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accuracy of RODS and document
expense deductions for income tax
filing purposes. The use of ELDs
reduces the driver’s time to input duty
status from 6.5 minutes to 2 minutes.
This IC includes only the estimate of 2
minutes for drivers and motor carriers.
On June 13, 2025, FMCSA published
a 60-day notice in the Federal Register
requesting public comments on the
proposed revision of this IC (90 FR
25115). The Agency received one
comment. Ross Tennison wrote, ‘‘The
comments and recommendations for
any regulation that has to do with truck
drivers should not include those not
employed as truck drivers or operating
a business as a trucking or logistics
companies.’’ Mr. Tennison’s comment
does not address any aspect of this IC.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
whether the proposed collection is
necessary for the performance of
FMCSA’s functions; (2) the accuracy of
the estimated burden; (3) ways for the
FMCSA to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the collected
information; and (4) ways that the
burden could be minimized without
reducing the quality of the information
collected.
The Agency will summarize or
include your comments in the request
for OMB’s clearance of this ICR.
Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87.
Nicole Michel,
Acting Associate Administrator, Office of
Research and Registration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2010–0031]

Long Island Rail Road’s Request To
Amend Its Positive Train Control
System
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of availability and
request for comments.
AGENCY:

This document provides the
public with notice that, on September 2,
2025, Long Island Rail Road (LIRR)
submitted a request for amendment
(RFA) to its FRA-certified positive train
control (PTC) system. FRA is publishing
this notice and inviting public comment
on the railroad’s RFA to its PTC system.
DATES: FRA will consider comments
received by October 2, 2025. FRA may

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consider comments received after that
date to the extent practicable and
without delaying implementation of
valuable or necessary modifications to a
PTC system.
ADDRESSES:
Comments: Comments may be
submitted by going to https://
www.regulations.gov and following the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and the
applicable docket number. The relevant
PTC docket number for this host
railroad is Docket No. FRA–2010–0031.
For convenience, all active PTC dockets
are hyperlinked on FRA’s website at
https://railroads.dot.gov/researchdevelopment/program-areas/traincontrol/ptc/railroads-ptc-dockets. All
comments received will be posted
without change to https://
www.regulations.gov; this includes any
personal information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gabe Neal, Staff Director, Signal, Train
Control, and Crossings Division,
telephone: 816–516–7168, email:
Gabe.Neal@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In general,
title 49 United States Code (U.S.C.)
section 20157(h) requires FRA to certify
that a host railroad’s PTC system
complies with title 49 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) part 236,
subpart I, before the technology may be
operated in revenue service. Before
making certain changes to an FRAcertified PTC system or the associated
FRA-approved PTC Safety Plan
(PTCSP), a host railroad must submit,
and obtain FRA’s approval of, an RFA
to its PTC system or PTCSP under 49
CFR 236.1021.
Under 49 CFR 236.1021(e), FRA’s
regulations provide that FRA will
publish a notice in the Federal Register
and invite public comment in
accordance with 49 CFR part 211, if an
RFA includes a request for approval of
a material modification of a signal or
train control system. Accordingly, this
notice informs the public that, on
September 2, 2025, LIRR submitted an
RFA to its PTCSP for its Advanced Civil
Speed Enforcement System II (ACSES
II), which seeks FRA’s approval to
establish an ACSES Construction Zone
area to facilitate changes in LIRR’s
ACSES II, in response to the modified
interlocking and yard configuration.
That RFA is available in Docket No.
FRA–2010–0031.
Interested parties are invited to
comment on LIRR’s RFA by submitting
written comments or data. During FRA’s
review of LIRR’s RFA, FRA will

