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• GPS/GRAS (WG–8). 

• Review of EUROCAE activities. 

• Review Final Review and Comment 

Status of DO–229C Revision. 

• Consider for Approval—new 

document—Minimum Operational 

Performance Standards for Global 

Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) 

Airborne Active Antenna 

Equipment for the L1 Frequency 

Band, RTCA Paper No. 192–06/SC–

159–941. 

• Closing Plenary Session (Assignment/ 

Review of Future Work, Other 

Business, Date and Place of Next 

Meeting). 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairmen, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

12, 2006. 

Francisco Estrada C., 

RTCA Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 06–7830 Filed 9–20–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2006–25842] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Request for 

Extension of Currently Approved 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA has forwarded the 

information collection request described 

in this notice to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for an 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. We published a 

Federal Register Notice with a 60-day 

public comment period on this 

information collection on June 26, 2006. 

We are required to publish this notice 

in the Federal Register by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

October 23, 2006. 

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–2006–25842. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions concerning the Truck Parking 

Initiatives Grant Program, please contact 

William F. Mahorney, Office of Freight 

Management and Operations, HOFM–1, 

(202) 366–6817, Department of 

Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, 

SW., Washington, DC, 20590. Office 

hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Truck Parking Initiative. 

OMB Control Number: 2125–0610. 

Background 

The shortage of long-term truck 

parking on the National Highway 

System (NHS) is a problem that needs 

to be addressed. It is nationally 

recognized that truck drivers frequently 

cannot find adequate, safe parking in 

order to obtain rest needed to comply 

with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Regulations and ensure safety. Further, 

parking areas are often designed or 

maintained for short-term parking only, 

and as a result, allow parking for limited 

time periods. Section 1305 of the Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users (SAFETEA–LU) directed the 

Secretary of Transportation to establish 

a Pilot program to address the long-term 

parking shortages along the NHS. 

Eligible projects under Section 1305 

include: 

1. Promoting the real-time 

dissemination of publicly or privately 

provided commercial motor vehicle 

parking availability on the NHS using 

ITS and other means; 

2. Opening non-traditional facilities to 

commercial motor vehicle parking, 

including inspection and weigh 

stations, and park and ride facilities; 

3. Making capital improvements to 

public commercial motor vehicle 

parking facilities currently closed on a 

seasonal basis to allow the facilities to 

remain open year round; 

4. Constructing turnouts along the 

NHS to facilitate commercial motor 

vehicle access to parking facilities, and/ 

or improving the geometric design of 

interchanges to improve access to 

commercial motor vehicle parking 

facilities; 

5. Constructing commercial motor 

vehicle parking facilities adjacent to 

commercial truck stops and travel 

plazas; 

6. Constructing safety rest areas that 

include parking for commercial motor 

vehicles. 

It is the belief of FHWA that given the 

limited resources available, the broad 

dissemination of the availability of 

public or private long-term parking 

spaces provides the greatest opportunity 

to maximize the effectiveness of this 

pilot program. 

Guidelines and Administration 

To administer this program for fiscal 

years 2006 through 2009, the FHWA 

will collect information necessary to 

evaluate and rank projects. The 

information collection is intended to 

only address the project funding allotted 

through the program. 

1. The Administrator has determined 

that $5.385 million is available for 

grants in FY 2006 under Section 1305, 

after obligation limitations. 

2. Projects funded under this section 

shall be treated as projects on a FederalAid System under Chapter 1 of Title 23, 

U.S. Code. 

3. Grants may be funded at an 80 to 

100 percent funding level based on the 

criteria specified in Section 120 of Title 

23, U.S. Code. 

As soon as practicable, a Federal 

Register Notice will be published with 

information and guidance relating to the 

application process. Also, a solicitation 

letter will be sent to all FHWA Division 

Offices containing the same 

information. This information will also 

be posted on the FHWA Web site, 

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/. All 

applications must be submitted through 

a State Department of Transportation to 

FHWA’s Office of Freight Management 

and Operations, via the FHWA Division 

Office in the State in which the 

application was submitted. Awarded 

projects will be administered by the 

applicable State Department of 

Transportation as a Federal-aid grant. 

Information Proposed for Collection 

Information recommended under 

SAFETEA–LU and proposed for the 

current program includes the following: 

1. Project Description. The proposal 

should include a detailed project 

description, which would include the 

extent of the long-term truck parking 

shortage in the corridor/area to be 

addressed, along with contact 


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information for the project’s primary 

point of contact, and whether funds are 

being requested under 120 U.S. Code (b) 

or (c) of Title 23. Data helping to define 

the shortage may include truck volume 

(Average Daily Truck Traffic—ADTT) in 

the corridor to be addressed, current 

number of long-term commercial motor 

vehicle parking spaces, utilization of 

current long-term parking spaces, driver 

surveys, observational field studies, 

proximity to freight loading/unloading 

facilities, proximity to the NHS, etc. 

