05-12406. Agency Information Collection Activities

AGENCY:

Federal Railroad Administration, DOT.

ACTION:

Notice of OMB approvals.

SUMMARY:

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.5(b), this notice announces that new information collections requirements (ICRs) listed below have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). These new ICRs pertain to 49 CFR Parts 224, 229, and 238. Additionally, FRA hereby announces that other ICRs listed below have been re-approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). These ICRs pertain to Parts 220, and 244. The OMB approval numbers, titles, and expiration dates are included herein under supplementary information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Robert Brogan, Office of Planning and Evaluation Division, RRS-21, Federal Railroad Administration, 1120 Vermont Ave., NW., Mail Stop 17, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: [phone]), or Victor Angelo, Office of Support Systems, RAD-20, Federal Railroad Administration, 1120 Vermont Ave., NW., Mail Stop 35, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: [phone]). (These telephone numbers are not toll-free.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Pub. L. 104-13, § 2, 109 Stat. 163 (1995) (codified as revised at 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), and its implementing regulations, 5 CFR Part 1320, require Federal agencies to display OMB control numbers and inform respondents of their legal significance once OMB approval is obtained. The following new FRA information collections were approved: (1) OMB No. 2130-0560, Use of Locomotive Horns at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings (49 CFR 222) (Final Rule). The expiration date for this collection of information is April 30, 2007. In a previous notice published on October 8, 2004 (see 69 FR 60457), FRA mistakenly listed this approval as the interim final rule. (2) OMB No. 2130-0563, Railroad Trespasser Death Study (Form FRA F 6180.117). The expiration date for this collection of information is January 31, 2008. (3) OMB No. 2130-0564, Locomotive Crashworthiness (49 CFR 229 and 238) (NPRM). The expiration date for this collection of information is May 31, 2008. (4) OMB No. 2130-0565, Safety Appliance Concern Recommendation Report; Safety Appliance Checklist Forms (Forms FRA F 6180.4(a)-(m)). The expiration date for this collection of information is May 31, 2008. (5) OMB No. 2130-0566, Reflectorization of Freight Rolling Stock (49 CFR 224) (Final Rule). The expiration date for this collection of information is April 30, 2008.

The following information collections were re-approved: (1.) OMB No. 2130-0524, Railroad Communications (49 CFR 220). The new expiration date for this information collection is January 31, 2008. (2) OMB No. 2130-0557, Safety Integration Plans (Part 244). The new expiration date for this information collection is May 31, 2008.

Persons affected by the above referenced information collections are not required to respond to any collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. These approvals by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) certify that FRA has complied with the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) and with 5 CFR 1320.5(b) by informing the public about OMB's approval of the information collection requirements of the above cited forms and regulations.

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

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 16, 2005.

D.J. Stadtler,

Director, Office of Budget, Federal Railroad Administration.