[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 76 (Friday, April 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20006-20007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7560]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2007-27951]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments 
for New Information Collection

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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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) 
for approval of a new information collection. We published a Federal 
Register Notice with a 60-day public comment period on this information 
collection on February 12, 2005. We are required to publish this notice 
in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Please submit comments by May 21, 2007.

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-2007-27951.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Neathery, 202-366-1257 or Martin 
Weiss, 202-366-5010, Office of Interstate and Border Planning, Federal 
Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Rural Transportation Research.
    Background: Section 5513(f) of The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users of 2005 
(SAFETEA-LU) provides a grant to the New England Transportation 
Institute (hence ``the Institute'') in White River Junction, Vermont, 
to conduct rural transportation research. The Institute will undertake 
research and analysis in support of two research issues: (1) Rural 
Transportation Issues Definition and Refinement; and (2) Rural 
Transportation Safety and Health. The research includes a 2-part survey 
to develop information that will help support a ``portrait'' of present 
rural transportation patterns. Applying the concepts of both 
``mobility'' and ``accessibility'' to the rural Northeast, the 
Institute's surveys will explore the issues of ``rural isolation'' and, 
driver travel behavior. The survey will address these questions:
    <bullet> How serious a problem is rural isolation and perceptions 
of access (or lack thereof)?
    <bullet> How are the economic forces acting on the rural areas 
affecting the manner, and length of trips in the rural Northeast?
    <bullet> How are demographics going to change and/or influence the 
demands made on the transportation system?

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    <bullet> What would be the transportation implications of different 
settlement patterns?
    Respondents: Approximately 800 respondents for survey 1 and 600 
respondents for survey 2.
    Frequency: One time.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 30 minutes per survey.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: Approximate one time burden of 700 
hours.
    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.

    Issued on: April 17, 2007.
James R. Kabel,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
[FR Doc. E7-7560 Filed 4-19-07; 8:45 am]
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