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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 208 / Monday, November 1, 2021 / Notices collection. The collection involves information on voluntary airport noise compatibility programs. The information to be collected is necessary because noise compatibility program measures are eligible for Federal grants inaid if they are provided to FAA for review and approval in advance. The respondents are airport sponsors that voluntarily submit noise exposure maps and noise compatibility programs to the FAA for review and approval.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the FAAs request for OMBs approval to renew this information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting Currently under 30-day ReviewOpen for Public Comments or by using the search function. Comments may also be submitted via electronic mail to susan.staehle@faa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Staehle by electronic mail at:
susan.staehle@faa.gov or by phone at:
2022677935.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of this information collection, including a Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for FAAs performance; b the accuracy of the estimated burden; c ways for FAA to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and d ways that the burden could be minimized without reducing the quality of the collected information. The agency will summarize and/or include your comments in the request for OMBs clearance of this information collection.
OMB Control Number: 21200517.
Title: Airport Noise Compatibility Planning.
Form Numbers: There are no FAA
forms associated with this collection.
Type of Review: Renewal of an Information Collection.
Background: The voluntarily submitted information from the collection process pursuant to Tile 14
Code of Federal Regulations CFR part 150, e.g., airport noise exposure maps and airport noise compatibility programs, or their revisions is used by the FAA to conduct reviews of the submissions to determine if an airport sponsors noise compatibility program is eligible for Federal grant funds. If airport sponsors did not voluntarily submit noise exposure maps and noise compatibility programs for FAA review and approval, the airport sponsor would not be eligible for the set aside of
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discretionary grant funds. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day review period soliciting comments on this information collection of information was published in the Federal Register on April 9, 2021 86 FR 18586 and no public comments were received.
Respondents: Approximately 15
airport sponsors.
Frequency: Information is collected on occasion.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 2,080 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
31,200 hours.
Issued in: Washington, DC, October 26, 2021.
Susan Staehle, Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Airports, Planning and Environmental Division, APP400.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration Safety Advisory 211; Fleet-Wide Inspection of Wheel Gauging on Rail Rolling Stock Federal Transit Administration FTA, Department of Transportation DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Safety Advisory.
AGENCY:

As a result of the derailment of a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Metrorail train on October 12, 2021, FTA has issued Safety Advisory 211 to direct State Safety Oversight Agencies SSOAs to report information to FTA regarding out-oftolerance wheel gauges on all rail transit rolling stock in revenue service. The Safety Advisory also advises SSOAs to require fleet-wide inspections of wheel gauges at rail fixed guideway public transportation systems RTAs in their jurisdiction. A copy of Safety Advisory 211 can be found on the FTA website at https www.transit.dot.gov/
regulations-and-guidance/safety/ftasafety-advisories.
DATES: FTA is requesting SSOA program managers to submit data on the rail transit fleets in revenue service at each RTA in its jurisdiction by December 1, 2021 and to report on the results of wheel gauge inspections conducted by each RTA in its jurisdiction by January 3, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gail Lyssy, Acting Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight and Chief Safety Officer, FTA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background On October 12, 2021, at about 4:50
p.m. local time, outbound Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority WMATA Metrorail train 407 derailed between the Rosslyn and Arlington Cemetery stations. The train was traveling southbound on track No. 2 of WMATAs Blue Line toward FranconiaSpringfield with 187 passengers onboard. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating this safety event, focusing on the pressed wheel/
axle interface and widening wheel gauge on wheels and axles.
In accordance with 49 CFR part 674, SSOAs are responsible for overseeing the safety of the rail fixed guideway public transportation systems RTAs within their State. Each SSOA has investigative and enforcement authority with respect to the safety of all RTAs within their State 674.13a5.
Action Required Within 30 days of November 1, 2021, the SSOA must submit the following information to FTA, for the rail transit fleet in revenue service at each RTA in its jurisdiction:
Total fleet size, by mode;
Wheel gauge inspection protocols specifically, the routine periodicity of inspections, by mode; and The number of vehicles that failed wheel gauge tolerance levels, based on the RTAs internal and approved procedures, from October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021, by mode.
FTA seeks to collect this information as a periodic request for information under OMB control number 21320558.
Equipment subject to Federal Railroad Administration safety oversight is excluded from this reporting requirement.
Recommended Action FTA advises the SSOA to direct each RTA in its jurisdiction to conduct a wheel gauge inspection of its rail transit fleet in revenue service, which may include inspections conducted on or after October 1, 2021. Within 60 days of November 1, 2021, the SSOA should submit to FTA, for the rail transit fleet in revenue service at each RTA in its jurisdiction:
The time frame during which these inspections were conducted starting no earlier than October 1, 2021;
The total number of revenue service vehicles inspected; and The total number of revenue service vehicles that failed wheel gauge
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