[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 97 (Monday, May 20, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29430-29431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11928]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2013-0024 ]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments
for a New Information Collection.
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of
Transportation.
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 are required to publish this notice in the Federal
Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by July 19, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number
2013-0024 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., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Crystal Jones, 202-366-2976, Office of
Freight Management & Operations (HOFM-1), Office of Operations, Federal
Highway Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave., Room E84-313, Washington,
DC 20509.. Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: USDOT Survey on Projects of National and Regional
Significance (PNRS)
Background: US Department of Transportation (USDOT) is directed by
Section 1120(1) of Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century
(MAP21), to prepare a report to Congress not later than 2 years after
the date of enactment of the MAP-21. The USDOT is required to submit
the report to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public
Works of the Senate regarding PNRS. The purpose of the report is to
identify projects of national and regional significance that: (a) Will
significantly improve the performance of the Federal-aid highway
system, nationally, (b) are able to generate national economic benefits
that reasonably exceed the costs of the projects, including increased
access to jobs, labor, and other critical economic inputs; (c) reduce
long-term congestion, including impacts in the State, region, and the
United States, and increase speed, reliability, and accessibility of
the movement of people or freight; (d) improve transportation safety,
including reducing transportation accidents, and serious injuries and
fatalities; and (e) can be supported by an acceptable degree of non-
Federal financial commitments.
The report is required to contain a comprehensive list of each
project of national and regional significance that: (a) has been
complied through a survey of State departments of transportation; and
has been classified by the Secretary as a project of regional or
national significance.
Respondents: The target groups of respondents are State Departments
of Transportation, transit agencies, tribal governments and multi-state
or multi-jurisdictional groups. The target groups identified in the
legislation are ``State departments of transportation''; the Federal
Highway Administration (FHWA) has interpreted the legislation to mean
compile a list of projects from
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all eligible applicants not just the State Departments of
Transportation, thus in addition to State Departments of
Transportation, FHWA will survey other eligible applicants which
include tribal governments or consortium of tribal Governments, transit
agencies and multi-State or multi-jurisdictional groups.
Estimate
State Departments of Transportation = 52
Transit Agencies = 50
Tribal Governments = 10
Multi-state or multi-jurisdictional groups = 10
Frequency: Every 2 years.
Estimated Average Burden per Response:
40 hours/State Department of Transportation = 2080 hours
20 hours/Transit Agency = 1000 hours
10 hours/Tribal Government = 100
20 hours/Multi-state or multi-jurisdictional groups = 200
Total burden hours = 3380.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 3380 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: May 14, 2013.
Michael Howell,
Information Collection Coordinator.
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