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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA–2006–25257]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Request for Comments for a
New Information Collection
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public
comments about our intention to request
the Office of Management and Budget’s
(OMB) approval for a new information
collection, which is summarized below
under Supplementary Information. We
are required to publish this notice in the
Federal Register by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by
September 5, 2006.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by DOT DMS Docket Number
FHWA–2006–25257 by any of the
following methods:
• Web Site: https://dms.dot.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting
comments on the DOT electronic docket
site.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251
• Mail: Docket Management Facility;
U.S. Department of Transportation, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building,
Room PL–401, Washington, DC 20590–
0001.
• Hand Delivery: Room PL–401 on
the plaza level of the Nassif Building,
400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington,
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through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to https://
dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room 401
on the plaza level of the Nassif Building,
400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington,
DC, between 9 a.m. and 5p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James March, 202–366–9237, or William
Linde, 202–366–9637, Office of
Transportation Policy Studies, Federal
Highway Administration, Department of
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20590. Office
hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: National Evaluation of a
Mileage-Based Road User Charge.
Background: Section 1919 of The
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for
Users of 2005 (SAFETEA–LU) calls for
a study and long-term field test of a new
mechanism for collecting revenues to
fund State and Federal highway
programs. This would be an alternative
to the fuel tax that currently supports
highway construction programs. The
legislation specifies that the study
include an analysis of a long-term field
test of an approach to assessing highway
use fees based upon actual mileage
driven by a vehicle equipped with an
on-board computer for the purpose of
calculating highway mileage traversed.
This study and field test build upon
an earlier pooled fund study involving
15 States and the Federal Highway
Administration that evaluated a range of
potential alternatives to the motor fuel
tax for financing highway improvement
programs. The alternative recommended
at the end of that study was a mileagebased tax that: (1) Would utilize Global
Positioning System (GPS) and other
technologies expected to be deployed
for intelligent transportation systems or
other purposes; (2) would allow
attribution of mileage and tax revenues
to different taxing jurisdictions; (3)
would be seamless to the user; and (4)
would emphasize privacy
considerations that were found to be so
important to highway users.
During the pooled fund study it was
recognized that any new taxing
mechanism would require extensive
field-testing to evaluate user acceptance.
This study will include 200–250
participants per year in each of six
geographic regions of the country.
Persons selected to participate in the
field-testing will have agreed to have the
necessary on-board computer
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technology installed in their personal
vehicles for testing the mileage data
collection technology. Field-testing will
be conducted over two years with a new
set of participants in each year—1,200
in the first year and 1,500 in the second.
The participants will be asked to
provide information every two months
over the course of their participation in
the field test in order to collect data that
provides for an analysis of participant
opinion on different aspects of the field
test, such as privacy of data, level of
detail of data transmitted to collection
center, billing transmittal, among others.
The participants will have a choice of
providing their information by means of
telephone, Internet or printed survey.
Respondents: Approximately 1,200
field-test participants in the first year of
field-testing and 1,500 in the second
year—total of approximately 2,700 over
the two year field testing period.
Frequency: Every two months of the
field-test period—six collections from
each participant.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: Approximately 15 minutes
during field-testing and 30 minutes for
the final collection as the participant
exits field-testing. Approximately 2
hours per participant over a year.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: Approximately 2,400 hours in
the first year and 3,000 in the second
year.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection is
necessary for the FHWA’s performance;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
burdens; (3) ways for the FHWA to
enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the collected information; and
(4) ways that the burden could be
minimized, including the use of
electronic technology, without reducing
the quality of the collected information.
The agency will summarize and/or
include your comments in the request
for OMB’s clearance of this information
collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
and 49 CFR 1.48.
James R. Kabel,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis
Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2006-25257]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments
for a New Information Collection
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public comments about our intention to
request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for a new
information collection, which is summarized below under Supplementary
Information. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal
Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by September 5, 2006.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT DMS Docket Number
FHWA-2006-25257 by any of the following methods:
Web Site: https://dms.dot.gov. Follow the instructions for
submitting comments on the DOT electronic docket site.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251
Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, Room PL-401,
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery: Room PL-401 on the plaza level of the
Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to https://dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room 401
on the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James March, 202-366-9237, or William
Linde, 202-366-9637, Office of Transportation Policy Studies, Federal
Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: National Evaluation of a Mileage-Based Road User Charge.
Background: Section 1919 of The Safe, Accountable, Flexible,
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users of 2005
(SAFETEA-LU) calls for a study and long-term field test of a new
mechanism for collecting revenues to fund State and Federal highway
programs. This would be an alternative to the fuel tax that currently
supports highway construction programs. The legislation specifies that
the study include an analysis of a long-term field test of an approach
to assessing highway use fees based upon actual mileage driven by a
vehicle equipped with an on-board computer for the purpose of
calculating highway mileage traversed.
This study and field test build upon an earlier pooled fund study
involving 15 States and the Federal Highway Administration that
evaluated a range of potential alternatives to the motor fuel tax for
financing highway improvement programs. The alternative recommended at
the end of that study was a mileage-based tax that: (1) Would utilize
Global Positioning System (GPS) and other technologies expected to be
deployed for intelligent transportation systems or other purposes; (2)
would allow attribution of mileage and tax revenues to different taxing
jurisdictions; (3) would be seamless to the user; and (4) would
emphasize privacy considerations that were found to be so important to
highway users.
During the pooled fund study it was recognized that any new taxing
mechanism would require extensive field-testing to evaluate user
acceptance. This study will include 200-250 participants per year in
each of six geographic regions of the country. Persons selected to
participate in the field-testing will have agreed to have the necessary
on-board computer technology installed in their personal vehicles for
testing the mileage data collection technology. Field-testing will be
conducted over two years with a new set of participants in each year--
1,200 in the first year and 1,500 in the second. The participants will
be asked to provide information every two months over the course of
their participation in the field test in order to collect data that
provides for an analysis of participant opinion on different aspects of
the field test, such as privacy of data, level of detail of data
transmitted to collection center, billing transmittal, among others.
The participants will have a choice of providing their information by
means of telephone, Internet or printed survey.
Respondents: Approximately 1,200 field-test participants in the
first year of field-testing and 1,500 in the second year--total of
approximately 2,700 over the two year field testing period.
Frequency: Every two months of the field-test period--six
collections from each participant.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: Approximately 15 minutes
during field-testing and 30 minutes for the final collection as the
participant exits field-testing. Approximately 2 hours per participant
over a year.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: Approximately 2,400 hours in
the first year and 3,000 in the second year.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed
collection is necessary for the FHWA's performance; (2) the accuracy of
the estimated burdens; (3) ways for the FHWA to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the collected information; and (4) ways that
the burden could be minimized, including the use of electronic
technology, without reducing the quality of the collected information.
The agency will summarize and/or include your comments in the request
for OMB's clearance of this information collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.
James R. Kabel,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
[FR Doc. E6-10470 Filed 7-3-06; 8:45 am]
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