Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection Publication: Federal Register Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis Date: 5 April 2024 Subjects: American Government , Roads & Highways

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 67 (Friday, April 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24085-24086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07249]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2024-0025]


Agency Information Collection Activities: 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 has forwarded the information collection request 
described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
to approve a new information collection. 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 
0025 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: Ms. Cynthia Essenmacher, (202) 780-
6178, Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 
Office of Operations, Office of Transportation Management (HOTM-1), 
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 
7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We published a Federal Register notice with 
a 60-day public comment period on this information collection on 
January 24, 2024 (89 FR 4649).
    Title: Innovative Finance and Equal Access for Over the Road Buses.
    Background: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Office of 
Operations and Office of the Chief Financial Officer, jointly collects 
information related to State Infrastructure Banks (SIB), Grant 
Anticipation Revenue Vehicles, and Toll Credits. This information is 
published on FHWA's public websites to monitor activity in each 
innovative finance program. This information satisfies the requirement 
under 23 U.S.C. 610(g)(7) for each SIB to make an annual report to the 
Secretary on its status no later than September 30 of each year and 
such other reports as the Secretary may require. The data will also 
satisfy new requirements under section 11503 of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), Public Law 117-58, effective November 
15, 2021, requiring the Secretary to make available a publicly 
accessible website on which States shall post the amount of toll 
credits that are available for sale or transfer.
    The data includes activity, volume, and balances. The data is 
published annually on the Center for Innovative Finance's website. 
Information from this collection is used for the proper stewardship and 
oversight of each program, as well as compliance with each program's 
Federal statute.
    Equal Access for Over the Road Busses: Section 11523 of the 
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), enacted as the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act, Public Law 117-58 (Nov. 15, 2021) amended 23 
U.S.C. 129 to add reporting requirements to the equal access provisions 
for over the road busses. Specifically, not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of the BIL, a public authority that operates a 
toll facility shall report to the Secretary any rates, terms, or 
conditions for access to the toll facility by public transportation 
vehicles that differ from the rates, terms, or conditions applicable to 
over-the-road buses.
    Further, a public authority that operates a toll facility shall 
report to the Secretary any change to the rates, terms, or conditions 
for access to the toll facility by public transportation vehicles that 
differ from the rates, terms, or conditions applicable to over-the-road 
buses by not later than 30 days after the date on which the change 
takes effect.
    Respondents: State governments of the 50 States, the District of 
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the 
Northern Marianas, and the Virgin Islands share this burden.
    Frequency: Annually August 1st to October 31st.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: The estimated average 
reporting burden per response for the annual collection and processing 
of the data is 55.5 hours for each of the States (including local 
governments), the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Marianas, and the Virgin 
Islands.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: The estimated total annual 
burden for all respondents is 1164.5 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: April 2, 2024.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
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