Inflation Reduction Act, Request for Information, 23499-23501 [2023-08012]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 73 / Monday, April 17, 2023 / Notices 25.1309(c), 25.1309(d), 25.1316(a), 25.1317(a). Description of Relief Sought: The Boeing Company is petitioning for a temporary exemption from the affected sections of 14 CFR until March 1, 2027 to allow it time to incorporate necessary design changes for the High Lift Flap-Slat Electronics Unit on the Model 737–7 airplane. [FR Doc. 2023–07960 Filed 4–14–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–13–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration [Summary Notice No. PE–2023–11] Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; Dassault Aviation Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption received. AGENCY: This notice contains a summary of a petition seeking relief from specified requirements of Federal Aviation Regulations. The purpose of this notice is to improve the public’s awareness of, and participation in, the FAA’s exemption process. Neither publication of this notice nor the inclusion or omission of information in the summary is intended to affect the legal status of the petition or its final disposition. SUMMARY: Comments on this petition must identify the petition docket number and must be received on or before May 8, 2023. DATES: Send comments identified by docket number FAA–2023–0526 using any of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for sending your comments electronically. • Mail: Send comments to Docket Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W12–140, West Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590–0001. • Hand Delivery or Courier: Take comments to Docket Operations in Room W12–140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. • Fax: Fax comments to Docket Operations at 202–493–2251. Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments from the public to better inform its rulemaking process. DOT posts these comments, without edit, including any personal lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 ADDRESSES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:57 Apr 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 information the commenter provides, to https://www.regulations.gov, as described in the system of records notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at https://www.dot.gov/ privacy. Docket: Background documents or comments received may be read at https://www.regulations.gov at any time. Follow the online instructions for accessing the docket or go to the Docket Operations in Room W12–140 of the West Building Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deana Stedman, AIR–646, Federal Aviation Administration, 2200 South 216th Street, Des Moines, WA 98198, phone and fax 206–231–3187, email deana.stedman@faa.gov. This notice is published pursuant to 14 CFR 11.85. Issued in Washington, DC, on April 11, 2023. Candace E. Keefe, Acting Manager, Technical Writing Section. Petition for Exemption Docket No.: FAA–2023–0526. Petitioner: Dassault Aviation. Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: § 25.1322(b), (c)(2), and (e)(1). Description of Relief Sought: Dassault Aviation is seeking relief from certain requirements of 14 CFR 25.1322, until September 30, 2027, while it incorporates design changes and retrofit of the Model Falcon 6X airplane that would bring the airplane into compliance with FAA requirements. [FR Doc. 2023–07959 Filed 4–14–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–13–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Highway Administration [Docket No. FHWA–2023–0004] Inflation Reduction Act, Request for Information 23499 please submit all comments by only one of the following ways: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for submitting comments. • Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, W12–140, Washington, DC 20590. • Hand Delivery: West Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone number is (202) 366–9329. • Instructions: You must include the agency name and the docket number, FHWA–2021–0021, at the beginning of your comments. All comments received will be posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. • Privacy Act: Except as provided below, all comments received into the docket will be searchable by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477) or at https://www.regulations.gov/ privacy. For questions about this RFI, please contact James G. Gavin, FHWA Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty, (202) 366–1473, or via email at James.Gavin@dot.gov. For legal questions, please contact Ms. Diane Mobley, FHWA Office of the Chief Counsel, (202) 366–1366, or via email at Diane.Mobley@dot.gov. Office hours for FHWA are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AGENCY: Electronic Access FHWA seeks public input on the implementation of section 60505: Environmental Review Implementation Funds, of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 1, 2023. ADDRESSES: To ensure that you do not duplicate your docket submissions, A copy of this notice, all comments received on this notice, and all background material may be viewed online at https://www.regulations.gov using the docket number listed above. Electronic retrieval help and guidelines are also available at https:// www.regulations.gov. An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded from the Office of the Federal Register’s website at: www.FederalRegister.gov and the Government Publishing Office’s website at: www.GovInfo.gov. