Notice To Rescind the Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement, Valley County, ID, 15181-15182 [2012-6123]
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(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
the quality of the collected information.
All comments should include the
Docket number FHWA–2012–0022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Keith Williams, 202–366–9212,
Highway Safety Specialist, Program
Planning Team, Office of Safety
Programs, Federal Highway
Administration, Department of
Transportation, 545 John Knox Road
Suite 200, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Room E73–405, Washington, DC 20590,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Compendium of State
Performance Management Practices and
Methodologies for Setting a National
Safety Performance Target.
Type of request: New information
collection requirement.
Background: This information
collection effort is part of a larger
project to document the methodologies
currently used by the States to develop
highway safety performance measures
and targets. The research project
includes a literature review of current
guidance and practices, a technical
report on performance management and
target setting in comparable nonhighway safety environments, a peer
exchange to explore methodologies and
establish promising practices and
finally, alternative methodologies for
setting a national highway safety
performance target.
This information collection will
specifically support a compendium and
evaluation of how baseline information
is used in individual States, the District
of Columbia, Metropolitan Planning
Organizations (MPOs), local and tribal
agencies to select, set and evaluate
performance based highway safety
measures and how they affect the
overall State’s highway safety programs.
FHWA proposes to conduct a web-based
survey to evaluate the methodologies
used by State Departments of
Transportation, State Governor’s
Highway Safety Offices, select
Metropolitan Planning Organizations
and local departments of transportation
to identify methodologies for selecting
highway safety performance measures
and methodologies for setting
performance targets based on those
measures. Sample size will be
approximately 160 persons,
representing each of the State
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Departments of Transportation; each of
the Governor’s Highway Safety Offices,
the District of Columbia, and select
MPOs and local departments of
transportation. Interview length will be
approximately 30 minutes.
The surveys will be conducted by
emailing a URL link to the appropriate
representative within each organization.
A standardized questionnaire will be
used to collect the information from the
representatives.
This information collection will not
require complex statistical analysis and
will not be published for general public
consumption. The collection will be
used to support further research in
developing and evaluating a
methodology to set and support
National and State highway safety
performance measures and targets.
Respondents: State DOT’s the District
of Columbia, and select MPOs and local
departments of transportation (160
total).
Frequency: Annually.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: It will take approximately 30
minutes per participant.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: Approximately 80 hours
annually.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the U.S.
DOT’s performance, including whether
the information will have practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the U.S.
DOT’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection; (3)
ways 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.
Issued On: March 9, 2012.
Michael Howell,
Acting Chief, Management Programs and
Analysis Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Notice To Rescind the Notice of Intent
To Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement, Valley County, ID
Federal Highway
Administration.
ACTION: Rescind Notice of Intent to
prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement.
AGENCY:
The FHWA is issuing this
notice to advise the public that the
Notice of Intent published on January
24, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 15) to
prepare an EIS for a proposed highway
project in Valley County, Idaho is being
rescinded.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
John Perry, Field Operations Engineer,
Federal Highway Administration, 3050
Lakeharbor Lane, Suite 126, Boise,
Idaho 83703, Telephone: (208)334–9180
or Mr. Greg Vitley, Sr. Environmental
Planner, Idaho Transportation
Department District 3, P.O. Box 8028,
83707–2028, Telephone: (208)334–8300.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Federal Highway Administration
(FHWA) in cooperation with Idaho
Transportation Department (ITD)
published a Notice of Intent (NOI) on
January 24, 2000 (Volume 65, Number
15) to prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) evaluating the
alternatives for transportation
improvements along a 7.04-mile stretch
of State Highway 55 (SH–55) from
milepost 94.85 to milepost 101.89. The
project is officially known as the SH–55,
Smith’s Ferry to Round Valley Project
(Project No. DHP–NH–1568(001); Key
No. 01004). The Purpose and Need of
this project was to improve safety,
reduce existing road deficiencies, and
decrease traffic congestion in the area of
Smith’s Ferry to Round Valley, on SH–
55. A series of project team meetings/
public workshops were held and a range
of alternatives were developed and
evaluated; however, because
development pressures have decreased
since the inception of this project, ITD
has determined the basis for the Purpose
and Need of the project is no longer
valid resulting in the NOI being
rescinded.
