81_FR_70452 81 FR 70256 - Agency Request for Emergency Processing of Collection of Information by the Office of Management and Budget; Railworthiness Directive for Certain Railroad Tank Cars Equipped With Bottom Outlet Valve Assembly and Constructed by American Railcar Industries and ACF Industries

81 FR 70256 - Agency Request for Emergency Processing of Collection of Information by the Office of Management and Budget; Railworthiness Directive for Certain Railroad Tank Cars Equipped With Bottom Outlet Valve Assembly and Constructed by American Railcar Industries and ACF Industries

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 196 (October 11, 2016)

Page Range70256-70257
FR Document2016-24429

FRA hereby gives notice 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 (PRA) and its implementing regulations. FRA requests that OMB authorize the proposed collection of information identified below on October 18, 2016, for a period of 180 days.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 196 (Tuesday, October 11, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70256-70257]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24429]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. FRA-2016-0002-N-19]


Agency Request for Emergency Processing of Collection of 
Information by the Office of Management and Budget; Railworthiness 
Directive for Certain Railroad Tank Cars Equipped With Bottom Outlet 
Valve Assembly and Constructed by American Railcar Industries and ACF 
Industries

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

ACTION: Notice of Agency request for OMB emergency information 
collection processing and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: FRA hereby gives notice 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 (PRA) and its implementing regulations. FRA requests that OMB 
authorize the proposed collection of information identified below on 
October 18, 2016, for a period of 180 days.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of this individual ICR, with 
applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by calling FRA's 
Clearance Officers: Robert Brogan (tel. (202) 493-6292) or 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 
[email protected]; or by contacting Ms. Toone at [email protected]. 
Comments regarding these information collection requirements should 
include the title and OMB control number listed below and should be 
sent directly to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget, 725 Seventeenth Street NW., 
Washington, DC, 20503, Attention: FRA Desk Officer. Comments may also 
be sent via email to OMB at [email protected].
    Title: Railworthiness Directive for Certain Railroad Tank Cars 
Equipped with Bottom Outlet Valve Assembly and Constructed by American 
Railcar Industries and ACF Industries
    OMB Control Number: 2130-NEW.
    Form Number(s): N/A.
    Affected Public: Businesses (Tank Car Owners).
    Frequency of Submission: One-time; on occasion.
    Respondent Universe: 100 Tank Car Owners.
    Reporting Burden:

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                                      Respondent         Total annual      Average time per      Total annual
             Section                   universe            responses           response          burden hours
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Identify tank cars covered by     20 Tank Car Owners  20 ID Reports.....  4 hours...........  80
 the Directive for Certain         (100 Lessees/Sub-
 Railroad Tank Cars Equipped       Lessees).
 with Bottom Outlet Valve
 Assembly and Constructed by
 American Railcar Industries and
 ACF Industries (14,800 cars).
Visual Inspection of Sump Weld    100 Shippers......  14,000 inspections/ 10 min............  2,333
 Area of All Tank Cars                                 records.
 Identified under this Directive.
Inspect and Test Sump and BOV     20 Tank Car Owners  14,000 records....  2 hours...........  28,000
 Skid Groove as Stipulated in      (100 Lessees/Sub-
 Directive and Maintain Record     Lessees).
 Results.
Train and Qualify Non-            10 Tank Car         33 trained and      2 hours...........  66
 Destructive Test Technicians on   Facility            tested mechanics.
 NDT Procedures and Record         Operators.
 Qualification (\1/3\ of the 100
 tank car mechanics).

