[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 212 (Thursday, November 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64605-64606]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-18475]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

[Docket OST-2006-26230]


Disadvantaged Business Enterprise

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended) this notice announces the Department of 
Transportation's (DOT) intention to request extension for a currently 
approved information collection.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by January 2, 2007.

ADDRESSES: To ensure that you do not duplicate your docket submissions, 
please submit them by only one of the following means to Docket OST-
2006-26230:
    (1) By mail to the Docket Management Facility (SVC-124), U.S. 
Department of Transportation, Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20590-0001. [It is important to note that because of 
current security procedures affecting the U.S. Mail, other means (e.g., 
FedEx, UPS) may be faster];
    (2) By delivery 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. The telephone 
number is 202-366-9329.
    (3) By fax to the Docket Management Facility at 202-493-2251; or
    (4) By electronic means through the Web site for the Docket 
Management System at: http://dms.dot.gov.
    The Docket Management Facility maintains the public docket for this 
rulemaking. Comments to the docket will be available for inspection or 
copying at 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. The public may also review 
docketed comments electronically at: http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert C. Ashby, Office of the 
Secretary, Office of Assistant General Counsel for Regulation and 
Enforcement, Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh St., SW., 
Washington, DC 20590 (202)366-9310 (voice) 202-366-9313 (fax) or at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Report of DBE Awards and Commitments.
    OMB Control Number: 2105-0510.
    Type of Request: Extension to a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: 49 CFR part 26 establishes requirements for the 
Department of Transportation (DOT) so as to comply with the mandate by 
statute including 1101 (b) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy For Users (Pub. L. 109-59 
and 49 U.S.C. 47113, Pub. L. 105-178. The key part of the collection is 
a requirement that state and local governments subject to the DBE 
program report to the Secretary of Transportation on DBE participation, 
as well as maintain a directory of DBE firms and report to the 
Secretary concerning the composition of the directory. If these 
reporting requirements were not available, firms controlled by 
minorities would not achieve the appropriate participation in DOT 
programs, and the Department would not be able to identify its 
recipients and evaluate the extent to which financial assistance 
recipients have been awarded a reasonable amount of contracting dollars 
to DBEs.
    In order to minimize the burden on DOT recipients the Department 
has limited its informational request and reporting frequency to that 
necessary to meet its program and administrative monitoring 
requirements. The information request consists of 17 data items on one 
page and one attachment, to be completed on a semi-annual basis (for 
FHWA and FTA programs) or an annual basis (for FAA programs).
    Respondents: DOT financially-assisted state and local 
transportation agencies.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,057.
    Estimated Total Burden on Respondents: 1,311,000.
    The information collection is available for inspection in the DOT 
Dockets Management System (DMS), 400 Seventh St., Washington, DC 20590 
(202)366-9310.
    Comments are Invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed information collection;

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(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection 
of information on respondents, including the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
    All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the 
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of 
public record.

    Issued in Washington, DC on October 27, 2006.
Robert C. Ashby,
Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Regulation and Enforcement.
 [FR Doc. E6-18475 Filed 11-1-06; 8:45 am]
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