82 FR 18822 - Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 76 (April 21, 2017)
Federal Railroad Administration
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 76 (April 21, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-08104 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 76 (Friday, April 21, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 18822-18824] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-08104] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Railroad Administration [Docket No. FRA-2017-0002-N-11] Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Notice and comment request. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice announces FRA is forwarding for renewal the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the information collection and its expected burden. On December 21, 2016, FRA published a notice providing a 60-day period for public comment on the ICR. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 22, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert Brogan, Information Collection Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad Safety, Regulatory Analysis Division, RRS-21, Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Mail Stop 25, Washington, DC 20590 (Telephone: (202) 493-6292); or Ms. Kim Toone, Information Collection Clearance Officer, Office of Administration, Office of Information Technology, RAD-20, Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Mail Stop 35, Washington, DC 20590 (Telephone: (202) 493-6132). (These telephone numbers are not toll free.) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520, and its implementing regulations, 5 CFR part 1320, require Federal agencies to issue two notices seeking public comment on information collection activities before OMB may approve paperwork packages. 44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.5, 1320.8(d)(1), and 1320.12. On December 21, 2016, FRA published a 60-day notice in the Federal Register soliciting comment on the ICR for which it is now seeking OMB approval. See 81 FR 93725. On February 21, 2017, FRA received one comment in response to the 60-day notice from Mr. Jeffrey S. Hollister, President and CEO of American Railcar Industries (ARI), Inc. Many of ARI's comments focus on the substantive merits of the Railworthiness Directive and Revised Railworthiness Directive (collectively RWD or Directive unless stated otherwise) this ICR pertains to and FRA's authority to issue the RWD. Because these comments are outside the scope of the PRA burden analyzed in this notice, and because the RWD is currently the subject of a legal action brought by ARI, FRA cannot respond to those comments in this notice. Consistent with the PRA, however, FRA is addressing each of ARI's comments on the accuracy of FRA's estimates of the burdens of the information collection activities associated with the RWD. In its comments, ARI expresses the view ``FRA dramatically underestimates the burdens created by the information collection activities required by the Directive.'' Specifically, ARI alleges FRA's burden estimates are too low in the following eight instances: (1) To identify the 14,800 tank cars subject to the Directive, FRA estimated the total annual burden as 80 hours, but ARI estimates 900 hours because ``the time calculated to respond to 100 lessees at 4 hours each is 400 hours, plus FRA failed to account for 500 hours ARI already has invested in supporting customer requests for information on the application of the Directive to their cars''; (2) To visually inspect the 14,800 tank cars prior to each loaded trip, FRA estimated the total annual burden as 7,400 hours, but ARI estimates 98,667 hours. ARI estimates an average of 20 railcar loadings and 20 minutes for each inspection and the associated documentation requirements; (3) To inspect and test the sump and bottom outlet valve (BOV) skid groove attachment welds and maintain record results for over 2,200 tank cars, FRA estimates the total annual burden hours as 6,600 hours, but ARI estimates 53,200 hours based on the assumption that each inspection and test will take 26.5 hours; (4) FRA estimated no total annual burden hours for removal of tank linings to perform visual inspections on 0 percent of the cars to be inspected. ARI estimates 2 hours per car or an additional 1,320 total annual burden hours; (5) To train and test tank car mechanics who are not qualified on non-destructive testing (NDT) procedures and record qualification, FRA estimated the total annual burden as 132 hours, but ARI estimates 640 hours. ARI asserts FRA did not take into account the need to train 100 inspectors, develop the NDT procedures, or prepare specimens and training procedures; (6) For tank car notification to all parties of the terms of the Directive and inspection/testing schedule, FRA estimated the total annual burden as 100 hours, but ARI estimates 8,800 hours. ARI notes that ``FRA estimates only 100 notices at one hour each while ARI assumes this task requires the development of over 2,200 plans at 4 hours per car to get each car to a shop, develop a freight plan, shop schedule, and out-of-service time''; (7) For reports of inspection, test, and repair to FRA, ARI states FRA estimated the total annual burden hours as 3,300 hours, but ARI estimates 6,600 hours. (FRA notes that, in its approved Emergency Clearance submission to OMB, it previously estimated this burden