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CFR 1320.12(c); see also 60 FR 44983, 

Aug. 29, 1995. 

The summary below describes the 

nature of the information collection 

request (ICR) and the expected burden. 

The revised request is being submitted 

for clearance by OMB as required by the 

PRA. 

Title: Identification of Cars Moved in 

Accordance with Order 13528. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0506. 

Abstract: This collection of 

information identifies a freight car being 

moved within the scope of Order 13528 

(now codified at under 49 CFR 232.3). 

Otherwise, an exception will be taken, 

and the car will be set out of the train 

and not delivered. The information that 

must be recorded is specified at 49 CFR 

232.3(d)(3), which requires that a car be 

properly identified by a card attached to 

each side of the car and signed stating 

that such movement is being made 

under authority of the Order. Section 

232.2(d)(3) does not require retaining 

cards or tags. When a car bearing a tag 

for movement under this provision 

arrives at its destination, the tags are 

simply removed. This requirement/

record comes into play only when a 

railroad finds it necessary to move 

equipment as specified above. FRA 

estimates that approximately 400 cars 

per year are moved under this Order. 

Request: Extension without change of 

a currently approved information 

collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses 

(Railroads). 

Form(s): N/A. 

Annual Estimated Burden: 67 hours. 

Title: U.S. Locational Requirement for 

Dispatching U.S. Rail Operations. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0556. 

Abstract: Part 241 requires, in the 

absence of a waiver, that all dispatching 

of railroad Operations that occurs in the 

United States be performed in this 

country, with a minor exception. A 

railroad is allowed to conduct 

extraterritorial dispatching from Mexico 

or Canada in emergency situations, but 

only for the duration of the emergency. 

A railroad relying on the exception must 

provide written notification of its action 

to the FRA Regional Administrator of 

each FRA region in which the railroad 

operation occurs; such notification is 

not required before addressing the 

emergency situation. The information 

collected under this rule will be used as 

part of FRA’s oversight function to 

ensure that extraterritorial dispatchers 

comply with applicable safety 

regulations. 

Request: Extension without change of 

a currently approved information 

collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses 

(Railroads). 

Form(s): N/A. 

Annual Estimated Burden: 8 hours. 

Addressee: Send comments regarding 

this information collections to the Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

Seventeenth Street NW., Washington, 

DC 20503, Attention: FRA Desk Officer. 

Comments may also be sent via email to 

OMB at the following address: oira_

submissions@omb.eop.gov. 

Comments are invited on the 

following: Whether the proposed 

collections of information are 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 estimates of the burden of 

the proposed information collections; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collections of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

A comment to OMB is best assured of 

having its full effect if OMB receives it 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 1, 

2014. 

Rebecca Pennington, 

Chief Financial Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28506 Filed 12–4–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2009–0074] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

In accordance with Part 211 of Title 

49 Code of Federal Regulations, this 

document provides the public notice 

that by a document dated October 14, 

2014, the Canadian National Railway 

Company (CN), Brotherhood of 

Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen 

(BLET), and International Association of 

Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and 

Transportation Workers (SMART), have 

jointly petitioned the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) for an extension 

of their waiver of compliance from 

certain provisions of the Federal hours 

of service laws contained at 49 U.S.C. 

21103(a)(4). FRA assigned the petition 

Docket Number FRA–2009–0074. 

In their petition, CN, BLET, and 

SMART seek relief from 49 U.S.C. 

21103(a)(4), which, in part, requires a 

train employee to receive 48 hours off 

duty after initiating an on-duty period 

for 6 consecutive days. Specifically, CN, 

BLET, and SMART seek a waiver to 

allow a train employee to initiate an onduty period, each day, for 6 consecutive 

days followed by 24 hours off duty. In 

support of the request, CN, BLET, and 

SMART explained that CN has operated 

these schedules of 6 consecutive onduty periods followed by 24 hours off 

duty successfully since 2002. CN, BLET, 

and SMART indicate that these 

schedules have not had an adverse 

impact on safety. 

CN provided work schedules for the 

employees covered by the waiver, 

which shows them reporting for work 

within pre-set 4-hour calling spreads 

with a regular rest day. CN also 

provided an analysis of the most current 

12-month period of train-employee onduty human factor-related accidents and 

injuries. CN indicates that its analyses 

revealed that of the 22 human factorrelated accidents involving CN 

employees in the preceding 12 months, 

none involved employees covered under 

the waiver working 6 consecutive days 

followed by 24 hours off duty. Finally, 

CN said that all employees covered by 

the waiver were provided information 

about the waiver extension petition, and 

that there were no objections to the 

waiver extension by these employees. 