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consider any comments or data
submitted within the timeline specified
in this notice, and, to the extent
practicable, without delaying
implementation of valuable or necessary
modifications to a PTC system. See 49
CFR 236.1021; see also 49 CFR
236.1011(e). Under 49 CFR 236.1021,
FRA maintains the authority to approve,
approve with conditions, or deny a
railroad’s RFA at FRA’s sole discretion.
Privacy Act Notice
In accordance with 49 CFR 211.3,
FRA solicits comments from the public
to better inform its decisions. DOT posts
these comments, without edit, including
any personal information the
commenter provides, to https://
www.regulations.gov, as described in
the system of records notice (DOT/ALL–
14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at
https://www.transportation.gov/privacy.
See https://www.regulations.gov/
privacy-notice for the privacy notice of
regulations.gov. To facilitate comment
tracking, we encourage commenters to
provide their name, or the name of their
organization; however, submission of
names is completely optional. If you
wish to provide comments containing
proprietary or confidential information,
please contact FRA for alternate
submission instructions.
Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety,
Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025–17585 Filed 9–11–25; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2025–0060]

Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), 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) summarized 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.

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Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
November 12, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed ICR
should be submitted on
www.regulations.gov to Docket No.
FRA–2025–0060. All comments
received will be posted without change
to the docket, including any personal
information provided. Please refer to the
assigned OMB control number (2130–
0017) in any correspondence submitted.
FRA will summarize comments received
in response to this notice in a
subsequent notice, made available to the
public, and include them in its
information collection submission to
OMB for approval.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Arlette Mussington, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, at email:
arlette.mussington@dot.gov or
telephone: (571) 609–1285 or Ms.
Joanne Swafford, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, at email:
joanne.swafford@dot.gov or telephone:
(757) 897–9908.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA,
44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, 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 FRA’s 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
DATES:

information technology. See 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A); 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1).
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, 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:
Title: U.S. DOT Crossing Inventory.
OMB Control Number: 2130–0017.
Abstract: On January 6, 2015, FRA
published a final rule that requires
railroads that operate one or more trains
through highway-rail or pathway
crossings to submit information to the
U.S. DOT National Highway-Rail
Crossing Inventory (‘‘Crossing
Inventory’’) about the crossings through
which they operate.1 This final rule,
mandated by sec. 204 of the Rail Safety
Improvement Act of 2008, requires
railroads to submit information about
previously unreported and new
highway-rail and pathway crossings to
the Crossing Inventory and to
periodically update existing crossing
data.
In this 60-day notice, after a thorough
review, FRA has made multiple
adjustments to its estimates that
increased the previously approved
burden hours from 8,663 to 9,857 hours
and decreased the number of responses
from 421,758 to 225,145. This burden
increase is the result of changes
described in the sections summarized
below.
Under 49 CFR 234.403, which
describes the submission of Crossing
Inventory data generally, FRA adjusted
the burden estimates to reflect more
accurately the estimated number of
hours and average time per response
associated with submissions for the next

three-year reporting period, resulting in
an increase of 1,490 hours.
Under § 234.405, which describes the
process to submit initial data to the
Crossing Inventory for previously
unreported crossings, FRA decreased
the estimated burden by 57 hours. These
regulations have been in effect since
June 2016 and railroads have been
submitting crossing data to the Crossing
Inventory for previously unreported
crossings since that time. Based on
crossing data submitted to the Crossing
Inventory during the previous three-year
reporting period, FRA does not
anticipate any initial submission of
crossing data for previously unreported
crossings.
Under § 234.411, which describes the
type of changes requiring submission of
updated information to the Crossing
Inventory, FRA adjusted the burden
estimates to reflect more accurately the
number of railroads that have reported
a crossing sale or closure over the past
three years, and the average response
time, decreasing the burden estimate by
81 hours.
Finally, under § 234.413, which
describes railroad recordkeeping
requirements, FRA has made multiple
adjustments. FRA decreased the burden
hours by 158 hours to reflect more
accurately the number of records that
must be kept and maintained. This
reduction is the result of a significant
decrease in the number of annual
responses. FRA also increased the
burden hours by 54 hours to reflect
more accurately the burden associated
with maintaining lists of locations
where copies of records required by
subpart F of part 234 may be accessed
and copied.
Type of Request: Extension without
change (with changes in estimates) of a
current information collection.
Affected Public: Businesses
(railroads), States, and the District of
Columbia (DC).
Form(s): FRA F 6180.71.
Respondent Universe: 646 railroads,
50 States, and DC.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.

