[Federal Register: December 24, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 247)]
[Notices]
[Page 78558]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket OST-2002-14107]
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended) this notice announces the Department of
Transportation's (DOT) intention to request extension for a currently
approved information collection.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by February 24, 2003.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that you do not duplicate your docket submissions,
please submit them by only one of the following means:
(1) By mail to the Docket Management Facility (SVC-124), U.S.
Department of Transportation, Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20590-0001. [It is important to note that because of
current security procedures affecting the U.S. Mail, other means (e.g.,
FedEx, UPS) may be faster];
(2) By delivery to room PL-401 on the Plaza Level of the Nassif
Building, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone
number is 202-366-9329;
(3) By fax to the Docket Management Facility at 202-493-2251; or
(4) By electronic means through the Web site for the Docket
Management System at: http://dms.dot.gov.
The Docket Management Facility maintains the public docket for this
rulemaking. Comments to the docket will be available for inspection or
copying at room PL-401 on the Plaza Level of the Nassif Building, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays. The public may also review
docketed comments electronically at: http://dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert C. Ashby, Office of the
Secretary, Office of Assistant General Counsel for Regulation and
Enforcement, Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh St., SW.,
Washington, DC 20590 (202) 366-9310 (voice) 202-366-9313 (fax) or at
bob.ashby@ost.dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Report of DBE Awards and Commitments.
OMB Control Number: 2105-0510.
Type of Request: Extension to a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: 49 CFR part 26 establishes requirements for the
Department of Transportation (DOT) so as to comply with the mandate by
statute including 1103(b) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century (TEA-21) of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-178) and 49 U.S.C. 47113, PL 105-
178 retains the annual survey and listing from each state of small
business concerns and the location of such concerns, and notification
to the Secretary of Transportation of the percentage of such concerns
controlled by women and by socially and economically disadvantaged
individuals other than women. If these reporting requirements were not
available, firms controlled by minorities would not achieve the fullest
possible participation in DOT programs, and the Department would not be
able to identify its recipients and evaluate the extent to which
financial assistance recipients have been awarded a reasonable amount.
In order to minimize the burden on DOT recipients the Department
has limited its informational request and reporting frequency to that
necessary to meet its program and administrative monitoring
requirements. The informational request consists of 17 data items on
one page and one attachment, to be completed on an annual, semi-annual
or quarterly basis. It is the overall long range objective of DOT to
permit all DOT recipients to report on a yearly basis depending upon
their past experience in meeting their goals.
Respondents: DOT financially-assisted state and local
transportation agencies.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,057.
Estimated Total Burden on Respondents: 1,456,683.
The information collection is available for inspection in the DOT
Dockets Management System (DMS), 400 Seventh St., SW., Washington, DC
20590 (202) 366-9310.
Comments are Invited on: (a) Whether the collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the
Department, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of
the proposed information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) 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.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Issued in Washington, DC on December 18, 2002.
Robert C. Ashby,
Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Regulation and Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 02-32407 Filed 12-23-02; 8:45 am]
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