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 Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration [Docket No. FRA-2014-0011-N-19]
 AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), DOT.
 ACTION: Notice.
 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 renewal of the following currently approved information collection activities. Before submitting the information collection requests (ICRs) below 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 16, 2014.
 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 25, 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-__.” Alternatively, comments may be transmitted via facsimile to (202) 493-6216 or (202) 493-6479, or via email 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 in any 
                        ( print page 62514)
                        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, sec. 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 for reinstatement or renewal 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 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 currently approved information collection activities that FRA will submit for clearance by OMB as required under the PRA: *Title:*
                     Inspection Brake System Safety Standards for Freight and Other Non-Passenger Trains and Equipment (Power Brakes and Drawbars). *OMB Control Number:*
                     2130-0008. *Abstract:*
                     Section 7 of the Rail Safety Enforcement and Review Act of 1992, Public Law 102-365, amended Section 202 of the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 421, 431 et seq.), empowered the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a review of the Department's rules with respect to railroad power brakes and, where applicable, prescribe standards regarding dynamic brake equipment. In keeping with the Secretary's mandate and the authority delegated from him to the FRA Administrator, FRA issued revisions to the regulations governing freight power brakes and equipment in October 2008 by adding a new subpart addressing electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brake systems. The revisions are designed to provide for and encourage the safe implementation and use of ECT brake system technologies. These revisions contain specific requirements relating to design, interoperability, training, inspection, testing, handling defective equipment and periodic maintenance related to ECP brake systems. The final rule also identifies provisions of the existing regulations and statutes where FRA is proposing to provide flexibility to facilitate the voluntary adoption of this advanced brake system technology. The collection of information is used by FRA to monitor and enforce current regulatory requirements related to power brakes on freight cars as well as the recently added requirements related to ECP brake systems. The collection of information is also used by locomotive engineers and road crews to verify that the terminal air brake test has been performed in a satisfactory manner. *Form Number(s):*
                     None. *Affected Public:*
                     Businesses. *Respondent Universe:*
                     559 railroads. *Frequency of Submission:*
                     On occasion. *Affected Public:*
                     Businesses. *Reporting Burden:* CFR section
Respondent universe
Total annual responses
Average time per
                             response
Total
                             annual 
                             burden 
                             hours229.27—Annual Tests
30,000 Locomotives
30,000 tests
15 minutes
7,500232.3—Applicability—Cars Not Used in Service
559 Railroads
8 cards
10 minutes
1232.7—Waivers
559 railroads
25 petitions
80 hours
2,000232.11—Penalties
559 railroads
1 false record
10 minutes
17232.15—Movement of Defective Equipment
1,620,000 cars/locos
128,400 tags
2.5 minutes
5,350—Notice of Defective Car/Locomotive and Restrictions
1,620,000 cars/locos
25,000 notices
3 minutes
1,250232.17—Special Approval Procedure
559 railroads
4 petitions
100 hours
400—Petitions—Pre-Revenue Svc Plans
559 railroads
2 petitions
100 hours
200—Copies of Petitions—Special Approval
559 railroads
4 petitions
20 hours
80—Statements of Interest
Public/Railroads
14 statements
8 hours
112—Comments on Special Approval Procedure Petition
Public/Railroads
13 comments
4 hours
52232.103—General Requirements for All Train Brakes
114,000 cars
70,000 stickers
10 minutes
11,667232.105—General Requirements For Locomotives
30,000 locomotives
30,000 forms
5 minutes
2,500232.107—Air Source Requirements—Plans
10 new railroads
1 plan
40 hours
40—Amendments to Plan
50 Existing Plans
10 amendment
20 hours
200—Record Keeping
50 Existing Plans
1,150 records
20 hours
23,000232.109—Dynamic Br. Requirements—Rcd
559 railroads
1,656,000 rcd
4 minutes
110,400( print page 62515)—Repair of Inoperative Dynamic Brakes
30,000 locomotives
6,358 records
4 minutes
424—Locomotives w/Inoperative Dynamic Br
30,000 locomotives
6,358 tags
30 seconds
53—Deactivated Dynamic Brakes: Markings
8,000 locomotives
10 markings
5 minutes
1—Rule Safe Train Handling Procedures
5 new railroads
5 oper. rules
4 hours
20—Amendments
559 railroads
15 amendment
1 hour
15—Over Speed Top Rules—5 MPH Increase
559 railroads
5 requests
20.5 hours
103—Locomotive Engineer Certification Programs—Dynamic Brakes Training
5 new railroads
5 amendments
16 hours
80232.111—Train Information Handling
5 new railroads
5 procedures
40 hours
200—Amendments
100 railroads
100 am. proc.