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CFR section part 234, subpart F

Respondent
universe

Total annual
responses

Average
time per
response

Total annual
burden hours

(A)

(B)

(C) = A * B

234.403 Submission of data to the Crossing Inventory, generally:
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reconsideration submitted by the Association of
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Total annual
dollar cost
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Total annual
responses

Average
time per
response

Total annual
burden hours

(A)

(B)

(C) = A * B

50 States + DC &
646 railroads.
50 States + DC &
646 railroads.

500 forms .............................

30 minutes

30,000 updates ....................

50 States + DC &
646 railroads.
50 States + DC &
646 railroads.

Respondent
universe

CFR section part 234, subpart F

—(a) and (c) Highway-rail and pathway crossing data submitted on the inventory form.
—Grade Crossing Inventory System update of
designated data submitted by railroads &
States/DC.
—Excel lists of submitted data—(bulk uploads)
—Changes/corrections to Crossing Inventory
data submitted via API computer program.
—(b) Written requests by States/DC & railroads
for FRA Crossing Inventory Guide.
—(d) Reporting Crossing Inventory data by
State agencies/DC on behalf of railroads:
Written notices to FRA.

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234.411 Changes requiring submission of updated information to the Crossing Inventory:
—(a) Notification/report by railroad to primary
operating railroad of sale of all or part of a
highway-rail or pathway crossing on or after
June 10, 2016.

(D) = C *
wage rates

250

$89.13

$22,282.50

5 minutes

2,500

89.13

222,825.00

1,000 lists .............................

5 minutes

83.33

89.13

7,427.50

80,000 records .....................

5 minutes

6,666.67

89.13

594,200.00

FRA anticipates zero submissions over the next three-year period.

646 railroads ...........

15 Notices ............................

1 hour .......

15

89.13

1,336.95

646 railroads ...........

2 notices ...............................

1 hour .......

2

89.13

178.26

89.13

401.09

—(a)(1) Assigning Crossing Inventory number
to each previously unreported highway-rail
and pathway crossing.
—(a)(2) Primary operating railroad providing assigned Crossing Inventory number to other
railroads operating through crossing.
—(c) Duty of all operating railroads: Notification
to FRA of previously unreported crossing
through which it operates.
—(d) Incomplete submission by State agency/
DC: Written certification by primary operating
railroad that State/DC has not provided requested crossing information. Provide copies
of written request to each operating railroad.

—(a) Submission of periodic updates to the
Crossing Inventory by primary operating railroad.

Total annual
dollar cost
equivalent

FRA anticipates zero submissions over the next three-year period.

—(e)(1) Consolidated reporting by parent corporations on behalf of their subsidiary railroads: Written notice to FRA.
—(e)(2) Immediate notification to FRA by parent
corporations of any changes to lists of subsidiary railroads.
234.405 Submission of initial data to the Crossing Inventory for previously unreported crossings:

234.407 Submission of initial data to the Crossing Inventory for new crossings:
—(a) and (b) Submission of initial data to the
Crossing Inventory for new crossings: Providing assigned Crossing Inventory numbers
for new highway-rail and pathway crossings
through which they operate by primary operating railroads to each railroad that operates
one or more trains through the crossing.
234.409 Submission of periodic updates to the
Crossing Inventory:

Wage rate 2

FRA anticipates zero submissions over the next three-year period.

FRA anticipates zero submissions over the next three-year period.

FRA anticipates zero submissions over the next three-year period.

FRA anticipates zero submissions over the next three-year period.

646 railroads ...........

54 assigned inventory numbers.

5 minutes

4.50

The estimated paperwork burden for this requirement is included under § 234.403. Consequently, there is no additional burden associated with this requirement.

646 railroads ...........

228 notices/reports ...............

5 minutes

19

89.13

1,693.47

—(b) Crossing closure: Submission of Crossing The estimated paperwork burden for this requirement is included under § 234.403. Consequently, there is no adInventory form by primary operating railroad
ditional burden associated with this requirement.
that closes highway-rail and pathway crossing.
—(c) Primary operating railroad submission of
Crossing Inventory form for change in crossing characteristics.
234.413 Recordkeeping:
—(a) and (b) Railroad duplicate copy of each
inventory form submitted in hard copy to the
Crossing Inventory.

