Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection Publication: Federal Register Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Michael Howell Date: 23 May 2023 Subjects: American Government , Roads & Highways

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33188-33189]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10917]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2023-0019]


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: The 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 July 24, 2023.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID 2023-
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: Melissa Corder, 202-366-5853, 
melissa.corder@dot.gov; Office of Real Estate Services, Federal Highway 
Administration, Department of Transportation, New Jersey Avenue SE, 
Washington, DC 20590-0001. Office hours are from 6:15 a.m. to 3:45 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Fixed Residential Moving Cost Schedule.
    Background: Relocation assistance payments to owners and tenants 
who move personal property for a Federal or federally-assisted program 
or project are governed by the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real 
Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended (Uniform Act). 49 
Code of

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Federal Regulations (CFR), part 24, is the implementing regulation for 
the Uniform Act. 49 CFR 24.301 addresses payments for actual and 
reasonable moving and related expenses. The fixed residential moving 
cost schedule is an administrative alternative to reimbursement of 
actual moving costs. This option provides flexibility for the agency 
and affected property owners and tenants. The FHWA requests the State 
Departments of Transportation (State DOTs) to analyze moving cost data 
periodically to assure that the fixed residential moving cost schedules 
accurately reflect reasonable moving and related expenses. The 
regulation allows State DOTs flexibility in determining how to collect 
the cost data in order to reduce the burden of government regulation. 
Updated State fixed residential moving costs are submitted to the FHWA 
electronically.
    Respondents: State Departments of Transportation (52, including the 
District of Columbia and Puerto Rico).
    Frequency: Once every 3 years.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 24 hours per respondent.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 24 hours for each of the 52 
State Departments of Transportation. The total is 1,248 burden hours, 
once every 3 years, or 416 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 burdens; (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. 
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: May 17, 2023.
Michael Howell,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-10917 Filed 5-22-23; 8:45 am]
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