20 hours
2,000—Reports to Train Crews
559 railroads
2,112,000 rpts
10 minutes
352,000232.203—Training Requirements: Training Programs—Subsequent Years
15 railroads
5 programs
100 hours
500—Amendments to Written Program
559 railroads
559 am. prog.
8 hours
4,472—Training Records
559 railroads
67,000 records
8 minutes
8,933—Training Notifications
559 railroads
67,000 notices
3 minutes
3,350—Validation/Assessment Plans
559 railroads
1 plan + 559 copies
40 hrs./1 min.
49—Amendments to Validation/Assessment Plans
559 railroads
50 amendment
20 hours
1,000232.205—Class I Brake Test—Initial Terminal Insp
559 railroads
1,646,000 notices
45 seconds
20,575232.207—Class I A Brake Tests: 1000 Mile Insp—Subsequent Years
559 railroads
5 designations
1 hour
5—Amendments
559 railroads
5 amendments
1 hour
5232.209—Class II Brake Tests—Intermediate Insp
559 railroads
1,597,000 comments
3 seconds
1,331232.213—Extended Haul Trains—Designations
84,000 train movements
200 designates
15 minutes
50232.303—General Requirements—Track Brake Test
1,600,000 freight cars
5,600 tags
5 minutes
467—Location of Last Track Brake Test/Single Car Test
1,600,000 freight cars
320,000 stencillings
5 minutes
26,667232.305—Single Car Tests
1,600,000 freight cars
320,000 tests/rcds
45 minutes
240,000232.307—Request to Modify Single Car Air Brake Test Procedures
AAR
1 request + 3 copies
20 hours + 5 minutes
20—Statement Affirming That Request Copies Have been Served on Designated Employee Representatives
AAR
1 statement + 4 copies
30 minutes + 5 minutes
1—Comment on Modification Request
RR Industry/Public/Interested Parties
2 comments
8
16232.309—Equipment and Devices—Tests/Calibrations
640 shops
5,000 tests
30 minutes
2,500232.403—Design Standards For One-way EOT Devices—Unique Code
245 railroads
12 requests
5 minutes
1232.407—Operations Requiring 2-Way EOTs
245 railroads
50,000 communications
30 seconds
417232.409—Inspection and Testing of 2-Way EOTs
245 railroads
447,500 communications
30 seconds
3,729—Testing Telemetry Equipment
245 railroads
32,708 markings
60 seconds
545232.503—Process to Introduce New Brake System Technology—Special Approval
559 railroads
1 request/letter
60 minutes
1—Pre-Revenue Service Demonstration
559 railroads
1 request
3 hours
3232.505—Pre-Revenue Service Acceptance Testing Plan: Maintenance Procedure—Subsequent Years
559 railroads
1 procedure
160 hours
160—Amendments
559 railroads
1 amendment
40 hours
40—Design Descriptions—Petitions
559 railroads
1 petition
67 hours
67—Results Pre-Revenue Service Acceptance Testing
559 railroads
1 report
13 hours
13—Description of Brake Systems Technologies Previously Used in Revenue Service
559 railroads
5 descriptions
40 hours
200232.603—ECP Requirements: Brakes—Configuration Management Plans
4 railroads
1 plan
160 hours
160—Updated Plans in Subsequent Years
4 railroads
1 plan
60 hours
60—Modification of Standards—Requests
4 railroads
1 request + 4 copies
8 hours + 5 minutes
8—RR Statement Affirming Copy of Modification Request to Employee Reps
4 railroads
4 statements + 24 copies
60 minutes + 5 minutes
6—Comments on Modification Request
Public/Interested Parties
4 comments
2 hours
8232.605—ECP Training Programs
4 railroads
4 programs
100 hours
400—Programs in Subsequent Years
4 railroads
2 programs
100 hours
200—ECP Trained Employees
4 railroads
6,409 workers
8 hrs./24 hrs.
10,512—ECP Trained Employees—Subsequent Yr
4 railroads
6,409 workers
1 hr./8 hrs.
