[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1917-1918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00240]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2013-0001]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments
for a New Information Collection
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: FHWA invites public comments about our intention to request
the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for a new
information collection, which is summarized below under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION. We published a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day
public comment period on this information collection on June 28, 2012.
We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by February 8, 2013.
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 2013-0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James A. Cheatham,
[email protected], 202-366-6221, Office of Planning, Environment,
and Realty, Federal Highway Administration, Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Office hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Assessment of Transportation Planning Agency Needs,
Capabilities, and Capacity.
Background: FHWA will collect information on the current state of
the practice, data, methods, and systems used by state, metropolitan,
regional, local, and tribal transportation planning entities to support
their required planning process in accordance with Title 23 United
States Code 134 and 135. This includes, but is not limited to,
information to support transportation research, capacity building, data
collection, planning, travel modeling, and performance management. This
also includes information about how data is shared between planning
agencies and how it is processed and used in the planning context.
Questionnaires will be sent to State DOT headquarters and districts,
Metropolitan Planning Organizations, Regional Planning Organizations,
and Tribal Governments. FHWA anticipates that one representative from
each agency will take approximately 30 minutes to complete up to 4
questionnaires each
[[Page 1918]]
year. The questionnaires will be administered via the Internet and
invitations to participate in the questionnaire will be distributed via
email.
This information, once compiled, will allow the FHWA to better
understand the existing capabilities that agencies across the country
have in support of the planning process and the readiness they possess
to handle new and ongoing challenges. As a result of the collected
information, FHWA will focus its efforts and resources on providing
targeted and meaningful support for planning and readiness nationwide.
Additionally, FHWA will ensure that excellent planning practices are
identified will be shared broadly across the country.
Respondents: Respondents are representatives of State DOT
headquarters and districts, Metropolitan Planning Organizations,
Regional Planning Organizations, and Tribal Governments.
Respondents: 950 respondents annually.
Frequency: 4 per year for 3 years.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: Approximately 30 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: Up to 1,900 hours annually.
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 computer
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.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: January 4, 2013.
Michael Howell,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-00240 Filed 1-8-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE P