[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 41 (Monday, March 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 10063]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-4918]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[FHWA Docket No. 2003-14502]


Request for Renewal of Currently Approved Information Collection: 
Certification of Enforcement of Vehicle Size and Weight Laws

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements in section 3506(c)(2)(A) 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the 
intention of FHWA to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
to renew its clearance of the currently approved information collection 
identified below under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 2, 2003.

ADDRESSES: All signed, written comments should refer to the docket 
number that appears in the heading of this document and must be 
submitted to the Docket Clerk, U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL-401, 400 
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Please identify the 
specific collection of information that is being commented on by 
referencing its OMB control number. All comments received will be 
available for examination at the above address between 10 a.m. to 5 
p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Those 
desiring notification of receipt of comments must include a self-
addressed, stamped envelope or postcard.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Bob Davis, (202) 366-2997, Federal 
Highway Administration, Office of Freight Management and Operations, 
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:
    Title: Certification of Enforcement of Vehicle Size and Weight 
Laws.
    OMB Number: 2125-0034.
    Background: Title 23, U.S.C., Section 141, requires each State, the 
District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico to file an annual certification 
that they are enforcing their size and weight laws on Federal-aid 
highways and that their Interstate System weight limits are consistent 
with Federal requirements to be eligible to receive an apportionment of 
Federal highway trust funds. Section 141 also authorizes the Secretary 
to require States to file such information as is necessary to verify 
that their certifications are accurate. To determine whether States are 
adequately enforcing their size and weight limits, each must submit an 
updated plan for enforcing their size and weight limits to the FHWA at 
the beginning of each fiscal year. At the end of the fiscal year, they 
must submit their certifications and sufficient information to verify 
that the enforcement goals established in the plan have been met. 
Failure of a State to file a certification, adequately enforce its size 
and weight laws, and enforce weight laws on the Interstate System that 
are consistent with Federal requirements, could result in a specified 
reduction of its Federal highway fund apportionment for the next fiscal 
year. In addition, Section 123 of the Surface Transportation Assistance 
Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-599, 92 Stat. 2689, 2701) requires each 
jurisdiction to inventory (1) its penalties for violation of its size 
and weight laws, and (2) the term and cost of its oversize and 
overweight permits.
    Respondents: The State Departments of Transportation (or 
equivalent) in the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto 
Rico.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 4,160 hours. This number has not 
changed from the last approved OMB clearance.
    Frequency: The reports must be submitted annually.

    Authority: 23 U.S.C. 141; 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A); 23 CFR 657; 
sect. 123, Pub. L. 95-599, 92 Stat. 2701; 49 CFR 1.48.

    Issued on: February 24, 2003.
James R. Kabel,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
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