[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2922-2923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-912]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Innovative Technology Administration


Agency Information Collection; Activity Under OMB Review; Survey 
of State Funding for Public Transportation

AGENCY: Research & Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), Bureau 
of Transportation Statistics (BTS), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information 
Collection Request (ICR) described below is being forwarded to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval for a new 
information collection related to state funding of public transit. The 
ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected 
burden. A Federal Register notice, with a 60-day comment period 
soliciting comments on the following collection of information, was 
published on November 11, 2006 (70 FR 51409) and the comment period 
ended on January 12, 2007. The 60-day notice produced no comments.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by February 22, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. June Taylor Jones, Passenger 
Travel Program Manager, Room 3430, RITA, BTS, Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. 
Telephone (202) 366-4743, Fax (202) 493-0568 or e-mail 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Survey of State Funding for Public Transportation.
    Type of Request: Approval of a new information collection.
    OMB Control Number: New.
    Affected Public: State DOT offices and the District of Columbia 
DOT.
    Number of Respondents: 51.
    Number of Responses: 51.
    Total Annual Burden: 102 hours (Average estimate of 2 hours to 
complete the survey for each of 51 respondents resulting in a total of 
102 hours).

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    Abstract: The Safe, Accountable, Flexible Efficient Transportation 
Equity Act--A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU; H.R. 3, Section 5601) 
requires the BTS to provide ``data, statistics, and analysis to 
transportation decision-makers'' and to ensure that the statistics 
``are designed to support transportation decision-making by the Federal 
Government, State and local governments, metropolitan planning 
organizations, transportation-related associations, the private sector 
(including the freight community), and the public.'' The Survey of 
State Funding for Public Transportation provides data that are used to 
create an annual summary report of state funding for transit in the 50 
states and the District of Columbia. Each state DOT will provide the 
source of funding for transit programs (e.g., gas tax, sales tax, 
license fees), the programs funded (e.g., bus operations, rail 
operations), the amount of funding per program, the eligible uses for 
the funding (capital expenses, operating expenses, both), and how funds 
are distributed (discretionary, formula-based). The information in this 
report is widely used and is requested by Congress, state legislatures 
and local governing bodies. The information is useful in showing state 
comparisons in types of public transportation programs as well as 
commitment to fund public transportation capital and operating costs.

ADDRESSES: The agency seeks public comments on its proposed information 
collection. Comments should address whether the information will have 
practical utility; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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. Send comments to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: RITA Desk Officer.

    Issued in Washington, DC on this 17th day of January, 2007.
William Bannister,
Assistant Director, Office of Advanced Studies, Research and Advanced 
Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. 
Department of Transportation.
 [FR Doc. E7-912 Filed 1-22-07; 8:45 am]
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