Document ID: FRA-2017-0002-0003
Agency: fra
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Posted Date: 2017-03-14T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 14, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13720-13721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05053]

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 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2017-0002-N-10]

Approved Agency Information Collection Activities

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

ACTION: Notice of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approvals.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces OMB approved new information collection 
requests (ICRs) for 49 CFR parts 223, 228, 232, 234, 237, 238, and 270, 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). FRA also announces OMB 
re-approved other ICRs for 49 CFR parts 207, 209, 210, 212, 214, 215, 
216, 218, 219, 221, 222, 223, 225, 227, 228, 229, 230, 232, 233, 235, 
236, 238, 241, and 242, and related to other regulatory activities. 
Further, OMB reinstated two ICRs for 49 CFR parts 215 and 234, and 
approved one ICR under Emergency Processing procedures.

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 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 
ensure information collections display OMB control numbers. In the past 
25 months, OMB approved the following new FRA

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information collections with the following expiration dates: (1) OMB 
No. 2130-0597, Training Qualification, and Oversight of Safety-Related 
Railroad Employees (final rule) (49 CFR part 228)--January 31, 2018; 
(2) OMB No. 2130-0017, National Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Inventory 
Reporting Requirements (final rule) (Form FRA F 6180.71) (49 CFR part 
234)--March 31, 2018; (3) OMB No. 2130-0008, Securement of Unattended 
Trains (final rule) (49 CFR part 232)--November 30, 2018; (4) OMB No. 
2130-0544, Passenger Train Exterior Side Door Safety (final rule) (49 
CFR part 238)--February 28, 2019; (5) OMB No. 2130-025, Certification 
of Materials: Safety Glazing Standards (final rule) (49 CFR part 223)--
April 30, 2019; (6) OMB No. 2130-0599, System Safety Program (final 
rule) (49 CFR part 270)--October 31, 2019; and (7) OMB No. 2130-0617, 
Survey of Plant and Insular Tourist Railroads Subject to FRA Bridge 
Safety Standards (49 CFR part 237) (email survey)--December 31, 2017.
    Additionally, in the past 25 months, OMB has re-approved the 
following information collections with the following new expiration 
dates: (1) OMB No. 2130-0595, Safety and Health Requirements Related to 
Camp Cars (49 CFR part 228)--January 31, 2018; (2) OMB No. 2130-0596, 
Conductor Certification (49 CFR part 242)--April 30, 2018; (3) OMB No. 
2130-0556, U.S. Locational Requirements for Dispatching U.S. Rail 
Operations (49 CFR part 241)--January 31, 2018; (4) OMB No. 2130-0539, 
Roadway Worker Protection (49 CFR part 214)--January 31, 2018; (5) OMB 
No. 2130-0506, Cars Moved in Accordance with Order 13528 (49 CFR part 
232)--January 31, 2018; (6) OMB No. 2130-0571, Occupational Noise 
Exposure for Railroad Operating Employees (49 CFR parts 227 and 229)--
April 30, 2018; (7) OMB No. 2130-0505, Inspection and Maintenance of 
Steam Locomotives (49 CFR part 230)--August 31, 2018; (8) OMB No. 2130-
0526, Control of Alcohol and Drug Use in Railroad Operations (49 CFR 
part 219)--August 31, 2018; (9) OMB No. 2130-0606, Railworthiness 
Directive under 49 CFR 180.509 for Railroad Tank Cars Equipped with 
Certain McKenzie Valve and Machining LLC Valves--September 30, 2018; 
(10) OMB No. 2130-0500, Accident/Incident Reporting and Recordkeeping 
(49 CFR part 225), revision of Form FRA F 6180.54, Rail Equipment 
Accident/Incident Report (addition of Special Study Blocks)--February 
28, 2017; (11) OMB No. 2130-0607, FRA Safety Advisory 2015-01, 
Mechanical Inspections and Wheel Impact Load Detector Standards for 
Trains Transporting Large Amounts of Class 3 Flammable Liquids--
December 31, 2018; (12) OMB No. 2130-0608, FRA Safety Advisory 2015-02, 
Hazardous Materials: Information Requirements Related to Transportation 
