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Federal Register/Vol. 71, No. 196/Wednesday, October 11 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 196 / Wednesday, October 11, 2006 / Notices 59853 phase of the study is expected to be 65 Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, minutes. of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday The average amount of time required and 49 CFR 1.48. through Friday, except Federal holidays. for participants to make their vehicle Issued On: October 3, 2006. Instructions: You must include the available for installation of the on-board James R. Kabel, agency name (Federal Transit computer system is expected to be 90 Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Administration) and the Docket Number minutes. The average amount of time for Division. (FTA–2006–25471). You should submit removal is expected to be 60 minutes. [FR Doc. E6–16683 Filed 10–10–06; 8:45 am] two copies of your comments if you The total amount of time for each BILLING CODE 4910–22–P submit them by mail. If you wish to individual spent making their vehicle receive confirmation that FTA received available for on-board system your comments, you must include a installation and removal is 150 minutes. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION self-addressed, stamped postcard. Note The average amount of time to that all comments received will be respond to the first five bi-monthly Federal Transit Administration posted without change to the survey collections over the course of the [Docket Number: FTA–2006–25471] Department’s DMS Web site located at field study is 15 minutes. The average http://dms.dot.gov. This means that if amount of time to respond to the exit Notice of Proposed Safety and your comment includes any personal survey collection at the end of the field Security Management Circular identifying information, such study is 30 minutes. The average total information will be made available to time spent responding to surveys for AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration users of DMS. participants over their involvement in (FTA), DOT. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For the study is 105 minutes. ACTION: Notice of proposed circular and issues regarding safety and security in The total amount of time for a request for comment. FTA’s project development phases, respondent not selected to participate in contact Carlos M. Garay, Office of SUMMARY: the study is expected to be 5 minutes. The Federal Transit Engineering, 400 Seventh Street, SW., The total amount of time spent by a Administration (FTA) proposes to issue Washington, DC, 20590, (202) 366–6471; field-test participant who completes the a Circular on Safety and Security or [email protected]. For issues study is expected to be 340 minutes. Management Guidance for FTA-funded regarding specific safety and security Estimated Total Annual Burden major capital projects. The proposed management activities, contact Levern Hours: Approximately 552 hours in the circular is for those FTA-funded McElveen, Office of Safety and Security, first year and 698 in the second year for projects that involve: (1) The 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, a total of 1,250 hours over the course of construction of a new fixed guideway or DC, 20590, (202) 366–1651; or the study for the response to the extension of an existing fixed guideway; [email protected]. For legal recruitment campaign. (2) the rehabilitation or modernization issues, contact Bruce Walker, Office of of an existing fixed guideway with a Approximately 1,325 hours in the first Chief Counsel, Federal Transit total project cost in excess of $100 year and 1,675 in the second year for a Administration, 400 Seventh Street, million; or (3) projects designated as total of 3,000 over the course of the SW., Room 9316, Washington, DC major capital projects by the study for the additional screening to be 20590, (202) 366–4011; or Administrator. The Circular, which is selected for inclusion in the study. [email protected]. located on the DMS Web site, identifies Approximately 1,300 hours in the first the safety and security management SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: year and 1,625 in the second year for a activities to be performed by grantees total of 2,925 hours over the course of Background and the criteria for documenting these the study for participant training. activities in the Safety and Security FTA’s Full Funding Grant Agreement Approximately 3,000 hours in the first Management Plan (SSMP). FTA is also (FFGA) Circular 5200.1A, Chapter II, year and 3,750 in the second year for a developing a manual of effective Section 6, Safety and Security total of 6,750 hours over the course of practices to accompany the circular. Management Plan, issued on December the study for the installation and 5, 2002, contains recommended DATES: removal of the on-board computer Comments must be received by guidance for grantees with FFGA systems to and from the participants’ December 11, 2006. Late filed comments projects. The guidance identifies vehicles. will be considered to the extent specific safety and security management Approximately 2,100 hours in the first