2. Project Rationale. The proposal 

should set forth the rationale for the 

project and should include an analysis 

and demonstration of how the proposed 

project will positively affect truck 

parking, safety, traffic congestion, or air 

quality in the identified corridor. 

Examples may include: advance 

information on availability of parking 

that may help to reduce the number of 

trucks parked on roadsides and increase 

the utilization of available truck parking 

spaces, etc. 

3. Scope of work. The scope of work 

should include a complete listing of 

activities to be funded through the 

grant; including technology 

development, information processing, 

information integration activities, 

developmental phase activities 

(planning, feasibility analysis, 

environmental review, engineering or 

design work, and other activities), 

construction, reconstruction, acquisition 

of real property (including land related 

to the project and improvements to 

land), environmental mitigation, 

construction contingencies, acquisition 

of equipment, and operational 

improvements. Also to be included 

should be a 3-year performance 

measurement plan that continues 

beyond the demonstration period of the 

project. 

4. Stakeholder identification. 

Stakeholder identification should 

include evidence of prior consultation 

and/or partnership with affected MPOs, 

local governments, community groups, 

private providers of commercial motor 

vehicle parking, and motorist and 

trucking organizations. It should 

include a listing of all public and 

private partners, and the role each will 

play in the execution of the project. 

Consultation examples may include: 

Memorandums of Agreement, 

Memorandums of Understanding, 

contracts, meeting minutes, letters of 

support/commitment, documentation in 

a State’s TIPS/STIPS plans, etc. 

5. Cost estimate. Applicants should 

provide a detailed quantification of 

eligible project costs by activity, an 

identification of all funding sources that 

will supplement the grant and be 

necessary to fully fund the project, and 

the anticipated dates on which the 

additional funds are to be made 

available. Public and private sources of 

funds (non-federal commitment) will be 

considered by FHWA as an in-kind 

match contributing to the project. State 

matching funds will be required for 

projects eligible under 120 U.S. Code 

(b). 

6. Timeline. Applicants should also 

submit a timeline that includes work to 

be completed and anticipated funding 

cycles. Gantt charts are preferred. 

7. Environmental process. Applicants 

should show the timeline for complying 

with the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA), if applicable. 

8. Project map. Applicants should 

include a project map consisting of 

schematic illustrations depicting the 

project and connecting transportation 

infrastructure. 

9. Proposals should not exceed 20 

pages in length. 

Burden Hours for Information 

Collection 

Frequency: Annual. 

Respondents: The 50 State DOTs and 

Puerto Rico and the District of 

Columbia. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

response: Burden hours estimates and 

discussions are provided for each item 

presented and required within the 

application submittal process. 

• Project Description 16 hours. 

• The project description will be 

submitted through the submitting 

State agency, in conjunction with 

local governments, MPOs, and other 

potential partners. 

• Project Rationale 8 hours. 

• Project rationale should include an 

analysis and demonstration of how 

the proposed project will positively 

effect truck parking, safety, traffic 

congestion, or air quality in the 

identified corridor. 

• Scope of Work 6 hours. 

• A complete listing of activities to be 

funded through the grant including 

technology development, 

information processing, information 

integration activities, 

developmental phase activities 

(planning, feasibility analysis, 

environmental review, engineering 

or design work, and other 

activities), construction, 

reconstruction, acquisition of real 

property (including land related to 

the project and improvements to 

land), environmental mitigation, 

construction contingencies, 

acquisition of equipment, 

operational improvements, and a 3- 

year performance measurement 

plan that continues beyond the 

demonstration period of the project. 

• Stakeholder Identification 1 hour. 

• Evidence of prior consultation and/ 

or partnership with affected MPOs, 

local governments, community 

groups, private providers of 

commercial motor vehicle parking, 

and motorist and trucking 

organizations. A listing of all public 

and private partners, and the role 

each will play in the execution of 

the project should also be included. 

• Cost estimate 4 hours. 

• A detailed quantification of eligible 

project costs by activity, and an 

identification of all funding sources 

that will supplement the grant and 

be necessary to fully fund the 

project, and the anticipated dates 

on which the additional funds are 

to be made available. Public and 

private sources of funds (nonfederal commitment) will be 

considered. State matching funds 

will be required for projects eligible 

under 120 U.S. Code (b). 

• Project Timeline 1 hour 30 minutes. 

• Includes work to be completed and 

anticipated funding cycles; Gantt 

charts preferred. 

• Environmental process 2 hours. 

• Applicant should show the timeline 

for complying with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 

if applicable. 

• Project Map 1 hour. 

• Consisting of schematic illustrations 

depicting the project and 

connecting transportation 

infrastructure. 

• Contact information for the State 

DOT, Local Agency, or MPO (if 

applicable), FHWA Division Office 

5 minutes. 

• This requires providing a list of 

contacts and involves a nominal 

amount of time. 

The total amount of time estimated to 

complete the application is 39 hours 

and 35 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1187 total burden hours. It is 

estimated 30 applications will be 

processed annually. 