30,264( print page 62516)—ECP Trained Employees—Records
4 railroads
6,409 records
4 minutes
855—ECP Trained Employees—Sub. Records
4 railroads
6,409 records
4 minutes
428—RR/Contractor Assessment of ECP Training Programs—Amended Plans
4 railroads
4 amended Plans
40 hours
160—ECP Amended Operating Rules
4 railroads
4 am. rules
24 hours
96—Amended Locomotive Engineer Certification Programs
4 railroads
4 programs
40 hours
160232.607—ECP Trains Inspection/Testing:—Notification to Locomotive Engineer
4 railroads
10,000 tests + 10,000 notices
90 minutes + 45 seconds
15,125—Cars Added en Route—Tests/Notifications
4 railroads
1,000 tests + 1,000 notices
60 minutes + 45 seconds
1,006—Non-ECP Cars Added—Inspections and Tagging of Defective Equipment
2000 Cars
200 insp. + 400 tags
5 minutes + 2.5 minutes
34232.609—Handling of Defective Equipment w/ECP Brake Systems—Tagging
25 Cars
50 tags
2.5 minutes
2—Train in ECP Mode w/Less Than 85% of Cars w/Operative Brakes—Insp. + Tagging
20 Cars
20 insp. + 40 tags
5 minutes + 2.5 minutes
3—Freight Cars w/ECP Systems Found with Defective Non-Safety Appliance—Tagging
75 cars
150 tags
2.5 minutes
6—Conventional Train Operating with ECP Stand Alone Brake Systems—Tagging
500 cars
1,000 tags
2.5 minutes
42—Procedures for Handling ECP Brake System Repairs
4 railroads
4 procedures
24 hours
96—Submission to FRA of ECP Brake System Repair Locations—Lists
4 railroads
4 lists
8 hours
32—Notice to FRA of Change in List
4 railroads
1 notification
60 minutes
1232.611—Periodic Maintenance Inspection and Repair of ECP Cars Before Release from Repair Shop or Track
500 freight Cars
500 inspection and records
10 minutes
83—Petitions for Special Approval of Pre-Revenue Service Acceptance Testing Plan
AAR
1 petition + 2 copies
24 + 5 minutes
24—Single Car Brake Test on ECP Retrofitted Cars
2,500 freight Cars
2,500 tests/records
45 minutes
1,875—Modification of Single Car Test Standard
AAR
1 procedure
40 hours
40
 *Total Estimated Annual Responses:*
                     8,677,683. *Total Estimated Annual Burden:*
                     991,451 hours. *Status:*
                     Extension without Change of a Currently Approved Collection. *Title:*
                     Occupational Noise Exposure for Railroad Operating Employees. *OMB Control Number:*
                     2130-0571. *Abstract:*
                     The collection of information is used by FRA to ensure that railroads covered by this rule establish and implement—by specified dates—noise monitoring, hearing conservation, and audiometric testing programs, as well as hearing conservation training programs, to protect their employees against the damaging and potentially dangerous effects of excessive noise in the everyday rail environment. *Affected Public:*
                     Businesses. *Respondent Universe:*
                     460 railroads. *Frequency of Submission:*
                     On occasion. Reporting Burden: CFR section
Respondent universe
Total annual responses
Average time per
                             response
Total
                             annual 
                             burden 
                             hours227.9—Waivers
460 Railroads
5 petitions
60 minutes
5227.103—Noise Monitoring Program
460 Railroads
460 programs
3 hours/30 hours/600 hours
5,128—Notification of Employee of Monitoring
460 Railroads
905 lists
30 minutes
453227.107—Hearing Conservation Program (HCP)
460 railroads
461 HCPs
150 hrs/2 hrs/31 hrs/7.5 hours
2,875—Revised Hearing Conservation Programs (HCPs)
460 railroads
5 HCPs
1.74 hours
9227.109—Audiometric Testing Program—Existing Employees—Baseline Audiograms
85,600 Employees
7,100 a-grams
25 minutes
2,958—Periodic Audiograms
85,600 Employees
8,000 a-grams
10 minutes
1,333—Evaluation of Audiograms
85,600 Employees
2,330 eval. + 93 retests
6 min./2.5 hrs.
280—Problem Audiograms/& required documents to Medical Professional
8,000 Employees
45 documents
10 minutes
8—Follow-up Procedures—Notifications
8,000 Employees
93 notices
15 minutes
8—Fitting/Training of Employees: Hearing Protectors
240 Employees
240 tr. session
2 minutes
8—Referrals For Clinical/Otological Exam
240 Employees
20 referrals
2 hours
40( print page 62517)—Notification to Employee of Need: Otological Examination
240 Employees
20 notices
5 minutes
2—New Audiometric Interpretation
240 Employees
20 notices
5 minutes
2227.111—Audiometric Test Requirements
1,000 Mobile Vans
1,000 tests
45 minutes
750227.117—Hearing Protection Attenuation—Evaluation
460 Railroads
50 evaluations
30 minutes
25—Re-Evaluations
460 Railroads
10 re-evals
30 minutes
5227.119—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
3,550227.121—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
675229.121—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
506Appendix 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.


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