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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Mark Hartong, Senior Scientific 

Technical Advisor, at (202) 493–1332 or 

Mark.Hartong@dot.gov; or Mr. David 

Blackmore, Staff Director, Positive Train 

Control Division, at (312) 835–3903 or 

David.Blackmore@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In its 

PTCSP, PNWR asserts that its E–ATC 

system is designed as a vital overlay 

positive train control (PTC) system as 

defined in 49 CFR 236.1015(e)(2). The 

PTCSP describes PNWR’s E–ATC 

implementation and the associated E– 

ATC safety processes, safety analyses, 

and test, validation, and verification 

processes used during the development 

of E–ATC. The PTCSP also contains 

PNWR’s operational and support 

requirements and procedures. 

PNWR’s PTCSP and the 

accompanying request for approval and 

system certification are available for 

review online at http://

www.regulations.gov (Docket Number 

FRA–2010–0073) and in person at 

DOT’s 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 

comment on the PTCSP by submitting 

written comments or data. During its 

review of the PTCSP, FRA will consider 

any comments or data submitted. 

However, FRA may elect not to respond 

to any particular comment and, under 

49 CFR 236.1009(d)(3), FRA maintains 

the authority to approve or disapprove 

the PTCSP at its sole discretion. FRA 

does not anticipate scheduling a public 

hearing regarding PNWR’s PTCSP 

because the circumstances do not 

appear to warrant a hearing. If any 

interested party desires an opportunity 

for oral comment, the party should 

notify FRA in writing before the end of 

the comment period and specify the 

basis for his or her request. 

Privacy Act Notice 

Anyone can 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.). 

Under 49 CFR 211.3, FRA solicits 

comments from the public to better 

inform its decisions. 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 https://

www.transportation.gov/privacy. See 

https://www.regulations.gov/ 

privacyNotice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 8, 

2017. 

Robert C. Lauby, 

Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, 

Chief Safety Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19598 Filed 9–14–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2017–0083] 

Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping 

Requirements 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Request for public comment on 

the modification of an existing 

collection of information. 

SUMMARY: Before a Federal agency may 

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 

reinstatements of previously approved 

collections. This document describes a 

modification of an existing collection of 

information for which NHTSA intends 

to seek OMB approval. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 14, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

using any of the following methods: 

Electronic submissions: Go to http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

M–30, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building, Ground 

Floor, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Room 

W12–140, Washington, DC 20590. 

Hand Delivery: West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

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

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Telephone (202) 366–9826; Fax: (202) 

493–2251. 

Instructions: Each submission must 

include the Agency name and the 

Docket number for this proposed 

collection of information. Note that all 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

Privacy Act: 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 (65 FR 

19477–78) or you may visit http://

www.dot.gov/privacy.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Debbie Sweet, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590; 

Telephone (202) 366–7179; Fax: (202) 

366–2106; email address: 

Debbie.Sweet@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

before an agency submits a proposed 

collection of information to OMB for 

approval, it must first publish a 

document in the Federal Register 

providing a 60-day comment period and 

otherwise consult with members of the 

public and affected agencies concerning 

each proposed collection of information. 

OMB has promulgated regulations 

describing what must be included in 

such a document. Under OMB’s 

regulation (at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an 

agency must request public comment on 

the following: 

(i) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(ii) the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(iii) how to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; 

(iv) how to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including the use 

of appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g. permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

In compliance with these 

requirements, NHTSA asks for public 

comments on the following proposed 

collection of information: 

Title: Automated Driving Systems 2.0: 

A Vision for Safety. 

Type of Request: Modification of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

OMB Clearance Number: 2127–0723. 

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1Conformance to the guidance in Automated 

Driving Systems 2.0: A Vision for Safety is 

voluntary. See Fixing America’s Surface 

Transportation Act, Public Law 114–94, § 24406 

(2015) (‘‘No guidelines issued by the Secretary with 

respect to motor vehicle safety shall confer any 

rights on any person, State, or locality, nor shall 

operate to bind the Secretary or any person to the 

approach recommended in such guidelines’’). 

