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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA–2012–0081]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Request for Comments for a
New Information Collection
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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
published a Federal Register Notice
with a 60-day public comment period
on this information collection on June
22, 2012. We are required to publish
this notice in the Federal Register by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by
November 8, 2012.
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,
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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
the quality of the collected information.
All comments should include the
Docket number FHWA–2012–0081.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chris Allen, 202–366–4104, Office of
Highway Policy Information, Federal
Highway Administration, Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590,
between 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title:
Federal Highway Administration
(FHWA) State Reports for American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act
(Recovery Act)
Background: The American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery
Act), provides the State Departments of
Transportation and Federal Lands
Agencies with $27.5 billion for highway
infrastructure investment. With these
funds also comes an increased level of
data reporting with the stated goal of
improving transparency and
accountability at all levels of
government. According to President
Obama ‘‘Every American will be able to
hold Washington accountable for these
decisions by going online to see how
and where their tax dollars are being
spent.’’ The Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) in concert with
the Office of the Secretary of
Transportation (OST) and the other
modes within the U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT) will be taking the
appropriate steps to ensure that
accountability and transparency are
provided for all infrastructure
investments.
The reporting requirements of the
Recovery Act are covered in Sections
1201 and 1512. Section 1201 (c)(1)
stipulates that ‘‘notwithstanding any
other provision of law each grant
recipient shall submit to the covered
agency (FHWA) from which they
received funding periodic reports on the
use of the funds appropriated in this Act
for covered programs. Such reports shall
be collected and compiled by the
covered agency (FHWA) and
transmitted to Congress. Covered
agencies (FHWA) may develop such
reports on behalf of grant recipients
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(States) to ensure the accuracy and
consistency of such reports.’’
Section 1512 of the Recovery Act
requires ‘‘any entity that receives
recovery funds directly from the Federal
Government (including recovery funds
received through grant, loan, or
contract) other than an individual,’’
including States, to provide regular
‘‘Recipient Reports.’’
As the recipients or grantees for the
majority of the Recovery Act funds,
States and Federal Land Management
Agencies (FLMA) are by statute
responsible for reporting to FHWA on
the projects, use of Recovery Act funds,
and jobs supported. States and FLMA
that receive recovery fund
apportionments directly from the
Federal government are responsible for
reporting to FHWA, and are also
responsible for reporting quarterly to the
federalreporting.gov Web site. To
achieve a high-quality, consistent basis
for reporting and project oversight,
FHWA has designed the Recovery Act
Database System (RADS) for obtaining
and summarizing data including reports
to congress, project oversight, and other
purposes.
States and FLMA will be responsible
for providing the data that are not
currently available at the national level.
Not every data element required to be
reported by the Recovery Act needs to
be specifically collected. To the
maximum extent possible, FHWA will
utilize existing data programs to meet
the Recovery Act reporting
requirements. For example, for the
requirement to report aggregate
expenditures of State funds, FHWA will
use existing reports submitted by States
and data collected in the Financial
Management Information System
(FMIS). While the reporting obligations
in the Recovery Act are only applicable
to the grant recipients, the States and
FLMA may need to obtain certain
information from their contractors,
consultants, and other funding
recipients in order to provide the FHWA
with all of the required information.
Additional information on the
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 is available at https://
www.fhwa.dot.gov/economicrecovery/
index.htm.
Respondents In a reporting cycle, it is
estimated that reports will be received
from approximately 70 grant recipients.
Respondents include: 50 State
Departments of Transportation, the
District of Columbia and Puerto Rico,
the U.S. territories, the following
Federal Land Management Agencies:
National Park Service, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife, National Forest Service and
the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and several
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Native American Indian Governments
who, by contract, manage their own
transportation program. These reports
will be submitted through the RADS
and reviewed for accuracy by the FHWA
Division Offices.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 5 hours
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: Total estimated average annual
burden is 4000 hours.
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
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
computer 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: October 1, 2012.
