Notice2023-09313
Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection
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Published
May 3, 2023
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Transportation DepartmentFederal Highway Administration
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The 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 are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 27947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09313]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2023-0011]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments
for a New Information Collection
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, 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 July 3, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number
2023-0011 by any of the following methods:
Website: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-00012.
Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. Department of Transportation, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan Parker, Senior Program Analyst at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f296939c9b939edc829380999780b2969d86dc959d84"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6206030c0b030e4c12031009071022060d164c050d14">[email protected]</span></a>, Federal Highway Administration, Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Federal Share Flexibility Pilot Program.
Background: This is a request for Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) emergency clearance for a new information collection request
(ICR) to enable the Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) to implement the Federal Share Flexibility Pilot
Program (FSFPP). The FSFPP was authorized in the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law (BIL), enacted as the Infrastructure Investment and
Jobs Act (Act) (Pub. L. 117-58) on November 15, 2021. This historic Act
is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to support transformational
investments in our Nation's transportation infrastructure that will
create good jobs, modernize our infrastructure, improve safety, tackle
the climate crisis, and invest in communities that have too often been
left behind. The Act includes the FSFPP to improve the safety,
efficiency, and reliability of the movement of people and freight by
replacing, rehabilitating, preserving, and protecting bridges in the
National Bridge Inventory (NBI).
The FSFPP is critical to enabling State Department of
Transportation (State DOT) agencies participating in the pilot added
flexibility in the management and reimbursement of FHWA funded
programs. The statutory requirements of the FSFPP are found under
section 11107 of the BIL and codified at 23 U.S.C. 120(l). This new
provision under Title 23 requires the establishment of a FSFPP not
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the BIL. Under the
pilot, up to 10 State DOTs may be selected to participate. Selected
State DOTs in the pilot are allowed to determine the Federal share on
an individual project that is more than 0 percent and up to 100 percent
as long as the average annual Federal share of all participating
projects does not exceed the average of the maximum Federal share of
those projects if those projects were not carried out under the pilot
program.
Respondents: States, units of local government, and an Indian Tribe
as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).
Expected Number of Respondents: 50.
Frequency: One-time application, to be followed by project
agreement execution, reimbursement of funds, reporting, and project
closeout.
Estimated Average Burden Hours per Response: 16.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 800.
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 burden could be minimized, including the use of electronic
technology, without reducing the quality of thecollected 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; 23 U.S.C. 134 and 135; and 23 CFR chapter 1, subchapter
E, part 450.
Dated: April 27, 2023.
Michael Howell,
FHWA Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-09313 Filed 5-2-23; 8:45 am]
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