at 33,600 hours, not the erroneous 3,300 hours in its 60-day December 21, 2016, Federal Register notice which ARI cited in its comments). ARI explains it estimates 3 hours per car/report ``in order to include the time ARI spends to review the reports, correct factual errors, store results, update the database and provide summaries to the FRA''; and (8) For tank car facility requests to tank car owners for written permission and approval of qualification and maintenance programs, FRA estimated the total annual burden as 7 hours, but ARI estimates 660 hours for 330 cars (15%) which will require owner's approval and instructions prior to repair which will require 2 hours per car. After careful consideration of ARI's comments and estimates, FRA reviewed its own estimates and either validated its initial estimates or adjusted its estimates in light of ARI's comments. As a result, FRA now estimates a total annual burden for this ICR in excess of the 68,953 hours originally approved by OMB on October 18, 2016, in FRA's [[Page 18823]] Emergency Clearance submission. FRA's modified burden estimates are as follows: (1) To identify the railroad tank cars subject to the RWD, FRA stands by its original estimate of 20 identifications/reports--one report for each of the estimated 20 tank car owners/100 lessees (5 lessees per tank car owner are included/incorporated in each identification/report)--and 80 hours (4 hours per identification/ report). FRA believes ARI's estimate of 900 hours is excessive because tank cars built to the ARI or ACF Industries, LLC (ACF) 300 stub sill design and subject to the Directive are easily identifiable based upon their certificates of construction which all tank car owners are required to retain; (2) To visually inspect the tank cars prior to each loaded move, FRA has revised its previous estimate of 7,400 total annual burden hours to 14,529 total burden hours. FRA believes the number of annual load moves is 6 and each visual inspection/record takes approximately 10 minutes to complete, while ARI estimates there are 20 annual load moves per year and each visual inspection/record takes 20 minutes to complete. To arrive at its total burden of 98,667 hours, ARI more than triples the number of annual load moves (20 moves instead of 6 moves) and doubles the time to complete each visual inspection/record (20 minutes instead of 10 minutes). FRA subject matter experts state the number of annual load moves is well under 10 and completing the required visual inspection/record is not a time consuming process and should take significantly less than 20 minutes; (3) To inspect and test the sump and BOV skid groove attachment welds and maintain record results, FRA has revised its estimate to reflect the 2,175 cars subject to this requirement (15 percent of the estimated fleet of 14,500 cars subject to the Directive) \1\ and has increased its estimate of the average time it takes to complete this requirement from 2 hours to 19 hours (i.e., 4 hours for cleaning, inbound inspection, and estimating (write-up), plus 3 hours for inspection, testing, records preparation for visual and ultrasonic testing, plus 12 hours for car repairs). Thus, FRA has raised its previous estimate of 6,600 total annual burden hours to 41,325 total annual burden hours. FRA's adjusted estimate of 41,325 hours approximates the ARI asserted total burden of 53,200 hours. Again, the experience of FRA subject matter experts supports this revised number as closer to the true burden than either FRA's initial estimate or ARI's estimate in its comments; --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ FRA recognizes the total fleet of cars subject to this RWD is approximately 14,800, but based on written and verbal reports provided to FRA to date, FRA understands that 300 cars have already been inspected under terms meeting the RWD. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (4) For removal of the tank lining as part of the visual inspection/testing/repair requirement, FRA believes it will be necessary to remove the tank lining in 435 tank cars to conduct the inspections and tests this RWD requires (20% of the 2,175 cars to be inspected under this RWD (again, 2,175 is 15% of the estimated total fleet subject to the RWD)). In its comments, ARI estimates it will be necessary to remove the tank lining in 660 cars (approximately 30 percent of the cars required to be inspected under this RWD). FRA also estimates this process will take an average of 2 hours per car to complete. FRA's revised burden total amounts to 870 hours while ARI's total burden is 1,320 hours. FRA believes this estimate is closer to the actual burden, as supported by the experience of its subject matter experts; (5) To train and test tank car mechanics who are not qualified on NDT procedures and record qualification, FRA has revised its original estimate of the total number of individuals who will need such training to 90. FRA now estimates it will take approximately 2 hours to train each person (for a total annual burden hours of 180 hours). ARI estimates 100 individuals will be trained and it will take approximately 6.4 hours to complete each person's training (for a total annual burden of 640 hours). FRA and ARI are in the same vicinity concerning the number of individuals to be trained, but disagree on the average time to complete the necessary training. FRA has doubled its original average time estimate and believes