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the United States Coast Guard 

Headquarters Building, 2100 Second 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593– 

0001. The primary purpose of the 

meeting is to prepare for the ninetyseventh Session of the International 

Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Legal 

Committee to be held at the IMO 

headquarters in London, United 

Kingdom, from November 15–19th, 

2010. 

The primary matters to be considered 

include: 

—Report on the 2010 Diplomatic 

Conference adopting the 2010 

Protocol to the International 

Convention on Liability and 

Compensation for Damage in 

Connection with the Carriage of 

Hazardous and Noxious Substances 

by Sea, 1996 

—Provision of financial security in 

cases of abandonment, personal injury 

to, or death of seafarers 

—Fair treatment of seafarers in the event 

of a maritime accident 

—Implementation of the International 

Convention on Civil Liability for 

Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001 

—Consideration of a proposal to amend 

the limits of liability of the 1996 

Protocol to the Convention on 

Limitation of Liability for Maritime 

Claims 

—Review of national legislation 

regarding piracy 

—Matters arising from the 25th 

extraordinary and the 104th regular 

sessions of the IMO Council and the 

26th regular session of the IMO 

Assembly 

—Technical cooperation activitites 

related to maritime legislation 

—Review of the status of conventions 

and other treaty instruments adopted 

as a result of the work of the Legal 

Committee 

—Review of work programme outputs 

—Review of the Guidelines on Work 

Methods and Organization of Work of 

the Legal Committee 

—Any other business 

—Consideration of the report of the 

Legal Committee on its ninety-seventh 

session 

Members of the public may attend 

this meeting up to the seating capacity 

of the room. To facilitate the building 

security process, and to request 

reasonable accommodation, those who 

plan to attend should contact the 

meeting coordinator, Ms. Bronwyn G. 

Douglass, by e-mail at 

bronwyn.douglass@uscg.mil, by phone 

at (202) 372–3792, by fax at (202) 372– 

3972, or in writing at Commandant (CG– 

0941), U.S. Coast Guard, 2100 2nd 

Street, SW., Stop 7121, Washington, DC 

20593–7121. Please note that due to 

security considerations, two valid, 

government issued photo identifications 

must be presented to gain entrance to 

the Headquarters building. The 

Headquarters building is accessible by 

taxi and privately owned conveyance 

(public transportation is not generally 

available). However, parking in the 

vicinity of the building is extremely 

limited. Additional information 

regarding this and other IMO SHC 

public meetings may be found at: 

http://www.uscg.mil/imo. 

Dated: October 13, 2010. 

Jon Trent Warner, 

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating 

Committee, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26184 Filed 10–15–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2010–0005–N–19] 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 

its implementing regulations, the 

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 

hereby announces that it is seeking 

approval of the following information 

collection activities. Before submitting 

these information collection 

requirements for clearance by the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB), FRA 

is soliciting public comment on specific 

aspects of the activities identified 

below. 

DATES: Comments must be received no 

later than December 17, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on any or all of the following proposed 

activities by mail to either: Mr. Robert 

Brogan, Office of Safety, Planning and 

Evaluation Division, RRS–21, Federal 

Railroad Administration, 1200 New 

Jersey Ave., SE., Mail Stop 17, 

Washington, DC 20590, or Ms. Kimberly 

Toone, Office of Information 

Technology, RAD–20, Federal Railroad 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave., 

SE., Mail Stop 35, Washington, DC 

20590. Commenters requesting FRA to 

acknowledge receipt of their respective 

comments must include a self-addressed 

stamped postcard stating, ‘‘Comments 

on OMB control number 2130–lll.’’ 