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Tank Car Owner Notification to    20 Tank Car Owners  100 notices.......  2 hours...........  200
 All Parties under Contract to     (100 Lessees/Sub-
 Car Owner, including Lessees      Lessees).
 and/or sub-Lessees, using tank
 cars subject to the Terms of
 this Directive.
Report of Inspection , Test, and  20 Tank Car Owners  14,000 reports....  20 min. per car/    4,667
 Repair Information stipulated     (100 Lessees/Sub-                       report..
 in paragraph 2(g) of Directive    Lessees).
 to FRA.
Repairs: 15% of Relevant Tank     10 Tank Car         2,100 car reports/  16 hours..........  33,600
 Fleet of 14,000 cars-- Record     Facility            records.
 and Report of Repairs to Tank     Operators.
 Car Owners.
Tank Car Facility Request to      10 Tank Car         20 requests + 20    10 min. + 10 min..  7
 Tank Car Owner for Written        Facility            written
 Permission and Approval of        Operators.          permissions.
 Qualification and Maintenance
 Program It Will Use Consistent
 with Appendices D, R, and W of
 the Tank Car Manual and 49 CFR
 180.513 Prior to Initiating Any
 Repairs.
Tank Car Facility Report of All   10 Tank Car         Burden Included     N/A...............  N/A
 Work Performed to Tank Car        Facility            Directly Above.
 Owner.                            Operators.
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    Total Estimated Responses: 44,293.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden: 68,953 hours.
    Status: Emergency Review.
    Description:
    On September 30, 2016, FRA issued a Railworthiness Directive 
(Directive) to all owners of DOT specification 111 general purpose tank 
cars, which can be found on FRA's Web site at http://www.fra.dot.gov/eLib/details/L18383. FRA issued the Directive based on its finding that 
as a result of non-conforming welding practices, DOT-111 tank cars 
built by American Railcar Industries, Inc. (ARI) and ACF Industries, 
LLC (ACF) between 2009 and 2015 to the ARI and ACF 300 stub sill design 
and equipped with a two-piece cast sump and bottom outlet valve (BOV) 
skid may be in an unsafe operating condition and could result in the 
release of hazardous materials. As a result of the non-conforming 
welding practices, these cars may have substantial weld defects at the 
sump and BOV skid groove attachment welds, potentially affecting each 
tank's ability to retain its contents during transportation. The 
Directive requires owners to: (1) Identify tank cars in their fleet 
covered by this Directive; and (2) ensure appropriate inspection and 
testing of each tank car's sump and BOV skid groove attachment welds to 
ensure no flaw exists which could result in the loss of tank integrity.
    As provided under 5 CFR 1320.13, Emergency Processing, DOT is 
requesting emergency processing for this new collection of information 
as specified in the PRA and its implementing regulations. DOT cannot 
reasonably comply with normal clearance procedures because the use of 
normal clearance procedures is reasonably likely to disrupt the 
collection of information. Further, in light of recent tank car 
accidents/incidents carrying crude oil, FRA believes safety is an 
overriding issue. The Directive took effect upon issuance. FRA cannot 
wait the normal 90 days of public comment. Under the Directive, tank 
car owners must take immediate action to identify tank cars in their 
fleet subject to the Directive. Therefore, FRA is requesting OMB 
approval of this collection of information 7 days after publication of 
this Notice in the Federal Register. Upon OMB approval of its Emergency 
clearance request, FRA will follow the normal clearance procedures for 
the information collection associated with this Directive.
    Under 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 CFR 1320.5(b), 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FRA 
informs all interested parties 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 October 4, 2016.
Amitabha Bose,
Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2016-24429 Filed 10-7-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4910-06-P

