[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 23, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45891-45892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18377]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2025-0235]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for
Renewal of Currently Approved Information Collection
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of request for renewal of currently 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)
for a renewal an existing 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 October 23, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number
0235 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: Thy H. Nguyen, (202) 875-0520,
Department of Transportation, Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Research and Technology (OST-R), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington,
DC 20590. Office hours are from 7 a.m. to 4:30 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
13, 2025, at [90 FR 20338]. There were no comments received.
Title: Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation
(SMART) Grants Program.
OMB Control: 2125-0667.
Background: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (also known as the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act), enacted on November 15, 2021,
provides for significant investments in America's transportation
infrastructure. A key program of the legislation is the Strengthening
and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program ($100 million
per year), under which ``the Secretary shall provide grants to eligible
entities to conduct demonstration projects focused on advanced smart
city or community technologies and systems in a variety of communities
to improve transportation efficiency and safety'' (BIL Sec. 25005; 23
U.S.C. 502(b)). More specifically, SMART Grants may be used to carry
out a project that demonstrates at least one of the following:
Coordinated Automation
Connected Vehicles
Intelligent Sensor-Based Infrastructure
Systems Integration
Commerce Delivery and Logistics
Leveraging Use of Innovative Aviation Technology
Smart Grid
Smart Technology Traffic Signals
The Office of the Secretary will issue a Notice of Funding
Opportunity (NOFO) that describes the requirements of the SMART Grant
program, including the criteria that will be used to evaluate
applications. The NOFO will provide a description of the application
requirements. All eligible entities must submit a completed application
in order to be considered for a grant award.
The applicants who are selected for a grant (i.e., the grantees)
will have additional reporting requirements associated with their SMART
grant, outlined below.
Annual Implementation Reports. These annual reports
document project progress in meeting its goals.
The first report is submitted not later than 2 years after the date
on which the SMART grant is received and annually thereafter until the
date on which the SMART grant is expended.
[cir] The Final Implementation Report will demonstrate how the
deployment and operational costs of the project compared to the
benefits and savings; the means by which each project has met its
original expectation, including data findings on the impacts of the
project (e.g., safety, mobility, access, system efficiency, etc.) and
lessons learned.
Evaluation Plan. The evaluation plan describes how the
project will be evaluated, including the anticipated impacts of the
project (e.g., goals), the methods that will be used to measure those
impacts, and the performance measures.
Data Management Plan. The data management plan provides
more detailed information on the types of data being collected by the
grantee and how that data will be managed and stored (e.g., how privacy
is protected, the entities that have access to the data, etc.).
Quarterly Progress Reports. The Quarterly progress reports provide
status updates, including activities accomplished during the quarter,
financial and schedule reporting, and anticipated activities for the
next quarter (among other updates, such as any project challenges).
Respondents: Eligible entities that may apply for the grant
include: (A) a State; (B) a political subdivision of a State; (C) a
Tribal government; (D) a public transit agency or authority; (E) a
public toll authority; (F) a metropolitan planning organization; and
(G) a group of 2 or more eligible entities (A through F) applying
through a single lead applicant.
Only recipients of SMART Stage One Planning and Prototyping Grants,
or eligible entities designated by Stage One SMART recipients, awarded
under previous SMART Stage One NOFOs, may apply for Stage Two/
Implementation Grant NOFOs.
We anticipate up to 100 applicants per Stage 1 NOFO, and
approximately 30 will be awarded.
We anticipate up to 80 applicants per Stage 2 NOFO, and
approximately 12 will be awarded.
Frequency: Annually.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: Estimated average burden per
response for the application process is between 15-20 hours, 15-30
hours for the grant agreements, 10 hours for the project management,
and 20 hours project evaluation.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: The estimated total annual
burden is 13,900 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
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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 19, 2025.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
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