Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Renewal of a Previously Approved Information Collection

Judith Kane
Federal Highway Administration
January 3, 2011

[Federal Register: January 3, 2011 (Volume 76, Number 1)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2010-0175]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for 
Renewal of a Previously Approved 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 renew an information collection. We published a Federal Register 
Notice with a 60-day public comment period on this information 
collection on September 15, 2010. We are required to publish this 
notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Please submit comments by February 2, 2011.

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 
FHWA's performance; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (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. All comments should include the 
Docket number FHWA-2010-0175.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Kenneth Petty, (202) 366-6654, 
Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty; Federal Highway 
Administration, Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, 
SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Planning and Research Program 
Administration.
    OMB Control #: 2125-0039.
    Background: Under the provisions of Title 23, United States Code, 
Section 505, 2 percent of Federal-aid highway funds in certain 
categories that are apportioned to the States are set aside to be used 
only for State Planning and Research (SPR). At least 25 percent of

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the SPR funds apportioned annually must be used for research, 
development, and technology transfer activities. In accordance with 
government-wide grant management procedures, a grant application must 
be submitted for these funds. In addition, recipients must submit 
periodic progress and financial reports. In lieu of Standard Form 424, 
Application for Federal Assistance, the FHWA uses a work program as the 
grant application. The information contained in the work program 
includes task descriptions, assignments of responsibility for 
conducting the work effort, and estimated costs for the tasks. This 
information is necessary to determine how FHWA planning and research 
funds will be utilized by the State Transportation Departments and if 
the proposed work is eligible for Federal participation. The content 
and frequency of submission of progress and financial reports specified 
in 23 CFR part 420 are specified in OMB Circular A-102 and the 
companion common grant management regulations.
    Respondents: 52 State Transportation Departments, including the 
District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Estimated Average Annual Burden per Response: 560 hours per 
respondent.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 29,120 hours.

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

    Issued On: December 22, 2010.
Judith Kane,
Acting Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
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