[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 129 (Thursday, July 3, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 38289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-15146]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2008-0088]


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 March 28, 2008. We are required to publish this notice in 
the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Please submit comments by August 4, 2008.

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-2008-0088.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Kreig Larson, 202-366-2056, Office 
of Project Development and Environmental Review, Office of Planning and 
Environment, 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: Environmental Streamlining: Measuring the Performance of 
Stakeholders in the Transportation Project Development Process, Third 
Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 2125-0591.
    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 in seven years that this survey 
will be conducted.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 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.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: With a potential total of 
2,000 survey respondents, an estimated 500 hours is the total burden.
    Electronic Access: For access to the docket to read background 
documents or comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for accessing the dockets.

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

    Issued on: June 30, 2008.
James R. Kabel,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
[FR Doc. E8-15146 Filed 7-2-08; 8:45 am]
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