Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection Publication: Federal Register Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis Date: 30 May 2024 Subjects: American Government , Roads & Highways

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 105 (Thursday, May 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46985-46986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11843]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2024-0043]


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 invites public comments about our intention to 
request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for a new 
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.

DATES: Please submit comments by July 29, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 
FHWA-2024-0043 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. Tashia J. Clemons, Office of 
Infrastructure, 202-493-0551, tashia.clemons@dot.gov, Federal Highway 
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20590. Office 
hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Risk-Based Asset Management Plans.
    Background: Under 23 U.S.C. 119(e) and implementing regulations at 
23 CFR part 515, State Departments of Transportation (DOT) are required 
to develop Risked-Based Asset Management Plans (AMP) for the National 
Highway System (NHS) to improve or preserve the condition of the assets 
on and the performance of the NHS. Each State DOT must also annually 
demonstrate to FHWA that it has implemented an AMP that meets the 
requirements of 23 U.S.C. 119(e) and 23 CFR part 515 (23 CFR 
515.13(b)(2)), and each State DOT must submit its processes for the 
development of its AMP to FHWA for certification and recertification 
every four years following the year of initial certification (23 U.S.C. 
119(e)(6)). Section 11105(3) of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) 
(Pub. L. 117-58) added the requirement in 23 U.S.C. 119(e)(4)(D) that 
risk management and lifecycle cost analyses in AMPs discuss extreme 
weather and resilience.
    Respondents: There are 52 State Departments of Transportation 
(State DOT) that are required to submit information (State DOTs).\1\ Of 
these, 17

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State DOTs already conduct extreme weather and resilience analyses.
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    \1\ The District of Columbia and Puerto Rico are considered 
States for the purposes of the Federal-aid highway program. See 23 
U.S.C. 101(a)(28).
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    Frequency: Annually (to demonstrate implementation of an AMP) and 
every 4 years (when submitting processes for the development of an AMP 
for recertification).
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: Per State DOT, the estimated 
annual burden is 884 hours for the general AMP preparation, plus an 
additional 1,560 burden hours per State DOT that does not already 
perform extreme weather and resilience analyses.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: Total estimated average annual 
burden is 100,568 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 May 24, 2024.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-11843 Filed 5-29-24; 8:45 am]
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