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universe 

Total annual 

responses 

Average time 

per response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

—Railroad Audiometric Test Records .......... 460 Railroads ............... 26,000 records ............. 2 minutes ..................... 867 

—Hearing Conservation Program (HCP) 

Records.

460 Railroads ............... 54,000 records ............. 45 seconds ................... 675 

—HCP Training Records of Employees ....... 460 Railroads ............... 26,000 records ............. 30 seconds ................... 217 

—Records: Standard Threshold Shifts of 

Employees.

460 Railroads ............... 280 records .................. 7 minutes ..................... 33 

229.121—Locomotive Cab Noise—Tests/Certifications.3 Equipment Manufacturers.700 tests/certific ........... 40 min. + 5 min ............ 111 

—Equipment Maintenance: Excessive Noise 

Reports.

460 Railroads ............... 3,000 reports + 3,000 

records.

10 min. + 5 min ............ 750 

—Maintenance Records ............................... 460 Railroads ............... 3,750 records ............... 8 minutes ..................... 500 

—Internal Auditable Monitoring Systems ..... 570 Railroads ............... 570 systems ................. 36 min. + 8.25 hour ..... 572 

Appendix H—Static Test Protocols/Records ....... 700 Locomotives .......... 2 retests + 2 records .... 35 min. + 5 min ............ 1 

Total Responses: 230,939. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

44,178 hours. 

Status: Regular Review. 

Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 

CFR 1320.5(b), 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 unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

Issued in Washington, DC on September 

19, 2008. 

D.J. Stadtler, 

Director, Office of Financial Management, 

Federal Railroad Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–22563 Filed 9–24–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA–2008– 

0129] 

Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping 

Requirements 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Request for public comment on 

an extension of a currently approved 

collection. 

SUMMARY: Before a Federal agency can 

collect certain information from the 

public, it must receive approval from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). Under procedures established 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, before seeking OMB approval, 

Federal agencies must solicit public 

comment on proposed collections of 

information, including extensions and 

reinstatement of previously approved 

collections. 

This document describes one 

collection of information for which 

NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 24, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Comments must refer to the 

docket notice numbers cited at the 

beginning of this notice and be 

submitted to Docket Management, Room 

W12–140, ground level, 1200 New 

Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, DC 20590 

by any of the following methods. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. Telephone: 1– 

800–647–5527. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

Instructions: For detailed instructions 

on submitting comments and additional 

information on the rulemaking process, 

see the Public Participation heading of 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

of this document. Note that all 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Please 

see the Privacy Act heading below. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, 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 

19477–78) or you may visit http:// 

DocketInfo.dot.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to the street 

address listed above. The Internet access 

to the docket will be at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Complete copies of each request for 

collection of information may be 

obtained at no charge from Carlita 

Ballard, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Ave., 

SE., Room W43–439, NVS–131, 

Washington, DC 20590. Ms. Ballard’s 

telephone number is (202) 366–0846. 

Please identify the relevant collection of 

information by referring to its OMB 

Control Number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

before an agency submits a proposed 

collection of information to OMB for 

approval, it must first publish a 

document in the Federal Register 

providing a 60-day comment period and 

otherwise consult with members of the 

public and affected agencies concerning 

each proposed collection of information. 

The OMB has promulgated regulations 

describing what must be included in 

such a document. Under OMB’s 

regulation (at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an 

agency must ask for public comment on 

the following: 

(i.) Whether the proposed collection 

of information is necessary for the 

proper performance of the functions of 

the agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(ii.) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(iii.) How to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(iv.) How to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including the use 

of appropriate automated, electronic, 

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mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

In compliance with these 

requirements, NHTSA asks for public 

comments on the following proposed 

collections of information: 

Title: Insurer Reporting Requirement 

for 49 CFR Part 544. 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0547. 

Form Number: None. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Requested Expiration Date of 

Approval: Three years from approval 

date. 

