Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements

AGENCY: Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of the Secretary.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice lists those forms, reports, and recordkeeping

requirements imposed upon the public which were transmitted by the

Department of Transportation to the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for its approval in accordance with the requirements of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

DATES: January 31, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the DOT information collection requests

should be forwarded, as quickly as possible, to Edward Clarke, Office

of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, room 3228,

Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395-7340. If you anticipate submitting

substantive comments, but find that more than 10 days from the date of

publication are needed to prepare them, please notify the OMB official

of your intent immediately.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the DOT information

collection requests submitted to OMB may be obtained from Susan Pickrel

or Annette Wilson, Information Management Division, M-34, Office of the

Secretary of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20590, (202) 366-4735.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3507 of title 44 of the United

States Code, as adopted by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980,

requires that agencies prepare a notice for publication in the Federal

Register, listing those information collection requests submitted to

OMB for approval or renewal under that Act. OMB reviews and approves

agency submissions in accordance with criteria set forth in that Act.

In carrying out its responsibilities, OMB also considers public

comments on the proposed forms and the reporting and recordkeeping

requirements. OMB approval of an information collection requirement

must be renewed at least once every three years.

Items Submitted to OMB for Review

The following information collection requests were submitted to OMB

on January 31, 1994:

DOT No: 3884.

OMB No: 2130-0534.

Administration: Federal Railroad Administration.

Title: Grade Crossing Signal System Safety Regulations.

Need for Information: The Rail Safety Improvement Act of 1988

required the issuance of rules, regulations, orders and standards to

ensure the safe maintenance, inspection and testing of signal systems

and devices at railroad highway grade crossings.

Proposed Use of Information: The information will provide accurate

data regarding instances of grade crossing activation failures, and

will be used by FRA to craft better solutions to the problems of grade

crossing device malfunctions.

Frequency: On occasion, one time, recordkeeping.

Burden Estimate: 218,762 hours.

Respondents: Railroads.

Form(s): FRA-F-6180.83 and FRA-F-6180.87.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 17 minutes reporting; 299 hours

recordkeeping.

DOT No: 3885.

OMB No: 2106-0015.

Administration: Office of the Secretary.

Title: Airline Employee Protection Program.

Need for Information: Section 43 of the Airline Deregulation Act of

1978 established an employee protection program. After a determination

by DOT that an air carrier has undergone a qualifying dislocation, the

Secretary of Labor gives financial assistance to certain employees of

the carrier.

Proposed Use of Information: The information will be used to

determine if a qualifying dislocation has occurred and to assess an

applicant's eligibility for benefits.

Frequency: One time.

Burden Estimate: 45 hours.

Respondents: Former and present airline employees.

Form(s): None.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 3 hours reporting.

DOT No: 3886.

OMB No: 2137-0047.

Administration: Research and Special Programs Administration.

Title: Information Collection Requirements for Hazardous Liquid and

Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Operators.

Need for Information: Title 49 CFR part 195 prescribes operation

and maintenance procedures for hazardous liquid and carbon dioxide

pipeline operators.

Proposed Use of Information: The information will be used by RSPA

and State inspectors to determine operator compliance with pipeline

safety standards.

Frequency: On occasion, recordkeeping.

Burden Estimate: 49,567 hours.

Respondents: Pipeline operators.

Form(s): DOT F 7000-1.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 1 hour and 6 minutes reporting;

235 hours recordkeeping.

DOT No: 3887.

OMB No: 2137-0049.

Administration: Research and Special Programs Administration.

Title: Recordkeeping Requirements for Gas Pipeline Operators.

Need for Information: Title 49 CFR part 192 prescribes the

operation and maintenance procedures for natural and other gas pipeline

facilities.

Proposed Use of Information: The information will be used by RSPA

and State inspectors to evaluate operator compliance with pipeline

safety standards.

Frequency: Recordkeeping.

Burden Estimate: 1,143,517 hours.

Respondents: Gas pipeline operators.

Form(s): None.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 497 hours and 11 minutes

recordkeeping.

DOT No: 3888.

OMB No: 2120-0571.

Administration: Federal Aviation Administration.

