[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 92 (Tuesday, May 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27369-27370]
[FR Doc No: 2014-10991]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Docket No. FRA-2014-0011-N-10]

Federal Railroad Administration

Agency Request for Emergency Processing of Collection of
Information by the Office of Management and Budget

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), United States Department
of Transportation (USDOT).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: FRA hereby gives notice that it is submitting the following
Information Collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for emergency processing under the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995. FRA requests that OMB authorize the collection of information
identified below on May 13, 2014, for a period of 180 days.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A copy of this individual ICR, with
applicable supporting documentation, may be obtained by calling FRA's
Clearance Officers: Robert Brogan (tel.<PHONE_NUMBER>) or Kimberly
Toone (tel.<PHONE_NUMBER>); these numbers are not toll-free), or by
contacting Mr. Brogan via facsimile at<PHONE_NUMBER> or Ms. Toone via
facsimile at<PHONE_NUMBER>, or via email by contacting Mr. Brogan at
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or by contacting Ms. Toone at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
Comments and questions about the ICR identified below should be
directed to Docket No. DOT-OST-2014-0067 at the following site: http://regulations.gov.
    Title: DOT Secretary's Emergency Order Docket No. DOT-OST-2014-
0067.
    Reporting Burden:

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                                      Respondent         Total annual      Average time per      Total annual
    Emergency Order Item No.           universe            responses           response          burden hours
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(1) RR Notification to SERCs....  47 railroads......  120 written         30 hours..........  3,600 hours.
                                                       notifications.
(2) Updated RR Notification to    47 railroads......  25 updated written  4 hours...........  100 hours.
 SERCs.                                                notifications.
(3) Notification Copies to FRA..  47 railroads......  10 notification     60 minutes........  10 hours.
                                                       copies.
(4) Requests to RRs by SERCs for  47 railroads......  30 informational    30 minutes........  60 hours.
 Information from Local                                assistance
 Emergency Response Agencies                           requests + 30
 Regarding the Volume and                              informational
 Frequency of Train Traffic                            responses.
 Implicated by this Emergency
 Order within that Agency's
 Jurisdiction and RR Responses.
(5) Petitions to the Secretary/   47 railroads......  4 relief petitions  2 hours...........  8 hours.
 FRA Administrator for Relief
 from This Emergency Order.
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    Form Number(s): N/A.
    Respondent Universe: 47 Railroad Carriers; 50 State Emergency
Response Commissions (SERCs).
    Frequency of Submission: One-time; on occasion.
    Total Responses: 219.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 3,778 hours.
    Status: Emergency Review.
    Description: On May 7, 2014, the Secretary of Transportation issued
Emergency Order Docket No. DOT-OST-2014-0067 (EO), requiring affected
railroad carriers to provide certain information to the State Emergency
Response Commissions (SERCs) for each State in which their trains
carrying 1 million gallons or more of Bakken crude oil travel. The EO
is available through the Department's public docket system at
www.regulations.gov, under Docket No. DOT-OST-2014-0067. The EO is the
Department's direct and proactive response to a recent series of train
accidents involving the transportation of petroleum crude oil, a
hazardous material the transportation of which is regulated by the
Department. The most recent accident occurred on April 30, 2014, when a
train transporting petroleum crude oil derailed in Lynchburg, Virginia
and released approximately 30,000 gallons of its contents into the
James River. Further, the EO explains that, with the rising demand for
rail transportation of petroleum crude oil throughout the United
States, the risk of rail incidents has increased commensurate with the
increase in the volume of the material shipped and that there have been
several significant derailments in both the U.S. and Canada over the
last several months causing deaths and property and environmental
damage that involved petroleum crude oil. DOT emergency orders are rare
and the EO itself describes the most recent accidents and circumstances
leading the agency to issue the EO. The collection of information
included under this EO is aimed at ensuring that railroads that
transport in a single train a large quantity of petroleum crude oil (1
million gallons or more), particularly crude oil from the Bakken shale
formation in the Williston Basin, provide certain information to the
relevant SERCs in each State in which the railroad operates such
trains. Ensuring that railroads provide this information to SERCs is
critical to ensuring that local and State emergency responders are
aware of the large quantities of crude oil that are being transported
through their jurisdictions and are prepared to respond to accidents
involving such trains should they occur.
    As provided under 5 CFR 1320.13, Emergency Processing, DOT is
requesting emergency processing for this new collection of information
as specified in the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and its
implementing regulations. DOT cannot reasonably comply with normal
clearance procedures because the use of normal clearance procedures is
reasonably likely to disrupt the collection of information. The EO
takes effect immediately upon issuance, although the railroads have 30
days to provide the required information to the SERCs. Under the EO,
railroads must immediately initiate steps to implement the Order, and
if notification is not made to a SERC within 30 days of the EO's
issuance, a railroad is prohibited from transporting Bakken crude oil
in large quantities single trains in any state until such notification
is made. Ensuring States and emergency responders are aware of the
large quantities of Bakken crude oil moving through their jurisdictions
and having the opportunity to appropriately prepare to respond to any
potential incidents involving these trains is critical to ensuring
safety and mitigating any impacts if a rail accident/incident does

occur. DOT finds this collection of information is essential to the
mission of the agency, and it is, therefore, requesting OMB approval of
this collection of information as soon as possible.
    Upon OMB approval of its emergency clearance request, DOT will
follow the normal clearance procedures for the information collection
associated with the EO.
    Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 CFR 320.5(b), 1320.8(b)(3)(vi),
FRA informs all interested parties that it may not conduct or sponsor,
and a respondent is not required to respond to, a collection of
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

    Authority:  44 U.S.C. 3501-3520.

    Issued in Washington, DC on May 8, 2014.
Erin McCarthy,
Acting Chief Financial Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Federal Emergency Management Agency

[FEMA-1761-DR]

Georgia; Amendment No. 1 to Notice of a Major Disaster
Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration
for the State of Georgia (FEMA-1761-DR), dated May 23, 2008, and
related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 16, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20472,<PHONE_NUMBER>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice of a major disaster declaration
for the State of Georgia is hereby amended to include the following
area among those areas determined to have been adversely affected by
the catastrophe declared a major disaster by the President in his
declaration of May 23, 2008.

    Douglas County for Public Assistance (already designated for
Individual Assistance.)
(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers (CFDA)
are to be used for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, Community
Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling;

97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment
Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant; 97.048,
Disaster Housing Assistance to Individuals and Households in
Presidential Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, Presidential Declared
Disaster Assistance--Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals and
Households; 97.050, Presidential Declared Disaster Assistance to
Individuals and Households--Other Needs; 97.036, Disaster Grants--
Public Assistance (Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039,
Hazard Mitigation Grant.)

R. David Paulison,
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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