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

Michael Howell
Federal Highway Administration
4 November 2020

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 214 (Wednesday, November 4, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 70223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24438]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2020-0024]


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 has forwarded the information collection request 
described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for approval of a new (periodic) information collection. We published a 
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day public comment period on this 
information collection on November 19, 2020. We are required to publish 
this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995.

DATES: Please submit comments by December 4, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 
2020-0024 by any of the following methods:
    For access to Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Frankel, (202) 366-9649 or 
Beatriz Hernandez (202) 366-3126, 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: Request Form for Fund Transfers to Other Agencies and Among 
Title 23 Programs.
    OMB Control Number: 2125-0620.
    Background: The Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, 
Public Law 114-94, continues the ability of States to transfer highway 
funds to other States and agencies and among programs/projects. These 
authorities are codified in sections 104 and 126 of title 23, United 
States Code, as amended by the FAST Act. Transferability under the FAST 
Act is generally similar to that allowed under previous authorization 
acts such as the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act 
(MAP-21) and the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation 
Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). This notice establishes 
requirements for initiating the transfer of apportioned funds (funds 
distributed among States and programs by statutory formula) to carry 
out these provisions of law. The types of transfers affected by this 
notice are:
    a. Transfer of funds from a State to the FHWA pursuant to U.S.C. 
Title 23, Sec.  104(f)(3);
    b. Transfer of funds from a State to a Federal Agency other than 
FHWA;
    c. Transfer of funds from a State to another State;
    d. Transfer of funds from FHWA to Federal Transit Administration 
pursuant to U.S.C. Title 23, Sec.  104(f)(1);
    e. Transfer of funds between programs pursuant to U.S.C. Title 23, 
Sec.  126; and,
    f. Transfer of funds between projects.
    The State initiating the fund transfer must fill out a FHWA Funds 
Transfer Request form. This transfer form (FHWA-1575C) submitted for 
approval is similar to the currently approved transfer forms (FHWA-1575 
and FHWA-1576) that have been utilized for the past five years. The 
main improvement is that this transfer form combines what were 
previously two forms (one for transfers within State or to another 
State and one for transfers to other agencies) into a single form. The 
new FHWA-1575C transfer form includes drop-down boxes that will allow 
States to select the type of transfer and other information. This new 
form will streamline that transfer request process for States by 
allowing them to use the single form for all types of transfers of 
apportioned funds rather than having to select the appropriate form. 
Information required to fill out a transfer form will include the 
requester's contact information; a description of the program/project 
the transfer will come from and go to, the fiscal year, the program 
code, a demo ID or an urban area when applicable, and the amount to be 
transferred. The form must be approved by the applicable State 
Department of Transportation and concurred on by the correlating FHWA 
Division Office.
    Respondents: 50 State Transportation Departments, the District of 
Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
    Frequency: As Needed.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: It is estimated that a total 
of 2,000 responses will be received annually, which would equal a total 
annual burden of 500 hours.

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

     Issued On: October 30, 2020.
Michael Howell,
Information Collection Officer.

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