80 FR 23069 - Notification of Modification of Information Collection Requirements; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 79 (April 24, 2015)

Page Range		23069-23071
FR Document		2015-09486

Consistent with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and its implementing regulations, this document provides notice of FRA's intent to modify the existing instructions applicable to one currently approved information collection reporting form (Form FRA F 6180.54, Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Report). For a projected five-year period, FRA seeks to gather additional data on Form FRA F 6180.54 concerning rail cars carrying petroleum crude oil (crude oil) in any train involved in an FRA reportable accident. At present, railroads do not report this specific information to FRA on Form FRA F 6180.54, but rather aggregate crude oil information with information about all other hazardous materials being transported. This new reporting requirement will help FRA capture more specific information on accidents that involve trains transporting crude oil and provide FRA an opportunity to better address risks to railroad safety and the general public.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2015-0007-N-2]


Notification of Modification of Information Collection 
Requirements; Comment Request

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

ACTION: Notice and comment request.

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SUMMARY: Consistent with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and its 
implementing regulations, this document provides notice of FRA's intent 
to modify the existing instructions applicable to one currently 
approved information collection reporting form (Form FRA F 6180.54, 
Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Report). For a projected five-year 
period, FRA seeks to gather additional data on Form FRA F 6180.54 
concerning rail cars carrying petroleum crude oil (crude oil) in any 
train involved in an FRA reportable accident. At present, railroads do 
not report this specific information to FRA on Form FRA F 6180.54, but 
rather aggregate crude oil information with information about all other 
hazardous materials being transported. This new reporting requirement 
will help FRA capture more specific information on accidents that 
involve trains transporting crude oil and provide FRA an opportunity to 
better address risks to railroad safety and the general public.

DATES: Comments are requested no later than June 23, 2015. Comments 
received after that date will be considered to the extent possible 
without incurring additional expense or delay.

ADDRESSES: Comments: Comments related to Docket No. FRA-2015-0007-N-2, 
Notice No. 2, may be submitted by any of the following methods:
     Web site: The Federal eRulemaking Portal, 
www.regulations.gov. Follow the Web site's online instructions for 
submitting comments.
     Fax: 202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W12-140, Washington, 
DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department 
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W12-140 on the 
Ground level of the West Building, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name, docket 
name, and docket number. Note that all comments received will be posted 
without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal 
information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document for Privacy Act 
information related to any submitted comments or materials.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov at any time or 
visit the Docket Management Facility at the address noted in the 
ADDRESSES section of this notice, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kebo Chen, Staff Director, Railroad 
Safety Information Management Division, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Railroad 
Safety, Mail Stop 25, West Building 3rd Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 
SE., Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: 202-493-6079); or Sara Mahmoud-
Davis, Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal 
Railroad Administration, Office of Chief Counsel, Mail Stop 10, West 
Building 3rd Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590 
(telephone: 202-366-1118).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In light of recent rail accidents involving 
trains transporting crude oil, FRA intends to modify the existing 
instructions on Form FRA F 6180.54 titled Rail Equipment Accident/
Incident Report (the Form) to gather data concerning rail cars carrying 
crude oil in trains involved in reportable accidents. Specifically, for 
a projected five-year period, FRA intends to utilize the Form's Special 
Study Block 49b to collect the following information regarding trains 
involved in FRA reportable accidents: (1) The number of rail cars 
carrying crude oil; (2) the number of cars damaged or derailed carrying 
crude oil; and (3) the number of cars releasing crude oil.
    The rail transportation of crude oil, a Class 3 flammable liquid 
hazardous material, is subject to the Federal hazardous material 
transportation regulations (49 CFR parts 171-180) the Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) promulgated and FRA's 
rail safety regulations. Although railroads are currently required to 
report to both PHMSA and FRA certain information on any release of a 
regulated hazardous material that occurs during the rail transportation 
of the commodity, they are not required to report certain commodity 
specific information. Information railroads are not currently required 
to report includes the number of rail cars carrying crude oil, the 
number of those cars that are damaged and/or derailed in an accident, 
and the number of those cars that release crude oil as a result of a 
reportable accident.
    FRA has solicited input from members of the railroad industry to 
explain the type of data needed and obtain their views. To the extent 
possible, FRA's proposal takes into consideration the industry's 
feedback.
    The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13, sec. 2, 109 
Stat. 163 (1995) (codified as revised at 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), and its 
implementing regulations, 5 CFR part

