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###### Department of Transportation

###### Federal Highway Administration

          - [Docket No. FHWA-2020-0028]

# AGENCY:

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

# ACTION:

Notice and request for comments.

# SUMMARY:

                        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 under                         **Supplementary Information**                        . We are required to publish this notice in the                         **Federal Register**                         by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.                    

# DATES:

Please submit comments by January 25, 2021.

# ADDRESSES:

You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID 2020-0028 by any of the following methods:

*Website:*                         For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received; go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to                         *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:*                         U.S. Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.                    

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

John Moulden, 202-493-3470, Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, Office of Corporate Research, Technology, and Innovation Management, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, 6300 Georgetown Pike, McLean, VA 22101. Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

*Title:*                     Federal Highway Administration Research, Development and Technology Portfolio website.                

*Background:*                     Title 23, United States Code, Section 502(a)(5) requires that Federal surface transportation research and development activities address the needs of stakeholders, including “States, metropolitan planning organizations, local governments, the private sector, researchers, research sponsors, and other affected parties, including public interest groups.” As part of its effort to ensure that Federal research, development and technology (RD&T) activities are addressing the most critical national challenges, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is developing the RD&T Agenda website. This website will communicate FHWA's RD&T goals, objectives and strategies to its stakeholders and highlight notable initiatives or projects that illustrate FHWA's RD&T approach. The website will include an electronic mechanism for stakeholders to provide feedback on the overall RD&T Agenda, FHWA's approach to addressing national transportation challenges, and potential opportunities for FHWA to collaborate with stakeholders to address them.                

*Respondents:*                     Approximately 1,000 annual respondents.                

*Frequency:*                     Annually.                

*Estimated Average Burden per Response:*                     Approximately 10 minutes per respondent per year.                          ( print page 75401)    

*Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:*                     Approximately 167 hours per year.                

*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'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 computer technology, 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:*                     November 20, 2020.                

Michael Howell,

Information Collection Coordinator.

[FR Doc. 2020-26127 Filed 11-24-20; 8:45 am]

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