19176 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 63 / Friday, April 1, 2022 / Notices 

1Access to the web-based form used by the public 

is unrestricted. Access to the web-based form used 

by law enforcement personnel is restricted to law 

enforcement personnel with usernames and 

passwords managed by FRA. 

2The data collection is not designed to provide 

a representative sample or create generalizable 

statistics. Additionally, the data gathered from this 

collection is not suitable for use in budgetary 

requests or regulatory proposals. 

3The average time per response will be remain at 

3 minutes per response since the modification made 

under BIL requirement is de minimis. 

Willard Drysdale (MN) 

William Edwards (NY) 

Francisco Garcia (NJ) 

The applicants have, prior to this 

notice, received a letter of final 

disposition regarding their exemption 

request. The decision letter fully 

outlined the basis for the denial and 

constitute final action by the Agency. 

The names of these individuals 

published in this notice summarizes the 

Agency’s recent denials as required 

under 49 U.S.C. 31315(b)(4). 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06863 Filed 3–31–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2022–0002–N–4] 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), U.S. 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) abstracted 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 May 31, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed ICR 

should be submitted on regulations.gov 

to the docket, Docket No. FRA–2022– 

0002. All comments received will be 

posted without change to the docket, 

including any personal information 

provided. Please refer to the assigned 

OMB control number in any 

correspondence submitted. FRA will 

summarize comments received in 

response to this notice in a subsequent 

notice and include them in its 

information collection submission to 

OMB for approval. 

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 

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, FRA reasons that 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: Inquiry into Blocked HighwayRail Grade Crossings throughout the 

United States. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0630. 

Abstract: In 2020, FRA created a 

dedicated website allowing the public 

and law enforcement personnel to use 

web-based forms to voluntarily submit 

information about blocked crossings to 

FRA.1 Under the currently approved 

information collection request, users 

provide information regarding the 

location, date, time, duration, and 

immediate impacts of highway-rail 

grade crossings blocked by slow-moving 

or stationary trains. FRA uses the data 

collected to gain a more complete 

picture of where, when, for how long, 

and what impacts result from reported 

blocked crossing incidents.2

Additionally, FRA uses the information 

to respond to congressional inquiries so 

that congressional staff can respond to 

their constituents. Furthermore, FRA 

uses the information gathered to 

facilitate meetings, outreach, and other 

solutions for stakeholders to reduce or 

eliminate blocked crossing concerns. 

Upon accessing these web-based 

forms, users are notified there are no 

Federal laws or regulations that 

specifically address the length of time a 

train may occupy a highway-rail grade 

crossing. Users are also notified that 

information submitted will not be 

forwarded to a railroad, State, or local 

agency, and will only being used for 

data collection purposes to determine 

the locations, times, and impacts of 

blocked crossings. 

On November 15, 2021, the 

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 

of 2021 (Pub. L. 117–58) ‘‘Bipartisan 

Infrastructure Law (BIL)’’ was enacted. 

In addition to mandating that FRA 

establish an online portal and 

corresponding database to receive 

information regarding blocked highwayrail grade crossings, section 22404 of 

BIL ‘‘encourages each complainant to 

report the blocked crossing to the 

relevant railroad.’’ Therefore, in 

preparation for this new statutory 

mandate, FRA proposes to modify the 

existing web-based forms by adding one 

question, ‘‘have you contacted the 

railroad?’’ Otherwise, the rest of the 

questions on the web-based forms will 

remain the same.3

Currently, there are no Federal laws 

or regulations that specifically address 

how long a train may occupy a crossing, 

whether stationary or operating at slow 

speeds. Some States and local 

municipalities have laws that vary in 

how long trains are permitted to occupy 

crossings. 

There are potential safety concerns 

with crossings that are blocked by 

trains. For instance, pedestrians may 

crawl under or through stationary trains. 

Also, emergency response vehicles and 

first responders may be delayed when 

responding to an incident or 

transporting persons to a hospital. In 

addition, drivers may take more risks, 

such as driving around lowered gates at 


lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1
Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 63 / Friday, April 1, 2022 / Notices 19177 

4The current inventory exhibits a total burden of 

250 hours while the total burden of this notice is 

793 hours. The increase in burden hours is due to 

an anticipated increase in the number of responses. 

5FRA used an hourly rate of $27 per hour for the 

value of the public’s time. FRA obtained this data 

from the Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor 

Statistics. 

a crossing or attempting to beat a train 

through a crossing without gates, in 

order to avoid a lengthy delay if they are 

aware that trains routinely block a 

crossing for extended periods of time. 