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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. 35069(c)(2)(A); 
5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), 1320.10(e)(1), 1320.12(a). Here, FRA is seeking 
public comment on its proposal to modify the instructions of the Form 
to utilize Special Study Block 49b to gather the specified data. A copy 
of FRA's proposed modified instructions is published as an attachment 
to this notice.
    FRA seeks to modify these instructions as it explained in the 
preamble to FRA's 1996 final rule on Railroad Accident Reporting. See 
61 FR 30947, Jun. 18, 1996. Specifically, the preamble to that final 
rule provides that:

    The Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Report (Form FRA F 6180.54) 
contains two SSBs in block ``49.'' As the need arises, FRA will 
notify the railroads in writing, or if appropriate, through 
publication in the Federal Register, of the purpose and the type of 
information that is to be collected. FRA will be as specific as 
possible in order to minimize both costs and the amount of time 
associated with the collection of this new information. Each SSB has 
20 characters in order to standardize the data structure for 
computer files. FRA believes the SSBs will prove extremely valuable 
in collecting information to help FRA identify and evaluate issues 
of safety concern as well as other non-safety issues as the need 
arises.

    FRA invites interested parties to comment on the following: (1) 
Whether the information collection activities are necessary for FRA to 
properly execute its functions, including whether the activities will 
have practical utility; (2) 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; (3) 
ways FRA can enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information being collected; and (4) ways FRA can 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) through (iv); 
5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1)(i) through (iv). FRA believes that soliciting public 
comment will promote its efforts to reduce the administrative and 
paperwork burdens associated with the collection of information Federal 
regulations mandate. In summary, FRA reasons that comments received 
will advance three objectives: (1) Reduce reporting burdens; (2) ensure 
that it organizes information collection requirements in a ``user 
friendly'' format to improve the use of such information; and (3) 
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 information 
collection activities and burdens associated with that information 
collection that FRA seeks to slightly modify with the instructions 
attached. FRA intends to revise the Form's instructions only. FRA is 
not changing the data elements of the Form and believes there will be 
no change in the number of responses. FRA estimates there will be a 
minor change in: (1) The burden time per response for the Form where 
respondents utilize the Special Study Blocks; (2) the total burden 
hours for the Form; and (3) the total burden hours for the entire 
currently approved information collection. FRA requests a revision to 
the current approval for the reasons listed in the summary above.
    Title: Accident/Incident Reporting and Recordkeeping.
    OMB Control Number: 2130-0500.
    Abstract: The collection of information is due to FRA's accident 
reporting regulations set forth in 49 CFR part 225 which require 
railroads to submit monthly reports summarizing collisions, 
derailments, and certain other accident/incidents involving damages 
above a certain dollar threshold, as well as certain injuries to 
passengers, employees, and other persons on railroad property 
(including those which are railroad work-related). Because the 
reporting requirements and information needed regarding each category 
are unique, a different form is used for each category. FRA is 
modifying the instructions for one of the three referenced agency forms 
to request that the ``Special Study Block'' (SSB) of Form FRA F 6180.54 
to be used to capture (with coded letters) information pertaining to 
accidents that involve crude oil.
    Form Number(s): FRA F 6180.54.
    Affected Public: Businesses.
    Frequency of Submission: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Responses: 2,500 (Form FRA F 6180.54: 1,400 forms 
will take approximately 2 hours to complete; 600 forms utilizing the 
three Special Study Blocks will require an additional 1 minute each or 
a total of 3 extra minutes to complete for a total average burden time 
of approximately 2 hours and 3 minutes per form; 500 forms will take 
approximately 1 hour to complete. This total estimate of 2,500 
responses is unchanged from the previous total number of responses for 
this form approved by OMB on July 2, 2014.).
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 4,530 hours (for Form FRA F 6180.54; 
a total increase of 30 hours from the previous OMB-approved burden 
estimate of 4,500 hours).
    Total Estimated Burden: 39,058 hours (for entire information 
collection, includes previous OMB-approved burden of 39,028 hours and 
30 additional hours for Form FRA F 6180.54 utilizing Special Study 
Blocks).
    Status: Revision of the Current Approval.
    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.
    Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits 
comments from the public to better inform its rulemaking process. DOT 
posts these comments, without edit, including any personal information 
the commenter provides, to www.regulations.gov, as described in the 
system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 
www.dot.gov/privacy.