2The policy document titled Automated Driving 

Systems 2.0: A Vision for Safety supersedes, in its 

entirety, the policy document published on 

September 20, 2016, titled Federal Automated 

Vehicles Policy. 

3 In the Federal Automated Vehicles Policy, 

NHTSA used the terms Highly Automated Vehicles 

(HAVs) (Levels 3 through 5 vehicles) and L2 

systems. Automated Driving Systems 2.0: A Vision 

for Safety only applies to Level 3 through 5 systems, 

reducing the number of respondents in this 

collection. Also, for consistency NHTSA now refers 

to SAE Level 3 through 5 systems as Automated 

Driving Systems (ADSs) instead of HAVs. 

4For more information about SAE J3016, see 

http://www.sae.org/misc/pdfs/automated_

driving.pdf. 

5 49 U.S.C. § 30101. 

6https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/vr/ 

autonomous/testing (last accessed September 5, 

2017). 

7NHTSA acknowledges that Privacy and Ethical 

Considerations are also important elements for 

entities to deliberate. See NHTSA’s Web site for the 

Agency’s approach on each. 

Form Number: None. 

Requested Expiration Date of 

Approval: Three years from date of 

approval. 

Summary of the collection of 

Information: In a separate notice 

published in the Federal Register today, 

the Department of Transportation is 

announcing the publication of the 

policy document 1 titled Automated 

Driving Systems 2.0: A Vision for 

Safety. 2 Recognizing the potential that 

highly Automated Driving Systems 

(ADSs) have to enhance safety and 

mobility, this document sets out an 

approach to enable the safe deployment 

of Automated Driving Systems 3 (SAE 

Automation Levels 3 through 5— 

Conditional, High, and Full Automation 

Systems as defined in SAE J3016).4

Consistent with its statutory purpose 

to reduce traffic accidents and deaths 

and injuries resulting from traffic 

accidents,5 NHTSA is amending its 

recommendations for recordkeeping and 

disclosure of information related to 

automated vehicle technologies by 

vehicle manufacturers and other entities 

as described in Automated Driving 

Systems 2.0: A Vision for Safety. 

Specifically, NHTSA recommends that 

manufacturers and other entities assess 

their ADS-equipped vehicle against 

specific safety elements, summarize that 

assessment, and then voluntarily 

disclose that summary as discussed in 

the section titled ‘‘Voluntary Guidance 

for Automated Driving Systems’’ 

(hereafter referred to as ‘‘Voluntary 

Guidance’’). The Voluntary Guidance 

outlines recommended best practices, 

many of which should be commonplace 

in the industry, for the safe predeployment design, development, and 

testing of ADSs prior to commercial sale 

or operation on public roads. Further, 

the Voluntary Guidance identifies key 

areas manufacturers and other entities 

should consider prior to testing or 

deploying ADS on public roadways. 

To assist States and the public in 

understanding how safety is being 

considered by manufacturers and other 

entities developing and testing ADSs, 

NHTSA encourages documentation, 

recordkeeping, and disclosures that aid 

in that mission. The burden estimates 

contained in this notice are based on the 

Agency’s present understanding of the 

ADS market and the time associated 

with following the Voluntary Guidance, 

generating a self-assessment, and 

voluntarily making a summary of that 

self-assessment public. NHTSA seeks 

comment on the burden estimates in 

this notice in whole or in part. 

The manner by which NHTSA 

encourages ADS manufacturers and 

other entities to disclose information is 

through Voluntary Safety SelfAssessments for ADSs. The Voluntary 

Safety Self-Assessment would 

summarize how the manufacturer or 

other entity have considered the safety 

elements contained in the Voluntary 

Guidance as shown below: 

• System Safety 

• Operational Design Domain 

• Object and Event Detection and 

Response 

• Fallback (Minimal Risk Condition) 

• Validation Methods 

• Human Machine Interface 

• Vehicle Cybersecurity 

• Crashworthiness 

• Post-Crash ADS Behavior 

• Data Recording 

• Consumer Education and Training 

• Federal, State and Local Laws 

The Agency expects much of the work 

associated with consideration of the 

safety element in the Voluntary 

Guidance to be an extension of good and 

safe engineering practices already in 

place. It therefore believes that 

manufacturers and other entities will 

have access to all the information 

needed to craft a Voluntary Safety SelfAssessment that discusses how the 

safety elements were considered and if 

they choose, release a summary of that 

assessment publicly. Of the 

manufacturers and other entities who 

voluntarily disclose this information, 

NHTSA anticipates that most 

manufacturers and other entities will 

post the disclosures online. 

