[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 64 (Thursday, April 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15966-15967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8520]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Reports, Form and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review
Agency: Office of the Secretary, DOT.
Action: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request
(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and comment based on revisions to the
current collection. Four of the several rules to amend 49 CFR Part 225,
published on December 23, 1996 (61 FR 67477) contain amendments to the
approved information collection activities, while one adds a new
information collection requirement. The ICR describes the nature of the
information collection and its expected burden. The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the
following collection of information was published on December 24, 1996
(61 FR, page 67869).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 5, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Gloria Swanson Office of Planning
and Evaluation Division, RRS-21, Federal Railroad Administration, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 632-3318)
or Ms. Mary Ann Johnson, Office of Information Technology and
Productivity Improvement, RAD-20, Federal Railroad Administration, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 632-3226).
(These telephone numbers are not toll-free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Federal Railroad Administration
Office of Safety
Title: Accident/Incident Reporting and Recordkeeping.
OMB No.: 2130-0500.
Affected Public: 679 Railroads.
Abstract: FRA uses this information to identify hazardous
conditions associated with rail transportation and to assure compliance
with railroad safety laws. FRA is excepting from the requirements
regarding an Internal Control Plan delineated in Sec. 225.33(a)(3)
through (a)(10) the following: (i) Railroads that operate or own track
on the general railroad system of transportation (general system) that
have 15 or fewer employees covered by the hours of service laws (49
U.S.C. 21101-21107) and (ii) railroads that operate or own track
exclusively off the general system. However, these excepted railroads
must adopt and comply with the intimidation and harassment policies
outlined in Sec. 225.33(a) (1) and (2). FRA has developed model
statements of policy on intimidation and harassment to be posted by
these excepted railroads. 2. FRA is also excepting from the
recordkeeping requirements regarding accountable injuries and illnesses
and accountable rail equipment accidents/incidents found in
Sec. 225.25(a) through the following railroads: (i) Railroads that
operate or own track on the general system that have 15 or fewer
employees covered by the hours of service laws (49 U.S.C. 21101-21107)
and (ii) railroads that operate or own track exclusively off the
general system. 3. Further, FRA is excepting railroads that operate or
own track exclusively off the general system from all the requirements
of Part 225 to record or report injuries and illnesses incurred by all
classifications of persons that result from most non-train incidents.
(A small subcategory of non-train incidents involving in-service on-
track equipment must continue to be reported and recorded.) 4. In order
to minimize the burden of requiring the preparer's signature on each
and every monthly list of reportable injuries and illnesses to be
posted for each railroad's establishments, FRA is amending
Sec. 225.25(h)(12) so as to provide railroads with an alternative to
signing each establishment's monthly list. Specifically, the preparer
of the monthly list of reportable injuries and illnesses for the
railroad may instead sign a cover sheet or memorandum attaching the
monthly lists for each establishment for that railroad. The cover sheet
memorandum must list all the establishments that post the monthly list
of reportable injuries and illnesses and must be signed by the
preparer. 5. Finally, FRA is amending Sec. 225.25(h), by adding
Sec. 225.25(h)(15), to address any possible concerns with privacy
rights of the employee by providing that the railroad is permitted not
to post information on an injury or illness reported to FRA, if the
employee who incurred the injury or illness makes a request in writing
to the railroad's
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reporting officer that his or her particular injury or illness not be
posted.
Burden Estimate: The estimated burden is 63,058 hours annually.
Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20503, ATTN: FRA Desk Officer. Comments are invited on: Whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions or the Department, including whether the
information will have practical utility; the accuracy of the
Department's estimate of the burden of the proposed information
collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Issued in Washington, DC on March 28, 1997.
Phillip A. Leach,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 97-8520 Filed 4-2-97; 8:45 am]
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