Instead, minor safety and congestion
improvements which may include north
and southbound passing lanes, and
intersection improvements are being
proposed to meet the future needs of the
corridor. These improvements could
require minor road realignments to
avoid existing resources and
replacement of Tripod Creek and Round
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Valley Creek culverts. To meet fiscal
constraint requirements, the project
would be programmed in a phased
manner. These proposed safety
improvements are not anticipated to
result in significant impacts on the
human or natural environment.
If, at a future time, FHWA determines
that the proposed safety and congestion
improvements are likely to have a
significant impact on the environment,
a new NOI to prepare an EIS will be
published.
To ensure that the full range of issues
related are identified, comments or
questions regarding this action to
rescind the NOI are invited from all
interested parties. These comments or
questions should be directed to FHWA
or ITD at the addresses provided above.
Peter J. Hartman,
Division Administrator, FHWA—Idaho
Division.
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Please send your comments by
April 13, 2012. OMB must receive your
comments by this date in order to act
quickly on the ICR.
ADDRESSES: All comments should
reference Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) Docket Number
FMCSA–2012–0012. Interested persons
are invited to submit written comments
on the proposed information collection
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget. Comments
should be addressed to the attention of
the Desk Officer, Department of
Transportation/Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, and sent via
electronic mail to
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov, or faxed
to (202) 395–6974, or mailed to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102,
725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC
20503.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2012–0012]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; New Information Collection
Request: Commercial Driver Individual
Differences Study
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
FMCSA announces its plan to submit
the Information Collection Request (ICR)
described below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. The FMCSA
requests approval of a new ICR that is
associated with a study that will be
conducted by a research contractor to
investigate the differences among the
characteristics of individual commercial
drivers. This information collection will
aid FMCSA in developing future safety
initiatives by examining a wide array of
driver and situational factors to
determine if they are associated with
increased or decreased crash and
incident involvement. On October 3,
2011, FMCSA published a Federal
Register notice allowing for a 60-day
comment period on the ICR. Five
comments were received.
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Theresa Hallquist, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, Office of
Analysis, Research and Technology,
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration, 6th Floor, West
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Telephone: 202–366–1064; Email
Address: theresa.hallquist@dot.gov.
Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Commercial Driver Individual
Differences Study.
OMB Control Number: 2126–XXXX.
Type of Request: New information
collection.
Respondents: Commercial motor
vehicle (CMV) drivers and fleet
managers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
21,020.
Estimated Time per Response: The
estimated average time per responses
are as follows: 1 hour, 5 minutes for
paper and 1 hour for electronic Form
MCSA–5863, ‘‘Commercial Motor
Vehicle Driver Survey,’’ submissions; 35
minutes for paper and 30 minutes for
electronic Form MCSA–5864, ‘‘FollowUp Survey of Recent Life Experiences,’’
submissions; 75 minutes for paper and
70 minutes for electronic Driver Survey
and Job Descriptive Index from the
Follow-Up Survey submission; and 10
minutes for the Form MCSA–5865,
‘‘Fleet Managers Survey,’’ submissions.
Expiration Date: N/A. This is a new
information collection request.
