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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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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. 

• 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 

February 13, 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 reviewed 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 

23, 2014. 

Ron Hynes, 

Director, Office of Technical Oversight. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30465 Filed 12–29–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2014–0100; Notice 2] 

Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping 

Requirements Agency Information 

Collection Activity Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice 

announces that the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted 

below has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. The ICR describes 

the nature of the information collections 

and their expected burden. The Federal 

Register Notice soliciting public 

comment on the ICR, with a 60-day 

comment period was published on 

September 26, 2014, at 79 FR 58029. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before January 29, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Coleman Sachs, Office of Vehicle Safety 

Compliance (NVS–223), National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

West Building—4th Floor—Room W45– 

205, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. Mr. Sachs’ 

telephone number is (202) 366–3151. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

Title: Consolidated Labeling 

Requirements for 49 CFR parts Vehicle 

Identification Number (VIN) 

Requirements, and 567 Certification. 

OMB Number: 2127–0510. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

Currently Approved Collection. 

Abstract: 

Part 565 

The regulations in part 565 specify 

the format, contents, and physical 

requirements for a vehicle identification 

number (VIN) system and its installation 

to simplify vehicle identification 

information retrieval and to increase the 

accuracy and efficiency of vehicle recall 

campaigns. The regulations require each 

vehicle manufactured in one stage to 

have a VIN that is assigned by the 

vehicle’s manufacturer. Each vehicle 

manufactured in more than one stage is 

to have a VIN assigned by the 

incomplete vehicle manufacturer. Each 

VIN must consist of 17 characters, 

including a check digit, in the ninth 

position, whose purpose is to verify the 

accuracy of any VIN transcription. The 

VIN must also incorporate the world 

manufacturer identifier or WMI 

assigned to the manufacturer by the 

competent authority in the country 

where the manufacturer is located. The 

WMI occupies the first three characters 

of the VIN for manufacturers that 

produce 1,000 or more vehicles of a 

specified type within a model year, and 

positions 1, 2, 3, 12, 13, and 14 of VINs 

assigned by manufacturers that produce 

less than 1,000 vehicles of a specified 

type per model year. The remaining 

characters of the VIN describe various 

vehicle attributes, such as make, model, 

and type, which vary depending on the 

vehicle’s type classification (i.e. 

passenger car, multipurpose passenger 

vehicle, truck, bus, trailer, motorcycle, 

low-speed vehicle), and identify the 

vehicle’s model year, plant code, and 

sequential production number. NHTSA 

has contracted with SAE International 

of Warrendale, Pennsylvania, to 

coordinate the assignment of WMIs to 

manufacturers in the United States. 

Each manufacturer of vehicles subject to 

the requirements of part 565 must 

submit, either directly or through an 

agent, the unique identifier for each 

make and type of vehicle it 

manufactures at least 60 days before 

affixing the first VIN using the 

identifier. Manufacturers are also 

required to submit to NHTSA 

information necessary to decipher the 

characters contained in their VINs, 

including amendments to that 

information, at least 60 days prior to 

offering for sale the first vehicle 

identified by a VIN containing that 

information or if information 

concerning vehicle characteristics 

sufficient to specify the VIN code is 

unavailable to the manufacturer by that 

date, then within one week after that 

information first becomes available. 

Part 567 

The regulations in part 567 specify 

the content and location of, and other 

requirements for, the certification label 

to be affixed to a motor vehicle, as 

required by the National Traffic and 

Motor Vehicle Safety Act, as amended 

(the Vehicle Safety Act) (49 U.S.C. 

30115) and the Motor Vehicle 

Information and Cost Savings Act, as 

amended (the Cost Savings Act) (49 

U.S.C. 30254 and 33109), to address 

certification-related duties and 

liabilities, and to provide the consumer 

with information to assist him or her in 

determining which of the Federal Motor 

Vehicle Safety Standards (as found in 49 

CFR part 571), Bumper Standards (as 

found in 49 CFR part 581, and Federal 

Theft Prevention Standards (as found in 

49 CFR part 541) are applicable to the 

vehicle. The regulations pertain to 

manufacturers of motor vehicles to 

which one or more standards are 

applicable, including persons who alter 

such vehicles prior to their first retail 

sale, and to Registered Importers of 

vehicles not originally manufactured to 

comply with all applicable Federal 

motor vehicle safety standards that are 

determined eligible for importation by 

NHTSA, based on the vehicles’ 

capability of being modified to conform 

to those standards. The regulations 

require each manufacturer to affix to 

each vehicle, in a prescribed location, a 

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