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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
[FTA Docket No. FTA–2010–37]
Notice of Request for the Approval of
Information Collection
Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of request for comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to
request the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) to approve the following
information collection: 49 U.S.C. Part
611—Major Capital Investment Projects.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
before December 13, 2010.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that your
comments are not entered more than
once into the docket, submit comments
identified by the docket number by only
one of the following methods:
1. Web site: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
on the U.S. Government electronic
docket site. (Note: The U.S. Department
of Transportation’s (DOT’s) electronic
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docket is no longer accepting electronic
comments.) All electronic submissions
must be made to the U.S. Government
electronic docket site at https://
www.regulations.gov. Commenters
should follow the directions below for
mailed and hand-delivered comments.
2. Fax: 202–366–7951.
3. Mail: U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Docket Operations, M–30,
West Building, Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001.
4. Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Docket Operations, M–30,
West Building, Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except federal holidays.
Instructions: You must include the
agency name and docket number for this
notice at the beginning of your
comments. Submit two copies of your
comments if you submit them by mail.
For confirmation that FTA has received
your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Note that
all comments received, including any
personal information, will be posted
and will be available to Internet users,
without change, to https://
www.regulations.gov. You may review
DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement
in the Federal Register published April
11, 2000, (65 FR 19477), or you may
visit https://www.regulations.gov.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents and
comments received, go to https://
www.regulations.gov at any time.
Background documents and comments
received may also be viewed at the U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Docket
Operations, M–30, West Building,
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001 between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth Day, Office of Planning and
Environment, (202) 366–5159, or e-mail:
elizabeth.day@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested
parties are invited to send comments
regarding any aspect of this information
collection, including: (1) The necessity
and utility of the information collection
for the proper performance of the
functions of the FTA; (2) the accuracy
of the estimated burden; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the collected information; and (4)
ways to minimize the collection burden
without reducing the quality of the
collected information. Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
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be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval of this
information collection.
Title: 49 U.S.C. Part 611—49 CFR
Major Capital Investment Projects.
OMB Number: 2132–0561.
Background: On August 10, 2005, the
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for
Users (SAFETEA–LU) was enacted.
Sections 3011(d)(5) and 3011(e)(6) of
SAFETEA–LU require FTA to issue
regulations on the manner in which
candidate projects for major capital
investment grants for new fixed
guideway systems, extensions to
existing fixed guideway systems, or
significant corridor based bus
investments (‘‘New Starts’’ and ‘‘Small
Starts’’) will be evaluated and rated for
purposes of the FTA Capital Investment
Grant program under 49 U.S.C. Section
5309. An Advanced Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (ANPRM) for this
regulation was issued on January 30,
2006, (71 FR 22841). A Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) was
issued on August 3, 2007, (72 FR
43328). The NPRM was withdrawn on
February 17, 2009, due to an intervening
statutory change resulting from the
passage of the SAFETEA–LU Technical
Corrections Act in June 2008. Another
ANPRM for the regulation was issued
on June 2, 2010 (75 FR 31383). FTA is
reviewing the comments received on the
ANPRM, and at this time a date for
publication of the NPRM is not known.
FTA has a longstanding requirement
to evaluate proposed projects against a
prescribed set of statutory criteria at
specific points during the projects’
development including when they seek
to enter preliminary engineering, final
design, and a Full Funding Grant
Agreement. In addition, FTA must
report on its evaluations and ratings
annually to Congress. The Surface
Transportation and Uniform Relocation
Assistance Act of 1987 (STURAA)
established in law a set of criteria that
proposed projects had to meet in order
to be eligible for federal funding. The
requirement for summary project ratings
has been in place since 1998. Thus, the
requirements for project evaluation and
data collection for New Starts projects
are not new. One addition included in
SAFETEA–LU is the Small Starts
program. The Small Starts program
enables smaller cost projects with a
smaller requested share of Section 5309
major capital investment funds to
progress through a simplified and
streamlined project evaluation and data
collection process. In general, the
information used by FTA for New and
Small Starts project evaluation and
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rating should arise as a part of the
normal planning process.
FTA has been collecting project
evaluation information from project
sponsors under the existing OMB
approval for this program (OMB No.
2132–0561). However, due to
modifications in the project evaluation
criteria and FTA evaluation and rating
procedures for the New Starts program
and the addition of the Small Starts
program, it became apparent that some
information now required might be
beyond the scope of ordinary planning
activities. In particular, SAFETEA–LU
creates additional requirements for
before-and-after data collection as a
condition of obtaining a Full Funding
Grant Agreement (FFGA) or a Project
Construction Grant Agreement (PCGA).
