[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 78558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32407]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

[Docket OST-2002-14107]


Disadvantaged Business Enterprise

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended) this notice announces the Department of 
Transportation's (DOT) intention to request extension for a currently 
approved information collection.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by February 24, 2003.

ADDRESSES: To ensure that you do not duplicate your docket submissions, 
please submit them by only one of the following means:
    (1) By mail to the Docket Management Facility (SVC-124), U.S. 
Department of Transportation, Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20590-0001. [It is important to note that because of 
current security procedures affecting the U.S. Mail, other means (e.g., 
FedEx, UPS) may be faster];
    (2) By delivery to room PL-401 on the Plaza Level of the Nassif 
Building, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone 
number is 202-366-9329;
    (3) By fax to the Docket Management Facility at 202-493-2251; or
    (4) By electronic means through the Web site for the Docket 
Management System at: http://dms.dot.gov.
    The Docket Management Facility maintains the public docket for this 
rulemaking. Comments to the docket will be available for inspection or 
copying at room PL-401 on the Plaza Level of the Nassif Building, 400 
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays. The public may also review 
docketed comments electronically at: http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert C. Ashby, Office of the 
Secretary, Office of Assistant General Counsel for Regulation and 
Enforcement, Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh St., SW., 
Washington, DC 20590 (202) 366-9310 (voice) 202-366-9313 (fax) or at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Report of DBE Awards and Commitments.
    OMB Control Number: 2105-0510.
    Type of Request: Extension to a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: 49 CFR part 26 establishes requirements for the 
Department of Transportation (DOT) so as to comply with the mandate by 
statute including 1103(b) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
Century (TEA-21) of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-178) and 49 U.S.C. 47113, PL 105-
178 retains the annual survey and listing from each state of small 
business concerns and the location of such concerns, and notification 
to the Secretary of Transportation of the percentage of such concerns 
controlled by women and by socially and economically disadvantaged 
individuals other than women. If these reporting requirements were not 
available, firms controlled by minorities would not achieve the fullest 
possible participation in DOT programs, and the Department would not be 
able to identify its recipients and evaluate the extent to which 
financial assistance recipients have been awarded a reasonable amount.
    In order to minimize the burden on DOT recipients the Department 
has limited its informational request and reporting frequency to that 
necessary to meet its program and administrative monitoring 
requirements. The informational request consists of 17 data items on 
one page and one attachment, to be completed on an annual, semi-annual 
or quarterly basis. It is the overall long range objective of DOT to 
permit all DOT recipients to report on a yearly basis depending upon 
their past experience in meeting their goals.
    Respondents: DOT financially-assisted state and local 
transportation agencies.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,057.
    Estimated Total Burden on Respondents: 1,456,683.
    The information collection is available for inspection in the DOT 
Dockets Management System (DMS), 400 Seventh St., SW., Washington, DC 
20590 (202) 366-9310.
    Comments are Invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) 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.
    All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the 
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of 
public record.

    Issued in Washington, DC on December 18, 2002.
Robert C. Ashby,
Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Regulation and Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 02-32407 Filed 12-23-02; 8:45 am]
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