[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54417-54418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22166]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2010-0108]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for 
Approval of a New Information Collection

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of request for approval of a new 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 of a new 
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 November 8, 2010.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 
2010-0108 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 
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: Kathleen Bergeron, (202) 366-5508, 
Office of Infrastructure, Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Highways for LIFE Omnibus Survey for Technology Deployment.
    Background: The Highways for LIFE program was established by the 
109th Congress within Sections 1101 and 1502 of the Safe, Accountable, 
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Pub. 
L. 109-59). Within that law, under the topic ``Technology Transfer and 
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Dissemination,'' it states that ``The Secretary shall conduct a 
highways for life technology transfer program.'' It further states that 
``The Secretary shall establish a process for stakeholder input and 
involvement in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the 
Highways for LIFE Pilot Program. The process may include participation 
by representatives of the State departments of transportation and other 
interested persons.'' Also, it states that, ``The Secretary shall 
monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of any activity carried out 
under this section.''
    A critical element in accomplishing these goals is to ensure that 
the technologies being deployed by FHWA and implemented by the States 
actually fill a specific need. Therefore, it is important that FHWA 
obtain feedback both before and after specific technologies are 
transferred. If, for example, FHWA determined on its own that a 
particular innovation was important, yet never actually determined 
whether States would value such an innovation, much time and money 
would have been wasted. Or, if there were an innovation that was 
deployed to States, yet FHWA never followed up to determine if the 
effort was a success, or how it might be even more successful, lessons 
could not be learned and put into effect.
    In FHWA's Strategic Plan, the first goal listed is ``National 
Leadership.'' Under that topic, the first objective is ``Advance 
Innovation: FHWA is recognized as a leader in the development and 
promotion of innovative solutions that address current and emerging 
transportation issues.'' Item 1.1 is ``Systematically identify emerging 
issues and needs that could impact transportation,'' and item 1.2 is 
``Identify, develop, promote, and rapidly implement new and proven 
technologies and innovative solutions to improve system performance.'' 
These ``innovative solutions'' cannot properly identify what might work 
without discussing the needs for such things with the user groups--the 
States. Likewise, it cannot promote and implement them without an 
appropriate understanding of how the user organizations--the States--
feel about the particular innovations; and this can only come from a 
formal survey.
    Respondents: There are 260 respondents, including 5 each from 50 
State Transportation Departments, the District of Columbia, and the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
    Frequency: Once a year, for three years.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: Each survey will require 15 
minutes to respond.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 65 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: August 27, 2010.
Juli Huynh,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
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