practicable. activities that must be performed and year and 2,625 hours in the second year ADDRESSES: You may submit comments documented by the grantee in a Safety for a total of 4,725 hours over the course identified by the Document and Security Management Plan (SSMP) of the study for the survey collections. Management System (DMS) Docket and submitted to FTA for review and Total annual burden hours in the first Number FTA–2006–25471 by any of the conditional approval with application year are expected to be 8,277. Total following methods: for FFGA. annual burden hours in the second year • Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. Section 3026 of the Safe, Accountable, are expected to be 10,373 for a total of Follow the instructions for submitting Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 18,650 hours over the course of the comments on the DOT electronic docket Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU), study. site; [Pub. L. 109–59, August 10, 2005] now Electronic Access: Internet users may • Fax: 202–493–2251; requires ‘‘safety and security access all comments received by the • Mail: Docket Management Facility; management’’ as an element of the U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL–401, by U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Project Management Plan (PMP) to be using the universal resource locator Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, submitted by grantees for major capital (URL): http://dms.dot.gov, 24 hours PL–401, Washington, DC 20590–0001; projects. FTA is in the process of each day, 365 days each year. Please or developing a proposed rulemaking to follow the instructions online for more • Hand Delivery: Room PL–401 on fully implement this provision of information and help. the plaza level of the Nassif Building, SAFETEA–LU. In the interim, this VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:53 Oct 10, 2006 Jkt 211001 PO 00000 Frm 00139 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\11OCN1.SGM 11OCN1 pwalker on PRODPC60 with NOTICES 59854 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 196 / Wednesday, October 11, 2006 / Notices proposed circular identifies specific most current regulation will supersede FTA found that previously developed safety and security management any references to rules that have been SSMPs did not clearly explain the activities to be performed for all major cancelled or revised. FTA reserves the project’s organization responsible for capital projects, as defined in 49 CFR right to make page changes to proposed managing safety and security. In many part 633. The circular also proposes and final circulars regarding updates to instances, staff and contractors assigned guidance regarding how these activities other provisions, without subjecting the to the organization were not identified may be documented in the SSMP, entire circular to public comment. The by name, title, and department. which would be submitted as part of the Circular can be found on the DMS Web Committees established to support the PMP. site: http://dms.dot.gov. Please refer to organization were not clearly identified I. What is FTA proposing for the SSMP? docket number FTA–2006–25471. by name and acronym, and membership was not always listed by title and II. Why Is FTA Developing the Circular? For certain major capital projects, affiliation. For specific authorities commonly referred to as ‘‘New Starts,’’ This proposed circular is the initial delegated to contractors, grantee staff that involve the construction or step in providing guidance in meeting members or committees were not always extension of rail transit, commuter rail, the criteria of section 3026 of clearly identified as responsible for or certain bus service in dedicated SAFETEA–LU which amends 49 U.S.C. oversight. Organization charts were not lanes, FTA is proposing that the initial 5327(a) to require ‘‘safety and security always provided, and budgets and version of the SSMP will be submitted management’’ as an element of the PMP. schedules were not always developed with the grantee’s request to enter Historically, grantees for FTA-funded for safety and security activities. Preliminary Engineering. As part of the FTA also determined that by not PMP, the SSMP will be updated major capital projects have described project safety and security management specifically encouraging the referencing regularly, and evaluated for conditional of other safety and security plans and approval by FTA prior to entry into strategies and controls as sub-elements procedures, grantees copied large subsequent project development phases. of other required PMP sections. amounts of text from these other plans For other major capital projects, However, the level to which safety and into their SSMPs. The resulting including modernization of existing security were addressed and the specific documents were much more fixed guideway systems and the approaches to ensure safety and security voluminous than necessary and, in purchase of bus and bus-related during each phase of project some instances, were difficult to follow equipment and facilities, FTA proposes development varied greatly among and implement.
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