Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for Periodic Information Collection

Michael Howell
Federal Highway Administration
16 November 2020

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 221 (Monday, November 16, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73125-73126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-25169]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2125-0026]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments 
for Periodic Information Collection

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), U.S. Department of 
Transportation (USDOT).

ACTION: Notice of request for approval of a new information collection 
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 (periodic) information collection. We published a 
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day public comment period on this 
information collection on September 8, 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 16, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments within 30 days identified by DOT 
Docket ID Number (FHWA-2125-0026) 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: 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.
    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 United States Code 134, 135, 150, and 119. 
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 of 
information is necessary for the USDOT's performance, including whether 
the information will have practical utility; (2) the data acquisition 
methods; (3) the accuracy of the USDOT's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed information collection; (4) the types of data being acquired; 
(5) ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the 
collected information; and (6) ways that the burden could be minimized 
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.


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    Issued on: November 9, 2020.
Michael Howell,
Information Collection Officer, Federal Highway Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-25169 Filed 11-13-20; 8:45 am]
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