two hours is more than adequate to complete this requirement; (6) For tank car notification to all parties of the terms of the Directive and inspection/testing schedule, FRA is maintaining its estimate of 100 notifications to the affected parties (i.e., tank car lessees), but is doubling the average time to complete each notification to 2 hours (for a total burden of 200 hours). ARI calculates its estimated burden of 8,800 hours to include 2,200 cars and 4 hours to complete each required notification. However, ARI misinterprets the requirement and applies the notifications to cars rather than all parties under contract to tank car owners. Consequently, it vastly overestimates the number of notifications. ARI's average time estimate of 4 hours per notification is double FRA's revised estimate and because it is based on cars, not parties under contract to the tank car owners, it is not based on facts and is unrealistic; (7) For reports of inspection, test, and repair information to FRA, FRA already accounted for this burden in its earlier 19-hour estimate in (3) above for inspection, testing, repair, and corresponding records that totaled 41,325 hours. ARI estimated this burden at 53,200 hours as explained in (3) above, but then includes an additional burden here of 6,600 hours. Thus, ARI has mistakenly double-counted this burden; (8) For tank car facility requests to tank car owners for written permission and approval of qualification and maintenance programs, FRA stands by its original total annual burden estimate of 7 hours (20 written requests plus 20 written permissions at 10 minutes each). FRA believes ARI's estimate of 660 hours misinterprets the requirement. ARI includes a written permission by the tank car owner for 330 cars (15% of 2,220 cars) rather than for the qualification and maintenance program operated by the tank car facility. FRA does not believe it will take triple the time (60 minutes as opposed to 20 minutes) to complete each written request and triple the time to complete each written permission (again 60 minutes as opposed to 20 minutes). Thus, FRA is maintaining its original estimate for this requirement; (9) For reports by tank car facilities to tank car owners of all work performed and all observed damage, deterioration, failed components, or noncompliant parts under 49 CFR 180.513, FRA estimates there will be 2,175 repair reports/records and it will take approximately 12 hours to complete each weld defect repair and associated report/record for a total annual burden of 26,100 hours. ARI did not state its estimate for this requirement in its comment. Nevertheless, based on its stated total burden of 176,092 hours, it appears ARI estimated a total of 2,200 reports would be completed with an average time of 2.411 hours to complete each repair report/record (for a total of 5,305 hours). FRA believes ARI underestimated the time necessary to complete repairs for weld defects and the corresponding report/record and, thus, the true burden. FRA is once again relying on the experience and knowledge of its subject matter experts; and (10) Finally, regarding the new exemption provision in the Revised Directive, FRA estimates 10 tank car owners will request exemptions from all [[Page 18824]] or part of the requirements of the RWD for a total of 149 hours (14.9 hours per petition). Neither FRA nor ARI accounted for this potential burden previously. Overall, FRA's modified estimates amount to 83,440 hours. For the reasons outlined above, FRA believes this revised total is more accurate and more reasonable than its original estimates \2\ and ARI's estimate of 176,092 hours. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ FRA notes its December 21, 2016, 60-day Federal Register notice contained an error in math. The total burden in that notice should have been 30,240 hours higher (for a total burden of 53,164 hours). See 81 FR 93725. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Before OMB decides whether to approve these proposed collections of information, it must provide 30 days for public comment. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b); 5 CFR 1320.12(d). Federal law requires OMB to approve or disapprove paperwork packages between 30 and 60 days after the 30-day notice is published. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b)-(c); 5 CFR 1320.12(d); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983, Aug. 29, 1995. OMB believes the 30-day notice informs the regulated community to file relevant comments and affords the agency adequate time to digest public comments before it renders a decision. 60 FR 44983, Aug. 29, 1995. Therefore, respondents should submit their respective comments to OMB within 30 days of this notice's publication. 5 CFR 1320.12(c); see also 60 FR 44983, Aug. 29, 1995. The summary below describes the ICR and its expected burden. FRA is submitting this renewal request for clearance by OMB as the PRA requires. Title: Railworthiness Directive (RWD) RWD 2016-01 [REVISED] (previously approved by OMB under the title Railworthiness Directive for Certain Tank Cars Equipped with Bottom Outlet Valve Assembly and Constructed by American Railcar Industries and ACF Industries). OMB Control Number: 2130-0616. Abstract: An FRA investigation identified a certain design of specification DOT-111 tank cars that ARI and ACF manufactured using welding practices not in conformance with Federal regulations and Association of American Railroads' welding specifications. The cars are built to the ARI and ACF 300 stub sill design and equipped with a two- piece cast sump and BOV skid. 