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behavior. Participants will be asked to 

install a speed warning device for eight 

weeks. The device will provide data on 

travel speeds of participants’ vehicle 

coupled with GPS information that is 

linked to a database with speed limits 

for various sections of roads in the study 

area. This data will be automatically 

transmitted from the vehicle to the 

research office for data analyses. After 

completing their on-road phase of the 

data collection, participating drivers 

will be asked to participate in a short 

debriefing interview while the invehicle warning device is removed from 

their vehicle. The debriefing sessions 

will focus on the drivers’ subjective 

experience regarding the speed warning 

device—how it affected their driving 

behavior, any problems experienced 

with the device, how they interacted 

with the device, and their opinion of the 

device, as well as feedback on their 

experience as a participant in the 

research study. This subjective data will 

be coupled with the data from their 

actual driving behavior to help NHTSA 

develop a better understanding of 

speeding and speeders and the potential 

acceptance and effectiveness of using 

speed warning devices as a 

countermeasure to alter the speeding 

behavior of habitual speeders. The 

debriefing sessions are expected to 

provide data relevant to implementation 

issues and concerns associated with the 

device, as well as the key advantages 

and disadvantages associated with the 

use of this device as a countermeasure. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use of the 

Information—The National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 

was established by the Highway Safety 

Act of l970 (23 U.S. C. 101) to carry out 

a Congressional mandate to reduce the 

mounting number of deaths, injuries, 

and economic losses resulting from 

motor vehicle crashes on the Nation’s 

highways. Speeding is one of the 

primary factors leading to vehicle 

crashes. In 2008, 31% of all fatal crashes 

were speeding-related. The estimated 

economic cost to society for speedingrelated crashes is $40.4 billion per year. 

Driving at higher speeds reduces the 

ability of drivers to avoid obstacles or 

react to sudden changes in the roadway 

environment and increases the severity 

of crashes. The pervasiveness of 

speeding behavior is reflected in a 

recent national survey that showed that 

approximately 75% of all drivers 

reported speeding in the past month. Of 

particular concern are the habitual 

speeders and aggressive drivers for 

whom other countermeasures, such as 

enforcement, licenses suspensions, and 

fines, are not effective deterrents. The 

data collected in this study will provide 

NHTSA with important information on 

a countermeasure with the potential to 

address an especially challenging 

segment of the driving population that 

poses an inordinately high safety risk to 

themselves and other drivers who share 

the roads with them. In support of its 

mission, NHTSA will use the findings 

from these debriefing sessions to 

improve current programs, interventions 

and countermeasures for speeding on 

our Nation’s highways in order to 

achieve the greatest benefit in 

decreasing crashes and resulting injuries 

and fatalities, and provide informational 

support to States, localities, and law 

enforcement agencies that will aid them 

in their efforts to reduce traffic crashes. 

Description of the Likely Respondents 

(Including Estimated Number, and 

Proposed Frequency of Response to the 

Collection of Information)—Each of the 

80 participants in the on-road 

instrumented vehicle portion of the 

study will be asked to participate in an 

individual debriefing session while the 

speed warning device is being removed 

from their vehicle. These debriefing 

sessions are expected to begin in 

October 2010 and continue until the last 

participant completes his or her on-road 

portion of the study in March 2011. 

Session participation would be 

voluntary. Participants will be 

compensated with a $150 honorarium 

for data collection, including having the 

device installed on their vehicle. 

Estimate of the Total Annual 

Reporting and Record Keeping Burden 

Resulting from the Collection of 

Information—Each of the individual 

debriefing sessions will last 

approximately 30 minutes, which is the 

approximate time it will take to remove 

the speed warning device from their 

vehicle. Participants will be recruited 

through the MVA or insurance 

companies based on their driving 

history, i.e. participants will have a 

prior history of multiple speeding 

violations. Participants will be stratified 

into 40 male and 40 female participants. 

Half of each gender group recruited will 

be under 30 years of age and the other 

half will be 30 years of age and older. 

The total estimated annual burden is 

approximately 40 hours for the 

debriefing sessions. The respondents 

would not incur any reporting cost from 

the information collection and they 

would not incur any record keeping 

burden or record keeping cost from the 

information collection. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). 

Jeff Michael, 

Associate Administrator, Research and 

Program Development. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11312 Filed 5–11–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

Notice of Application for Approval of 

Discontinuance or Modification of a 

Railroad Signal System or Relief From 

the Requirements of Title 49 Code of 

Federal Regulations Part 236 

Pursuant to title 49 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) part 235 and 49 

U.S.C. 20502(a), the following railroad 

has petitioned the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) seeking approval 

for the discontinuance or modification 

of the signal system or relief from the 

requirements of 49 CFR part 236, as 

detailed below. 

Docket Number FRA–2010–0023 

Applicant: Union Pacific Railroad 

Company, Mr. William E. Van Trump, 

AVP Engineering — Signal/Comm/ 

TCO, 1400 Douglas Street, STOP 

0910, Omaha, Nebraska 68179. 

