Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review

Phillip A. Leach
U.S. Department of Transportation
March 17, 1998

[Federal Register: March 17, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 51)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

 
Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information 
Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 3501, et seq.) this notice announces that the Department 
of Transportation has submitted an emergency processing public 
information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-113, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). OMB approval has been 
requested by March 31, 1998. The ICR abstracted below describes the 
nature of the information collection and it's burden.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before April 17, 
1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Marshall Schy, Federal Highway 
Administration (HRE-10); Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh St. 
SW., Washington, DC 20590 at (202) 366-2035.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Office of the Secretary

    Title: Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition 
Regulations for Federal and Federally Assisted Programs.
    OMB Control Number: 2105-0508.
    Affected Public: Federal, State, and Local government; individuals, 
households, businesses, farms, not-for-profit institutions.
    Abstract: The regulations implementing the Uniform Relocation 
Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as 
amended (49 CFR 24.9), require covered agencies to maintain adequate 
records of acquisition and relocation activities under the Act. In 
addition, the Federal Highway Administration requires the 52 state 
highway agencies carrying out the Federal-aid highway program to report 
their Uniform Act acquisition and relocation activities once every 
third year. The latest ICR authorizing burden hours for these 
activities has expired. Therefore, the Department of Transportation is 
seeking emergency clearance to reinstate approval to collect the afore-
mentioned information.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 29,000 hours.
    Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20503, Attention DOT Desk Officer.
    Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize 
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including 
the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.
    A comment to OMB is best assured of having its full effect if OMB 
receives it within 30 days of publication.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 11, 1998.
Phillip A. Leach,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 98-6886 Filed 3-16-98; 8:45 am]
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