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

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information

Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information

Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR

describes the nature of the information collection and its expected

burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period

soliciting comments on the following information collection was

published on May 20, 1999 [64 FR 27615].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 9, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Tom Howard, (202) 366-0170, Office

of Highway Policy Information, Federal Highway Administration, 400 7th

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Office hours are from 7:30 a.m.

to 4:00 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: A Guide to Reporting Highway Statistics.

OMB Number: 2125-0032.

Type of Request: Renewal of a currently-approved information

collection.

Affected Public: State and local governments of the 50 United

States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and

the four territories (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, and

Virgin Islands).

Abstract: The Guide to Reporting Highway Statistics provides for

the collection of information by describing policies and procedures for

assembling statistical data from the existing files of State agencies

on motor-vehicle registration and fees, motor-fuel use and taxation,

driver licensing, highway taxation and finance, and other related

subjects, and the reporting of these data to the FHWA. The data

collected in accordance with the Guide is used by the Federal, State,

and local levels of government for transportation policy decision

making and is published annually in FHWA's Highway Statistics and Our

Nation's Highways. In addition, the FHWA is required to provide a

biennial report to Congress, The Status of the Nation's Surface

Transportation System: Conditions and Performance, to determine future

highway needs. The data collected under the Guide is also a primary

data source used in apportioning Federal-aid highway funds under the

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st century (TEA-21), which

significantly increased the amount of Federal funds that rely on State-

reported motor fuel as an apportionment factor in distributing Federal

funds to the States.

Estimated Burden: The total estimated annual burden for all

respondents for the annual collection of data for the Guide is 40,880

hours.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503, Attention: DOT 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 most effective if OMB receives it

within 30 days of publication of this Notice.

Issued on: January 4, 2000.

Michael J. Vecchietti,

Director, Office of Information and Management Services.

[FR Doc. 00-482 Filed 1-7-00; 8:45 am]

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