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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 231 (Monday, December 2, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 95347-95348]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28086]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2024-0076]

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

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public comments about our intention to 
request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for a new 
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 January 31, 2025.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 
0076 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: Alison Rogers, Discretionary Grants 
Training Liaison, FHWA Discretionary Grants Coordination Division, 
(304) 347-3574 or via email at [email protected] or Tamiko Burnell, 
Chief, FHWA Discretionary Grants Coordination Division, (202) 366-1200 
or via email at [email protected]. Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Performance Progress 
Report (PPR) Form.
    Background: FHWA is administering over 40 discretionary grant and 
cooperative agreement programs, including those established under the 
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), enacted as the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act, (November 15, 2021, Pub. L. 117-58) and the 
Inflation Reduction Act, 2022 (August 16, 2022, Pub. L. 117-169). The 
Uniform Administrative Requirements in 2 CFR part 200 require 
recipients of Federal financial assistance awards to monitor activities 
under Federal awards to ensure compliance with applicable Federal 
requirements and performance expectations are being achieved. In 
addition, the regulations require Federal awarding agencies, such as 
FHWA, to use OMB-approved common information collections. The FHWA PPR 
form will be used by recipients of FHWA grant awards and cooperative 
agreements to report performance and progress of a Federal financial 
assistance-funded construction or non-construction project.
    Respondents: Recipients of a discretionary grant or cooperative 
agreement award administered by FHWA. Discretionary grant or 
cooperative agreement recipients include but are not limited to State 
DOTs as defined in 23 U.S.C. 101, U.S. Territories, Federally 
recognized tribes, and other entities identified as eligible for 
federal financial assistance from FHWA.
    Frequency: The information will be collected quarterly, 
semiannually, or annually, as required by the Notice of Funding 
Opportunity (NOFO) for the grant program.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 1 hour per respondent per 
form per grant award. This includes time to review the form 
instructions, research existing sources to gather necessary data, 
complete and review the form before submitting to FHWA.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: It is expected that 
approximately 2,500 respondents will complete up to 4 PPR forms for a 
up to 10 grant awards per respondent for an estimated total of 100,000 
annual burden 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.

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    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 
35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.

     Issued on November 25, 2024.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-28086 Filed 11-29-24; 8:45 am]
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