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competent authority for a special form 

of radioactive material. The following 

information collections and their 

burdens are associated with this OMB 

Control Number: 

Information collection Respondents Total annual 

responses 

Hours per 

response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Document Test and Engineering Evaluation or Comparative Data for Packaging—Reporting ....... 50 100 40 4,000 

DOT Specification 7A Package Documentation—Reporting ............................................................ 50 100 80 8,000

DOT Specification 7A Package Documentation—Recordkeeping ................................................... 50 500 0.0833 41.67 

Revalidation of Foreign Competent Authority Certification—Reporting ........................................... 25 25 80 2,000 

Offeror Providing Specific Written Instruction of Exclusive Use Shipment Controls to the Carrier—Reporting .............................................................................................................................. 100 2,000 0.5 1,000 

Offeror Obtaining U.S. Competent Authority for Package Design—Reporting ................................ 10 40 2 80 

Register with U.S. Competent Authority as User of a Package—Reporting ................................... 25 50 0.5 25 

Request for a U.S. Competent Authority as Required by the IAEA Regulations for Special 

Form—Reporting ........................................................................................................................... 10 100 2 200 

Affected Public: Shippers and carriers 

of radioactive materials in commerce. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden 

Number of Respondents: 320. 

Total Annual Responses: 2,915. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 

15,346.67. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Title: Subsidiary Hazard Class and 

Number/Type of Packagings. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0613. 

Summary: The HMR require that 

shipping papers and emergency 

response information accompany each 

shipment of hazardous materials in 

commerce. Shipping papers serve as a 

principal means of identifying 

hazardous materials during 

transportation emergencies. Firefighters, 

police, and other emergency response 

personnel are trained to obtain the DOT 

shipping papers and emergency 

response information when responding 

to hazardous materials transportation 

emergencies. The availability of 

accurate information concerning 

hazardous materials being transported 

significantly improves response efforts 

in these types of emergencies. 

In addition to the basic shipping 

description information on shipping 

papers, we also require the subsidiary 

hazard class or subsidiary division 

number(s) to be entered in parentheses 

following the primary hazard class or 

division number on shipping papers. 

This requirement was originally 

required only by transportation by 

vessel. However, the lack of such a 

requirement posed problems for motor 

carriers regarding compliance with 

segregation, separation, and placarding 

requirements, as well as posing a safety 

hazard. For example, in the event the 

motor vehicle becomes involved in an 

accident, when the hazardous materials 

being transported include a subsidiary 

hazard such as ‘‘dangerous when wet’’ 

or a subsidiary hazard requiring more 

stringent requirements than the primary 

hazard, there is no indication of the 

subsidiary hazards on the shipping 

papers and no indication of the 

subsidiary risks on placards. Under 

circumstances such as motor vehicles 

being loaded at a dock, labels are not 

sufficient to alert hazardous materials 

employees loading the vehicles, nor are 

they sufficient to alert emergency 

responders of the subsidiary risks 

contained on the vehicles. Therefore, we 

require the subsidiary hazard class or 

subsidiary division number(s) to be 

entered on the shipping paper for 

purposes of enhancing safety and 

international harmonization. 

The following information collection 

and burden is associated with this OMB 

Control Number: 

Information collection Respondents Total annual 

responses 

Seconds per 

response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Subsidiary Hazard Class on Shipping Papers ................................................ 260,000 43,810,000 2 24,339 

Affected Public: Shippers and carriers 

of hazardous materials in commerce. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden 

Number of Respondents: 260,000. 

Total Annual Responses: 43,810,000. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 24,339. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 13, 

2022. 

Shane C. Kelley, 

Director, Standards and Rulemaking,Office 

of Hazardous Materials Safety,Pipeline and 

Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2022–15252 Filed 7–15–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics 

[Docket No. BTS–2022–XXXX] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; New Information Collection: 

Freight Logistics Optimization Works 

(FLOW) Initiative 

AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics (BTS), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of information collection. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, BTS 

announces its plan to submit the 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for its 

review and approval and invites public 

comment. BTS is also requesting an 

emergency approval for the pilot effort 

to develop a proof of concept for this 

collection as described below. BTS is 

requesting OMB approval for the 

emergency aspect of the collection 

within 7 days. 

DATES: Comments regarding the pilot 

effort of this collection should be 

submitted within 5 days. All other 

comments should be submitted within 

60 calendar days from the date of this 

publication. 

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the 

pilot effort of this collection should be 

submitted directly to the Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725—17th 

Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention: BTS Desk Officer, by email at 

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other comments may be submitted using 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

The Federal eRulemaking Portal is 

available 24 hours each day, 365 days 

each year. You can obtain electronic 

submission and retrieval help and 

guidelines under the ‘‘FAQ’’ section of 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal website. 

