determined that the 

minimum random drug testing rate for 

covered employees will remain at 50 

percent based on a verified positive rate 

for prohibited drug use of 1.23 percent 

for calendar year 2023 and 1.090 

percent for calendar year 2022. Further, 

the Administrator has determined that 

the minimum random alcohol testing 

rate for the calendar year 2025 will 

remain at 10 percent because the 

violation rate was lower than 0.5 

percent for the calendar years 2023 and 

2022. The random alcohol violation 

rates were 0.18 percent for 2023 and 

0.18 for 2022. 

Detailed reports on FTA’s drug and 

alcohol testing data collected from 

transit employers may be obtained from 

FTA, Office of Transit Safety and 

Oversight, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366–2010, 

or at: https://transit-safety.fta.dot.gov/ 

DrugAndAlcohol/Publications/ 

Default.aspx. 

Veronica Vanterpool, 

Deputy Administrator. 

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