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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 235 (Friday, December 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 97163-97164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28568]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2024-0081]

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 February 4, 2025.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 
0081 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 for Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fawn Thompson, (404)-895-6229, 
[email protected], Office of Technical Services--Center for 
Accelerating Innovation, Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20590. Office 
hours are from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except for 
Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: 2023-2026 Accelerated Innovation Deployment (AID) 
Demonstration Grants
    Background: The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity 
(NOFO) is to invite applications for the FHWA's Accelerated Innovation 
Deployment (AID) Demonstration grants for fiscal years (FY) 2023-2026. 
Up to $10 million will be available for FY 2023, with up to $12.5 
million for each subsequent fiscal year. Funds made available for FYs 
2023-2026 for the AID Demonstration are to be awarded on a competitive 
basis to fund activities eligible for assistance under title 23, United 
States Code (U.S.C.) in any phase of a highway transportation project 
between project planning and project delivery including planning, 
financing, operation, structures, materials, pavements, environment, 
and construction that address the Technology and Innovation Deployment 
Program goals. This notice describes the application requirements, 
selection and evaluation criteria, applicable program and Federal 
requirements and deliverables, and available technical assistance 
during the grant solicitation period.
    Respondents: Entities eligible include State Departments of 
Transportation (DOT), Federal Land Management Agencies, and Tribal 
governments. State DOT may apply for AID Demonstration grants in 
partnership with Local Public Agencies (LPA), and the State DOT will be 
responsible for administering the AID Demonstration grant work by the 
LPA. Any federally recognized Tribe identified on the list of ``Indian 
Entities Recognized and Eligible to Receive Services from the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs'' (87 FR 4636) is eligible to apply for AID 
Demonstration grants.
    Frequency: The information will be collected annually.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: The following is expected 
for respondents and recipients:

 Application Sub-Total: 21 hours per respondent
 Program Management Sub-Total: 21 hours per recipient

    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: It is expected that the 
respondents and recipients will complete approximately 2,340 burden 
hours to address the Application and Program Management requirements.
    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

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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 December 3, 2024.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-28568 Filed 12-5-24; 8:45 am]
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