The Union Pacific Railroad Company 

seeks approval of the proposed 

modification of the Traffic Control 

System (TCS) at milepost 341.5 on the 

Winnemucca Subdivision, near 

Chilcoot, California. The modification 

consists of the discontinuance and 

removal of three controlled signals: ‘‘R,’’ 

‘‘LA,’’ and ‘‘LB,’’ and the replacement of 

a power-operated switch with a handoperated switch and a leaving signal. 

The reason given for the proposed 

change is that the power operation of 

the switch is no longer needed. 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in these proceedings by 

submitting written views, data, or 

comments. FRA does not anticipate 

scheduling a public hearing in 

connection with these proceedings since 

the facts do not appear to warrant a 

hearing. If any interested party desires 

an opportunity for oral comment, they 

should notify FRA, in writing, before 

the end of the comment period and 

specify the basis for their request. 

All communications concerning these 

proceedings should identify the 

appropriate docket number (e.g., Waiver 

Petition Docket Number FRA–2010– 

0023) and may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

• Web site: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

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• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Operations Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Communications received within 45 

days of the date of this notice will be 

considered by FRA before final action is 

taken. Comments received after that 

date will be considered as far as 

practicable. All written communications 

concerning these proceedings are 

available for examination during regular 

business hours (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) at the 

above facility. All documents in the 

public docket are also available for 

inspection and copying on the Internet 

at the docket facility’s Web site at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Anyone is able to search the 

electronic form of any written 

communications and comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

document (or signing the document, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477) or at http://www.dot.gov/ 

privacy.html. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 6, 2010. 

Grady C. Cothen, Jr., 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety 

Standards and Program Development. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11209 Filed 5–11–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2009–0016] 

Metrics and Standards for Intercity 

Passenger Rail Service under Section 

207 of the Passenger Rail Investment 

and Improvement Act of 2008 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Response to Comments; 

Issuance of Metrics and Standards. 

SUMMARY: Section 207 of the Passenger 

Rail Investment and Improvement Act 

of 2008 (Division B of Pub. L. 110–432) 

(PRIIA) charged the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) and Amtrak 

jointly and in consultation with other 

parties, with developing new or 

improving existing metrics and 

minimum standards for measuring the 

performance and service quality of 

intercity passenger train operations. In 

compliance with the statute, the FRA 

and Amtrak jointly drafted performance 

metrics and standards for intercity 

passenger rail service and, on March 13, 

2009, posted a draft document, entitled 

‘‘Proposed Metrics and Standards for 

Intercity Passenger Rail Service,’’ on the 

FRA’s Web site. Simultaneously, the 

FRA published a notice in the Federal 

Register (74 FR 10983) requesting 

comments on the Proposed Metrics and 

Standards from the Surface 

Transportation Board, rail carriers over 

whose rail lines Amtrak trains operate, 

States, Amtrak employees, nonprofit 

employee organizations representing 

Amtrak employees, and groups 

representing Amtrak passengers. 

Seventeen comments were submitted to 

the corresponding docket (number 

FRA–2009–0016) at regulations.gov by 

the end of the comment period on 

March 27, 2009 and as a result, the FRA 

and Amtrak have jointly made, and are 

jointly issuing, revisions to the Metrics 

and Standards. The final version of the 

Metrics and Standards is posted on the 

FRA’s Web site at http:// 

www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/2165. 

DATES: These Metrics and Standards are 

in effect as of May 11, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Neil 

E. Moyer, Chief, Financial and 

Economic Analysis Division, Office of 

Passenger and Freight Programs, Office 

of Railroad Policy and Development, 

Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. 

Department of Transportation (e-mail 

Neil.Moyer@dot.gov; telephone 202– 

493–6365); or Edgar E. Courtemanch, Sr. 

Principal, Operations Service Planning, 

Amtrak (e-mail CourteE@amtrak.com; 

telephone 202–906–3249). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 6, 2010. 

Neil E. Moyer, 

Chief, Financial and Economic Analysis 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11261 Filed 5–11–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2010–21] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of 14 CFR. 

The purpose of this notice is to improve 

the public’s awareness of, and 

participation in, this aspect of FAA’s 

regulatory activities. Neither publication 

of this notice nor the inclusion or 

omission of information in the summary 

is intended to affect the legal status of 

the petition or its final disposition. 

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number 

involved and must be received on or 

before June 1, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2010–0395 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Government-wide rulemaking Web 

site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions for sending 

your comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to the Docket 

Management Facility; U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590. 

• Fax: Fax comments to the Docket 

Management Facility at 202–493–2251. 

• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to 

the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Privacy: We will post all comments 

we receive, without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information you provide. 

Using the search function of our docket 

Web site, anyone can find and read the 

comments received into any of our 

dockets, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78). 

Docket: To read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time 

or to the Docket Management Facility in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, S.E., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laverne Brunache (202) 267–3133 or 

Tyneka Thomas (202) 267–7626, Office 

of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591. 

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