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. On September 30, 2016, FRA issued the initial RWD. On November 18, 2016, FRA issued a Revised Directive. The Revised Directive requires owners to: (1) Identify tank cars in their fleet covered by the 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. This ICR applies to the Revised Directive. Type of Request: Regular clearance of an information collection previously approved under emergency processing procedures. Affected Public: Businesses (tank car owners, shippers, and tank car facilities). Form(s): N/A. Total Estimated Annual Responses: 92,250. Total Estimated Annual Burden: 83,440 hours. Addressee: Send comments regarding these information collections to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: FRA Desk Officer. Comments may also be sent via email to OMB at the following address: [email protected]. Comments are invited on the following: Whether the proposed collections of information are necessary for DOT to properly perform its functions, including whether the information will have practical utility; the accuracy of DOT's estimates of the burden of the proposed information collections; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the collections of information on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520. Sarah L. Inderbitzin, Acting Chief Counsel. [FR Doc. 2017-08104 Filed 4-20-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-06-P
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government-owned equipment to (These telephone numbers are not toll estimates the total annual burden hours
provide intermittent passenger free.) as 6,600 hours, but ARI estimates 53,200
transportation. G4S states that the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA, hours based on the assumption that
company believes that this exemption 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, and its each inspection and test will take 26.5
proposal achieves a level of safety that implementing regulations, 5 CFR part hours;
is equivalent to the ELD mandate that (4) FRA estimated no total annual
1320, require Federal agencies to issue
takes effect on December 18, 2017— burden hours for removal of tank linings
two notices seeking public comment on
because its drivers would still be subject to perform visual inspections on 0
information collection activities before
to the hours-of-service (HOS) percent of the cars to be inspected. ARI
OMB may approve paperwork packages.
restrictions contained in 49 CFR part estimates 2 hours per car or an
44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.5,
395 and would continue to (when additional 1,320 total annual burden
1320.8(d)(1), and 1320.12. On December
required) record their duty status on hours;
21, 2016, FRA published a 60-day notice (5) To train and test tank car
paper logbooks, just as driveaway- in the Federal Register soliciting
towaway drivers are authorized to do. mechanics who are not qualified on
comment on the ICR for which it is now non-destructive testing (NDT)
A copy of G4S’s application for seeking OMB approval. See 81 FR
exemption is available for review in the procedures and record qualification,
93725. On February 21, 2017, FRA FRA estimated the total annual burden
docket for this notice. received one comment in response to as 132 hours, but ARI estimates 640
Issued on: April 14, 2017. the 60-day notice from Mr. Jeffrey S. hours. ARI asserts FRA did not take into
Larry W. Minor, Hollister, President and CEO of account the need to train 100 inspectors,
Associate Administrator for Policy. American Railcar Industries (ARI), Inc. develop the NDT procedures, or prepare
[FR Doc. 2017–08092 Filed 4–20–17; 8:45 am] Many of ARI’s comments focus on the specimens and training procedures;
BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P
substantive merits of the Railworthiness (6) For tank car notification to all
Directive and Revised Railworthiness parties of the terms of the Directive and
Directive (collectively RWD or Directive inspection/testing schedule, FRA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION unless stated otherwise) this ICR estimated the total annual burden as 100
pertains to and FRA’s authority to issue hours, but ARI estimates 8,800 hours.
Federal Railroad Administration the RWD. Because these comments are ARI notes that ‘‘FRA estimates only 100
outside the scope of the PRA burden notices at one hour each while ARI
[Docket No. FRA–2017–0002–N–11] analyzed in this notice, and because the assumes this task requires the
RWD is currently the subject of a legal development of over 2,200 plans at 4
Proposed Agency Information action brought by ARI, FRA cannot hours per car to get each car to a shop,
Collection Activities; Comment respond to those comments in this develop a freight plan, shop schedule,
Request notice. Consistent with the PRA, and out-of-service time’’;
however, FRA is addressing each of (7) For reports of inspection, test, and
AGENCY: Federal Railroad ARI’s comments on the accuracy of repair to FRA, ARI states FRA estimated
Administration (FRA), Department of FRA’s estimates of the burdens of the the total annual burden hours as 3,300
Transportation (DOT). information collection activities hours, but ARI estimates 6,600 hours.
