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Safety Plan (PTCSP). As this RFA may 

involve a request for FRA’s approval of 

proposed material modifications to an 

FRA-certified 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 July 18, 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–2010–0031. 

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 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 and 

train control system. Accordingly, this 

notice informs the public that, on June 

9, 2022, LIRR 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–2010–0031. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on LIRR’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 

railroad’s RFA to its PTCSP at FRA’s 

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. 2022–13703 Filed 6–27–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2022–0035] 

Guidance on Development and 

Implementation of Railroad Capital 

Projects 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed guidance. 

SUMMARY: FRA proposes guidance on 

the development and implementation of 

railroad capital projects that are funded, 

in whole or in part, by FRA. FRA seeks 

comment from the public on the content 

and application of the proposed 

guidance (‘‘guidance’’), which is 

available for review at https://

regulations.gov under docket number 

FRA–2022–0035. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until August 12, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

docket number FRA–2022–0035 and be 

submitted at https://regulations.gov. 

Search by using the docket number and 

follow the instructions for submitting 

comments. All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number FRA–2022–0035. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, please contact 

David Valenstein, Senior Advisor, 

Office of Infrastructure Investment, by 

email: david.valenstein@dot.gov or by 

telephone: 202–493–6368. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FRA has 

identified the time-sensitive need to 

establish clear practices and procedures 

for the development and 

implementation of railroad capital 

projects through the issuance of agency 

guidance. Over the next five years, the 

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 

(IIJA) (Pub. L. 117–58, also known as the 

‘‘Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’’) will 

provide unprecedented Federal funding 

for rail improvement projects in 

America. FRA intends for its final 

guidance to assist project sponsors in 

developing effective capital projects and 

to enhance the management of capital 

projects to meet budgets and schedules. 

The audience of the guidance 

includes project sponsors and partners, 

as well as the wide range of 

professionals who contribute to the 

planning, development, and 

implementation of railroad capital 

projects. The guidance: (1) defines the 

stages in the railroad capital project 

lifecycle and project development 

process from inception to operation; (2) 

describes the project management tools, 

processes, and documentation that FRA 

may require when providing grants that 

fund the development or 

implementation of a railroad capital 

project; (3) differentiates between NonMajor projects and Major projects by 

defining a ‘‘Major Project’’ as a railroad 

capital project with an estimated total 

project cost equal to or greater than $300 

million and with at least $100 million 

in total Federal assistance. 

FRA intends to strongly encourage 

project sponsors to follow the guidance 

when developing, implementing, and 

managing railroad capital projects. FRA 

may use the guidance to inform its grant 

application reviews and decisions in 

accordance with a process described in 

a notice of funding opportunity for the 

relevant grant program, and may require 

compliance with the guidance as part of 

grant agreements funding railroad 

capital projects in accordance with 2 

CFR parts 200 and 1201. The practices 

contained in the guidance draw from 

FRA’s experience and from established 


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1https://highways.dot.gov/public-roads/ 

julyaugust-2004/life-cycle-continuum, Accessed 

April 21, 2022. 

programs of other DOT operating 

administrations that have enhanced the 

delivery of major highway and transit 

projects. 

FRA is seeking feedback on the 

following items: 

• Definitions established in the 

guidance, particularly the definitions of 

a Major Project and a Project Sponsor. 

FRA is proposing a Major Project 

definition that is similar to the 

definition used by the Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA). FRA’s definition 

of Project Sponsor accounts for the 

range of public and private applicants 

eligible for FRA grant programs. 

• The potential application of this 

guidance to railroad projects receiving 

financing or funding under the credit 

and grant programs administered by the 

DOT. 

