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 1995 (44 USC

Chapter 35), 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

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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 on March 10, 1998 [63

FR 11704].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 31, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John Crouse, Office of Budget and

Finance, Federal Highway Administration, (202) 366-2826, Department of

Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

Title: Voucher for Federal-Aid Reimbursements.

OMB Number: 2125-0507.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Affected Public: State Departments of Transportation/State Highway

Agencies.

Abstract: The forms FHWA PR-20, Voucher for Work Performed Under

Provisions of the Federal-Aid and Federal Highway Acts, as amended, and

FHWA-1447, Final Voucher for Payment under 23 U.S.C. 117 are used to

collect Federal-aid project financial data relative to the expenditure

of State funds. The FHWA's Federal-aid Highway Program is a

reimbursable program which requires the expenditures of State funds and

the reimbursement of same.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 5,910.

Number of Respondents: 54.

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 best assured of having its full effect if OMB

receives it within 30 days of publication.

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 24, 1998.

Vanester M. Williams,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 98-20463 Filed 7-30-98; 8:45 am]

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