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Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for the Reinstatement of a Previously Approved Information Collection Publication: Federal Register Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis Date: 12 February 2024 Subjects: American Government  , Roads & Highways, Trucking
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 29 (Monday, February 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9903-9905]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02840]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2024-0011]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments
for the Reinstatement of a Previously Approved 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 approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a
reinstatement of 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.
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DATES: Please submit comments by April 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID 2024-
0011 by any of the following methods:
Website: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received go to the Federal Rulemaking 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: Amber Reimnitz, 202-366-2997, Office
of Freight Management & Operations (HOFM-1), Office of Operations,
Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue Southeast, Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from
7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: USDOT Survey and Comparative Assessment of Truck Parking
Facilities.
OMB Control #: 2125-0638.
Background: US Department of Transportation (USDOT) is directed to
complete a survey and comparative assessment of truck parking
facilities in each State as required by section 1401(c) of Moving Ahead
for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21). MAP-21 section 1401(c)
required the survey in order to evaluate the capability of the States
to provide adequate parking and rest facilities for commercial motor
vehicles engaged in interstate transportation. Other work activities
required under this section of MAP-21 were: an assessment of the volume
of commercial motor vehicle traffic in each State and the development
of a system of metrics designed to measure the adequacy of commercial
motor vehicle truck parking facilities in each state. A survey was
conducted in 2014 and is available at: https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/infrastructure/truck_parking/jasons_law/truckparkingsurvey/index.htm. A second survey was conducted in 2019 and a presentation of
the results is available at: https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/Freight/infrastructure/truck_parking/coalition/2020/mtg/jasons_law_results.pdf.
MAP-21 section 1401(c)(3) called for periodic updates to the survey,
which is the intent of the proposed updated survey. The results of this
updated survey shall be made available on a publicly accessible
Department of Transportation website and updated periodically USDOT
seeks to continue to collect data to support updates to the survey.
Respondents: State Transportation and Enforcement Officials, Port
Authorities, Private Sector Facility Owners/Operators, Trucking Company
owners or their designee, and Truck Drivers. The target groups of
respondents are individuals who are responsible for providing or
overseeing the operation of truck parking facilities and stakeholders
that depend on such facilities to safely conduct their business. The
target group identified in the legislation is ``state commercial
vehicle safety personnel;'' the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
has interpreted this term to include the Department of Transportation
personnel in each State involved in commercial vehicle safety program
activities and State enforcement agency personnel directly involved in
enforcing highway safety laws and regulations and in highway incident
and accident response. FHWA recognizes the importance of ports when
discussing this topic; input from Port Authorities must be obtained to
complete the public inventory. In addition, FHWA finds that the survey
on the adequacy of truck parking opportunities is not limited to
publicly owned facilities; input from private sector facility owners/
operators must be obtained to adequately complete the required work
provided in the federal legislation. FHWA also finds that input
obtained from trucking company representatives (owners or their
designees, especially those in logistics or who schedule drivers) and
truck drivers, key stakeholders for truck parking facilities who are
most likely to know where truck parking is needed, will be necessary to
complete the survey requirements. As per MAP-21 section 1401(c)(3),
this survey will be conducted periodically to allow for required
updates.
Types of Survey Questions: FHWA intends to survey Department of
Transportation personnel in each State on the location, number of
spaces, availability and demand for truck parking in their State,
including at rest facilities, truck parking information systems, truck
parking plans, as well as any impediments to providing adequate truck
parking capacity (including but not limited to legislative, regulatory,
or financial issues; zoning; public and private impacts, approval, and
participation; availability of land; insurance requirements and other
issues). FHWA intends to survey Port Authority personnel on number of
spaces, availability, and demand for truck parking at their facility,
truck parking information systems, reservation systems, as well as
future plans for expansion or reduction of truck parking. FHWA intends
to survey private truck stop operators in each State on the location,
number of truck parking spaces, availability and demand they observe at
their facilities. FHWA intends to survey public safety officials in
each State on their records and observations of truck parking use and
patterns, including the location and frequency of trucks parked
adjacent to roadways and on exit and entrance ramps to roadway
facilities. FHWA intends to survey trucking companies and truck drivers
regarding the location and frequency of insufficient truck parking and
capacity at rest facilities, future truck parking needs and locations,
availability of information on truck parking capacity, and other
impediments to identification, access and use of truck parking. Other
questions may be included as needed as a result of input from the focus
groups, stakeholder outreach or at FHWA's discretion, or as follow-up
to the survey.
Estimate:
State Departments of Transportation = 52 (4 hours each) = up to 208
hours;
State Enforcement Personnel = 52 (1 hour each) = up to 52 hours;
Port Authorities = 205 (1 hour each) = up to 205 hours;
Private Facility Owners/Operators = 300 (1 hour each) = up to 300
hours; and
Trucking Company Representatives and Drivers = 800 (30 minutes
each) = up to 400 hours;
Total number of respondents = 1,409 for the survey.
Total burden hours = no more than 1,165 hours (as allocated above).
Estimated Total Annual Burden: This survey will be updated
periodically; the estimated total burden for each survey cycle for all
respondents is no more than 1,165 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.
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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: February 7, 2024.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-02840 Filed 2-9-24; 8:45 am]
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