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OMB Control No: 2130-0525	ICR Reference No: 201602-2130-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201302-2130-001
Agency/Subagency: DOT/FRA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Certification of Glazing Materials
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 04/26/2016
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 02/25/2016
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2019	36 Months From Approved	04/30/2016
Responses	25,426	0	25,211
Time Burden (Hours)	269	0	119
Cost Burden (Dollars)	11,150	0	7,000

Abstract: FRA uses this information to assure that window glazing materials have been fully tested and are in compliance with Federal Railroad Safety Standards. In this final rule, FRA is revising and clarifying existing regulations related to the use of glazing materials in the windows of locomotives, passenger cars, and cabooses. This final rule reduces paperwork and other economic burdens on the rail industry by removing a stenciling requirement for locomotives, passenger cars, and cabooses that are required to be equipped with glazing. This final rule also clarifies the application of the regulations to older equipment and to the end locations of all equipment to provide more certainty to the rail industry and more narrowly address FRA’s safety concerns. In addition, this final rule clarifies the definition of passenger car, updates the rule by removing certain compliance dates that are no longer necessary, and, in response to comments on the proposed rule, modifies the application of the regulations to passenger cars and cabooses in a railroad’s fleet that are used only for private transportation purposes and to older locomotives used in incidental freight service.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 49 USC 20103 Name of Law: Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
2130-AC43	Final or interim final rulemaking	81 FR 6775	02/09/2016

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
Certification of Glazing Materials

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	25,426	25,211	215
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	269	119	150
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	11,150	7,000	4,150

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: Total burden for this information collection submission has increased by 150 hours from the last approved submission. The change in burden hours and responses is due solely to three (3) program changes, detailed in the table provided for the answer to question number 15 of the attached Supporting Justification. The program changes shown in the provided table increased the burden by 150 hours and increased the number of responses by 215. The correct current inventory exhibits a burden total of 119 hours, while the present submission reflects a burden total of 269 hours. Hence, there is a total burden increase of 150 hours. The cost to respondents has increased by $4,600 from the last approved submission (from a total cost of $6,550 to $11,150). This change in cost is due to two program changes. First, FRA removed the glazing requirement under § 223.17 for stenciling the interior walls of locomotives, passenger cars, and cabooses deeming this requirement no longer necessary. This decreased the cost by $1,400 (for purchasing 200 preprinted metal plates). Second, under the final rule, FRA added a new requirement under § 223.23(c) regarding the provision of marked tools (usually small hammers with instructions) near each emergency window in locomotives, passenger cars, and cabooses. This requirement increased the cost by $6,000. Hence, there is a net increase in cost of $4,600 to respondents. (Note: In the OMB inventory, the cost to respondents for the previous submission was rounded off to $7,000 although the actual cost to respondents was $6,550. So, ROCIS will show a cost difference of $4,150 when the actual cost difference is $4,600. This discrepancy of $450 then is nothing more than a rounding difference or error.)

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]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Steve Zuiderveen 2024936337 steve.zuiderveen@dot.gov

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