48738 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 201 / Thursday, October 19, 2017 / Notices 

Continuation of Plenary or Working 

Group Sessions 

Wednesday, December 13, 2017—9:00 

a.m.–5:00 p.m. 

Continuation of Plenary or Working 

Group Sessions 

Thursday, December 14, 2017—9:00 

a.m.–5:00 p.m. 

Review DO–356A/ED–203A for Final 

Review and Comment(FRAC)/Open 

Consultation 

Friday, December 15, 2017—9:00 a.m.– 

12:00 p.m. 

1. Schedule Update 

2. Decision to approve release of DO– 

356A/ED–203A for final review and 

comment (frac)/Open consulation 

3. Date, Place and Time of Next 

Meeting 

4. New Business 

5. Adjourn Plenary 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairman, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 16, 

2017. 

Mohannad Dawoud, 

Management & Program Analyst, Partnership 

Contracts Branch, ANG–A17, NextGen, 

Procurement Services Division, Federal 

Aviation Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22669 Filed 10–18–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket Number FRA–2017–0090] 

Notice of Application for Approval To 

Discontinue or Modify a Railroad 

Signal System 

Under part 235 of Title 49 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations and 49 U.S.C. 

20502(a), this provides the public notice 

that in a letter dated October 4, 2017, 

Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS) 

petitioned the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) seeking approval 

to discontinue or modify a signal 

system. FRA assigned the petition 

Docket Number FRA–2017–0090. 

Applicant: Norfolk Southern 

Corporation, Mr. B. L. Sykes, Chief 

Engineer C&S Engineering, 1200 

Peachtree Street NE.; Atlanta, GA 30309 

NS seeks to discontinue signal A8E– 

1 and A8E–2 on running tracks number 

11 & 12 in the approach to control point 

(CP) Harrisburg on the Pittsburgh Line 

at milepost PT 105 on the Harrisburg 

Division, Harrisburg PA. 

These changes are being proposed 

because NS Operating Rule #93—Main 

track within Yard Limits, states ‘‘[a]ll 

train and engine movements within 

Yard Limits must be made at Restricted 

Speed unless operating on a block signal 

indication that is more favorable than an 

approach.’’ Yard limits signs are to be 

moved upon approval to CP Harrisburg 

which will require all train and engine 

movements to be made at Restricted 

Speed. 

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 parties desire 

an opportunity for oral comment and a 

public hearing, 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. 

• 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 

December 4, 2017 will be considered by 

FRA before final action is taken. 

Comments received after that date will 

be considered if practicable. 

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 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 https://

www.transportation.gov/privacy. See 

also https://www.regulations.gov/ 

privacyNotice for the privacy notice of 

regulations.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Robert C. Lauby, 

Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, 

Chief Safety Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22698 Filed 10–18–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2017–0002–N–24] 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and comment request. 

SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice 

announces that FRA is forwarding the 

currently approved Information 

Collection Requests (ICRs), abstracted 

below, to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and comment. 

The ICRs describe the information 

collections FRA is submitting for 

renewal and their expected burden. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before November 20, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding 

these information collections to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, 725 17th 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Robert Brogan, Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad 

Safety, Safety Regulatory Analysis 

Division, RRS–21, Federal Railroad 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Mail Stop 25, Washington, 

DC 20590 (Telephone: (202) 493–6292); 

or Ms. Kim Toone, Information 

Collection Clearance Officer, Office of 

Administration, Office of Information 


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Technology, RAD–20, Federal Railroad 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Mail Stop 35, Washington, 

DC 20590 (Telephone: (202) 493–6132). 

(These telephone numbers are not toll 

free.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA, 

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), and 1320.12. On June 30, 

2017, FRA published a 60-day notice in 

the Federal Register soliciting comment 

on the ICRs for which it is now seeking 

OMB approval. See 82 FR 29976. FRA 

received no comments in response to 

the notice. The summaries below 

describe the ICRs and their expected 

burden. FRA is submitting these 

renewal requests for clearance by OMB, 

as the PRA requires. 

