Notice2024-18640
Enhanced Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration Data Reporting Specifications for 500-Series Program Purposes
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Published
August 21, 2024
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Highway Administration
Abstract
This notice requests comments on FHWA's forthcoming reporting specifications for licensed driver and registered vehicle data. The reporting specifications that are the subject of this notice are enhancements to the current reporting guidance. States are required to annually submit licensed driver and registered vehicle data to FHWA in accordance with specifications outlined in the Agency's `Guide to Reporting Highway Statistics,' which serves as the guiding document issued to State agencies for 500-Series Program execution purposes. These enhancements are necessary to support new and forthcoming regulatory, program and policy objectives, as well as inform Federal- aid system investment needs, analyses, and decisionmaking. The FHWA is targeting an implementation year of 2028, when States will be required to submit their data for 2027 per the new reporting guidance.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67706-67707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18640]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[FHWA Docket No. FHWA-2024-0006]
Enhanced Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration Data Reporting
Specifications for 500-Series Program Purposes
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice; Request for comments.
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SUMMARY: This notice requests comments on FHWA's forthcoming reporting
specifications for licensed driver and registered vehicle data. The
reporting specifications that are the subject of this notice are
enhancements to the current reporting guidance. States are required to
annually submit licensed driver and registered vehicle data to FHWA in
accordance with specifications outlined in the Agency's `Guide to
Reporting Highway Statistics,' which serves as the guiding document
issued to State agencies for 500-Series Program execution purposes.
These enhancements are necessary to support new and forthcoming
regulatory, program and policy objectives, as well as inform Federal-
aid system investment needs, analyses, and decisionmaking. The FHWA is
targeting an implementation year of 2028, when States will be required
to submit their data for 2027 per the new reporting guidance.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 21, 2024. Late-
filed comments will be considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that you do not duplicate your docket submissions,
please submit comments by only one of the following means:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. This
website allows the public to enter comments on any Federal Register
notice issued by any agency. Follow the online instructions for
submitting comments.
<bullet> Mail: U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket
Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
<bullet> Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket
Operations, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., ET,
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
<bullet> Instructions: You should identify the docket number at the
beginning of your comments. Late comments will be considered to the
extent practicable. Note that all comments received will be posted
without change to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>, including any personal
information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Allison Weber, Office of Policy &
Governmental Affairs, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#347558585d475b5a1a635156514674505b401a535b42"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5f1e3333362c303171083a3d3a2d1f3b302b71383029">[email protected]</span></a>, office hours are from 8:00
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays,
or Ms. Dawn Horan, Office of the Chief Counsel, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1a5e7b6d743457345275687b745a7e756e347d756c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5612372138781b781e392437381632392278313920">[email protected]</span></a>,
(202) 366-9615, office hours are from 8:00
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a.m. to 4:30 p.m., ET, Federal Highway Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. Offices are open Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Additional information on the forthcoming
changes and the related data specifications can be found on the FHWA
Office of Highway Policy Information website at the following link:
<a href="https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/data_collection_federal_register_notice.cfm">https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/data_collection_federal_register_notice.cfm</a>.
Electronic Access
A copy of this notice, all comments received on this notice, and
all background material may be viewed online at: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>
using the docket number listed above. Electronic retrieval assistance
and guidelines are also available at: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. An
electronic copy of this document may also be downloaded from the Office
of the Federal Register's website at: <a href="http://www.FederalRegister.gov">www.FederalRegister.gov</a> and the
U.S. Government Publishing Office's website at: <a href="http://www.GovInfo.gov">www.GovInfo.gov</a>.
Background
The FHWA's Office of Highway Policy Information serves as the
national source for highway data, providing DOT, Congress, and the
transportation community with informational products in a timely manner
to inform the development and implementation of decisions, policies,
legislation, programs, and performance goals. Per 23 CFR 1.5 and 23 CFR
420.105(b), State departments of transportation (State DOT) must
provide data that supports FHWA's responsibilities to Congress and to
the public. The 500-Series Program is a series of reporting forms,
designed by FHWA in consultation with the States, for State DOTs to
collect data on State and local highway system funding, motor fuel
distribution, licensed drivers, and registered motor vehicles. The
series of reporting forms is a mechanism that State DOTs use to submit
the data to FHWA and fulfill statutory obligations. The Guide to
Reporting Highway Statistics serves as a reference for State DOTs to
report the data required for the 500-Series Program.
The FHWA's Motor Fuel and Highway Funding Team, which manages the
500-Series Program, currently collects aggregate motor vehicle
registration and licensed driver data annually from the States through
FHWA-Form 561 and FHWA-Form 562.\1\ The purpose is to capture a summary
of active registrations, licenses, and related information on taxation
and fees. This information allows policy and decisionmakers to
understand transportation fleet composition and driver population
trends over time, and the related revenue yields associated with
licensed driver and registered vehicle-related transactions. The FHWA
utilizes this data to support Federal-aid system investment analysis
and decisionmaking, and to perform roadway safety/crash and vehicle
fuel economy studies. The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration and the American Association of Motor Vehicle
Administrators (AAMVA) use vehicle registration data as input to
determine safety grant program funding and data system user fees,
respectively, to allocate to and levy against States and jurisdictions.
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\1\ <a href="https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/eforms/mv-dl.htm">https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/eforms/mv-dl.htm</a>.
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Discussion of Changes
Through the development and implementation of enhanced data
reporting specifications, FHWA will transition to the collection of
non-Personally Identifiable Information (PII), record-based, raw/
unprocessed registered vehicle and licensed driver data annually from
State agencies (e.g., State DOTs, Departments of Motor Vehicles (DMV)).
This data collection method will help address longstanding data
concerns evident in the current reported data; help obtain data at a
high level of granularity needed to support various regulatory
activities and research initiatives, both existing and forthcoming;
facilitate States' collection of data for reporting purposes; ensure
the completeness and consistency of reported data; and contribute to
determinations regarding allocations of AAMVA-related program fees.
Request for Comments
Although comments may address any component of the enhanced data
reporting specifications, FHWA is specifically requesting comments on
the data elements to be reported by the States per the enhanced data
reporting guidance. This information is published on the web page
referenced under Supplementary Information section in this notice.
Shailen P. Bhatt,
Administrator, Federal Highway Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-18640 Filed 8-20-24; 8:45 am]
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