[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 250 (Friday, December 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68325-68326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32997]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary


Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information 
Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 1995 (44 USC 
Chapter 35), this notice announces that the Information Collection 
Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes 
the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. The 
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on the following collection of information was published on 
August 30, 1996 [FR 61, page 46017-46018].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 27, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Earl Coles, Office of Information

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Management Programs, (202) 366-054, Federal Highway Administration, 
Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

    Title: Guide to Reporting Highway Statistics.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2125-0032.
    Form Number(s): FHWA-531, 532, 534, 541, 543, 551M, 556, 561, 562, 
571, 536, 566, and 539.
    Affected Public: The 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto 
Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Marianas and the Virgin 
Islands.
    Abstract: The authority to collect this information is contained in 
the Department of Transportation (DOT) Act of 1966 (Pub.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.
    Estimated Annual Burden: The total annual burden is 38,738 hours.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention DOT Desk Officer.
    Comments are Invited on: Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize 
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including 
the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on December 19, 1996.
Phillip A. Leach,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 96-32997 Filed 12-26-96; 8:45 am]
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