Abstract: This information collection 

supports the Department’s strategic goal 

of Economic Growth and Trade. The 

Motor Vehicle Theft Law Enforcement 

Act of 1984, added Title VI to the Motor 

Vehicle and Information Cost Savings 

Act (recodified as Chapter 331 of Title 

49, United States Code) which 

mandated this information collection. 

The 1984 Theft Act was amended by the 

Anti Car Theft Act (ACTA) of 1992 (Pub. 

L. 102–519). NHTSA is authorized 

under 49 U.S.C. 33112, to collect this 

information. This information collection 

supports the agency’s economic growth 

and trade goal through rulemaking 

implementation developed to help 

reduce the cost of vehicle ownership by 

reducing the cost of comprehensive 

insurance coverage. 49 U.S.C. 33112 

requires certain passenger motor vehicle 

insurance companies and rental/leasing 

companies to provide information to 

NHTSA on comprehensive insurance 

premiums, theft and recoveries and 

actions taken to address motor vehicle 

theft. 

Estimated Annual Burden: Based on 

prior years’ insurer compilation 

information, the agency estimates that 

the time to review and compile 

information for the reports will take 

approximately a total of 63,238 burden 

hours (60,004 man-hours for 28 

insurance companies and 3,234 manhours for 7 rental and leasing 

companies). Claim Adjusters incur 

separate burden hours from the number 

of insurers. There is one Claim Adjuster 

assigned to each insurer. There was a 

decrease in several rental and leasing 

companies that have merged into one 

entity or have been exempted from the 

reporting requirements since the last 

reporting period. The agency has reestimated the burden hours to be 63,238 

total annual hours requested in lieu of 

64,610 as the current OMB inventory. 

This is a decrease of 1,376 hours. Most 

recent year insurer compilation 

information estimates reveal that it takes 

an average cost of $65.00 per hour for 

clerical and technical staff to prepare 

the annual reports. Therefore, the 

agency estimates the total cost 

associated with the burden hours is 

$4,110,470. 

The burden hour for rental and 

leasing companies is significantly less 

than that for insurance companies 

because rental and leasing companies 

comply with fewer reporting 

requirements than the insurance 

companies. The reporting burden is 

based on insurers’ salaries, clerical and 

technical expenses, and labor costs. 

Number of Respondents: 35. 

Comments are invited on: Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; the accuracy of 

the Department’s estimate of the burden 

of the proposed information collection; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Issued on: September 19, 2008. 

Stephen R. Kratzke, 

Associate Administrator for Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. E8–22629 Filed 9–24–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; 

Notice of Delays in Processing of 

Special Permits Applications 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: List of Applications Delayed 

more than 180 days. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5117(c), 

PHMSA is publishing the following list 

of special permit applications that have 

been in process for 180 days or more. 

The reason(s) for delay and the expected 

completion date for action on each 

application is provided in association 

with each identified application. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Delmer F. Billings, Director, Office of 

Hazardous Materials Special Permits 

and Approvals, Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, East 

Building, PHH–30, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001, (202) 366–4535. 

Key to ‘‘Reason for Delay’’ 

1. Awaiting additional information 

from applicant. 

2. Extensive public comment under 

review. 

3. Application is technically complex 

and is of significant impact or 

precedent-setting and requires extensive 

analysis. 

4. Staff review delayed by other 

priority issues or volume of special 

permit applications. 

Meaning of Application Number 

Suffixes 

N—New application. 

M—Modification request. 

PM—Party to application with 

modification request. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

17, 2008. 

Delmer F. Billings, 

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials, 

Special Permits and Approvals. 

MODIFICATION TO SPECIAL PERMITS

Application No. Applicant Reason for 

delay 

Estimated date 

of completion 

14167–M ........... Trinityrail, Dallas, TX ................................................................................................................ 4 09–30–2008 

8723–M ............. Alaska Pacific Powder Company, Anchorage, AK ................................................................... 1 09–30–2008 

10950–M ........... The Fertilizer Institute, Washington, DC .................................................................................. 1 10–31–2008 

13583–M ........... Structural Composites Industries, Pomona, CA ....................................................................... 1 10–31–2008 

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