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inside shoulders, divided by a concrete 

barrier. The project length is 

approximately 13.15 miles. The actions 

by TxDOT and Federal agencies and the 

laws under which such actions were 

taken are described in the Final 

Environmental Assessment (EA), the 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) issued on September 1, 2023, 

and other documents in the TxDOT 

project file. The EA, FONSI, and other 

documents in the TxDOT project file are 

available by contacting the TxDOT 

Pharr District Office 600 W Expressway 

83, Pharr, TX 78577; telephone: (956) 

702–6100. 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1). 

Michael T. Leary, 

Director, Planning and Program Development, 

Federal Highway Administration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2023–0033] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments for a 

New Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Department of 

Transportation (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 20, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: To ensure that you do not 

duplicate your docket submissions, 

please submit comments by only one of 

the following means: 

Website: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://

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: 

Jason Broehm, Office of Safety, 202– 

366–2201, Federal Highway 

Administration, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

Office hours are from 9 a.m. to 5:30 

p.m., from Monday through Friday, 

except federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Safe Streets and Roads for All 

Grant Program. 

Background: The Department of 

Transportation’s (DOT) Office of the 

Secretary and the Federal Highway 

Administration are committed to a 

comprehensive strategy to address the 

unacceptable number of traffic deaths 

and serious injuries occurring on our 

roads and streets. The Infrastructure 

Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also 

known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure 

Law (BIL), Section 24112 aligns with the 

Department’s safety priority through the 

creation of the Safe Streets and Roads 

for All Grant Program. This grant 

program supports local initiatives to 

prevent deaths and serious injuries on 

roads and streets and is intended for 

metropolitan planning organizations, 

political subdivisions of a State, 

federally recognized Tribal 

governments, and multijurisdictional 

groups of these entities. 

This program includes grant funds to 

develop a comprehensive safety action 

plan; to conduct planning, design and 

development activities for projects and 

strategies identified in a comprehensive 

safety action plan; or to carry out 

projects and strategies identified in a 

comprehensive safety action plan. To 

receive applications for grant funds, 

evaluate the effectiveness of projects 

that have been awarded grant funds, and 

monitor project financial conditions and 

project progress, a collection of 

information is necessary. 

Eligible applicants will request Safe 

Streets and Roads for All funds in the 

form of a grant application. Additional 

information submission will be required 

of grant recipients during the grant 

agreement, implementation, and 

evaluation phases. 

Responding to the grant opportunity 

is on a voluntary-response basis, 

utilizing an electronic grant platform. 

The grant application is planned as a 

one-time information collection. DOT 

estimates that it will take approximately 

30 hours to complete an application for 

a comprehensive safety action plan 

grant and approximately 110 hours to 

complete an application for an 

implementation grant. 

Respondents: Metropolitan planning 

organizations, political subdivisions of a 

State, Federally recognized Tribal 

governments and multijurisdictional 

groups of these entities. 

Frequency: One time per grant 

application. 

During the project management phase, 

the grantee will complete quarterly 

progress and monitoring reports to 

ensure that the project budget and 

schedule are maintained to the 

maximum extent possible, that 

compliance with Federal regulations 

will be met, and that the project will be 

completed with the highest degree of 

quality. Reporting responsibilities 

include quarterly program performance 

reports using the Performance Progress 

Report (SF–PPR) and quarterly financial 

status using the SF–425 (also known as 

the Federal Financial Report or SF– 

FFR). 

Respondents: Grant recipients. 

Frequency: quarterly throughout the 

period of performance. 

During the project management phase, 

each grantee that expends $750,000 or 

more during their own fiscal year in all 

Federal awards must have a single or 

program-specific audit conducted for 

that year in accordance with the 

provisions of 2 CFR 200.501. (The 

$750,000 threshold is not limited to Safe 

Streets and Roads for All funding.) This 

reporting responsibility is required 

annually and uses a form, the SF–SAC. 

It is estimated that this survey will take 

an average of 100 hours for large 

auditees and 21 hours for all other 

auditees to complete, including the time 

for reviewing instructions, searching 

existing data sources, gathering and 

maintaining the data needed, and 

completing and reviewing the collection 

of information. 

