[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 210 (Monday, October 30, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64739-64740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27725]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2000-8136]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Comments;
Clearance of a New Information Collection; Heavy Vehicle Travel
Information System
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 for a new
information collection. The collection involves information on truck
travel miles to be included in the Heavy Vehicle Travel Information
System (HVTIS). We are required to publish this notice in the Federal
Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by December 29, 2000.
ADDRESSES: You may mail or hand deliver comments to the U.S. Department
of Transportation, Dockets Management Facility, Room PL-401, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590; telefax comments to 202/493-
2251; or submit electronically at http://dmses.dot.gov/submit. All
comments should include the docket number in this notice's heading. All
comments may be examined and copied at the above address from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. If you
desire a receipt you must include a self-addressed stamped envelope or
postcard or, if you submit your comments electronically, you may print
the acknowledgment page.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ed Kashuba, 202-366-0160, Office
of Highway Policy Information, Policy Service Business Unit, Federal
Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, 400 7th Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Office hours are from 6:45 a.m. to 4:15
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Heavy Vehicle Travel Information System (HVTIS).
Background: Title 49, United States Code, Section 301, authorizes
the DOT to collect statistical information relevant to domestic
transportation. Title 23, United States Code, Section 307, authorizes
the DOT to engage in studies to collect data for planning future
highway programs. The FHWA is developing the HVTIS to house data that
would be used to analyze the amount
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and nature of truck travel at the national and regional levels. The
information would be used by the FHWA and other DOT administrations to
evaluate changes in truck travel in order to assess impacts on highway
safety; the role of travel in economic productivity; impacts of changes
in truck travel on infrastructure condition; and maintaining our
mobility while protecting the human and natural environment. The
increasing dependence on truck transport requires that data be
available to better assess its overall contribution to the Nation's
well-being. In conducting the data collection, the FHWA will be
requesting that State Departments of Transportation provide periodic
reporting of vehicle classification and weight data which they collect
as part of their existing traffic data collection programs. The
majority of States collect this vehicle weight data periodically
throughout the year using weigh-in-motion devices and also collect
vehicle classification data continuously. The data will allow
transportation professionals at the Federal, state and metropolitan
levels to make informed decisions about policies and plans.
Respondents: 51 State Transportation Departments, including the
District of Columbia.
Frequency: It is proposed that continuous vehicle classification
data be reported on a monthly basis to assure timely information that
can be compared to monthly reports of economic activity. Based on data
collection practices in common use by the State Transportation
Departments, it is proposed that data collected using weigh-in-motion
devices be submitted to FHWA annually.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: The average State
Transportation Department operates 40 continuous vehicle classification
installations as well as 10 weigh-in-motion sites. It is estimated that
the additional processing necessary to make 48 hours of weigh-in-motion
data available to FHWA would be 6 minutes per site per year and that
processing one month of vehicle classification data would take 5
minutes per site per month.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 41 per State; 2,091 total.
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 burdens; (3) ways for the FHWA to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the collected information; and (4) ways that
the burdens could be minimized, including 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.
Electronic Access: Internet users may access all comments received
by the U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL-401, by using the universal resource
locator (URL): http://dms.dot.gov. It is available 24 hours each day,
365 days each year. Please follow the instructions online for more
information and help. An electronic copy of this document may be
downloaded using a modem and suitable communications software from the
Government Printing Office Electronic Bulletin Board Service at
telephone number 202-512-1661. Internet users may reach the Federal
Register's home page at http://www.nara.gov/fedreg and the Government
Printing Office's database at http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: October 24, 2000.
James R. Kabel,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
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