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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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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2020–0027] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments for a 

New Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

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 

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 2020–0027 

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: 

Mark Ferroni, 202–366–3233, Office of 

Planning, Environment, and Realty, 

Federal Highway Administration, 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590. Office hours are from 6:00 a.m. 

to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Noise Barrier Inventory. 

Background: The basis of the Federalaid highway program is a strong federalstate partnership. At the core of that 

partnership is a philosophy of trust and 

flexibility, and a belief that the states are 

in the best position to make investment 

decisions and that states base these 

decisions on the needs and priorities of 

their citizens. The FHWA noise 

regulation (23 CFR 772) gives each state 

department of transportation (SDOT) 

flexibility to determine the feasibility 

and reasonableness of noise abatement 

by balancing of the benefits of noise 

abatement against the overall adverse 

social, economic, and environmental 

effects and costs of the noise abatement 

measures. The SDOT must base its 

determination on the interest of the 

overall public good, keeping in mind all 

the elements of the highway program 

(need, funding, environmental impacts, 

public involvement, etc.). 

Reduction of highway traffic noise 

should occur through a program of 

shared responsibility with the most 

effective strategy being implementation 

of noise compatible planning and land 

use control strategies by state and local 

governments. Local governments can 

use their power to regulate land 

development to prohibit noise-sensitive 

land use development adjacent to a 

highway, or to require that developers 

plan, design, and construct 

development in ways that minimize 

noise impacts. The FHWA noise 

regulations limit Federal participation 

in the construction of noise barriers 

along existing highways to those 

projects proposed along lands where 

land development or substantial 

construction predated the existence of 

any highway. 

The data reflects the flexibility in 

noise abatement decision-making. Some 

states have built many noise barriers 

while a few have built none. Through 

the end of 2010, 47 SDOTs and the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico have 

constructed over 2,748 linear miles of 

barriers at a cost of over $4.05 billion 

($5.44 billion in 2010 dollars). Three 

states and the District of Columbia have 

not constructed noise barriers. Ten 

SDOTs account for approximately sixtytwo percent (62%) of total barrier length 

and sixty-nine percent (69%) of total 

barrier cost. The type of information 

requested can be found in 

23CFR772.13(f). 

The previously distributed listing can 

be found at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ 

environment/noise/noise_barriers/ 

inventory/summary/sintro7.cfm. This 

listing continues to be extremely useful 

in the management of the highway 

traffic noise program, in our technical 

assistance efforts for State highway 

agencies, and in responding to inquiries 

from congressional sources, Federal, 

State, and local agencies, and the 

general public. 

An updated listing of noise barriers 

will be distributed nationally for use in 

the highway traffic noise program. It is 

anticipated that this information will be 

requested in 2014 (for noise barriers 

constructed in 2011, 2012 and 2013) 

and then again in 2017 (for noise 

barriers constructed in 2014, 2015 and 

2016). After review of the ‘‘Summary of 

Noise Barriers Constructed by December 

31, 2004’’ document, a SDOT may 

request to delete, modify or add 

information to any calendar year. 

Respondents: Each of the 50 SDOTs, 

the District of Columbia, and the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

Frequency: Every 3 years. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: It is estimated that on average 

it would take 8 hours to respond to this 

request. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: It is estimated that the estimated 

total annual burden is 139 hours. 

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 

burdens; (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. 

The agency will summarize and/or 

include your comments in the request 

for OMB’s clearance of this information 

collection. 


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75402 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 228 / Wednesday, November 25, 2020 / Notices 

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 Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2020–26128 Filed 11–24–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2020–0029] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments for a 

New Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

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 

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 2020–0029 

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: 

Carolyn Winborne-James, 202–493– 

0353, Department of Transportation, 

Federal Highway Administration, Office 

of Real Estate Services, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: FHWA Excellence in Right-ofWay Awards. 

Background: In 1995, the Federal 

Highway Administration established the 

biennial Excellence in Right-of-Way 

Awards Program to recognize partners, 

projects, and processes that use FHWA 

funding sources to go beyond regulatory 

compliance and achieve Right-of-Way 

excellence. Excellence in Right-of-Way 

awardees have contributed to 

outstanding innovations that enhance 

the right-of-way professional’s ability to 

meet the challenges associated with 

acquiring real property for Federal-aid 

projects. 

Similarly, FHWA established the 

Excellence in Right-of-Way Awards 

Program to honor the use of innovative 

practices and outstanding achievements 

associated with highway improvement 

projects as it relates to the Right-of-Way 

program. The goal of the program is to 

showcase exemplary and innovative 

projects, programs, initiatives, and 

practices that successfully integrate the 

consideration of the Right-of-Way 

program along with the association of 

the acquisition of land required to 

construct transportation facilities. 

Award: Anyone can nominate a 

project, process, person or group that 

has used Federal Highway 

Administration funding sources to make 

an outstanding contribution to 

transportation and the Right-of-Way 

field. The nominator is responsible for 

submitting an application form that 

summarizes the outstanding 

accomplishments of the entry. FHWA 

will use the collected information to 

evaluate, showcase, and enhance the 

public’s knowledge on addressing rightof-way challenges on transportation 

projects. Nominations will be reviewed 

by an independent panel of judges from 

varying backgrounds. It is anticipated 

that awards will be given every two 

years. The winners will be presented 

awards at the completion of the process. 

Respondents: Anyone who has used 

Federal Highway funding sources in the 

fifty states, the District of Columbia and 

Puerto Rico. 

Frequency: The information will be 

collected biennially. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 6 hours per respondent per 

application. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: It is expected that the 

respondents will complete 

approximately 50 applications for an 

estimated total of 600 annual burden 

hours. 

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 

burdens; (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. 

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 Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2020–26126 Filed 11–24–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2020–0202] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Revision of an Approved 

Information Collection: Motor Carrier 

Records Change Form 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

FMCSA announces its plan to submit 

the Information Collection Request (ICR) 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for its 

review and approval and invites public 

comment. The purpose of this ICR 

titled, ‘‘Motor Carrier Records Change 

Form,’’ is to collect information 

required by the Office of Registration 

(MC–RS) to process name changes, 

address changes, and reinstatements of 

operating authority for motor carriers, 

freight forwarders, and brokers. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before January 25, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) Docket 

Number FMCSA–2020–0202 using any 

of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Operations; U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, 


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