Respondents: State and local
government.
Estimated Annual Burden on
Respondents: Approximately 275 hours
for each of the 135 respondents.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
37,070 hours.
Frequency: Annual.
Issued: October 6, 2010.
Ann M. Linnertz,
Associate Administrator for Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010–25653 Filed 10–12–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
[FTA Docket No. FTA–2010–0038]
Notice of Request for the Approval of
Information Collection
Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of request for comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to
request the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) to approve the following
information collection:
Metropolitan and Statewide
Transportation Planning.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
before December 13, 2010.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that your
comments are not entered more than
once into the docket, submit comments
identified by the docket number by only
one of the following methods:
1. Web site: https://www.regulations.
gov. Follow the instructions for
submitting comments on the U.S.
Government electronic docket site.
(Note: The U.S. Department of
mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES
SUMMARY:
VerDate Mar<15>2010
17:22 Oct 12, 2010
Jkt 223001
Transportation’s (DOT’s) electronic
docket is no longer accepting electronic
comments.) All electronic submissions
must be made to the U.S. Government
electronic docket site at https://
www.regulations.gov. Commenters
should follow the directions below for
mailed and hand-delivered comments.
2. Fax: 202–366–7951.
3. Mail: U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Docket Operations, M–30,
West Building, Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001.
4. Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Docket Operations, M–30,
West Building, Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except federal holidays.
Instructions: You must include the
agency name and docket number for this
notice at the beginning of your
comments. Submit two copies of your
comments if you submit them by mail.
For confirmation that FTA has received
your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Note that
all comments received, including any
personal information, will be posted
and will be available to Internet users,
without change, to https://
www.regulations.gov. You may review
DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement
in the Federal Register published April
11, 2000, (65 FR 19477), or you may
visit https://www.regulations.gov.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents and
comments received, go to https://
www.regulations.gov at any time.
Background documents and comments
received may also be viewed at the U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Docket
Operations, M–30, West Building,
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001 between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Candace Noonan, Office of Planning and
Environment, (202) 366–1648, or e-mail:
candace.noonan@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested
parties are invited to send comments
regarding any aspect of this information
collection, including: (1) The necessity
and utility of the information collection
for the proper performance of the
functions of the FTA; (2) the accuracy
of the estimated burden; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the collected information; and (4)
ways to minimize the collection burden
without reducing the quality of the
collected information. Comments
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submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval of this
information collection.
Title: Metropolitan and Statewide
Transportation Planning.
OMB Number: 2132–0529.
Background: The Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) and Federal
Highway Administration (FHWA)
jointly carry out the federal mandate to
improve urban and rural transportation.
49 U.S.C. Sections 5303 and 5304 and
23 U.S.C. 134 and 135 authorize the use
of federal funds to assist Metropolitan
Planning Organizations (MPOs), States,
and local public bodies in developing
transportation plans and programs to
serve the transportation needs of
urbanized areas over 50,000 in
population and other areas of States
outside of urbanized areas. The
information collection activities
involved in developing the Unified
Planning Work Program (UPWP), the
Metropolitan Transportation Plan, the
Statewide Transportation Improvement
Plan, the Transportation Improvement
Program (TIP), and the Statewide
Transportation Improvement Program
(STIP) are necessary to identify and
evaluate the transportation issues and
needs in each urbanized area and
throughout every state. These products
of the transportation planning process
are essential elements in the reasonable
planning and programming of federally
funded transportation investments.
In addition to serving as management
tools for MPOs and State DOTs, the
UPWP and State Planning and Research
(SP&R) Work Program are used by both
FTA and FHWA to monitor the
transportation planning activities of
those agencies. It is also needed to
establish national out year budgets and
regional program plans, develop policy
on using funds, monitor State and local
compliance with national technical
emphasis areas, respond to
Congressional inquiries, prepare
Congressional testimony, and ensure
efficiency in the use and expenditure of
federal funds by determining that
planning proposals are both reasonable
and cost-effective. 49 U.S.C. Section
5303 and 23 U.S.C. 134(h) require the
development of TIPs for urbanized
areas; STIPs are mandated by 49 U.S.C.
Section 5304 and 23 U.S.C. 235(f) for an
entire State. After approval by the
Governor and MPO, metropolitan TIPs
in attainment areas are to be
incorporated directly into the STIP. For
nonattainment areas, FTA/FHWA must
make a conformity finding on the TIPs
before including them into the STIP.
The complete STIP is then jointly
reviewed and approved or disapproved
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
[FTA Docket No. FTA-2010-37]
Notice of Request for the Approval of Information Collection
AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the Federal Transit Administration
(FTA) to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve
the following information collection: 49 U.S.C. Part 611--Major Capital
Investment Projects.