ACTION: Notice and comment request. associated with the RWD. (FRA notes that, in its approved
In its comments, ARI expresses the Emergency Clearance submission to
SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork
view ‘‘FRA dramatically underestimates OMB, it previously estimated this
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice
the burdens created by the information burden at 33,600 hours, not the
announces FRA is forwarding for
collection activities required by the erroneous 3,300 hours in its 60-day
renewal the Information Collection
Directive.’’ Specifically, ARI alleges December 21, 2016, Federal Register
Request (ICR) abstracted below to the
FRA’s burden estimates are too low in notice which ARI cited in its
Office of Management and Budget
the following eight instances: comments). ARI explains it estimates 3
(OMB) for review and comment. The
(1) To identify the 14,800 tank cars hours per car/report ‘‘in order to include
ICR describes the information collection
subject to the Directive, FRA estimated the time ARI spends to review the
and its expected burden. On December
the total annual burden as 80 hours, but reports, correct factual errors, store
21, 2016, FRA published a notice
ARI estimates 900 hours because ‘‘the results, update the database and provide
providing a 60-day period for public
time calculated to respond to 100 summaries to the FRA’’; and
comment on the ICR.
lessees at 4 hours each is 400 hours, (8) For tank car facility requests to
DATES: Comments must be submitted on plus FRA failed to account for 500 hours tank car owners for written permission
or before May 22, 2017. ARI already has invested in supporting and approval of qualification and
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. customer requests for information on maintenance programs, FRA estimated
Robert Brogan, Information Collection the application of the Directive to their the total annual burden as 7 hours, but
Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad cars’’; ARI estimates 660 hours for 330 cars
Safety, Regulatory Analysis Division, (2) To visually inspect the 14,800 tank (15%) which will require owner’s
RRS–21, Federal Railroad cars prior to each loaded trip, FRA approval and instructions prior to repair
Administration, 1200 New Jersey estimated the total annual burden as which will require 2 hours per car.
Avenue SE., Mail Stop 25, Washington, 7,400 hours, but ARI estimates 98,667 After careful consideration of ARI’s
DC 20590 (Telephone: (202) 493–6292); hours. ARI estimates an average of 20 comments and estimates, FRA reviewed
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
or Ms. Kim Toone, Information railcar loadings and 20 minutes for each its own estimates and either validated
Collection Clearance Officer, Office of inspection and the associated its initial estimates or adjusted its
Administration, Office of Information documentation requirements; estimates in light of ARI’s comments. As
Technology, RAD–20, Federal Railroad (3) To inspect and test the sump and a result, FRA now estimates a total
Administration, 1200 New Jersey bottom outlet valve (BOV) skid groove annual burden for this ICR in excess of
Avenue SE., Mail Stop 35, Washington, attachment welds and maintain record the 68,953 hours originally approved by
DC 20590 (Telephone: (202) 493–6132). results for over 2,200 tank cars, FRA OMB on October 18, 2016, in FRA’s
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or part of the requirements of the RWD FRA issued a Revised Directive. The ACTION:Notice of Request for Applicants
for a total of 149 hours (14.9 hours per Revised Directive requires owners to: (1) for Appointment/Reappointment to the
petition). Neither FRA nor ARI Identify tank cars in their fleet covered National Emergency Medical Services
accounted for this potential burden by the Directive; and (2) ensure Advisory Council (NEMSAC).
previously. appropriate inspection and testing of
Overall, FRA’s modified estimates each tank car’s sump and BOV skid SUMMARY: NHTSA and its partners at the
amount to 83,440 hours. For the reasons groove attachment welds to ensure no Departments of Health and Human
outlined above, FRA believes this flaw exists which could result in the Services (HHS) and Homeland Security
revised total is more accurate and more loss of tank integrity. This ICR applies (DHS) are soliciting applications for
reasonable than its original estimates 2 to the Revised Directive. appointment or reappointment to DOT’s
and ARI’s estimate of 176,092 hours. Type of Request: Regular clearance of NEMSAC. The purpose of NEMSAC, a
Before OMB decides whether to an information collection previously nationally recognized council of
approve these proposed collections of approved under emergency processing emergency medical services
information, it must provide 30 days for procedures. representatives and consumers, is to
public comment. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b); 5 Affected Public: Businesses (tank car advise and consult with DOT and the
CFR 1320.12(d). Federal law requires owners, shippers, and tank car Federal Interagency Committee on EMS
OMB to approve or disapprove facilities). (FICEMS) on matters relating to
paperwork packages between 30 and 60 Form(s): N/A. emergency medical services (EMS).
days after the 30-day notice is Total Estimated Annual Responses: More information on NEMSAC,
published. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b)–(c); 5 CFR 92,250. including its previous
1320.12(d); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983, Total Estimated Annual Burden: recommendations, its charter, and its
Aug. 29, 1995. OMB believes the 30-day 83,440 hours. current membership is available at
notice informs the regulated community Addressee: Send comments regarding www.EMS.gov/NEMSAC.htm.
