ENS Final Rule -- Supplementary Document

Emergency Notification System – Final Rule -- Supplementary Document

The following are all program changes associated with this final rule:

CFR Section/Subject	Respondent Universe	Total Annual Responses	Average Time per Response	Total Annual Burden Hours
234.303(b) – Receipt by Dispatching RR of Report of Unsafe Condition at Highway-Rail Grade Crossing 234.303(d)- – Receipt by Dispatching RR of Report of Unsafe Condition at Pathway Grade Crossing	594 railroads 594 railroads	63,891 reports 1,860 reports/ 1,860 records	1 minute 1 minute + 1 minute	1,065 hours 62 hours
234.305 (a)(2) - Immediate Contact by Dispatching RR Not Having Maintenance Responsibility of All Trains Authorized to Operate through That Crossing in Response to Credible Report of Warning System Malfunction at Highway-Rail Grade Crossing - (a)(2) Contact of Crossing Maintenance RR by Dispatching RR Not Having Maintenance Responsibility in Response to Credible Report of Warning System Malfunction at Highway-Rail Grade Crossing - (b)(1) In Response to Public Report of Warning System Malfunction at Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Immediate Contact by Dispatching RR Having Maintenance Duty for Crossing of All Trains Authorized to Operate Through That Crossing - Dispatching RR Having Maintenance Duty for Crossing Contact of Appropriate Law Enforcement Authority with Necessary Information regarding Reported Malfunction	594 railroads 594 railroads 594 railroads 594 railroads	465 contacts 465 contacts + 465 records 925 contacts + 925 records 925 contacts	1 minute 1 minute + 1 minute 1 minute + 1 minute 1 minute	8 hours 16 hours 30 hours 15 hours

- 234.305 (b)(2) In Response to Public Report of Warning System Malfunction at Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Immediate Contact by Dispatching RR Not Having Maintenance Duty for that Crossing of All Trains Authorized to Operate Through That Crossing - Dispatching RR Contact of Law Enforcement Authority to Direct Traffic/Maintain Safety - Dispatching RR Contact of Maintaining RR re: Reported Malfunction and Maintaining RR Record of Unsafe Condition 234.305(c)(1) – In Response to Report of Warning System Failure at Pathway Grade Crossing Dispatching RR Having Maintenance Duty Contact of All Trains Authorized to Operate Thru It & Record of Unsafe Condition - In Response to Report of Warning System Failure at Pathway Grade Crossing Dispatching RR Having Maintenance Duty Contact of Law Enforcement Agencies to Direct Traffic & Maintain Safety -234.305(d)(1) Upon Receiving Report of Disabled Vehicle or Other Obstruction Dispatching RR Having Maintenance Duty Contact of All Trains Authorized to Operate Through Highway-Rail or Pathway Grade Crossing & Record of Unsafe Condition - Dispatching RR Having Maintenance Duty Contact of Law Enforcement Authority Upon Receiving Report of Disabled Vehicle or Other Obstruction - (d)(2) Dispatching RR Not Having Maintenance Duty Contact of All Trains Authorized to Operate through Highway-Rail or Pathway Grade Crossing After Report of Disabled Vehicle or Other Unsafe Condition - Dispatching RR Not Having Maintenance Responsibility Contact of Law Enforcement Authority regarding Disabled Vehicle/Unsafe Condition - Dispatching RR Contact of Maintaining RR regarding Unsafe Condition at Crossing & Record of Unsafe Condition	594 railroads 594 railroads 594 railroads 594 railroads 594 railroads 594 railroads 594 railroads 594 railroads 594 railroads 594 railroads	920 contacts 920 contacts 920 contacts + 920 records 2 contacts + 2 records 2 contacts 7,440 contact + 7,440 rcds. 7,440 contacts 2,556 contacts 2,556 contacts 2,556 contacts + 2,556 records	1 minute 1 minute 1 minute + 1 minute 1 minute + 1 minute 1 minute 1 minute + 1 minute 1 minute 1 minute 1 minute 1 minute + 1 minute	15 hours 15 hours 30 hours .06666 hour .03333 hour 248 hours 124 hours 43 hours 43 hours 86 hours
234.305(h) – Provision of Contact Information by Maintaining RR to Dispatching RR in Order to Be Contacted regarding Reports of Unsafe Conditions at Highway-Rail and Pathway Grade Crossings	594 railroads	10 info. contacts	1 minute	.1667 hour
234.306(a) – Appointment of One Dispatching RR as Primary Dispatching RR Where Multiple RRs Dispatch Trains through Same Highway-Rail or Pathway Grade Crossing to Provide Info. for ENS Sign (b) -- Appointment of One Maintaining RR As Primary Maintaining RR Where Multiple RRs Maintain Same Highway-Rail or Pathway Grade Crossing for Placement and Maintenance of ENS Sign	594 railroads 594 railroads	50 appoint-ments & records 50 appoint-ments & records	60 minutes 60 minutes	50 hours 50 hours
234.307(b) – 3rd Party Telephone Service Report of Unsafe Conditions at Highway-Rail or Pathway Grade Crossings to Maintaining Railroad and Maintaining RR Record of Unsafe Condition (c)—3rd Party Telephone Service Report to Dispatching RR of Unsafe Condition (d)(1) – Provision of Contact Information to 3rd Party Telephone Service by Dispatching RR or Maintaining RR Using That Service to Receive Reports of Unsafe Conditions at Highway-Rail or Pathway Grade Crossings (d)(2) – Written Notice to FRA by Railroad of Intent to Use 3rd Party Svc. (d)(3) – Railroad Written Notification to FRA of Any Changes in Use or Discontinuance of 3rd Party Service	594 railroads 594 railroads 594 railroads 594 railroads 594 railroads	50 reports + 50 records 50 reports 17 contact calls 17 letters 5 letters	1minute + 1 minute 1 minute 15 minutes 60 minutes 60 minutes	2 hours 1 hour 4 hours 17 hours 5 hours
234.309(a) - ENS Signs – General - Provision of ENS Telephone Number to Maintaining RR by Dispatching RR If Two RRs Are Not the Same -(b) ENS Signs Located at Highway-Rail or Pathway Grade Crossings as required by § 234.311 with Necessary Information to Receive Reports Required under § 234.303	594 railroads 594 railroads	10 contacts 81,948 signs	30 minutes 30 minutes	5 hours 40,974 hours
234.313 – Recordkeeping - Records of Reported Unsafe Conditions Pursuant to § 234.303	594 railroads	186,000 records	4 minutes	12,400 hours