[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 70913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-23176]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2005-22985]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Comments; 
Renewed Approval of an Information Collection; Environmental 
Streamlining: Measuring the Performance of Stakeholders in the 
Transportation Project Development Process II

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public comments about our intention to 
request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval to renew 
an information collection, which is summarized below under 
Supplementary Information. We are required to publish this notice in 
the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Please submit comments by January 23, 2006.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT DMS Docket Number
     FHWA-2005-22985 by any of the following methods:
     Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. Follow the instructions for 
submitting comments on the DOT electronic docket site.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, Room PL-401, 
Washington, DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery: Room PL-401 on the plaza level of the 
Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room PL-
401 on the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.

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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Environmental Streamlining: Measuring the Performance of 
Stakeholders in the Transportation Project Development Process II.
    Background: 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 
decisionmaking 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. This is a phone survey conducted of only local, State, 
and Federal officials who work with the NEPA process.
    Respondents: Approximately 2,000 professionals/officials from 
transportation and natural resource agencies.
    Frequency: This is the second time this survey has been conducted 
in four years.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: The FHWA estimates that each 
respondent will complete the survey in approximately 15 minutes. With 
2,000 surveys expected, an estimated 500 burden hours are expected for 
this project.

Public Comments Invited

    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. The agency will summarize 
and/or include your comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this 
information collection.

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: November 17, 2005.
James R. Kabel,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
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