DATES: Comments must be submitted before December 13, 2010.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that your comments are not entered more than once
into the docket, submit comments identified by the docket number by
only one of the following methods:
1. Web site: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments on the U.S. Government electronic docket site.
(Note: The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT's) electronic
docket is no longer accepting electronic comments.) All electronic
submissions must be made to the U.S. Government electronic docket site
at https://www.regulations.gov. Commenters should follow the directions
below for mailed and hand-delivered comments.
2. Fax: 202-366-7951.
3. Mail: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue,
SE., Docket Operations, M-30, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-
140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
4. Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., Docket Operations, M-30, West Building, Ground
Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001 between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays.
Instructions: You must include the agency name and docket number
for this notice at the beginning of your comments. Submit two copies of
your comments if you submit them by mail. For confirmation that FTA has
received your comments, include a self-addressed stamped postcard. Note
that all comments received, including any personal information, will be
posted and will be available to Internet users, without change, to
https://www.regulations.gov. You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register published April 11, 2000, (65 FR
19477), or you may visit https://www.regulations.gov.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents and
comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov at any time.
Background documents and comments received may also be viewed at the
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Docket
Operations, M-30, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590-0001 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Day, Office of Planning and
Environment, (202) 366-5159, or e-mail: elizabeth.day@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested parties are invited to send
comments regarding any aspect of this information collection,
including: (1) The necessity and utility of the information collection
for the proper performance of the functions of the FTA; (2) the
accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the collected information; and (4) ways to
minimize the collection burden without reducing the quality of the
collected information. Comments submitted in response to this notice
will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of
this information collection.
Title: 49 U.S.C. Part 611--49 CFR Major Capital Investment
Projects.
OMB Number: 2132-0561.
Background: On August 10, 2005, the Safe, Accountable, Flexible,
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU)
was enacted. Sections 3011(d)(5) and 3011(e)(6) of SAFETEA-LU require
FTA to issue regulations on the manner in which candidate projects for
major capital investment grants for new fixed guideway systems,
extensions to existing fixed guideway systems, or significant corridor
based bus investments (``New Starts'' and ``Small Starts'') will be
evaluated and rated for purposes of the FTA Capital Investment Grant
program under 49 U.S.C. Section 5309. An Advanced Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (ANPRM) for this regulation was issued on January 30, 2006,
(71 FR 22841). A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) was issued on
August 3, 2007, (72 FR 43328). The NPRM was withdrawn on February 17,
2009, due to an intervening statutory change resulting from the passage
of the SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections Act in June 2008. Another ANPRM
for the regulation was issued on June 2, 2010 (75 FR 31383). FTA is
reviewing the comments received on the ANPRM, and at this time a date
for publication of the NPRM is not known.
FTA has a longstanding requirement to evaluate proposed projects
against a prescribed set of statutory criteria at specific points
during the projects' development including when they seek to enter
preliminary engineering, final design, and a Full Funding Grant
Agreement. In addition, FTA must report on its evaluations and ratings
annually to Congress. The Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation
Assistance Act of 1987 (STURAA) established in law a set of criteria
that proposed projects had to meet in order to be eligible for federal
funding. The requirement for summary project ratings has been in place
since 1998. Thus, the requirements for project evaluation and data
collection for New Starts projects are not new. One addition included
in SAFETEA-LU is the Small Starts program. The Small Starts program
enables smaller cost projects with a smaller requested share of Section
5309 major capital investment funds to progress through a simplified
and streamlined project evaluation and data collection process. In
general, the information used by FTA for New and Small Starts project
evaluation and
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rating should arise as a part of the normal planning process.
FTA has been collecting project evaluation information from project
sponsors under the existing OMB approval for this program (OMB No.
2132-0561). However, due to modifications in the project evaluation
criteria and FTA evaluation and rating procedures for the New Starts
program and the addition of the Small Starts program, it became
apparent that some information now required might be beyond the scope
of ordinary planning activities. In particular, SAFETEA-LU creates
additional requirements for before-and-after data collection as a
condition of obtaining a Full Funding Grant Agreement (FFGA) or a
Project Construction Grant Agreement (PCGA).
Respondents: State and local government.
Estimated Annual Burden on Respondents: Approximately 275 hours for
each of the 135 respondents.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 37,070 hours.
Frequency: Annual.
Issued: October 6, 2010.
Ann M. Linnertz,
Associate Administrator for Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-25653 Filed 10-12-10; 8:45 am]
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