Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection

Michael Howell
Federal Highway Administration
January 17, 2014

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3265-3266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00850]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2014-0003]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for 
Extension 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

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required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Please submit comments by March 18, 2014.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 
2014-0003 by any of the following methods:
    Web site: 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.
    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: Aquilla Carter, (202) 493-2906, Office 
of the Chief Financial Officer, Federal Highway Administration, 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 
DC 20590, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Voucher for Federal-aid 
Reimbursements.
    OMB Control Number: 2125-0507.
    Background: The Federal-aid Highway Program provides for the 
reimbursement to States for expenditure of State funds for eligible 
Federal-aid highway projects. The Voucher for Work Performed under 
Provisions of the Federal Aid and Federal Highway Acts as amended is 
utilized by the States to provide project financial data regarding the 
expenditure of State funds and to request progress payments from the 
FHWA. Title 23 U.S.C. 121(b) requires the submission of vouchers. The 
specific information required on the voucher is contained in 23 U.S.C. 
121 and 117. Two types of submissions are required by recipients. One 
is a progress voucher where the recipient enters the amounts claimed 
for each FHWA appropriation, and the other is a final voucher where 
project costs are classified by work type. An electronic version of the 
Voucher for Work Performed under Provisions of the Federal Aid Highway 
Acts, as amended, Form PR-20, is used by all recipients to request 
progress and final payments.
    Respondents: 50 State Transportation Departments, the District of 
Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: The respondents 
electronically submit an estimated total of 12,900 vouchers each year. 
Each voucher requires an estimated average of 30 minutes to complete.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 6,450 hours.
    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of 
this information collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the U.S. DOT's performance, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the 
accuracy of the U.S. DOT's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
information collection; (3) ways 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: January 13, 2014.
Michael Howell,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-00850 Filed 1-16-14; 8:45 am]
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