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 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 submit 

their respective comments to OMB 

within 30 days of publication. 5 CFR 

1320.12(c); see also 60 FR 44983, Aug. 

29, 1995. 

Comments are invited on the 

following ICRs regarding: (1) Whether 

the information collection activities are 

necessary for FRA to properly execute 

its functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of FRA’s estimates of 

the burden of the information collection 

activities, including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used to 

determine the estimates; (3) ways for 

FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information being 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of information collection 

activities on the public, including the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Title: Railroad Operating Rules. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0035. 

Abstract: Title 49 CFR 217 requires 

Class I and Class II railroads to file with 

FRA copies of their operating rules, 

timetables, timetable special 

instructions, and subsequent 

amendments (49 CFR 217.7(a) and (b)), 

while Class III railroads are required to 

retain copies of these documents at their 

systems headquarters (49 CFR 217.7(c)). 

Also, 49 CFR 220.21(b) requires 

railroads to retain one copy of their 

current operating rules with respect to 

radio communications at a specified 

location. These railroads are also 

required to retain one copy of each 

subsequent amendment thereto. These 

documents must be made available to 

FRA upon request. FRA uses the 

information collected to determine the 

railroads’ rules and practices with 

respect to train operations and 

instructions provided by the railroads to 

their operating employees. 

Type of Request: Extension with 

change of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

Form(s): N/A. 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

188,591,125. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 

4,797,590 hours. 

Title: Track Safety Standards; 

Concrete Crossties. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0592. 

Abstract: On April 1, 2011, FRA 

amended 49 CFR 213 (Track Safety 

Standards) to ensure safe operations 

over track constructed with concrete 

crossties. FRA issued specific 

requirements for effective concrete 

crossties, rail fastening systems 

connected to concrete crossties, and 

automated inspections of track 

constructed with concrete crossties. 

FRA uses the information collected 

under 49 CFR 213.234 to ensure that 

automated track inspections of track 

constructed with concrete crossties are 

carried out as specified in this section 

to supplement visual inspections by 

Class I and Class II railroads, intercity 

passenger railroads, and commuter 

railroads or small governmental 

jurisdictions that serve populations 

greater than 50,000. 

Type of Request: Extension with 

change of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

Form(s): N/A. 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

2,318. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 

4,875 hours. 

Under 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 CFR 

1320.5(b) and 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FRA 

informs all interested parties that it may 

not conduct or sponsor, and a 

respondent is not required to respond to 

a collection of information, unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

Brett A. Jortland, 

Acting Deputy Chief Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22650 Filed 10–18–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

Petition for Exemption From the 

Federal Motor Vehicle Motor Theft 

Prevention Standard; General Motors 

Corporation 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Grant of petition for exemption. 

SUMMARY: This document grants in full 

General Motors Corporation’s (GM) 

petition for an exemption of the Cadillac 

XT4 vehicle line in accordance with 

Exemption from the Theft Prevention 

Standard. This petition is granted 

because the agency has determined that 

the antitheft device to be placed on the 

line as standard equipment is likely to 

be as effective in reducing and deterring 

motor vehicle theft as compliance with 

the parts-marking requirements of the 

Federal Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention 

Standard (Theft Prevention Standard). 

DATES: The exemption granted by this 

notice is effective beginning with the 

2019 model year (MY). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Hisham Mohamed, Office of 

International Policy, Fuel Economy, and 

Consumer Standards, NHTSA, W43– 

437, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. Mr. Mohamed’s 

phone number is (202) 366–0307. His 

fax number is (202) 493–2990. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a 

petition dated May 29, 2017, GM 

requested an exemption from the partsmarking requirements of the Theft 

Prevention Standard for its Cadillac XT4 

vehicle line beginning with MY 2019. 

The petition requested an exemption 

from parts-marking pursuant to 49 CFR 

543, Exemption from Vehicle Theft 

Prevention Standard, based on the 

installation of an antitheft device as 

standard equipment for the entire 

vehicle line. 

Under 49 CFR part 543.5(a), a 

manufacturer may petition NHTSA to 

grant an exemption for one vehicle line 

per model year. In its petition, GM 


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