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Notice; request for information (RFI). SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00110 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\17APN1.SGM 17APN1 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 23500 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 73 / Monday, April 17, 2023 / Notices Background On August 16, 2022, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. signed the IRA, Public Law 117–159 (August 16, 2022), delivering on his promise to build an economy that works for working families. The IRA provides over $1 billion over the next 10 years to several Federal agencies to facilitate efficient and effective reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act and other Federal processes. This could include identifying new strategies that would mitigate environmental impacts and thereby reduce timeframes for environmental reviews. More information on the IRA can be located at www.whitehouse.gov or at https:// www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/ house-bill/5376/. To make the most of the IRA’s historic investment and new opportunities, FHWA is seeking input on section 60505, Environmental Review Implementation Funds. This provision amends title 23, United States Code (U.S.C.) by adding 23 U.S.C. 178, and provides $100 million, available until September 30, 2026, to the Federal Highway Administrator. Funds under this program may be made available to eligible entities to support environmental reviews of surface transportation projects. Eligible entities for this purpose are: a State; a unit of local government; a political subdivision of a State; a Territory of the United States; an entity described in 23 U.S.C. 207(m)(1)(E); a recipient of funds under 23 U.S.C. 203; and a metropolitan planning organization (as defined in 23 U.S.C. 134(b)(2)). The funds may also be used by FHWA to develop guidance, technical assistance, templates, training, or other tools to facilitate an efficient and effective environmental review process for surface transportation projects. The overwhelming majority of transportation projects can generally be processed with limited environmental documentation as categorical exclusions (CE). Project delay issues are more likely to occur on projects with the potential to cause significant environmental effects. However, even for that subset of projects, environmental review and permitting is often not the primary source of project delay. Previous efforts to assess challenges to project delivery have identified multiple factors that are greater contributors to project delays than issues with environmental review and permitting. These factors include inadequate project funding, increased capital costs, lack of consensus on multi-jurisdictional projects, low project prioritization, project complexity, local VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:57 Apr 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 controversy, and changes in project scope.1 While improvements to the environmental review and permitting process may not directly address these challenges, FHWA is seeking evidencebased solutions that can both increase the efficiency of environmental reviews and potentially mitigate the primary sources of delay. Through this RFI, FHWA is soliciting information and suggestions from the public and stakeholders across the public and private sectors on how best to facilitate FHWA’s implementation of this provision. While the public will have further opportunities to provide input as the implementation process unfolds, this notice provides an early way for stakeholders to submit information that can help inform FHWA’s implementation of this provision. This RFI is intended to solicit information on potential opportunities and challenges for implementing section 60505 of the IRA, including: (i) suggestions as to how FHWA might implement this section; (ii) necessity for additional guidance, tools, training, templates, or program changes; (iii) program areas requiring new and continued research. While Congress has specified that these funds will be administered by FHWA, the purpose of the funds is broadly to support environmental reviews of surface transportation projects, which may include rail projects funded by the Federal Railroad Administration and public transportation projects funded by the Federal Transit Administration. FHWA specifically requests comments on how these funds may be used to support this broader group of projects, including those that do not have FHWA involvement. existing programs that could be addressed with additional funding? 2. Detailed description of the action(s) you think FHWA should take in response to the opportunity or challenge(s) identified within existing program areas. For example: financial assistance in the development of statewide databases to facilitate project reviews; development of an aid to assist FHWA in early coordination; or the development of programmatic consultations to accelerate review processes. 3. Detailed information on what types of assistance and on what topical areas would be most beneficial to recipients of direct funding and will facilitate an efficient and effective environmental review process for surface transportation projects. For example: types of technical assistance or training, liaisons to assist in resource studies, tools like geographic information systems to assist with project planning, scoping, or analysis. 4. Detailed information on what program areas would most benefit from new or continued research. For example: Are there additional research needs for specific subject or program areas (planning and environment linkages, public involvement, use of CEs, etc.)? 5. Detailed information on ways in which FHWA can make resources available to the eligible entities described in 23 U.S.C. 178(c)(2) while promoting equity and maximizing the opportunity to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the environmental review process. For example: Webinars and training to promote the Screening Tool for Equity Analysis of Projects and the FHWA Environmental Review Toolkit. Content of Comments Scope of Comments Request for Information The Department will review all comments submitted to the docket associated with this Notice, FHWA– 2023–0004. FHWA encourages commenters to provide the following information: 1. Detailed information that you think FHWA should consider while implementing section 60505 of IRA. For example: Are there constraints in 1 See U.S. Department of the Treasury 40 Proposed U.S. Transportation and Water Infrastructure Projects of Major Economic Significance (2016), Congressional Research Service Accelerating Highway and Transit Project Delivery: Issues and Options for Congress (2011), and National Cooperative Highway Research Program Accelerating Transportation Project and Program Delivery: Conception to Completion (2010). PO 00000 Frm 00111 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 The FHWA is interested