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program or to fund the implementation
of that program.
If questions arise concerning the
precise relationship of specific
properties to noise-exposure contours
depicted on a noise-exposure map
submitted under section 47503 of the
Act, it should be noted that the FAA is
not involved in any way in determining
the relative locations of specific
properties with regard to the depicted
noise contours, or in interpreting the
noise-exposure maps to resolve
questions concerning, for example,
which properties should be covered by
the provisions of section 47506 of the
Act. These functions are inseparable
from the ultimate land use control and
planning responsibilities of local
government. These local responsibilities
are not changed in any way under Part
150 or through the FAA’s review of
noise-exposure maps. Therefore, the
responsibility for the detailed
overlaying of noise-exposure contours
onto the map depicting properties on
the surface rests exclusively with the
airport operator that submitted those
maps, or with those public agencies and
planning agencies with which
consultation is required under section
47503 of the Act. The FAA has relied on
the certification by the airport operator,
under section 150.21 of FAR Part 150,
that the statutorily required consultation
has been accomplished.
The FAA has formally received the
noise-compatibility program for Great
Falls International Airport, also effective
on February 13, 2007. Preliminary
review of the submitted material
indicates that it conforms to the
requirements for the submittal of noisecompatibility programs, but requires
further review prior to approval or
disapproval of the program. The formal
review period, limited by law to a
maximum of 180 days, will be
completed on or before August 13, 2007.
The FAA’s detailed evaluation will be
conducted under the provisions of 14
CFR Part 150, § 150.33. The primary
considerations in the evaluation process
are whether the proposed measures may
reduce the level of aviation safety,
create an undue burden on interstate or
foreign commerce, or be reasonably
consistent with obtaining the goal of
reducing existing non-compatible land
uses and preventing the introduction of
additional non-compatible land uses.
Interested persons are invited to
comment on the proposed program with
specific reference to these factors. The
FAA will consider, to the extent
practicable, all comments, other than
those properly addressed to local landuse authorities. Copies of the noiseexposure maps, the FAA’s evaluation of
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the maps, and the proposed noisecompatibility program are available for
examination at the following locations:
Federal Aviation Administration,
Airports Division, 1601 Lind Avenue,
SW.; Suite 315, Renton, Washington
98057–3356.
Federal Aviation Administration,
Helena Airports District Office, 2725
Skyway Drive, Suite 2, Helena, MT
59602.
Great Falls International Airport, 2800
Terminal Drive, Great Falls, MT
59404.
Issued in Renton, Washington, on February
13, 2007.
Donna P. Taylor,
Manager, Airports Division, Northwest
Mountain Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA–2007–27281]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Notice of Request for
Extension of Currently Approved
Information Collection
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Request for Extension
of Currently Approved Information
Collection.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public
comments about our intention to request
the Office of Management and Budget’s
(OMB) approval for renewal of an
existing information collection that 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
April 27, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by DOT DMS Docket Number
FHWA–2007–27281 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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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 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chung Eng, 202–366–8043, Office of
Transportation Operations, 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:
Work Zone Safety and Mobility.
OMB Control #: 2125–0600.
Background: As amended on
September 9, 2004, 23 CFR 630, Subpart
J ‘‘Work Zone Safety and Mobility’’
requires State and local transportation
agencies that receive Federal-aid
highway funding to use available work
zone information and data to assess and
manage the work zone impacts of
highway projects. While this Rule does
not require the reporting or submission
of work zone data, it does:
• Require agencies to use work zone
data at both the project and process
levels to manage and improve work
zone safety and mobility;
• At the project level, require
agencies to use field observations,
available work zone crash data, and
operational information to manage the
work zone impacts of individual
projects;
• At the process level, require
agencies to analyze work zone crash and
operational data from multiple projects
to improve agency processes and
procedures, and continually pursue the
improvement of overall work zone
safety and mobility; and
• Recommend that agencies maintain
elements of the data and information
resources that are necessary to support
the use of work zone data for the
activities above.
Most of the data needed to conduct
work zone performance monitoring
during project implementation as well
as post-implementation assessments
should be readily available from preexisting sources. However, data
collection or data storage and retrieval
systems may need to be altered to take
full advantage of available information
resources.
Respondents: The State Departments
of Transportation (or equivalent) in the
50 States, the District of Columbia, and
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
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Frequency: Continuous.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: The estimated total annual
burden for all respondents is 83,200
hours. This involves responses from 52
State Departments of Transportation or
equivalent with an estimated average
time of 1,600 hours per respondent over
the course of a year. This estimate only
includes the burden on the respondents
to provide information that is not
usually and customarily collected.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: February 20, 2007.
James R. Kabel,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis
Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA–2007–26843]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Request for Comments for
New Information Collection
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The FHWA has forwarded the
information collection request described
in this notice to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
approval of a new information
collection. We published a Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day public
comment period on this information
collection on November 24, 2006. We
are required to publish this notice in the
Federal Register by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by
March 28, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments
within 30 days to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, 725
17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20503, Attention DOT Desk Officer. 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
burden; (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
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the quality of the collected information.
All comments should include the
Docket number FHWA–2007–26843.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions concerning the FHWA
Motorcycle Crash Causation Study,
please contact Carol Tan, Ph.D, Office of
Safety Research and Development
(HRDS), at (202) 493–3315, TurnerFairbank Highway Research Center,
Federal Highway Administration, 6300
Georgetown Pike, McLean, VA 22101,
between 9 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
For questions concerning the Pilot
Motorcycle Crash Causes and Outcomes
Study, please contact Paul J. Tremont,
Ph.D, Office of Behavioral Safety
Research, NTI–131, at (202) 366–5588,
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA), 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590,
between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Motorcycle Crash Causation
Study and Pilot Motorcycle Crash
Causes and Outcomes Study.