Title: Alcohol Misuse Prevention Program for Personnel Engaged in

Specified Aviation Activities.

Need for Information: The information is needed to respond to

regulations promulgated in accordance with the Omnibus Transportation

Employee Testing Act of 1991, enacted on October 28, 1991.

Proposed Use of Information: The information will be used to

monitor industry implementation and compliance with the FAA Alcohol

Misuse Prevention Program. The information will also be used to

evaluate the effectiveness of the program.

Frequency: One time, on occasion, annually.

Burden Estimate: 29,250 hours.

Respondents: Specified aviation employers.

Form(s): FAA Alcohol Testing MIS Data Collection EZ Form; FAA

Alcohol Testing MIS Data Collection Form, DOT Breath Alcohol Testing

Form.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 1 hour and 48 minutes reporting;

2 hours and 23 minutes recordkeeping.

DOT No: 3889.

OMB No: 2137-0587.

Administration: Research and Special Programs Administration.

Title: Alcohol Misuse Prevention Program.

Need for Information: The potential harmful effect of alcohol

misuse on safe pipeline operators warrants imposing comprehensive

alcohol misuse testing regulations on the pipeline industry. Title 49

CFR part 199 requires information collection in the form of an alcohol

misuse prevention plan and recordkeeping.

Proposed Use of Information: The information will be used by RSPA

and State agencies to monitor alcohol misuse programs and to address

compliance and enforcement issues.

Frequency: Annual, recordkeeping.

Burden Estimate: 26,354 hours.

Respondents: Pipeline operators.

Form(s): RSPA Alcohol Testing MIS Data Collection EZ Form; RSPA

Alcohol Testing MIS Data Collection Form, DOT Breath Alcohol Testing

Form.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 3 hours and 6 minutes reporting;

3 hours recordkeeping.

DOT No: 3890.

OMB No: 2125-0543.

Administration: Federal Highway Administration.

Title: Controlled Substance and Alcohol Testing.

Need for Information: Title 49 CFR part 382 prescribes the

requirements for drug and alcohol testing of commercial motor vehicle

drivers.

Proposed Use of Information: The information will be used by the

FHWA to obtain summary reports of drug and alcohol tests from motor

carriers in an effort to eliminate drug and alcohol abuse in the motor

carrier industry.

Frequency: Annually, recordkeeping.

Burden Estimate: 2,900,717 hours.

Respondents: Motor carriers.

Form(s): FHWA Drug and Alcohol Testing MIS Data Collection Form;

FHWA Drug and Alcohol Testing MIS Zero Positive Data Collection Form;

Drug Testing Custody and Control Form; DOT Breath Alcohol Testing Form.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 2 hours reporting; 5 hours and

12 minutes recordkeeping.

DOT No: 3891.

OMB No: 2105-0517.

Administration: Office of the Secretary.

Title: Transportation Acquisition Regulation.

Need for Information: In accordance with the Federal Acquisition

Regulation, this information is needed to solicit, negotiate, award and

administer DOT contracts.

Proposed Use of Information: The information will be used by

contracting officers and supporting technical/program and contract

management personnel to evaluate bids and proposals; ensure mandatory

public policy provisions; ensure appropriate cost controls under

contracts; detect and minimize conditions conducive to fraud, waste and

abuse; form a database for Congressional reports; and meet all

requirements imposed by the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden Estimate: 56,375 hours.

Respondents: Businesses, contractors.

Form(s): DOT F 4220.4; DOT F 4220.7; DOT F 4220.43; DOT F 4220.44;

DOT F 4220.45; DOT F 4220.46; Form DD 882.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 1 hour and 22 minutes reporting.

DOT No: 3892.

OMB No: 2105-0520.

Administration: Office of the Secretary.

Title: Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and

Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments.

Need for Information: Title 49 CFR part 18 prescribes uniform

administrative requirements for grants and cooperative agreements to

State and local governments.

Proposed Use of Information: The information will be used to

administer and manage the grants program.

Frequency: Recordkeeping.

Burden Estimate: 199,500 hours.

Respondents: Grantees.

