[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 23, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 23CFR420.111]

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                           TITLE 23--HIGHWAYS
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 420--PLANNING AND RESEARCH PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart A--Administration of FHWA Planning and Research Funds
 
Sec. 420.111  What are the documentation requirements for use of FHWA planning and research funds?

    (a) Proposed use of FHWA planning and research funds must be 
documented by the State DOTs and subrecipients in a work program, or 
other document that describes the work to be accomplished, that is 
acceptable to the FHWA Division Administrator. Statewide, metropolitan, 
other transportation planning activities, and transportation RD&T 
activities may be documented in separate programs, paired in various 
combinations, or brought together as a single work program. The 
expenditure of PL funds for transportation planning outside of 
metropolitan planning areas under Sec. 420.109(d) may be included in the 
work program for statewide transportation planning activities or in a 
separate work program submitted by the State DOT.
    (b)(1) A work program(s) for transportation planning activities must 
include a description of work to be accomplished and cost estimates by 
activity or task. In addition, each work program must include a summary 
that shows:
    (i) Federal share by type of fund;
    (ii) Matching rate by type of fund;
    (iii) State and/or local matching share; and
    (iv) Other State or local funds.
    (2) Additional information on metropolitan planning area work 
programs is contained in 23 CFR part 450. Additional information on RD&T 
work program content and format is contained in subpart B of this part.
    (c) In areas not designated as TMAs, a simplified statement of work 
that describes who will perform the work and the work that will be 
accomplished using Federal funds may be used in lieu of a work program. 
If a simplified statement of work is used, it may be

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submitted separately or as part of the Statewide planning work program.
    (d) The State DOTs that use separate Federal-aid projects in 
accordance with paragraph (a) of this section must submit an overall 
summary that identifies the amounts and sources of FHWA planning and 
research funds available, matching funds, and the amounts budgeted for 
each activity (e.g., statewide planning, RD&T, each metropolitan area, 
contributions to NCHRP and transportation pooled fund studies, etc.).
    (e) The State DOTs and MPOs also are encouraged to include cost 
estimates for transportation planning, research, development, and 
technology transfer related activities funded with other Federal or 
State and/or local funds; particularly for producing the FHWA-required 
data specified in paragraph (b) of Sec. 420.105, for planning for other 
transportation modes, and for air quality planning activities in areas 
designated as non-attainment for transportation-related pollutants in 
their work programs. The MPOs in TMAs must include such information in 
their work programs. (The information collection requirements in 
Secs. 420.111 have been approved by the OMB and assigned control numbers 
2125-0039 for States and 2132-0529 for MPOs.)