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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 31 / Thursday, February 18, 2021 / Notices
or other forms of information technology.
The summary below describes the ICR
that FRA will submit for OMB clearance as the PRA requires:
Title: Metrics and Minimum Standards for Intercity Passenger Rail Service.
OMB Control Number: 21300632.1
Abstract: On October 16, 2008, President George W. Bush signed into law the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008, Public Law 110432, 122 Stat. 4907 PRIIA. Section 207 of PRIIA requires FRA and Amtrak jointly to develop new or improved metrics and minimum standards for measuring the performance and service quality of intercity passenger train operations, including cost recovery, ontime performance and minutes of delay, ridership, on-board services, stations, facilities, equipment, and other services Section 207 also calls for consultation with the Surface Transportation Board, rail carriers over whose rail lines Amtrak trains operate, States, Amtrak employees, and groups representing Amtrak passengers, as appropriate.
Section 207 further provides that the metrics, at a minimum, must include:
the percentage of avoidable and fully allocated operating costs covered by passenger revenues on each route;
ridership per train mile operated;
measures of on-time performance and delays incurred by intercity passenger trains on the rail lines of each rail carrier; and, for long-distance routes, measures of connectivity with other routes in all regions currently receiving Amtrak service and the transportation needs of communities and populations that are not well-served by other forms of intercity transportation.
Section 207 also provides that the FRA Administrator must collect the necessary data and publish a quarterly report on the performance and service quality of intercity passenger train operations, including Amtraks cost recovery, ridership, on-time performance and minutes of delay, causes of delay, on-board services, stations, facilities, equipment, and other services.
In connection with the Congressional mandate, FRAs Metrics and Minimum Standards for Intercity Passenger Rail Service final rule 49 CFR part 273 sets forth a number of metrics that must be collected. 85 FR 72971. On November 23, 2020, FRA published a request for emergency processing of a collection of 1 The correct OMB control number for this collection is 21300632. The number was mistakenly listed incorrectly as 21300623 in the Federal Register notice published December 10, 2020.

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information because FRA could not reasonably comply with normal clearance procedures to timely collect ridership data metrics and certified schedule metrics as required by 49 CFR
273.5b and c. 85 FR 74783. This ICR
request covers all metrics set forth in the final rule, including those covered by the emergency clearance.
Type of Request: Revision to a currently approved information collection.
Affected Public: Amtrak.
Forms: N/A.
Respondent Universe: 2 1 Amtrak.
Frequency of Submission: Varied.
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
117.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 3 507
hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour Dollar Cost Equivalent: $66,365.00.
Under 44 U.S.C. 3507a and 5 CFR
1320.5b and 1320.8b3vi, FRA
informs all interested parties that a respondent is not required to respond to, conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 35013520.
Brett A. Jortland, Acting Chief Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration Docket No. FRA20210006N1

Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request Federal Railroad Administration FRA, U.S. Department of Transportation DOT.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 PRA and its implementing regulations, FRA seeks approval of the Information Collection Request ICR abstracted below. Before submitting this ICR to the Office of Management and Budget OMB for approval, FRA is soliciting public comment on specific aspects of the activities identified in the ICR.

SUMMARY:

2 As noted in the 60-day notice, the respondent universe for the required reporting in 49 CFR
273.5c2 is 24 railroads.
3 As also noted in the 60-day notice, the estimates for the first year include one-time start up burdens and the annual response, burden and total cost equivalent estimates are expected to decrease after the first year of this 3-year ICR period.

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Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before April 19, 2021.

DATES:

Submit comments and recommendations for the proposed ICR
to Ms. Hodan Wells, Information Collection Clearance Officer at email:
hodan.wells@dot.gov or telephone: 202
4930440, and Mr. John Purnell, Information Collection Clearance Officer at email: john.purnell@dot.gov or telephone: 202 4930500. Please refer to the assigned OMB control number in any correspondence submitted. FRA
will summarize comments received in response to this notice in a subsequent notice and include them in its information collection submission to OMB for approval.

ADDRESSES:

The PRA, 44 U.S.C. 35013520, and its implementing regulations, 5 CFR part 1320, require Federal agencies to provide 60-days notice to the public to allow comment on information collection activities before seeking OMB
approval of the activities. See 44 U.S.C.
3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.8 through 1320.12. Specifically, FRA invites interested parties to comment on the following ICR regarding: 1 Whether the information collection activities are necessary for FRA to properly execute its functions, including whether the activities will have practical utility; 2
the accuracy of FRAs estimates of the burden of the information collection activities, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used to determine the estimates; 3 ways for FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information being collected; and 4 ways for FRA to minimize the burden of information collection activities on the public, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. See 44 U.S.C.
3506c2A; 5 CFR 1320.8d1.
FRA believes that soliciting public comment may reduce the administrative and paperwork burdens associated with the collection of information that Federal regulations mandate. In summary, FRA reasons that comments received will advance three objectives:
1 Reduce reporting burdens; 2
organize information collection requirements in a user-friendly format to improve the use of such information;
and 3 accurately assess the resources expended to retrieve and produce information requested. See 44 U.S.C.
3501.
The summary below describes the ICR
that FRA will submit for OMB clearance as the PRA requires:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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