[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 130 (Friday, July 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 35305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17109]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[FHWA Docket No. 96-23]
Utilization of the Private Sector for Surveying and Mapping
Services
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: Section 306 of title 23, United States Code, requires the
Secretary of Transportation to issue guidance to encourage States to
utilize, to the maximum extent practicable, private sector sources for
surveying and mapping services for projects under title 23 of the
United States Code. The FHWA requests information from the public,
State and local transportation agencies, public and private
professional organizations, private sector firms, and others on the
appropriate role of the State and private sector in surveying and
mapping activities.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 3, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Submit written, signed comments to FHWA Docket No. 96-23,
Federal Highway Administration Room 4232, HCC-10, Office of the Chief
Counsel, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, D.C. 20590. All comments
received will be available for examination at the above address between
8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Felix Rodriguez-Soto, Office of
Engineering, 202-366-1564, or Wilbert Baccus, (HCC-32), Office of the
Chief Counsel, 202-366-0780. The address is Federal Highway
Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, D.C. 20590. Office
hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday
except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 306 of title 23 of the United States
Code, as amended by the National Highway System Designation Act of
1995, authorizes, wherever practicable, the use of photogrammetric
methods in mapping and the utilization of the private sector for such
services. Section 306(b) requires the Secretary of Transportation to
issue guidance to encourage States to utilize, to the maximum extent
practicable, private sector sources for surveying and mapping services
for projects under title 23 of the United States Code. Interested
persons are invited to submit information and comments addressing the
appropriate roles for States and the private sector in mapping and
surveying activities including the following areas:
(1) preparation of standards and specifications;
(2) research in surveying and mapping instrumentation and
procedures and technology transfer to the private sector;
(3) providing technical guidance, coordination, and administration
of State surveying and mapping activities; and
(4) recommending methods for increasing the use by the States of
private sector sources for surveying and mapping activities.
The FHWA will review the information received and consider it in
the development of the guidance required by the Act.
Authority: 23 U.S.C. 306, 315; 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: June 25, 1996.
Rodney E. Slater,
Federal Highway Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-17109 Filed 7-3-96; 8:45 am]
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