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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements
AGENCY: Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of the Secretary.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice lists those forms, reports, and recordkeeping
requirements imposed upon the public which were transmitted by the
Department of Transportation to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for its approval in accordance with the requirements of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
DATES: January 31, 1994.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on the DOT information collection requests
should be forwarded, as quickly as possible, to Edward Clarke, Office
of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, room 3228,
Washington, DC 20503, (202) 395-7340. If you anticipate submitting
substantive comments, but find that more than 10 days from the date of
publication are needed to prepare them, please notify the OMB official
of your intent immediately.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the DOT information
collection requests submitted to OMB may be obtained from Susan Pickrel
or Annette Wilson, Information Management Division, M-34, Office of the
Secretary of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC
20590, (202) 366-4735.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3507 of title 44 of the United
States Code, as adopted by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980,
requires that agencies prepare a notice for publication in the Federal
Register, listing those information collection requests submitted to
OMB for approval or renewal under that Act. OMB reviews and approves
agency submissions in accordance with criteria set forth in that Act.
In carrying out its responsibilities, OMB also considers public
comments on the proposed forms and the reporting and recordkeeping
requirements. OMB approval of an information collection requirement
must be renewed at least once every three years.
Items Submitted to OMB for Review
The following information collection requests were submitted to OMB
on January 31, 1994:
DOT No: 3884.
OMB No: 2130-0534.
Administration: Federal Railroad Administration.
Title: Grade Crossing Signal System Safety Regulations.
Need for Information: The Rail Safety Improvement Act of 1988
required the issuance of rules, regulations, orders and standards to
ensure the safe maintenance, inspection and testing of signal systems
and devices at railroad highway grade crossings.
Proposed Use of Information: The information will provide accurate
data regarding instances of grade crossing activation failures, and
will be used by FRA to craft better solutions to the problems of grade
crossing device malfunctions.
Frequency: On occasion, one time, recordkeeping.
Burden Estimate: 218,762 hours.
Respondents: Railroads.
Form(s): FRA-F-6180.83 and FRA-F-6180.87.
Average Burden Hours Per Response: 17 minutes reporting; 299 hours
recordkeeping.
DOT No: 3885.
OMB No: 2106-0015.
Administration: Office of the Secretary.
Title: Airline Employee Protection Program.
Need for Information: Section 43 of the Airline Deregulation Act of
1978 established an employee protection program. After a determination
by DOT that an air carrier has undergone a qualifying dislocation, the
Secretary of Labor gives financial assistance to certain employees of
the carrier.
Proposed Use of Information: The information will be used to
determine if a qualifying dislocation has occurred and to assess an
applicant's eligibility for benefits.
Frequency: One time.
Burden Estimate: 45 hours.
Respondents: Former and present airline employees.
Form(s): None.
Average Burden Hours Per Response: 3 hours reporting.
DOT No: 3886.
OMB No: 2137-0047.
Administration: Research and Special Programs Administration.
Title: Information Collection Requirements for Hazardous Liquid and
Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Operators.
Need for Information: Title 49 CFR part 195 prescribes operation
and maintenance procedures for hazardous liquid and carbon dioxide
pipeline operators.
Proposed Use of Information: The information will be used by RSPA
and State inspectors to determine operator compliance with pipeline
safety standards.
Frequency: On occasion, recordkeeping.
Burden Estimate: 49,567 hours.
Respondents: Pipeline operators.
Form(s): DOT F 7000-1.
Average Burden Hours Per Response: 1 hour and 6 minutes reporting;
235 hours recordkeeping.
DOT No: 3887.
OMB No: 2137-0049.
Administration: Research and Special Programs Administration.
Title: Recordkeeping Requirements for Gas Pipeline Operators.
Need for Information: Title 49 CFR part 192 prescribes the
operation and maintenance procedures for natural and other gas pipeline
facilities.
Proposed Use of Information: The information will be used by RSPA
and State inspectors to evaluate operator compliance with pipeline
safety standards.
Frequency: Recordkeeping.
Burden Estimate: 1,143,517 hours.
Respondents: Gas pipeline operators.
Form(s): None.
Average Burden Hours Per Response: 497 hours and 11 minutes
recordkeeping.
DOT No: 3888.
OMB No: 2120-0571.