Form(s): SF-269, SF-272, SF-270, SF-271, SF-424.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 70 hours recordkeeping.

DOT No: 3893.

OMB No: 2120-0049.

Administration: Federal Aviation Administration.

Title: Agricultural Aircraft Operations--FAR part 137.

Need for Information: FAR part 137 prescribes the standards for the

operation of agricultural aircraft and for the dispensing of chemicals,

pesticides, and toxic substances. Information collected shows applicant

compliance and eligibility for certification by FAA.

Proposed Use of Information: The information on FAA Form 8710-3,

Agricultural Aircraft Operator Certificate Application, is required

from applicants who wish to be issued a commercial or private

agricultural aircraft operator certificate. Inspectors in FAA Flight

Standards District Offices review the submitted information to

determine certificate eligibility. If the information was not

collected, the FAA could not discharge its responsibilities directed to

the safety of agricultural aircraft operations and the dispensing of

materials during such operations.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden Estimate: 13,990 hours.

Respondents: Agricultural Aircraft Operators.

Form(s): FAA Form 8710-3.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 30 minutes reporting.

4 hours and 30 minutes recordkeeping.

DOT No: 3894.

OMB No: 2115-0092.

Administration: U.S. Coast Guard.

Title: Barge Fleeting Facility Records.

Need for Information: This information collection requirement is

needed to ensure that persons in charge of barge fleeting facilities

maintain records of barge activities and hazardous cargo in and out of

these facilities. These records will assure that barge facilities are

in compliance with the regulatory authority and may also be used for

enforcement purposes.

Proposed Use of Information: Coast Guard will use these records to

ensure that inspections of barge moorings and movements are being

conducted by the barge fleeting facilities.

Frequency: Twice daily; recordkeeping.

Burden Estimate: 11,032 hours.

Respondents: Owners or operators of barge fleeting facilities.

Form(s): None.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 283 hours recordkeeping.

DOT No: 3895.

OMB No: New.

Administration: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Title: Drinking and Driving Target Identification Study.

Need for Information: The information is needed to identify and

target subgroups of drinking drivers.

Proposed Use of Information: The primary purpose of this study is

to obtain data to describe in detail the people and situations involved

in drinking and driving and defining characteristics that would be

useful for developing, refining, and targeting countermeasures to

specific drinking-driving subpopulations.

Frequency: One time.

Burden Estimate: 3,479 hours.

Respondents: Individuals.

Form(s): None.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 12 minutes reporting.

DOT No: 3896.

OMB No: 2132-0556.

Administration: Federal Transit Administration.

Title: Prevention of Prohibited Drug Use in Transit Operations.

Need for Information: The Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing

Act of 1991 requires any recipient of Federal financial assistance

under Sections 3, 9 or 18 of the Federal Transit Act, as amended, and

any recipient of Federal financial assistance under Section 103(e) of

Title 23 of the U.S. Code, to establish a program designed to help

prevent accidents and injuries resulting from the use of prohibited

drugs by employees who perform safety-sensitive functions.

Proposed Use of Information: The information collected will be used

to build a database to determine any necessary modifications or the

continuing need for the rule; and to monitor the effectiveness of the

program and compliance with the regulation.

Frequency: Annually, recordkeeping.

Burden Estimate: 42,799 hours.

Respondents: State and local governments, businesses or other for-

profit institutions, non-profit institutions, and small businesses or

organizations.

Form(s): FTA Drug Testing MIS Data Collection Form; FTA Drug

Testing MIS Data Collection EZ Form; Drug Testing Chain of Custody

Form.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 8 hours reporting; 18 hours and

30 minutes recordkeeping.

DOT No: 3897.

OMB No: 2132-0557.

Administration: Federal Transit Administration.

Title: Control of Alcohol Misuse in Transit Operations.

Need for Information: The Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing

Act of 1991 requires any recipient of Federal financial assistance

under Sections 3, 9 or 18 of the Federal Transit Act, as amended, and

any recipient of Federal financial assistance under Section 103(e) of

Title 23 of the U.S. Code to establish a program designed to help

prevent accidents and injuries resulting from the misuse of alcohol by

employees who perform safety-sensitive functions.