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

Attachment to Federal Register Notice

    Listed below are proposed changes to the instructions for Form FRA 
F 6180.54 (Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Report). FRA is not 
proposing changes to any other Accident/Incident Report Form. The 
proposed changes specify the type of information FRA desires to capture 
in the Special Study Block (SSB) Block ``B'' (Block 49b) about train 
accidents involving trains transporting petroleum crude oil (crude 
oil). FRA proposes to revise the instructions for completing Block 49b 
on Form FRA F 6180.54 (the Form) to include the following:

General Definition

    Crude Oil--Petroleum crude oil, a regulated hazardous material 
(HAZMAT), classified as a Class 3 flammable liquid under the applicable 
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) 
regulations. See 49 CFR 172.101.
Specific Codes and Definitions
    The Number of Cars Carrying Crude Oil--When the train for which 
this report is being prepared contained cars carrying crude oil, 
including cars carrying any residue amounts of crude oil, the number of 
those cars. (Code = AAA)

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    The Number of Crude Oil Cars Damaged/Derailed--When the train for 
which this report is being prepared contained cars carrying crude oil, 
including cars carrying any residue amounts of crude oil, the number of 
those cars that were damaged or derailed, including a derailment of 
only one wheel. (Code = BBB)
    The Number of Cars Releasing Crude Oil--When the train for which 
this report is being prepared contained cars carrying crude oil, 
including cars carrying any residue amounts of crude oil, the number of 
those cars that released any portion of their contents (i.e., leaks of 
any type and amount), including vapor. (Code = CCC)

Selected Instructions for Completing the Form

    The current instructions in the FRA Guide for Preparing Accident/
Incident Reports (Published May 23, 2011) (Reporting Guide) for 
completing Blocks 8 (Cars Carrying HAZMAT [Hazardous Material]), 9 
(HAZMAT Cars Damaged/Derailed), 10 (Cars Releasing HAZMAT), 11 (People 
Evacuated), and 52 (Narrative Description) remain unchanged. Crude oil 
is a regulated HAZMAT. Accordingly, shipments of crude oil will be 
aggregated with other HAZMAT in the train in blocks 8, 9, and 10. Block 
11, People Evacuated, remains unchanged. Detailed instructions for 
completing these blocks are provided in the Reporting Guide.
    The format for Block 49b is--AAA-BBB-CCC--a total of eleven 
characters including the dashes to indicate the number of crude oil 
cars in the train as specified below:
     AAA is the count of the Number of Cars Carrying Crude Oil 
(similar to block 8, but limited to cars carrying crude oil and with 
leading zeros).
     BBB is the count of the Number of Crude Oil Cars Damaged/
Derailed (similar to block 9, but limited to cars carrying crude oil 
that were damaged/derailed and with leading zeros).
     CCC is the count of the Number of Cars Releasing Crude Oil 
(similar to block 10, but limited to the number of cars releasing crude 
oil and with leading zeros).
    When there is no crude oil in the train and the equipment in the 
train meets the qualification of Type of Equipment listed below under 
section ``Applicability'' on the Form (i.e., the equipment qualifies as 
a freight train, work train, single car, cut of cars, or yard/switching 
equipment), Block 49b must be coded as ``000-000-000.''
    All other rules for reporting HAZMAT releases and injuries apply, 
regardless of HAZMAT commodity involved, including the description of 
the hazardous material released in Form FRA F 6180.54 Block 52 (i.e., 
Narrative Description by name or Standard Transportation Commodity Code 
(STCC)), identification of the initial and number of any car releasing 
hazardous materials, and identification of the name and quantity of 
hazardous material released. Further instructions are provided in the 
Reporting Guide.
    Additionally, the number of fatalities and injuries resulting from 
direct exposure to the released substance would still need to be 
reported in Blocks 46, 47, and 48 on the Form FRA F 6180.54 and in 
Block 5q (Exposure to Hazmat) on the Railroad Injury and Illness 
Summary (Continuation Sheet) Form FRA F 6180.55a.