Administration: Federal Aviation Administration.
Title: Alcohol Misuse Prevention Program for Personnel Engaged in
Specified Aviation Activities.
Need for Information: The information is needed to respond to
regulations promulgated in accordance with the Omnibus Transportation
Employee Testing Act of 1991, enacted on October 28, 1991.
Proposed Use of Information: The information will be used to
monitor industry implementation and compliance with the FAA Alcohol
Misuse Prevention Program. The information will also be used to
evaluate the effectiveness of the program.
Frequency: One time, on occasion, annually.
Burden Estimate: 29,250 hours.
Respondents: Specified aviation employers.
Form(s): FAA Alcohol Testing MIS Data Collection EZ Form; FAA
Alcohol Testing MIS Data Collection Form, DOT Breath Alcohol Testing
Form.
Average Burden Hours Per Response: 1 hour and 48 minutes reporting;
2 hours and 23 minutes recordkeeping.
DOT No: 3889.
OMB No: 2137-0587.
Administration: Research and Special Programs Administration.
Title: Alcohol Misuse Prevention Program.
Need for Information: The potential harmful effect of alcohol
misuse on safe pipeline operators warrants imposing comprehensive
alcohol misuse testing regulations on the pipeline industry. Title 49
CFR part 199 requires information collection in the form of an alcohol
misuse prevention plan and recordkeeping.
Proposed Use of Information: The information will be used by RSPA
and State agencies to monitor alcohol misuse programs and to address
compliance and enforcement issues.
Frequency: Annual, recordkeeping.
Burden Estimate: 26,354 hours.
Respondents: Pipeline operators.
Form(s): RSPA Alcohol Testing MIS Data Collection EZ Form; RSPA
Alcohol Testing MIS Data Collection Form, DOT Breath Alcohol Testing
Form.
Average Burden Hours Per Response: 3 hours and 6 minutes reporting;
3 hours recordkeeping.
DOT No: 3890.
OMB No: 2125-0543.
Administration: Federal Highway Administration.
Title: Controlled Substance and Alcohol Testing.
Need for Information: Title 49 CFR part 382 prescribes the
requirements for drug and alcohol testing of commercial motor vehicle
drivers.
Proposed Use of Information: The information will be used by the
FHWA to obtain summary reports of drug and alcohol tests from motor
carriers in an effort to eliminate drug and alcohol abuse in the motor
carrier industry.
Frequency: Annually, recordkeeping.
Burden Estimate: 2,900,717 hours.
Respondents: Motor carriers.
Form(s): FHWA Drug and Alcohol Testing MIS Data Collection Form;
FHWA Drug and Alcohol Testing MIS Zero Positive Data Collection Form;
Drug Testing Custody and Control Form; DOT Breath Alcohol Testing Form.
Average Burden Hours Per Response: 2 hours reporting; 5 hours and
12 minutes recordkeeping.
DOT No: 3891.
OMB No: 2105-0517.
Administration: Office of the Secretary.
Title: Transportation Acquisition Regulation.
Need for Information: In accordance with the Federal Acquisition
Regulation, this information is needed to solicit, negotiate, award and
administer DOT contracts.
Proposed Use of Information: The information will be used by
contracting officers and supporting technical/program and contract
management personnel to evaluate bids and proposals; ensure mandatory
public policy provisions; ensure appropriate cost controls under
contracts; detect and minimize conditions conducive to fraud, waste and
abuse; form a database for Congressional reports; and meet all
requirements imposed by the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
Frequency: On occasion.
Burden Estimate: 56,375 hours.
Respondents: Businesses, contractors.
Form(s): DOT F 4220.4; DOT F 4220.7; DOT F 4220.43; DOT F 4220.44;
DOT F 4220.45; DOT F 4220.46; Form DD 882.
Average Burden Hours Per Response: 1 hour and 22 minutes reporting.
DOT No: 3892.
OMB No: 2105-0520.
Administration: Office of the Secretary.
Title: Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and
Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments.
Need for Information: Title 49 CFR part 18 prescribes uniform
administrative requirements for grants and cooperative agreements to
State and local governments.
Proposed Use of Information: The information will be used to
administer and manage the grants program.
Frequency: Recordkeeping.
Burden Estimate: 199,500 hours.
Respondents: Grantees.
