[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 180 (Friday, September 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45306-45307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18168]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2025-0202]
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 a new
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 November 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number
0202 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: Melissa Maiefski,
[email protected], (402) 326-7960, or Gregory Danis,
[email protected], (202) 366-4000, Office of Competitive Grants and
Workforce Programs, Federal Highway Administration, Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. Office
hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: National Scenic Byway Program (NSBP).
Background: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) administers
the NSBP. It was established by the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991 in Section 162 of
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Title 23, United States Code (U.S.C.), and reauthorized and expanded
significantly in 1998 under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century and again under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users in 2005. The NSBP is a
grass-roots collaborative effort established to help recognize,
preserve, and enhance selected roads throughout the United States.
Before 2019, Congress last authorized discretionary NSBP funds in 2012
under the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012. Between 1992
and 2012, FHWA awarded over $505 million in NSBP grants. In 2022, FHWA
awarded approximately $21.8 million in grants to 33 projects.
Respondents: The Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), announcing
up to $34.3 million of Fiscal Year (FY) 2023, 2024, and 2025 funding
for the National Scenic Byways Program (NSBP) discretionary grants,
will be available for State DOTs and Federally Recognized Indian Tribes
on grants.gov. FHWA is expecting roughly 200 applicants to apply for
NSBP grant funding.
Frequency: NOFOs and grant solicitations will be published annually
by FHWA but, are subject to the availability of funds in appropriations
or, any legislation signed into law authorizing funds.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 3 hours per respondent per
applicant.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: It is expected that the
respondents will complete approximately 200 applications for an
estimated total of 600 annual burden hours.
Title: National Culvert Removal, Replacement, and Restoration Grant
Program (Culvert AOP).
Background: FHWA administers the Culvert AOP. It was established by
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) in section 21203 of IIJA
and codified at 49 U.S.C. 6703. The Culvert AOP Program prioritizes
projects that would improve fish passage for: (A) anadromous fish
stocks listed as an endangered species or a threatened species under
section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533); (B)
anadromous fish stocks identified by the National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) that could
reasonably become listed as an endangered species or a threatened
species under that section; (C) anadromous fish stocks identified by
the NMFS or the USFWS as prey for endangered species, threatened
species, or protected species, including Southern resident orcas
(Orcinus orca); or (D) anadromous fish stocks identified by the NMFS or
the USFWS as climate resilient stocks. 49 U.S.C. 6703(e)(1). The
program also prioritizes projects that would open up more than 200
meters of upstream habitat for anadromous fish before the end of the
natural habitat. Under IIJA, Congress authorized $1 billion for Fiscal
Years (FY) 2022 through 2026 to provide financial assistance to Culvert
AOP Program eligible projects. In 2022, FHWA awarded $196 million in
grants to 59 tribal, state and, local governments to fix or remove 169
culvert barriers to improve fish passage.
Respondents: The NOFO announcing up to $788.1 million of Fiscal
Year (FY) 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, funding for Culvert AOP
competitive grants will be available for tribal, state, and local
governments on grants.gov. FHWA is expecting roughly 200 applicants to
apply for Culvert AOP grant funding.
Frequency: NOFOs and grant solicitations may be published annually
by FHWA but are subject to the availability of funds in appropriations
or any legislation signed into law authorizing funds.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 3 hours per respondent per
applicant.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: It is expected that the
respondents will complete approximately 200 applications for each
program, for an estimated total of 600 annual burden 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: September 17, 2025.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
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