[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 46 (Thursday, March 7, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16611-16612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04847]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2024-0016]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for
Revision of Currently Approved Information Collection
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of request for extension of currently approved
information collection.
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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
renewal of an existing information collection that 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 May 6, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number
0016 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: Kenneth Petty, 202-366-6654, Office of
Planning, Environment, and Realty, 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:
Title: Assessment of Transportation Planning Agency Needs,
Capabilities and Capacity.
OMB Control #: 2125-0655.
Background: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is committed
to advancing the transportation planning process working with States,
Metropolitan Planning Organizations, Tribal governments, and transit
operators as they make long- and short-range transportation improvement
priorities in coordination with the traveling public, the business
community, community groups, environmental organizations, and freight
operators. Through this effort FHWA will update information on the
current state of the practice, data, methods, and systems used by
State, metropolitan, regional, local, and Tribal transportation
planning entities to support their required planning process
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in accordance with title 23 United States Code 134 and 135. This
information will be used to develop and deliver existing and future
Federal Highway Programs through successful partnerships, value-added
stewardship, and risk-based oversight. This effort ensures FHWA's
renewed focus on equity and organizational excellence, which translates
into having a skilled workforce and support system positioned and
equipped to deliver its mission.
Respondents: 50 State Transportation Departments, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands;
Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO), Tribal Governments, and/or
Regional Planning Organizations (RPO).
Estimated Average Burden per Response: Each State, MPO, Tribal
Government, and RPO will be solicited to provide information up to two
times per year. The annual number of burden hours (professional and
clerical staff) per respondent to answer questions on the current state
of the practice, data, methods, and systems used by State,
metropolitan, regional, local, and Tribal transportation planning
entities to support their required planning process is estimated to be
3 (biannually x 1.5 hours). The total annual burden for all respondents
is estimated to be 2,850 burden hours (3 burden hours per respondent
times 950 respondents).
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: Total estimated average annual
burden is 2,850 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: March 4, 2024.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-04847 Filed 3-6-24; 8:45 am]
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