if there are additional opportunities to make improvements or accelerate the environmental review process for existing surface transportation programs, in addition to other State, local, and Tribal programs, for example through the use of Programmatic Approaches. Although FHWA is seeking public input on the implementation on section 60505 of the IRA through this RFI, it may issue guidance and begin other activities related to implementation while this docket remains open. Under this notice, FHWA is not soliciting petitions for rulemaking or E:\FR\FM\17APN1.SGM 17APN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 73 / Monday, April 17, 2023 / Notices comments on any ongoing rulemaking action. Andrew Rogers, Deputy Administrator, Federal Highway Administration. [FR Doc. 2023–08012 Filed 4–14–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–22–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION [Docket No. DOT–OST–2003–15623] Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information Collection: Aircraft Accident Liability Insurance Office of the Secretary, DOT. Notice and request for comments. AGENCY: ACTION: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below is being forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comments. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 17, 2023. ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503. Comments are invited on: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Department, including whether the information will have practical utility; the accuracy of the Department’s estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Snoden, (202) 366–4834, Office of Aviation Analysis, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC, 20590. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Federal Register Notice with a 60day comment period soliciting comments on the following information collection was published on February 7, 2023 (88 FR 8039). No comments were received. OMB Control Number: 2106–0030. Title: Aircraft Accident Liability Insurance, 14 CFR part 205. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:57 Apr 14, 2023 Jkt 259001 Type of Request: Extension of a previously approved collection. Abstract: 49 U.S.C. 41112 provides that an air carrier may not be issued or continue to hold air carrier authority unless it has filed with DOT evidence that it possesses insurance in accordance with DOT regulations. 14 CFR part 205 establishes procedures for filing evidence of liability insurance for air carriers, and contains the minimum requirements for air carrier accident liability insurance to protect the public from losses, and directs that certificates evidencing appropriate coverage must be filed with the Department. This insurance information is submitted to DOT using OST Form 6410 (U.S. air carriers) or OST Form 6411 (foreign air carriers). DOT expects to receive approximately 2,012 filed insurance certificates from U.S. air carriers and approximately 550 filed certificates from foreign air carriers. DOT expects to receive approximately 2,676 amended certificates each year from U.S. air carriers and approximately 732 amended filings from foreign air carriers. Total respondents expected is approximately 3,408. Further, DOT expects filers of certificates to take 30 minutes to complete the form and approximately 15 minutes (for approximately 5 percent of respondents) to prepare amendments to the form. Thus, the total annual burden is expected to be 894 hours. Affected Public: U.S. and Foreign Air Carriers. Number of Respondents: 2,562. Frequency: On occasion. Number of Responses: 3,408. Total Annual Burden: 894 hours. Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 14 CFR part 215. Issued in Washington, DC, on April 12, 2023. Lauralyn Jean Remo Temprosa, Associate Director, Air Carrier Fitness Division, Office of Aviation Analysis. [FR Doc. 2023–08020 Filed 4–14–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION [Docket No. DOT–OST–2003–15623] Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information Collection: Use and Change of Names of Air Carriers, Foreign Air Carriers, and Commuter Air Carriers Office of the Secretary, DOT. Notice and request for comments. AGENCY: ACTION: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00112 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 23501 notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below is being forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comments. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 17, 2023. ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503. Comments are invited on: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Department, including whether the information will have practical utility; the accuracy of the Department’s estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Snoden, (202) 366–4834, Office of Aviation Analysis, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information collection was published on February 7, 2023 [88 FR 8038]. No comments were received. OMB Control Number: 2106–0043. Title: Use and Change of Names of Air Carriers, Foreign Air Carriers, and Commuter Air Carriers, 14 CFR part 215. Type of Request: Extension of a previously approved collection. Abstract: In accordance with the procedures set forth in 14 CFR part 215, before a holder of certificated, foreign, or commuter air carrier authority may hold itself out to the public in any particular name or trade name, it must register that name or trade name with the Department, and notify all other certificated, foreign, and commuter air carriers that have registered the same name or similar name(s) of the intended name registration. DOT expects to receive approximately 12 requests from persons to use or change the name or trade name in which they hold themselves out to the public as an air carrier or foreign air carrier. Total respondents expected is approximate 12. Further, DOT expects responders to take 5 hours to complete E:\FR\FM\17APN1.SGM 17APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 73 (Monday, April 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23499-23501]
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[FR Doc No: 2023-08012]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2023-0004]


