Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Approval of a New Information Collection

Topics:  Federal Highway Administration

Juli Huynh (Federal Register)
May 18, 2011

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28844-28845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12168]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Docket No. FHWA-2011-0044


Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for 
Approval of a New Information Collection

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

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ACTION: Notice of Request for Approval of a New 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 of a new 
information collection that is summarized below under SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal 
Registerby the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Please submit comments by July 18, 2011.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 
2011-0044 by any of the following methods:
    Web Site: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to the
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: 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.
    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: Jeffrey Miller, (202) 366-0744 or 
jeffrey.miller@dot.gov, Office of Safety Integration, Federal Highway 
Administration, Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, 
SE., Washington, DC 20590, Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP).
    Type of request: New information collection requirement.
    Background: The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient, 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), 23 U.S.C. 
148, established the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) as a 
core Federal program. A Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) is a major 
and mandatory component of the HSIP. A SHSP is a statewide-coordinated, 
data-driven, multi-year comprehensive safety plan coordinated by a 
State Department of Transportation. The purpose of the SHSP is to 
identify the State's key safety needs and guide investment decisions to 
achieve significant reductions in highway fatalities and serious 
injuries on all public roads. The SHSP is developed by each State in a 
cooperative process with local, State, Federal, and private sector 
engineering, education, enforcement, and emergency medical service 
stakeholders. The SHSP process allows highway safety programs in the 
State to work together in an effort to align and leverage resources. 
This coordination also allows State agencies to integrate multiple 
strategic safety plans, including the Highway Safety Plan (HSP) and the 
Commercial Vehicle Safety Plan (CVSP).
    FHWA supports development of SHSPs at the State level by (1) 
Providing technical assistance; (2) conducting education and outreach; 
(3) performing and disseminating research and analysis; (4) developing 
and distributing technical tools, and (5) drafting and disseminating 
policy and guidance. The requested information collection, in the form 
of an on-line survey tool, will be used to evaluate the efficiency and 
effectiveness of these activities in supporting the development and 
implementation of SHSPs. Survey respondents will be asked to provide 
information about their use and opinion of FHWA-supplied products and 
services to support SHSP development and implementation as well as 
their perspectives on the effectiveness of the SHSP program overall. 
Certain survey respondents will also be asked to provide feedback on 
State-level coordination between the SHSP, the HSP and the CVSP annual 
safety plans required by the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration (NHTSA) and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration (FMCSA), respectively. The information will also allow 
FHWA to assess the needs of State DOTs for additional products and 
services in support of the SHSP development, update and implementation 
processes, with the ultimate goal of improving highway safety outcomes 
across the nation.
    Respondents: We estimate that 153 State-level leads responsible for 
development and implementation of the SHSP, the HSP and the CVSP. In 
some cases, an individual may be responsible for more than one plan.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: Approximately 30 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: The total burden for this 
collection would be approximately 76.5 hours.
    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of 
this information collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the U.S. DOT's performance, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the 
accuracy of the U.S. DOT's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
information collection; (3) ways 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 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: May 13, 2011.
Juli Huynh,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-12168 Filed 5-17-11; 8:45 am]
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