Notice2024-01126
Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection
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Published
January 22, 2024
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Highway Administration
Abstract
The FHWA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for renewal of an existing information collection that 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 89, Number 14 (Monday, January 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 3981]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01126]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2024-0003]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for
Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of request for extension of currently approved
information collection.
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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
renewal of an existing information collection that 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 March 22, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number
0003 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="https://www.regulations.gov">https://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 20590-0001. 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: Scott Gable, 202-366-2176, Office of
Safety, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, between 7:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Highway Safety Improvement Program.
OMB Control #: 2125-0025.
Background: The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) (Pub.
L. 117-58, also known as the ``Bipartisan Infrastructure Law'' (BIL))
continues the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) as a core
federal-aid program with the purpose to achieve a significant reduction
in traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads,
including non-State-owned public roads and roads on tribal lands. The
HSIP requires a data-driven, strategic approach to improving highway
safety on all public roads that focuses on performance.
The existing provisions of Title 23 U.S.C. 130, Railway-Highway
Crossings Program, as well as implementing regulations in 23 CFR part
924, remain in effect. Included in these combined provisions are
requirements for State DOTs to annually produce and submit to FHWA by
August 31 reports related to the implementation and effectiveness of
their HSIPs, that are to include information on: (a) progress being
made to implement HSIP projects and the effectiveness of these projects
in reducing traffic fatalities and serious injuries [Sections 148(h)];
and (b) progress being made to implement the Railway-Highway Crossings
Program and the effectiveness of the projects in that program [Sections
130(g) and 148(h)], which will be used by FHWA to produce and submit
biennial reports to Congress. To be able to produce these reports,
State DOTs must have safety data and analysis systems capable of
identifying and determining the relative severity of hazardous highway
locations on all public roads, based on both crash experience and crash
potential, as well as determining the effectiveness of highway safety
improvement projects. FHWA provides an online reporting tool to support
the annual HSIP reporting process. Additional information is available
on the Office of Safety website at <a href="https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/hsip/resources/onrpttool/">https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/hsip/resources/onrpttool/</a>. Reporting into the online reporting tool meets
all report requirements and USDOT website compatibility requirements.
The information contained in the annual HSIP reports provides FHWA with
a means for monitoring the effectiveness of these programs and may be
used by Congress for determining the future HSIP program structure and
funding levels.
Respondents: 50 State Transportation Departments, the District of
Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
Frequency: Annually.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 250 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 13,000 hours.
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 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 17, 2024.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-01126 Filed 1-19-24; 8:45 am]
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