Agency Information Collection Activities: Emergency Approval Request Publication: Federal Register Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Michael Howell Date: 27 April 2022 Subjects: American Government , Roads & Highways

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25075-25076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08982]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2022-0012]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Emergency Approval 
Request

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 May 9, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments within 10 days to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, Attention DOT Desk Officer. 
You are asked to comment on any aspect of this information collection, 
including: (1)

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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 electronic technology, without reducing the quality of the 
collected information. All comments should include the Docket number 
FHWA-2022-0012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melissa Corder, 202-366-5853, Office 
of Real Estate Services, Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. 
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Temporary Waivers of 49 CFR part 24 Regulatory Requirements.
    Background: As Lead Agency for the Uniform Relocation Assistance 
and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act (Uniform Act), the Federal 
Highway Administration (FHWA) may issue temporary waivers of specific 
non-statutory regulatory requirements of 49 CFR part 24 under section 
24.7 for its Federal-aid programs. A section 24.7 waiver is needed when 
programmatic circumstances in a State or on a nationwide basis require 
alternate procedures be allowed to meet program needs for relocating 
persons displaced as part of a highway project.
    The requests for waiver of some regulatory requirements of 49 CFR 
part 24 are infrequent, for good cause and occur on a case by case 
basis to address programmatic or project related nuances or 
circumstances. The temporary waiver of specific 49 CFR part 24 non-
statutory regulatory requirements by FHWA ensures that displaced 
persons receive the relocation assistance necessary to move to and 
occupy replacement housing or for a nonresidential displaced person to 
move to a replacement location.
    Use of temporary waivers of specific 49 CFR part 24 regulatory 
requirements by a State Department of Transportation (SDOT) are 
voluntary, and requests to implement alternate procedures in accordance 
with such temporary waivers of specific 49 CFR part 24 regulatory 
requirements are granted on either a programmatic or case by case 
project basis as approved by FHWA.
    The nominal amount of information the SDOT obtains as part of its 
use of the temporary waiver is readily available from sources used as 
part of their normal relocation work, and without cost to the displaced 
person or the SDOT. The information is used to document the 
determination of benefit amounts made by the SDOT to make the monetary 
needs for successful relocation of a displaced person within their 
financial means.
    Respondents: 52.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 15.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 780.
    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.

     Issued On: April 22, 2022.
Michael Howell,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-08982 Filed 4-26-22; 8:45 am]
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