[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 137 (Wednesday, July 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 58242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15744]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2024-0054]


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 has forwarded the information collection request 
described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
to approve a new information collection. We are required to publish 
this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995.

DATES: Please submit comments by August 16, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 
0054 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: Frances Ramirez, (202) 961-8605 FHWA, 
Office of Federal Lands Highway, Office of Federal Lands Programs, 
22001 Loudoun County Parkway, Building E1, Suite 150, Ashburn, VA 
20147. Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We published a Federal Register Notice with 
a 60-day public comment period on this information collection on May 
9th, 2024, at 89 FR 39678. The comments and FHWA's responses are below: 
One comment was submitted on July 8, 2024, and no contact information 
was provided. In summary, the comment requested monthly cleaning of 
highways, fix potholes and mandate wildlife corridors, also known as 
green corridors on highways, in each state. The comment describes the 
benefits of wildlife corridors; including, safe passage during 
migrations, promote genetic diversity by avoiding habitat 
fragmentation, prevents animal-vehicle collisions creating safe 
corridors for big and small animals, and minimizes human-animal 
interaction. The NSFLTP Program supports wildlife crossings 
infrastructure and may be eligible as long the project is a single 
continuous project on a Federal Lands transportation facility, a 
Federal Lands access transportation facility, or a Tribal 
transportation facility (as defined in 23 U.S.C. 101) (FAST Act, 
section 1123(c)(1), (d)).
    Title: Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects 
(NSFLTP) Program.
    Background: The NSFLTP Program was authorized under section 1123 of 
the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (Pub. L. 114-94) 
and amended by section 11127 of the BIL. The NSFLTP Program funds are 
to be awarded on a competitive basis for the construction, 
reconstruction, and rehabilitation of nationally significant projects 
within, adjacent to, or accessing Federal and Tribal lands. The NSFLTP 
Program provides an opportunity to address significant challenges 
across the Nation for transportation facilities that serve Federal and 
Tribal lands.
    Respondents: Eligible applicants include Federal Land Management 
Agencies (FLMA); Tribal Governments; and States, counties, and units of 
local government may also apply, but only if sponsored by an FLMA or 
Tribal Government. On average, there are about 1,011 respondents.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: The average burden hours per 
response varies from 15 minutes to 10 hours depending on the form the 
applicant completes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: Total estimated average annual 
burden is 2,392 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: July 12, 2024.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-15744 Filed 7-16-24; 8:45 am]
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