
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 102 (Thursday, May 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30536-30537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12776]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2015-0007-N-15]


Agency Request for Emergency Processing of Collection of 
Information by the Office of Management and Budget

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), United States Department 
of Transportation (USDOT).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: FRA hereby gives notice that it is submitting the following 
Information Collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and 
Budget

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(OMB) for emergency processing under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995. FRA requests that OMB authorize the collection of information 
identified below by May 26, 2015, for a period of 180 days.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of this individual ICR, with 
applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by telephoning 
FRA's Office of Safety Clearance Officer: Robert Brogan (tel. (202) 
493-6292) or FRA's Office of Administration Clearance Officer: Kimberly 
Toone (tel. (202) 493-6132) (these numbers are not toll-free); or by 
contacting Mr. Brogan via facsimile at (202) 493-6216 or Ms. Toone via 
facsimile at (202) 493-6497, or via email by contacting Mr. Brogan at 
Robert.Brogan@dot.gov; or by contacting Ms. Toone at Kim.Toone@dot.gov. 
Comments and questions about the ICR identified below should be 
directed to OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: 
FRA OMB Desk Officer.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FRA is issuing Emergency Order No. 31 (EO or 
Order) to require that the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
(Amtrak) take actions to control passenger train speed at certain 
locations on main line track in the Northeast Corridor (as defined by 
49 U.S.C. 24905(c)(1)(A)). Amtrak must immediately implement code 
changes to its Automatic Train Control (ATC) System to enforce the 
passenger train speed limit ahead of the curve at Frankford Junction in 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where a fatal accident occurred on May 12, 
2015. Amtrak must also identify all other curves on the Northeast 
Corridor where there is a significant reduction (more than 20 miles per 
hour (mph)) from the maximum authorized approach speed to those curves 
for passenger trains. Amtrak must then develop and comply with an FRA-
approved action plan to modify its existing ATC System or other signal 
systems (or take alternative operational actions) to enable enforcement 
of passenger train speeds at the identified curves. Amtrak must also 
install additional wayside passenger train speed limit signage at 
appropriate locations on its Northeast Corridor right-of-way.
    Title: FRA Emergency Order No. 31, Notice No.1
    Reporting Burden:

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                                      Respondent         Total annual      Average time per      Total annual
  Emergency order No.  31-item:        universe            responses           response          burden hours
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(1) Amtrak survey of Northeast    1 Railroad........  1 list............  32 hours..........  32 hours
 Corridor (NEC) main line track
 system to create list
 identifying each main track
 curve where there is a
 reduction of more than 20 mph
 from the maximum authorized
 speed to that curve.
(2) Development and submission    1 Railroad........  1 action plan.....  80 hours..........  80 hours
 of Amtrak Action Plan to FRA.
(3) Installation of Additional    1 Railroad........  186 NEC wayside     15.4839 minutes     48 hours
 Wayside Signs throughout NEC,                         signs.              per sign.
 particularly along curve
 locations, to alert engineers
 and conductors of maximum
 authorized train speed.
--Notice by Amtrak to FRA of      1 Railroad........  6 notices.........  15 minutes........  2 hours
 Installation of Signs along NEC
 designated in its.
(4) Relief Petition to FRA to     1 Railroad........  1 petition request  80 hours..........  80 hours
 take action not in Accordance
 with this Emergency Order.
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    Form Number(s): N/A.
    Respondent Universe: 1 Railroad.
    Frequency of Submission: One-time; on occasion.
    Total Estimated Responses: 195.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden: 242 hours.
    Status: Emergency Review.
    Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 CFR 320.5(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.

Rebecca Pennington,
Chief Financial Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-12776 Filed 5-27-15; 8:45 am]
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