Inflation Reduction Act, Request for Information

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice; request for information (RFI).

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SUMMARY: FHWA seeks public input on the implementation of section 
60505: Environmental Review Implementation Funds, of the Inflation 
Reduction Act (IRA).

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 1, 2023.

ADDRESSES: To ensure that you do not duplicate your docket submissions, 
please submit all comments by only one of the following ways:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery: West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 
1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m. e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The 
telephone number is (202) 366-9329.
     Instructions: You must include the agency name and the 
docket number, FHWA-2021-0021, at the beginning of your comments. All 
comments received will be posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided.
     Privacy Act: Except as provided below, all comments 
received into the docket will be searchable by the name of the 
individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted 
on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may 
review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register 
published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477) or at https://www.regulations.gov/ privacy.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about this RFI, please 
contact James G. Gavin, FHWA Office of Planning, Environment, and 
Realty, (202) 366-1473, or via email at [email protected]. For legal 
questions, please contact Ms. Diane Mobley, FHWA Office of the Chief 
Counsel, (202) 366-1366, or via email at [email protected]. Office 
hours for FHWA are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., e.t., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access

    A copy of this notice, all comments received on this notice, and 
all background material may be viewed online at https://www.regulations.gov using the docket number listed above. Electronic 
retrieval help and guidelines are also available at https://www.regulations.gov. An electronic copy of this document may be 
downloaded from the Office of the Federal Register's website at: 
www.FederalRegister.gov and the Government Publishing Office's website 
at: www.GovInfo.gov.

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Background

    On August 16, 2022, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. signed the IRA, 
Public Law 117-159 (August 16, 2022), delivering on his promise to 
build an economy that works for working families.
    The IRA provides over $1 billion over the next 10 years to several 
Federal agencies to facilitate efficient and effective reviews under 
the National Environmental Policy Act and other Federal processes. This 
could include identifying new strategies that would mitigate 
environmental impacts and thereby reduce timeframes for environmental 
reviews. More information on the IRA can be located at 
www.whitehouse.gov or at https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5376/.
    To make the most of the IRA's historic investment and new 
opportunities, FHWA is seeking input on section 60505, Environmental 
Review Implementation Funds. This provision amends title 23, United 
States Code (U.S.C.) by adding 23 U.S.C. 178, and provides $100 
million, available until September 30, 2026, to the Federal Highway 
Administrator. Funds under this program may be made available to 
eligible entities to support environmental reviews of surface 
transportation projects. Eligible entities for this purpose are: a 
State; a unit of local government; a political subdivision of a State; 
a Territory of the United States; an entity described in 23 U.S.C. 
207(m)(1)(E); a recipient of funds under 23 U.S.C. 203; and a 
metropolitan planning organization (as defined in 23 U.S.C. 134(b)(2)). 
The funds may also be used by FHWA to develop guidance, technical 
assistance, templates, training, or other tools to facilitate an 
efficient and effective environmental review process for surface 
transportation projects.
    The overwhelming majority of transportation projects can generally 
be processed with limited environmental documentation as categorical 
exclusions (CE). Project delay issues are more likely to occur on 
projects with the potential to cause significant environmental effects. 
However, even for that subset of projects, environmental review and 
permitting is often not the primary source of project delay. Previous 
efforts to assess challenges to project delivery have identified 
multiple factors that are greater contributors to project delays than 
issues with environmental review and permitting. These factors include 
inadequate project funding, increased capital costs, lack of consensus 
on multi-jurisdictional projects, low project prioritization, project 
complexity, local controversy, and changes in project scope.\1\ While 
improvements to the environmental review and permitting process may not 
directly address these challenges, FHWA is seeking evidence-based 
solutions that can both increase the efficiency of environmental 
reviews and potentially mitigate the primary sources of delay.
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    \1\ See U.S. Department of the Treasury 40 Proposed U.S. 
Transportation and Water Infrastructure Projects of Major Economic 
Significance (2016), Congressional Research Service Accelerating 
Highway and Transit Project Delivery: Issues and Options for 
Congress (2011), and National Cooperative Highway Research Program 
Accelerating Transportation Project and Program Delivery: Conception 
to Completion (2010).
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    Through this RFI, FHWA is soliciting information and suggestions 
from the public and stakeholders across the public and private sectors 
on how best to facilitate FHWA's implementation of this provision. 
While the public will have further opportunities to provide input as 
the implementation process unfolds, this notice provides an early way 
for stakeholders to submit information that can help inform FHWA's 
implementation of this provision.

