Notice2024-03948
Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection
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Published
February 27, 2024
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Highway Administration
Abstract
The FHWA has forwarded the information collection request described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension of an information collection. 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 39 (Tuesday, February 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14555-14556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03948]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2024-0013]
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 has forwarded the information collection request
described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for an extension of an information collection. We are required to
publish this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995.
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DATES: Please submit comments by March 28, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number
0013 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 20590-0001.
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: Miranda Sim, 202-366-0756 or Beatriz
Hernandez, 202-366-3126, Office of Budget and Finance, 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: We published a Federal Register Notice with
a 60-day public comment period on this information collection on
December 26, 2023 (88 FR 89006).
Title: Funds Transfers to Other Agencies and Among Title 23
Programs.
OMB Control: 2125-0620.
Background: The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA),
Public Law 117-58, continues the ability of States to transfer highway
funds to other States and agencies and among programs/projects. These
authorities are codified in sections 104 and 126 of title 23, United
States Code, as amended by the IIJA. Transferability under the IIJA is
generally similar to that allowed under previous authorization acts
such as the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, Moving
Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), and the Safe,
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy
for Users (SAFETEA-LU). This notice establishes requirements for
initiating the transfer of apportioned funds (funds distributed among
States and programs by statutory formula) to carry out these provisions
of law. The types of transfers affected by this notice are:
a. Transfer of funds from a State to the FHWA pursuant to U.S.C.
Title 23, Sec. 104(f)(3).
b. Transfer of funds from a State to a Federal Agency other than
FHWA.
c. Transfer of funds from a State to another State.
d. Transfer of funds from FHWA to Federal Transit Administration
pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 104(f)(1).
e. Transfer of funds between programs pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 126;
and,
f. Transfer of funds between projects.
The State initiating the fund transfer must fill out a FHWA Funds
Transfer Request form. This form is either filled out manually via the
currently approved paper-based transfer form (FHWA-1575C) or
electronically via the FHWA Funds Control Module in the Fiscal
Management Information System (FMIS). The information required in the
FMIS Funds Control Module is equivalent to the information required in
the paper-based transfer form and over ninety percent of the transfers
are now required to be submitted electronically. These transfers are
routed electronically after State DOT approval, from the State DOT to
the FHWA Division Office; after Division Office concurrence, from the
Division Office to the FHWA Budget Office; and finally, the FHWA Budget
Office processes the request. Automating in the FMIS Funds Control
Module allowed the transfer request process to be streamlined by
incorporating system validations to limit errors and by automating the
flow of the approval process. Information required to fill out a
transfer form includes the requester's contact information; a
description of the program/project the transfer will come from and go
to, the fiscal year, the program code, a demo ID, or an urban area when
applicable, and the amount to be transferred.
Respondents: 50 State Transportation Departments, the District of
Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: It is estimated that a total
of 2,000 responses will be received annually, which would equal a total
annual burden of 500 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: February 22, 2024.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-03948 Filed 2-26-24; 8:45 am]
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