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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2018–0012] 

TEXRail’s Request To Amend Its 

Positive Train Control Safety Plan and 

Positive Train Control System 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: This document provides the 

public with notice that, on October 31, 

2024, TEXRail (TEX) submitted its 

Positive Train Control Safety Plan 

(PTCSP), Version 2.0, dated October 9, 

2024, to FRA’s Secure Information 

Repository. TEX asks FRA to approve its 

updated PTCSP and certify TEX’s 

Interoperable Electronic Train 

Management System (I–ETMS) as a 

‘‘mixed’’ positive train control (PTC) 

system. As this RFA may involve a 

request for FRA’s approval of proposed 

material modifications to an FRAcertified PTC system, FRA is publishing 

this notice and inviting public comment 

on TEX’s RFA to its PTCSP. 

DATES: FRA will consider comments 

received by February 10, 2025 before 

taking final action on the PTCSP. FRA 

may consider comments received after 

that date to the extent practicable and 

without delaying implementation of 

valuable or necessary modifications to a 

PTC system. 

ADDRESSES: 

Comments: Comments may be 

submitted by going to https://

www.regulations.gov and following the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and the 

applicable docket number. The relevant 

PTC docket number for this railroad is 

Docket No. FRA–2018–0012. For 

convenience, all active PTC dockets are 

hyperlinked on FRA’s website at https:// 

railroads.dot.gov/researchdevelopment/program-areas/traincontrol/ptc/railroads-ptc-dockets. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov; this includes any 

personal information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal, Train 

Control, and Crossings Division, 

telephone: 816–516–7168, email: 

Gabe.Neal@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In general, 

title 49 United States Code (U.S.C.) 

section 20157(h) requires FRA to certify 

that a host railroad’s PTC system 

complies with title 49 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) part 236, subpart I, 

before the technology may be operated 

in revenue service. Before making 

certain changes to an FRA-certified PTC 

system or the associated FRA-approved 

PTCSP, a host railroad must submit, and 

obtain FRA’s approval of, an RFA to its 

PTCSP under 49 CFR 236.1021. 

Under 49 CFR 236.1021(e), FRA’s 

regulations provide that FRA will 

publish a notice in the Federal Register 

and invite public comment in 

accordance with 49 CFR part 211, if an 

RFA includes a request for approval of 

a material modification of a signal or 

train control system. Accordingly, this 

notice informs the public that, on 

October 31, 2024, TEX submitted an 

RFA to its PTCSP for its I–ETMS PTC 

system which seeks FRA’s approval to 

change the classification of its PTC 

system to a Mixed PTC system. In its 

PTCSP, TEX asserts that the I–ETMS 

PTC system it is implementing is a 

mixed PTC system as defined in Title 49 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 

236.1015(e). The PTCSP describes TEX’s 

I–ETMS implementation and the 

associated I–ETMS safety processes, 

safety analyses, and test, validation, and 

verification processes used during the 

development of I–ETMS. The PTCSP 

also contains TEX’s operational and 

support requirements and procedures. 

That RFA is available in Docket No. 

FRA–2018–0012. Interested parties are 

invited to comment on TEX’s RFA to its 

PTCSP by submitting written comments 

or data. During FRA’s review of TEX’s 

RFA, FRA will consider any comments 

or data submitted within the timeline 

specified in this notice and to the extent 

practicable, without delaying 

implementation of valuable or necessary 

modifications to a PTC system. See 49 

CFR 236.1021; see also 49 CFR 

236.1011(e). However, FRA may elect 

not to respond to any particular 

comment, and under 49 CFR 

236.1009(d)(3), FRA maintains the 

authority to approve or disapprove the 

PTCSP at its sole discretion. 

Privacy Act Notice 

In accordance with 49 CFR 211.3, 

FRA solicits comments from the public 

to better inform its decisions. DOT posts 

these comments, without edit, including 

any personal information the 

commenter provides, to https://

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 

https://www.transportation.gov/privacy. 