Alternatively, comments may be 

transmitted via facsimile to (202) 493– 

6216 or (202) 493–6497, or via e-mail to 

Mr. Brogan at Robert.Brogan@dot.gov, or 

to Ms. Toone at 

Kimberly.Toone@dot.gov. Please refer to 

the assigned OMB control number or 

collection title in any correspondence 

submitted. FRA will summarize 

comments received in response to this 

notice in a subsequent notice and 

include them in its information 

collection submission to OMB for 

approval. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Robert Brogan, Office of Planning and 

Evaluation Division, RRS–21, Federal 

Railroad Administration, 1200 New 

Jersey Ave., SE., Mail Stop 17, 

Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 

493–6292) or Ms. Kimberly Toone, 

Office of Information Technology, RAD– 

20, Federal Railroad Administration, 

1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Mail Stop 

35, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: 

(202) 493–6132). (These telephone 

numbers are not toll-free.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), Public Law 104–13, section 2, 

109 Stat. 163 (1995) (codified as revised 

at 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), and its 

implementing regulations, 5 CFR part 

1320, require Federal agencies to 

provide 60 days’ notice to the public for 

comment on information collection 

activities before seeking approval by 

OMB. 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A); 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)(1), 1320.10(e)(1), 1320.12(a). 

Specifically, FRA invites interested 

respondents to comment on the 

following summary of proposed 

information collection activities 

regarding (i) whether the information 

collection activities are necessary for 

FRA to properly execute its functions, 

including whether the activities will 

have practical utility; (ii) 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; (iii) ways for 

FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information being 

collected; and (iv) ways for FRA to 

minimize the burden of information 

collection activities on the public by 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology (e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses). See 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)(i)–(iv); 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)(1)(i)–(iv). FRA believes that 

soliciting public comment will promote 

its efforts to reduce the administrative 

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and paperwork burdens associated with 

the collection of information mandated 

by Federal regulations. In summary, 

FRA reasons that comments received 

will advance three objectives: (i) Reduce 

reporting burdens; (ii) ensure that it 

organizes information collection 

requirements in a ‘‘user friendly’’ format 

to improve the use of such information; 

and (iii) accurately assess the resources 

expended to retrieve and produce 

information requested. See 44 U.S.C. 

3501. 

Below is a brief summary of current 

information collection activities that 

FRA will submit for clearance by OMB 

as required under the PRA: 

Title: Safety Integration Plans. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0557. 

Abstract: The Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) and the Surface 

Transportation Board (STB), working in 

conjunction with each other, have 

issued joint final rules establishing 

procedures for the development and 

implementation of safety integration 

plans (‘‘SIPs’’ or ‘‘plans’’) by a Class I 

railroad proposing to engage in certain 

specified merger, consolidation, or 

acquisition of control transactions with 

another Class I railroad, or a Class II 

railroad with which it proposes to 

amalgamate operations. The scope of the 

transactions covered under the two 

rules is the same. FRA uses the 

information collected, notably the 

required SIPs, to maintain and promote 

a safe rail environment by ensuring that 

affected railroads (Class Is and some 

Class IIs) address critical safety issues 

unique to the amalgamation of large, 

complex railroad operations. 

Form Number(s): N/A. 

Affected Public: Railroads. 

Respondent Universe: Class I 

Railroads. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion. 

CFR Section Respondent 

universe 

Total annual 

responses 

Average time per 

response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Total annual 

burden cost 

244.13—Safety Integration Plans: Amalgamation of Operations 

—SIP Development & Quarterly 

Meetings 

8 railroads 1 plan 340 hours 340 $24,016 

244.17—Procedures 

—Responses to FRA Inquiries Re: 

SIP data 

—Coordination in Implementing Approved SIP 

—Request for Confidential Treatment 

8 railroads 

8 railroads 

8 railroads 

8 railroads 

25 reports 

6 responses 

25 phone calls 

1 request 

40 hours/2 hours 

8 hours 

10 minutes 

16 hours 

88 

48 

4 

16 

5,632 

3,072 

256 

2,512 

244.19—Disposition 

—Comments on Proposed SIP 

Amendments 

8 railroads 2 reports 16 hours 32 2,048 

Total Responses: 60. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 528 

hours. 

