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, Safety

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25076-25077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08981]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2022-0011]


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) 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-2022-0011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Warren, Office of Safety, 
202-366-2201, Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. Office 
hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant Program.
    Background: The Department of Transportation's Office of the 
Secretary and the Federal Highway Administration are committed to a 
comprehensive strategy to address the unacceptable number of traffic 
deaths and serious injuries occurring on our roads and streets. The 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also known as the 
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), Section 24112 aligns with the 
Department's safety priority through the creation of the Safe Streets 
and Roads for All Grant Program. This grant program supports local 
initiatives to prevent death and serious injury on roads and streets. 
This grant program is for Metropolitan Planning Organizations, 
political sub-divisions of a State, federally recognized Tribal 
governments and multijurisdictional groups of the entities comprised 
above.
    This grant program includes both grant funds to develop a 
comprehensive safety action plan; to conduct planning, design and 
development activities for projects and strategies identified in a 
comprehensive action plan or to carry out projects and strategies 
identified in a comprehensive action plan. To receive applications for 
grant funds, evaluate the effectiveness of projects that have been 
awarded grant fund and to monitor project financial conditions and 
project progress, a collection of information is necessary.
    Eligible applicants will request grant funds in the form of a grant 
application. This grant application will assist in soliciting proposals 
for funding from eligible applicants. In addition, reporting 
requirements will be submitted by grant recipients during the grant 
agreement, implementation, and evaluation phases.
    Responding to the grant opportunity is on a voluntary-response 
basis, utilizing an electronic grant platform. The grant application is 
planned as a one-time information collection and OST/FHWA estimates 
that the application will take approximately 20 hours to complete an 
application for a comprehensive action plan grant and approximately 100 
hours to complete an application for a implementation grant.
    Respondents: Metropolitan planning organizations, political 
subdivisions of a State, federally recognized Tribal

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governments and multijurisdictional groups of entities comprised above.
    Frequency: Once each year.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: Approximately 20 hours for 
the comprehensive action plan grants and 100 hours for the 
implementation grants per respondent.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: Approximately 120 hours.
    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; 23 U.S.C. 134 and 135; and 23 CFR chapter 1, subchapter 
E, part 450.

    Dated: April 22, 2022.
Michael Howell,
FHWA Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-08981 Filed 4-26-22; 8:45 am]
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