[Federal Register: March 28, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 61)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2008-0044]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Comments;
Renewed Approval of a Previously Approved Information Collection;
Environmental Streamlining: Measuring the Performance of Stakeholders
in the Transportation Project Development Process II
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public comments about our intention to
request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval to renew
an information collection, which is summarized below under
Supplementary Information. We are required to publish this notice in
the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by May 27, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT DMS Docket Number
FHWA-2008-0044 by any of the following methods:
Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. Follow the instructions for
submitting comments on the Department of Transportation Docket
Management System electronic docket site.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200
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New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590.
Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC
20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to http://dms.dot.gov at any time or to U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington,
DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Kreig Larson, 202-366-2056,
Planning and Environment, Federal Highway Administration, Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave., Washington, DC 20590. Office
hours are from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Environmental Streamlining: Measuring the Performance of
Stakeholders in the Transportation Project Development Process II.
Background: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), FHWA, has
contracted with the Gallup Organization to conduct a survey of
professionals associated with transportation and resource agencies in
order to gather their views about the workings of the environmental
review process for transportation projects and how the process can
become more efficient. The purpose of the survey is to: (1) Collect the
responses of agency professionals to questions about their involvement
in conducting the decision-making processes mandated by the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other resource protection laws in
order to develop benchmark performance measures; and (2) identify where
the performance of the process might be improved by the application of
techniques for streamlining. This is a survey conducted of only local,
state, and federal officials who work with the NEPA process.
Respondents: Approximately 2,000 professionals/officials from
transportation and natural resource agencies.
Frequency: This is the third time this survey has been conducted
over a period of seven years.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: The FHWA estimates that each
respondent will complete the survey in approximately 15 minutes.
Respondents will have the option of answering the survey's questions
either over the telephone or online. With a potential total of 2,000
survey respondents, an estimated 500 burden hours are expected for this
project.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed
collection is necessary for the FHWA's performance; (2) the accuracy of
the estimated burden; (3) ways for the FHWA to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the collected information; and (4) ways that
the burden could be minimized, including the use of electronic
technology, without reducing the quality of the collected information.
The agency will summarize and/or include your comments in the request
for OMB's clearance of this information collection.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; Pages 19477-78), or you may visit
http://dms.dot.gov.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued On: March 21, 2008.
Original signed by:
Judith Kane,
Team Leader, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
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