Status: Extension of a currently 

approved collection. 

Title: Locomotive Crashworthiness. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0564. 

Abstract: In a final rule published 

June 28, 2006, the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) issued 

comprehensive standards for locomotive 

crashworthiness. These crashworthiness 

standards are intended to help protect 

locomotive cab occupants in the event 

of a locomotive collision. The collection 

of information is used by FRA to ensure 

that locomotive manufacturers and 

railroads meet minimum performance 

standards and design load requirements 

for newly manufactured and remanufactured locomotives in order to 

help protect locomotive cab occupants 

in the event that one of these covered 

locomotives collides with another 

locomotive, the rear of another train, a 

piece of on-track equipment, a shifted 

load on a freight car on an adjacent 

parallel track, or a highway vehicle at a 

rail-highway grade crossing. 

Form Number(s): N/A. 

Affected Public: Railroads. 

Respondent Universe: 685 railroads/ 

4 locomotive manufacturers. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion. 

CFR Section Respondent universe 

Total annual 

responses 

Average time per 

response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

229.207—Petition for FRA Approval of 

New Locomotive Crashworthiness 

Standards 

—Petition for FRA Approval of Substantive Change to FRA-Approved 

Crashworthiness Design Standard 

—Petition for FRA Approval of NonSubstantive Change to FRA-Approved Crashworthiness Design 

Standard 

685 Railroads + 4 

Loco. Manufacturers 

685 Railroads + 4 

Loco. Manufacturers 

685 Railroads + 4 

Loco. Manufacturers 

2 petitions 

1 petition 

1 petitions 

1,050 hours 

1,050 hours 

400 hours 

2,100 

1,050 

400 

229.209—Petition for FRA Approval of 

Alternative Locomotive Crashworthiness Design Standard 

685 Railroads + 4 

Loco. Manufacturers 

1 petition 2,550 hours 2,550 

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CFR Section Respondent universe 

Total annual 

responses 

Average time per 

response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

229.211—Comments on FRA Notice of 

Petitions Received by Agency 

—Agency Request for Additional Information Concerning Petitions: 

Hearings 

4 Loco. Manuf./RR 

Association/Labor 

Organizations/ 

Public 

685 Railroads/4 

Loco. Manuf./ 

Other Interested 

Parties/Public 

10 comments 

4 hearings (16 comments) 

16 hours 

24 hours 

160 

96 

229.213—Locomotive Manufacturing Information: Retention of Required Info. 685 Railroads 1,000 records or 

stickers or badge 

plates 

6 minutes 100 

229.215—Retention of Records—Original 

Designs 

—Retention of Records—Repairs 

and Modifications 

—Inspection of Records 

4 Loco. Manuf. 

685 Railroads 

6 Loco. Manuf./Rebuilders 

24 loco. rcds. 

6 records 

10 records 

8 hours 

4 hours 

2 minutes 

192 

24 

.33 

Total Responses: 1,059. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

6,672 hours. 

Status: Extension of a currently 

approved collection. 

Title: Safety Appliance Concern 

Recommendation Report; Guidance 

Checklist Forms. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0565. 