Applicability

    Whenever block 25 (Type of Equipment) on the Form FRA F 6180.54 is 
equal to 1 (Freight Train), or 4 (Work Train), or 5 (Single Car), or 6 
(Cut of Cars), or 7 (Yard/switching), then the required information on 
crude oil in the train must be completed in Block 49b.
    Special Study Block 49b Reporting Example: A train carrying three 
cars of corrosive acid and four cars of crude oil is involved in an FRA 
reportable train accident, as described--one of the cars carrying the 
corrosive acid is damaged with no release of product; two cars carrying 
crude oil are damaged; one of these cars releases crude oil; and there 
is an evacuation of 25 people, including an injury to a railroad 
employee due to direct exposure and injury to another employee as a 
result of the accident, but not related to the release. Accordingly, on 
the Form FRA F 6180.54 the following information must be entered:
    Block 8 enter ``7'' (representing the 3 cars carrying corrosive 
acid and the 4 cars carrying crude oil);
    Block 9 enter ``3'' (representing the 1 car derailed carrying 
corrosive acid, 2 cars damaged carrying crude oil);
    Block 10 enter ``1'' (representing no corrosive acid released, 1 
car releasing crude oil);
    Block 11 enter ``25'' (representing the 25 people who were 
evacuated during the cleanup);
    Block 46 (Nonfatal) enter ``2'' (representing the 2 employees 
injured);
    Block 49b enter ``004-002-001'' (representing the 4 cars in the 
train carrying crude oil, the 2 crude oil cars damaged/derailed, and 
the 1 crude oil car that released product); and Block 52 (Narrative 
Description) enter a description of the accident in accordance with the 
Reporting Guide instructions for block 52. For this example, the 
narrative would include, but not be limited to, the initial and number 
of the one car that released the crude oil, the name of the HAZMAT 
released (or STCC) (i.e., crude oil), the quantity of crude oil 
released, the number of fatalities and injuries resulting from a direct 
exposure to the released substance (i.e., the one railroad employee 
injury as a result of direct exposure to the released crude oil), and 
an estimate of the size of the affected area evacuated and the length 
of the evacuation. If, in this example, the cars carrying corrosive 
acid released any hazardous materials, in accordance with the Reporting 
Guide, the initial and number of any car releasing that material, as 
well as the name and quantity of that material released would also need 
to be identified in this block.
    On the related Form FRA F 6180.55a, for the employee injured due to 
exposure to HAZMAT enter ``Y'' in Block 5q. On another Form FRA F 
6180.55a, for the employee injured, not due to exposure, enter ``N'' in 
Block 5q.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 17, 2015.
Brenda Moscoso,
Director, Office of Safety Analysis.
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1320, require Federal agencies to information collection requirements in a number of responses for this form
provide 60-days’ notice to the public for ‘‘user friendly’’ format to improve the approved by OMB on July 2, 2014.).
comment on information collection use of such information; and (3) Estimated Total Annual Burden:
activities before seeking approval for accurately assess the resources 4,530 hours (for Form FRA F 6180.54;
reinstatement or renewal by OMB. 44 expended to retrieve and produce a total increase of 30 hours from the
U.S.C. 35069(c)(2)(A); 5 CFR information requested. See 44 U.S.C. previous OMB-approved burden
1320.8(d)(1), 1320.10(e)(1), 1320.12(a). 3501. estimate of 4,500 hours).
Here, FRA is seeking public comment Below is a brief summary of the Total Estimated Burden: 39,058 hours
on its proposal to modify the currently approved information (for entire information collection,
instructions of the Form to utilize collection activities and burdens includes previous OMB-approved
Special Study Block 49b to gather the associated with that information burden of 39,028 hours and 30
specified data. A copy of FRA’s collection that FRA seeks to slightly additional hours for Form FRA F
proposed modified instructions is modify with the instructions attached. 6180.54 utilizing Special Study Blocks).
published as an attachment to this FRA intends to revise the Form’s Status: Revision of the Current
notice. instructions only. FRA is not changing Approval.
FRA seeks to modify these the data elements of the Form and Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5
instructions as it explained in the believes there will be no change in the CFR 1320.5(b), 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FRA
preamble to FRA’s 1996 final rule on number of responses. FRA estimates informs all interested parties that it may
Railroad Accident Reporting. See 61 FR there will be a minor change in: (1) The not conduct or sponsor, and a
30947, Jun. 18, 1996. Specifically, the burden time per response for the Form respondent is not required to respond
preamble to that final rule provides that: where respondents utilize the Special to, a collection of information unless it
The Rail Equipment Accident/Incident Study Blocks; (2) the total burden hours displays a currently valid OMB control
