[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5830-5831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2693]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary


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

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 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

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period soliciting comments on the following collection of information 
was published on October 29, 1996 [61 FR 55835-55836] and a Notice of 
Final Determination was published on July 22, 1997 [62 FR 39299].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 6, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Claretta Duren, Office of 
Engineering, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, D.C. 20590, (202) 
418-8567 or (202) 366-4636. Office hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 
p.m., e.t., Monday thru Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Highway Administration, DOT

    Title: Bid Price Data.
    OMB Number: 2125-0010.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, without change, of a previously 
approved collection for which approval has expired.
    Affected Public: State highway agencies.
    Form(s): FHWA-45.
    Abstract: The form FHWA-45, ``Bid Price Data,'' is needed to 
monitor changes in purchasing power of the Federal-Aid construction 
dollar. FHWA has found it necessary to follow these trends so that 
changes in highway construction prices can be measured and funding 
level recommendations to Congress can be justified. Form FHWA-45 is 
prepared for Federal-Aid highway construction contracts greater than 
$0.5 million in the 50 States plus Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico. 
Data reported in the form FHWA-45 are six major items of highway 
construction, together with the total materials and labor costs of the 
project, taken from the bid tabulation of construction items submitted 
by the lowest or winning bidder to the State highway agency. The 
highway agencies furnish copies of the bid tabulation to the FHWA 
Division offices.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 484.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention FHWA Desk Officer.
    OMB is required to make a decision concerning this collection of 
information between 30 and 60 days after publication of this document 
in the Federal Register. However, a comment to OMB is best assured of 
having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of 
publication.
    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 January 28, 1998.
Phillip A. Leach,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 98-2693 Filed 2-3-98; 8:45 am]
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