Document ID: FRA-2009-0001-0027
Agency: fra
Document Type: Rule
Title: Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
Posted Date: 2009-11-27T05:00Z

[Federal Register: November 27, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 227)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2009-001-N-27]

 
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment 
Request

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice and Request For Comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information 
Collection Requirements (ICRs) abstracted below have been forwarded to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The 
ICRs describe the nature of the information collection and their 
expected burden. The Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting comments on the following collections of information 
was published on September 2, 2009 (74 FR 45516).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 28, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert Brogan, Office of Planning 
and Evaluation Division, RRS-21, Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 
New Jersey, SE., Mail Stop 17, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 
493-6292), or Ms. Kimberly Toone, Office of Support Systems, 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 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), 
1320.12. On September 2, 2009, FRA published a 60-day notice in the 
Federal Register soliciting comment on ICRs that the agency was seeking 
OMB approval. 74 FR 45516. FRA received no comments in response to this 
notice.
    Before OMB decides whether to approve this proposed collection 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 that 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 
to best ensure having their full effect. 5 CFR 1320.12(c); see also 60 
FR 44983, Aug. 29, 1995.
    The summaries below describe the nature of the information 
collection requirements (ICRs) and the expected burden. These 
requirements are being submitted for clearance by OMB as required by 
the PRA.
    Title: Certification of Glazing Materials.
    OMB Control Number: 2130-0525
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Businesses.
    Form(s): N/A.
    Abstract: The collection of information is set forth under 49 CFR 
Part 223, which requires the certification and permanent marking of 
glazing materials by the manufacturer. The manufacturer is also 
responsible for making available test verification data to railroads 
and FRA upon request.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 119.
    Title: Disqualification Proceedings.
    OMB Control Number: 2130-0529.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Railroad Employees.
    Form Number(s): N/A.
    Abstract: Under 49 U.S.C. 20111(c), FRA is authorized to issue 
orders disqualifying railroad employees, including supervisors, 
managers, and other agents, from performing safety-

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sensitive service in the rail industry for violations of safety rules, 
regulations, standards, orders, or laws evidencing unfitness. FRA's 
regulations, 49 CFR Part 209, Subpart D, implement the statutory 
provision by requiring (i) a railroad employing or formerly employing a 
disqualified individual to disclose the terms and conditions of a 
disqualification order to the individual's new or prospective employing 
railroad; (ii) a railroad considering employing an individual in a 
safety-sensitive position to ask the individual's previous employing 
railroad whether the individual is currently serving under a 
disqualification order; and (iii) a disqualified individual to inform 
his new or prospective employer of the disqualification order and 
provide a copy of the same. Additionally, the regulations prohibit a 
railroad from employing a person serving under a disqualification order 
to work in a safety-sensitive position. This information serves to 
inform a railroad whether an employee or prospective employee is 
currently disqualified from performing safety-sensitive service based 
on the issuance of a disqualification order by FRA. Furthermore, it 
prevents an individual currently serving under a disqualification order 
from retaining and obtaining employment in a safety-sensitive position 
in the rail industry.
    Annual Estimated Burden: 5 hours.

ADDRESSES: 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. Alternatively, comments may be sent via e-mail to the 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Office of 
Management and Budget, 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 FRA, including whether the information will have 
practical utility; the accuracy of FRA'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.

    Issued in Washington, DC on November 20, 2009.
Donna Alwine,
Acting Director, Office of Financial Management, Federal Railroad 
Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-28412 Filed 11-25-09; 8:45 am]

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