of Trains Carrying Specified Volumes of Flammable Liquids--December 31, 
2018; (13) OMB No. 2130-0006, Railroad Signal System Requirements (49 
CFR parts 233 and 235)--December 31, 2018; (14) OMB No. 2130-0614, FRA 
Safety Advisory 2015-04, Ballast Defects and Conditions: Importance of 
Identification and Repair in Preventing Development of Unsafe 
Combinations of Track Conditions--March 31, 2019; (15) OMB No. 2130-
0004, Locomotive Safety Standards and Event Recorders (49 CFR part 
229)--December 31, 2018; (16) OMB No. 2130-0611, FRA Emergency Order 
No. 31, Notice No. 1, Emergency Order under 49 U.S.C. 20104 
Establishing Requirements for the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation to Control Passenger Train Speeds at Certain Locations 
Along the Northeast Corridor--December 31, 2018; (17) OMB No. 2130-
0509, State Safety Participation Regulations and Remedial Actions (49 
CFR parts 209 and 212)--January 31, 2019; (18) OMB No. 2130-0560, Use 
of Locomotive Horns at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings (49 CFR part 222)--
January 31, 2019; (19) OMB No. 2130-0613, FRA Safety Advisory 2015-03, 
Operational and Signal Modifications for Compliance with Maximum 
Authorized Train Speeds and Other Restrictions--February 28, 2019; (20) 
OMB No. 2130-0565, Safety Appliance Standards Guidance Checklist Forms, 
approval of new Forms FRA F 6180.161(a)-(j)--May 31, 2019; (21) OMB No. 
2130-0529, Disqualification Proceedings (49 CFR part 209)--April 30, 
2019; (22) OMB No. 2130-0604, Secretary's Emergency Order Docket No. 
DOT-OST-2014-0067, Emergency Order Providing for Local Notification of 
High-Volume Rail Transport of Bakken Crude Oil--March 31, 2019; (23) 
OMB No. 2130-0586, Bridge Inspection Report Form Public Version (Form 
FRA F 6180.167)--September 30, 2019; (24) OMB No. 2130-0502, Filing of 
Dedicated Cars (49 CFR part 215)--October 31, 2019; (25) OMB No. 2130-
0504, Special Notice for Repairs (49 CFR part 216)--October 31, 2019; 
(26) OMB No. 2130-0523, Rear-End Marking Devices (49 CFR part 221)--
October 31, 2019; (27) OMB No. 2130-0527, Locomotive Certification 
(Noise Compliance Regulations) (49 CFR part 210)--October 31, 2019; 
(28) OMB No. 2130-0537, Railroad Police Officers (49 CFR part 207)--
October 31, 2019; (29) OMB No. 2130-0555, Foreign Railroads Foreign-
Based Employees Who Perform Train or Dispatching Service in the United 
States (49 CFR part 219)--October 31, 2019; (30) OMB No. 2130-0553, 
Positive Train Control (PTC) Annual Progress Report (Form FRA 
F6180.166) (49 CFR part 236)--November 31, 2017; (31) OMB No. 2130-
0516, Remotely Controlled Switches (49 CFR part 218)--January 31, 2020; 
(32) OMB No. 2130-0519, Bad Order and Home Shop Card (49 CFR part 
215)--January 31, 2020; (33) OMB No. 2130-0535, Bridge Worker Safety 
Rules (49 CFR part 214)--January 31, 2020; and (34) OMB No. 2130-0590, 
Alleged Violation Reporting Form (FRA F 6180.151)--January 31, 2020.
    Furthermore, in the past 25 months, OMB reinstated the following 
information collections with the following new expiration dates: (1) 
OMB No. 2130-0520, Stenciling Reporting Mark on Freight Cars (49 CFR 
part 215)--January 31, 2020; and (2) OMB No. 2130-0534, Grade Crossing 
Signal System (49 CFR part 234)--January 31, 2020.
    Finally, under Emergency Processing procedures, OMB approved 
information collection OMB No. 2130-0616, Railworthiness Directive for 
Certain Railroad Tank Cars Equipped with Bottom Outlet Valve Assembly 
and Constructed by American Railcar Industries and ACF Industries, 
expiring April 30, 2017.
    Persons affected by the above-referenced information collections 
are not required to respond to any collection of information unless it 
displays a currently valid OMB control number. These OMB approvals 
certify FRA has complied with the provisions of the PRA requiring 
agency action before carrying out information collections.

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520.

Sarah L. Inderbitzin,
Acting Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2017-05053 Filed 3-13-17; 8:45 am]
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