[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 66960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30987]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the
Office of Management and Budget (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 information collection was
published on May 20, 1999 (64 FR 27615).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 30, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. James Getzewich, (202) 366-0175,
Highway Systems Performance, Office of Highway Policy Information,
Federal Highway Administration, 400 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC
20590-0001. Office hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., e.t., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS)--Field Manual.
OMB Number: 2125-0028.
Type of Request: Renewal of a currently-approved information
collection.
Affected Public: State governments of the 50 United States, the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the four
territories (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, and Virgin
Islands).
Abstract: The HPMS data which is collected is used for management
decisions affecting transportation, such as estimates of future highway
needs of the Nation and assessments of the highway system performance.
This data is essential to FHWA and Congress in evaluating effectiveness
of the Federal-aid highway program providing miles, lane-miles, and
travel components of apportionment formulae. The information is used by
FHWA to develop and implement legislation and by State and Federal
transportation officials to adequately plan, design, and administer
effective, safe, and efficient transportation systems. A recently
completed reassessment of the HPMS resulted in the elimination and/or
streamlining of approximately 20 percent of the required data.
Therefore, a reduction in burden hours for this currently-approved
information collection is anticipated.
Frequency: Annually.
Estimated Burden: The estimated average burden per response for the
annual collection and processing of the HPMS data is 1,440 hours for
the States, the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico; and 20 hours for each of the four territories. The estimated
total annual burden for all respondents is 74,960 hours.
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 most effective if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication of this Notice.
Issued on: November 22, 1999.
Michael J. Vecchietti,
Director, Office of Information and Management Services.
[FR Doc. 99-30987 Filed 11-29-99; 8:45 am]
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