# 2026-07175: FRA's Yawn-Inducing Call for Paperwork Feedback

2026-07175, Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request, is a Federal Register notice from Transportation Department, Federal Railroad Administration published 2026-04-14, effective Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before May 14, 2026.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-07175
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-07175
- Title: Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Transportation Department; Federal Railroad Administration
- Citation: 91 FR 19262
- Published: 2026-04-14
- Effective: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before May 14, 2026.
- Comments close: 2026-05-14
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

FRA's Yawn-Inducing Call for Paperwork Feedback

## Summary

The Federal Railroad Administration wants your thoughts on a paperwork update that affects railroad companies and workers. They’re asking for comments by May 14, 2026, before the Office of Management and Budget decides to approve it. No one commented last time, so now’s your chance to speak up about any time or cost changes this might bring!

## Abstract

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its implementing regulations, this notice announces that FRA is forwarding the Information Collection Request (ICR) summarized below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the information collection and its expected burden. On January 30, 2026, FRA published a notice providing a 60-day period for public comment on the ICR. FRA received no comments in response to the notice.

## Effects PRIA read

- Paperwork Burden on Railroads: cost, high. The Federal Railroad Administration says this information collection affects 53 railroads and estimates 1,837,850 total annual responses, 22,973 annual burden hours, and a yearly burden-hour dollar cost equivalent of $1,656,812.76. The ICR (OMB Control Number 2130-0516) is an extension without chan…
- Switch Operation Safety Record Rule: benefit, low. Rules at 49 CFR 218.30 and 218.77 require remotely controlled switches to be properly lined to protect workers; switch operators must remove locking devices only after the person in charge confirms it is safe. Operators must also maintain a record of each protection request for 15 days to document…

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## Sources
- [2026-07175 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/14/2026-07175/proposed-agency-information-collection-activities-comment-request)
- [2026-07175 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-14/pdf/2026-07175.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-07175 (as of 2026-06-08).