Steven Smith,
Chief, Information Technology Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Environmental Impact Statement:
Travis County, TX
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1508.22
and 43 TAC § 2.5(e)(2), the FHWA,
Texas Department of Transportation
(TxDOT), and Central Texas Regional
Mobility Authority (Mobility Authority)
are issuing this notice to advise the
public that an environmental impact
statement (EIS) will be prepared for a
transportation project in Travis County,
Texas. The proposed project would
improve US 290 from State Loop 1 (SL1
[Mopac]) to Ranch-to-Market Road (RM)
1826, in Travis County, Texas, a
distance of approximately 3.6 miles.
The EIS will also include improvements
to SH 71 from Silvermine Drive to US
290 in Travis County, a distance of
approximately 1.2 miles.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Salvador Deocampo, District Engineer,
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District A, Federal Highway
Administration, Texas Division, 300
East 8th Street, Room 826, Austin,
Texas, 78701. Phone: 512–536–5950.
DATES: Public Scoping meetings will be
held in fall 2012 and winter 2013 to
receive oral and written comments on
environmental concerns that should be
addressed in the EIS. The public
scoping meetings will be held at dates,
times and locations to be published in
general circulation newspapers in the
project area. Comments concerning the
scope of the analysis should be received
in writing within 30 days following the
date of the last scoping meeting to
receive full consideration in the
development of alternatives.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
FHWA in cooperation with TxDOT and
the Mobility Authority will prepare an
EIS for the proposed improvement of US
290 from State Loop 1 (SL1 [Mopac]) to
Ranch-to-Market Road (RM) 1826, in
Travis County, Texas, a distance of
approximately 3.6 miles. The EIS will
also include improvements to SH 71
from Silvermine Drive to US 290 in
Travis County, a distance of
approximately 1.2 miles. Proposed
improvements were originally
considered in a Final Environmental
Impact Statement (FEIS) covering
improvements to SH 71/US 290 from
RM 1826 to Farm-to-Market (FM) 973. A
Record of Decision (ROD) was issued by
FHWA on August 22, 1988. The midsection of the original project limits,
between Joe Tanner Lane and Riverside
Drive, has been constructed. Since the
issuance of the ROD, changes in
adjacent land use, State and Federal
listing of the Barton Springs salamander
as endangered, changes in funding
mechanisms, and public input have
resulted in changes in the proposed
design concept. A new EIS will be
completed to evaluate potential impacts
from the proposed improvements. The
proposed project limits of the US 290
EIS would extend beyond the limits of
the original FEIS to allow for a logical
terminus and transition back to existing
US 290 at Circle Drive and along SH 71
at Silvermine Drive.
The project is listed in the Capital
Area Metropolitan Planning
Organization (CAMPO) 2035 Regional
Transportation Plan, as amended, as a
six-lane tolled freeway from Circle Drive
to Joe Tanner Lane and as tolled
connector bridges from SH 71 to US 290
W. The proposed action is also included
in the CAMPO’s fiscal year 2011–2014
Transportation Improvement Program
(TIP) as an added capacity, tolled
facility and tolled connector bridges
from SH 71. The need for the proposed
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project stems from corridor congestion
causing unreliable traffic operations
within the US 290/SH 71 corridor.
TxDOT and the Mobility Authority have
identified the following issues that the
project would address: safety concerns
along the corridor, roadway congestion
which has been caused by steady
population growth in the Austin
metropolitan area, system mobility and
connectivity, time delay and level of
service (LOS; currently at LOS F—
unacceptable congestion) within the
corridor, and reliable routes for transit
and emergency vehicles within the
corridor.
In order to address the identified
needs and objectives, the purpose of the
proposed project is to improve mobility
and operational efficiency, facilitate
long-term congestion management in
the corridor by accommodating the
movement of people and goods for
multiple modes of travel, and improve
safety and emergency response within
the corridor. A reasonable number of
alignment alternatives will be identified
and evaluated in the EIS, as well as the
No-build Alternative, based on input
from federal, state, and local agencies,
as well as private organizations and
concerned citizens. Alternative designs
and funding alternatives will include
tolling options or new managed lanes.
In addition, environmental stewardship
and sustainability strategies will be
developed to address those problems
which are not transportation related and
may include improved service quality
and quality of access to goods and
services, safety, improved air quality,
noise reduction, improved water
quality, protection of habitat and open
space, historic preservation, reduced
carbon emissions, increased social
equity, economic development, and a
satisfying quality of life, plus local goals
consistent with the overall project
purpose and need.
