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Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Bus Testing Program Publication: Federal Register Signing Official: Nadine Pembleton Agency: Federal Transit Administration Date: 24 August 2022  
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 24, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52110-52111]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18277]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
[FTA Docket No. FTA 2022-0025]
Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review: Bus
Testing Program
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice of request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the Federal Transit Administration
(FTA) to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
the extension of a currently approved information collection: Bus
Testing Program.
DATES: Comments must be submitted before October 24, 2022.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that your comments are not entered more than once
into the docket, submit comments identified by the docket number by
only one of the following methods:
1. Website: www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for
submitting comments on the U.S. Government electronic docket site.
(Note: The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT's) electronic
docket is no longer accepting electronic comments.) All electronic
submissions must be made to the U.S. Government electronic docket site
at www.regulations.gov. Commenters should follow the directions below
for mailed and hand-delivered comments.
2. Fax: 202-366-7951.
3. Mail: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE, Docket Operations, M-30, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
4. Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Docket Operations, M-30, West Building, Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Instructions: You must include the agency name and docket number
for this notice at the beginning of your comments. Submit two copies of
your comments if you submit them by mail. For confirmation that FTA has
received your comments, include a self-addressed stamped postcard. Note
that all comments received, including any personal information, will be
posted and will be available to internet users, without change, to
www.regulations.gov. You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register published April 11, 2000, (65 FR
19477), or you may visit www.regulations.gov. Docket: For access to the
docket to read background documents and comments received, go to
www.regulations.gov at any time. Background documents and comments
received may also be viewed at the U.S. Department of Transportation,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Docket Operations, M-30, West Building,
Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001 between 9:00 a.m.
and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jamel El-Hamri at (202) 366-8985, or
email: Jamel.El-Hamri@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested parties are invited to send
comments regarding any aspect of this information collection,
including: (1) the necessity and utility of the information collection
for the proper performance of the functions of the FTA; (2) the
accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the collected information; and (4) ways to
minimize the collection burden without reducing the quality of the
collected information. Comments submitted in response to this notice
will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of
this information collection.
Title: Bus Testing Program.
OMB Number: 2132-0550.
Background: 49 U.S.C. 5318(a) provides that Federal funds
appropriated or otherwise made available under 49 U.S.C. chapter 53
[FTA funding] may not be obligated or expended for the acquisition of a
new bus model unless a bus of that model has been tested for
maintainability, reliability, safety, performance (including braking
performance), structural integrity, fuel economy, emissions, and noise,
and has achieved a passing test score.
The Bus Testing Center is operated by the Thomas D. Larson
Pennsylvania Transportation Institute of the Pennsylvania State
University (LTI). LTI operates and maintains the Center under a
cooperative agreement with FTA and establishes and collects fees for
the testing of the vehicles at the facility. Upon completion of the
testing of the vehicle at the Center with a passing test score, a draft
Bus Testing Report is provided to the manufacturer of the new bus
model. If the manufacturer approves the Report for publication, the bus
model becomes eligible for FTA funding. 49 CFR 665.7 requires a
recipient of FTA funds to certify that a bus model has been tested at
the bus testing facility, that the bus model received a passing score,
and that the recipient has a copy of the applicable Bus Testing
Report(s) on a bus model before final acceptance of any buses of that
model. Recipients are strongly encouraged to review the Bus Testing
Report(s) relevant to a bus model before final acceptance and/or
selection of that bus model.
Respondents: Bus manufacturers and recipients of FTA funds.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 60 (the responses include
40 testing determination requirements requests at 32 hours each, 20
testing authorization requests at 32 hours each, 16 tests scheduled at
10 hours each, and 3 retest requests at 17 hours each).
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 2,131 hours.
Frequency: Annually.
Nadine Pembleton,
Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-18277 Filed 8-23-22; 8:45 am]
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