Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 24.12.1996

Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request

On June 18, November 22, and November 29, 1996, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) published final rules amending the railroad accident reporting regulations at 49 CFR part 225. 61 FR 30940, 61 FR 59368, 61 FR 60632, respectively. In response to the final rule published June 18, 1996, several railroads and railroad associations filed petitions for reconsideration raising various concerns with its contents and its implementation date of January 1, 1997. Some of those concerns were addressed by FRA in the November 22, 1996 Federal Register document (61 FR 59368). The other issues were addressed in a document issued December 16, 1996 (FRA Docket No. RAR-4, Notice No. 16), which will be published in the Federal Register on December 23, 1996. Four of the several rules to amend 49 CFR part 225 that were issued on December 16, 1996, contain amendments to the approved information collection activities, while one adds a new information collection requirement. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Pub. L. No. 104-13, Section 2, 109 Stat. 163 (1995) (codified as revised at 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), and its implementing regulations, 5 CFR Part 1320, the Federal Railr