
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 138 (Monday, July 20, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42865-42866]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17689]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2015-007-N-19]


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 (OMB) for emergency processing under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995. FRA requests that OMB authorize the collection of information 
identified by July 24, 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: The statutory deadline for Positive Train 
Control (PTC) system implementation is December 31, 2015, less than 6 
months away. Congress and FRA are concerned that the railroads will not 
make the statutory deadline. To date, the vast majority of railroads 
have not submitted, in accordance with 49 CFR 236.1009 and 236.1015, a 
PTC Safety Plan (PTCSP) and have not submitted, in accordance with 49 
CFR 236.1035, a request for testing approval to support a PTCSP, which 
is necessary to achieve PTC System Certification and operate in revenue 
service. So that Congress and FRA may better understand the status of 
each railroad's implementation efforts, FRA is seeking accurate and 
current information, with periodic updates, under its investigative 
authority pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, and 20902, and 49 CFR 
236.1009(h). The railroads' responses will help inform FRA of the 
current PTC implementation status.
    FRA is requesting Emergency processing approval by July 24, 2015, 
because FRA cannot reasonably comply with normal clearance procedures 
on account of use of normal clearance procedures is reasonably likely 
to disrupt the collection of information. The proposed collection of 
information is summarized below.
    Title: Positive Train Control (PTC) Implementation Status Update 
Questionnaire.
    Reporting Burden:

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                                       Respondent          Total annual      Average time  per     Total annual
PTC implementation status update        universe            responses             response         burden hours
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Questionnaire to be completed by  38 Railroads.......  456 Surveys........  10 minutes.........              76
 railroads required to implement
 PTC.
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    Form Number(s): N/A.
    Respondent Universe: 38 Railroads.
    Frequency of Submission: Monthly.
    Total Estimated Responses: 456 Surveys.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden: 380 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.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 15, 2015.
Rebecca Pennington,
Chief Financial Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-17689 Filed 7-17-15; 8:45 am]
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