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 December 30, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. James Getzewich, (202) 366-0175,

Highway Systems Performance, 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 p.m., e.t., Monday

through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS)--Field Manual.

OMB Number: 2125-0028.

Type of Request: Renewal of a currently-approved information

collection.

Affected Public: State 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 HPMS data which is collected is used for management

decisions affecting transportation, such as estimates of future highway

needs of the Nation and assessments of the highway system performance.

This data is essential to FHWA and Congress in evaluating effectiveness

of the Federal-aid highway program providing miles, lane-miles, and

travel components of apportionment formulae. The information is used by

FHWA to develop and implement legislation and by State and Federal

transportation officials to adequately plan, design, and administer

effective, safe, and efficient transportation systems. A recently

completed reassessment of the HPMS resulted in the elimination and/or

streamlining of approximately 20 percent of the required data.

Therefore, a reduction in burden hours for this currently-approved

information collection is anticipated.

Frequency: Annually.

Estimated Burden: The estimated average burden per response for the

annual collection and processing of the HPMS data is 1,440 hours for

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

Rico; and 20 hours for each of the four territories. The estimated

total annual burden for all respondents is 74,960 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: November 22, 1999.

Michael J. Vecchietti,

Director, Office of Information and Management Services.

[FR Doc. 99-30987 Filed 11-29-99; 8:45 am]

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