Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Comments for a New Information Collection Publication: Federal Register Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis Date: 20 November 2023 Subjects: American Government , Roads & Highways

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 222 (Monday, November 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80809-80810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25537]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2023-0048]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of 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 an 
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 January 19, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 
0048 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, Office 
of Real Estate Services, Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, 
between 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition 
Regulations for Federal and Federally Assisted Programs.
    Background: This program implements 42 U.S.C. 4602, concerning 
acquisition of real property and relocation assistance for persons 
displaced by Federal and federally-assisted programs. It prohibits the 
provision of relocation assistance and payments to persons not legally 
present in the United States (with certain exceptions). The information 
collected consists of a certification of residency status from affected 
persons to establish eligibility for relocation assistance and 
payments. Displacing agencies will require each person who is to be 
displaced by a Federal or federally-assisted project, as a condition of 
eligibility for relocation payments or advisory assistance, to certify 
they are lawfully present in the United States.
    Respondents: Federal agencies, 50 State Transportation Departments, 
the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the 
Virgin Islands, local government agencies, persons administering 
projects or

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programs and airport sponsors receiving financial assistance for 
expenditures of Federal funds on acquisition and relocation payments 
and required services to displaced persons that are subject to the 
Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 
1970, as amended, for file maintenance and for annual statistical 
reports.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: The respondents 
electronically submit one statistical report each year. The average 
burden per statistical report is 16.5 hours. Each instance of file 
maintenance requires an estimated average of 30 minutes to complete.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: Total estimated average annual 
burden is 25,000 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; and 49 CFR 1.48.

     Issued On: November 14, 2023.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-25537 Filed 11-17-23; 8:45 am]
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