to file relevant comments and affords these information collections to the DATES: Application packages as
the agency adequate time to digest Office of Information and Regulatory described below must be received by
public comments before it renders a Affairs, Office of Management and NHTSA on or before June 16, 2017.
decision. 60 FR 44983, Aug. 29, 1995. Budget, 725 17th Street NW., ADDRESSES: If you wish to apply for
Therefore, respondents should submit Washington, DC 20503, Attention: FRA membership, your application package
their respective comments to OMB Desk Officer. Comments may also be should be submitted by:
within 30 days of this notice’s sent via email to OMB at the following • Email: NEMSAC@dot.gov;
publication. 5 CFR 1320.12(c); see also address: oira_submissions@ • Fax: (202) 366–7149; or
60 FR 44983, Aug. 29, 1995. omb.eop.gov. • Mail: Use only overnight mail such
The summary below describes the ICR Comments are invited on the as UPS or FedEx to:
and its expected burden. FRA is following: Whether the proposed U.S. Department of Transportation,
submitting this renewal request for collections of information are necessary National Highway Traffic Safety
clearance by OMB as the PRA requires. for DOT to properly perform its
Title: Railworthiness Directive (RWD) Administration, Office of Emergency
functions, including whether the Medical Services, Attn: Susan McHenry,
RWD 2016–01 [REVISED] (previously information will have practical utility;
approved by OMB under the title 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., NTI–140,
the accuracy of DOT’s estimates of the Washington, DC 20590.
Railworthiness Directive for Certain burden of the proposed information
Tank Cars Equipped with Bottom Outlet Any person needing accessibility
collections; ways to enhance the quality, accommodations should contact Susan
Valve Assembly and Constructed by utility, and clarity of the information to
American Railcar Industries and ACF McHenry at (202) 366–6540.
be collected; and ways to minimize the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
Industries). burden of the collections of information
OMB Control Number: 2130–0616. Designated Federal Officer, Jon
on respondents, including the use of Krohmer, Director, Office of Emergency
Abstract: An FRA investigation
automated collection techniques or Medical Services at (202) 366–9966; or
identified a certain design of
specification DOT–111 tank cars that other forms of information technology. Susan McHenry at (202) 366–6540 or via
ARI and ACF manufactured using Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. email at NEMSAC@dot.gov.
welding practices not in conformance Sarah L. Inderbitzin, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of
with Federal regulations and this call for applications is given under
Acting Chief Counsel.
Association of American Railroads’ the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
[FR Doc. 2017–08104 Filed 4–20–17; 8:45 am]
welding specifications. The cars are Public Law 92–463, as amended (5
built to the ARI and ACF 300 stub sill BILLING CODE 4910–06–P
U.S.C. App. 2). The NEMSAC is
design and equipped with a two-piece authorized under Section 31108 of the
cast sump and BOV skid. As a result of Moving Ahead with Progress in the 21st
the non-conforming welding practices, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Century Act of 2012.
these cars may have substantial weld National Highway Traffic Safety The National Highway Traffic Safety
defects at the sump and BOV skid Administration Administration is hereby soliciting
groove attachment welds, potentially nominations for members of the
affecting each tank’s ability to retain its [NHTSA–2017–0008] NEMSAC. The Secretary of
contents during transportation. On Transportation, in coordination with
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September 30, 2016, FRA issued the Notice of Request for Applications for
Appointment to the National HHS and DHS, will appoint 25 Council
initial RWD. On November 18, 2016, members on or around July 21, 2017.
Emergency Medical Services Advisory
Council Members will be selected with a view
2 FRA notes its December 21, 2016, 60-day
toward achieving a varied and balanced
Federal Register notice contained an error in math.
The total burden in that notice should have been
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic perspective on emergency medical
30,240 hours higher (for a total burden of 53,164 Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. services. The Council will be composed
hours). See 81 FR 93725. Department of Transportation (DOT). of non-Federal experts representing
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| Contact | Mr. Robert Brogan, Information Collection Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad Safety, Regulatory Analysis Division, RRS-21, Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Mail Stop 25, Washington, DC 20590 (Telephone: (202) 493-6292); or Ms. Kim Toone, Information Collection Clearance Officer, Office of Administration, Office of Information Technology, RAD-20, Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Mail Stop 35, Washington, DC 20590 (Telephone: (202) 493-6132). (These telephone numbers are not toll free.) | |
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