[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59876-59877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24253]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2002-13358]


Notice of Request for Renewal of a Currently Approved Information 
Collection: Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS)

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public comments about our intention to 
request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval to renew 
the information collection that is summarized below under Supplementary 
Information. We are required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 to 
publish this notice in the Federal Register.

DATES: Please submit comments by November 25, 2002.

ADDRESSES: You may mail or hand deliver comments to the U.S. Department 
of Transportation, Dockets Management Facility, Room PL-401, 400 
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590; telefax comments to (202) 
493-2251; or submit electronically at http://dmses.dot.gov/submit. All 
comments should include the docket number in this notice's heading. All 
comments may be examined and copied at the above address from 9 a.m. to 
5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. If you desire a 
receipt you must include a self-addressed stamped envelope or postcard 
or, if you submit your comments electronically, you may print the 
acknowledgment page.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert Rozycki, (202) 366-5059, 
Highway Systems Performance (HPPI-20), Office of Highway Policy 
Information, Office of Policy, Federal Highway Administration, 
Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20590. Office hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS).
    OMB Control Number: 2125-0028 (Expiration Date: February 28, 2003).
    Background: The HPMS data that is collected is used for management 
decisions that affect transportation, including estimates of the 
Nation's future highway needs and assessments of highway system 
performance. The

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information is used by the FHWA to develop and implement legislation 
and by State and Federal transportation officials to adequately plan, 
design, and administer effective, safe, and efficient transportation 
systems. This data is essential to the FHWA and Congress in evaluating 
the effectiveness of the Federal-aid highway program. The HPMS also 
provides miles, lane-miles and travel components of the Federal-Aid 
Highway Fund apportionment formulae. The data that is required by the 
HPMS is continually reassessed and streamlined by the FHWA.
    Respondents: State governments of the 50 States, the District of 
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the four territories 
(American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, and Virgin Islands).
    Estimated Average Burden Per Response: The estimated average burden 
per response for the annual collection and processing of the HPMS data 
is 1,440 hours for the States, the District of Columbia and the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and 20 hours for each of the four 
territories.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: The estimated total annual burden 
for all respondents is 74,960 hours.

Public Comments Invited

    You are asked to comment on any aspect of this information 
collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed collection is necessary 
for the FHWA's performance; (2) the accuracy of estimated burdens; (3) 
ways for the FHWA to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of 
the collected information; and (4) ways that burdens could be 
minimized, including use of electronic technology, without reducing the 
quality of the collected information. The agency will summarize and/or 
include your comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this 
information collection.

Electronic Access

    Internet users may access all comments received by the U.S. DOT 
Dockets, Room PL-401, by using the universal resource locator (URL): 
http://dms.dot.gov. It is available 24 hours each day, 365 days each 
year. Please follow the instructions online for more information and 
help. An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded using a 
modem and suitable communications software from the Government Printing 
Office Electronic Bulletin Board Service at telephone number 202-512-
1661. Internet users may reach the Federal Register's Home Page at 
http://www.nara.gov/fedreg and the Government Printing Office's 
database at http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara.

    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.

    Issued on: September 19, 2002.
James R. Kabel,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
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