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Frequency of Response: This
information collection will be a single,
nonrecurring event for 16,000 CMV
driver participants and 20 fleet
managers. For at least 5,000 CMV driver
participants, the information collection
will occur twice.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
9,536 hours. 8,822 hours for CMV driver
participants: [16,800 CMV drivers
completing paper Driver Survey × 65
minutes + 4,200 CMV drivers
completing electronic Driver Survey × 1
hour + 4,000 drivers completing paper
Follow-Up Survey × 35 minutes per
driver/60 minutes + 1,000 drivers
completing electronic Follow-Up
Survey × 30 minutes per driver/60
minutes + 800 CMV drivers completing
paper Driver Survey and Job Descriptive
Index × 75 minutes per driver/60
minutes + 200 CMV drivers completing
paper Driver Survey and Job Descriptive
Inde× × 70 minutes per driver/60
minutes = 26,466 hours/3 years = 8,822
hours] + 714 hours for Carrier
Operations: [20 participating carriers × 2
hours to learn about and agree to
participation + 40 carrier managers
completing IRB training × 2 hours + 20
Managers recruiting and handling data
collection of 20,000 respondents × 83
hours + 20 Managers completing Fleet
Manager Survey × 10 minutes + Carrier
managers delivering monthly crash
reports to VTTI (20 carriers × 36
months) × 30 minutes/60 minutes =
2,143/3 years = 714 hours]. 8,822 hours
for CMV driver participants + 714 hours
for Carriers Operations = 9,536 hours.
Background: The purpose of this
study is to identify, verify, quantify, and
prioritize commercial driver risk factors.
Primarily, these are personal factors
such as demographic characteristics,
medical conditions, personality traits,
and performance capabilities. Risk
factors may also include work
environmental conditions, such as
carrier operations type. The study will
identify risk factors by linking the
characteristics of individual drivers
with their driving records, especially
the presence or absence of DOT
reportable crashes.
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 FMCSA to perform its
functions; (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (3) ways for FMCSA
to enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the collected information; and
(4) ways that the burden could be
minimized without reducing the quality
of the collected information.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Notice To Rescind the Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement, Valley County, ID
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration.
ACTION: Rescind Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this notice to advise the public that the
Notice of Intent published on January 24, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 15)
to prepare an EIS for a proposed highway project in Valley County,
Idaho is being rescinded.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John Perry, Field Operations
Engineer, Federal Highway Administration, 3050 Lakeharbor Lane, Suite
126, Boise, Idaho 83703, Telephone: (208)334-9180 or Mr. Greg Vitley,
Sr. Environmental Planner, Idaho Transportation Department District 3,
P.O. Box 8028, 83707-2028, Telephone: (208)334-8300.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in
cooperation with Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) published a
Notice of Intent (NOI) on January 24, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 15) to
prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) evaluating the
alternatives for transportation improvements along a 7.04-mile stretch
of State Highway 55 (SH-55) from milepost 94.85 to milepost 101.89. The
project is officially known as the SH-55, Smith's Ferry to Round Valley
Project (Project No. DHP-NH-1568(001); Key No. 01004). The Purpose and
Need of this project was to improve safety, reduce existing road
deficiencies, and decrease traffic congestion in the area of Smith's
Ferry to Round Valley, on SH-55. A series of project team meetings/
public workshops were held and a range of alternatives were developed
and evaluated; however, because development pressures have decreased
since the inception of this project, ITD has determined the basis for
the Purpose and Need of the project is no longer valid resulting in the
NOI being rescinded.
Instead, minor safety and congestion improvements which may include
north and southbound passing lanes, and intersection improvements are
being proposed to meet the future needs of the corridor. These
improvements could require minor road realignments to avoid existing
resources and replacement of Tripod Creek and Round
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Valley Creek culverts. To meet fiscal constraint requirements, the
project would be programmed in a phased manner. These proposed safety
improvements are not anticipated to result in significant impacts on
the human or natural environment.
If, at a future time, FHWA determines that the proposed safety and
congestion improvements are likely to have a significant impact on the
environment, a new NOI to prepare an EIS will be published.
To ensure that the full range of issues related are identified,
comments or questions regarding this action to rescind the NOI are
invited from all interested parties. These comments or questions should
be directed to FHWA or ITD at the addresses provided above.
Peter J. Hartman,
Division Administrator, FHWA--Idaho Division.
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