Impacts caused by the construction
and operation of the proposed
improvements would vary depending
on the selection of a build alternative.
The EIS will evaluate potential impacts
from construction and operation of the
proposed roadway including, but not
limited to, the following: impacts to
residences and businesses, including
potential relocation; impacts to
parkland; transportation impacts
(construction detours, construction
traffic, and mobility improvement); air
and noise impacts from construction
equipment and operation of the
roadway; social and economic impacts,
including impacts to minority and lowincome residences; impacts to historic
cultural resources; endangered and
threatened species and impacts to
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2012-0081]
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: 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 published a Federal Register Notice with a 60-day
public comment period on this information collection on June 22, 2012.
We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by November 8, 2012.
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 the
quality of the collected information. All comments should include the
Docket number FHWA-2012-0081.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chris Allen, 202-366-4104, Office of
Highway Policy Information, Federal Highway Administration, Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590,
between 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
State Reports for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act)
Background: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(Recovery Act), provides the State Departments of Transportation and
Federal Lands Agencies with $27.5 billion for highway infrastructure
investment. With these funds also comes an increased level of data
reporting with the stated goal of improving transparency and
accountability at all levels of government. According to President
Obama ``Every American will be able to hold Washington accountable for
these decisions by going online to see how and where their tax dollars
are being spent.'' The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in concert
with the Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST) and the other
modes within the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will be taking
the appropriate steps to ensure that accountability and transparency
are provided for all infrastructure investments.
The reporting requirements of the Recovery Act are covered in
Sections 1201 and 1512. Section 1201 (c)(1) stipulates that
``notwithstanding any other provision of law each grant recipient shall
submit to the covered agency (FHWA) from which they received funding
periodic reports on the use of the funds appropriated in this Act for
covered programs. Such reports shall be collected and compiled by the
covered agency (FHWA) and transmitted to Congress. Covered agencies
(FHWA) may develop such reports on behalf of grant recipients (States)
to ensure the accuracy and consistency of such reports.''
Section 1512 of the Recovery Act requires ``any entity that
receives recovery funds directly from the Federal Government (including
recovery funds received through grant, loan, or contract) other than an
individual,'' including States, to provide regular ``Recipient
Reports.''
As the recipients or grantees for the majority of the Recovery Act
funds, States and Federal Land Management Agencies (FLMA) are by
statute responsible for reporting to FHWA on the projects, use of
Recovery Act funds, and jobs supported. States and FLMA that receive
recovery fund apportionments directly from the Federal government are
responsible for reporting to FHWA, and are also responsible for
reporting quarterly to the federalreporting.gov Web site. To achieve a
high-quality, consistent basis for reporting and project oversight,
FHWA has designed the Recovery Act Database System (RADS) for obtaining
and summarizing data including reports to congress, project oversight,
and other purposes.
States and FLMA will be responsible for providing the data that are
not currently available at the national level. Not every data element
required to be reported by the Recovery Act needs to be specifically
collected. To the maximum extent possible, FHWA will utilize existing
data programs to meet the Recovery Act reporting requirements. For
example, for the requirement to report aggregate expenditures of State
funds, FHWA will use existing reports submitted by States and data
collected in the Financial Management Information System (FMIS). While
the reporting obligations in the Recovery Act are only applicable to
the grant recipients, the States and FLMA may need to obtain certain
information from their contractors, consultants, and other funding
recipients in order to provide the FHWA with all of the required
information.
Additional information on the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 is available at https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/economicrecovery/index.htm.
Respondents In a reporting cycle, it is estimated that reports will
be received from approximately 70 grant recipients. Respondents
include: 50 State Departments of Transportation, the District of
Columbia and Puerto Rico, the U.S. territories, the following Federal
Land Management Agencies: National Park Service, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife, National Forest Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and
several
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Native American Indian Governments who, by contract, manage their own
transportation program. These reports will be submitted through the
RADS and reviewed for accuracy by the FHWA Division Offices.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 5 hours
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: Total estimated average annual
burden is 4000 hours.
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 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 computer
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: October 1, 2012.
Steven Smith,
Chief, Information Technology Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-24801 Filed 10-5-12; 8:45 am]
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