[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 6 (Monday, January 10, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 1426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-482]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


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

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration, DOT.

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 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 information collection was 
published on May 20, 1999 [64 FR 27615].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 9, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Tom Howard, (202) 366-0170, Office 
of Highway Policy Information, Federal Highway Administration, 400 7th 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Office hours are from 7:30 a.m. 
to 4:00 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: A Guide to Reporting Highway Statistics.
    OMB Number: 2125-0032.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a currently-approved information 
collection.
    Affected Public: State and local governments of the 50 United 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and 
the four territories (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, and 
Virgin Islands).
    Abstract: The Guide to Reporting Highway Statistics provides for 
the collection of information by describing 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 FHWA. The data 
collected in accordance with the Guide is used by the Federal, State, 
and local levels of government for transportation policy decision 
making and is published annually in FHWA's Highway Statistics and Our 
Nation's Highways. In addition, the FHWA is required to provide a 
biennial report to Congress, The Status of the Nation's Surface 
Transportation System: Conditions and Performance, to determine future 
highway needs. The data collected under the Guide is also a primary 
data source used in apportioning Federal-aid highway funds under the 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st century (TEA-21), which 
significantly increased the amount of Federal funds that rely on State-
reported motor fuel as an apportionment factor in distributing Federal 
funds to the States.
    Estimated Burden: The total estimated annual burden for all 
respondents for the annual collection of data for the Guide is 40,880 
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. A comment to OMB is most effective if OMB receives it 
within 30 days of publication of this Notice.

    Issued on: January 4, 2000.
Michael J. Vecchietti,
Director, Office of Information and Management Services.
[FR Doc. 00-482 Filed 1-7-00; 8:45 am]
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