Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection Publication: Federal Register Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis Date: 1 May 2024 Subjects: American Government , Roads & Highways

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 35300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09421]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2024-0033]


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 31, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 
0033 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: Melissa Corder, 202-366-5853, Office 
of Real Estate Services, 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 
November 20, 2023 at 88 FR 80809. There were no comments received.
    Title: Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition 
Regulations for Federal and Federally Assisted Programs.
    Background: This program implements 42 U.S.C. 4602, concerning 
acquisition of real property and relocation assistance for persons 
displaced by Federal and federally assisted programs. It prohibits the 
provision of relocation assistance and payments to persons not legally 
present in the United States (with certain exceptions). The information 
collected consists of a certification of residency status from affected 
persons to establish eligibility for relocation assistance and 
payments. Displacing agencies will require each person who is to be 
displaced by a Federal or federally assisted project, as a condition of 
eligibility for relocation payments or advisory assistance, to certify 
they are lawfully present in the United States.
    Respondents: Federal agencies, 50 State Transportation Departments, 
the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the 
Virgin Islands, local government agencies, persons administering 
projects or programs and airport sponsors receiving financial 
assistance for expenditures of Federal funds on acquisition and 
relocation payments and required services to displaced persons that are 
subject to the Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition 
Policies Act of 1970, as amended, for file maintenance and for annual 
statistical reports.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: The estimated average burden 
per response varies. For the respondents, it takes 15 minutes to 
complete the relocation certification. It takes 1 hour for the file 
record keeping.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: The estimated total annual 
burden hours are 10,000 hours, including the 2,000 hours for 
respondents and 8,000 for the file record keeping.
    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 26, 2024.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-09421 Filed 4-30-24; 8:45 am]
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