2025-00323. Asset Management Plans; Management and Monitoring Systems

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Department of Transportation

Federal Highway Administration

1. 23 CFR Part 500
2. 23 CFR Part 515
3. [FHWA Docket No. FHWA-2024-0048]
4. RIN 2125-AG00

AGENCY:

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION:

Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

SUMMARY:

The FHWA is extending the comment period for a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) and request for comments, which was published on November 13, 2024. The original comment period is set to close on January 13, 2025. The extension is based on concerns expressed by stakeholders that the January 13, 2025, closing date does not provide sufficient time to review and provide comprehensive comments. The FHWA recognizes that others interested in commenting may have similar concerns and agrees that the comment period should be extended. Therefore, the closing date for comments is changed to February 12, 2025, which will provide stakeholders and others interested in commenting additional time to discuss, evaluate, and submit responses to the docket.

DATES:

Comments must be received on or before February 12, 2025. Late comments will be considered to the extent practicable.

ADDRESSES:

Mail or hand deliver comments to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Dockets Management Facility, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, or submit electronically at https://www.regulations.gov. All comments should include the docket number that ( print page 6874) appears in the heading of this document. All comments received will be available for examination and copying at the above address from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Those desiring notification of receipt of comments must include a self-addressed, stamped postcard or may print the acknowledgment page that appears after submitting comments electronically. Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70, Pages 19477-78) or you may visit https://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Tashia J. Clemons, Office of Infrastructure, 202-493-0551, [e-mail]; or Mariya Tikhonova, Office of the Chief Counsel, 202-366-1356, [e-mail], Federal Highway Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Access and Filing

You may submit or access all comments received by the DOT online through: https://www.regulations.gov. Electronic submission and retrieval help and guidelines are available on the website. It is available 24 hours each day, 365 days each year. Please follow the instructions. An electronic copy of this document may also be downloaded from the Federal Register 's home page at: https://www.federalregister.gov.

Background

On November 13, 2024, at 89 FR 89506, FHWA published in the Federal Register an NPRM proposing changes to the Asset Management Plans and Management and Monitoring Systems regulations. The original comment period for the NPRM closes on January 13, 2025. Stakeholders have expressed concern that this closing date does not provide sufficient time to review and provide comprehensive comments on the proposal. The FHWA recognizes that others interested in commenting may have similar concerns and agrees that the comment period should be extended by 30 days for interested parties to submit comprehensive comments. The closing date is changed from January 13, 2025, to February 12, 2025.

Authority: Sec. 1106 and 1203 of Pub. L. 112-141, 126 Stat. 405; 23 U.S.C. 109, 119(e), 144, 150(c), and 315; 49 CFR 1.85(a).

Gloria M. Shepherd,

Acting Deputy Administrator, Federal Highway Administration.