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CFR section Respondent universe Total annual responses Average time per 

response 

Total 

annual 

burden 

hours 

—Notification to Employee of Need: 

Otological Examination.

240 Employees ............. 20 notices ..................... 5 minutes ...................... 2 

—New Audiometric Interpretation .................. 240 Employees ............. 20 notices ..................... 5 minutes ...................... 2 

227.111—Audiometric Test Requirements ........... 1,000 Mobile Vans ........ 1,000 tests .................... 45 minutes .................... 750 

227.117—Hearing Protection Attenuation—Evaluation.460 Railroads ................ 50 evaluations ............... 30 minutes .................... 25 

—Re-Evaluations ........................................... 460 Railroads ................ 10 re-evals .................... 30 minutes .................... 5 

227.119—Hearing Conservation Training Program—Development.460 Railroads/AAR ....... 441 programs ................ 1 hour/58 hrs/30 minutes.353 

—Employee Training ..................................... 460 Railroads ................ 26,000 tr. Employees .... 30 minutes .................... 13,000 

—Periodic Training ........................................ 460 Railroads ................ 7,100 tr. Employees ...... 30 minutes .................... 3,550 

227.121—Record Keeping—Authorization: 

Records.

460 Railroads ................ 30 requests + 30 responses.10 minutes + 15 minutes.13 

—Request for Copies of Reports .................. 460 Railroads ................ 150 requests + 150 responses.21 minutes + 45 minutes.166 

—Records Transfer When Carrier Becomes 

Defunct.

460 Railroads ................ 10 records ..................... 24 minutes .................... 4 

—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 

229.121—Locomotive Cab Noise—Tests/Certification.3 Equipment Manufacturers.700 tests/records .......... 40 minutes + 5 minutes 111 

—Equipment Maintenance: Excessive Noise 

Reports.

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

record.

1 minute + 1 minute ...... 100 

—Maintenance Records ................................ 460 Railroads ................ 3,750 records ................ 1 minute ........................ 63 

—Internal Auditable Monitoring Systems ...... 460 Railroads ................ 460 systems .................. 36 min. + 8.25 hours .... 506 

Appendix H—Static Test Protocols/Records ........ 700 Locomotives ........... 2 retests + 2 records .... 10 minutes + 5 minutes 1 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

145,682. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

33,928 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. 

Rebecca Pennington, 

Chief Financial Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24688 Filed 10–16–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[Docket No. FTA–2014–0006] 

Notice of Request for Comments on 

Updates to National Transit Database 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments, 

extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: FTA is extending the 

comment period for the notice of 

request for comments, which was 

published on August 19, 2014. The 

original comment period closed on 

September 18, 2014. The extension is 

based on concerns expressed to FTA 

that the September 18 closing date did 

not provide sufficient time to review 

and provide comprehensive comments 

on two of the proposed changes. FTA 

agrees that the comment period for these 

two proposed changes should be 

extended. Therefore, FTA has extended 

the comment period by 30 days from the 

original deadline to October 20, 2014. 

Additionally, FTA will continue to 

accept and review comments arriving 

after the extended deadline to the fullest 

extent practicable. This extension will 

provide those interested in commenting 

additional time to discuss, evaluate, and 

submit responses to the docket. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

proposed rule published on August 19, 

2014 (79 FR 49146), is extended. 

Comments must be received on or 

before October 20, 2014. Any comments 

filed after this deadline will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit your 

comments by only one of the following 

methods, identifying your submission 

by Docket Number (FTA–2014–0006). 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

Submit electronic comments and other 

data to http://www.regulations.gov. 

• U.S. Mail: Send comments to 

Docket Operations; U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., West Building Room W12– 

140, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take 

comments to Docket Operations in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building, 

Ground Floor, at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 

9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: Fax comments to Docket 

Operations, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, at (202) 493–2251. 

Instructions: You must include the 

agency name (Federal Transit 

Administration) and Docket Number 

(FTA–2014–0006) for this notice, at the 

beginning of your comments. If sent by 

mail, submit two copies of your 

comments. Due to security procedures 

in effect since October 2001, mail 

received through the U.S. Postal Service 

may be subject to delays. Parties 

submitting comments should consider 

using an express mail firm to ensure 

their prompt filing of any submissions 

not filed electronically or by hand. If 

you wish to get confirmation that FTA 

received your comments, you must 

include a self-addressed stamped 

postcard. All comments received will be 

posted without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. You 

may review U.S. DOT’s complete 

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1Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which is currently set at $1,600. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

2Because applicants are seeking to discontinue 

service, not to abandon the line, trail use/rail 

banking and public use conditions are not 

appropriate. Likewise, no environmental or historic 

documentation is required here under 49 CFR 

1105.6(c) and 49 CFR 1105.8(b), respectively. 

Privacy Act Statement published in the 

Federal Register on April 11, 2000, at 

65 FR 19477–8 or http://

DocketsInfo.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Keith Gates, National Transit Database 

Program Manager, Office of Budget and 

Policy, (202) 366–1794, or email: 

keith.gates@dot.gov. 

Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Introduction 

The August 19 notice FR notice, for 

which we are extending the comment 

period here, announces FTA’s intention 

to revise certain aspects of National 

Transit Database (NTD) reporting 

guidance as described in the NTD 

Reporting Manual. The changes 

primarily relate to urbanized area transit 

providers. FTA is seeking public 

comment before implementing these 

changes to 49 U.S.C. 5335 National 

Transit Database. 

II. Background 

The August 19 notice proposes 

various changes to the requirements for 

the Urbanized Area Systems reporting to 

the NTD. These changes are primarily 

updates to the guidance in the NTD 

Reporting Manual, and FTA proposes 

that these changes will take effect for 

the FY 2014 data reporting cycle, which 

will begin this Fall. These changes do 

not apply to rural transit systems 

reporting through the NTD Rural 

Module. The proposed changes are as 

follows: 

A. Clarification for reporting subset data 

on ADA paratransit services 

B. Clarification on the reporting of 

contractual relationships 

C. Updates to definition of the bus rapid 

transit mode 

D. Guidance for service on HOT lanes 

E. Updates to the definition of 

commuter service and allocation of 

data attributable to an urbanized 

area 

F. Proposed elimination of consolidated 

reporting and update of small 

systems waiver reporting 

G. Clarification on consistent use of 

transit system names and 

organization types 

H. Policy clarification allowing 

delegation of CEO certification 

responsibility 

I. Elimination of unnecessary reporting 

requirements 

J. Updated guidance for sampling of 

passenger miles 

K. Expansion of capital asset reporting 

required by MAP–21 

Please refer to the original proposed 

guidance as published on August 19, 

2014 (79 FR 49146) for a more detailed 

discussion of these changes. 

III. Extension 

Most changes proposed in this notice 

are simple updates to the guidance in 

the NTD Reporting Manual. FTA did not 

expect extensive comments on these 

changes and will not be extending the 

comment deadline for them. The two 

proposed changes for which we have 

specifically been asked to extend the 

comment period, and which are covered 

under this notice are: 

A. Clarification for reporting subset 

data on ADA paratransit services; and 

K. Expansion of capital asset reporting 

required by MAP–21. 

Additional comments on the other 

proposals will be considered as time 

allows. 

Therese McMillan, 

Acting Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24724 Filed 10–16–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. AB 1000 (Sub-No. 3X); Docket 

No. AB 290 (Sub-No. 369X)] 

Georgia Southwestern Railroad, Inc.— 

Discontinuance of Service 

Exemption—in Schley and Sumpter 

Counties, Ga.; Central of Georgia 

Railroad Company—Discontinuance of 

Service Exemption—in Schley and 

Sumpter Counties, Ga 

Central of Georgia Railroad Company 

(CGA) and Georgia Southwestern 

Railroad, Inc. (GSWR) (collectively, 

applicants) have jointly filed a verified 

notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 

1152 subpart F—Exempt Abandonments 

and Discontinuances of Service for each 

carrier to discontinue service over a 16.5 

mile portion of rail line known as the 

Ellaville line between milepost 45.0 

near Ellaville, Schley County, Ga., and 

milepost 61.5 near Americus, Sumpter 

County, Ga. (the Line). Applicants state 

that the Line is a remaining portion of 

a CGA-owned rail line extending 

between Ochillee and Americus, Ga., 

that is leased to GSWR. The Line 

traverses United States Postal Service 

Zip Codes 31719 and 31806. 

Applicants have certified that: (1) No 

local traffic has moved over the Line for 

at least two years; (2) no overhead traffic 

has moved over the Line for at least two 

years and overhead traffic, if any, could 

be transported over other rail routes; (3) 

no formal complaint filed by a user of 

rail service on the Line (or by a state or 

local government entity acting on behalf 

of such user) regarding cessation of 

service over the Line either is pending 

with the Surface Transportation Board 

or with any U.S. District Court or has 

been decided in favor of complainant 

within the two-year period; and (4) the 

requirements at 49 CFR 1105.12 

(newspaper publication) and 49 CFR 

1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental 

agencies) have been met. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

discontinuance of service shall be 

protected under Oregon Short Line 

Railroad—Abandonment Portion 

Goshen Branch Between Firth & 

Ammon, in Bingham & Bonneville 

Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979). To 

address whether this condition 

adequately protects affected employees, 

a petition for partial revocation under 

49 U.S.C. 10502(d) must be filed. 

Provided no formal expression of 

intent to file an offer of financial 

assistance (OFA) to subsidize continued 

rail service has been received, this 

exemption will be effective on 

November 18, 2014, unless stayed 

pending reconsideration. Petitions to 

stay that do not involve environmental 

issues and formal expressions of intent 

to file an OFA to subsidize continued 

rail service under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2) 1

must be filed by October 27, 2014.2

Petitions to reopen must be filed by 

November 6, 2014, with the Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to applicants’ 

representatives: For CGA, William A. 

Mullins, Baker & Miller PLLC, 2401 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite 300, 

Washington, DC 20037; for GSWR, Eric 

M. Hocky, Clark Hill PLC, One 

Commerce Square, 2005 Market Street, 

Suite 1000, Philadelphia, PA 19103. 

If the notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

‘‘WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’ 

Decided: October 14, 2014. 

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