Agency information collection activities: Submission for OMB review; comment request,

[Federal Register: August 26, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 165)]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 3501, et seq.) this notice announces that the Department of Transportation has submitted information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (P.L. 104-113, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The ICR abstracted below describes the nature of the information collection and its burden. This ICR was published in the Federal Register March 17, 1998, [63 FR 13090].

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before September 25, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Marshall Schy, Federal Highway Administration (HRE-10); Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh St. SW., Washington, DC 20590 at (202) 366-2035.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Office of the Secretary

Title: Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Regulations for Federal and Federally Assisted Programs.

OMB Control Number: 2105-0508.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Federal, State, and Local government; individuals, households, businesses, farms, not-for-profit institutions.

Abstract: The regulations implementing the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended (49 CFR 24.9), require covered agencies to maintain adequate records of acquisition and relocation activities under the Act. In addition, the Federal Highway Administration requires the 52 state highway agencies carrying out the Federal-aid highway program to report their Uniform Act acquisition and relocation activities once every third year.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 29,043 hours.

Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention OST Desk Officer.

Comments are invited on: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Department, including whether the information will have practical utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

A comment to OMB is best assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

Issued in Washington. DC, on August 20, 1998. Phillip A. Leach, Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 98-22924Filed8-25-98; 8:45 am]

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