Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping RequirementsAgency 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: Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (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 extension of currently approved collections. 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 August 28, 1998 [FR 63, page 46097].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before Febraury 16, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna Albritton, Office of Program

Management, (202) 366-0203, and refer to the OMB Control Number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Transit Administration (FTA)

Title: National Transit Database, 49 U.S.C. Section 5335(a) and

(b).

OMB Control Number: 2132-0008.

Type of Request: Extension to a currently approved information

collection.

Form(s): 001, 100, 200, and 400.

Affected Public: State and local government, business or other for-

profit institutions, non-profit institutions, and small business

organizations.

Abstract: 49 U.S.C. Section 5335(a) and (b) require the Secretary

of Transportation to maintain a reporting system by uniform categories

to accumulate mass transportation financial and operating information

and a uniform system of accounts and records. Federal, state, and local

governments, transit agencies/boards, labor unions, manufacturers,

researchers, consultants and universities use the National Transit

Database for making transit related decisions. State and local

governments also use the National Transit Database in allocating funds

under 49 U.S.C. Section 5307. National Transit Database information is

essential for understanding cost, ridership and other national

performance trends, including transit's share of urban travel. It would

be difficult to determine the future structure of FTA programs, to set

policy, and to make funding and other decisions relating to the

efficiency and effectiveness of the Nation's transit operations without

the National Transit Database.

Estimated Annual Burden: The estimated annual burden is 238,140

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 FTA Desk Officer.

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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 8, 1999.

Phillip A. Leach,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 99-995 Filed 1-14-99; 8:45 am]

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