Request for Information

    This RFI is intended to solicit information on potential 
opportunities and challenges for implementing section 60505 of the IRA, 
including: (i) suggestions as to how FHWA might implement this section; 
(ii) necessity for additional guidance, tools, training, templates, or 
program changes; (iii) program areas requiring new and continued 
research. While Congress has specified that these funds will be 
administered by FHWA, the purpose of the funds is broadly to support 
environmental reviews of surface transportation projects, which may 
include rail projects funded by the Federal Railroad Administration and 
public transportation projects funded by the Federal Transit 
Administration. FHWA specifically requests comments on how these funds 
may be used to support this broader group of projects, including those 
that do not have FHWA involvement.

Content of Comments

    The Department will review all comments submitted to the docket 
associated with this Notice, FHWA-2023-0004. FHWA encourages commenters 
to provide the following information:
    1. Detailed information that you think FHWA should consider while 
implementing section 60505 of IRA. For example: Are there constraints 
in existing programs that could be addressed with additional funding?
    2. Detailed description of the action(s) you think FHWA should take 
in response to the opportunity or challenge(s) identified within 
existing program areas. For example: financial assistance in the 
development of statewide databases to facilitate project reviews; 
development of an aid to assist FHWA in early coordination; or the 
development of programmatic consultations to accelerate review 
processes.
    3. Detailed information on what types of assistance and on what 
topical areas would be most beneficial to recipients of direct funding 
and will facilitate an efficient and effective environmental review 
process for surface transportation projects. For example: types of 
technical assistance or training, liaisons to assist in resource 
studies, tools like geographic information systems to assist with 
project planning, scoping, or analysis.
    4. Detailed information on what program areas would most benefit 
from new or continued research. For example: Are there additional 
research needs for specific subject or program areas (planning and 
environment linkages, public involvement, use of CEs, etc.)?
    5. Detailed information on ways in which FHWA can make resources 
available to the eligible entities described in 23 U.S.C. 178(c)(2) 
while promoting equity and maximizing the opportunity to improve the 
efficiency and effectiveness of the environmental review process. For 
example: Webinars and training to promote the Screening Tool for Equity 
Analysis of Projects and the FHWA Environmental Review Toolkit.

Scope of Comments

    The FHWA is interested if there are additional opportunities to 
make improvements or accelerate the environmental review process for 
existing surface transportation programs, in addition to other State, 
local, and Tribal programs, for example through the use of Programmatic 
Approaches.
    Although FHWA is seeking public input on the implementation on 
section 60505 of the IRA through this RFI, it may issue guidance and 
begin other activities related to implementation while this docket 
remains open.
    Under this notice, FHWA is not soliciting petitions for rulemaking 
or

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comments on any ongoing rulemaking action.

Andrew Rogers,
Deputy Administrator, Federal Highway Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023-08012 Filed 4-14-23; 8:45 am]
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