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. 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 information collection and its expected

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

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period soliciting comments on the following collection of information

was published on October 29, 1996 [61 FR 55835-55836] and a Notice of

Final Determination was published on July 22, 1997 [62 FR 39299].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 6, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Claretta Duren, Office of

Engineering, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of

Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, D.C. 20590, (202)

418-8567 or (202) 366-4636. Office hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00

p.m., e.t., Monday thru Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Highway Administration, DOT

Title: Bid Price Data.

OMB Number: 2125-0010.

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

approved collection for which approval has expired.

Affected Public: State highway agencies.

Form(s): FHWA-45.

Abstract: The form FHWA-45, ``Bid Price Data,'' is needed to

monitor changes in purchasing power of the Federal-Aid construction

dollar. FHWA has found it necessary to follow these trends so that

changes in highway construction prices can be measured and funding

level recommendations to Congress can be justified. Form FHWA-45 is

prepared for Federal-Aid highway construction contracts greater than

$0.5 million in the 50 States plus Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico.

Data reported in the form FHWA-45 are six major items of highway

construction, together with the total materials and labor costs of the

project, taken from the bid tabulation of construction items submitted

by the lowest or winning bidder to the State highway agency. The

highway agencies furnish copies of the bid tabulation to the FHWA

Division offices.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 484.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory

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

Washington, DC 20503, Attention FHWA Desk Officer.

OMB is required to make a decision concerning this collection of

information between 30 and 60 days after publication of this document

in the Federal Register. However, a comment to OMB is best assured of

having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of

publication.

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 January 28, 1998.

Phillip A. Leach,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 98-2693 Filed 2-3-98; 8:45 am]

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