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

Topics:  Federal Highway Administration

Juli Huynh
Federal Register
July 22, 2011

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 141 (Friday, July 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 44081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18565]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2011-0067]


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

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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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 a new 
information collection, which is summarized below under SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION. We published a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day 
public comment period on this information collection on May 18, 2011. 
We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Please submit comments by August 22, 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-2011-0067.

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.

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

    Issued on: July 19, 2011.
Juli Huynh,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-18565 Filed 7-21-11; 8:45 am]
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