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business operations, and functions by 

leveraging digital technologies and a 

broader use of digitized data; 

3. The implementation of systems 

allowing a member of the public to 

submit any information or form to the 

Registry and conduct any transaction 

with the Registry by electronic or other 

remote means; and 

4. Allowing more efficient, broader, 

and remote access to the Registry. 

In response to The Act, the FAA has 

initiated the creation of Civil Aviation 

Registry Electronic Services (CARES). 

CARES is intended to modernize and 

streamline the way these forms are 

submitted by providing online access to 

users wishing to submit information 

electronically. Public users will 

continue to have the paper-based 

submission option by providing the 

same information that is accepted today, 

along with the addition of an email 

address. 

To accommodate the public user with 

these web-based services, a dedicated 

online user account must first be 

established. CARES will leverage an 

existing FAA Single Sign-On (SSO) 

capability known as MyAccess. 

MyAccess will be used to generate 

online public user accounts, and also 

serve as part of the user account signon and authentication process after a 

user account has been created. 

As an alternative to the web-based 

services, public users will still be 

permitted to send in paper forms 

directly to the Registry office via 

conventional mail services. These paper 

forms will be revised to collect the 

email address of the public user to help 

streamline processing of the public 

users’ request. The modified paper 

forms will supersede all prior forms. 

Respondents: Approximately 162,176 

applicants for 2120–0042; 3,670 

applicants for 2120–0024; 22,370 

applicants for 2120–0043; and 14,360 

applicants for 2120–0697. 

Frequency: Information is collected 

on occasion for 2120–0042, 2120–0043 

and 2120–0697; annually to maintain a 

certificate for 2120–0024. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 32 minutes for 2120–0042; 45 

minutes for 2120–0024; 1 hour for 

2120–0043; and 30 minutes for 2120– 

0697. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

135,457 hours for 2120–0042; 2753 

hours for 2120–0024; 22,370 hours for 

2120–0043; and 7,180 hours for 2120– 

0697. 

Issued in Oklahoma City, OK, on January 

21 2022. 

Bonnie Lefko, 

Program Analyst, Civil Aviation Registry, 

Aircraft Registration Branch, AFB–710. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01534 Filed 1–26–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2021–0006–N–17] 

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, this notice 

announces that FRA is forwarding the 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

abstracted below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. The ICR describes 

the information collection and its 

expected burden. On November 8, 2021, 

FRA published a notice providing a 60- 

day period for public comment on the 

ICR. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before February 

28, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed ICR 

should be sent within 30 days of 

publication of this notice to 

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

Find the particular ICR by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Hodan Wells, Information Collection 

Clearance Officer at email: 

Hodan.Wells@dot.gov or telephone: 

(202) 493–0440. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA, 

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. 

See 44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.8 

through 1320.12. On November 8, 2021, 

FRA published a 60-day notice in the 

Federal Register soliciting comment on 

the ICR for which it is now seeking 

OMB approval. See 86 FR 61830. FRA 

received no comments related to the 

proposed collection of information. 

Before OMB decides whether to 

approve the proposed collection of 

information, it must provide 30 days for 

public comment. 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(a); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983 

(Aug. 29, 1995). OMB believes 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 (Aug. 

29, 1995). Therefore, respondents 

should submit their respective 

comments to OMB within 30 days of 

publication to best ensure having their 

full effect. 

Comments are invited on the 

following ICR regarding: (1) Whether the 

information collection activities are 

necessary for FRA to properly execute 

its functions, including whether the 

information 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 to minimize the 

burden of information collection 

activities on the public, including the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

The summary below describes the ICR 

that FRA will submit for OMB clearance 

as the PRA requires: 

Title: Passenger Equipment Safety 

Standards. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0544. 

Abstract: The information collection 

under 49 CFR part 238 is used by FRA 

to promote passenger train safety by 

ensuring requirements are met for 

railroad equipment design and 

performance, fire safety, emergency 

systems, inspection, testing, and 

maintenance, and other provisions for 

the safe operation of railroad passenger 

equipment. For instance, the 

information collected from daily 

inspections is used to detect and correct 

equipment problems in order to prevent, 

to the extent that they can be prevented, 

collisions, derailments, and other 

occurrences involving railroad 

passenger equipment that cause injury 

or death to railroad employees, railroad 

passengers, or to the general public. 

Upon detailed review of part 238, 

FRA made several adjustments to its 

estimated paperwork burdens in this 

ICR extension, as described in the 60- 

day notice published on November 8, 


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1The adjustments to the estimated paperwork 

burdens are also described within this ICR’s 

Supporting Statement available for public review 

after this 30-day notice is published in the Federal 

Register at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/. 

2FRA updated the total cost equivalent from 

$7,149,477 to $7,173,483 to correct a previous 

calculation error in the 60-day notice. 

2021.1 FRA determined that many 

estimated paperwork burdens were 

either outdated or accounted for in other 

regulatory sections. Additionally, FRA 

found the associated burdens related to 

train equipment inspection and testing, 

as well as employee training and job 

briefings have been addressed 

previously when FRA calculated the 

economic costs of the regulation. FRA 

also notes below where it anticipates 

zero railroad submissions during this 3- 

year ICR period. 

