[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59877-59878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24254]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2002-13359]


Notice of Request for Renewal of a Currently Approved Information 
Collection: A Guide to Reporting Highway Statistics

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: Ms. Carla Mauney, (202) 366-5045, 
Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of 
Policy, Office of Highway Policy Information, Highway Funding and Motor 
Fuels (HPPI-10), 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Office 
hours are from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: A Guide to Reporting Highway Statistics.
    OMB Control Number: 2125-0032 (Expiration Date: March 31, 2003).
    Background: A 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. 
The data includes motor-vehicle registration and fees, motor-fuel use 
and taxation, driver licensing, and highway taxation and finance. 
Federal, State, and local governments use the data for transportation 
policy discussions and decisions. Motor-fuel data are used in 
attributing receipts to the Highway Trust Fund and subsequently in the 
apportionment formulas that are used to distribute Federal-Aid Highway 
Funds. The data are published annually in the FHWA's Highway Statistics 
and Our Nation's Highways. Information from Highway Statistics is used 
in the joint FHWA and Federal Transit Administration required biennial 
report to Congress, The Status of the Nation's Highways, Bridges, and 
Transit: Conditions and Performance Report to Congress, which contrasts 
present status to future investment needs.
    Respondents: 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).
    Estimated Average Burden Per Response: The estimated average 
reporting burden per response for the annual collection of the data is 
825.6 hours for the States and the District of Columbia; and 20 hours 
for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and each of the four territories.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: The estimated total annual burden 
for all respondents is 42,206 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

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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.
[FR Doc. 02-24254 Filed 9-23-02; 8:45 am]
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