Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a Renewal of a Previously Approved Information Collection

Michael Howell
Federal Highway Administration
8 October 2020

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 196 (Thursday, October 8, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 63643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22284]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2020-0019]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments 
for a Renewal of a Previously Approved 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 are required to publish this notice in the Federal 
Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Please submit comments by December 7, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID 2020-
0019 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: Kenneth Petty, Kenneth.Petty@dot.gov, 
202-366-6654, 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: Assessment of Transportation Planning, Performance and Asset 
Management Agency Needs, Capabilities, and Capacity.
    Background: FHWA will collect information on the current state of 
the practice, data, methods, and systems used by state, metropolitan, 
regional, local, and tribal transportation planning entities to support 
their required planning, performance and asset management processes in 
accordance with Title 23 U.S.C. 119, 134, 135, and 150. This includes, 
but is not limited to, information to support transportation research, 
capacity building, data collection, planning, travel modeling, and 
performance and asset management. This also includes information about 
how data is shared between planning agencies and how it is processed 
and used in the planning and programming context. Questionnaires will 
be sent to State DOT headquarters and districts, Metropolitan Planning, 
Organizations, Regional Planning Organizations, and Tribal Governments. 
FHWA anticipates that one representative from each agency will take 
approximately 30 minutes to complete up to 4 questionnaires each year. 
The questionnaires will be administered via the internet and 
invitations to participate in the questionnaire will be distributed via 
email.
    This information, once compiled, will allow the FHWA to better 
understand the existing capabilities that agencies across the country 
have in support of the planning, performance and asset management 
processes and the readiness they possess to handle new and ongoing 
challenges. As a result of the collected information, FHWA will focus 
its efforts and resources on providing targeted and meaningful support 
for planning, performance and asset management implementation 
nationwide. Additionally, FHWA will ensure that excellent planning, 
performance and asset managementpractices are identified will be shared 
broadly across the country.
    Respondents: Respondents are representatives of State DOT 
headquarters and districts, Metropolitan Planning, Organizations, 
Regional Planning Organizations, and Tribal Governments.
    Respondents: 950 respondents annually.
    Frequency: 4 per year for 3 years.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: Approximately 30 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: Up to 1,900 hours annually.
    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 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 computer 
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: October 5, 2020.
Michael Howell,
FHWA Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-22284 Filed 10-7-20; 8:45 am]
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