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

Michael Howell
Federal Highway Administration
20 July 2017

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 138 (Thursday, July 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 33540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15184]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2017-0128]


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: 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 June 19, 2017. 
We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Please submit comments by August 21, 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. 
All comments should include the Docket number FHWA-2017-0128.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Moulden, 202-493-3470, Turner-
Fairbank Highway Research Center, Office of Corporate Research, 
Technology, and Innovation Management, Federal Highway Administration, 
Department of Transportation, 6300 Georgetown Pike, McLean, VA 22101. 
Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.
    Title: Federal Highway Administration Research, Development and 
Technology Agenda Web site.
    Background: Title 23, United States Code, Section 502(a)(5) 
requires that Federal surface transportation research and development 
activities address the needs of stakeholders, including ``States, 
metropolitan planning organizations, local governments, the private 
sector, researchers, research sponsors, and other affected parties, 
including public interest groups.'' As part of its effort to ensure 
that Federal research, development and technology (RD&T) activities are 
addressing the most critical national challenges, the Federal Highway 
Administration (FHWA) is developing the RD&T Agenda Web site. This Web 
site will communicate FHWA's RD&T goals, objectives and strategies to 
its stakeholders and highlight notable initiatives or projects that 
illustrate FHWA's RD&T approach. The Web site will include an 
electronic mechanism for stakeholders to provide feedback on the 
overall RD&T Agenda, FHWA's approach to addressing national 
transportation challenges, and potential opportunities for FHWA to 
collaborate with stakeholders to address them.
    Respondents: Approximately 1,000 annual respondents.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: Approximately 10 minutes per 
respondent per year.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: Approximately 167 hours per 
year.

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

    Issued on: June 11, 2017.
 Michael Howell,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-15184 Filed 7-19-17; 8:45 am]
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