The safety elements are fully 

described in the Voluntary Guidance 

section (section I) of Automated Driving 

Systems 2.0: A Vision for Safety, as is 

the Voluntary Safety Self-Assessment. 

The Voluntary Safety Self-Assessment 

(including the public release of that 

summary assessment) is intended to 

communicate to the public (particularly 

States and consumers) that entities are 

(1) considering the safety aspects of 

ADSs; (2) communicating and 

collaborating with DOT; (3) encouraging 

the self-establishments of industry 

safety norms for ADSs; and (4) building 

public trust, acceptance, and confidence 

through transparent testing and 

deployment of ADSs. For each safety 

element laid out by the Voluntary 

Guidance, NHTSA encourages each 

manufacturer or entity to include an 

acknowledgement within the Voluntary 

Safety Self-Assessment that indicates 

either: 

• This safety element was considered 

during product development efforts for 

the subject feature; or 

• This safety element is not 

applicable to the subject product 

development effort. 

Burden Calculations 

There are currently 39 manufacturers 

that have registered with the State of 

California as licensed entities capable of 

testing automated systems.6 Previously, 

when NHTSA established this 

information collection, only 15 

manufacturers had registered with the 

State of California. NHTSA expects that 

this number will continue to increase 

over the next three years, and for 

purposes of estimating the burden of 

this collection, NHTSA believes there 

will be 50 respondents annually during 

the three years covered by this 

information collection request. This 

increase takes into account the addition 

of new entrants as well as the fact that 

that many entities have already begun 

testing of automated vehicles and thus 

already included in this figure. 

The adjustments from the previous 

approved collection are a result of the 

Voluntary Guidance reducing the 

number of priority safety design 

elements for consideration from 15 to 12 

(removal of Privacy, Registration and 

Certification, and Ethical 

Considerations).7 It also removes the 

data sharing aspect of the Voluntary 

Guidance, and limits the scope of the 

Voluntary Guidance to SAE system 

Levels 3–5 instead of also including 

Level 2. The Voluntary Guidance 

encourages public disclosure rather than 

providing information to NTHSA; 

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however, this change is not expected to 

change burden. 

NHTSA expects the industry burden 

of following the Voluntary Guidance to 

be comprised of efforts entities would 

already incur in normal business 

operation and existing documentation; 

however, there may be an increased 

burden for documentation of procedures 

and some minor analysis or review. In 

calculating the burden for an entity to 

consider the safety elements in the 

Voluntary Guidance, NHTSA has 

adjusted its estimates in accordance 

with the new Voluntary Guidance from 

the original estimated annual burden of 

1,630 hours for each reporting entity 

plus an additional 20 hours for select 

entities. By limiting the scope and safety 

elements in the Voluntary Guidance, the 

estimated annual burden for an entity to 

consider the safety elements in the 

Voluntary Guidance is now 835 hours. 

In addition to the estimated annual 

burden associated with existing 

documentation and business operation 

to follow the Voluntary Guidance, 

disclosure of a Voluntary Safety SelfAssessment may involve additional 

burden for format and content 

adherence, varying by safety element. 

NHTSA estimates that each entity will 

spend an additional 600 hours to use 

the documentation recommendations 

contained in the Voluntary Guidance. 

This estimate of burden is comprised of 

efforts to transmit information from 

existing format into a summary format 

that would be consumable by the 

public, including data translation, 

analysis, and discussion of traditionallytechnical information. This is a 

reduction from the original estimate of 

1,380 burden hours per year. 

Estimated Burden for This Collection: 

This estimated burden is a change from 

the previous collection, which 

estimated a total burden of 136,050 

hours for 45 HAV manufacturers or 

entities responding and 45 L2 

manufacturers or entities responding. 