A copy of the petition, as well as any 

written communications concerning the 

petition, is available for review online at 

www.regulations.gov and in person at 

the U.S. Department of Transportation’s 

(DOT) Docket Operations Facility, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590. The Docket 

Operations Facility is open from 9 a.m. 

to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. 

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 and may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• Web site: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 


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• 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 by January 

20, 2015 will be considered by FRA 

before final action is taken. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered as far as practicable. 

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 

comment (or signing the document, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). In 

accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT 

solicits comments from the public to 

better inform its processes. DOT posts 

these comments, without edit, including 

any personal information the 

commenter provides, to 

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS), which can be viewed at 

www.dot.gov/privacy. See also http://

www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice 

for the privacy notice of regulations.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 1, 

2014. 

Ron Hynes, 

Director, Office of Technical Oversight. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28518 Filed 12–4–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. DOT–NHTSA–2014–0122] 

Notice and Request for Comments 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Transportation (DOT) invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) approval to renew an 

information collection. 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. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by February 3, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

[identified by Docket No. DOT–OST– 

200X–XXXX] through one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket 

Management Facility, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., West Building, Room W12– 

140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 

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

Friday, except on Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Walter Culbreath, 202–366–1566, Office 

of the Chief Information Officer, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0682 

Title: Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery 

Type of Review: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

Abstract: The proposed information 

collection activity provides a means to 

garner qualitative customer and 

stakeholder feedback in an efficient, 

timely manner, in accordance with the 

Administration’s commitment to 

improving service delivery. 

This feedback will provide insights 

into customer or stakeholder 

perceptions, experiences and 

expectations, provide an early warning 

of issues with service, or focus attention 

on areas where communication, training 

or changes in operations might improve 

delivery of products or services. These 

collections will allow for ongoing, 

collaborative and actionable 

communications between the Agency 

and its customers and stakeholders. It 

will also allow feedback to contribute 

directly to the improvement of program 

management. 

The solicitation of feedback will target 

areas such as: Timeliness, 

appropriateness, accuracy of 

information, courtesy, efficiency of 

service delivery, and resolution of 

issues with service delivery. Responses 

will be assessed to plan and inform 

efforts to improve or maintain the 

quality of service offered to the public. 

If this information is not collected, vital 

feedback from customers and 

stakeholders on the Agency’s services 

will be unavailable. 

The Agency will only submit a 

collection for approval under this 

generic clearance if it meets the 

following conditions: 

• The collections are voluntary; 

• The collections are low-burden for 

respondents (based on considerations of 

total burden hours, total number of 

respondents, or burden-hours per 

respondent) and are low-cost for both 

the respondents and the Federal 

Government; 

• The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of 

concern to other Federal agencies; 

• Any collection is targeted to the 

solicitation of opinions from 

respondents who have experience with 

the program or may have experience 

with the program in the near future; 

• Personally identifiable information 

(PII) is collected only to the extent 

necessary and is not retained; 

• Information gathered is intended to 

be used only internally for general 

service improvement and program 

management purposes and is not 

intended for release outside of the 

agency (if released, the agency must 

indicate the qualitative nature of the 

information); 

• Information gathered will not be 

used for the purpose of substantially 

informing influential policy decisions; 

and 

• Information gathered will yield 

qualitative information; the collections 

will not be designed or expected to 

yield statistically reliable results or used 

as though the results are generalizable to 

the population of study. 

Feedback collected under this generic 

clearance provides useful information, 

but it does not yield data that can be 

generalized to the overall population. 

This type of generic clearance for 

qualitative information will not be used 

for quantitative information collections 

that are designed to yield reliably 

actionable results, such as monitoring 

trends over time or documenting 

program performance. Such data uses 

require more rigorous designs that 

address: The target population to which 

generalizations will be made, the 

sampling frame, the sample design 

(including stratification and clustering), 

the precision requirements or power 

calculations that justify the proposed 

sample size, the expected response rate, 

methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data 

collection, and any testing procedures 

that were or will be undertaken prior to 

fielding the study. Depending on the 

degree of influence the results are likely 

to have, such collections may still be 


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