[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 38 (Monday, February 27, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9853-9854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2724]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2005-22844]


Notice of Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information 
Collection: A Guide To Reporting Highway Statistics

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) 
to renew an information collection. We published a Federal Register 
Notice with a 60-day public comment period on this information 
collection on November 21, 2005. We are required to publish this notice 
in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Please submit comments by March 29, 2006.

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; (4) ways that the burden could be minimized, including the 
use of electronic technology, without reducing the quality of the 
collected information. All comments should include the Docket number 
FHWA-2005-22844.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas W. Howard, Department of 
Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Policy, 
Office of Highway Policy Information, Highway Funding and Motor Fuels 
(HPPI-10), 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: A Guide to Reporting Highway Statistics.
    OMB Control Number: 2125-0032 (Expiration Date: March 31, 2006).
    Background: A Guide to Reporting Highway Statistics provides for 
the collection of information by describing policies and procedures for 
assembling

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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 Average Burden Per Response: The estimated average 
reporting burden per response for the annual collection of the data is 
825.6 hours for the States and the District of Columbia; and 20 hours 
for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and each of the four territories.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: The estimated total annual burden 
for all respondents is 42,206 hours.
    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 
estimated burdens; (3) ways for the FHWA to enhance the quality, 
usefulness, and clarity of the collected information; and (4) ways that 
burdens could be minimized, including 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.
    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. Internet users may reach the Federal Register's 
Home Page 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 21, 2006.
James R. Kabel,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis, Division.
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