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period is set to close on December 29, 

2014. The extension is based on concern 

expressed by the American Association 

of State Highway and Transportation 

Officials (AASHTO) that the December 

29 closing date does not provide 

sufficient time to review and provide 

comprehensive comments on the notice. 

The FHWA and NHTSA recognize that 

others interested in commenting may 

have similar concerns and agrees that 

the comment period should be 

extended. Therefore, the closing date for 

comments is changed to February 15, 

2015, which will provide stakeholders 

interested in commenting additional 

time to discuss, evaluate, and submit 

responses to the docket. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 15, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Mail or hand deliver 

comments to the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Dockets Management 

Facility, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, or submit 

electronically at http://

www.regulations.gov. All comments 

should include the docket number that 

appears in the heading of this 

document. All comments received will 

be available for examination and 

copying at the above address from 9 

a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. Those 

desiring notification of receipt of 

comments must include a selfaddressed, stamped postcard or may 

print the acknowledgment page that 

appears after submitting comments 

electronically. 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 (Volume 

65, Number 70, Pages 19477–78) or you 

may visit http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about the program discussed 

herein, contact Melonie Barrington, 

FHWA Office of Safety, (202) 366–8029, 

or via email at Melonie.Barrington@

dot.gov; or Barbara Sauers, NHTSA 

Office of Regional Operations and 

Program Delivery, (202) 366–0144, or 

via email at Barbara.Sauers@dot.gov. 

For legal questions, please contact 

William Winne, Attorney-Advisor, 

FHWA Office of the Chief Counsel, 

(202) 366–1397, or via email at 

William.winne@dot.gov; or Jin H. Kim, 

Attorney-Advisor, NHTSA Office of the 

Chief Counsel, (202) 366–1834, or via 

email at Jin.Kim@dot.gov. Business 

hours for the DOT are from 8:00 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access and Filing 

You may submit or access all 

comments received by DOT online 

through: http://www.regulations.gov. 

Electronic submission and retrieval help 

and guidelines are available on the Web 

site. It is available 24 hours each day, 

365 days each year. Please follow the 

instructions. An electronic copy of this 

document may also be downloaded 

from the Federal Register’s home page 

at: http://www.federalregister.gov. 

Background 

On November 28, 2014, FHWA and 

NHTSA published in the Federal 

Register a notice and request for 

comment on actions the agencies could 

take without statutory changes to better 

streamline and harmonize State 

highway safety plan development and 

reporting requirements. The notice 

seeks comments from all interested 

parties to help evaluate potential future 

courses of action. 

The original comment period for the 

notice closes on December 29, 2014. The 

AASHTO has expressed concern that 

this closing date does not provide 

sufficient time to review and provide 

comprehensive comments and has 

requested the comment period be 

extended to February 15, 2015. The 

agencies recognize that others interested 

in commenting may have similar 

concerns and agree that the comment 

period should be extended. To allow 

time for this organization and others to 

submit comprehensive comments, the 

closing date is changed from December 

29, 2014, to February 15, 2015. 

Gregory G. Nadeau, 

Acting Administrator, Federal Highway 

Administration. 

David J. Friedman, 

Deputy Administrator, National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30570 Filed 12–29–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2014–0011–N–24] 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces that the renewal 

Information Collection Requests (ICRs) 

abstracted below arebeing forwarded to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and comment. The 

ICRs describes the nature of the 

information collection and its expected 

burden. The Federal Register notice 

with a 60-day comment period soliciting 

comments on the following collection of 

information was published on October 

17, 2014 (79 FR 62513). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before January 29, 2015. 

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 25, 

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 tollfree.) 

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 issue 

two notices seeking public comment on 

information collection activities before 

OMB may approve paperwork packages. 

44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.5, 

1320.8(d)(1), 1320.12. On October 17, 

2014, FRA published a 60-day notice in 

the Federal Register soliciting comment 

on ICR that the agency is seeking OMB 

approval. See 79 FR 62513. FRA 

received no comments in response to 

this notice. 

Before OMB decides whether to 

approve these proposed collections of 

information, it must provide 30 days for 

public comment. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b); 5 

CFR 1320.12(d). Federal law requires 

OMB to approve or disapprove 

paperwork packages between 30 and 60 

days after the 30 day notice is 

published. 44 U.S.C. 3507 (b)–(c); 5 CFR 

1320.12(d); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983, 

Aug. 29, 1995. OMB believes that the 30 

day notice informs the regulated 

community to file relevant comments 

and affords the agency adequate time to 

digest public comments before it 

renders a decision. 60 FR 44983, Aug. 

29, 1995. Therefore, respondents should 

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submit their respective comments to 

OMB within 30 days of publication to 

best ensure having their full effect. 5 

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

Aug. 29, 1995. 

The summary below describes the 

nature of the information collection 

requests (ICRs) and the expected 

burden. The revised request is being 

submitted for clearance by OMB as 

required by the PRA. 

Title: Inspection Brake System Safety 

Standards for Freight and Other NonPassenger 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. 

Type of Request: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses 

(Railroads). 

Form(s): N/A. 

Annual Estimated Burden: 991,451 

hours. 

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. 

Type of Request: Extension with 

change of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses 

(Railroads). 

Form(s): N/A. 

Annual Estimated Burden: 30,331 

hours. 

Addressee: Send comments regarding 

these 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. 

Rebecca Pennington, 

Chief Financial Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30247 Filed 12–29–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[FRA–2014–0090] 

Petition for Waiver of Compliance 

In accordance with Part 211 of Title 

49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

this document provides the public 

notice that by a document dated 

September 19, 2014, the Central States 

Steam Preservation Association 

(CSSPA) has petitioned the Federal 

Railroad Administration (FRA) for a 

waiver of compliance from certain 

provisions of the Federal railroad safety 

regulations contained at 49 CFR part 

230, Steam Locomotive Inspection and 

Maintenance Standards. FRA assigned 

the petition Docket Number FRA–2014– 

0090. CSSPA is a nonprofit organization 

based in Iowa that maintains and 

operates two Chinese 2–10–2 steam 

locomotives, Numbers 6988 and 7081. 

CSSPA plans to operate the 6988 steam 

engine in 2015 on the Iowa Interstate 

Railroad (IAIS) and possibly other 

railroads in the Midwest. The engines 

are based on the IAIS in Newton, IA. 

The Railroad Development Corporation 

still maintains ownership of the two 

steam engines at this time, but plans to 

donate the engines to CSSPA in the near 

future. 

CSSPA requests relief from 

performing the fifth annual inspection 

as it pertains to the inspection of 

flexible staybolt caps every 5 years, as 

required by 49 CFR 230.41(a), and 

requests to extend the inspection 

interval to the eighth annual inspection. 

CSSPA will perform all other 

inspections as required by 49 CFR 

230.16, Annual Inspection. CSSPA’s 

justification for requesting this relief is 

that the current level of safety would be 

maintained due to the low number of 

service days accrued in this engine 

since the last flexible staybolt cap 

inspection. There will be significant 

cost savings, as the CSSPA shop forces 

would not be required to remove the 

cab, piping, jacketing, and insulation to 

gain access to the caps to perform the 

flexible staybolt cap inspection. 

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. 

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