[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 7, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65167-65168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-18700]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA 2006-26090]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments; 
Renewed Approval of Information Collection; State Right-of-Way 
Operations Manuals, OMB Control Number: 2125-0586

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. The collection involves State Departments of 
Transportation (STD) providing their Right-of-Way Operations Manuals to 
FHWA. The information to be collected will be used to certify that the 
manuals are representative of the States right-of-way procedures and 
the information is necessary to comply with 23 Code of Federal 
Regulations Part 710.201(c). We are required to publish this notice in 
the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Please submit comments by January 8, 2007.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT DMS Docket Number 
FHWA-2006-26090 to the Docket Clerk, 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, 20590-0001.
     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 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: David Walterscheid, (720) 963-3073, 
Office of Real Estate Services, Federal

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Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC, 20590. Office hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 
4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: State Right-of-Way Operations Manuals.
    OMB Control Number: 2125-0586.
    Background: Section 23, of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 
710, reduces Federal regulatory requirements and places primary 
responsibility for a number of approval actions at the State level. 
Part 710.201 requires that States must certify at 5-year intervals that 
their State Right-of-Way Operations Manuals are representative of their 
procedures, or submit an updated manual. STDs are required to update 
their manuals to reflect changes in Federal requirements for programs 
administered under Title 23 U.S.C. These manuals reflect how the STD 
plans to perform real estate acquisition and property management, and 
maintain the integrity of the right-of-way for highway and related 
transportation systems. The State manuals may be submitted to FHWA 
electronically or they can be made available by postings on State Web 
sites.
    Respondents: 50 State Departments of Transportation, the District 
of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
    Frequency: The States update their operations manuals for review 
annually.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 75 hours per respondent.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: The total is 3,900 burden 
hours annually.
    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.

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

    Issued on: November 1, 2006.
 James R. Kabel,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
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