[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 18, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53279-53280]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-18299]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2007-29228]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for 
Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection

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 July 2, 2007. We are required to publish this notice in 
the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Please submit comments by October 18, 2007.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments within 30 days 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; and (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-2007-29228.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ralph Gillmann, 202-366-0160, 
Office of Highway Policy Information, Office of Policy and Governmental 
Affairs, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are 
from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Preparation and Execution of the Project Agreement and 
Modifications.
    OMB Control Number: 2125-0529 (expiration date September 30, 2007) 
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    Background: Formal agreements between State Transportation 
Departments and the FHWA are required for Federal-aid highway

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projects. These agreements, referred to as ``project agreements'' are 
written contracts between the State and the Federal government that 
define the extent of work to be undertaken and commitments made 
concerning a highway project. Section 1305 of the Transportation Equity 
Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21, Pub. L. 105-178) amended 23 U.S.C. 
106(a) and combined authorization of work and execution of the project 
agreement for a Federal-aid project into a single action. States 
continue to have the flexibility to use whatever format is suitable to 
provide the statutory information required, and burden estimates for 
this information collection are not changed.
    Respondents: There are 56 respondents, including 50 State 
Transportation Departments, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the 
Territories of Guam, the Virgin Islands and American Samoa.
    Frequency: On an on-going basis as project agreements are written.
    Estimated Average Annual Burden per Response: There is an average 
of 476 annual agreements per respondent. Each agreement requires 1 hour 
to complete.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 26,656 hours.
    Electronic Access: Internet users may access all comments received 
by the U.S. DOT Dockets by using the universal resource locator (URL): 
http://dms.dot.gov, 24 hours each day, 365 days each year. Please 
follow the instructions online for more information and help.

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

    Issued on: September 12, 2007.
James R. Kabel,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
[FR Doc. E7-18299 Filed 9-17-07; 8:45 am]
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