Type of Request: Extension without 

change (with changes in estimates) of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

Form(s): N/A. 

Respondent Universe: 34 railroads 

and manufacturers. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion. 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

4,860,940. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 

95,946 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour 

Dollar Cost Equivalent (Total Cost 

Equivalent): $7,173,483.2

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 a 

respondent is not required to respond 

to, conduct, or sponsor a collection of 

information that does not display a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

Brett A. Jortland, 

Deputy Chief Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01603 Filed 1–26–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2021–0123] 

Pipeline Safety: Informational Webinar 

Addressing Inspection of Operators’ 

Plans To Eliminate Hazardous Leaks, 

Minimize Releases of Methane, and 

Remediate or Replace Leak-Prone Pipe 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of public informational 

webinar. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

public informational webinar on the 

scope of Section 114 of the Protecting 

our Infrastructure of Pipelines and 

Enhancing Safety Act of 2020 (PIPES 

Act of 2020). The webinar will also 

cover PHMSA and state inspection 

plans to ensure compliance of operators’ 

inspection and maintenance procedures 

to eliminate hazardous leaks, minimizes 

releases of methane (the predominant 

component of natural gas), and the 

replacement or remediation of facilities 

known to leak. 

DATES: The informational public 

webinar will be held on February 17, 

2022, from 10:30 a.m. until 6:00 p.m., 

ET. Members of the public who wish to 

attend this webinar must register no 

later than February 11, 2022. 

Individuals requiring accommodations, 

such as sign language interpretation or 

other aids, are asked to notify PHMSA 

no later than February 11, 2022. For 

additional information, please see the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice. 

ADDRESSES: The informational public 

webinar will be held virtually. The 

agenda and instructions on how to 

attend will be available on the meeting 

website at https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/ 

meetings/MtgHome.mtg?mkey=0913558

304&mtg=159 once they are finalized. 

Presentations from the informational 

public webinar will be available on the 

meeting website no later than 5 business 

days following the webinar. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Byron Coy, Senior Technical Advisor, 

Program Development Division, by 

phone at (609) 771–7810 or by email at 

byron.coy@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The mission of PHMSA is to protect 

people and the environment by 

advancing the safe transportation of 

energy products and other hazardous 

materials that are essential to our daily 

lives. PHMSA’s mission includes 

prevention of the release of natural gas 

that can release methane into the 

atmosphere. According to the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

methane is a potent greenhouse gas with 

a global warming potential (GWP) of 28– 

36 times greater than that of carbon 

dioxide over a 100-year period. 

Compared to carbon dioxide, methane 

gas has a stronger warming effect, but a 

shorter lifespan in the atmosphere. Due 

to the high GWP, minimizing releases of 

methane (both fugitive and vented 

emissions) has near-term benefits to 

mitigating the consequences of climate 

change. Likewise, remediation or 

replacement of pipeline facilities that 

are known to leak based on material, 

design, or past operating and 

maintenance history can result in 

enhanced public safety, environmental 

protection, and economic benefits. 

The PIPES Act of 2020 (Pub. L. 116– 

260, Division R) was signed into law on 

December 27, 2020. This law contains 

several provisions that specifically 

address the elimination of hazardous 

leaks and minimization of releases of 

natural gas from pipeline facilities. 

Section 114(b) of the PIPES Act of 2020 

contains self-executing provisions that 

apply directly to pipeline operators. 

This section requires each pipeline 

operator to update its inspection and 

maintenance plan required under 49 

U.S.C. 60108(a) no later than one year 

after the date of enactment of the PIPES 

Act of 2020 (i.e., by December 27, 2021) 

to address the elimination of hazardous 

leaks and minimization of releases of 

natural gas (including, and not limited 

to, intentional venting during normal 

operations and maintenance) from the 

operators’ pipeline facilities (49 U.S.C. 

60108(a)(2)(D)). The PIPES Act of 2020 

also requires those plans to address the 

replacement or remediation of pipelines 

that are known to leak due to their 

material (including cast iron, 

unprotected steel, wrought iron, and 

historic plastics with known issues), 

design, or past operating and 

maintenance history (49 U.S.C. 

60108(a)(2)(E)). In addition, 49 U.S.C. 

60108(a)(2) requires that operators 

continue updating these plans to meet 

the requirements of any future 

regulations related to leak detection and 

repair that are promulgated under 49 

U.S.C. 60102(q). Pursuant to the PIPES 

Act of 2020, operators must have 

completed updates to their plans by 

December 27, 2021, and PHMSA (along 

with our state partners) is required to 

inspect these plans in 2022. 

The PIPES Act of 2020 further directs 

the Comptroller General of the United 

States to conduct a study to evaluate the 

procedures used by PHMSA and states 

in reviewing plans prepared by pipeline 

operators under section 60108(a) and 

provide recommendations for how to 

further minimize releases of methane 

from pipeline facilities without 

compromising pipeline safety. No later 

than 90 days after the date the 

Comptroller General’s report is 

published, the Secretary of 

Transportation is required to submit to 

Congress a report that includes a 

response to the results of the study and 

the recommendations contained in the 

report. 

On June 10, 2021, PHMSA published 

an advisory bulletin in the Federal 

Register titled ‘‘Statutory Mandate to 


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