There are also potential economic 

impacts that affect businesses, such as 

stores or restaurants not being accessible 

to a customer base for an extended 

period of time. Finally, highway-rail 

grade crossings that are blocked for 

extended periods of time may create 

societal nuisances, such as roadway 

congestion, delayed mail service and 

deliveries, disrupted school and work 

arrival and dismissal, or missed 

appointments. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Public individuals 

and law enforcement personnel. 

Form(s): FRA F 6180.175. 

Respondent Universe: Public 

individuals and law enforcement 

personnel. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion. 

Reporting Burden: 

Form 4 Total annual 

responses 

Average time 

per response 

(minutes) 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Total cost 

equivalent 

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

wage rate 5

General Public via the unrestricted form on the FRA website ........................ 15,500 3 775 $20,925 

Law Enforcement Personnel via the limited access form on the FRA 

website ......................................................................................................... 350 3 18 486 

Total .......................................................................................................... 15,850 N/A 793 21,411 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

15,850. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 793 

hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour 

Dollar Cost Equivalent: $21,411. 

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. 2022–06944 Filed 3–31–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA). 

ACTION: Notice of a re-established 

matching program. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with subsection 

(e)(12) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as 

amended, VA is providing notice of a reestablished matching program between 

VA and the Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) Centers for 

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 

entitled ‘‘Disclosure of Information to 

Support the Veterans Affairs’ Seek to 

Prevent Fraud, Waste, and Abuse 

Initiative.’’ 

DATES: Comments on this matching 

program must be received no later than 

May 2, 2022. If no public comment is 

received during the period allowed for 

comment or unless otherwise published 

in the Federal Register by VA, the new 

agreement will become effective a 

minimum of 30 days after date of 

publication in the Federal Register. If 

VA receives public comments, VA shall 

review the comments to determine 

whether any changes to the notice are 

necessary. This matching program will 

be valid for 18 months from the effective 

date of this notice. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted through www.Regulations.gov 

or mailed to VA Privacy Service, 810 

Vermont Avenue NW, (005R1A), 

Washington, DC 20420. Comments 

should indicate that they are submitted 

in response to ‘‘Disclosure of 

Information to Support the Veteran 

Affairs’ Seek to Prevent Fraud, Waste, 

and Abuse Initiative.’’ Comments 

received will be available at 

regulations.gov for public viewing, 

inspection or copies. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maggie Drye, Director, VA Office of 

Business Oversight Program Integrity 

Office, 1615 Woodward Street, Austin, 

TX 78772, (512) 386–2218. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

Agreement establishes the terms, 

conditions, and procedures under 

which CMS will provide certain data to 

VA that supports the VA’s Seek to 

Prevent Fraud, Waste, and Abuse 

initiative. The data will be provided 

from CMS’ database of enrolled 

Medicare providers and suppliers 

(System of Records Notice [SORN] No. 

09–70–0532, Provider Enrollment, 

Chain, and Ownership System 

[PECOS]). Using PECOS data in a 

matching program for this purpose will 

provide VA prompt access to extant 

information, using an efficient process 

that both eliminates the need to 

manually compare substantial numbers 

of data-intensive files and enables VA to 

leverage, instead of duplicating, the 

costly Advance Provider Screening 

process that CMS uses to check 

suitability of Medicare providers and 

generate the data in PECOS. 

Participating Agencies: VA and CMS. 

Authority for Conducting the 

Matching Program: This Agreement is 

executed pursuant to the Privacy Act (5 

United States Code [U.S.C.] § 552a) and 

the regulations and guidance 

promulgated thereunder; Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Circular A–108, Federal Agency 

Responsibilities for Review, Reporting, 

and Publication under the Privacy Act, 

published at 81 FR 94424 (December 23, 

2016); and OMB guidelines pertaining 

to computer matching published at 54 

FR 25818 (June 19, 1989). Title 38 

U.S.C. 7301(b) states that the primary 

function of VA is to provide a complete 

medical and hospital service for the care 

of eligible Veterans. In carrying out this 

function, including through contracts 

with external entities and providers, VA 

has an obligation to (1) ensure providers 

furnish care that is appropriate and safe 

and meets or exceeds professional 

standards for quality and (2), in the case 

of external providers, maintain billing 

integrity and compliance with 

contractual terms. The VA 


lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1