Report (Form FRA F 6180.54) contains two for the Form; and (3) the total burden number.
SSBs in block ‘‘49.’’ As the need arises, FRA hours for the entire currently approved Privacy Act: In accordance with 5
will notify the railroads in writing, or if information collection. FRA requests a U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments
appropriate, through publication in the revision to the current approval for the from the public to better inform its
Federal Register, of the purpose and the type reasons listed in the summary above. rulemaking process. DOT posts these
of information that is to be collected. FRA Title: Accident/Incident Reporting comments, without edit, including any
will be as specific as possible in order to personal information the commenter
minimize both costs and the amount of time and Recordkeeping.
associated with the collection of this new OMB Control Number: 2130–0500. provides, to www.regulations.gov, as
information. Each SSB has 20 characters in Abstract: The collection of described in the system of records
order to standardize the data structure for information is due to FRA’s accident notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can
computer files. FRA believes the SSBs will reporting regulations set forth in 49 CFR be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy.
prove extremely valuable in collecting part 225 which require railroads to Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
information to help FRA identify and submit monthly reports summarizing
evaluate issues of safety concern as well as collisions, derailments, and certain Attachment to Federal Register Notice
other non-safety issues as the need arises.
other accident/incidents involving Listed below are proposed changes to
FRA invites interested parties to damages above a certain dollar the instructions for Form FRA F 6180.54
comment on the following: (1) Whether threshold, as well as certain injuries to (Rail Equipment Accident/Incident
the information collection activities are passengers, employees, and other Report). FRA is not proposing changes
necessary for FRA to properly execute persons on railroad property (including to any other Accident/Incident Report
its functions, including whether the those which are railroad work-related). Form. The proposed changes specify the
activities will have practical utility; (2) Because the reporting requirements and type of information FRA desires to
the accuracy of FRA’s estimates of the information needed regarding each capture in the Special Study Block
burden of the information collection category are unique, a different form is (SSB) Block ‘‘B’’ (Block 49b) about train
activities, including the validity of the used for each category. FRA is accidents involving trains transporting
methodology and assumptions used to modifying the instructions for one of the petroleum crude oil (crude oil). FRA
determine the estimates; (3) ways FRA three referenced agency forms to request proposes to revise the instructions for
can enhance the quality, utility, and that the ‘‘Special Study Block’’ (SSB) of completing Block 49b on Form FRA F
clarity of the information being Form FRA F 6180.54 to be used to 6180.54 (the Form) to include the
collected; and (4) ways FRA can capture (with coded letters) information following:
minimize the burden of information pertaining to accidents that involve
collection activities on the public by crude oil. General Definition
automated, electronic, mechanical, or Form Number(s): FRA F 6180.54. Crude Oil—Petroleum crude oil, a
other technological collection Affected Public: Businesses. regulated hazardous material
techniques or other forms of information Frequency of Submission: On (HAZMAT), classified as a Class 3
technology (e.g., permitting electronic occasion. flammable liquid under the applicable
submission of responses). See 44 U.S.C. Estimated Total Responses: 2,500 Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
3506(c)(2)(A)(i) through (iv); 5 CFR (Form FRA F 6180.54: 1,400 forms will Administration (PHMSA) regulations.
1320.8(d)(1)(i) through (iv). FRA take approximately 2 hours to complete; See 49 CFR 172.101.
believes that soliciting public comment 600 forms utilizing the three Special
will promote its efforts to reduce the Study Blocks will require an additional Specific Codes and Definitions
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administrative and paperwork burdens 1 minute each or a total of 3 extra The Number of Cars Carrying Crude
associated with the collection of minutes to complete for a total average Oil—When the train for which this
information Federal regulations burden time of approximately 2 hours report is being prepared contained cars
mandate. In summary, FRA reasons that and 3 minutes per form; 500 forms will carrying crude oil, including cars
comments received will advance three take approximately 1 hour to complete. carrying any residue amounts of crude
objectives: (1) Reduce reporting This total estimate of 2,500 responses is oil, the number of those cars. (Code =
burdens; (2) ensure that it organizes unchanged from the previous total AAA)