Form(s): SF-269, SF-272, SF-270, SF-271, SF-424.
Average Burden Hours Per Response: 70 hours recordkeeping.
DOT No: 3893.
OMB No: 2120-0049.
Administration: Federal Aviation Administration.
Title: Agricultural Aircraft Operations--FAR part 137.
Need for Information: FAR part 137 prescribes the standards for the
operation of agricultural aircraft and for the dispensing of chemicals,
pesticides, and toxic substances. Information collected shows applicant
compliance and eligibility for certification by FAA.
Proposed Use of Information: The information on FAA Form 8710-3,
Agricultural Aircraft Operator Certificate Application, is required
from applicants who wish to be issued a commercial or private
agricultural aircraft operator certificate. Inspectors in FAA Flight
Standards District Offices review the submitted information to
determine certificate eligibility. If the information was not
collected, the FAA could not discharge its responsibilities directed to
the safety of agricultural aircraft operations and the dispensing of
materials during such operations.
Frequency: On occasion.
Burden Estimate: 13,990 hours.
Respondents: Agricultural Aircraft Operators.
Form(s): FAA Form 8710-3.
Average Burden Hours Per Response: 30 minutes reporting.
4 hours and 30 minutes recordkeeping.
DOT No: 3894.
OMB No: 2115-0092.
Administration: U.S. Coast Guard.
Title: Barge Fleeting Facility Records.
Need for Information: This information collection requirement is
needed to ensure that persons in charge of barge fleeting facilities
maintain records of barge activities and hazardous cargo in and out of
these facilities. These records will assure that barge facilities are
in compliance with the regulatory authority and may also be used for
enforcement purposes.
Proposed Use of Information: Coast Guard will use these records to
ensure that inspections of barge moorings and movements are being
conducted by the barge fleeting facilities.
Frequency: Twice daily; recordkeeping.
Burden Estimate: 11,032 hours.
Respondents: Owners or operators of barge fleeting facilities.
Form(s): None.
Average Burden Hours Per Response: 283 hours recordkeeping.
DOT No: 3895.
OMB No: New.
Administration: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Title: Drinking and Driving Target Identification Study.
Need for Information: The information is needed to identify and
target subgroups of drinking drivers.
Proposed Use of Information: The primary purpose of this study is
to obtain data to describe in detail the people and situations involved
in drinking and driving and defining characteristics that would be
useful for developing, refining, and targeting countermeasures to
specific drinking-driving subpopulations.
Frequency: One time.
Burden Estimate: 3,479 hours.
Respondents: Individuals.
Form(s): None.
Average Burden Hours Per Response: 12 minutes reporting.
DOT No: 3896.
OMB No: 2132-0556.
Administration: Federal Transit Administration.
Title: Prevention of Prohibited Drug Use in Transit Operations.
Need for Information: The Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing
Act of 1991 requires any recipient of Federal financial assistance
under Sections 3, 9 or 18 of the Federal Transit Act, as amended, and
any recipient of Federal financial assistance under Section 103(e) of
Title 23 of the U.S. Code, to establish a program designed to help
prevent accidents and injuries resulting from the use of prohibited
drugs by employees who perform safety-sensitive functions.
Proposed Use of Information: The information collected will be used
to build a database to determine any necessary modifications or the
continuing need for the rule; and to monitor the effectiveness of the
program and compliance with the regulation.
Frequency: Annually, recordkeeping.
Burden Estimate: 42,799 hours.
Respondents: State and local governments, businesses or other for-
profit institutions, non-profit institutions, and small businesses or
organizations.
Form(s): FTA Drug Testing MIS Data Collection Form; FTA Drug
Testing MIS Data Collection EZ Form; Drug Testing Chain of Custody
Form.
Average Burden Hours Per Response: 8 hours reporting; 18 hours and
30 minutes recordkeeping.
DOT No: 3897.
OMB No: 2132-0557.
Administration: Federal Transit Administration.
Title: Control of Alcohol Misuse in Transit Operations.
Need for Information: The Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing
Act of 1991 requires any recipient of Federal financial assistance
under Sections 3, 9 or 18 of the Federal Transit Act, as amended, and
any recipient of Federal financial assistance under Section 103(e) of
Title 23 of the U.S. Code to establish a program designed to help
prevent accidents and injuries resulting from the misuse of alcohol by
employees who perform safety-sensitive functions.
