Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection
| Published date | 30 October 2023 |
| Record Number | 2023-23867 |
| Court | Federal Highway Administration,Transportation Department |
| Section | Notices |
Federal Register, Volume 88 Issue 208 (Monday, October 30, 2023)
[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 208 (Monday, October 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74227-74228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23867]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2023-0043]
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 29, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number
0043 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 http://www.regulations.gov. 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: Kenneth Petty, Office of Planning
(HEPP-1), 202-366-6654, and Brian Gardner, Office of Planning (HEPP-
30), 202-366-4061, Federal Highway Administration, Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. Office
hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Application to Participate in the Transportation Access
Pilot Program.
Background: The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021
requires FHWA to establish the Transportation Access Pilot Program
(Pub. L. 117-58 Sec. 13010). The program's intent is to improve
transportation planning by measuring the level of access by surface
transportation modes to important destinations, disaggregating the
level of access by surface transportation mode by a variety of
categories (e.g., population or freight commodities), and assessing the
change in accessibility that would result from transportation
investments.
Beginning in 2024, FHWA plans to use an application form and
follow-up phone conversations to gather information from interested
participants. Information collected in the application form will be
used to evaluate applications to participate in the Transportation
Access Pilot Program. The application will request information
necessary to evaluate applications and select pilot program
participants. The application will request that applicants provide
information about: (1) previous experience of the eligible entity
measuring transportation access or other performance management
experience, if applicable; (2) the types of important destinations to
which the eligible entity intends to measure access; (3) the types of
data disaggregation the eligible entity intends to pursue; (4) a
general description of the methodology the eligible entity intends to
apply; (5) if the applicant does not intend the pilot program to apply
to the full area under the jurisdiction of the applicant, a description
of the geographic area in which the applicant intends the pilot program
to apply; and (6) additional information required to evaluate and make
selections for participation in the Transportation Access Pilot
Program.
FHWA plans to require applications be submitted in electronic
format (Adobe PDF or similar format). FHWA estimates that the
application will take approximately one hour to complete. The
application will consist of both multiple-choice and short-answer
question formats. FHWA may request a follow-up phone conversation to
address questions in an agency's submitted application form. These
phone conversations will be approximately 30 minutes in length. This is
planned as an annual information collection, until such time as the
program is no longer accepting applications.
Respondents: Approximately 50 percent of the universe of potential
pilot program participants, which includes 52 State DOTs equivalents,
and approximately 420 MPOs and 10 RTPOs.
Frequency: Annually.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: Approximately 90 minutes per
respondent.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: Approximately 362 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; Public Law 117-58 section 13010.
Issued on: October 25, 2023.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-23867 Filed 10-27-23; 8:45 am]
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