Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Revision of Currently Approved Information Collection Publication: Federal Register Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis Date: 7 March 2024 Subjects: American Government , Roads & Highways

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 46 (Thursday, March 7, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16611-16612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04847]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2024-0016]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for 
Revision 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 invites public comments about our intention to 
request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for 
renewal of an existing information collection that 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 May 6, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 
0016 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: Kenneth Petty, 202-366-6654, Office of 
Planning, Environment, and Realty, 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: Assessment of Transportation Planning Agency Needs, 
Capabilities and Capacity.
    OMB Control #: 2125-0655.
    Background: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is committed 
to advancing the transportation planning process working with States, 
Metropolitan Planning Organizations, Tribal governments, and transit 
operators as they make long- and short-range transportation improvement 
priorities in coordination with the traveling public, the business 
community, community groups, environmental organizations, and freight 
operators. Through this effort FHWA will update information on the 
current state of the practice, data, methods, and systems used by 
State, metropolitan, regional, local, and Tribal transportation 
planning entities to support their required planning process

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in accordance with title 23 United States Code 134 and 135. This 
information will be used to develop and deliver existing and future 
Federal Highway Programs through successful partnerships, value-added 
stewardship, and risk-based oversight. This effort ensures FHWA's 
renewed focus on equity and organizational excellence, which translates 
into having a skilled workforce and support system positioned and 
equipped to deliver its mission.
    Respondents: 50 State Transportation Departments, the District of 
Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands; 
Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO), Tribal Governments, and/or 
Regional Planning Organizations (RPO).
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: Each State, MPO, Tribal 
Government, and RPO will be solicited to provide information up to two 
times per year. The annual number of burden hours (professional and 
clerical staff) per respondent to answer questions on the current state 
of the practice, data, methods, and systems used by State, 
metropolitan, regional, local, and Tribal transportation planning 
entities to support their required planning process is estimated to be 
3 (biannually x 1.5 hours). The total annual burden for all respondents 
is estimated to be 2,850 burden hours (3 burden hours per respondent 
times 950 respondents).
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: Total estimated average annual 
burden is 2,850 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: March 4, 2024.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-04847 Filed 3-6-24; 8:45 am]
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