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The Number of Crude Oil Cars including the description of the but not be limited to, the initial and
Damaged/Derailed—When the train for hazardous material released in Form number of the one car that released the
which this report is being prepared FRA F 6180.54 Block 52 (i.e., Narrative crude oil, the name of the HAZMAT
contained cars carrying crude oil, Description by name or Standard released (or STCC) (i.e., crude oil), the
including cars carrying any residue Transportation Commodity Code quantity of crude oil released, the
amounts of crude oil, the number of (STCC)), identification of the initial and number of fatalities and injuries
those cars that were damaged or number of any car releasing hazardous resulting from a direct exposure to the
derailed, including a derailment of only materials, and identification of the name released substance (i.e., the one railroad
one wheel. (Code = BBB) and quantity of hazardous material employee injury as a result of direct
The Number of Cars Releasing Crude released. Further instructions are exposure to the released crude oil), and
Oil—When the train for which this provided in the Reporting Guide. an estimate of the size of the affected
report is being prepared contained cars Additionally, the number of fatalities area evacuated and the length of the
carrying crude oil, including cars and injuries resulting from direct evacuation. If, in this example, the cars
carrying any residue amounts of crude exposure to the released substance carrying corrosive acid released any
oil, the number of those cars that would still need to be reported in hazardous materials, in accordance with
released any portion of their contents Blocks 46, 47, and 48 on the Form FRA the Reporting Guide, the initial and
(i.e., leaks of any type and amount), F 6180.54 and in Block 5q (Exposure to number of any car releasing that
including vapor. (Code = CCC) Hazmat) on the Railroad Injury and material, as well as the name and
Selected Instructions for Completing the Illness Summary (Continuation Sheet) quantity of that material released would
Form Form FRA F 6180.55a. also need to be identified in this block.
On the related Form FRA F 6180.55a,
The current instructions in the FRA Applicability
for the employee injured due to
Guide for Preparing Accident/Incident Whenever block 25 (Type of exposure to HAZMAT enter ‘‘Y’’ in
Reports (Published May 23, 2011) Equipment) on the Form FRA F 6180.54 Block 5q. On another Form FRA F
(Reporting Guide) for completing Blocks is equal to 1 (Freight Train), or 4 (Work 6180.55a, for the employee injured, not
8 (Cars Carrying HAZMAT [Hazardous Train), or 5 (Single Car), or 6 (Cut of due to exposure, enter ‘‘N’’ in Block 5q.
Material]), 9 (HAZMAT Cars Damaged/ Cars), or 7 (Yard/switching), then the
Issued in Washington, DC, on April 17,
Derailed), 10 (Cars Releasing HAZMAT), required information on crude oil in the 2015.
11 (People Evacuated), and 52 train must be completed in Block 49b.
Brenda Moscoso,
(Narrative Description) remain Special Study Block 49b Reporting
unchanged. Crude oil is a regulated Example: A train carrying three cars of Director, Office of Safety Analysis.
HAZMAT. Accordingly, shipments of corrosive acid and four cars of crude oil [FR Doc. 2015–09486 Filed 4–23–15; 8:45 am]
crude oil will be aggregated with other is involved in an FRA reportable train BILLING CODE 4910–06–P
HAZMAT in the train in blocks 8, 9, and accident, as described—one of the cars
10. Block 11, People Evacuated, remains carrying the corrosive acid is damaged
unchanged. Detailed instructions for with no release of product; two cars DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
completing these blocks are provided in carrying crude oil are damaged; one of
the Reporting Guide. these cars releases crude oil; and there Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade
The format for Block 49b is—AAA– is an evacuation of 25 people, including Bureau
BBB–CCC—a total of eleven characters an injury to a railroad employee due to [Docket No. TTB–2015–0001]
