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of religious freedom: Al-Shabaab, Boko 

Haram, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the 

Houthis, ISIS, ISIS-Sahel (formerly 

known as ISIS in the Greater Sahara), 

ISIS-West Africa, Jamaat Nasr al-Islam 

wal Muslimin, and the Taliban. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carter Allen, Office of International 

Religious Freedom, U.S. Department of 

State, (Phone: (202) 718–1792 or Email: 

AllenCG@state.gov). 

Daniel L. Nadel, 

Director, Office of International Religious 

Freedom, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01084 Filed 1–19–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2024–0003] 

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. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) approval for renewal of an 

existing information collection that 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 

March 22, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

0003 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 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: 

Scott Gable, 202–366–2176, Office of 

Safety, Federal Highway 

Administration, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, 

between 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Highway Safety Improvement 

Program. 

OMB Control #: 2125–0025. 

Background: The Infrastructure 

Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) (Pub. L. 

117–58, also known as the ‘‘Bipartisan 

Infrastructure Law’’ (BIL)) continues the 

Highway Safety Improvement Program 

(HSIP) as a core federal-aid program 

with the purpose to achieve a significant 

reduction in traffic fatalities and serious 

injuries on all public roads, including 

non-State-owned public roads and roads 

on tribal lands. The HSIP requires a 

data-driven, strategic approach to 

improving highway safety on all public 

roads that focuses on performance. 

The existing provisions of Title 23 

U.S.C. 130, Railway-Highway Crossings 

Program, as well as implementing 

regulations in 23 CFR part 924, remain 

in effect. Included in these combined 

provisions are requirements for State 

DOTs to annually produce and submit 

to FHWA by August 31 reports related 

to the implementation and effectiveness 

of their HSIPs, that are to include 

information on: (a) progress being made 

to implement HSIP projects and the 

effectiveness of these projects in 

reducing traffic fatalities and serious 

injuries [Sections 148(h)]; and (b) 

progress being made to implement the 

Railway-Highway Crossings Program 

and the effectiveness of the projects in 

that program [Sections 130(g) and 

148(h)], which will be used by FHWA 

to produce and submit biennial reports 

to Congress. To be able to produce these 

reports, State DOTs must have safety 

data and analysis systems capable of 

identifying and determining the relative 

severity of hazardous highway locations 

on all public roads, based on both crash 

experience and crash potential, as well 

as determining the effectiveness of 

highway safety improvement projects. 

FHWA provides an online reporting tool 

to support the annual HSIP reporting 

process. Additional information is 

available on the Office of Safety website 

at https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/hsip/ 

resources/onrpttool/. Reporting into the 

online reporting tool meets all report 

requirements and USDOT website 

compatibility requirements. The 

information contained in the annual 

HSIP reports provides FHWA with a 

means for monitoring the effectiveness 

of these programs and may be used by 

Congress for determining the future 

HSIP program structure and funding 

levels. 

Respondents: 50 State Transportation 

Departments, the District of Columbia, 

and Puerto Rico. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 250 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 13,000 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: January 17, 2024. 

Jazmyne Lewis, 

Information Collection Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions 

on Proposed Highway in California 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of limitation on claims 

for judicial review of actions by the 

California Department of Transportation 

(Caltrans). 

SUMMARY: The FHWA, on behalf of 

Caltrans, is issuing this notice to 

announce actions taken by Caltrans that 

are final. The actions relate to a 

proposed highway project, on State 

Route 99 from post miles 56.4–57.6 in 

Kern County and post miles 0.0–13.5 in 

Tulare County, State of California. 

Those actions grant licenses, permits, 

and approvals for the project. 

DATES: By this notice, the FHWA, on 

behalf of Caltrans, is advising the public 

of final agency actions subject to 23 

U.S.C. 139(l)(1). A claim seeking 

judicial review of the Federal agency 


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actions on the highway project will be 

barred unless the claim is filed on or 

before [Insert date 150 days after 

publication in the Federal Register]. If 

the Federal law that authorizes judicial 

review of a claim provides a time period 

of less than 150 days for filing such 

claim, then that shorter time period still 

applies. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

Caltrans: Javier Almaguer, Senior 

Environmental Scientist, 2015 East 

Shields Avenue, Suite 100, Fresno, 

California 93726, (559) 287–9320, 

javier.almaguer@dot.ca.gov, Mon.–Fri. 

9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective 

July 1, 2007, the Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA) assigned, and 

the California Department of 

Transportation (Caltrans) assumed, 

environmental responsibilities for this 

project pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327. 

Notice is hereby given that the Caltrans, 

has taken final agency actions subject to 

23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1) by issuing licenses, 

permits, and approvals for the following 

highway project in the State of 

California: Caltrans proposes to 

rehabilitate the pavement and construct 

an additional northbound and 

southbound lane on State Route 99 from 

Delano to Pixley in Kern and Tulare 

counties. 

