[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 60 (Monday, March 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15254-15255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8265]
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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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