Respondents: Grant recipients. 

Frequency: annually during any fiscal 

year in which $750,000 or more in any 

Federal funds are expended, throughout 

the period of performance. 

During the project evaluation phase, 

the reporting requirement is necessary 

to assess program effectiveness for the 

Federal government and to comply with 

Subsection 24112(g). This report 

provides information regarding how the 

project is achieving the outcomes that 

grantees have targeted to help measure 

the effectiveness of the Safe Streets and 

Roads for All Grant Program. In 

addition, under Subsection 24112(h), at 

the end of the period of performance for 

a grant under the program each grant 

recipient is required to submit a report 

that describes the costs of each eligible 


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project carried out using the grant 

funds; the outcomes and benefits 

generated; the lessons learned; and any 

recommendations relating to future 

projects or strategies. 

Respondents: Grant recipients. 

Frequency: one time after the period 

of performance ends. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 

• Application phase: approximately 

30 hours for the comprehensive safety 

action plan grants and 110 hours for the 

implementation grants per respondent. 

• Grant Agreement phase: 

approximately 1 hour per respondent 

(comprehensive safety action plan or 

implementation grant). 

• For grantees expending $750,000 or 

more of all Federal funds in a fiscal year 

only: 

Approximately 100 hours for large 

grantees. 

Approximately 21 hours for all other 

grantees. 

• Project Management phase: 8 hours 

annually per grant. 

• Project Evaluation phase: 12 hours 

annually per implementation grant; 2 

hours annually per action plan grant. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 

First year: Approximately 41 hours, 

including grant application, for 

comprehensive safety action plan grants 

and approximately 131 hours, including 

grant application, for implementation 

grants. 

Subsequent years (cumulative): 10 

hours for action plan grants (expected 

period of performance: 2 years); 48 

hours for implementation grants 

(expected period of performance: 5 

years); add 100 hours for single audits 

for large grantees and 21 hours for all 

other grantees expending $750,000 or 

more of Federal funds in a single fiscal 

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 

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; 23 U.S.C. 134 and 135; and 23 

CFR Chapter 1, subchapter E, part 450. 

Issued On: September 15, 2023. 

Jazmyne Lewis, 

Information Collection Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2023–0034] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments for a 

New Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Department of 

Transportation. 

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 20, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: To ensure that you do not 

duplicate your docket submissions, 

please submit comments by only one of 

the following means: 

Website: Go to http://

www.regulations.gov and 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. 

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. 

Instructions: You must include the 

agency name and docket number or the 

Information Collection Review (ICR/ 

RFC) Reference Number for this Notice 

at the beginning of your comments. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Jodoin, 202–366–5465, Office of 

Operations, Federal Highway 

Administration, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: National Traffic Incident 

Management Annual Self-Assessment 

(TIMSA). 

Background: Each of the over 6 

million crashes per year presents a 

safety danger to motorists and 

responders while often causing delays 

on the nation’s roads. It is critical to 

safety and mobility for these crashes to 

be mitigated as efficiently and safely as 

possible. To address these concerns, 

dozens of Traffic Incident Management 

(TIM) Programs have been established 

throughout the country over the past 

25–30 years. Most of the top 75 

metropolitan areas and several rural 

areas have some form of TIM Program, 

often coordinated through a multidisciplinary committee comprised of all 

the response disciplines. The TIMSA 

tool was established to help regions 

assess the level of TIM Program 

maturity and to identify areas for 

improvement. 

The information is used by each 

jurisdiction to better understand 

opportunities for improving safety and 

mobility in their region. The FHWA also 

uses the data to assess progress of the 

FHWA national TIM program and 

identify opportunities to help regions 

improve. 

Respondents: Approximately 100 

individuals will complete the 

questionnaire in collaboration with an 

estimated average of 5 other 

participants. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: Approximately 1–2 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 200. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for FHWA’s performance; (2) 

the accuracy of the estimated burdens; 

(3) ways for 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 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. 

Issued On: September 15, 2023. 

Jazmyne Lewis, 

Information Collection Officer. 

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