54116 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 202 / Wednesday, October 21, 2009 / Notices 

Date Filed: September 28, 2009. 

Parties: Members of the International 

Air Transport Association. 

Subject: 

TC31 North & Central Pacific. 

TC3—Central America, South America. 

Expedited Resolution 002bj. 

(Memo 0495). 

Intended Effective Date: November 1, 

2009. 

Docket Number: DOT–OST–2009– 

0236. 

Date Filed: September 29, 2009. 

Parties: Members of the International 

Air Transport Association. 

Subject: 

TC123 Mid Atlantic. 

Expedited Resolution 002bk (Memo 

0453). 

Intended Effective Date: November 1, 

2009. 

Docket Number: DOT–OST–2009– 

0237. 

Date Filed: September 29, 2009. 

Parties: Members of the International 

Air Transport Association. 

Subject: 

TC123 North Atlantic (except between 

USA and Korea, Rep. of, Malaysia). 

Expedited Resolution 002bg. 

(Memo 0452). 

Intended Effective Date: November 1, 

2009. 

Docket Number: DOT–OST–2009– 

0238. 

Date Filed: September 29, 2009. 

Parties: Members of the International 

Air Transport Association. 

Subject: 

TC123 North Atlantic between USA and 

Korea, Rep. of Malaysia. 

Expedited Resolution 002bg. 

(Memo 0451). 

Intended Effective Date: November 1, 

2009. 

Barbara J. Hairston, 

Supervisory Dockets Officer, Docket 

Operations, Alternate Federal Register 

Liaison. 

[FR Doc. E9–25317 Filed 10–20–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Research and Innovative Technology 

Administration 

[Docket Number RITA–2008–0002] 

Notice of Request for Approval To 

Continue To Collect New Information: 

Confidential Close Call Reporting 

System 

AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics (BTS), Research and 

Innovative Technology Administration 

(RITA), U.S. Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

this notice announces that the Bureau of 

Transportation Statistics (BTS) intends 

to request the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) renew the information 

collection request for the Close Calls 

project. This data collection effort is in 

support of a five-year research study 

aiming at improving rail safety by 

analyzing information on close calls and 

other unsafe occurrences in the rail 

industry. The ongoing research study is 

conducted by the Office of Human 

Factors in the Federal Railroad 

Administration and is designed to 

identify safety issues and propose 

corrective actions based on voluntary 

reports of close calls submitted to BTS. 

This collection is necessary because 

data on close calls are not normally 

reported to the railroad carriers or the 

Federal Railroad Administration. 

Continuous data collection for this 

research project is necessary to develop 

trends about rail safety and to improve 

railroad safety on an ongoing basis. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

December 21, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You can mail or handdeliver comments to the U.S. 

Department of Transportation (DOT), 

Docket Management Facility (DMF). 

You may submit your comments by mail 

to the Docket Clerk, Docket No. RITA– 

2008–0002, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave., 

SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Comments should identify the docket 

number; paper comments should be 

submitted in duplicate. The DMF is 

open for examination and copying, at 

the above address, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday except Federal 

holidays. If you wish to receive 

confirmation of receipt of your written 

comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped postcard with the 

following statement, ‘‘Comments on 

Docket: RITA–2008–0002.’’ The Docket 

Clerk will date stamp the postcard prior 

to returning it to you via the U.S. mail. 

Please note that due to delays in the 

delivery of U.S. mail to Federal offices 

in Washington, DC, we recommend that 

persons consider an alternative method 

(the Internet, fax, or professional 

delivery service) to submit comments to 

the docket and ensure their timely 

receipt at U.S. DOT. You may fax your 

comments to the DMF at (202) 493– 

2251. 

If you wish to file comments using the 

Internet, you may use the Web site 

http://www.regulations.gov. Please 

follow the instructions for submitting an 

electronic comment. You can also 

review comments on-line at the same 

Web site http://www.regulations,gov. 

Please note that anyone is able to 

electronically search all comments 

received into our docket management 

system 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 review the Department’s 

Privacy Policy at http://www.dot.gov/ 

Privacy. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Demetra V. Collia, E–36, Room 314, 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 

Research and Innovative Technology 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave., 

SE., Washington, DC 20590; (202) 366– 

1610; FAX No. (202) 366–3676; 

e-mail:demetra.collia@dot.gov. 

Data Confidentiality Provisions: The 

confidentiality of Close Calls data is 

protected under the BTS confidentiality 

statute (49 U.S.C. 111 (k)) and the 

Confidential Information Protection and 

Statistical Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) of 

2002 (Pub. L. 107–347, Title V). In 

accordance with these confidentiality 

statutes, only statistical and nonidentifying data will be made publicly 

available through reports. Further, BTS 

will not release to FRA or any other 

public or private entity any information 

that might reveal the identity of 

individuals or organizations mentioned 

in close call reports. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. The Data Collection 

The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35; as amended) and 

5 CFR Part 1320 require each Federal 

agency to obtain OMB approval to 

continue an information collection 

activity. BTS is seeking OMB approval 

for the following BTS information 

collection activity: 

Title: Confidential Close Call 

Reporting System. 

OMB Control Number: 2139– 0010. 

Type of Review: Approval to continue 

to collect new information: Confidential 

Close Call Reporting System (C3RS). 

Respondents: Employees of selected 

(pilot) railroad sites. 

Number of Respondents: 4,000 (per 

annum). 


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Estimated Time per Response: 0.50 

hours. 

