[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11976-11977]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5922]


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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.


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ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (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 review and comment. The ICRs 
describe the nature of the information collections and their expected 
burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period 
soliciting comments on the following information collection was 
published on September 30, 1998 [63 FR 52314].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 9, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ernest Huckaby, HHS-10, Room 3414, 
Office of Highway Safety, Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 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:

Federal Highway Administration

    Title: Food Service Highway Signs Study.
    OMB Number: 2125-NEW.
    Type of Request: Approval of a new information collection.
    Affected Public: Departments of Transportation in 50 States and 
Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia.
    Abstract: This information collection provides for a study to be 
conducted by the FHWA to determine the practices of the States 
regarding specific food service signs as described in the Manual on 
Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (MUTCD). The 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), Section 
1213(g), directs the Secretary of the U.S. Department to conduct a 
study of States' practices for specific food service signs described in 
sections 2G-5.7 and 2G-5.8 of the MUTCD. TEA-21 requires that the study 
shall examine, at a minimum: (a) the practices of all States for 
determining businesses eligible for inclusion on such signs; (b) 
whether States allow businesses to be removed from such signs and the 
circumstances for such removal; (c) the practices of all States for 
erecting and maintaining such signs, including the time required for 
erecting such signs; and (d) whether States contract out the erection 
and maintenance of such signs. A report to Congress is due not later 
than one year after the enactment of TEA-21 on the results of the 
study, including any recommendations and, if appropriate, modifications 
to the MUTCD.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 104.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30 days, 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.
    A comment to OMB is best assured of having its full effect if OMB 
receives it within 30 days of publication.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 4, 1999.
Vanester M. Williams,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 99-5922 Filed 3-9-99; 8:45 am]
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