[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 45 (Friday, March 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11174-11175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5444]


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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 21, 2003.

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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: A Guide to Reporting Highway Statistics.
    Abstract: 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 Total Annual Burden: The estimated total annual burden 
for all respondents is 42,206 hours.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Tom Howard, 202-366-0170, Office 
of Policy, Office of Highway Policy Information, Highway Funding and 
Motor Fuels (HPPI-10), Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
Transportation, 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.
    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. 03-5444 Filed 3-6-03; 8:45 am]
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