5654 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 24 / Thursday, February 5, 2004 / Notices 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention: FTA Desk Officer. 

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.

Dated: January 30, 2004. 

Ann M. Linnertz, 

Special Projects Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration 

[FTA Docket No. FTA–2004–17004] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT.

ACTION: Notice of request for comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) this notice 

announces the intention the Information 

Collection Request (ICR) for extension of 

the currently approved information 

collection. The Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day comment period soliciting 

comments was published on September 

9, 2003.

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

before March 8, 2004. A comment to 

OMB is most effective if OMB receives 

it within 30 days of publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sylvia L. Marion, Office of 

Administration, Office of Management 

Planning, (202) 366–6680.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Metropolitan and Statewide 

Transportation Planning (OMB Number: 

2132–0529). 

Abstract: The Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) and Federal 

Highway Administration (FHWA) 

jointly carry out the federal mandate to 

improve urban and rural transportation. 

49 U.S.C. 5303 and 23 U.S.C. 134 and 

135 authorize the use of federal funds to 

assist Metropolitan Planning 

Organizations (MPOs), states, and local 

public bodies in developing 

transportation plans and programs to 

serve the transportation needs of 

urbanized areas over 50,000 in 

population. The information collection 

activities involved in developing the 

Unified Planning Work Program 

(UPWP), the Metropolitan 

Transportation Plan, the Statewide 

Transportation Plan, the Transportation 

Improvement Program (TIP), and the 

Statewide Transportation Improvement 

Program (STIP) are necessary to identify 

and evaluate the transportation issues 

and needs in each urbanized area and 

throughout every state. These products 

of the transportation planning process 

are essential elements in the reasonable 

planning and programming of federally 

funded transportation investments. 

In addition to serving as a 

management tool for MPOs and state 

DOTs, the UPWP is used by both FTA 

and FHWA to monitor the 

transportation planning activities of 

those agencies. It is also needed to 

establish national outyear budgets and 

regional program plans, develop policy 

on using funds, monitor state and local 

compliance with national technical 

emphasis areas, respond to 

Congressional inquiries, prepare 

congressional testimony, and ensure 

efficiency in the use and expenditure of 

federal funds by determining that 

planning proposals are both reasonable 

and cost-effective. 49 U.S.C. 5303 and 

23 U.S.C. 134(h) require the 

development of TIPs for urbanized, 

STIPs are mandated by 23 U.S.C. 235(f). 

After approval by the Governor and 

MPO, metropolitan TIPs in attainment 

areas are to be incorporated directly into 

the STIP. For nonattainment areas, FTA/

FHWA must make a conformity finding 

on the TIPs before including them into 

the STIP. The complete STIP is then 

jointly reviewed and approved or 

disapproved by FTA and FHWA. These 

conformity findings and approval 

actions constitute the determination that 

states are complying with the 

requirement of 23 U.S.C. 235 and 49 

U.S.C. section 5303 as a condition of 

eligibility for federal-aid funding. 

Without these documents, approvals 

and findings, capital and/or operating 

assistance cannot be provided. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden:

314,900 hours. 

ADDRESSES: All written comments 

must refer to the docket number that 

appears at the top of this document and 

be submitted to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503, Attention: FTA Desk Officer. 

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.

Issued: January 30, 2004. 

Ann M. Linnertz, 

Special Projects Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA 2003–17015] 

Nissan North America, Inc.; Petition for 

Exemption From Two-Fleet Rule 

Affecting Compliance With the 

Passenger Car Fuel Economy 

Standard

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of petition and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

receipt of a petition from Nissan North 

America, Inc. (Nissan) for exemption 

from the statutory requirement that a 

manufacturer’s fleet of domesticallymanufactured passenger automobiles 

must comply with the passenger 

automobile corporate average fuel 

economy (CAFE) standards separately 

from the manufacturer’s fleet of nondomestically manufactured passenger 

automobiles. The statute requires the 

agency to grant this petition unless it 

determines that doing so would result in 

reduced employment in the U.S. related 

to motor vehicle manufacturing during 

the period of exemption.

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

be received by the agency by March 8, 

2004.

ADDRESSES: The petition is available for 

public inspection in the docket whose 

number appears in the heading at the 

beginning of this notice. You may call 

the Docket Management System at (202) 

366–0271 or you may visit the Docket 

Management System in Room PL–401, 

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington,