[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 192 (Thursday, October 4, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56827-56828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19612]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
Notice and Request for Comments
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice of intent to seek approval of existing collection:
Waybill Sample.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq. (PRA), the Surface Transportation Board (Board) gives
notice that it has submitted a request to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for approval of the currently existing collection of
Waybill Sample data, which is described in detail below. The Board
previously published a notice about these collections in the Federal
Register on May 21, 2007, at 72 FR 28549. That notice allowed for a 60-
day public review and comment period. No comments were received.
Comments may now be submitted to OMB concerning (1) the accuracy of the
Board's burden estimates; (2) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information collected; (3) ways to minimize the burden
of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use
of automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, when appropriate; and (4) whether this collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Board, including whether the collection has practical utility.
Description of Collection
Title: Waybill Sample.
OMB Control Number: 2140-00.
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STB Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Approval of existing collection.
Respondents: Any regulated railroad that terminated at least 4,500
carloads on its line in any of the three preceding years or that
terminated at least 5% of the total revenue carloads that terminated in
a particular state.
Number of Respondents: 64.
Estimated Time per Response: 75 minutes.
Frequency: 59 respondents report quarterly; 5 respondents report
monthly.
Total Burden Hours (annually including all respondents): 370 hours.
Total ``Non-hour Burden'' Cost: No ``non-hour cost'' burdens
associated with this collection have been identified.
Needs and Uses: The Surface Transportation Board is, by statute,
responsible for the economic regulation of common carrier rail
transportation in the United States. Under 49 CFR part 1244, a railroad
is required to file carload-Waybill-Sample information (Waybill Sample)
for all line-haul revenue waybills terminating on its lines if, in any
of the three preceding years, it terminated 4500 or more carloads, or
it terminated at least 5% of the total revenue carloads that terminate
in a particular state. The information in the Waybill Sample is used by
the Board, other Federal and state agencies, and industry stakeholders
to monitor traffic flows and rate trends in the industry, and to
develop testimony in Board proceedings. The Board has authority to
collect this information under 49 U.S.C. 11144, 11145, and 11901(e).
DATES: Comments on this information collection should be submitted by
December 3, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be faxed to the Office of Management and
Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention:
Surface Transportation Board Desk Officer, at (202) 395-6974. When
submitting comments, please refer to ``Paperwork Reduction Comments:
Waybill Sample.''
For Further Information or To Obtain a Copy of Pertinent
Regulations, Contact: Mac Frampton at (202) 245-0317 or at
[email protected]. [Assistance for the hearing impaired is
available through the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-
800-877-8339.] These regulations are codified at 49 CFR parts 1244.1-
1244.9 and are also available on the Web through http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA, a Federal agency conducting
or sponsoring a collection of information must display a currently
valid OMB control number. A collection of information, which is defined
in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c), includes agency requirements
that persons submit reports, keep records, or provide information to
the agency, third parties, or the public. Under section 3507(b) of the
PRA, Federal agencies are required to provide, concurrent with their
submitting a collection to OMB for approval, a 30-day notice and
comment period through publication in the Federal Register concerning
each proposed collection of information.
Dated: October 4, 2007.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-19612 Filed 10-3-07; 8:45 am]
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