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

Michael Howell
Federal Highway Administration
19 July 2018

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 139 (Thursday, July 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34282-34283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-15426]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2018-0037]


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 September 17, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 
2018-0037 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: Peter Clark, 202-366-2025, or Arnold 
Feldman, 202-366-2028, Office of Real Estate Services, 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: Annual State Right-of-way Acquisition Data.
    Background: Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) 
Section 1521 (d) amends the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real 
Properties Acquisition Policy Act of 1970 Section 213 (b), codified in 
42 U.S.C. 4633 by requiring ``that each Federal agency that has 
programs or projects requiring the acquisition of real property or 
causing a displacement from real property subject to the provisions of 
this Act shall provide to the lead agency an annual summary report that 
describes the activities conducted by the Federal agency.''
    Respondents: Each of the 52 state DOT's will be asked to send an 
annual report to the division office which outlines state-specific 
acquisition data.
    Frequency: Annually. Every October FHWA Office of Real Estate, HQ 
will request this data.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: Approximately 5 hours per 
response.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: Approximately 260 hours total 
for all 52 states.
    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

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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: July 13, 2018.
 Michael Howell,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-15426 Filed 7-18-18; 8:45 am]
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