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OMB Control No:
2130-0008
ICR Reference No:
201106-2130-001
Status:
Historical Active
Previous ICR Reference No:
200610-2130-004
Agency/Subagency:
DOT/FRA
Agency Tracking No:
Title:
Inspection Brake System Safety Standards for Freight and Other Non-Passenger Trains and Equipment (Power Brakes and Drawbars)
Type of Information Collection:
Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection
Common Form ICR:
No
Type of Review Request:
Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action:
Approved without change
Conclusion Date:
06/10/2011
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)
Date Received in OIRA:
06/10/2011
Terms of Clearance:
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
Expiration Date
01/31/2012
36 Months From Approved
01/31/2010
Responses
8,677,078
0
8,644,448
Time Burden (Hours)
990,276
0
895,011
Cost Burden (Dollars)
9,473,625
0
9,438,000
Abstract:
The information is used by locomotive engineers and train crews to verify that the terminal air brake test has been performed in a satisfactory manner. The new inforamtion collected concerning electronically controlled pneumatic brakes (ECP) brake systems will be used by FRA to provide for and encourage the safe implementation and use of ECP brake system technologies by the Nation's railroads.
Authorizing Statute(s):
US Code:
49 USC 20301
Citations for New Statutory Requirements:
None
Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:
Stage of Rulemaking:
Federal Register Citation:
Date:
2130-AB16
Final or interim final rulemaking
73 FR 61512
10/16/2008
Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR?
No
Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR:
1
IC Title
Form No.
Form Name
Inspection Brake System Safety Standards for Freight and Other Non-Passenger Trains and Equipment (Power Brakes and Drawbars)
ICR Summary of Burden
Total Approved
Previously Approved
Change Due to New Statute
Change Due to Agency Discretion
Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses
8,677,078
8,644,448
0
32,630
0
0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)
990,276
895,011
0
148,282
-53,017
0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)
9,473,625
9,438,000
0
35,625
0
0
Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion:
Yes
Burden Increase Due to:
Changing Regulations
Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion:
No
Burden Reduction Due to:
Short Statement:
Because OMB mistakenly took the last submission for this information collection that was approved on January 22, 2007, for the maximum time period (3 years)(with an expiration date January 31, 2010) out of the OMB inventory (as confirmed in Fumie Griego's September 19, 2008, e-mail to me), this collection is being submitted as a reinstatement since the mistake was caught too late to rectify in the OMB ROCIS system. The burden has increased by a total of 95,265 hours from the last approved submission in the OMB inventory. The increase is due to both adjustments and program changes, which are fully detailed in the answer to question number 15 of the attached Supporting Justification. Also, there is an overall decrease in the annual costs to respondents of $9,430,717. This decrease results from mistakenly counting the costs provided in the answer to question number 12 a second time in the answer to question number 13 of the last approved collection in the OMB inventory. That inventory for this collection shows a cost to respondents of $9,438,924 while the present submission exhibits a cost to respondents of $8,207. Hence, there is a decrease of $9,430,717.
Annual Cost to Federal Government:
$0
Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods?
No
Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002?
No
Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]?
Uncollected
Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]?
Uncollected
Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)?
Uncollected
Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response?
Uncollected
Agency Contact:
James Wilson 202 493-6259 james.wilson@dot.gov
Common Form ICR:
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;
(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;
(c) It reduces burden on small entities;
(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;
(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;
(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;
(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.
(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and
(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Certification Date:
09/30/2008
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