Notice2024-31252
Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection
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Published
December 30, 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) to approve a new 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 249 (Monday, December 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 106728-106729]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31252]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2024-0084]
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 has forwarded the information collection request
described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
to approve a new information collection. We are required to publish
this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by January 29, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number
0084 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: Bronwen Keiner, (202) 493-0280 or,
Edward Starks (202) 366-5407, Office of Planning, Environment, and
Realty, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation,
1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 7
a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We published a Federal Register Notice
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with a 60-day public comment period on this information collection on
October 21, 2024, at 89 FR 84240. There were no comments received.
Title: National Scenic Byway Program (NSBP).
Background: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) administers
the NSBP. It was established by the Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991 in section 162 of title 23, United States Code
(U.S.C.), and reauthorized and expanded significantly in 1998 under the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century and again under the
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A
Legacy for Users in 2005. The NSBP is a grass-roots collaborative
effort established to help recognize, preserve, and enhance selected
roads throughout the United States. Before 2019, Congress last
authorized discretionary NSBP funds in 2012 under the Surface
Transportation Extension Act of 2012. Between 1992 and 2012, FHWA
awarded over $505 million in NSBP grants. In 2022, FHWA awarded
approximately $21.8 million in grants to 33 projects.
Respondents: The Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), announcing
up to $26.95 million of Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 and 2024 funding for the
National Scenic Byways Program (NSBP) discretionary grants is now
available for State DOTs and federally recognized Indian Tribes on
<a href="http://grants.gov">grants.gov</a>. FHWA is expecting roughly 200 applicants to apply for NSBP
grant funding.
Frequency: NOFOs and grant solicitations will be published annually
by FHWA but, are subject to the availability of funds in appropriations
or, any legislation signed into law authorizing funds.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 3 hours per respondent per
applicant.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: It is expected that the
respondents will complete approximately 200 applications for an
estimated total of 600 annual 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: December 23, 2024.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-31252 Filed 12-27-24; 8:45 am]
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