[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 66 (Thursday, April 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17753-17754]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6951]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Comments; 
Clearance of a New Information Collection; Freight Planning Noteworthy 
Practices

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA has forwarded the new 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 August 
10, 2004 (69 FR 48556). We are required to publish this notice in the 
Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Please submit comments by May 9, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Eloise Freeman-Powell, (202) 366-
2068, Office of Planning, Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. 
Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Freight Planning Noteworthy Practices.
    Background: The FHWA plans to update its Freight Planning Web site 
by adding a new feature that will collect information and photographs 
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freight planning activities from the FHWA's public sector partners. 
This information will be reviewed by the FHWA on a monthly basis to 
determine which project will be posted on the Web site as an 
informational and educational tool for the FHWA's public sector 
audiences that are engaged in freight planning activities and/or are 
beginning to develop their freight planning activities. State 
Departments of Transportation, metropolitan planning organizations, and 
local government agencies will provide a description of case studies on 
freight planning and implementation, which can include plans or 
projects, or both.
    Respondents: State Departments of Transportation, metropolitan 
planning organizations, and local government agencies.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: It is estimated that each State 
Department of Transportation, metropolitan planning organization, and 
local government agency will spend about one hour to prepare and to 
provide their freight plans or projects to the FHWA. The estimated 
total annual burden is 60 hours.
    Frequency: On-going basis.

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.
    Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all 
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78), or you may visit 
http://dms.dot.gov.

    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.

    Issued on: March 21, 2005.
James R. Kabel,
Chief, Management Programs, and Analysis Division.
[FR Doc. 05-6951 Filed 4-6-05; 8:45 am]
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