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

Michael Howell
Federal Highway Administration
28 August 2017

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 165 (Monday, August 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 40827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-18171]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2017-0036]


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) 
for approval of a new information collection. We published a Federal 
Register Notice with a 60-day public comment period on this information 
collection on May 30, 2017. We are required to publish this notice in 
the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Please submit comments by September 27, 2017.

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-2017-0036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria Peters, 720-963-3522, or Andy 
Byra, 720-963-3550, Office of Innovative Program Delivery, Center for 
Local-Aid Support, 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: Local Public Agencies Training and Technical Assistance 
Needs Assessment Background: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) 
is charged with implementing a local technical assistance program under 
23 U.S.C. 504 (b). Congress recognized that training and technical 
assistance to the local public agencies (LPA) to provide access to 
surface transportation technology, technical assistance and training 
was necessary and created the Rural Technical Assistance Program (RTAP) 
in 1982. In 1991, through the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
Efficiency Act (ISTEA) legislation, this program became the Local 
Technical Assistance Program (LTAP). There is an LTAP Center in every 
State and PR/USVI--51 total. The program has launched a strategic 
planning process and a lack of data directly linking training to 
improvements in program delivery and innovation deployment outcomes 
posed a challenge to the Agency.
    A needs assessment survey will help inform and identify what areas 
of knowledge that training needs to accomplish within the local agency 
community. The results of the assessment will help direct resources to 
the areas of greatest demand. The survey will be conducted once over a 
30 day period. These are surveys to collect training related 
information and there are no sensitive or personal questions, therefore 
confidentiality is not guaranteed or necessary.
    Respondents: Local Public Agency Public Works Directors and Road 
Superintendents.
    Frequency: This is a one-time collection.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: Approximately 7,800 
responses who will each require an average of 15 minutes to respond.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: The total annual public burden 
hours for this information collection is estimated to be 1,950 hours.

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

     Issued on: August 22, 2017.
 Michael Howell,
 Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-18171 Filed 8-25-17; 8:45 am]
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