Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection Publication: Federal Register Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Michael Howell Date: 18 October 2021 Subjects: American Government , Roads & Highways, Safety

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 198 (Monday, October 18, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 57733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22651]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2021-2014]


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 December 17, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 
2021-2014 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: Aimee Zhang, at Aimee.Zhang@dot.gov, 
Office of Safety Technologies, Federal Highway Administration, 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 
20590. Office hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Request for Federal Aid Reimbursement Eligibility of Safety 
Hardware Devices. The FHWA' s longstanding policy is that all roadside 
safety hardware installed on the National Highway System (NHS) be 
crashworthy. To support this policy, the AASHTO/FHWA Joint 
Implementation Agreement for the Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware 
(MASH) was adopted. This agreement implemented AASHTO MASH as the 
criteria for determining crashworthiness of roadside safety hardware.
    FHWA provides a service to States and industry by reviewing tests 
for roadside hardware, ensuring that they have been tested in 
accordance with MASH criterion, and issuing a federal aid eligibility 
letter for roadside hardware that meet review standards. An eligibility 
letter is not a requirement for roadside safety hardware to be 
determined eligible for Federal funding. Roadside safety hardware is 
eligible for Federal funding if it has been determined to be crash 
worthy by the user agency.
    To issue eligibility letters for roadside safety hardware, the FHWA 
needs to collect and review crash test results and hardware information 
from the submitters.
    Respondents: Approximately 125 submissions are received annually.
    Frequency: 125 submissions annually.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: Averagely 16 hours per 
submission.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: Approximately 2000 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: September 22, 2021.
Michael Howell,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-22651 Filed 10-15-21; 8:45 am]
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