[Federal Register: August 13, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 155)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2007-28961]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for
Extension of Currently Approved Information Collection
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA has forwarded the information collection request
described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
to renew an information collection. We published a Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day public comment period on this information
collection on June 8, 2007. We are required to publish this notice in
the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by September 12, 2007.
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-2007-28961.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bobette Meads, 202-366-2881, Office of
the Chief Financial Officer, Federal Highway Administration, Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590,
between 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Voucher for Federal-aid Reimbursements.
OMB Control #: 2125-0507.
Form #: PR-20.
Background: The Federal-aid Highway Program provides for the
reimbursement to States for expenditure of State funds for eligible
Federal-aid highway projects. The Voucher for Work Performed under
Provisions of the Federal Aid and Federal Highway Acts as amended is
utilized by the States to provide project financial data regarding the
expenditure of State funds and to request progress payments from the
FHWA. Title 23 U.S.C. 121(b) requires the submission of vouchers. The
specific information required on the voucher is contained in 23 U.S.C.
121 and 117. Two types of submissions are required by recipients. One
is a progress voucher where the recipient enters the amounts claimed
for each FHWA appropriation, and the other is a final voucher where
project costs are classified by work type. An electronic version of the
Voucher for Work Performed under Provisions of the Federal Aid Highway
Acts, as amended, Form PR-20, is used by all recipients to request
progress and final payments.
Respondents: 50 State Transportation Departments, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands.
Estimated Average Annual Burden: The respondents electronically
submit an estimated total of 12,900 vouchers each year. Each voucher
requires an estimated average of 30 minutes to complete.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: Total estimated average annual
burden is 6450 hours.
Electronic Access: Internet users may access all comments received
by the U.S. DOT Dockets, by using the universal resource locator (URL):
http://dms.dot.gov, 24 hours each day, 365 days each year. Please
follow the instructions online for more information and help.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: August 8, 2007.
James R. Kabel,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
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