[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 45 (Friday, March 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 11174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5443]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA has forwarded the information collection request 
described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval. We published a Federal Register notice with a 
60-day public comment period on this information collection on 
September 24, 2002. We are required to publish this notice in the 
Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Please submit comments by March 14, 2003.

ADDRESSES: You may 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. 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 the estimated burden; (3) ways for the 
FHWA to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the collected 
information; and (4) ways that the burden could be minimized, including 
the use of electronic technology, without reducing the quality of the 
collected information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS) Field Manual.
    Abstract: The HPMS data that is collected is used for management 
decisions that affect transportation, such as estimates of future 
highway needs of the Nation and assessments of the highway system 
performance. The 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 by providing miles, lane-miles and travel components of 
apportionment formulae. The data that is required by the HPMS is 
continually reassessed and streamlined.
    Respondents: State 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 Total Annual Burden: The estimated average burden per 
response for the annual collection and processing of the HPMS data is 
1,368 hours for the States, the District of Columbia and the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and 19 hours for each of the four 
territories. The estimated total annual burden for all respondents is 
71,212 hours.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Rozycki, 202-366-5059, 
Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Policy 
Service Business Unit, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. 
Office hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.
    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: February 7, 2003.
James R. Kabel,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
[FR Doc. 03-5443 Filed 3-6-03; 8:45 am]
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