[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38127-38128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15366]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2012-0052]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments 
for a New Information Collection

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 for a new 
information collection, which is summarized below under Supplementary 
Information. We published a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day 
public comment period on this information collection on May 14, 2012. 
We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Please submit comments by July 26, 2012.

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-2012-0052.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Scurry, (609) 637-4207 or 
[email protected] mailto: [email protected], Office of 
Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, 
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 those 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.

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    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: June 19, 2012.
Steven Smith,
Chief, Information Technology Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-15366 Filed 6-25-12; 8:45 am]
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