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OMB Control No: 2140-0023	ICR Reference No: 202310-2140-002
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202002-2140-003
Agency/Subagency: STB	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Statutory Licensing Authority
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 07/17/2024
	Date Received in OIRA: 10/18/2023
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2027	36 Months From Approved	07/31/2024
Responses	115	0	122
Time Burden (Hours)	7,300	0	4,257
Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,100	0	1,750

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 49 USC 11323 Name of Law: Consolidation, merger, and acquisition of control
   US Code: 49 USC 11324 Name of Law: Consolidation, merger, and acquisition of control: conditions of approval
   US Code: 49 USC 10901 Name of Law: Construction and Operations applications
   US Code: 49 USC 11325 Name of Law: Consolidation, merger, and acquisition of control: procedure
   US Code: 49 USC 10903 Name of Law: Abandonment applications
   US Code: 49 USC 11326 Name of Law: Employee protective arrangements in transactions involving rail carriers
   US Code: 49 USC 10502 Name of Law: Exemptions
   US Code: 49 USC 1321 Name of Law: Powers
   US Code: 49 USC 10902 Name of Law: Short Line Purchases

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	115	122	-7
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	7,300	4,257	3,043
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,100	1,750	350

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This is an existing collection, which is being adjusted to update the burdens and costs based on the actual number of recent filings, using a recent three-year average. Based on the difference between the currently applicable three-year average (2020-2022) and the previously used three-year average (using 2017-2019), the estimated number of applications increased by four filings, petitions increased by three, notices decreased by 15, and interchange commitments increased by one. Additionally, the estimated number of burden hours increased for all types of filings with applications increasing by 51 hours, petitions by 17, notices by six, and interchange commitments by two. As a result of the estimated distribution and hourly burden changes, there is a net hourly burden increase of approximately 3,043 burden hours.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $334,294

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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