[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 45 (Friday, March 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11175-11176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5445]


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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 May 14, 
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: Environmental Streamlining: Measuring the Performance of 
Stakeholders in the Transportation Project Development Process.
    Abstract: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), FHWA, has 
contracted with the Gallup Organization to conduct a survey of 
professionals associated with transportation and resource agencies in 
order to gather their views on the workings of the environmental review 
process for transportation projects and how the process can be 
streamlined. The purpose of the survey is to: (1) Collect the 
perceptions of agency professionals involved in conducting the 
decision-making processes mandated by the National Environmental Policy 
Act (NEPA) and other resource protection laws in order to develop 
benchmark performance measures; and (2) identify where the performance 
of the process might be improved by the application of techniques for 
streamlining.
    Respondents: Approximately 675 professionals/officials from 
transportation and natural resource agencies.
    Frequency: This is a one-time survey.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: The total estimated annual 
burden is 338 hours.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Kreig Larson, 202-366-2056, 
Planning and Environment, 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.


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    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. 03-5445 Filed 3-6-03; 8:45 am]
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