Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection Publication: Federal Register Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis Date: 27 February 2024 Subjects: American Government , Roads & Highways

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14555-14556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03948]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2024-0013]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for 
Extension 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 an extension of an information collection. 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 March 28, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 
0013 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: Miranda Sim, 202-366-0756 or Beatriz 
Hernandez, 202-366-3126, Office of Budget and Finance, 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: We published a Federal Register Notice with 
a 60-day public comment period on this information collection on 
December 26, 2023 (88 FR 89006).
    Title: Funds Transfers to Other Agencies and Among Title 23 
Programs.
    OMB Control: 2125-0620.
    Background: The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), 
Public Law 117-58, continues the ability of States to transfer highway 
funds to other States and agencies and among programs/projects. These 
authorities are codified in sections 104 and 126 of title 23, United 
States Code, as amended by the IIJA. Transferability under the IIJA is 
generally similar to that allowed under previous authorization acts 
such as the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, Moving 
Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), and the Safe, 
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy 
for Users (SAFETEA-LU). This notice establishes requirements for 
initiating the transfer of apportioned funds (funds distributed among 
States and programs by statutory formula) to carry out these provisions 
of law. The types of transfers affected by this notice are:
    a. Transfer of funds from a State to the FHWA pursuant to U.S.C. 
Title 23, Sec.  104(f)(3).
    b. Transfer of funds from a State to a Federal Agency other than 
FHWA.
    c. Transfer of funds from a State to another State.
    d. Transfer of funds from FHWA to Federal Transit Administration 
pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 104(f)(1).
    e. Transfer of funds between programs pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 126; 
and,
    f. Transfer of funds between projects.
    The State initiating the fund transfer must fill out a FHWA Funds 
Transfer Request form. This form is either filled out manually via the 
currently approved paper-based transfer form (FHWA-1575C) or 
electronically via the FHWA Funds Control Module in the Fiscal 
Management Information System (FMIS). The information required in the 
FMIS Funds Control Module is equivalent to the information required in 
the paper-based transfer form and over ninety percent of the transfers 
are now required to be submitted electronically. These transfers are 
routed electronically after State DOT approval, from the State DOT to 
the FHWA Division Office; after Division Office concurrence, from the 
Division Office to the FHWA Budget Office; and finally, the FHWA Budget 
Office processes the request. Automating in the FMIS Funds Control 
Module allowed the transfer request process to be streamlined by 
incorporating system validations to limit errors and by automating the 
flow of the approval process. Information required to fill out a 
transfer form includes the requester's contact information; a 
description of the program/project the transfer will come from and go 
to, the fiscal year, the program code, a demo ID, or an urban area when 
applicable, and the amount to be transferred.
    Respondents: 50 State Transportation Departments, the District of 
Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: It is estimated that a total 
of 2,000 responses will be received annually, which would equal a total 
annual burden of 500 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: February 22, 2024.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
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