[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 42 (Thursday, March 4, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10013-10014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4532]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA 2010-0018]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments;
Renewed Approval of Information Collection; State Right-of-Way
Operations Manuals, OMB Control Number: 2125-0586
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The 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
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under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We published a Federal Register Notice
with a 60-day public comment period on this information collection on
October 5, 2009. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal
Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by April 5, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number
FHWA-2010-0018, 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: at http://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 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: Docket Management Facility, U.S.
Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen Facer, 785-228-2544, Office
of Real Estate Services, Federal Highway Administration, Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: State Right-of-Way Operations Manuals, OMB Control Number
2125-0586.
Background: It is the responsibility of each State Department of
Transportation (State) to acquire, manage and dispose of real property
in compliance with the legal requirements of State and Federal laws and
regulations. Part of providing assurance of compliance is to describe
in a right-of-way procedural (operations) manual the organization,
policies and procedures of the State to such an extent that these guide
State employees, local acquiring agencies, and contractors who acquire
and manage real property that is used for a federally funded
transportation project. Procedural manuals assure the FHWA that the
requirements of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property
Acquisition Policies Act (Uniform Act) will be met. The State
responsibility to prepare and maintain an up-to-date right-of-way
procedural manual is set out in 23 CFR 710.201(c). The regulation
allows States flexibility in determining how to meet the manual
requirement. This flexibility allows States to prepare manuals in the
format of their choosing, to the level of detail necessitated by State
complexities. Each State decides how it will provide service to
individuals and businesses affected by Federal or federally-assisted
projects, while at the same time reducing the burden of government
regulation. States are required to update manuals to reflect changes in
Federal requirements for programs administered under Title 23 U.S.C.
The State manuals may be submitted to FHWA electronically or made
available by posting on the State web site.
Respondents: State Departments of Transportation (52, including the
District of Columbia and Puerto Rico).
Frequency: Once initially, then States update their operations
manuals for review.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 75 hours per respondent.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 75 hours for each of the 52
State Departments of Transportation. The total is 3,900 burden hours
annually.
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 oversight of the right-of-way
program; (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 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: February 26, 2010.
Juli Huynh,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
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