[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 28 (Monday, February 12, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 6656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-2224]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2007-27203]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments 
for a New Information Collection

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 for a new 
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 April 13, 2007.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT DMS Docket Number 
FHWA-2007-27203 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 5p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Neathery, 202-366-1257 or Martin 
Weiss, 202-366-5010, Office of Interstate and Border Planning, Federal 
Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC, 20590. Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Rural Transportation Research.
     Background: Section 5513(f) of The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users of 2005 
(SAFETEA-LU) provides a grant to the New England Transportation 
Institute (hence ``the Institute'') in White River Junction, Vermont, 
to conduct rural transportation research. The Institute will undertake 
research and analysis in support of two research issues: (1) Rural 
Transportation Issues Definition and Refinement; and (2) Rural 
Transportation Safety and Health. The research includes a 2-part survey 
to develop information that will help support a ``portrait'' of present 
rural transportation patterns. Applying the concepts of both 
``mobility'' and ``accessibility'' to the rural Northeast, the 
Institute's surveys will explore the issues of ``rural isolation'' and 
driver travel behavior. The survey will address these questions:
     How serious a problem is rural isolation and perceptions 
of access (or lack thereof)?
     How are the economic forces acting on the rural areas 
affecting the manner, and length of trips in the rural Northeast?
     How are demographics going to change and/or influence the 
demands made on the transportation system? and
     What would be the transportation implications of different 
settlement patterns?
     Respondents: Approximately 800 respondents for survey 1 and 600 
respondents for survey 2.
    Frequency: one time.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 30 minutes per survey.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: Approximately 700 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 
the estimated burdens; (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: February 6, 2007.
James R. Kabel,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
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