[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 141 (Friday, July 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43229-43230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18113]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2010-0094]


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

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of request for extension of currently approved 
information collection.

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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 
renewal of an existing information collection that 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 September 21, 2010.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 
2010-0094 by any of the following methods:
    Web Site: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
    Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
    Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
    Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. Department of Transportation, West

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Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Nicholas, (202) 366-2317, Office 
of Freight Management and Operations, Federal Highway Administration, 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 
DC 20590, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Certification of Enforcement of Vehicle Size and Weight 
Laws.
    OMB Control Number: 2125-00034.
    Background: Title 23, U.S.C. 141, requires each State, the District 
of Columbia and Puerto Rico to file an annual certification that they 
are enforcing their size and weight laws on Federal-aid highways and 
that their Interstate System weight limits are consistent with Federal 
requirements to be eligible to receive an apportionment of Federal 
highway trust funds. Section 141 also authorizes the Secretary to 
require States to file such information as is necessary to verify that 
their certifications are accurate. To determine whether States are 
adequately enforcing their size and weight limits, each must submit an 
updated plan for enforcing their size and weight limits to the FHWA at 
the beginning of each fiscal year. At the end of the fiscal year, they 
must submit their certifications and sufficient information to verify 
that their enforcement goals established in the plan have been met. 
Failure of a State to file a certification, adequately enforce its size 
and weight laws and enforce weight laws on the Interstate System that 
are consistent with Federal requirements, could result in a specified 
reduction of its Federal highway fund apportionment for the next fiscal 
year. In addition, section 123 of the Surface Transportation Assistance 
Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-599, 92 Stat.2689, 2701) requires each 
jurisdiction to inventory (1) its penalties for violation of its size 
and weight laws, and (2) the term and cost of its oversize and 
overweight permits.
    Respondents: The State Departments of Transportation (or 
equivalent) in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
    Frequency: Twice annually.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: Each response will take 
approximately 40 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,160 hours.
    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of 
this information collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the U.S. DOT's performance, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the 
accuracy of the U.S. DOT's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
information collection; (3) ways 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: July 20, 2010.
Judith Kane,
Acting Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
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