Proposed Use of Information: The information collected will be used
to build a database to determine any necessary modifications or the
continuing need for the rule; and to monitor the effectiveness of the
program and compliance with the regulation.
Frequency: Annually, recordkeeping.
Burden Estimate: 32,479 hours.
Respondents: State and local governments, businesses or other for-
profit institutions, non-profit institutions, and small businesses or
organizations.
Form(s): FTA Alcohol Testing MIS Data Collection Form; FTA Alcohol
Testing MIS Data Collection EZ Form; DOT Breath Alcohol Testing Form.
Average Burden Hours Per Response: 8 hours reporting; 12 hours
recordkeeping.
DOT No: 3898.
OMB No: 2130-0526.
Administration: Federal Railroad Administration.
Title: Control of Alcohol and Drug Use in Railroad Operations.
Need for Information: The FRA's Final Rule on Control of Alcohol
and Drug Use in Railroad Operations (49 CFR Part 219), dated February
10, 1986, and FRA's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (57 FR 59608), dated
December 15, 1992, proposing to amend and expand the current annual
reporting requirements, prescribe the terms and conditions necessary to
ensure safety in railroad operations.
Proposed Use of Information: FRA and the railroad industry will use
the information to determine the extent of alcohol and drug problems,
and to curtail the widespread use of alcohol and drugs.
Frequency: Annually, on occasion, recordkeeping.
Burden Estimate: 177,189 hours.
Respondents: Railroads.
Form(s): FRA-F-6180.73, FRA-F-6180.74 and FRA-F-6180.91, FRA-F-
6180.94a, FRA-F-6180.94b, FRA-F-6180.95a, FRA-F-6180.95b, Drug Testing
Chain of Custody Form, Breath Alcohol Testing Form.
Average Burden Hours Per Response: 15 hours and 20 minutes
reporting; 799 hours and 47 minutes recordkeeping.
DOT No: 3899.
OMB No: 2106-0023.
Administration: Office of the Secretary.
Title: Procedures and Evidence Rules for Air Carrier Authority
Applications.
Need for Information: Title 14 CFR parts 201, 204 and 291 set forth
the application procedures and filing requirements for carriers seeking
certificate or commuter authority.
Proposed Use of Information: The information will be used to
determine the initial fitness of all applicants and to modify, suspend
or revoke an air carrier's authority if it is no longer fit, willing,
and able to operate, or if it fails to file the reports needed to
monitor its continuing fitness.
Frequency: On occasion.
Burden Estimate: 8,073 hours.
Respondents: U.S. air carriers and applicants for air carrier
authority.
Form(s): None.
Average Burden Hours Per Response: 38 hours and 36 minutes
reporting.
DOT No: 3900.
OMB No: New.
Administration: Federal Railroad Administration.
Title: Railroad Police Officers.
Need for Information: Title 49 CFR Part 207 implements the Crime
Control Act of 1990 by requiring notice to State officials, after
designation of railroad police officers, of the States in which the
railroads intend to have railroad police officers protecting railroad
property, personnel, passengers, and cargo.
Proposed Use of Information: The information will provide a
mechanism whereby States can determine which railroad police officers
have authority to act in their States.
Frequency: On occasion, recordkeeping.
Burden Estimate: 1,550 hours.
Respondents: Railroads.
Form(s): None.
Average Burden Hours Per Response: 5 hours reporting; 1 hour and 36
minutes recordkeeping.
DOT No: 3901.
OMB No: New.
Administration: Federal Aviation Administration.
Title: Antidrug Program for Personnel Engaged in Specified Aviation
Activities.
Need for Information: The information is needed to ensure
compliance with the Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of
1991, enacted on October 28, 1991.
Proposed Use of Information: The information submitted is intended
to be the basis for monitoring industry implementation of, and
compliance with, the FAA antidrug rule. The information will also be
used to evaluate the effectiveness of the program.
Frequency: Annually, one time.
Burden Estimate: 11,993 hours.
Respondents: Specified aviation employers.
Form(s): None.
Average Burden Hours Per Response: 1-10 hours reporting; 1 hour
recordkeeping.
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 31, 1994..
Paula R. Ewen,
Chief, Information Management Division.
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