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646 railroads ...........

1,200 forms ..........................

5 minutes

100

89.13

8,913.00

646 railroads ...........

500 duplicate copies ............

1 minute ...

8.33

89.13

742.75

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CFR section part 234, subpart F

—Copy of electronic confirmation received from
FRA after electronic submission of crossing
data to Crossing Inventory.
—(c) List of locations where a copy of any
record required by this subpart may be
accessed and copied.
Total .............................................................

(B)

(C) = A * B

Total annual
dollar cost
equivalent
(D) = C *
wage rates

154.17

89.13

13,740.88

646 railroads ...........

646 lists ................................

5 minutes

53.83

89.13

4,798.17

50 States + DC &
646 railroads.

225,145 responses ...............

N/A ...........

9,857

....................

878,539.56

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. DOT–OST–2025–1161]

Agency Information Collection:
Activity for OMB Review: Agency
Request for Reinstatement of a
Previously Approved Information
Collection: 2105–0009, Advisory
Committee Candidate Biographical
Information Request Form
Office of the Secretary (OST),
U.S. Department of Transportation
(Department or DOT).
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Department invites the general public,
industry, and other government parties
to comment on the information
collection request (ICR) OMB No. 2105–

SUMMARY:

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(A)

Wage rate 2

5 seconds

[FR Doc. 2025–17587 Filed 9–11–25; 8:45 am]

2 The dollar equivalent cost is derived from the
2023 Surface Transportation Board Full Year Wage
A&B data series using the employee group 200
(Professional Administrative Staff) hourly wage rate
of $50.93. The total burden wage rate (straight time
plus 75%) used in the table is $89.13 ($50.93 × 1.75
= $89.13).

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Total annual
burden hours

111,000 copies .....................

Christopher S. Van Nostrand,
Deputy Chief Counsel.

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Average
time per
response

646 railroads ...........

Total Estimated Annual Responses:
225,145.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
9,857 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour
Dollar Cost Equivalent: $878,539.56.
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 that does
not display a currently valid OMB
control number.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.

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0009, ‘‘Committee Candidate
Biographical Information Request
Form.’’ The information collection
request previously approved by the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) expired on May 3, 2022. The
collection is needed to facilitate
background investigations of
individuals seeking appointment to a
Departmental committee.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by November 14, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ashleigh Schofield, Supervisory WriterEditor, Executive Secretariat, U.S.
Department of Transportation, (771)
241–9281, Ashleigh.Schofield@dot.gov.
Refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2105–0009.’’
ADDRESSES: All comments should refer
to the docket number above and be
submitted by one of the following
methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility;
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Instructions: All comments must
include the agency name and Docket
DOT–OST–2025–1161. Note that all
comments received will be posted
without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including
personal information provided. You
should know that anyone is able to
search the electronic form of all
comments received into any of our
dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the
comment, if submitted on behalf of an
associate, business, labor union, etc.).

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Committee Candidate
Biographical Information Request.
OMB Control No.: 2105–0009.
Type of Review: Reinstatement
without change of previously approved
information collection.
Form No.: DOT F1120.1.
Respondents: Individuals who have
contacted DOT to indicate interest in
appointment to a committee and
individuals who have been
recommended for membership on a
committee. Only one collection is
expected per individual.
Number of Respondents: 250
annually.
Frequency: One time.
Estimated Time per Response: 15
minutes.
Total Annual Burden: 62.5 hours.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
be have practical utility; (b) the
accuracy of the Department’s estimate of
burden of the proposed information
collection; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collection; and (d) ways to
minimize the collection of information
on the respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology
without reducing the quality of the
information collected. All comments
will become a matter of public record.
(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended; and
49 CFR 1.48.)
Issued in Washington, DC.
Ashleigh Schofield,
Supervisory Writer-Editor, Executive
Secretariat.
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