70256 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 11, 2016 / Notices Stolz should be able to get his FMCSA will consider all comments SUMMARY: FRA hereby gives notice it is commercial license.’’ Mr. Stolz reported and material received during the submitting the following Information that he has driven straight trucks for 1 comment period. FMCSA may issue a Collection request (ICR) to the Office of year, accumulating 1,000 miles, and final determination at any time after the Management and Budget (OMB) for tractor-trailer combinations for 18 years, close of the comment period. Emergency processing under the accumulating 216,000 miles. He holds a Viewing Comments and Documents Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) Class ABCDM CDL from Wisconsin. His and its implementing regulations. FRA driving record for the last 3 years shows To view comments, as well as requests that OMB authorize the no crashes and no convictions for documents mentioned in this preamble proposed collection of information moving violations in a CMV. as being available in the docket, go to identified below on October 18, 2016, http://www.regulations.gov and insert for a period of 180 days. III. Public Participation and Request for the docket number FMCSA–2016–0208 Comments in the ‘‘Keyword’’ box and click FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A FMCSA encourages you to participate ‘‘Search.’’ Next, click ‘‘Open Docket copy of this individual ICR, with by submitting comments and related Folder’’ button and choose the applicable supporting documentation, materials. document listed to review. If you do not may be obtained by calling FRA’s have access to the Internet, you may Clearance Officers: Robert Brogan (tel. Submitting Comments view the docket online by visiting the (202) 493–6292) or Kimberly Toone (tel. If you submit a comment, please Docket Management Facility in Room (202) 493–6132) (these numbers are not include the docket number for this W12–140 on the ground floor of the toll-free), or by contacting Mr. Brogan notice, indicate the specific section of DOT West Building, 1200 New Jersey via facsimile at (202) 493–6216 or Ms. this document to which each comment Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, Toone via facsimile at (202) 493–6497, applies, and provide a reason for each between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., e.t., Monday or via email by contacting Mr. Brogan at suggestion or recommendation. You through Friday, except Federal holidays. Robert.Brogan@dot.gov; or by contacting may submit your comments and Issued on: September 29, 2016. Ms. Toone at Kim.Toone@dot.gov. material online or by fax, mail, or hand Larry W. Minor, Comments regarding these information delivery, but please use only one of Associate Administrator for Policy. collection requirements should include these means. FMCSA recommends that [FR Doc. 2016–24447 Filed 10–7–16; 8:45 am] the title and OMB control number listed you include your name and a mailing BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P below and should be sent directly to the address, an email address, or a phone Office of Information and Regulatory number in the body of your document Affairs, Office of Management and so the Agency can contact you if it has DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Budget, 725 Seventeenth Street NW., questions regarding your submission. Washington, DC, 20503, Attention: FRA To submit your comment online, go to Federal Railroad Administration Desk Officer. Comments may also be http://www.regulations.gov and put the [Docket No. FRA–2016–0002–N–19] sent via email to OMB at oira_ docket number FMCSA–2016–0208 in submissions@omb.eop.gov. the ‘‘Keyword’’ box, and click ‘‘Search. Agency Request for Emergency Title: Railworthiness Directive for When the new screen appears, click on Processing of Collection of Certain Railroad Tank Cars Equipped ‘‘Comment Now!’’ button and type your Information by the Office of with Bottom Outlet Valve Assembly and comment into the text box in the Management and Budget; Constructed by American Railcar following screen. Choose whether you Railworthiness Directive for Certain Industries and ACF Industries are submitting your comment as an Railroad Tank Cars Equipped With OMB Control Number: 2130–NEW. individual or on behalf of a third party Bottom Outlet Valve Assembly and and then submit. If you submit your Constructed by American Railcar Form Number(s): N/A. comments by mail or hand delivery, Industries and ACF Industries Affected Public: Businesses (Tank Car submit them in an unbound format, no AGENCY: Federal Railroad Owners). larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, suitable for Administration (FRA), Department of Frequency of Submission: One-time; copying and electronic filing. If you Transportation (DOT). on occasion. submit comments by mail and would ACTION: Notice of Agency request for Respondent Universe: 100 Tank Car like to know that they reached the OMB emergency information collection Owners. facility, please enclose a stamped, self- processing and request for comments. addressed postcard or envelope. Reporting Burden: Total annual Average time per Total annual burden Section Respondent universe responses response hours Identify tank cars covered by the Directive 20 Tank Car Owners 20 ID Reports ............ 4 hours ....................... 80 for Certain Railroad Tank Cars Equipped (100 Lessees/Sub- with Bottom Outlet Valve Assembly and Lessees). Constructed by American Railcar Indus- tries and ACF Industries (14,800 cars). asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Visual Inspection of Sump Weld Area of All 100 Shippers .............. 14,000 inspections/ 10 min ........................ 2,333 Tank Cars Identified under this Directive. records. Inspect and Test Sump and BOV Skid 20 Tank Car Owners 14,000 records ........... 2 hours ....................... 28,000 Groove as Stipulated in Directive and (100 Lessees/Sub- Maintain Record Results. Lessees). Train and Qualify Non-Destructive Test 10 Tank Car Facility 33 trained and tested 2 hours ....................... 66 Technicians on NDT Procedures and Operators. mechanics. Record Qualification (1⁄3 of the 100 tank car mechanics). VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:12 Oct 07, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00172 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\11OCN1.SGM 11OCN1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 11, 2016 / Notices 70257 Total annual Average time per Total annual burden Section Respondent universe responses response hours Tank Car Owner Notification to All Parties 20 Tank Car Owners 100 notices ................ 