[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 28, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18879-18880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-7366]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2012-0023]


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 May 29, 2012.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 
2012-0023 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: 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.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Scurry, (609) 637-4207 or 
[email protected] mailto:[email protected], Office of 
Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
Transportation, 840 Bear Tavern Road, West Trenton, NJ 08628, Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Assessment and Delivery of Safety Funding at the Local 
Level.
    Type of request: New information collection requirement.
    Background: The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient, 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), 23 U.S.C. 
148, established the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) as a 
core Federal-aid Highway Program. The overall purpose of this program 
is to achieve a significant reduction in traffic fatalities and serious 
injuries on all public roads through the implementation of 
infrastructure-related highway safety improvements. Using Federal and 
State funds to assist local agencies in improving safety on local roads 
is critical for reducing fatalities and serious injuries. However, 
State and local agencies face many challenges and barriers when 
identifying, prioritizing, developing, and implementing safety projects 
on local roads.
    The requested information collection, in the form of an on-line 
survey tool, will be used to evaluate the extent, practices and 
processes State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) use to deliver or 
apply safety funding resources to local agencies for road safety 
improvement projects. The survey will also help identify challenges and 
barriers State DOTs and local agencies face when developing and 
implementing local road safety projects.
    Survey respondents will be asked to provide information about 
training, technical support, and human resources provided to, or on 
behalf of local agencies, to assist in the identification, analysis, 
development, evaluation, and implementation of local road safety 
improvement projects. Respondents will also be asked to identify any 
challenges or barriers States and local agencies face when attempting 
to provide funding and other resources for local road safety projects.
    Certain survey respondents will also be asked to provide feedback 
on Federal or State fiscal year expenditures applied to local road 
safety improvement projects over a three-year period and any 
methodologies used to identify a specific dollar amount or percentage 
of funds set aside for local road safety improvement projects.
    The information will allow FHWA to assess the extent to which 
states are providing funds to local agencies for safety projects and to 
identify human resources and technical assistance states need in order 
to overcome barriers and challenges to developing and implementing 
local road safety improvement projects.
    The survey will also help FHWA identify noteworthy practices that 
can be implemented in other States, with the ultimate goal of improving 
highway safety outcomes across the Nation.
    Respondents: State DOTs.
    Frequency: One time.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: Approximately 5 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: The total burden for this 
collection would be approximately 250 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: March 21, 2012.
 Juli Huynh,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
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