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(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 ICRs 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 summaries below describe the 

ICRs that FRA will submit for OMB 

clearance as the PRA requires: 

Title: Locomotive Certification (Noise 

Compliance Regulations). 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0527. 

Abstract: Under authority granted by 

the Noise Control Act of 1972, the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

has established limits for noise 

emissions related to rail carriers in 40 

CFR part 201. Those limits are enforced 

by FRA under 49 CFR part 210. In 

particular, the information FRA collects 

under § 210.27 is necessary to ensure 

compliance with EPA noise standards 

for new locomotives. Although railroads 

no longer need to display a certification 

badge or tag in the locomotive cab, as 

was previously required by nowremoved § 210.27(d), the locomotives 

still need to be tested and certified to 

comply with the noise emission 

standards, as required under 

§ 210.27(a)–(c). 

Type of Request: Extension without 

change (with changes in estimates) of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

Form(s): N/A. 

Respondent Universe: 4 locomotive 

manufacturers. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion. 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 4. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 2 

hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour 

Dollar Cost Equivalent: $155. 

Title: Use of Locomotive Horns at 

Highway-Rail Grade Crossings. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0560. 

Abstract: Under 49 CFR part 222, FRA 

seeks to collect information from 

railroads and public authorities in order 

to increase safety at public highway-rail 

grade crossings nationwide by requiring 

that locomotive horns be sounded when 

trains approach and pass through these 

crossings or by ensuring that a safety 

level at least equivalent to that provided 

by routine locomotive horn sounding 

exists for quiet zone corridors in which 

such horn sounding is silenced. FRA 

reviews applications by public 

authorities intending to establish new 

quiet zones by implementing alternative 

safety measures and approves the 

effectiveness rate assigned to them. 

FRA made several adjustments to its 

estimated paperwork burdens in this 

ICR extension. 

Type of Request: Extension without 

change (with changes in estimates) of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

Form(s): N/A. 

Respondent Universe: 754 railroads/ 

645 public authorities. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion. 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

3,620. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 

7,253 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour 

Dollar Cost Equivalent: $452,585. 

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 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. 

Brett A. Jortland, 

Deputy Chief Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2022–08141 Filed 4–14–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2022–0002–N–8] 

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 Requests (ICRs) 

abstracted below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. These ICRs 

describe the information collections and 

their expected burdens. On February 2, 

2022, FRA published a notice providing 

a 60-day period for public comment on 

the ICRs. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before May 16, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed ICRs 

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 February 2, 2022, 

FRA published a 60-day notice in the 

Federal Register soliciting comment on 

the ICRs for which it is now seeking 

OMB approval. See 87 FR 5933. FRA 

received no comments in response to 

this notice. 

Before OMB decides whether to 

approve the proposed collections 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 ICRs regarding: (1) Whether 

the information collection activities are 


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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 summaries below describe the 

ICRs that FRA will submit for OMB 

clearance as the PRA requires: 

Title: Certification of Glazing 

Materials. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0525. 

Abstract: The collection of 

information is set forth under 49 CFR 

part 223, which requires the 

certification and permanent marking of 

glazing materials by the manufacturer. 

The manufacturer is also responsible for 

making available test verification data to 

railroads and to FRA upon request. 

Type of Request: Extension without 

change (with changes in estimates) of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses (railroads 

and manufacturers of glazing materials). 

Form(s): N/A. 

Respondent Universe: 704 railroads 

and 5 manufacturers. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion. 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

25,439. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 314 

hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour 

Dollar Cost Equivalent: $21,983. 

Title: Disqualification Proceedings. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0529. 

Abstract: FRA regulations at 49 CFR 

part 209, subpart D, explain FRA’s 

responsibilities, and the rights and 

responsibilities of railroads and railroad 

employees, regarding disqualification 

procedures. For example, § 209.331, 

enforcement of a disqualification order, 

requires: (a) A railroad employing or 

formerly employing a disqualified 

individual to disclose the terms and 

conditions of the order to the 

individual’s new or prospective 

employer railroad; (b) a railroad 

considering hiring an individual in a 

safety-sensitive position to inquire from 

the individual’s prior employer railroad 

whether the individual is serving under 

a disqualification order; and (c) a 

disqualified individual to inform the 

individual’s employer of the 

disqualification order, provide a copy of 

the order to the employer, inform a 

prospective employer railroad of the 

disqualification order, and provide a 

copy of the order. 

Type of Request: Extension without 

change (with changes in estimates) of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

Form(s): N/A. 

Respondent Universe: 86,000 railroad 

employees and 754 railroads. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion. 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

22. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 41 

hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour 

Dollar Cost Equivalent: $2,549. 

In accordance with 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) 

and 5 CFR 1320.5(b) and 

1320.8(b)(3)(vi), 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. 

Brett A. Jortland, 

Deputy Chief Counsel. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2010–0032] 

Metro-North Commuter Railroad’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 April 4, 

2022, Metro-North Commuter Railroad 

(MNR) submitted a request for 

amendment (RFA) to its FRA-approved 

Positive Train Control Safety Plan 

(PTCSP). As this RFA may involve a 

request for FRA’s approval of proposed 

material modifications to an FRAcertified positive train control (PTC) 

system, FRA is publishing this notice 

and inviting public comment on the 

railroad’s RFA to its PTCSP. 

DATES: FRA will consider comments 

received by May 5, 2022. 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 host 

railroad is Docket No. FRA–2010–0032. 

For convenience, all active PTC dockets 

are hyperlinked on FRA’s website at 

https://railroads.dot.gov/train-control/ 

ptc/ptc-annual-and-quarterly-reports. 

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 49 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 Title 49 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) Section 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 and 

train control system. Accordingly, this 

notice informs the public that, on April 

4, 2022, MNR submitted an RFA to its 

PTCSP for its Advanced Civil Speed 

Enforcement System II (ACSES II) and 

that RFA is available in Docket No. 

FRA–2010–0032. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on MNR’s RFA to its PTCSP 

by submitting written comments or data. 

During FRA’s review of this railroad’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). Under 49 CFR 236.1021, 

FRA maintains the authority to approve, 

approve with conditions, or deny a 


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