2 hours ....................... 200 under Contract to Car Owner, including (100 Lessees/Sub- Lessees and/or sub-Lessees, using tank Lessees). cars subject to the Terms of this Directive. Report of Inspection , Test, and Repair Infor- 20 Tank Car Owners 14,000 reports ............ 20 min. per car/report. 4,667 mation stipulated in paragraph 2(g) of Di- (100 Lessees/Sub- rective to FRA. Lessees). Repairs: 15% of Relevant Tank Fleet of 10 Tank Car Facility 2,100 car reports/ 16 hours ..................... 33,600 14,000 cars— Record and Report of Re- Operators. records. pairs to Tank Car Owners. Tank Car Facility Request to Tank Car 10 Tank Car Facility 20 requests + 20 writ- 10 min. + 10 min ....... 7 Owner for Written Permission and Ap- Operators. ten permissions. proval of Qualification and Maintenance Program It Will Use Consistent with Ap- pendices D, R, and W of the Tank Car Manual and 49 CFR 180.513 Prior to Initi- ating Any Repairs. Tank Car Facility Report of All Work Per- 10 Tank Car Facility Burden Included Di- N/A ............................. N/A formed to Tank Car Owner. Operators. rectly Above. Total Estimated Responses: 44,293. reasonably likely to disrupt the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Total Estimated Annual Burden: collection of information. Further, in 68,953 hours. light of recent tank car accidents/ Federal Railroad Administration Status: Emergency Review. incidents carrying crude oil, FRA Description: Programmatic Environmental Impact believes safety is an overriding issue. On September 30, 2016, FRA issued a Statement for the Coachella Valley— The Directive took effect upon issuance. Railworthiness Directive (Directive) to San Gorgonio Pass Rail Corridor FRA cannot wait the normal 90 days of all owners of DOT specification 111 Service: Riverside, San Bernardino, public comment. Under the Directive, Orange, and Los Angeles Counties, CA general purpose tank cars, which can be tank car owners must take immediate found on FRA’s Web site at http:// action to identify tank cars in their fleet AGENCY: Federal Railroad www.fra.dot.gov/eLib/details/L18383. subject to the Directive. Therefore, FRA Administration (FRA), U.S. Department FRA issued the Directive based on its is requesting OMB approval of this of Transportation (DOT). finding that as a result of non- collection of information 7 days after ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare conforming welding practices, DOT–111 publication of this Notice in the Federal a Programmatic Environmental Impact tank cars built by American Railcar Industries, Inc. (ARI) and ACF Register. Upon OMB approval of its Statement (EIS). Industries, LLC (ACF) between 2009 and Emergency clearance request, FRA will 2015 to the ARI and ACF 300 stub sill follow the normal clearance procedures SUMMARY: Through this NOI, FRA design and equipped with a two-piece for the information collection associated announces it will prepare a cast sump and bottom outlet valve with this Directive. Programmatic EIS and Environmental (BOV) skid may be in an unsafe Under 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 CFR Impact Report (EIR) jointly with the operating condition and could result in 1320.5(b), 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FRA informs Riverside County Transportation the release of hazardous materials. As a Commission (RCTC) and the California all interested parties it may not conduct result of the non-conforming welding Department of Transportation (Caltrans) or sponsor, and a respondent is not practices, these cars may have for the Coachella Valley—San Gorgonio required to respond to, a collection of Pass Rail Corridor Service (Project). substantial weld defects at the sump information unless it displays a and BOV skid groove attachment welds, FRA, RCTC, and Caltrans will develop currently valid OMB control number. the Programmatic EIS/EIR in potentially affecting each tank’s ability to retain its contents during Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. compliance with the National transportation. The Directive requires Issued in Washington, DC, on October 4, Environmental Policy Act of 1969 owners to: (1) Identify tank cars in their 2016. (NEPA), and the California fleet covered by this Directive; and (2) Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Amitabha Bose, ensure appropriate inspection and FRA invites the public and Federal, Chief Counsel. state, and local agencies to provide testing of each tank car’s sump and BOV [FR Doc. 2016–24429 Filed 10–7–16; 8:45 am] input into the scope of the EIS/EIR and skid groove attachment welds to ensure no flaw exists which could result in the BILLING CODE 4910–06–P will consider all information from loss of tank integrity. outreach activities when preparing the As provided under 5 CFR 1320.13, EIS/EIR. The Project will study options asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Emergency Processing, DOT is for providing intercity passenger rail requesting emergency processing for service between the cities of Los this new collection of information as Angeles and Indio, California also specified in the PRA and its known as the Coachella Valley—San implementing regulations. DOT cannot Gorgonio Pass Corridor (the Corridor). reasonably comply with normal DATES: Persons interested in providing clearance procedures because the use of written comments on the scope of the normal clearance procedures is Coachella Valley—San Gorgonio Pass VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:12 Oct 07, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00173 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\11OCN1.SGM 11OCN1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of Agency request for OMB emergency information collection processing and request for comments.
ContactA copy of this individual ICR, with applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by calling FRA's Clearance Officers: Robert Brogan (tel. (202) 493-6292) or 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 [email protected]; or by contacting Ms. Toone at [email protected] Comments regarding these information collection requirements should include the title and OMB control number listed below and should be sent directly to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 Seventeenth Street NW., Washington, DC, 20503, Attention: FRA Desk Officer. Comments may also be sent via email to OMB at [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 70256 
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