[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 10 (Friday, January 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2697-2698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-995]


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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 (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request 
(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for extension of currently approved collections. 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 28, 1998 [FR 63, page 46097].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before Febraury 16, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna Albritton, Office of Program 
Management, (202) 366-0203, and refer to the OMB Control Number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Transit Administration (FTA)

    Title: National Transit Database, 49 U.S.C. Section 5335(a) and 
(b).
    OMB Control Number: 2132-0008.
    Type of Request: Extension to a currently approved information 
collection.
    Form(s): 001, 100, 200, and 400.
    Affected Public: State and local government, business or other for-
profit institutions, non-profit institutions, and small business 
organizations.
    Abstract: 49 U.S.C. Section 5335(a) and (b) require the Secretary 
of Transportation to maintain a reporting system by uniform categories 
to accumulate mass transportation financial and operating information 
and a uniform system of accounts and records. Federal, state, and local 
governments, transit agencies/boards, labor unions, manufacturers, 
researchers, consultants and universities use the National Transit 
Database for making transit related decisions. State and local 
governments also use the National Transit Database in allocating funds 
under 49 U.S.C. Section 5307. National Transit Database information is 
essential for understanding cost, ridership and other national 
performance trends, including transit's share of urban travel. It would 
be difficult to determine the future structure of FTA programs, to set 
policy, and to make funding and other decisions relating to the 
efficiency and effectiveness of the Nation's transit operations without 
the National Transit Database.
    Estimated Annual Burden: The estimated annual burden is 238,140 
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 FTA Desk Officer.

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    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 8, 1999.
Phillip A. Leach,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 99-995 Filed 1-14-99; 8:45 am]
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