including the dashes to indicate the direct exposure and injury to another
number of crude oil cars in the train as employee as a result of the accident, but Proposed Information Collections;
specified below: not related to the release. Accordingly, Comment Request (No. 52)
• AAA is the count of the Number of on the Form FRA F 6180.54 the
Cars Carrying Crude Oil (similar to AGENCY: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and
following information must be entered:
block 8, but limited to cars carrying Block 8 enter ‘‘7’’ (representing the 3 Trade Bureau (TTB); Treasury.
crude oil and with leading zeros). cars carrying corrosive acid and the 4 ACTION: Notice and request for
• BBB is the count of the Number of cars carrying crude oil); comments.
Crude Oil Cars Damaged/Derailed Block 9 enter ‘‘3’’ (representing the 1
SUMMARY: As part of our continuing
(similar to block 9, but limited to cars car derailed carrying corrosive acid, 2
effort to reduce paperwork and
carrying crude oil that were damaged/ cars damaged carrying crude oil);
Block 10 enter ‘‘1’’ (representing no respondent burden, and as required by
derailed and with leading zeros).
• CCC is the count of the Number of corrosive acid released, 1 car releasing the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Cars Releasing Crude Oil (similar to crude oil); we invite comments on the proposed or
block 10, but limited to the number of Block 11 enter ‘‘25’’ (representing the continuing information collections
cars releasing crude oil and with leading 25 people who were evacuated during listed below in this notice.
zeros). the cleanup); DATES: We must receive your written
When there is no crude oil in the train Block 46 (Nonfatal) enter ‘‘2’’ comments on or before June 23, 2015.
and the equipment in the train meets (representing the 2 employees injured); ADDRESSES: As described below, you
the qualification of Type of Equipment Block 49b enter ‘‘004–002–001’’ may send comments on the information
listed below under section (representing the 4 cars in the train collections listed in this document
‘‘Applicability’’ on the Form (i.e., the carrying crude oil, the 2 crude oil cars using the ‘‘Regulations.gov’’ online
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equipment qualifies as a freight train, damaged/derailed, and the 1 crude oil comment form for this document, or you
work train, single car, cut of cars, or car that released product); and Block 52 may send written comments via U.S.
yard/switching equipment), Block 49b (Narrative Description) enter a mail or hand delivery. TTB no longer
must be coded as ‘‘000–000–000.’’ description of the accident in accepts public comments via email or
All other rules for reporting HAZMAT accordance with the Reporting Guide fax.
releases and injuries apply, regardless of instructions for block 52. For this • http://www.regulations.gov: Use the
HAZMAT commodity involved, example, the narrative would include, comment form for this document posted

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice and comment request.
Dates		Comments are requested no later than June 23, 2015. Comments received after that date will be considered to the extent possible without incurring additional expense or delay.
Contact		Kebo Chen, Staff Director, Railroad Safety Information Management Division, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Railroad Safety, Mail Stop 25, West Building 3rd Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: 202-493-6079); or Sara Mahmoud- Davis, Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Chief Counsel, Mail Stop 10, West Building 3rd Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: 202-366-1118).
FR Citation		80 FR 23069

80 FR 23069 - Notification of Modification of Information Collection Requirements; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONFederal Railroad Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 79 (April 24, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration