[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 210 (Thursday, October 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 58767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28764]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration
[FHWA Docket No. 2983]


Notice of Request for Reinstatement of Expired Information 
Collection

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), USDOT.

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 reinstate the information collection entitled Highway Safety 
and Improvement Program and Priorities.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 29, 1997.

ADDRESSES: All signed, written comments should refer to the docket 
number that appears in the heading of this document and must be 
submitted to the Docket Clerk, U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL-401, 400 
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. All comments received 
will be available for examination at the above address from 10:00 a.m. 
to 5:00 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.
    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 clearance of this 
information collection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Kenneth Epstein, Office of Highway 
Safety, (202) 366-2157, 400 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590. 
Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., e.t., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title: Highway Safety and Improvement Program and Priorities.
    OMB No: 2125-0025.
    Background: Each year all States and Territories are required to 
report to the Secretary of Transportation on the progress being made in 
implementing the Highway Safety Improvement Programs (Rail-Highway 
Crossings and Hazard Elimination) and the effectiveness of these 
programs. The Secretary is required to report annually to the Congress 
on the progress of the safety programs based upon the information 
reported by the States. The FHWA receives the program information from 
the States. Numerical data are processed and stored in the computerized 
Highway Safety Evaluation System. A report is then prepared for 
Congress providing the required information on the effectiveness of 
highway safety improvement projects. Congress uses the contents of this 
report when determining the level of funding for the Highway Safety 
Improvement Programs and when modifying these programs.
    The information collected by the States in the survey of all public 
roads includes motor vehicle accident data, traffic volume data, and 
highway inventory data. This information is used by the States to 
identify hazards and to determine what safety improvements would be 
cost-effective when mitigating those hazards. Without this process 
fewer lives would be saved and fewer injuries averted by the Highway 
Safety Improvement Programs administered by the FHWA.
    Respondents: The overall annual reporting burden is shared by the 
50 States and the District of Columbia.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: The annual reporting burden is 
estimated to be 11,220 hours.
    Frequency: The respondents are required to report on an annual 
basis.

    Authority: Title 23, U.S. Code, Section 130; 23 U.S.C. 152, 23 
CFR 924.

    Issued on: October 17, 1997.
Diana Zeidel,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-28764 Filed 10-29-97; 8:45 am]
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