[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 71640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22902]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2023-0038]


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 an 
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 December 18, 2023.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 
0038 by any of the following methods:
    Website: 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 20590-0001.
    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: John Berg, (202) 740-4602, Office of 
Freight Management and Operations, Federal Highway Administration, 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 
20590, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Certification of Enforcement of Vehicle Size and Weight 
Laws.
    Background: Title 23, U.S.C., section 141, requires each State, the 
District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to file an annual certification 
that they are enforcing their size and weight laws on Federal-aid 
highways and that their Interstate System weight limits are consistent 
with Federal requirements to be eligible to receive an apportionment of 
Federal highway trust funds. Failure of a State to file a 
certification, adequately enforce its size and weight laws, and enforce 
weight laws on the Interstate System that are consistent with Federal 
requirements, could result in a specified reduction of its Federal 
highway fund apportionment for the next fiscal year. In addition, 
section 123 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978 (Pub. 
L. 95-599, 92 Stat. 2689, 2701) requires each jurisdiction to inventory 
annually (1) its penalties for violation of its size and weight laws, 
and (2) the term and cost of its oversize and overweight permits. 
Section 141 also authorizes the Secretary to require States to file 
such information as is necessary to verify that their certifications 
are accurate. To determine whether States are adequately enforcing 
their size and weight limits, FHWA requires that each State submit to 
the FHWA an updated plan for enforcing their size and weight limits. 
The plan goes into effect at the beginning of each Federal fiscal year. 
At the end of the fiscal year, States must submit their certifications 
and sufficient information to verify that their enforcement goals 
established in the plan have been met.
    Respondents: The State Departments of Transportation (or 
equivalent) in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
    Frequency: Annually in separate collections: one certification and 
one plan.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: Each response will take 
approximately 40 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,160 hours.
    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of 
this information collection, including: (1) whether the proposed 
collection of information in the plan and in the certification 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 or reduced frequency of 
collection of the plan, 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: October 12, 2023.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-22902 Filed 10-16-23; 8:45 am]
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