Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection

Judith Kane
Federal Highway Administration
October 6, 2010

[Federal Register: October 6, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 193)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2010-0134]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for 
Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of request for extension of currently approved 
information collection.

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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 
renewal of an existing information collection that is summarized below 
under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. The Federal Register notice with a 60-
day public comment period soliciting comments on this information 
collection was published on July 23, 2010. We are required to publish 
this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995.

DATES: Please submit comments by November 5, 2010.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments within 30 days to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention DOT Desk Officer. 
You are asked to comment on any aspect of this information collection, 
including: (1) Whether the proposed collection is necessary for the 
U.S. DOT's performance; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) 
ways for the U.S. DOT 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. All comments should include 
the Docket number FHWA-2010-0134.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Nicholas, (202) 366-2317, Office 
of Freight Management and Operations, Federal Highway Administration, 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 
DC 20590, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Certification of Enforcement of Vehicle Size and Weight 
Laws.
    OMB Control Number: 2125-0034.
    Background: Title 23, U.S.C., section 141, requires each State, the 
District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to file an annual certification 
that they are enforcing their size and weight laws on Federal-aid 
highways and that their Interstate System weight limits are consistent 
with Federal requirements to be eligible to receive an apportionment of 
Federal highway trust funds. Section 141 also authorizes the Secretary 
to require States to file such information as is necessary to verify 
that their certifications are accurate. To determine whether States are 
adequately enforcing their size and weight limits, each must submit an 
updated plan for enforcing their size and weight limits to the FHWA at 
the beginning of each fiscal year. At the end of the fiscal year, they 
must submit their certifications and sufficient information to verify 
that their

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enforcement goals established in the plan have been met. Failure of a 
State to file a certification, adequately enforce its size and weight 
laws and enforce weight laws on the Interstate System that are 
consistent with Federal requirements, could result in a specified 
reduction of its Federal highway fund apportionment for the next fiscal 
year. In addition, section 123 of the Surface Transportation Assistance 
Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-599, 92 Stat. 2689, 2701) requires each 
jurisdiction to inventory (1) its penalties for violation of its size 
and weight laws, and (2) the term and cost of its oversize and 
overweight permits.
    Respondents: The State Departments of Transportation (or 
equivalent) in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
    Frequency: Twice Annually.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: Each response will take 
approximately 40 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,160 hours.

    Authority:  The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.

    Issued On: September 30, 2010.
Judith Kane,
Acting Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
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