As the new Voluntary Guidance does 

not contain any recommendations for 

documentation or disclosure for L2 

manufacturers, NHTSA has removed 

estimates for L2 manufacturers, which 

the agency had estimated as leading to 

1,375 burden hours per entity per year. 

NHTSA has also increased the estimated 

respondents for ADS (previously 

referred to as HAV) manufacturers or 

entities from 45 to 50 based on recent 

trends and has adjusted the burdens for 

each safety element based on the new 

Voluntary Guidance. NHTSA estimates 

the total burden associated with 

conforming with the documentation and 

disclosure recommendations contained 

in the Voluntary Guidance would be 

1,435 hours per manufacturer or entity 

per year. NHTSA estimates that 50 

manufacturers will conform with the 

recommendations contained in the 

Voluntary Guidance for a total burden of 

71,750 hours. Assuming an average cost 

to manufacturers or entities of $100 per 

hour, the total estimated annual burden 

on all respondents to this collection is 

$7,175,000, which represents a net 

decrease of $6,430,000 from the prior 

approval. 

The agency seeks comment on the 

estimated burden hours. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. Section 3506(c)(2)(A). 

Nathaniel Beuse, 

Associate Administrator for Vehicle Safety 

Research. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19638 Filed 9–14–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2017–0039; Notice 1] 

Ride the Ducks International, LLC, 

Receipt of Petition for Decision of 

Inconsequential Noncompliance 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Receipt of petition. 

SUMMARY: Ride the Ducks International, 

LLC (RTDI), has determined that certain 

model year (MY) 1996–2014 Ride the 

Ducks International Stretch Amphibious 

passenger vehicles (APVs) do not fully 

comply with Federal Motor Vehicle 

Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 113, Hood 

Latch System, and Federal Motor 

Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 

302, Flammability of Interior Materials. 

RTDI filed a noncompliance information 

report dated March 15, 2017. RTDI also 

petitioned NHTSA on April 12, 2017, 

for a decision that the subject 

noncompliance is inconsequential as it 

relates to motor vehicle safety. 

DATES: The closing date for comments 

on the petition is October 16, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written data, views, 

and arguments on this petition. 

Comments must refer to the docket and 

notice number cited in the title of this 

notice and submitted by any of the 

following methods: 

• Mail: Send comments by mail 

addressed to U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: Deliver comments 

by hand to U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. The Docket 

Section is open on weekdays from 10 

a.m. to 5 p.m. except Federal Holidays. 

• Electronically: Submit comments 

electronically by logging onto the 

Federal Docket Management System 

(FDMS) Web site at https://

www.regulations.gov/. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Comments may also be faxed to 

(202) 493–2251. 

Comments must be written in the 

English language, and be no greater than 

15 pages in length, although there is no 

limit to the length of necessary 

attachments to the comments. If 

comments are submitted in hard copy 

form, please ensure that two copies are 

provided. If you wish to receive 

confirmation that comments you have 

submitted by mail were received, please 

enclose a stamped, self-addressed 

postcard with the comments. Note that 

all comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

All comments and supporting 

materials received before the close of 

business on the closing date indicated 

above will be filed in the docket and 

will be considered. All comments and 

supporting materials received after the 

closing date will also be filed and will 

be considered to the fullest extent 

possible. 

When the petition is granted or 

denied, notice of the decision will also 

be published in the Federal Register 

pursuant to the authority indicated at 

the end of this notice. 

All comments, background 

documentation, and supporting 

materials submitted to the docket may 

be viewed by anyone at the address and 

times given above. The documents may 

also be viewed on the Internet at https:// 

www.regulations.gov by following the 

online instructions for accessing the 

dockets. The docket ID number for this 

petition is shown in the heading of this 

notice. 

DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement is available for review in a 

Federal Register notice published on 

April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477–78). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Overview: Ride the Ducks 

International, LLC (RTDI), has 

determined that certain model year 

(MY) 1996–2014 Ride the Ducks 

International Stretch Amphibious 

passenger vehicles (APVs) do not fully 

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