[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 106 (Monday, June 5, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25905-25906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11529]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[FHWA Docket no. FHWA-2017-0018]
Transportation Asset Management Plan Development Processes
Certification and Recertification Guidance; Transportation Asset
Management Plan Consistency Determination Guidance
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA is seeking comments on two draft documents: (1)
Transportation Asset Management Plan Development Processes
Certification and Recertification Guidance, and (2) Transportation
Asset Management Plan Consistency Determination Guidance. These
documents provide implementation guidance on provisions of the Moving
Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) and the Asset
Management Final Rule, which requires a State department of
transportation (State DOT) to develop and implement a risk-based asset
management plan. Under these authorities, FHWA must (1) certify that
transportation asset management plan (TAMP) development processes
established by a State DOT meet applicable requirements, and (2) make
an annual consistency determination, evaluating whether a State DOT has
developed and implemented a State-approved TAMP that meets all
applicable requirements. This notice announces the availability of
these draft documents on the online docket at the docket number for
this notice.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 5, 2017.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that you do not duplicate your docket submissions,
please submit all comments by only one of the following means:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., W12-140, Washington, DC
20590-0001.
Hand Delivery: West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140,
1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone number is (202) 366-
9329.
Instructions: You must include the agency name and docket
number at the beginning of your comments. All comments received will be
posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about this notice
contact Mr. Stephen Gaj, FHWA Office of Infrastructure, (202) 366-1336,
Federal Highway Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington,
DC 20590, or via email at [email protected]. For legal questions,
please contact Ms. Janet Myers, FHWA Office of the Chief Counsel, (202)
366-2019, Federal Highway Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE.,
Washington, DC 20590-0001, or via email at [email protected].
Business hours for FHWA are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., e.t., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Access and Filing
Copies of the proposed Transportation Asset Management Plan
Development Processes Certification and Recertification Guidance; and
Consistency Determination Guidance are available online for download
and public inspection online under the docket at the Federal
eRulemaking portal at: http://www.regulations.gov. You may also submit
or retrieve comments online through the Federal eRulemaking portal. The
Web site is available 24 hours each day, 365 days each year. Electronic
submission and retrieval help and guidelines are available under the
help section of the Web site.
An electronic copy of this document may also be downloaded from
Office of the Federal Register's home page at: http://www.archives.gov/federal_register and the Government Publishing Office's Web page at:
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/. Late comments will be considered to the
extent practicable.
Background
Under the asset management provisions enacted in MAP-21, codified
at 23 U.S.C. 119, State DOTs must develop and implement a risk-based
TAMP. This TAMP must include all National Highway System (NHS)
pavements and bridges, regardless of whether the State or some other
entity owns the relevant NHS facility.
The FHWA must take two actions with respect to State DOT asset
management activities. The first is TAMP development process
certification/recertification. Under 23 U.S.C. 119(e)(6), FHWA must
certify at least every 4 years that the State DOT's processes for
developing its TAMP are consistent with applicable requirements. The
FHWA must also recertify whenever the State amends its TAMP development
processes, in accordance with 23 CFR 515.13(c). The second FHWA action,
under 23 U.S.C. 119(e)(5), is an annual consistency determination,
which evaluates whether the State DOT has developed and implemented a
TAMP that is consistent with the requirements of 23 U.S.C. 119. The
FHWA adopted the asset management rule, 23 CFR part 515, to implement
these and other asset management requirements. The FHWA Division
Offices (Divisions) are responsible for making these two decisions on
behalf of FWHA.
To assist State DOTs and Divisions with these requirements, the
FHWA Office of Asset Management, Pavements, and Construction is seeking
comment on the two draft guidance documents announced by this notice.
Please note that any comments should be limited to these guidance
documents; FHWA is not soliciting further comment on the Asset
Management Final Rule.
The Transportation Asset Management Plan Development
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Processes Certification and Recertification Guidance provides a
framework for Divisions to undertake and complete the process
certification for a State DOT's TAMP development processes as outlined
in 23 CFR 515.13. The Transportation Asset Management Plan Consistency
Determination Guidance assists Divisions on evaluating whether a State
DOT has developed and implemented its TAMP in accordance with
provisions in 23 CFR 515.13(b). All guidance is subject to change as
the state of asset management practices change and the asset management
rule is further implemented.
Authority: 23 U.S.C. 119; 23 CFR part 515; 49 CFR 1.85.
Issued on: May 26, 2017.
Walter C. Waidelich, Jr.,
Acting Deputy Administrator, Federal Highway Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-11529 Filed 6-2-17; 8:45 am]
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