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

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(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 on November 28, 1997

[62 FR 63408].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 29, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Paul Scott, Office of Motor

Carriers,(202) 366-4104, Federal Highway Administration, Department of

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

Title: Emergency Relief Funding Applications.

OMB Number: 2125-0525.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Form(s): N/A.

Affected Public: State Highway Agencies.

Abstract: 23 U.S.C. 125 requires States to submit an application

for emergency relief (ER) funds to the Federal Highway Administration.

The ER funds are established for the repair or reconstruction of

Federal-aid highways and Federal roads which are found to have suffered

serious damage by natural disasters over a wide area or serious damage

from catastrophic failures. The information is needed for the FHWA to

fulfill its statutory obligations regarding funding determinations on

emergency work to repair highway facilities. The requirements covering

the FHWA ER program are contained in 23 CFR part 668.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 7,200.

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 March 25, 1998.

Phillip A. Leach,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 98-8265 Filed 3-27-98; 8:45 am]

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