Electronic Access: Internet users may 

access all comments received by the 

U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL–401, by 

using the universal resource locator 

(URL): http://dms.dot.gov, 24 hours 

each day, 365 days each year. Please 

follow the instructions online for more 

information and help. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

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

and 49 CFR 1.48. 


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Issued on: September 15, 2006. 

James R. Kabel, 

Chief, Management Programs and Analysis 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 06–7832 Filed 9–20–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2006–25848] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments for 

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 

November 20, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT DMS Docket Number 

FHWA–2006–25848 by any of the 

following methods: 

• Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments on the DOT electronic docket 

site. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, 

Room PL–401, Washington, DC 20590–

0001. 

• Hand Delivery: Room PL–401 on 

the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room 401 

on the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions concerning the Mechanistic 

Empirical Pavement Design National 

Status Survey, please contact Gary 

Crawford, Office of Pavement 

Technology, HIPT–1, (202) 366–1286, 

Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590. Office hours are from 7:45 a.m. 

to 4:15 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Mechanistic Empirical 

Pavement Design National Status 

Survey. 

Background 

In June 2004, the National 

Cooperative Highway Research Program 

(NCHRP) released the Mechanistic 

Empirical Pavement Design Guide 

(MEPDG) for New and Rehabilitated 

Pavement Structures. The Federal 

Highway Administration (FHWA) 

organized a Design Guide 

Implementation Team (DGIT) to 

immediately begin the process of 

informing, educating, and assisting the 

FHWA field offices, State Highway 

Agencies (DOTs), Industry, and others 

about the new design guide. The FHWA 

considers implementation of 

mechanistic empirical pavement design 

a critical element in improving the 

National Highway System. It ties 

directly into objectives listed in The 

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users (SAFETEA–LU) section 1503, 

which supports longer life pavements 

through design-build efforts. The 

impacts of long-life pavements include 

congestion mitigation and improved 

work zone safety. The MEPDG 

represents a significant advancement in 

pavement design and includes the best 

available engineering theory and 

mechanistic principles to determine the 

structural response and predict 

performance over the lifetime of a 

pavement structure. The mechanistic 

theory is balanced with over 525 

empirical observations from the Long 

Term Pavement Performance database 

that represents a wide range of both 

material and climatic conditions. The 

use of both the mechanistic theory and 

a wide range of empirical observations 

make the MEPDG a robust design 

procedure. The MEPDG can be 

considered a 40-year step forward in 

pavement design. The MEPDG is a more 

theoretical and mathematical based 

procedure, strongly bolstered by 

fundamental engineering principles and 

is readily useful to academia, 

researchers, and practitioners of 

pavement analysis and design. The 

MEPDG provides significant potential 

benefits over the current AASHTO 

Guide in achieving cost-effective 

pavement designs and rehabilitation 

strategies. Most importantly, its useroriented computational software 

implements an integrated analysis 

approach for predicting pavement 

condition over time. This analysis 

considers the complex interaction 

between traffic loadings, climatic 

conditions, materials and pavement 

structure. Implementation of the 

MEPDG will require a significant 

amount of time, resources, and funding. 

However, the adoption of the guide has 

the potential for providing a substantial 

long term savings based on the sheer 

magnitude of annual expenditures for 

highway pavements. In 2003, over 79 

billion dollars was used for highway 

purposes; based on data published in 

Highway Statistics 2003 from the FHWA 

Office of Highway Policy Information. 

Any improvement in the designs will 

have a significant implication in 

reducing costs to maintain these 

pavements and more than offset the 

resources required to implement the 

new pavement design guide. 

The DGIT has put forth a strategic 

plan of action to aid the transportation 

community in deploying this new 

technology. The DGIT is an integral part 

of an extensive outreach campaign 

including enhancement, education, and 

implementation strategies to promote 

the MEPDG. These activities include 

onsite and web-based workshops that 

have already educated more than 1,200 

engineers across the U.S. in 21 States 

and around the globe in Canada, 

Europe, China, India, Mexico, and 

Central and South America. The FHWA 

encourages States to evaluate the utility 

that the Mechanistic Empirical 

Pavement Design Guide offers and to 

carefully implement the guidelines and 

recommendations. The long-term goal of 

the AASHTO Joint Technical Committee 

on Pavements is to adopt the guide as 

an AASHTOWare product to replace the 

AASHTO 1993 design guide. Moving 

towards a mechanistic empirical design 

process represents a huge paradigm shift 

for the majority of States and will 

require a significant amount of 

education, training, new equipment, 

new testing requirements, and data 

collection. Most importantly it will 

require better communication and 

coordination between the designers, 

materials engineers, traffic engineers, 

and consultants to collect and maintain 

the data needed to optimize the 

pavement designs and continue to 

validate and calibrate the models in the 

Guide. The DGIT is focused on being a 

leader in this effort, providing 

education, enhancement, and 

implementation activities to the 

transportation community. 

Guidelines and Administration 

This Survey will be a continuation of 

a previous informal assessment of State 

Practices in MEPDG Pavement Design 


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