Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection Publication: Federal Register Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis Date: 19 July 2024 Subjects: American Government , Roads & Highways

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58874-58875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15941]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2024-0055]


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 August 19, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 
0055 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: Adam Larsen, (360) 619-2601, 
Adam.Larsen@dot.gov, Office of Tribal Transportation, Office of Federal 
Lands Highway, Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
Transportation, 610 E 5th Street, Vancouver, WA 98661. Office hours are 
from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time, 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 May 9, 
2024, at [89 FR 42571]. The comments and FHWA's responses are below:
    There were no comments received.
    Title: Tribal Transportation Program Safety Fund (TTPSF).
    Background: The TTPSF is authorized within the Tribal 
Transportation Program (TTP) under section 202(e) of title 23, United 
States Code (U.S.C.) which reads ``to be allocated based on an 
identification and analysis of highway safety issues and opportunities 
on tribal land, as determined by the Secretary, on application of the 
Indian tribal governments''. The Federal Highway Administration has 
developed an application process which is described in a Notice of 
Funding Opportunity (NOFO). The current NOFO was published on June 7, 
2022.
    Respondents: Eligible applicants to the TTPSF are the 574 Federally 
Recognized Indian Tribes as described in 89 FR 944 or future updates 
published in the Federal Register.
    Frequency: Applications are accepted on an annual basis during a 
60-90 day application intake period.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: A complete application 
consists of a completed application form and project narrative 3-7 
pages in length, on average. An average of 130 applications are 
received annually from an average of 95 eligible applicants. Each 
application is estimated to take an average of 2.25 hours to complete.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: Total estimated average annual 
burden is 293 hours.
    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of 
this information collection, including: (1)

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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 16, 2024.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-15941 Filed 7-18-24; 8:45 am]
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