[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 236 (Wednesday, December 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76617-76618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-30996]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Docket Number: RITA-2008-0002]
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
(OST-R); Agency Information Collection Activity; Notice of Renewal To
Continue To Collect Information: Confidential Close Call Reporting for
a Transit System
AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Research Technology (OST-R), U.S. Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A)
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the
intention of the BTS to request the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to approve the continuation of the following information
collection: Confidential Close Call Reporting for a Transit System.
This data collection effort supports a multi-year program focused on
improving transit safety by collecting and analyzing data and
information on close calls and other unsafe occurrences in the
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) system. The
program is co-sponsored by WMATA's Office of the Deputy General Manager
Operations (DGMO) and the President/Business Agent of the Amalgamated
Transit Union (ATU) Local 689. It is designed to identify safety issues
and propose preventative safety actions based on voluntary reports of
close calls submitted confidentially to the Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS), U.S. Department of Transportation. This information
collection is necessary to aid WMATA/ATU in systematically collecting
and analyzing data to identify root causes of potentially unsafe
events.
DATES: Comments must be received by January 8, 2016.
ADDRESSES: BTS seeks public comments on its proposed continuation of
information collection. Comments
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should address whether the information will have practical utility; the
accuracy of the estimated burden hours of the proposed information
collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology. Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: BTS Desk Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Demetra V. Collia, Bureau of
Transportation Statistics, Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Research and Technology (OST-R), U.S. Department of Transportation,
Office of Statistical and Economic Analysis (OSEA), RTS-31, E36-302,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001; Phone No. (202)
366-1610; Fax No. (202) 366-3383; email: [email protected]. Office
hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., EST, Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
Data Confidentiality Provisions: The confidentiality of Close Calls
data is protected under the BTS confidentiality statute (49 U.S.C.
111(k)) and the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical
Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-347, Title V). In
accordance with these confidentiality statutes, only statistical and
non-identifying data will be made publicly available through reports.
Further, BTS will not release to FRA or any other public or private
entity any information that might reveal the identity of individuals or
organizations mentioned in close call reports.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. The Data Collection
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35; as
amended) and 5 CFR part 1320 require each Federal agency to obtain OMB
approval to continue an information collection activity. BTS is seeking
OMB approval for the following BTS information collection activity:
Title: Confidential Close Call Reporting for a Transit System.
OMB Control Number: 2139- 0010.
Type of Review: Approval to continue to collect data.
Respondents: WMATA Employees.
Number of Respondents: 100 (per annum).
Estimated Time per Response: 60 minutes.
Frequency: Intermittent for approximately five (5) years. (Reports
are submitted when there is a qualifying event, i.e. a close call
occurs within WMATAs Transit System.
Total Annual Burden: 100 hours.
Please note that the 60 day notice was incorrectly posted as a
Notice of Request for approval to Collect New Information: Confidential
Close Call Reporting for Transit System. Also, the Confidential Close
Call Program has been renamed the Close Call Data Program (CCDP).
Confidential Close Call Reporting and CCDP are one in the same in all
other aspects identical.
II. Public Participation and Request for Public Comments
On September 1, 2015, BTS published a notice (80 FR 52846)
encouraging interested parties to submit comments to docket number
RITA-2008-0002 and allowing for a 60-day comment period. The comment
period closed on November 2, 2015. To view comments, go to http://www.regulations.gov and insert the docket number, ``RITA-2008-0002'' in
the ``Search'' box and click ``Search.'' Next, click ``Open Docket
Folder'' button and choose document listed to review. If you do not
have access to the Internet, you may view the docket by visiting the
Docket Management Facility in Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the
DOT West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
Privacy Act
All comments the BTS received were posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov. Anyone may search the electronic form of all
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or of the person signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.).
You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal
Register published on January 17, 2008 (73 FR 3316), or you may visit
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-785.pdf.
III. Discussion of Public Comments and BTS Responses
BTS announced on September 1, 2015, in a Federal Register Notice
(80 FR 52846), its intention to request that OMB approve the following
continuation of information collection: Confidential Close Call
Reporting for a Transit System. BTS received no comments during the 60-
day public comment period.
Issued on: December 2, 2015.
Patricia Hu,
Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Research and Technology.
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