Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Approval of a New Information Collection, 18879-18880 [2012-7366]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 60 / Wednesday, March 28, 2012 / Notices Dated: March 21, 2012. Bruce S. Schofield, Vice President, Land & Shoreline Management, Tennessee Valley Authority. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY Meeting of the Regional Resource Stewardship Council AGENCY: [FR Doc. 2012–7371 Filed 3–27–12; 8:45 am] Tennessee Valley Authority BILLING CODE 8120–08–P (TVA). ACTION: Notice of meeting. The TVA Regional Resource Stewardship Council (RRSC) will hold a meeting on Thursday, April 19, and Friday, April 20, 2012, to consider various matters. The RRSC was established to advise TVA on its natural resource stewardship activities. Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2. The meeting agenda includes the following: SUMMARY: 1. Introductions 2. Updates regarding TVA’s Natural Resource Plan implementation and its River Operations essential stewardship functions, including management of the river system, dam safety, navigation, and flood control 3. Presentation(s) concerning TVA’s stewardship partnership strategy 4. Public Comments 5. Council Discussion and Advice The RRSC will hear opinions and views of citizens by providing a public comment session. The public comment session will be held at 9:30 a.m., EDT, on Friday, April 20. Persons wishing to speak are requested to register at the door by 8:30 a.m. on Friday, April 20 and will be called on during the public comment period. Handout materials should be limited to one printed page. Written comments are also invited and may be mailed to the Regional Resource Stewardship Council, Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT–11 B, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902. The meeting will be held on Thursday, April 19 from 8 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., and Friday, April 20, from 8 a.m. to noon, EDT. DATES: The meeting will be held at the Chattanoogan Hotel, 1201 South Broad Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402–2708 and will be open to the public. Anyone needing special access or accommodations should let the contact below know at least a week in advance. tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES ADDRESSES: Beth Keel, 400 West Summit Hill Drive, WT– 11 B, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902, (865) 632–6113. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:29 Mar 27, 2012 Jkt 226001 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Office of the Secretary of Transportation Department of Transportation Final Environmental Justice Strategy 18879 environmental_justice/ej_at_dot/dot_ej_ strategy/. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Higgins, Office of Safety, Energy, and Environment, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy, telephone (202) 366–7098, or EJ@dot.gov, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington DC 20590. Issued in Washington, DC, on the 2nd day of March 2012. Ray LaHood, Secretary, Department of Transportation. [FR Doc. 2012–7296 Filed 3–27–12; 8:45 am] Office of the Secretary of Transportation, DOT. ACTION: Notice. BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P The Department of Transportation is issuing a revised environmental justice strategy, which sets forth DOT’s commitment to identifying and addressing disproportionately high and adverse human health and environmental effects of agency policies and activities on minority and low-income populations. This strategy is published as a final document; however, it is a revision of a previous version published in 1995, and may be adjusted periodically in the future to reflect new insights acquired through implementation and changing social and technological conditions. The strategy has been revised in response to an interagency Memorandum of Understanding on Environmental Justice (EJ MOU), confirming the importance of addressing environmental justice considerations in agency programs, policies, and activities. The strategy identifies actions the Department intends to take to implement Executive Order 12898, ‘‘Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations’’, signed by President Clinton on February 11, 1994. This Executive Order directs agencies to identify and address disproportionately high and adverse impacts on minority and low-income populations with respect to human health and environment. The EJ MOU acknowledges the continued importance of EJ and participating Federal agencies pledged to review and update existing EJ strategies. This updated EJ strategy reflects DOT’s continued commitment to EJ principles and to integrating those principles into DOT programs, policies, and activities. The revised strategy is publicly available on the DOT Web site at: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/ Federal Highway Administration AGENCY: SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00094 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION [Docket No. FHWA–2012–0023] Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Approval of a New Information Collection Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of request for approval of a new information collection. AGENCY: The FHWA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) approval of a new 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 May 29, 2012. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 2012–0023 by any of the following methods: Web Site: For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www. regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Fax: 1–202–493–2251. Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\28MRN1.SGM 28MRN1 18880 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 60 / Wednesday, March 28, 2012 / Notices tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Scurry, (609) 637–4207 or karen. scurry@dot.gov mailto:ben.gribbon@dot. gov, Office of Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, 840 Bear Tavern Road, West Trenton, NJ 08628, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Assessment and Delivery of Safety Funding at the Local Level. Type of request: New information collection requirement. Background: The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient, Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU), 23 U.S.C. 148, established the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) as a core Federal-aid Highway Program. The overall purpose of this program is to achieve a significant reduction in traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads through the implementation of infrastructure-related highway safety improvements. Using Federal and State funds to assist local agencies in improving safety on local roads is critical for reducing fatalities and serious injuries. However, State and local agencies face many challenges and barriers when identifying, prioritizing, developing, and implementing safety projects on local roads. The requested information collection, in the form of an on-line survey tool, will be used to evaluate the extent, practices and processes State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) use to deliver or apply safety funding resources to local agencies for road safety improvement projects. The survey will also help identify challenges and barriers State DOTs and local agencies face when developing and implementing local road safety projects. Survey respondents will be asked to provide information about training, technical support, and human resources provided to, or on behalf of local agencies, to assist in the identification, analysis, development, evaluation, and implementation of local road safety improvement projects. Respondents will also be asked to identify any challenges or barriers States and local agencies face when attempting to provide funding and other resources for local road safety projects. Certain survey respondents will also be asked to provide feedback on Federal or State fiscal year expenditures applied to local road safety improvement projects over a three-year period and any methodologies used to identify a specific dollar amount or percentage of funds set aside for local road safety improvement projects. VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:29 Mar 27, 2012 Jkt 226001 The information will allow FHWA to assess the extent to which states are providing funds to local agencies for safety projects and to identify human resources and technical assistance states need in order to overcome barriers and challenges to developing and implementing local road safety improvement projects. The survey will also help FHWA identify noteworthy practices that can be implemented in other States, with the ultimate goal of improving highway safety outcomes across the Nation. Respondents: State DOTs. Frequency: One time. Estimated Average Burden per Response: Approximately 5 hours. