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ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

0064 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: Mr. 

Michael Dougherty, (667) 668–1781, 

Office of Policy and Governmental 

Affairs, Office of Highway Policy 

Information, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 

SE, Washington, DC 20590. Office hours 

are from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We 

published a Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day public comment period 

on this information collection on June 

21, 2024, at [89 FR 52200]. There were 

no comments received. 

Title: Highway Use Tax Evasion 

Discretionary Grant Program. 

Background: The Highway Use Tax 

Evasion Projects (HUTE) program 

provides funding to the Internal 

Revenue Service (IRS) and the States to 

carry out intergovernmental 

enforcement efforts, along with training 

and research, to reduce evasion of 

payment of motor fuel and other 

highway use taxes, which are the 

principal sources for Federal and State 

highway funding. Under the current 

Surface Transportation Authorization, 

the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 

Act (IIJA), $2 million is available to 

make grants for intergovernmental 

enforcement efforts, including research 

and training. The intergovernmental 

enforcement efforts grants are awarded 

to State agencies through a competitive 

application process from which FHWA 

and the IRS make selections based on 

the most innovative, intergovernmental 

proposals. The States then perform 

various tasks, including increased 

enforcement, enhancement of data 

systems, and coordination with other 

State agencies. 

The remaining funding may, at the 

discretion of the Secretary of 

Transportation, either be awarded for 

intergovernmental enforcement efforts 

grants, or allocated to the IRS for their 

enforcement efforts. 

While the statute allows for the IRS to 

determine the use of their allocations, 

they must be used in some fashion 

related to the identification and 

elimination of highway use tax evasion. 

For both the States and the IRS, the 

initiatives may include, but are not 

limited to, office examinations, refinery 

and terminal examinations, and on-road 

enforcement in areas such as the illegal 

use of dyed diesel fuel by motor 

vehicles. 

Respondents: There are 51 

respondents, including 50 State 

Transportation Departments, and the 

District of Columbia. While the 

applications are open to all those 

organizations, on average, about 16 

applications are received each year for 

grant requests, some of which include 

multiple States, which brings the total 

individual projects to around 30. 

Frequency: On an on-going basis as 

grant opportunities are announced. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: There are an average of 16 

applications filed each cycle. It takes 

approximately 40 hours to gather the 

information and upload it through the 

grants.gov system. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: Total estimated average annual 

burden is 800 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: September 13, 2024. 

Jazmyne Lewis, 

Information Collection Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2024–0063] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Request for 

Renewal 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 has forwarded the 

information collection request described 

in this notice to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for a 

renewal an information collection. We 

are required to publish this notice in the 

Federal Register by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

October 18, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

0063 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: Mr. 

Michael Dougherty, (667) 668–1781, 

Office of Policy & Governmental Affairs, 

Office of Highway Policy Information, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are 

from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We 

published a Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day public comment period 

on this information collection on June 

21, 2024, at 89 FR 52203. There were no 

comments received. 

Title: Certification of Enforcement of 

the Heavy Vehicle Use Tax. 

OMB Control: 2125–0541. 

Background: Title 23 United States 

Code, section 141(c), provides that a 


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State’s apportionment of funds under 23 

U.S.C. 104(b)(1) shall be reduced in an 

amount up to 8 percent of the amount 

to be apportioned during any fiscal year 

beginning after September 30, 1984, if 

vehicles subject to the Federal heavy 

vehicle use tax are lawfully registered in 

the State without having presented 

proof of payment of the tax. The annual 

certification by the State Governor or 

designated official regarding the 

collection of the heavy vehicle use tax 

serves as the FHWA’s primary means of 

determining State compliance. The 

FHWA has determined that an annual 

certification of compliance by each State 

is the least obtrusive means of 

administering the provisions of the 

legislative mandate. In addition, States 

are required to retain for 1 year a 

Schedule 1, IRS Form 2290, Heavy 

Vehicle Use Tax Return (or other 

suitable alternative provided by 

regulation). The FHWA conducts 

compliance reviews at least once every 

3 years to determine if the annual 

certification is adequate to ensure 

effective administration of 23 U.S.C. 

141(c). 

Respondents: 50 State Transportation 

Departments, and the District of 

Columbia for a total of 51 respondents. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: The average burden to submit 

the certification and to retain required 

records is 12 hours per respondent. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: Total estimated average annual 

burden is 918 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: September 13, 2024. 

Jazmyne Lewis, 

Information Collection Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0798] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: Veteran/ 

Beneficiary Claim for Reimbursement 

of Travel Expenses 

AGENCY: Veterans Health 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, this notice announces that the 

Veterans Health Administration, 

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), 

will submit the collection of 

information abstracted below to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and comment. The 

PRA submission describes the nature of 

the information collection and its 

expected cost and burden, and it 

includes the actual data collection 

instrument. 

DATES: Comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent by 

October 18, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: To submit comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection, please type the 

following link into your browser: 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, 

select ‘‘Currently under Review—Open 

for Public Comments,’’ then search the 

list for the information collection by 

Title or ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0798.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VA 

PRA Information: Maribel Aponte, 202– 

462–8900, vacopaperworkreduact@

va.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Veteran/Beneficiary Claim for 

Reimbursement of Travel Expenses (VA 

Form 10–3542 and BTSSS). 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0798. 

https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRASearch. 

Type of Review: Reinstatement, with 

change, of a previously approved 

collection. 

Abstract: Pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 111 

and 38 CFR part 70, subpart A, the 

Veterans Health Administration (VHA) 

Beneficiary Travel (BT) Program 

provides payments for authorized travel 

expenses to help Veterans and other 

beneficiaries obtain care or services 

from VHA or VA-authorized providers 

in the community. VHA must 

administer payments according to 

statutory mandates, including the 

Payment Integrity Information Act of 

2019 (PIIA) (Pub. L. 116–117). In 

compliance with the PIIA and other 

program requirements, VHA must gather 

certain information to determine 

whether BT eligibility and other criteria 

for approval have been met, and the 

amount of payment or reimbursement 

that is authorized under the BT 

program. To improve the claimant 

experience, VHA made some revisions 

to the Instructions section of VA Form 

10–3542 to clarify required information 

for claims, such as proof of attendance 

at appointments when applicable, as 

well as online submission options. 

Claimants may include Veterans and 

other BT beneficiaries, as well as 

entities or individuals who provided or 

paid for travel. Claimants may apply for 

BT reimbursement orally or in writing 

through VA Form 10–3542 or the 

Beneficiary Travel Self-Service System 

(BTSSS). Based upon program data 

since the last PRA clearance, VHA has 

adjusted the estimated annual number 

of respondents and responses and 

increased the average time per claim 

submission. These changes have 

resulted in an increase in the estimated 

annual burden hours. This standard 

collection of information is necessary to 

enable VHA to provide this benefit and 

appropriately ensure that funds are 

being paid to the correct claimant. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on this collection 

of information was published at 89 FR 

15928, March 5, 2024. 

Total Annual Burden: 1,216,667 

hours. 

Total Annual Responses: 7,300,000. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 1,216,667 

hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 10 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: Average of 5 

times per year. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,460,000. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Dorothy Glasgow, 

VA PRA Clearance Officer, (Alt.) Office of 

Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance 

Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

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