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View ICR - OIRA Conclusion

OMB Control No: 2140-0015	ICR Reference No: 202009-2140-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201912-2140-004
Agency/Subagency: STB	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Waybill Sample
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: 12/16/2020
	Date Received in OIRA: 09/04/2020
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2023	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2020
Responses	350	0	350
Time Burden (Hours)	861	0	555
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	350	350	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	861	555	306
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	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: In Waybill Sample Reporting, EP 385 (Sub-No. 8) (85 Fed. Reg. 54936) (published September 3, 2020), the Board issued new rules adjusting the waybill sampling rate for carriers using a computerized system of reporting and provided a more comprehensive sampling of waybills that would improve the utility of the Waybill Sample for both the Board and other users of waybill data in a variety of contexts (e.g., increasing the reliability of parties’ evidentiary presentations in certain rate reasonableness proceedings). The changes in reporting procedures would apply to the eight railroads conducting their own sampling, resulting in an estimated one-time burden of approximately 300 hours per railroad. Otherwise, the burdens would remain the same.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $179,599

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. 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? No

Agency Contact: Christopher Oehrle 202 245-0375 Christopher.Oehrle@stb.gov

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