• Mail: Dockets Operations; U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC, 20590–0001 between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m. E.T., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the Agency name and docket 

number. Note that all comments 

received will be posted without change 

to https://www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided. Please see the Privacy Act 

heading below. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to https://

www.regulations.gov, and follow the 

online instructions for accessing the 

docket, or go to the street address listed 

above. 

Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 

U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments 

from the public to better inform its 

rulemaking process. DOT 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Demetra V. Collia, Bureau of 

Transportation Statistics, Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Research and 

Technology, USDOT, RTS–35, E36–302, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001, by email 

at demetra.collia@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Freight Logistics Optimization 

Works (FLOW) Project. 

OMB Control Number: Not yet known. 

Type of Request: New collection. 

Estimated Time per Response: 26.5 

hours. 

Expiration Date: Not yet known. 

Affected Public: Businesses in the 

freight industry. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 21 

for pilot effort and up to 200 during the 

first three years of the program. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

556.5 hours for pilot effort and 5,300 

thereafter. 

Abstract: Over the past several years, 

the U.S. supply chain has struggled with 

unprecedented congestion under 

COVID-induced surges of containerized 

cargo through our ports and intermodal 

networks. In March of this year, the 

White House announced the launch of 

the Freight Logistics Optimization 

Works (FLOW) initiative with the 

Department of Transportation and the 

freight industry to facilitate a 

collaboration and sharing of intermodal 

trade data. This collaboration would 

help improve supply chain efficiencies 

and reduce overall costs to U.S. 

consumers. The FLOW initiative builds 

on previous work by the 

Administration’s Supply Chain 

Disruptions Task Force to ensure the 

expeditious movement of cargo from 

ship to shelf. 

FLOW is a joint endeavor between the 

United States Department of 

Transportation (USDOT) and the freight 

industry aimed at improving key freight 

information exchange between parts of 

the goods movement supply chain. Data 

collected and exchanged will support 

industry collaborative demand 

management (CDM) decision making 

associated with the daily management 

of cargo and assets. Companies 

participating in FLOW will voluntarily 

submit relevant data; there is no 

regulatory requirement to submit such 

data. 

Industry partners involved with 

FLOW, referred to as FLOW 

participants, include beneficial cargo 

owners (BCOs), ocean carriers, nonvessel operating common carriers 

(NVOs), ports and terminals, motor 

carriers, railroads, intermodal 

equipment providers (IEPs), and 

warehousers. It is expected that the 

practice of sharing operational 

information between FLOW participants 

will be a source of significant benefit to 

the operation of the national logistics 

system, i.e., the complex collection of 

personnel, transportation assets, vessels, 

trucks, railcars, equipment, and any and 

all other freight components that 

comprise the United States’ supply 

chain system. 

The first phase of the FLOW initiative 

is a pilot effort to develop a proof-ofconcept information exchange and 

operationalize it to support industry 

decision-making. During the pilot 

phase, the initiative will focus on the 

flow of goods to and from a limited 

number of terminals (e.g., ports) and 

involve 21 participating companies. 

Following completion of the pilot, the 

program is expected to grow to include 

additional terminals and companies. 

Data collected under this initiative is 

necessary to support the 

Administration’s directive to identify 

and operationalize an information 

exchange to support a more resilient 

and fluid supply chain. Data will be 

submitted by participating companies 

via a secure online portal. Data 

submitted will include purchase order 

forecasts, cargo bookings, vessels intransit, marine terminal space 

availability, drayage truck dispatch 

capacity, over-the-road truck dispatch 

capacity, chassis availability, and 

warehouse capacity. These data will be 

used to create an index of demand over 

capacity that is expected to act as a 

leading indicator of freight congestion 

and supply chain performance. The 

index, which will help communicate 

the degree of oversupply or 

undersupply of logistics assets, is 

intended to support a data driven 

approach to balance U.S. cargo traffic 

demand with system capacity. 

Data Confidentiality Provisions: Data 

collected under the FLOW initiative 

may contain confidential business 

information. The confidentiality of these 

data will be protected under the 

Confidential Information Protection and 

Statistical Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) of 

2018 (Title III of the Foundations for 

Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 

2018, Pub. L. 115–435, codified in 44 

U.S.C. ch. 35). In accordance with 

CIPSEA, FLOW data will be used 

exclusively for statistical purposes and 

will not be disclosed in identifiable 

form except with the informed consent 

of the respondent. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the performance of BTS’s 

functions; (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (3) ways for BTS to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the collected information; and 

(4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized without reducing the quality 

of the collected information. Comments 

received after the comment closing date 

will be included in the docket and will 

be considered to the extent practicable. 

Demetra V. Collia, 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of 

the Assistant Secretary for Research and 

Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2022–15247 Filed 7–15–22; 8:45 am] 

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