[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 61 (Friday, March 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16738-16739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-6318]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2008-0044]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Comments; 
Renewed Approval of a Previously Approved Information Collection; 
Environmental Streamlining: Measuring the Performance of Stakeholders 
in the Transportation Project Development Process II

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

DATES: Please submit comments by May 27, 2008.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT DMS Docket Number 
FHWA-2008-0044 by any of the following methods:
    Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. Follow the instructions for 
submitting comments on the Department of Transportation Docket 
Management System electronic docket site.
    Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
    Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200

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New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 
Washington, DC 20590.
    Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue, SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 
20590, 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 U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 
DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Kreig Larson, 202-366-2056, 
Planning and Environment, Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave., Washington, DC 20590. Office 
hours are from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Environmental Streamlining: Measuring the Performance of 
Stakeholders in the Transportation Project Development Process II.
    Background: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), FHWA, has 
contracted with the Gallup Organization to conduct a survey of 
professionals associated with transportation and resource agencies in 
order to gather their views about the workings of the environmental 
review process for transportation projects and how the process can 
become more efficient. The purpose of the survey is to: (1) Collect the 
responses of agency professionals to questions about their involvement 
in conducting the decision-making processes mandated by the National 
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other resource protection laws in 
order to develop benchmark performance measures; and (2) identify where 
the performance of the process might be improved by the application of 
techniques for streamlining. This is a survey conducted of only local, 
state, and federal officials who work with the NEPA process.
    Respondents: Approximately 2,000 professionals/officials from 
transportation and natural resource agencies.
    Frequency: This is the third time this survey has been conducted 
over a period of seven years.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: The FHWA estimates that each 
respondent will complete the survey in approximately 15 minutes. 
Respondents will have the option of answering the survey's questions 
either over the telephone or online. With a potential total of 2,000 
survey respondents, an estimated 500 burden hours are expected for this 
project.
    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.
    Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all 
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78), or you may visit 
http://dms.dot.gov.

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

    Issued On: March 21, 2008.

    Original signed by:
Judith Kane,
Team Leader, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
[FR Doc. E8-6318 Filed 3-27-08; 8:45 am]
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