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

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.

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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 collection of information was

published in 62 FR 19159-19162, April 18,1997.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 23, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Morris Oliver, (202) 366-2251,

Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

Title: Implementation Plan, Traffic Surveillance and Control.

OMB Number: 2125-0512.

Type of Request: Reinstatement, without change, of a previously

approved collection for which approval has expired.

Affected Public: State and local transportation agencies who

utilize federal funds for traffic management projects and contractors

involved in ITS/Traffic Management, who may write the implementation

plan for the State and local transportation agency.

Abstract: An implementation plan for a federal aid traffic control

project is required from the States and local agencies to assure that

there are adequate provisions and resources for the acquisition and

operational phases of the project.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 4,000.

Number of Respondents: 25.

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.

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 15, 1997.

Vanester M. Williams,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97-25207 Filed 9-22-97; 8:45 am]

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