7764 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 19 / Monday, February 1, 2021 / Notices 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sandra Ray by email at: sandra.ray@

faa.gov; phone: 412–329–3088. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for FAA’s 

performance; (b) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information collection; and (d) 

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. 

OMB Control Number: 2120–0717. 

Title: National Air Tours Safety 

Standards. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Type of Review: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

Background: The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on the following 

collection of information was published 

on June 24, 2020 (85 FR 38010). FAA 

regulations set safety and oversight rules 

for a broad variety of sightseeing and 

commercial air tour flights to improve 

the overall safety of commercial air 

tours by requiring all air tour operators 

to submit information. The FAA uses 

the information it collects and reviews 

to ensure compliance and adherence to 

regulations and, if necessary, take 

enforcement action on violators of the 

regulations. 

Respondents: Approximately 13,751 

respondents. 

Frequency: Information is collected 

on occasion. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: Burden varies per 

respondent. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

5,182 hours. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 27, 

2021. 

Sheri A. Martin, 

Management & Program Analyst, FAA, Policy 

Integration Branch, AFS–270. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2020–0030] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Request for 

Extension of Currently Approved 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request for extension 

of currently approved information 

collection. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, this notice announces that FHWA 

will submit the collection of 

information described below to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and comment. The 

Federal Register Notice with a 60-day 

comment period soliciting comments on 

the following collection of information 

was published on November 25, 2020. 

The PRA submission describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its expected cost and burden. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

March 3, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

2020–0030 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: 

Michael Dougherty 202–366–9234, 

Department of Transportation, Federal 

Highway Administration, Office of 

Highway Policy Information, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590, Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Certification of Enforcement of 

the Heavy Vehicle Use Tax. 

OMB Control Number: 2125–0541. 

Background: Title 23 United States 

Code, Section 141(c), provides that a 

State’s apportionment of funds under 23 

U.S.C. 104(b)(1) shall be reduced in an 

amount up to 8 percent of the amount 

to be apportioned during any fiscal year 

beginning after September 30, 1984, if 

vehicles subject to the Federal heavy 

vehicle use tax are lawfully registered in 

the State without having presented 

proof of payment of the tax. The annual 

certification by the State Governor or 

designated official regarding the 

collection of the heavy vehicle use tax 

serves as the FHWA’s primary means of 

determining State compliance. The 

FHWA has determined that an annual 

certification of compliance by each State 

is the least obtrusive means of 

administering the provisions of the 

legislative mandate. In addition, States 

are required to retain for 1 year a 

Schedule 1, IRS Form 2290, Heavy 

Vehicle Use Tax Return (or other 

suitable alternative provided by 

regulation). The FHWA conducts 

compliance reviews at least once every 

3 years to determine if the annual 

certification is adequate to ensure 

effective administration of 23 U.S.C. 

141(c). 

The estimated annual reporting 

burden is 102 hours; the estimated 

recordkeeping burden is 510 hours for a 

total of 612 hours. The 50 States and the 

District of Columbia share this burden. 

Preparing and processing the annual 

certification is estimated to require 2 

hours per State. Recordkeeping is 

estimated to require an average of 10 

hours per State. 

Respondents: 50 State Transportation 

Departments, and the District of 

Columbia for a total of 51 respondents. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Estimated Average Annual Burden 

per Response: The average burden to 

submit the certification and to retain 

required records is 12 hours per 

respondent. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: Total estimated average annual 

burden is 612 hours. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the U.S. 

DOT’s performance, including whether 

the information will have practical 

utility; (2) the accuracy of the U.S. 

DOT’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; (3) 

ways 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. 

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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: January 26, 2021. 

Michael Howell, 

Information Collection Officer. 

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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: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, this notice announces that FHWA 

will submit the collection of 

information described below to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and comment. The 

Federal Register Notice with a 60-day 

comment period soliciting comments on 

the following collection of information 

was published on June 19, 2017. The 

PRA submission describes the nature of 

the information collection and its 

expected cost and burden. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

March 3, 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 decisionmaking. 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 sixty-two percent (62%) 

of total barrier length and sixty-nine 

percent (69%) of total barrier cost. The 

type of information requested can be 

found in 23 CFR 772.13(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. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued On: January 26, 2021. 

Michael Howell, 

Information Collection Officer. 

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