# Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A2013-00221 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Notice - **Published:** January 9, 2013 - **Citation:** 78 FR 1930 ## Text DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Railroad Administration [Docket No. FRA 2013-0002-N-1] Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of Transportation. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. 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 these information collection requirements (ICRs) 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 March 11, 2013. 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 25, 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-____.” 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 Kimberly.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 25, 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, § 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 the currently approved ICRs that FRA will submit for clearance by OMB as required under the PRA: Title: Passenger Equipment Safety Standards. OMB Control Number: 2130-0544. Abstract: The information gained from daily inspections is used to detect and correct equipment problems so as to prevent collisions, derailments, and other occurrences involving railroad passenger equipment that cause injury or death to railroad employees, railroad passengers, or to the general public; and to mitigate the consequences of any such occurrences, to the extent that they cannot be prevented. The information provided promotes passenger train safety by ensuring requirements are met for railroad equipment design and performance; fire safety; emergency systems; the inspection, testing, and maintenance of passenger equipment; and other provisions for the safe operation of railroad passenger equipment. Affected Public: Businesses. Respondent Universe: 27 railroads. Frequency of Submission: On occasion; annually. Reporting Burden CFR Section Respondent universe Total annual responses Average time per response Total annual burden hours 229.47: Emergency Brake Valve—Stenciling Locomotives 27 railroads 30 stencillings 1 minute 1 Stenciling: DMU, MU, Cab Control Locomotives 27 railroads 5 stencillings 1 minute .08 238.7 Waivers 27 railroads 5 waivers 2 hours 10 238.15: Movement of Passenger Equip. w/power brake defects: Limitations on movement found during Class I/IA Brake Test 27 railroads 1,000 tags/cards 3 minutes 50 Limitations on movement of passenger equip. in passenger service that becomes defective en route after Class I/IA brake test 27 railroads 288 tags/cards 3 minutes 14 Conditional Requirement: Notifications 27 railroads 144 Notifications 3 minutes 7 238.17: Movement of Passenger Equip. w/Other than Power Brake Defects: Defects Developed En Route 27 railroads 200 tags/cards 3 minutes 10 Special Requisites For Movement of Equipment w/Safety Appliance Defects 27 railroads 76 tags/cards 3 minutes 4 Notifications 22 railroads 38 notifications 30 seconds .32 238.21: Special Approval Procedure: Petitions For Alternative Std. 27 railroads 1 petition 16 hours 16 Petitions For Alternative Compl. 27 railroads 1 petition 120 hours 120 238.21: Petitions For Special Approval of Pre-Revenue Service Acceptance Plan 27 railroads 10 petitions 40 hours 400 Comments Public/RR Industry 4 comments 1 hour 4 238.103: Fire Safety: Fire Safety Analysis: New Railroads—New Equipment 2 New Railroads 2 fire safety analyses 150 hours 300 Existing Equipment: Fire Safety Analysis 27 railroads 1 analysis 40 hours 40 Equipment Transferred to New Service: Fire Safety Analysis 27 railroads 3 analyses 20 hours 60 238.107: Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance Plan: Annual Reviews 27 railroads 12 reviews 60 hours 720 238.109: Training, Qualification, and Designation Prog.—Training Employees Who Perform Mechanical Insp. 7,500 employees; 100 trainers 2,500 employees trained/100 instructors 1.33 hours 3,458 Recordkeeping 27 railroads 2,500 records 3 minutes 125 238.111: Pre-Revenue Service Acceptance Testing Plan: Equipment Previously Used in Revenue Service 9 equipment manufacturers 2 plans 16 hours 32 Equipment Not Previously Used in Revenue Service 9 equipment manufacturers 2 plans 192 hours 384 Subsequent Orders 9 equipment manufacturers 2 plans 60 hours 120 238.213: Corner Posts—Plan in lieu of meeting requirements of section (b) of this provision 27 railroads 10 plans 40 hours 400 238.229: Welded Safety Appliances—List identifying each piece of equipment w/a welded safety bracket/support 27 railroads 