Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Renewal of Currently Approved Information Collection Publication: Federal Register Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis Date: 21 December 2023 Subjects: American Government , Roads & Highways

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 244 (Thursday, December 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 88485-88486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28134]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[[Docket No. FHWA-2023-0056]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for 
Renewal of Currently Approved Information Collection

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of request for extension of currently approved 
information collection.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA has forwarded the information collection request 
described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for approval of a renewal of information collection. We published a 
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day public comment period on this 
information collection on October 17, 2023. We are required to publish 
this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995.

DATES: Please submit comments by January 22, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 
0056 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: John Berg, (202) 740-4602, Office of 
Freight Management and Operations, Federal Highway Administration, 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 
20590, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Certification of Enforcement of Vehicle Size and Weight 
Laws.
    OMB Control #: 2125-0034.
    Background: Title 23, U.S.C., section 141, requires each State, the 
District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to file an annual certification 
that they are enforcing their size and weight laws on Federal-aid 
highways and that their Interstate System weight limits are consistent 
with Federal requirements to be eligible to receive an apportionment of 
Federal highway trust funds. Failure of a State to file a 
certification, adequately enforce its size and weight laws, and enforce 
weight laws on the Interstate System that are consistent with Federal 
requirements, could result in a specified reduction of its Federal 
highway fund apportionment for the next fiscal year. In addition, 
section 123 of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978 (Pub. 
L. 95-599, 92 Stat.2689, 2701) requires each jurisdiction to inventory 
annually (1) its penalties for violation of its size and weight laws, 
and (2) the term and cost of its oversize and overweight permits.
    Section 141 also authorizes the Secretary to require States to file 
such information as is necessary to verify that their certifications 
are accurate. To determine whether States are adequately enforcing 
their size and weight limits, FHWA requires that each State submit to 
the FHWA an updated plan for enforcing their size and weight limits. 
The plan goes into effect at the beginning of each Federal fiscal year. 
At the end of the fiscal year, States must submit their certifications 
and sufficient information to verify that their enforcement goals 
established in the plan have been met.
    Respondents: The State Departments of Transportation (or 
equivalent) in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
    Frequency: Annually in separate collections: one certification and 
one plan.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: Each response will take 
approximately 40 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: Total estimated average annual 
burden is 4,160 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

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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: December 18, 2023.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-28134 Filed 12-20-23; 8:45 am]
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