Background: In 2005, 4,553
motorcyclists were killed and 87,000
were injured in traffic crashes in the
United States, increases of 13 percent,
and 14 percent respectively from 2004.
Per vehicle mile traveled in 2004,
motorcyclists were about 34 times more
likely to die, and 8 times more likely to
be injured in a motor vehicle crash than
were passenger car occupants. Per 100
million miles traveled, in 2004,
motorcyclist fatalities were 77 percent
higher than they were in 1994. This
compares with a decrease of 22 percent
in fatality rates for occupants in
passenger vehicles over the same
period. These data show that the
motorcycle crash problem is becoming
more severe.1
Congress has recognized this problem
and directed the DOT to conduct
research that will provide a better
understanding of the causes of
motorcycle crashes. Specifically, in
Section 5511 of the Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity
Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU)
Pub. L. 109–59, Congress directed the
Secretary of Transportation to provide
grants to the Oklahoma Transportation
Center (OTC) for the purpose of
conducting a comprehensive, in-depth
motorcycle crash causation study that
employs the common international
methodology for in-depth motorcycle
1 More detailed information on motorcycle
crashes can be found in Traffic Safety Facts—
Motorcycles, published by NHTSA and available on
its Web site at: https://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/
nrd-30/NCSA/TSF2005/MotorcyclesTSF05.pdf.
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crash investigation developed by the
Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development (OECD).2 SAFETEA–
LU authorized $1,408,000 for each of
fiscal years 2006 and 2007, but provided
for an equal match by the Grantee
(Sections 5511 and 5101). The Secretary
delegated authority to FHWA for the
Motorcycle Crash Causation Grants
under Section 5511 (71 FR 30831).
Coordination of FHWA Main Study and
NHTSA Pilot Study
Prior to the SAFETEA–LU directive
by Congress to administer a full-scale
study of motorcycle crash causes,
NHTSA awarded a contract to conduct
a pilot study of Motorcycle Crash
Causes and Outcomes. The intent of this
pilot study is to examine appropriate
applications of the OECD methodology
to motorcycle crashes in the United
States. This pilot test is needed before
any full-scale study could be conducted
because the OECD methodology has not
previously been implemented in the
United States, and also because this
methodology incorporates some options
for collecting crash and control sample
data that are affected by logistical and
budget constraints.
The authorization of funds by
Congress for a full-scale motorcycle
crash study provided an opportunity for
the NHTSA pilot study to become
closely coordinated with the FHWA
full-scale study. As a result, the pilot
study will test the procedures FHWA
will consider using as it implements the
OECD methodology. Additionally, it
may be possible for the pilot study to
transition directly into the main study,
thereby allowing the main study to
avoid many startup costs (e.g., site
selection, training, coding manual
development, data form development,
etc.) that it otherwise would have
incurred. This will allow the main study
to capture a larger sample of crashes
with the available funding. Recognizing
these advantages, the DOT intends to
submit a single request to OMB for
approval of both of these studies. This
notice is the first step in that combined
approval request.
Project Working Group Guidance
A project working group consisting of
representatives from the motorcycle
industry and from the motorcycle
community was formed to provide input
into the study design. A working group
meeting was held in Denver on June 15–
16, 2006. At this meeting, consensus
was reached that all the relevant OECD
variables would be captured in both the
2 The OECD methodology may be obtained by
sending a request to jtrc.contact@oecd.org.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2007-27281]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for
Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Request for Extension of Currently Approved
Information Collection.
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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
renewal of an existing information collection that 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 April 27, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT DMS Docket Number
FHWA-2007-27281 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 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chung Eng, 202-366-8043, Office of
Transportation Operations, 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: Work Zone Safety and Mobility.
OMB Control #: 2125-0600.
Background: As amended on September 9, 2004, 23 CFR 630, Subpart J
``Work Zone Safety and Mobility'' requires State and local
transportation agencies that receive Federal-aid highway funding to use
available work zone information and data to assess and manage the work
zone impacts of highway projects. While this Rule does not require the
reporting or submission of work zone data, it does:
Require agencies to use work zone data at both the project
and process levels to manage and improve work zone safety and mobility;
At the project level, require agencies to use field
observations, available work zone crash data, and operational
information to manage the work zone impacts of individual projects;
At the process level, require agencies to analyze work
zone crash and operational data from multiple projects to improve
agency processes and procedures, and continually pursue the improvement
of overall work zone safety and mobility; and
Recommend that agencies maintain elements of the data and
information resources that are necessary to support the use of work
zone data for the activities above.
Most of the data needed to conduct work zone performance monitoring
during project implementation as well as post-implementation
assessments should be readily available from pre-existing sources.
However, data collection or data storage and retrieval systems may need
to be altered to take full advantage of available information
resources.
Respondents: The State Departments of Transportation (or
equivalent) in the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
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Frequency: Continuous.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: The estimated total annual
burden for all respondents is 83,200 hours. This involves responses
from 52 State Departments of Transportation or equivalent with an
estimated average time of 1,600 hours per respondent over the course of
a year. This estimate only includes the burden on the respondents to
provide information that is not usually and customarily collected.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: February 20, 2007.
James R. Kabel,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
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