Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection Publication: Federal Register Agency: Federal Highway Administration Byline: Jazmyne Lewis Date: 27 September 2024 Subjects: American Government , Roads & Highways

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 188 (Friday, September 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79333-79334]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22193]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2024-0066]


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 November 26, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 
0066 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. Office 
hours are from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Relocation Assistance Personal Interviews for FHWA Federal 
and Federally Assisted Programs under the Uniform Relocation Assistance 
and Real Property Acquisition Polies Act of 1970, as amended (Uniform 
Act).
    Background: This program implements 42 U.S.C. 4602, concerning 
acquisition of real property and relocation assistance for persons 
displaced by FHWA Federal and federally assisted programs. It requires 
the provision of relocation assistance and payments to U.S. citizens 
and persons legally present in the United States. The information 
collected consists of a personal interview of affected persons to 
establish eligibility for relocation assistance and payments. 
Displacing agencies will request each person who is to be displaced by 
a FHWA Federal or federally assisted project to voluntarily assist the 
agency in determining the benefits that their household, business, 
farm, or non-profit organization may be eligible to receive through the 
personal interview to determine their needs and preferences related to 
the move. This information is not required from the displaced person 
for the agency to proceed.
    Respondents: Any of the 56 State Departments of Transportations 
(52, including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico), and the United 
States territories of American Samoa, Guam, N. Mariana Is., and the 
Virgin Islands of the United States (4 territories), local government 
agencies, persons administering projects or programs 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, (Uniform Act) for determination of 
Uniform Act relocation program benefit amounts, and file maintenance.
    Frequency: The information will be collected once per displacement 
of a household, business, farm, or non-profit organization.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 1.5 hours per respondent per 
personal interview.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: It is expected that the 
respondents will complete approximately 4,800 personal interviews for 
an estimated total of 6,900 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

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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: September 24, 2024.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-22193 Filed 9-26-24; 8:45 am]
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