Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 171 / Wednesday, September 6, 2023 / Notices 61005 

By the Board, Board Members Fuchs, 

Hedlund, Oberman, Primus, and Schultz. 

Kenyatta Clay, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19173 Filed 9–5–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2023–0026] 

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 an 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 6, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

0026 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: 

Spencer Stevens 202–366–6221, Office 

of Planning, Environment and Realty 

Federal Highway Administration, 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Planning and Research Program 

Administration. 

Background: Planning and Research 

Program Administration is covered 

under 23 CFR part 420. 23 CFR part 420 

regulation includes administrative 

requirements and procedures for PL 

funds (23 U.S.C. 104(b)(5)) provided for 

Metropolitan Planning Organizations 

(MPOs) to carry out metropolitan 

planning, and SPR funds (provided 

under the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 505) 

for State Departments of Transportation 

(State DOTs) to implement statewide 

transportation planning and research, 

development and technology (RD&T) 

work activities. Also, at a State DOT’s 

option, other Title 23 funds as identified 

in the definition of FHWA planning and 

research funds in 23 U.S.C. 505 and 23 

CFR 420.103 may be used to perform 

planning activities. Different from this 

request, the information collection 

requirement for work performed by 

MPOs is a joint Federal Highway 

Administration/Federal Transit 

Administration requirement, and is 

covered under OMB Control Number 

2132–0529. 

In accordance with government-wide 

grant management procedures, a grant 

application must be submitted for these 

funds. In addition, recipients must 

submit periodic progress and financial 

reports. The content and frequency of 

submission of progress and financial 

reports specified in 23 CFR part 420 is 

as specified in 2 CFR 200 grant 

management regulations. With the 

implementation of 2 CFR 200, the focus 

will be more on using data to determine 

the grant’s achievement outcomes and 

less on accountability compliance. 

FHWA and the State DOTs are called 

upon to identify clear performance 

goals, indicators and milestones for the 

grants. 

This information collection supports 

the DOT’s Strategic Objective of 

‘‘Organizational Excellence’’ by 

providing an ongoing mechanism to 

review applications and approve 

Federal grants to States for their 

transportation planning and research, 

development and technology work 

programs. 

Respondents: Each State, the District 

of Columbia and the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico are required to provide 

information. The annual number of 

burden hours (professional and clerical 

staff) per respondent for preparation of 

work programs and progress and 

financial reports is estimated to be 720 

(18 weeks × 40 hours per week). The 

total annual burden for all respondents 

is estimated to be 37,440 burden hours 

(720 burden hours per respondent times 

52 respondents). 

Frequency: This annual burden 

consists of staff time of each respondent 

for preparation of the work programs, 

and progress and financial reports. For 

those respondents that elect to use 

biennial work programs, the burden for 

preparation of work programs would be 

significantly less for the second year. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 

Professional staff time for preparation 

of work programs: 400 hours/ 

respondent. 

Professional staff time for preparation 

of progress and financial reports: 120 

hours/respondent. 

Clerical staff time: 200 hours/ 

respondent. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 720 hours/respondent × 52 

respondents = 37,400 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: August 31, 2023. 

Jazmyne Lewis, 

Information Collection Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19151 Filed 9–5–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2010–0060] 

Norfolk Southern Railway’s Request 

To Operate During a Temporary 

Outage of Its Positive Train Control 

System; Withdrawal of Filing and 

Notice 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice; withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: On September 1, 2023, the 

Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register announcing the availability of 

the Norfolk Southern Railway’s (NS) 

request for amendment (RFA), dated 

August 28, 2023, to its FRA-certified 

positive train control (PTC) system. This 


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