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: The total burden for this collection would be approximately 250 hours. 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 21, 2012. Juli Huynh, Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division. [FR Doc. 2012–7366 Filed 3–27–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–22–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION National Highway Traffic Safety Administration [U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA–2012– 0033] Proposed Information Collection; Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping Requirements National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Department of Transportation. AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00095 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Request for public comment on proposed collection of information. ACTION: Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from the public, it must receive approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Under procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, before seeking OMB approval, Federal agencies must solicit public comment on proposed collections of information, including extensions and reinstatement of previously approved collections. This document describes one collection of information for which NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval. DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 29, 2012. ADDRESSES: Comments must refer to the docket notice numbers cited at the beginning of this notice and be submitted to Docket Management Facility: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001. Please identify the proposed collection of information before a comment is provided, by referencing its OMB Clearance Number. It is requested, but not required, that 2 copies of the comment be provided. The Docket Section is open on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Complete copies of each request for collection of information may be obtained at no charge from Sean H. McLaurin, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W55–336, NVS–420, Washington, DC 20590. Mr. McLaurin’s telephone number is (202) 366–4800. Please identify the relevant collection of information by referring to its OMB Control Number. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, before an agency submits a proposed collection of information to OMB for approval, it must first publish a document in the Federal Register providing a 60-day comment period and otherwise consult with members of the public and affected agencies concerning each proposed collection of information. The OMB has regulations describing what must be included in such a document. Under OMB’s regulation (at 5CFR 1320.8(d)), an agency must ask for public comment on the following: (i.) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\28MRN1.SGM 28MRN1

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2012-0023]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for 
Approval of a New Information Collection

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of request for approval of a new 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 of a new 
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 May 29, 2012.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 
2012-0023 by any of the following methods:
    Web Site: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
    Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
    Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.
    Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. Department of Transportation, West 
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Scurry, (609) 637-4207 or 
karen.scurry@dot.gov mailto:ben.gribbon@dot.gov, Office of 
Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
Transportation, 840 Bear Tavern Road, West Trenton, NJ 08628, Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Assessment and Delivery of Safety Funding at the Local 
Level.
    Type of request: New information collection requirement.
    Background: The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient, 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), 23 U.S.C. 
148, established the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) as a 
core Federal-aid Highway Program. The overall purpose of this program 
is to achieve a significant reduction in traffic fatalities and serious 
injuries on all public roads through the implementation of 
infrastructure-related highway safety improvements. Using Federal and 
State funds to assist local agencies in improving safety on local roads 
is critical for reducing fatalities and serious injuries. However, 
State and local agencies face many challenges and barriers when 
identifying, prioritizing, developing, and implementing safety projects 
on local roads.
    The requested information collection, in the form of an on-line 
survey tool, will be used to evaluate the extent, practices and 
processes State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) use to deliver or 
apply safety funding resources to local agencies for road safety 
improvement projects. The survey will also help identify challenges and 
barriers State DOTs and local agencies face when developing and 
implementing local road safety projects.
    Survey respondents will be asked to provide information about 
training, technical support, and human resources provided to, or on 
behalf of local agencies, to assist in the identification, analysis, 
development, evaluation, and implementation of local road safety 
improvement projects. Respondents will also be asked to identify any 
challenges or barriers States and local agencies face when attempting 
to provide funding and other resources for local road safety projects.
    Certain survey respondents will also be asked to provide feedback 
on Federal or State fiscal year expenditures applied to local road 
safety improvement projects over a three-year period and any 
methodologies used to identify a specific dollar amount or percentage 
of funds set aside for local road safety improvement projects.
    The information will allow FHWA to assess the extent to which 
states are providing funds to local agencies for safety projects and to 
identify human resources and technical assistance states need in order 
to overcome barriers and challenges to developing and implementing 
local road safety improvement projects.
    The survey will also help FHWA identify noteworthy practices that 
can be implemented in other States, with the ultimate goal of improving 
highway safety outcomes across the Nation.
    Respondents: State DOTs.
    Frequency: One time.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: Approximately 5 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: The total burden for this 
collection would be approximately 250 hours.
    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 21, 2012.
 Juli Huynh,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-7366 Filed 3-27-12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-22-P
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