Notice2024-24845
Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection
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Published
October 25, 2024
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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 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 89, Number 207 (Friday, October 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 85282-85283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24845]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2024-0071]
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 December 24, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number
0071 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: Derek Constable, (202) 366-4606,
Office of Bridges and Structures, Federal Highway Administration,
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue Southeast,
Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FY24 Competitive Highway Bridge Program (CHBP).
Background: The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, Public Law
118-42, section 126, March 9, 2024, provides $250 million to be awarded
by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for a Competitive Highway
Bridge Program.
Eligible applicants are States that have a population density of
less than 115 individuals per square mile and less than 26% of total
bridges classified as in good condition; or greater than or equal to
5.2% of total bridges classified in poor condition. States meeting the
population criteria and that have greater than 14% of total bridges
classified as in poor condition are eligible to receive no less than
$32,500,000. The funds shall be used for highway bridge replacement or
rehabilitation projects on public roads that demonstrate cost savings
by bundling multiple highway bridge projects. Population density is
calculated based on the latest available data from the decennial census
conducted under section 14(a) of title 13, United States Code.
Percentages of bridge counts are based on the National Bridge Inventory
as of June 2023. (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, Pub. L. 118-
42, sec. 126, March 9, 2024.)
Population density is calculated based on the latest available data
on March 9, 2024, the date which the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2024, became law. Resident population density is used. The percentages
are based on number of bridges. Funds shall be obligated by September
30, 2027.
Based on these requirements, eligible applicants are the State
Departments of Transportation (State DOTs) of Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa,
Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana,
Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia,
Wisconsin, and Wyoming. State DOTs that are eligible to receive no less
than $32,500,000 include Iowa, Maine, South Dakota, and West Virginia.
Awards will be made only to a State DOT. Applications by non-State
Dot entities must be submitted by the State DOT in which they are
located.
Each application will require the following project narrative:
<bullet> A discussion and supporting information that describes the
project description, location, and project parties,
<bullet> a discussion and supporting information on proposed
project funding including the sources and availability of funds to
supplement a grant award and to supplement the Federal share,
<bullet> a discussion and supporting information on how the project
meets the CHBP merit criteria,
<bullet> a discussion and supporting information on project
readiness and environmental status to include discussion and supporting
information on technical feasibility, project schedule, status of
required approvals including environmental permits and reviews, status
of State, metropolitan, and local planning document approvals, and an
assessment of project risks and mitigation strategies.
Each applicant selected for CHBP grant funding will be required to
execute a project agreement which is a type of grant agreement for
administration of funds to a State DOT in FHWA's Fiscal Management
System. In the agreement, the recipient must describe the project that
FHWA agreed to fund, which is the project that was described in the
application or a reduced-scope version of that project. The agreement
also includes project schedule milestones, a budget, and project-
related goals.
Each applicant selected for CHBP grant funding (awardee) will be
required to collect and report project monitoring information. This
will include information on the project's performance using performance
indicators supplied by FHWA that relate to CHBP goals. Performance
reporting continues for several years after project construction is
completed. Each awardee will submit progress and monitoring reports on
a quarterly basis until completion of the project as determined by
FHWA. This information will be used to monitor awardees' use of Federal
funds, ensuring accountability and financial transparency.
These requirements will be further detailed in the Notice of
Funding Opportunity.
This notice seeks comments on the proposed information collection,
which will collect information necessary to support the evaluation of
applications and selection of project awards, the funding agreement
negotiation stage for awards, and project monitoring.
Respondents: Any eligible State DOT can submit as many as three
applications. A limit of three applications will be specified in the
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Notice of Funding Opportunity. There are 18 eligible States.
Frequency: The information will be collected once.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 100 hours per respondent per
application. In addition, each awarded project is estimated to require
60 hours for negotiating and signing the funding agreement and project
monitoring reporting including performance indicator and financial
monitoring. FHWA is estimates that project monitoring will occur for
four years.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: It is estimated that the respondents
will complete approximately 27 applications for an estimated total of
2,700 burden hours. In addition, it is estimated that there will be 18
awarded projects for an estimated total of 1,080 additional burden
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 October 22, 2024.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-24845 Filed 10-24-24; 8:45 am]
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