Concrete Crossties Final Rule Supplementary Supporting Document

INFORMATION COLLECTION

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

TRACK SAFETY STANDARDS; CONCRETE CROSSTIES

OMB No. 2130-NEW

TABLE FOR PROGRAM CHANGES

CFR Section	Respondent Universe	Total Annual Responses	Average Time per Response	Total Annual Burden Hours
213.34 – Automated Inspection of Track Constructed with Concrete Crossties -- Exception Reports --Field Verified Exception Reports --Records of Inspection Data and Exception Records -- Procedures for Maintaining Data Integrity Collected by Measurement System -- Training of Employees in Handling Seat Deterioration	18 Railroads 18 Railroads 18 Railroads 18 Railroads 18 Railroads	150 reports 150 field verifications 150 records 18 procedures 2,000 trained employees	8 hours 2 hours 30 minutes 4 hours 8 hours	1,200 hours 300 hours 75 hours 72 hours 16,000 hours

This is a new collection of information. Consequently, all the requirements and associated burden above are program changes by definition. The program changes above increased the burden by 17,647 hours, and increased the number of responses by 2,468.

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