See https://www.regulations.gov/ 

privacy-notice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. To facilitate comment 

tracking, we encourage commenters to 

provide their name, or the name of their 

organization; however, submission of 

names is completely optional. If you 

wish to provide comments containing 

proprietary or confidential information, 

please contact FRA for alternate 

submission instructions. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Carolyn R. Hayward-Williams, 

Director, Office of Railroad Systems and 

Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29083 Filed 12–10–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2011–0177] 

Notice of Submission of Proposed 

Information Collections to OMB; 

Agency Request for Reinstatement of 

Previously Approved Information 

Collections: Nondiscrimination on the 

Basis of Disability in Air Travel 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), 

Department of Transportation 

(Department or DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended) this 

notice announces the Department’s 

intention to reinstate Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) control 

number 2105–0571 for certain 

information collections. The collections 

involve requirements in part 382 of title 

14, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

for carriers to provide a mechanism on 

their websites for passengers to provide 

online notification of their requests for 

disability accommodation services and 

for carriers to ensure that a disclaimer 

is activated when a user clicks a link on 

a primary website to embedded thirdparty software or an external website. 

The disclaimer must inform the user 

that the software/website in not within 

the carrier’s control and may not follow 

the same accessibility policies. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by February 10, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Docket No. DOT–OST– 

2011–0177 through one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, 

Room W12–140, Washington, DC 20590. 


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1The Department estimates that 170 is the 

maximum number of entities that are covered by 

the requirements addressed in this notice. 170 

represents the number of U.S. and foreign air 

carriers that submitted an annual report on 

disability-related complaints to the Department 

under 14 CFR 382.157 for the reporting cycle in 

Calendar Year 2023. Because the requirement to file 

a report under section 382.157 applies to U.S. and 

foreign air carriers that conduct passenger-carrying 

service to, from, or in the United States with at least 

one aircraft having a designed seating capacity of 

more than 60 seats, the Department assumes the 

number of carriers that file the annual report on 

disability-related complaints is similar to the 

number of carriers covered under the requirements 

described in this notice. 

• Hand Delivery: West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except on Federal 

holidays. The telephone number is 202– 

366–9329. 

• Instructions: You must include the 

agency name and a docket number 

DOT–OST–2011–0177 at the beginning 

of your comment. All comments 

received will be posted without change 

to https://www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth 

Brodsky, Office of the General Counsel, 

Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, 

(202) 366–7592 (Voice) or 

beth.brodsky@dot.gov (Email). You may 

also contact John C. Wood, Office of the 

General Counsel, Office of the Secretary, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, 

DC, 20590, (202) 366–9342 (Voice), 

(202) 366–7152 (Fax), or john.wood@

dot.gov (Email). Arrangements to receive 

this document in an alternative format 

may be made by contacting the abovenamed individuals. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 2105–0571. 

Title: Nondiscrimination on the Basis 

of Disability in Air Travel. 

Type of Request: Reinstatement of 

information collections. 

Background: This notice covers two 

information collection requirements in 

the Department’s Air Carrier Access Act 

(ACAA) implementing regulation, 14 

CFR part 382 (part 382), 

Nondiscrimination on the Basis of 

Disability in Air Travel. Specifically, 

pursuant to section 382.43(d), covered 

carriers must provide an online 

mechanism for passengers to request 

disability accommodation services (e.g., 

enplaning/deplaning assistance, deaf/ 

hard of hearing communication 

assistance, escort to service animal relief 

area, etc.) for a particular flight. 

Pursuant to section 382.43(e), covered 

carriers must also ensure that when a 

user activates a link on a carrier’s 

primary website to embedded thirdparty software or to an external website, 

a disclaimer is displayed notifying the 

user that the application or website may 

not be accessible. These requirements 

became effective on December 12, 2015, 

and December 12, 2016, respectively. 

Covered carriers are U.S. and foreign air 

carriers that operate at least one aircraft 

having a designed seating capacity of 

more than 60 passengers and own or 

control a primary website that markets 

passenger air transportation or a tour, or 

tour component that must be purchased 

with air transportation, to the general 

public in the United States.1

DOT is publishing this notice to 

announce its intent to request 

reinstatement of the previously 

approved information collections 

described above under OMB Control 

Number 2105–0571. The Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 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. 

