[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 32 (Thursday, February 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 11918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03147]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2024-0012]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for 
Reinstatement of a Previously Approved Information Collection

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of request for reinstatement of a previously approved 
information collection.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA has forwarded the information collection request 
described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
to reinstate an information collection. We published a Federal Register 
Notice with a 60-day public comment period on this information 
collection on November 9, 2023. We are required to publish this notice 
in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Please submit comments by March 18, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 
0012 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: Wendy McAbee, 202-366-5658, Office of 
Bridge and Structures, Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, 
between 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A 60-day public comment period on this 
information collection was published in the Federal Register on 
November 9, 2023 at 88 FR 77416.
    Title: Highway Bridge and National Bridge Inspection Programs 
(National Bridge Inspection Standards).
    OMB Control: 2125-0501.
    Background: This collection is necessary to meet legislative 
requirements of title 23 United States Code section 144, and the Code 
of Federal Regulations, title 23 Highways, part 650, subpart C--
National Bridge Inspection Standards which require States, Federal 
agencies, and Tribal governments to: (1) perform, and report inventory 
data from, initial, routine, non-redundant steel tension member, 
underwater, damage, in-depth, and special inspections as appropriate 
for all highway bridges on public roads, and element level inspections 
for highway bridges on the National Highway System; (2) report costs 
associated with the replacement of highway bridges; and (3) report 
critical findings on highway bridges. The bridge replacement unit cost 
information that is provided to the FHWA is on an annual basis. The 
critical findings information is periodically provided to the FHWA. The 
bridge information is used for multiple purposes, including: (1) the 
determination of the condition of the Nation's bridges which is 
included in a biennial report to Congress on the Status of the Nation's 
Bridges; (2) for various additional reports to Congress on Bridge 
Safety; (3) the data source for executing various sections of the 
Federal-aid program which involve highway bridges; (4) the data source 
for assessing the bridge penalty provisions of title 23 United States 
Code section 119; (5) the data source for the evaluation of bridge 
performance measures established in title 23 United States Code section 
150; (6) for conducting oversight of the National Bridge Inspection 
Program at the State, Federal agency, and Tribal government level; and 
(7) for strategic national defense needs.
    Respondents: 52 State highway agencies including the District of 
Columbia and Puerto Rico, Federal agencies, Tribal governments, and 
transportation departments of United States Territories of U.S Virgin 
Islands and Guam. The number of inspections per respondent varies in 
accordance with the National Bridge Inspection Standards.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: The estimated average burden 
for each bridge inspection is 8 hours. The estimated average burden for 
each element level inspection is 25 minutes. The estimated average 
burden for each cost collection report is 16 hours. The estimated 
average burden for reporting critical findings is 40 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: The annual burden hours 
associated with this renewal is 2,773,334 hours. This estimated figure 
is based on 342,475 annual instances for bridge inspections multiplied 
by 8 hours (2,739,800 hours); plus 73,492 annual element inspections 
multiplied by 25 minutes (30,622 hours); plus 16 hours for each unit 
cost report multiplied by 52 reports (832 hours); plus 40 hours for 
follow up on critical findings multiplied by 52 respondents (2,080 
hours) for a combined annual burden of 2,773,334 hours.
    Public Comments Invited: 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 burdens; (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. 
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: February 12, 2024.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-03147 Filed 2-14-24; 8:45 am]
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