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OMB Control No: 2132-0580	ICR Reference No: 202404-2132-002
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202206-2132-003
Agency/Subagency: DOT/FTA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP)
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: 11/21/2024
	Date Received in OIRA: 04/11/2024
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, this information collection is approved

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2027	36 Months From Approved	10/31/2025
Responses	758	0	755
Time Burden (Hours)	552,846	0	252,855
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	26,642,550

Abstract: This is a revision of a currently approved information collection Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) associated with a Final Rulemaking. The Final Rulemaking proposes new requirements for PTASP as a result of Section 30012 of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), enacted as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Pub. L. 117-58 (Nov. 15, 2021). The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) was published on April 26, 2023. OIRA filed comment on the proposed rule on July 14, 2023. The respondents are public transportation systems that receive federal funds under FTA's Urbanized Area Formula Grants program. In order to received federal funding, they must develop and maintain an Agency Safety Plans (ASP) that include the processes and procedures to implement a Safety Management System (SMS). This ASP is the information that FTA collects. All of the respondents have an existing ASP and the proposed new requirements in the rulemaking merely need to be added to their existing plans. This supporting statement reflects a small increase in the respondent universe from 755 in the previous submittal to 758 as a result of three new transit agencies. More significantly, this updated supporting statement also reflects a change in the burden hours as a result of proposals and comments received during the NPRM stage from the respondent universe. Under the current collection, the estimated total annual burden hours is 252,855. Based on the burden requirements adopted from the comments and proposals during the NPRM phase, FTA estimates that burden hours would be increased by 299,990 hours, totaling 552,845 hours.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 117 - 58 30012 Name of Law: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
US Code: 49 USC 5329(d) Name of Law: Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21)

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
2132-AB44	Final or interim final rulemaking	89 FR 25694	04/11/2024

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 4

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
5307 Large Bus - Agency Safety Plan
5307 Rail - Agency Safety Plan
5307 Small - Agency Safety Plan
States - Agency Safety Plan

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	758	755	0	3
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	552,846	252,855	0	299,991
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	26,642,550	-26,642,550	0

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: The change in the current supporting statement reflects a change in the burden hours from the previous PRA submittal as a result of the proposals in the NPRM and comments received from the transit industry in response to those proposals. This supporting statement reflects a small increase in the respondent universe from 755 in the previous submittal to 758 as a result of three new transit agencies. More significantly, this updated supporting statement also reflects a change in the burden hours as a result of proposals and comments received during the NPRM stage from the respondent universe. Under the current collection, the estimated total annual burden hours is 252,855. Based on the requirements adopted from the comments and proposals during the NPRM phase, FTA estimates that burden hours would be increased by 299,990 hours, totaling 552,845 hours.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $171,443

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: Stewart Mader 202 366-9677

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