A Federal agency generally cannot 

conduct or sponsor a collection of 

information, and the public is generally 

not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless it is 

approved by the OMB under the PRA 

and displays a currently valid OMB 

Control Number. In addition, 

notwithstanding any other provisions of 

law, no person shall generally be subject 

to monetary penalty for failing to 

comply with a collection of information 

if the collection of information does not 

display a valid OMB Control Number. 

See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. 

The title, a description of the 

information collection and respondents, 

and the periodic reporting burden are 

set forth below for each of the 

information collections: 

1. Requirement to make a disability 

accommodation service request function 

available on the primary website. (14 

CFR 382.43(d)). 

Each covered carrier must provide a 

mechanism on its website for passengers 

to request a disability accommodation 

service for a future flight and provide 

advance notice of their request. Carriers 

may, but need not, require passengers to 

include contact information on the form 

to follow-up and request more specific 

information about the passengers’ 

accommodation needs. Carriers may 

also use the aggregate data from the 

online service requests to understand 

and better plan for the volume and types 

of service requests they receive across 

time periods and routes, but also are not 

required to do so. 

While the content and design of the 

online service request form is up to the 

carriers, the Department anticipates that 

each covered U.S. and foreign carrier 

that markets scheduled air 

transportation to the general public in 

the United States would incur initial 

costs associated with developing and 

reviewing a design and implementation 

plan for the request form, developing, 

coding, and integrating the form into the 

website, as well as testing, debugging, 

and connecting the form with a backend 

database to store the information. The 

final regulatory analysis (FRA) for the 

final rule titled Nondiscrimination on 

the Basis of Disability in Air Travel: 

Accessibility of websites and 

Automated Kiosks at U.S. Airports 

estimated that it will take an average of 

32 labor hours per carrier to develop, 

implement, integrate, connect, and test 

the online request form. Initial costs are 

reduced for carriers that rely on a 

request form developed by another 

entity. There are no recordkeeping or 

reporting requirements. However, 

carriers should use the service request 

information to facilitate appropriate, 

timely assistance to their passengers. 

Respondents: Certificated U.S. and 

foreign air carriers operating to, from, 

and within the United States that 

operate at least one aircraft having a 

seating capacity of more than 60 

passengers and own or control a 

primary website that markets air 

transportation to the general public in 

the United States. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

170 U.S. and foreign carriers, of which 

the Department expects all to have 

achieved compliance with the 

requirement in a prior year. The 

Department estimates that each year 

there will be 14 new respondent 

carriers. 

Estimated Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 0 hours per carrier 

compliant in a prior year, unless the 

carrier voluntarily elects to modify or 

improve its form, and 32 hours per 

carrier creating an online request form. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 448 

hours. This estimate was calculated by 

multiplying the total number of labor 

hours per year that a carrier is estimated 

to spend to develop, implement, 

integrate, connect, and test the online 

request form (32) by the estimated 

number of new respondent carriers each 

year (14). 

Frequency: One-time requirement. 

2. Requirement to provide a 

disclaimer notice to users when clicking 

a link on a primary website to an 


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embedded third-party software or an 

external website. (14 CFR 382.43(e)). 

Carriers must provide a disclaimer 

notice for each link on their primary 

website that enables a user to access 

software or an external website that is 

not in the carrier’s control. The 

disclaimer notice must be activated the 

first time a user clicks the link and must 

notify the user that the application/ 

website is not within the carrier’s 

control and may not follow the same 

accessibility policies as the primary 

website. The Department anticipates 

that each covered U.S. and foreign 

carrier will incur costs associated with 

identifying all links on their websites 

that may require a disclaimer such as 

developing and reviewing the design 

and language for the disclaimer notice, 

as well as developing, testing, and 

deploying the code to the appropriate 

web pages. 

The incremental labor hours 

associated with providing the required 

disclaimer may vary depending on the 

number of links on the website to which 

this requirement applies. The FRA 

estimated that it will take an average of 

6 labor hours per carrier to identify the 

links and then develop, test, and deploy 

the disclaimer notice on the website. We 

also estimate that it will take less than 

30 minutes per year for a carrier to 

associate the notice with any new links 

to external websites or third-party 

software added to their websites. 

