Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection Publication: Federal Register Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis Date: 11 July 2024 Subjects: American Government , Trucking

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 133 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 56921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15249]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2024-0050]


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 September 9, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 
0050 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: Chip Millard, Reduction of Truck 
Emissions at Port Facilities Grant Program Manager, 202-366-4415, 
Office of Transportation Management (HOTM), Federal Highway 
Administration, Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 
SE, Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 
ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Reduction of Truck Emissions at Port Facilities Grant 
Program.
    Background: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) created the 
Reduction of Truck Emissions at Port Facilities (RTEPF), which includes 
a discretionary grant program that was allocated up to $400 million 
over the five-year life of the BIL. The BIL provides the RTEPF Grant 
Program funding to test, evaluate, and deploy projects that reduce 
port-related emissions from idling trucks, including through the 
advancement of port electrification and improvements in efficiency, 
focusing on port operations, including heavy-duty commercial vehicles, 
and other related projects.
    Respondents: Eligible applicants for RTEPF Grant Program funds are 
entities that (1) have authority over, operate, or utilize port 
facilities and/or intermodal port transfer facilities, (2) have 
authority over areas within or adjacent to ports and intermodal port 
transfer facilities, or (3) will test and/or evaluate technologies that 
reduce truck emissions at port facilities and/or intermodal port 
transfer facilities.
    Frequency: RTEPF Grant Program Notices of Funding Opportunity 
(NOFOs) will be issued annually during the life of the BIL, though some 
years of funding created for the program may be combined, resulting in 
a multi-year NOFO.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 40 hours per respondent per 
application.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: In the first round of the 
RTEPF Grant Program (FY 2022-2023 NOFO), approximately 50 applications 
(both complete and incomplete combined) were received. It is expected a 
similar number of applications will be submitted for the FY 2024 NOFO, 
creating an estimated total of 2000 annual burden 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: July 8, 2024.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-15249 Filed 7-10-24; 8:45 am]
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