[Federal Register: September 18, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 180)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2007-29228]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for
Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA has forwarded the information collection request
described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
to renew an information collection. We published a Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day public comment period on this information
collection on July 2, 2007. We are required to publish this notice in
the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by October 18, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments within 30 days to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget,
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention DOT Desk Officer.
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. All comments should include the
Docket number FHWA-2007-29228.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ralph Gillmann, 202-366-0160,
Office of Highway Policy Information, Office of Policy and Governmental
Affairs, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation,
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are
from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Preparation and Execution of the Project Agreement and
Modifications.
OMB Control Number: 2125-0529 (expiration date September 30, 2007)
.
Background: Formal agreements between State Transportation
Departments and the FHWA are required for Federal-aid highway
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projects. These agreements, referred to as ``project agreements'' are
written contracts between the State and the Federal government that
define the extent of work to be undertaken and commitments made
concerning a highway project. Section 1305 of the Transportation Equity
Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21, Pub. L. 105-178) amended 23 U.S.C.
106(a) and combined authorization of work and execution of the project
agreement for a Federal-aid project into a single action. States
continue to have the flexibility to use whatever format is suitable to
provide the statutory information required, and burden estimates for
this information collection are not changed.
Respondents: There are 56 respondents, including 50 State
Transportation Departments, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the
Territories of Guam, the Virgin Islands and American Samoa.
Frequency: On an on-going basis as project agreements are written.
Estimated Average Annual Burden per Response: There is an average
of 476 annual agreements per respondent. Each agreement requires 1 hour
to complete.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 26,656 hours.
Electronic Access: Internet users may access all comments received
by the U.S. DOT Dockets by using the universal resource locator (URL):
http://dms.dot.gov, 24 hours each day, 365 days each year. Please
follow the instructions online for more information and help.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: September 12, 2007.
James R. Kabel,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
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