Frequency: Intermittent for 

approximately three (3) years. (Reports 

are submitted when there is a qualifying 

event, i.e., a close call occurs within a 

pilot site. The frequency of such an 

event is estimated to be two per day.) 

Total Annual Burden: 365.00 hours. 

II. Background 

Continuing to collect data on the 

Nation’s transportation system is an 

important component of the BTS 

responsibility to the transportation 

community and is authorized in BTS 

statutory authority (49 USC 111(c)(1) 

and (2) and 49 USC 111(c)(5) (j)). BTS 

and FRA share a common interest in 

promoting rail safety based on better 

data. To that end, FRA’s Office of 

Research and Development is 

sponsoring the Confidential Close Call 

Reporting System (C3RS) Demonstration 

Project to investigate the effectiveness of 

such a data collection system in 

improving rail safety. The data 

collection phase of this study was 

initiated in February, 2009 and is 

scheduled to continue for 

approximately 3 more years. 

A close call represents a situation in 

which an ongoing sequence of events 

was stopped from developing further, 

preventing the occurrence of potentially 

serious safety-related consequences. 

This might include the following: (1) 

Events that happen frequently, but have 

low safety consequences; (2) events that 

happen infrequently but have the 

potential for high consequences (e.g., a 

train in dark territory proceeds beyond 

its authority); (3) events that are below 

the FRA reporting threshold (e.g., an 

event that causes a minor injury); and 

(4) events that are reportable to FRA but 

have the potential for a far greater 

accident than the one reported (e.g., a 

slow speed collision with minor damage 

to the equipment and no injuries.) 

Employees involved in a close call are 

asked to fill out a questionnaire and 

mail it to BTS. Blank forms of the 

questionnaire will be made available on 

the Web for download and at the 

employees work site. The respondent is 

asked to provide information such as: 

(1) Name and contact information; (2) 

time and location of the close call event; 

(3) a short description of the event; (4) 

contributing factors to the close call; 

and (5) any other information that might 

be useful in determining a root cause of 

such event. 

BTS collects close call reports 

submitted by railroad employees and 

protects the confidentiality of these data 

through its own statute (49 U.S.C. 

111(i)) and the Confidential Information 

Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act 

of 2002 (CIPSEA). In addition, BTS is 

developing an analytical database 

containing the reported data and other 

pertinent information to determine root 

causes of frequently reported close calls. 

The database is a valuable tool to 

railroad carriers and the FRA in their 

effort to identify safety issues and 

provide corrective measures before an 

accident occurs. 

Voluntary reporting of close calls to a 

confidential system can provide a tool 

to identify and correct weaknesses in 

railroad safety systems before an 

accident actually occurs. The C3RS 

demonstration project offers a 

voluntary, cooperative, non-punitive 

environment to communicate safety 

concerns. Through the analysis of close 

calls the FRA and the railroad 

community receive information about 

factors that may contribute to unsafe 

events and the error recovery 

mechanisms that prevented an adverse 

consequence from occurring. Such 

information is used to develop new 

training programs, identify root causes 

of potentially adverse events, assess risk 

and allocate resources to address those 

risks more efficiently. In addition, the 

database provides rail safety researchers 

with valuable information regarding 

precursors to safety risks and 

contributes to research and 

development of intervention programs 

aimed at preventing accidents and 

fatalities. 

III. Request for Comments 

BTS requests comments on any 

aspects of these information collections, 

including: (1) The accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (2) ways to enhance 

the quality, usefulness, and clarity of 

the collected information; and (3) ways 

to minimize the collection burden 

without reducing the quality of the 

information collected, including 

additional use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 15, 

2009. 

Steven D. Dillingham, 

Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 

Research and Innovative Technology 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–25316 Filed 10–20–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–HY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To 

Release Airport Property at the 

Punxsutawney Municipal Airport, 

Punxsutawney, PA 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request to release 

airport property. 

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to rule and 

invite public comment on the release of 

land at the Punxsutawney Municipal 

Airport, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania 

under the provisions of Section 47125(a) 

of Title 49 United States Code (U.S.C.). 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 20, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on this 

application may be mailed or delivered 

to the following address: Ricky Young, 

Manager, Punxsutawney Municipal 

Airport Authority, 500 Chestnut Street, 

Punxsutawney, PA 15767, and at the 

FAA Harrisburg Airports District Office: 

Lori K. Pagnanelli, Manager, Harrisburg 

Airports District Office, 3905 Hartzdale 

Dr., Suite 508, Camp Hill, PA 17011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori 

B.R. Ledebohm, Planner, Harrisburg 

Airports District Office location listed 

above. 

The request to release property may 

be reviewed in person at this same 

location. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA 

invites public comment on the request 

to release property at the Punxsutawney 

Municipal Airport under the provisions 

of Section 47125(a) of Title 49 U.S.C. 

On July 28, 2009, the FAA and the 

Pennsylvania Department of 

Transportation Bureau of Aviation 

determined that the request to release 

property at the Punxsutawney 

Municipal Airport submitted by the 

Punxsutawney Municipal Airport 

Authority (Authority) met the 

procedural requirements. 

The following is a brief overview of 

the request: 

The Punxsutawney Municipal Airport 

Authority requests the release of 

30.4248 acres of non-aeronautical 

airport property to Frank M. Amundson 

and Mary Ann Amundson. The property 

was acquired without Federal 

participation and is currently vacant. 

The property is located on the Easterly 

corner of Ridgmont Road and Clawson 

Street. The purpose of this release is to 

allow the Punxsutawney Municipal 

Airport Authority (Authority) to 

exchange the subject land that does not 


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