• Project Lifecycle Stages, including 

the FRA Project Lifecycle Model and 

terminology in relationship to past FRA 

programs and to the project lifecycle 

models of the FTA and Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA). FRA proposes 

a model consisting of six stages: (1) 

Systems Planning, (2) Project Planning, 

(3) Project Development, (4) Final 

Design, (5) Construction, and (6) 

Operation. FRA proposes these terms for 

their clarity over other terminology such 

as FRA’s past term PE/NEPA for the 

third stage. FHWA has described a 

normal lifecycle for highway projects 

following five phases: (1) planning, (2) 

preliminary design and environmental 

review, (3) final design and right-of-way 

acquisition, (4) construction, and (5) 

operation.1 FTA follows another similar 

model for the Capital Investment Grant 

Program which requires three steps after 

completion of planning: (1) Project 

Development, (2) Engineering, and (3) 

Construction. 

• The completion measures for the 

Project Planning, Project Development, 

Final Design, and Construction lifecycle 

stages, particularly the milestone 

activities relating to planning, 

engineering/design, environmental 

review, and project management tools. 

• The four project management tools 

featured and how they are described, 

including the differences between NonMajor and Major projects. 

• The lifecycle progression of project 

delivery planning and implementation 

including consideration of publicprivate partnerships and innovative 

procurements. The lifecycle model 

describes initial Project Sponsor 

consideration of delivery for Major 

Projects during the Project Planning 

stage and progressive refinement in later 

stages. 

• Any other suggestions for 

enhancing the guidance. 

Privacy Act 

FRA is soliciting comments from the 

public to better inform its guidance 

process. FRA posts these comments, 

without edit, including any personal 

information the commenter provides, to 

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 

www.dot.gov/privacy. In order to 

facilitate comment tracking and 

response, we encourage commenters to 

provide their name, or the name of their 

organization; however, submission of 

names is completely optional. Whether 

or not commenters identify themselves, 

all timely comments will be fully 

considered. If you wish to provide 

comments containing proprietary or 

confidential information, please contact 

the agency for alternate submission 

instructions. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Paul Nissenbaum, 

Associate Administrator, Office of Railroad 

Policy and Development. 

[FR Doc. 2022–13747 Filed 6–27–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2020–0073] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Request for Comment; 

Survey on Driver Awareness of 

Motorcycles 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments on a new information 

collection. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), this notice announces that the 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

abstracted below will be submitted to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR 

describes the nature of the information 

collection and its expected burden. This 

document describes a new collection of 

information for which NHTSA intends 

to seek OMB approval. The Survey on 

Driver Awareness of Motorcycles is a 

one-time voluntary survey regarding 

motorists’ knowledge, attitudes, and 

awareness of safe-driving behaviors 

towards motorcycles. A Federal 

Register notice with a 60-day comment 

period soliciting public comments on 

the following information collection 

was published on April 7, 2022. NHTSA 

received seven comments. The National 

Association of Mutual Insurance 

Companies submitted a letter of support 

for the proposed information collection, 

as did two individuals. The other four 

comments were either neutral, 

implicitly supportive, or not directly 

relevant to the proposed information 

collection, as described below. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before August 29, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection, including 

suggestions for reducing burden, should 

be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget at 

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

To find this particular information 

collection, select ‘‘Currently under 

Review—Open for Public Comment’’ or 

use the search function. Comments may 

also be sent by mail to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention: Desk Officer for Department 

of Transportation, National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration, or by 

email at oira_submission@omb.eop.gov, 

or fax: 202–395–5806. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or access to 

background documents, contact Kathryn 

Wochinger, Ph.D., Office of Behavioral 

Safety Research (NPD–310), (202) 366– 

4300, kathryn.wochinger@dot.gov, 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration, W46–487, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) a Federal 

agency must receive approval from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) before it collects certain 

information from the public and a 

person is not required to respond to a 

collection of information by a Federal 

agency unless the collection displays a 

valid OMB control number. In 

compliance with these requirements, 

this notice announces that the following 

information collection request will be 

submitted to OMB. 

A Federal Register notice with a 60- 

day comment period soliciting public 

comments on the following information 

collection was published on April 7, 

2022 (Federal Register/Vol. 87, No. 67/ 

pp. 20501–20504). NHTSA received six 


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