[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 47 (Thursday, March 11, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11621-11623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-5247]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2010-0019]


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.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA has forwarded the information collection request 
described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
to

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renew an information collection. We published a Federal Register Notice 
with a 60-day public comment period on this information collection on 
December 17, 2009. We are required to publish this notice in the 
Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Please submit comments by April 12, 2010.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments within 30 days to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention DOT Desk Officer. 
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 electronic technology, without reducing the 
quality of the collected information. All comments should include the 
Docket number FHWA-2010-0019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Jensen, 202-366-2048 or Kenneth 
Petty, 202-366-6654, Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty, 
Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Transportation, Community, and System Preservation Program 
Grant Application. Delta Region Transportation Development Program 
Grant Application. Transportation Planning Excellence Awards Nomination 
Form.
    OMB Control #: 2125-0615.
    Background: Transportation, Community, and System Preservation 
Program Grant Application: Section 1117 of the Safe, Accountable, 
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users 
(SAFETEA-LU) provides funding for the Transportation, Community, and 
System Preservation (TCSP) Program. The TCSP Program is a comprehensive 
initiative of research and grants to investigate the relationships 
between transportation, community, and system preservation plans and 
practices and identify sector-based initiatives to improve such 
relationships. States, metropolitan planning organizations, local 
governments, and tribal governments are eligible for discretionary 
grants to carry out eligible projects to integrate transportation, 
community, and system preservation plans and practices that:
    <bullet> Improve the efficiency of the transportation system of the 
United States.
    <bullet> Reduce environmental impacts of transportation.
    <bullet> Reduce the need for costly future public infrastructure 
investments.
    <bullet> Ensure efficient access to jobs, services, and centers of 
trade.
    <bullet> Examine community development patterns and identify 
strategies to encourage private sector development patterns and 
investments that support these goals.
    The 2-page TCSP grant application is the tool used to collect the 
necessary information needed to successfully submit eligible TCSP 
Program projects to the Secretary of Transportation for approval and 
for the distribution of TCSP funds. The TCSP grant application includes 
four parts: (A) Project Information--General contact and funding 
information, (B) Project Abstract--Overview of the purpose and intent 
of project, (C) Project Narrative--Description of the project and the 
expected results, and (D) Project Eligibility--Discussion of how the 
project meets statutory eligiblity.
    The TCSP Program is a discretionary program. However in some years, 
the projects awarded TCSP Program funding have been designated by 
Congress. In order to comply with Congressional-designation, the FHWA 
Division offices will continue to be asked to identify the intended 
recipient of the TCSP designated grant. The specified grant recipient 
would then be asked to complete the grant application each fiscal year 
that they receive TCSP funding and submit it electronically.
    Background: Delta Region Transportation Development Program Grant 
Application: Section 1308 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) provides 
funding for the Delta Region Transportation Development Program 
(DRTDP). The DRTDP supports and encourages multistate transportation 
planning and corridor development, provides for transportation project 
development, facilitates transportation decision making and supports 
transportation construction in the eight States comprising the Delta 
Region (Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, 
Missouri, and Tennessee). A State transportation department or 
metropolitan planning organization in a Delta Region State may receive 
and administer funds provided under the program.
    The 2-page DRTDP grant application is the tool used to collect the 
necessary information needed to successfully submit eligible DRTDP 
projects to the Secretary of Transportation for approval and for the 
distribution of DRTDP funds. The DRTDP grant application collects 
project information including general contact and funding information, 
a narrative project description, and information regarding statutory 
eligibility.
    The DRTDP Program is a discretionary program. However in some 
years, the projects awarded DRTDP Program funding has been designated 
by Congress. In order to comply with Congressional-designation, the 
FHWA Division offices will continue to be asked to identify the 
intended recipient of the DRTDP designated grant. The specified grant 
recipient would then be asked to complete the grant application each 
fiscal year that they receive DRTDP funding and submit it 
electronically.
    Background: Transportation Planning Excellence Awards Nomination 
Form: The Transportation Planning Excellence Awards (TPEA) Program is a 
biennial awards program developed by the FHWA and the Federal Transit 
Administration (FTA) to recognize outstanding initiatives across the 
country to develop, plan and implement innovative transportation 
planning practices. The program is co-sponsored by the American 
Planning Association.
    The on-line TPEA nomination form is the tool for submitters to 
nominate a process, group, or individual involved in a project or 
process that has used the FHWA and/or the FTA funding sources to make 
an outstanding contribution to the field of transportation planning. 
The information about the process, group or individual provided by the 
submitter may be shared and published if that submission is selected 
for an award.
    The TPEA Program is a biennial awards program and individuals will 
be asked to submit nominations via the online form every two years. The 
participants will provide their information by means of the Internet.
    Respondents: For the TCSP Program, 200 participants annually. For 
the DRTDP Program, 20 participants annually. For the TPEA, 150 
participants biennially.
    Frequency: For the TCSP Program, grant applications are solicited 
on an annual basis. For the DRTDP, grant applications are solicited on 
an annual basis. For the TPEA, nominations are solicited every two 
years.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: For the TCSP Program, 
approximately 120 minutes. For the

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DRTDP, approximately 90 minutes. For the TPEA Program, approximately 90 
minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: For the TCSP Program, 400 
hours annually. For the DRTDP, 30 hours annually. TPEA, 225 hours in 
the first year and 225 hours in the third year.

    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.

     Issued on: March 5, 2010.
Juli Huynh,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
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