[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 170 (Friday, August 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46017-46018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21930]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[FHWA Docket No. 96-31]


Notice of Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information 
Collection; A Guide To Reporting Highway Statistics

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the 
intention of the FHWA to request the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) to extend the information collection for FHWA's A Guide to 
Reporting Highway Statistics.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 29, 1996.

ADDRESSES: All signed, written comments should refer to the docket 
number that appears at the top of this document and must be submitted 
to HCC-10, room 4232, Office of the Chief Counsel, Federal Highway 
Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. All 
comments received will be available for examination at the above 
address from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. e.t., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays. Those desiring notification of receipt of comments 
must include a self-addressed, stamped postcard/envelope.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Tom Howard, 400 7th Street, SW, (202) 366-2833, Washington, DC 
20590. Office hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., e.t., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title: A Guide to Reporting Highway Statistics.
    OMB No.: 2125-0032.
    Background: Public comment is requested regarding the burden 
associated with this collection of information. The authority to 
collect this information is contained in the Department of 
Transportation (DOT) Act of 1966 (P.L. 89-670; 49 U.S.C. 301 (4), which 
charges the Secretary of Transportation to promote and undertake 
development, collection, and dissemination of technological, statical, 
economic, and other information relevant to domestic and international 
transportation. Title 23, United States Code, Section 307(a) authorizes 
the DOT to engage in studies to collect data concerning highway 
development financing, modernization, safety, maintenance, and traffic 
conditions and to publish the results of such research. Title 23, 
United States Code, Section 307(e) requires the Secretary of 
Transportation to report biennially to Congress on the Nation's highway 
needs. The Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 established a 
major Federal interest in the States' driver licensing programs. The 
driver license data collected under this Guide are critical in 
evaluating the effects of the regulations mandated by the Act. The Act 
also established a three-part grant program to aid the States in the 
development and implementation of licensing procedures for commercial 
drivers and requires that the ``supplemental'' grant funds be 
distributed among the States according to the number of commercial 
driver tests administered and the number of commercial licenses issued. 
The various forms included in the Guide are designed to provide for the 
reporting of statistics that show motor-fuel usage, motor-vehicle 
registrations and use, drivers, and the taxes and fees paid and 
collected from these sources and the purposes for which these funds are 
expended. The Guide provides for the collection of information that 
describes policies and procedures for assembling statistical data from 
the existing files of State agencies on motor-vehicle registration and 
fees, motor-fuel use and taxation, driver licensing, highway taxation 
and finance, and other related subjects, and the reporting of these 
data to the Federal highway Administration.
    Interested parties are invited to send comments regarding any 
aspect of this information collection, including, but not limited to: 
(1) The necessity and utility of the information collection for the 
proper performance of the functions of the FHWA; (2) the accuracy of 
the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the collected information; and (4) ways to minimize the 
collection burden without reducing the quality of the collected 
information. Comments submitted in response to this notice will be 
summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this 
information collection.
    Respondents: The overall annual reporting burden is shared by the 
50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, 
the Northern Marianas and the Virgin Islands.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: The annual reporting burden is 
estimated to be 38,738 hours.
    Frequency: The respondents are required to report on an annual 
basis.

    Authority: Title 23, U.S. Code, Section 307(e); 23 U.S.C. 315, 
49 CFR 1.48.


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    Issued on: August 21, 1996.
Diana Zeidel,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-21930 Filed 8-29-96; 8:45 am]
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