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

Topics:  U.S. Department of Transportation

Phillip A. Leach (Federal Register)
March 30, 1998

[Federal Register: March 30, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 60)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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 compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 1995 (44 USC 
Chapter 35), this notice announces that the Information Collection 
Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget

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(OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature of the 
information collection and its expected burden. The Federal Register 
Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the 
following collection of information was published on November 28, 1997 
[62 FR 63408].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 29, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Paul Scott, Office of Motor 
Carriers,(202) 366-4104, Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

    Title: Emergency Relief Funding Applications.
    OMB Number: 2125-0525.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Form(s): N/A.
    Affected Public: State Highway Agencies.
    Abstract: 23 U.S.C. 125 requires States to submit an application 
for emergency relief (ER) funds to the Federal Highway Administration. 
The ER funds are established for the repair or reconstruction of 
Federal-aid highways and Federal roads which are found to have suffered 
serious damage by natural disasters over a wide area or serious damage 
from catastrophic failures. The information is needed for the FHWA to 
fulfill its statutory obligations regarding funding determinations on 
emergency work to repair highway facilities. The requirements covering 
the FHWA ER program are contained in 23 CFR part 668.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 7,200.

ADDRESSES: 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 25, 1998.
Phillip A. Leach,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 98-8265 Filed 3-27-98; 8:45 am]
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