[Federal Register: November 30, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 229)]
[Notices]               
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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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