Respondents: Certificated U.S. and 

foreign air carriers operating to, from, 

and within the United States that 

operate at least one aircraft having a 

seating capacity of more than 60 

passengers and own or control a 

primary website that markets air 

transportation to the general public in 

the United States. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

170 U.S. and foreign carriers, of which 

the Department expects all to have 

achieved compliance with the 

requirement in a prior year. The 

Department estimates that each year 

there will be 14 new respondent 

carriers. 

Estimated Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 6 hours for carriers to 

create, test, and deploy the disclaimer. 

30 minutes for carriers compliant in 

prior years to associate the notice with 

new links and third-party software. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 169 

hours. This estimate was calculated by 

multiplying the total number of labor 

hours per year that a carrier is estimated 

to spend to develop, test, and deploy the 

online request form (6) by the estimated 

number of new respondent carriers each 

year (14). To that total we added the 

product of the number of hours that we 

estimated carriers may spend 

associating the notice with new 

weblinks (.5 hours) and the number of 

carriers that are expected to have 

achieved compliance in a prior year 

(170). 

Frequency: One-time and recurrent 

requirements. 

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 the 

Department’s performance; (b) the 

accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) 

ways for the Department 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. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as 

amended; and 49 CFR 1.26, 1.27, 1.48 

and 1.49; DOT Order 1351.29. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Livaughn Chapman Jr., 

Deputy Assistant General Counsel, Office of 

Aviation Consumer Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29014 Filed 12–10–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Monetary Allowance for Outer Burial 

Receptacles 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) is providing notice of the 

monetary allowance amount payable for 

outer burial receptacles (OBR) for 

qualifying interments in a VA national 

cemetery or in a VA grant-funded 

veterans cemetery that occur during 

calendar year (CY) 2025. The allowance 

is equal to the average cost of 

Government-furnished graveliners less 

any administrative costs associated with 

processing and paying the allowance. 

The purpose of this notice is to inform 

interested parties of the average cost of 

Government-furnished graveliners, 

associated administrative costs, and the 

allowance amount payable for 

qualifying interments that occur in CY 

2025. 

DATES: This allowance amount is 

effective on January 1, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Carter, Chief of Budget 

Execution Division, National Cemetery 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20420, telephone: 202– 

461–9764 (this is not a toll-free 

number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

2306(e) of title 38, United States Code, 

authorizes VA to provide an OBR for 

each new grave used for casketed 

remains in an open VA national 

cemetery or in a cemetery that is the 

subject of a grant to a State or Tribal 

Organization under 38 U.S.C. 2408. 

Section 2306(e)(4) authorizes VA to 

administer this benefit using a voucher 

system or other system of 

reimbursement in situations where an 

OBR is purchased or provided in lieu of 

a Government-furnished graveliner. VA 

administers the OBR monetary 

allowance in accordance with 38 CFR 

38.629, which specifies when payment 

of the monetary allowance is authorized 

and how the allowance amount is 

determined each year and requires VA 

to post the amount of the allowance in 

the Notices section of the Federal 

Register. This notice serves the purpose 

of meeting that requirement for CY 

2025. 

The allowance for qualified 

interments that occur during CY 2025 is 

equal to the average cost of Governmentfurnished graveliners in fiscal year (FY) 

2024, less the administrative cost 

incurred by VA in processing and 

paying the allowance in lieu of the 

Government-furnished graveliner. 

The average cost of Governmentfurnished graveliners is determined by 

taking VA’s total cost during a fiscal 

year for single-depth graveliners that 

were procured for placement at the time 

of interment and dividing it by the total 

number of such graveliners procured by 

VA during that fiscal year. The 

calculation excludes both graveliners 

pre-placed in gravesites as part of 

cemetery gravesite development projects 

and all double-depth graveliners. Using 

this method of computation, the average 

cost was determined to be $439.00 for 

FY 2024. 

The administrative cost is based on 

the costs incurred by VA during CY 

2024 that relate to processing and 

paying an allowance in lieu of the 

Government-furnished graveliner. This 

cost has been determined to be $9.00. 

The allowance payable for qualifying 

interments occurring during CY 2025, 

therefore, is $430.00. 


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