27 lists 60 minutes 27 List of passenger equipment placed into service prior to Jan. 1, 2007, with a welded safety appliance 27 railroads 27 lists 60 minutes 27 Tagging defective welded safety appliance 27 railroads 4 tags 3 minutes 20 Notification to crewmembers of movement of defective equipment 27 railroads 2 notifications 1 minutes .0333 Written safety appliance inspection plan to FRA 27 railroads 27 plans 16 hours 432 Training of RR inspection personnel 27 railroads 54 tr. Employees 4 hours 216 Remedial action: Record 27 railroads 1 record 2.25 hour 2 Petition for Special Approval of Alternative Compliance pursuant to section 238.21 27 railroads 15 petitions 4 hours 60 Record of inspection/repair of welded safety appliance brackets/supports 27 railroads 3,054 records 12 minutes 611 238.230: Safety Appliances: New Equipment—Inspection/Record of welded safety appliance brackets/supports 27 railroads 100 records 6 minutes 10 Documentation to FRA of Other welded safety appliances & safety appliance brackets/supports 27 railroads 15 documents 4 hours 60 238.231: RR Procedure to secure unattended locomotive required to have a hand brake or parking brake applied 27 railroads 27 procedures 2 hours 54 238.237: Automated Monitoring—Documentation for setting alerter or deadman control 27 railroads 3 documents 2 hours 6 Tagging defective alerter or deadman control in locomotive cab 27 railroads 25 tags 3 minutes 1 238.303: Exterior Calendar Day Inspection of Equip. 27 railroads 25 notices 2 minutes 1 Defective Dynamic Brakes on MU Locomotive 27 railroads 50 tags/cards 3 minutes 3 Defective Dynamic Brakes on Conventional Locos 27 railroads 50 tags/cards 3 minutes 3 MU equipment with inoperative/or ineffective air compressor: documentation of train safety 27 railroads 4 documents 2 hours 8 Notice to train crew of number of units with inoperative or ineffective air compressors 27 railroads 100 notices 3 minutes 5 Record of inoperative or ineffective air compressor 27 railroads 100 records 2 minutes 3 Record of each exterior calendar day mechanical inspection 27 railroads 2,376,920 records 1 minute 435,769 238.305: Interior Calendar Day Mechanical Insp.: Tagging Req. 27 railroads 540 tags 1 minute 9 Inspection and Records 27 railroads 1,968,980 inspect/records 5 minutes + 1 minute 196,898 238.307: Periodic Mechanical Inspection of Pass. Cars: Notification of Alternative Intervals 27 railroads 2 notifications 5 hours 10 Non-Complying Conditions 27 railroads 200 notices 2 minutes 7 Inspections and Records of Insp. 27 railroads 19,284 inspections/records 200 hours + 2 minutes 3,857,443 Reliability Assessments Concerning Alt. Inspection Interval 27 railroads 5 documents 100 hours 500 238.311: Single Car Test: Movement to Nest Forward Location 27 railroads 50 tags 3 minutes 3 238.313: Class I Brake Test—Records 27 railroads 15,600 records 30 minutes 7,800 238.315: Class IA Brake Test 27 railroads 18,250 verbal notices 5 seconds 25 Communication Signal Tests 22 railroads 365,000 tests 15 seconds 1,521 238.317: Class II Brake Test: Communication Signal System Test 27 railroads 365,000 tests 15 seconds 1,521 238.321: Out-of-service credit 27 railroads 1,250 notations 2 minutes 42 238.445: Automated Monitoring 1 railroad 10,000 alerts/alarms 10 seconds 28 Self-Tests: Notific 1 railroad 21,900 notifications 20 seconds 122 238.503/505: FRA approval of written inspection, testing, and maintenance program for Tier II passenger equipment prior to implementation of program & use of equipment in passenger operation 27 railroads 1 program/plan 1,200 hours 1,200 Comments on program Public/Interested Rail Parties 3 comments 3 hours 9 Total Responses: 5,151,727. Estiamated Total Annual Burden: 4,510,711 hours. Status: Regular Review. Title: Designation of Qualified Persons. OMB Control Number: 2130-0511. Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection. Affected Public: Businesses. Form(s): N/A. Abstract: The collection of information is used to prevent the unsafe movement of defective freight cars. Railroads are required to inspect freight cars for compliance and to determine restrictions on the movements of defective cars. Annual Estimated Burden: 40 hours. Status: Regular Review. 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 January 3, 2013. Rebecca Pennington, Chief Financial Officer, Federal Railroad Administration. [FR Doc. 2013-00221 Filed 1-8-13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-06-P --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A2013-00221. Public record. Not legal advice.