Abstract: In an ongoing effort to 

conduct more thorough and more 

effective inspections of railroad freight 

equipment and to further enhance safe 

rail operations, FRA has developed a 

safety concern recommendation report 

form, and a group of guidance checklist 

forms that facilitate railroad, rail car 

owner, and rail equipment manufacturer 

compliance with agency Railroad Safety 

Appliance Standards regulations. In lieu 

of completing an official inspection 

report (Form FRA F 6180.96), which 

takes subject railroad equipment out of 

service and disrupts rail operations, 

Form FRA F 6180.4a enables Federal 

and State safety inspectors to report to 

agency headquarters systemic or other 

safety concerns. FRA headquarters 

safety specialists can then contact 

railroads, car owners, and equipment 

manufacturers to address the reported 

issue(s) and institute necessary 

corrective action(s) in a timely fashion 

without unnecessarily having to take 

affected rail equipment out of service, 

unless deemed defective. Forms FRA F 

6180.4(b)–(m) are used in conjunction 

with the Special Inspection of Safety 

Appliance Equipment form (Form FRA 

F 6180.4) to assist Federal Motive, 

Power, and Equipment (MP&E) field 

inspectors in ensuring that critical 

sections of 49 CFR part 231 (Railroad 

Safety Appliance Standards), pertaining 

to various types of freight equipment, 

are complied with through use of a 

check-off list. By simplifying their 

demanding work, check-off lists for 12 

essential sections of Part 231 ensure that 

FRA MP&E field personnel completely 

and thoroughly inspect each type of 

freight car for compliance with its 

corresponding section in Part 231. The 

Guidance Checklist forms may later be 

used by state field inspectors as well. 

FRA believes that this collection of 

information will result in improved 

construction of newly designed freight 

cars and improved field inspections of 

all freight cars currently in use. This, in 

turn, will serve to reduce the number of 

accidents/incidents and corresponding 

injuries and fatalities that occur every 

year due to unsafe or defective 

equipment that was not promptly 

repaired/replaced. 

Form Number(s): FRA F 6180.4(a)– 

(m). 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

Reporting Burden: 

Form No. Respondent universe Total annual 

responses 

Average time 

per response 

(min) 

Total annual 

burden hours 

FRA F 6180.4a—MP& E Safety Concern 

and Recommendation Report.

130 Fed’l & State Inspectors .................... 30 Forms ................. 60 30 

FRA F 6180.4b—Check List Sec. 231.1 .... 130 Fed’l & State Inspectors .................... 10 Forms ................. 60 10 

FRA F 6180.4c—Check List Sec. 231.2 .... 130 Fed’l & State Inspectors .................... 30 Forms ................. 60 30 

FRA F 6180.4d—Check List Sec. 231.3 .... 130 Fed’l & State Inspectors .................... 3 Forms ................... 60 3 

FRA F 6180.4e—Check List Sec. 231.4 .... 130 Fed’l & State Inspectors .................... 15 Forms ................. 60 15 

FRA F 6180.4f—Check List Sec. 231.5 ..... 130 Fed’l & State Inspectors .................... 5 Forms ................... 60 5 

FRA F 6180.4g—Check List Sec. 231.6 .... 130 Fed’l & State Inspectors .................... 30 Forms ................. 60 30 

FRA F 6180.4h—Check List 231.7 ............ 130 Fed’l & State Inspectors .................... 3 Forms ................... 60 3 

FRA F 6180.4i—Check List Sec. 231.8 ..... 130 Fed’l & State Inspectors .................... 5 Forms ................... 60 5 

FRA F 6180.4j—Check List Sec. 231.9 ..... 130 Fed’l & State Inspectors .................... 5 Forms ................... 60 5 

FRA F 6180.4k—Check List Sec. 231.21 .. 130 Fed’l & State Inspectors .................... 10 Forms ................. 60 10 

FRA F 6180.4l—Check List Sec. 231.27 ... 130 Fed’l & State Inspectors .................... 10 Forms ................. 60 10 

FRA F 6180.4m—Check List Sec. 231.28 130 Fed’l & State Inspectors .................... 10 Forms ................. 60 10 

FRA F 6180.4n—Check List Sec. 231.138 130 Fed’l & State Inspectors .................... 5 Forms ................... 30 3 

FRA F 6180.4o—Check List Sec. 231.14 .. 130 Fed’l & State Inspectors .................... 5 Forms ................... 30 3 

FRA F 6180.4p—Check List Sec. 231.29 .. 130 Fed’l & State Inspectors .................... 5 Forms ................... 60 5 

FRA F 6180.4q—Check List Sec. 231.29 .. 130 Fed’l & State Inspectors .................... 5 Forms ................... 60 5 

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Respondent Universe: Federal and 

State Safety Inspectors. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion. 