The actions by the Federal agencies, 

and the laws under which such actions 

were taken, are described in the Final 

Environmental Assessment/Finding of 

No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the 

project, approved on September 11, 

2023, and in other documents in the 

project records. The FEA, FONSI, and 

other project records are available by 

contacting Caltrans at the address 

provided above. The Caltrans FEA and 

FONSI can be viewed and downloaded 

from the project website at https://

dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-6/ 

district-6-projects/06-0w790. 

This notice applies to all Federal 

agency decisions as of the issuance date 

of this notice and all laws under which 

such actions were taken, including but 

not limited to: 

1. General: National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) [42 U.S.C. 

4321–4335]. 

2. Air: Clean Air Act [23 U.S.C. 109(j) 

and 42 U.S.C. 7521(a)]. 

3. Wildlife: Federal Endangered 

Species Act [16 U.S.C. 1531–1543]; Fish 

and Wildlife Coordination Act [16 

U.S.C. 661–666(C); Migratory Bird 

Treaty Act [16 U.S.C. 760c–760g]. 

4. Historic and Cultural Resources: 

Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act of 1966, as amended 

[16 U.S.C. 470(f) et seq.]. 

5. Wetlands and Water Resources: 

Clean Water Act [33 U.S.C. 1344]. 

6. Hazardous Waste: Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, Compensation 

and Liability Act [42 U.S.C. 103]; 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act of 1976 [42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.]. 

7. Social and Economic: NEPA 

implementation [23 U.S.C. 109(h)]; Civil 

Rights Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2000(d)– 

2000(d)(1)]. 

8. Executive Orders: E.O. 12898 

Federal Actions to Address 

Environmental Justice and Low-Income 

Populations; E.O. 11988 Floodplain 

Management. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning 

and Construction. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

program.) 

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

Antonio Johnson, 

Director of Planning, Environmental and 

Right of Way, Federal Highway 

Administration, California Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions 

on Proposed Highway in California 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of limitation on claims 

for judicial review of actions by the 

California Department of Transportation 

(Caltrans). 

SUMMARY: The FHWA, on behalf of 

Caltrans, is issuing this notice to 

announce actions taken by Caltrans, that 

are final. The actions relate to a 

proposed highway project, on State 

Route 99 from post miles 25.2 to post 

mile 30.6 in Tulare County, State of 

California. Those actions grant licenses, 

permits, and approvals for the project. 

DATES: By this notice, the FHWA, on 

behalf of Caltrans, is advising the public 

of final agency actions subject to 23 

U.S.C. 139(l)(1). A claim seeking 

judicial review of the Federal agency 

actions on the highway project will be 

barred unless the claim is filed on or 

before June 20, 2024. If the Federal law 

that authorizes judicial review of a 

claim provides a time period of less 

than 150 days for filing such claim, then 

that shorter time period still applies. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

Caltrans: Javier Almaguer, Senior 

Environmental Scientist, 2015 East 

Shields Avenue, Suite 100, Fresno, 

California 93726, (559) 287–9320, 

javier.almaguer@dot.ca.gov, Mon.–Fri. 

9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Effective 

July 1, 2007, the Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA) assigned, and 

the California Department of 

Transportation (Caltrans) assumed, 

environmental responsibilities for this 

project pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327. 

Notice is hereby given that the Caltrans, 

have taken final agency actions subject 

to 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1) by issuing 

licenses, permits, and approvals for the 

following highway project in the State 

of California: Caltrans proposes to 

widen State Route 99 in the City of 

Tulare from just south of the Avenue 

200 Overcrossing to the Prosperity 

Avenue Overcrossing (post miles 25.2 to 

30.6). One lane would be built in each 

direction in the freeway median to 

create a six-lane freeway. The existing 

interchange at Paige Avenue would be 

reconstructed to a tight diamond layout 

and two roundabouts would be 

constructed on Paige Avenue at 

Blackstone Street and Laspina Street. 

The actions by the Federal agencies, and 

the laws under which such actions were 

taken, are described in the Final 

Environmental Assessment/Finding of 

No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the 

project, approved on December 29, 

2023, and in other documents in the 

project records. The FEA, FONSI, and 

other project records are available by 

contacting Caltrans at the address 

provided above. The Caltrans FEA and 

FONSI can be viewed and downloaded 

from the project website at https://

dot.ca.gov/caltrans-near-me/district-6/ 

district-6-projects/06-48950, or viewed 

at the Tulare Public Library. 

This notice applies to all Federal 

agency decisions as of the issuance date 

of this notice and all laws under which 

such actions were taken, including but 

not limited to: 

1. General: National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969. 

2. Air: Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401– 

7671. 

3. Wildlife: Federal Endangered 

Species Act of 1973 (ESA), 16 U.S.C. 

1531–1543]; Fish and Wildlife 

Coordination Act [16 U.S.C. 661–666(C); 

Migratory Bird Treaty Act [16 U.S.C. 

760c–760g]. 

4. Historic and Cultural Resources: 

Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act of 1966, as amended 

[16 U.S.C. 470(f) et seq.]. 

5. Wetlands and Water Resources: 

Clean Water Act [33 U.S.C. 1344]. 


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