Document ID: FRA-2014-0011-0020
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Posted Date: 2014-08-05T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 150 (Tuesday, August 5, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45585-45586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18499]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2014-0011-N-15]

Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and its 
implementing regulations, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 
hereby announces that it is seeking renewal of the following currently 
approved information collection activities. Before submitting the 
information collection request (ICR) below for clearance by the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB), FRA is soliciting public comment on 
specific aspects of the activities identified below.

DATES: Comments must be received no later than October 6, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments on any or all of the following 
proposed activities by mail to either: Mr. Robert Brogan, Office of 
Safety, Planning and Evaluation Division, RRS-21, Federal Railroad 
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Mail Stop 17, Washington, DC 
20590, or Ms. Kimberly Toone, Office of Information Technology, RAD-20, 
Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Mail Stop 
35, Washington, DC 20590. Commenters requesting FRA to acknowledge 
receipt of their respective comments must include a self-addressed 
stamped postcard stating, ``Comments on OMB control number 2130-0595.'' 
Alternatively, comments may be transmitted via facsimile to (202) 493-
6216 or (202) 493-6497, or via email to Mr. Brogan at 
Robert.Brogan@dot.gov, or to Ms. Toone at Kim.Toone@dot.gov. Please 
refer to the assigned OMB control number in any correspondence 
submitted. FRA will summarize comments received in response to this 
notice in a subsequent notice and include them in its information 
collection submission to OMB for approval.

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 17, 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 toll-free.)

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 provide 60-days notice to the public 
for comment on information collection activities before seeking 
approval for reinstatement or renewal by OMB. 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A); 
5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), 1320.10(e)(1), 1320.12(a). Specifically, FRA 
invites interested respondents to comment on the following summary of 
proposed information collection activities regarding (i) whether the 
information collection activities are necessary for FRA to properly 
execute its functions, including whether the activities will have 
practical utility; (ii) 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; (iii) ways 
for FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
being collected; and (iv) ways for FRA to minimize the burden of 
information collection activities on the public by automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology (e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses). See 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)(i)-(iv); 5 CFR 
1320.8(d)(1)(i)-(iv). FRA believes that soliciting public comment will 
promote its efforts to reduce the administrative and paperwork burdens 
associated with the collection of information mandated by Federal 
regulations. In summary, FRA reasons that comments received will 
advance three objectives: (i) Reduce reporting burdens; (ii) ensure 
that it organizes information collection requirements in a ``user 
friendly'' format to improve the use of such information; and (iii) 
accurately assess the resources expended to retrieve and produce 
information requested. See 44 U.S.C. 3501.
    Below is a brief summary of currently approved information 
collection activities that FRA will submit for clearance by OMB as 
required under the PRA:
    Title: Safety and Health Requirements Related to Camp Cars.
    OMB Control Number: 2130-0595.
    Abstract: To carry out a 2008 Congressional rulemaking mandate, FRA 
issued new regulations on October 31, 2011. See 76 FR 67073. New 
subpart E of part 228 prescribed minimum safety and health requirements 
for camp cars that a railroad provides as sleeping quarters to any of 
its train employees, signal employees, and dispatching service 
employees (covered-service employees) and individuals employed to 
maintain its right of way.
    Under separate but related statutory authority, FRA also amended 
its regulations at 49 CFR part 228, subpart C regarding construction of 
employee sleeping quarters. In particular, FRA's existing guidelines 
with respect to the location, in relation to switching or humping of 
hazardous material, of a camp car that is occupied exclusively by 
individual's employed to maintain a railroad's right of way are being 
replaced with regulatory amendments prohibiting a railroad from 
positioning such a camp car in the immediate vicinity of the switching 
or humping of hazardous material.
    Finally, FRA made miscellaneous changes to part 228, clarifying its 
provision on applicability, removing an existing provision on the pre-
emptive effect of part 228 as unnecessary, and moving, without 
changing, an existing provision on penalties for violation of part 228 
from subpart B to subpart A.
    The information collected under this rule is used by FRA to ensure 
that railroads operating camp cars comply with all the requirements 
mandated in this regulation in order to protect the health and safety 
of camp car occupants.
    Form Number(s): N/A.
    Affected Public: Businesses.
    Respondent Universe: 1 Class I railroad.
    Frequency of Submission: On occasion.
    Reporting Burden:

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                                        Respondent          Total annual       Average time per    Total annual
           CFR section                   universe            responses             response        burden hours
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228.323--Copy--Water Hydrant/      1 railroad.........  740 Inspections....  3 minutes..........              37
 Hoses/Nozzle Inspections.
    --Hydrant/Hoses/Nozzle         1 railroad.........  740 Records........  2 minutes..........              25
     Inspections--Records.

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    --Copy of records at Central   1 railroad.........  740 Record copies..  10 seconds.........               2
     Location.
    --Training--For Individuals    1 railroad.........  37 Trained           15 minutes.........               9
     to Fill Potable Water                               employees.
     Systems.
    --Training Materials.........  1 railroad.........  1 Set of training    4 hours............               4
                                                         materials.
    --Certification from State/    1 railroad.........  666 Certificates...  1 hour.............             666
     Local Health Authority.
    --Certification by Laboratory  1 railroad.........  74 Certificates....  20 minutes.........              25
    --Certification Copies.......  1 railroad.........  740 Certification    10 seconds.........               2
                                                         copies.
    --Draining/Flushing and        1 railroad.........  111 Records........  30 minutes.........              56
     Record.
    --Occupant Report of Taste     1 railroad.........  10 Taste reports...  10 seconds.........            .028
     Problem.
    --Draining/Flushing and        1 railroad.........  10 Records.........  30 minutes.........               5
     Record When Taste Report.
    --Lab Tests from Taste Report  1 railroad.........  10 Tests/            20 minutes.........               3
                                                         certificates.
    --Lab Report Copies..........  1 railroad.........  10 Lab report        2 minutes..........           .3333
                                                         copies.
    --Signage (for Non-Potable     1 railroad.........  740 Signs..........  2.5 minutes........              31
     Water).
228.331--First Aid and Life
 Safety:
    --Master Emergency Plan......  1 railroad.........  1 Plan.............  1.5 hours..........             1.5
    --Master Emergency Plan        1 railroad.........  292 Copies.........  3 seconds..........           .2433
     Copies.
    --Modified Emergency           1 railroad.........  740 Modified Plans.  15 minutes.........              19
     Preparedness Plans.
    --Modified Emergency           1 railroad.........  5,840 Plan Copies..  3 seconds..........               5
     Preparedness Plan Copies.
228.333--Remedial Action
    --Oral Report of Needed        1 railroad.........  30 Reports.........  10 seconds.........          .08333
     Repair.
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    Total Estimated Responses: 11,522.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden: 892 hours.
    Status: Extension of a Currently Approved Collection.
    Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 CFR 1320.5(b), 
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.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 31, 2014.
Rebecca Pennington,
Chief Financial Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-18499 Filed 8-4-14; 8:45 am]
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