Total Responses: 186 forms. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 182 

hours. 

Status: Extension of a currently 

approved collection. 

Title: Passenger Train Emergency 

Systems. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0576. 

Abstract: The collection of 

information is due to passenger train 

emergency regulations set forth in 49 

CFR 238 to further the safety of 

passenger train occupants through both 

enhancements and additions to FRA’s 

existing requirements. The collection of 

information is used by FRA, railroad 

employees, rescue workers, and the 

public. Emergency responders use the 

information collected to be able to 

quickly find and understand how to 

operate passenger cars’ emergency 

windows, doors, and roof hatches so 

that they can successfully perform their 

jobs and save lives. The information 

collected is used by train passengers to: 

(1) Recognize and immediately report 

potential emergencies to train crew 

members; (2) recognize hazards; (3) 

recognize and know how and when to 

operate appropriate emergency-related 

features and equipment, such as fire 

extinguishers, train doors, and 

emergency exits; and (4) recognize the 

potential special needs of fellow 

passengers, such as children, the 

elderly, and disabled, during an 

emergency; and (5) know how to 

quickly and safely evacuate the train in 

the event of an emergency, such as a 

collision, derailment, explosion, fire, or 

some other unanticipated occurrence. 

Luminescent or lighted emergency exit 

markings are used by train passengers 

and emergency responders to determine 

where the closest and most accessible 

emergency exit is located as well as how 

to operate the emergency exit 

mechanisms. Records of the inspection, 

maintenance, and repairs of emergency 

window and door exits and operational 

efficiency tests are used by FRA 

inspectors to monitor railroads’ 

regulatory compliance with this Part. 

Form Number(s): N/A. 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

Reporting Burden: 

49 CFR 238 Respondent universe Total annual responses Average time per 

response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

238.113—Emergency Window Exits—Markings 22 railroads 662 window markings 60 minutes/90 minutes/ 

120 minutes 

964 

238.114–Rescue Access Windows 22 railroads 1,092 access window 

markings 

45 minutes 819 

238.121—Emergency Communications—Marked 

Intercom Locations 

22 railroads 116 marked intercom 

locations 

5 minutes 10 

238.123—Emergency Road Access—Markings 

and Instructions 

22 railroads 232 marked roof access locations 30 minutes 116 

238.303—Exterior Calendar Day Mechanical Inspection of Equip 22 railroads 150 required replacement markings 20 minutes 50 

—Rescue Access Exterior Markings/Signage/Instructions 22 railroads 150 records 2 minutes 5 

—Records of Non-Compliance 

238.305—Interior Calendar Day Mechanical Inspection of Cars. 

—Written Notification to Train Crew of Noncompliant Car + Notice on Door 22 railroads 260 notifications + 260 

notices 

1 minute 9 

—Inoperative PA system and Notification to 

Crew 

22 railroads 300 notifications 1 minute 5 

—Records of Non-complying Condition 22 railroads 300 records 2 minutes 10 

238.307—Periodic Mechanical Inspection of 

Pass. Cars—Replacement Roof Access Markings 

22 railroads 32 replacement markings 20 minutes 11 

Respondent Universe: Businesses 

(railroads). 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion. 

Total Responses: 3,554. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

1,999 hours. 

Status: Extension of a currently 

approved collection. 

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 October 13, 

2010. 

Kimberly Coronel, 

Director, Office of Financial Management, 

Federal Railroad Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Maritime Administration 

[Docket No. 2010–0092] 

Marine Transportation System National 

Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Request for applications. 

SUMMARY: The Maritime Administration 

seeks applications for membership on 

the Marine Transportation System 

National Advisory Council (MTSNAC). 

This Committee advises and makes 

recommendations on impediments that 

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