Document ID: FRA-2016-0002-0030
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Posted Date: 2016-09-23T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 185 (Friday, September 23, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65701-65702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-22942]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2016-0002-N-20]

Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment 
Request

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

ACTION: Notice and comment request.

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SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice 
announces that FRA is forwarding the new Information Collection Request 
(ICR) abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and comment. The ICR describes the information collection and 
its expected burden. On June 3, 2016, FRA published a notice providing 
a 60-day period for public comment on the ICR.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 24, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert Brogan, Information 
Collection Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad 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 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 3, 2016, FRA 
published a 60-day notice in the Federal Register soliciting comment on 
the ICR for which it is now seeking OMB approval. See 81 FR 35814. FRA 
received no comments in response to this notice.
    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 to best ensure having their full effect. 
5 CFR 1320.12(c); see also 60 FR 44983, Aug. 29, 1995.
    The summary below describes the ICR and its expected burden. FRA is 
submitting the new request for clearance by OMB as the PRA requires.
    Title: Survey of Plant and Insular Tourist Railroads Subject to FRA 
Bridge Safety Standards (49 CFR part 237).
    OMB Control Number: 2130-New.
    Abstract: FRA's Bridge Safety Standards (49 CFR part 237) require 
all owners of railroad track with a gage of 2 feet or more supported by 
a bridge to comply with the regulations. This includes track owners 
with bridges located within an industrial installation (plant) that is 
not part of the general railroad system of transportation (general 
system), but over which railroad equipment is moved by a general system 
railroad. To identify track owners subject to the requirements of part 
237, Bridge Safety Standards, FRA relies on the railroad accident/
incident reports that FRA regulations (49 CFR part 225, Railroad 
Accidents/Incidents: Reports Classification, and Investigations) 
require railroads to file monthly. However, plant railroads and insular 
tourist railroads are exempt from 49 CFR part 225 reporting 
requirements.
    Under the ICR, FRA would request any railroad serving a plant and 
moving railroad equipment over bridges within the plant, or the plant 
itself, to advise FRA by email that there are railroad bridges within 
the installation potentially subject to FRA Bridge Safety Standards. 
FRA would also request insular tourist railroads, whose tracks are 
supported by one or more bridges, to advise FRA by email about these 
bridges. The email notifications should include the name of the 
installation or insular tourist railroad, address, including city and 
State, contact name, telephone number, and email address. This survey 
will be ongoing with initial approval requested for 3 years.
    FRA desires to identify plant and insular tourist railroads that 
may be subject to part 237 requirements, but are exempt from part 225 
reporting requirements, to analyze the risks these entities may pose to 
railroad bridge safety and to aid in planning bridge safety oversight 
activities and allocating resources.
    Type of Request: Approval of a new information collection.
    Affected Public: Freight railroads, industrial installations 
(plants), insular tourist railroads.
    Form(s): N/A.
    Total Estimated Annual Responses: 210.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden: 53 hours.
    Addressee: Send comments regarding these information collections to 
the

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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.
    Comments are invited on the following: Whether the proposed 
collections of information are necessary for DOT to properly perform 
its functions, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; the accuracy of DOT'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 September 20, 2016.
Patrick T. Warren,
Acting Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 2016-22942 Filed 9-22-16; 8:45 am]
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