Proposed Use of Information: The information collected will be used

to build a database to determine any necessary modifications or the

continuing need for the rule; and to monitor the effectiveness of the

program and compliance with the regulation.

Frequency: Annually, recordkeeping.

Burden Estimate: 32,479 hours.

Respondents: State and local governments, businesses or other for-

profit institutions, non-profit institutions, and small businesses or

organizations.

Form(s): FTA Alcohol Testing MIS Data Collection Form; FTA Alcohol

Testing MIS Data Collection EZ Form; DOT Breath Alcohol Testing Form.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 8 hours reporting; 12 hours

recordkeeping.

DOT No: 3898.

OMB No: 2130-0526.

Administration: Federal Railroad Administration.

Title: Control of Alcohol and Drug Use in Railroad Operations.

Need for Information: The FRA's Final Rule on Control of Alcohol

and Drug Use in Railroad Operations (49 CFR Part 219), dated February

10, 1986, and FRA's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (57 FR 59608), dated

December 15, 1992, proposing to amend and expand the current annual

reporting requirements, prescribe the terms and conditions necessary to

ensure safety in railroad operations.

Proposed Use of Information: FRA and the railroad industry will use

the information to determine the extent of alcohol and drug problems,

and to curtail the widespread use of alcohol and drugs.

Frequency: Annually, on occasion, recordkeeping.

Burden Estimate: 177,189 hours.

Respondents: Railroads.

Form(s): FRA-F-6180.73, FRA-F-6180.74 and FRA-F-6180.91, FRA-F-

6180.94a, FRA-F-6180.94b, FRA-F-6180.95a, FRA-F-6180.95b, Drug Testing

Chain of Custody Form, Breath Alcohol Testing Form.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 15 hours and 20 minutes

reporting; 799 hours and 47 minutes recordkeeping.

DOT No: 3899.

OMB No: 2106-0023.

Administration: Office of the Secretary.

Title: Procedures and Evidence Rules for Air Carrier Authority

Applications.

Need for Information: Title 14 CFR parts 201, 204 and 291 set forth

the application procedures and filing requirements for carriers seeking

certificate or commuter authority.

Proposed Use of Information: The information will be used to

determine the initial fitness of all applicants and to modify, suspend

or revoke an air carrier's authority if it is no longer fit, willing,

and able to operate, or if it fails to file the reports needed to

monitor its continuing fitness.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden Estimate: 8,073 hours.

Respondents: U.S. air carriers and applicants for air carrier

authority.

Form(s): None.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 38 hours and 36 minutes

reporting.

DOT No: 3900.

OMB No: New.

Administration: Federal Railroad Administration.

Title: Railroad Police Officers.

Need for Information: Title 49 CFR Part 207 implements the Crime

Control Act of 1990 by requiring notice to State officials, after

designation of railroad police officers, of the States in which the

railroads intend to have railroad police officers protecting railroad

property, personnel, passengers, and cargo.

Proposed Use of Information: The information will provide a

mechanism whereby States can determine which railroad police officers

have authority to act in their States.

Frequency: On occasion, recordkeeping.

Burden Estimate: 1,550 hours.

Respondents: Railroads.

Form(s): None.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 5 hours reporting; 1 hour and 36

minutes recordkeeping.

DOT No: 3901.

OMB No: New.

Administration: Federal Aviation Administration.

Title: Antidrug Program for Personnel Engaged in Specified Aviation

Activities.

Need for Information: The information is needed to ensure

compliance with the Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of

1991, enacted on October 28, 1991.

Proposed Use of Information: The information submitted is intended

to be the basis for monitoring industry implementation of, and

compliance with, the FAA antidrug rule. The information will also be

used to evaluate the effectiveness of the program.

Frequency: Annually, one time.

Burden Estimate: 11,993 hours.

Respondents: Specified aviation employers.

Form(s): None.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 1-10 hours reporting; 1 hour

recordkeeping.

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 31, 1994..

Paula R. Ewen,

Chief, Information Management Division.

[FR Doc. 94-2779 Filed 2-7-94; 8:45 am]

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