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Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection


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Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection

Michael Howell
Federal Highway Administration
28 March 2016


[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 59 (Monday, March 28, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 17237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06958]



[[Page 17237]]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2016-0009]


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 published a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day 
public comment period on this information collection on January 21, 
2016. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Please submit comments by April 27, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments within 30 days to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention DOT Desk Officer. 
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 burden; (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. All comments should include the 
Docket number FHWA-2016-0009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Garland, 202-366-6221, Office of 
Planning, Environment, and Realty, Federal Highway Administration, 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 
DC 20590. Office hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Transportation Planning Excellence Awards Nomination Form.
    OMB Control #: 2125-0615.
    Background: Transportation Planning Excellence Awards Nomination 
Form. The Transportation Planning Excellence Awards (TPEA) Program is a 
biennial awards program developed by the FHWA and the Federal Transit 
Administration (FTA) to recognize outstanding initiatives across the 
country to develop, plan and implement innovative transportation 
planning practices. The program is co-sponsored by the American 
Planning Association.
    The on-line TPEA nomination form is the tool for submitters to 
nominate a process, group, or individual involved in a project or 
process that has used the FHWA and/or the FTA funding sources to make 
an outstanding contribution to the field of transportation planning. 
The information about the process, group or individual provided by the 
submitter may be shared and published if that submission is selected 
for an award.
    The TPEA Program is a biennial awards program and individuals will 
be asked to submit nominations via the online form every two years. The 
participants will provide their information by means of the Internet.
    Respondents: For the TPEA, 35 participants biennially.
    Frequency: For the TPEA, nominations are solicited every two years.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: For the TPEA Program, 
approximately 90 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: For the TPEA Program, 225 
hours in the first year and 225 hours in the third year.

    Authority:  The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.

    Issued on: March 23, 2016.
Michael Howell,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-06958 Filed 3-25-16; 8:45 am]
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