106728 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 249 / Monday, December 30, 2024 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2024–0086] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments for a 

New Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA has forwarded the 

information collection request described 

in this notice to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve a new 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 

January 29, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

0086 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: 

Kasandre Reeves, (564) 544–0350, Office 

of Highway Policy Information, 

Highway Funding and Motor Fuels 

division (HPPI–10) Federal Highway 

Administration, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

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 

September 20, 2024, at [89 FR 77222]. 

There were 3 comments received and 

FHWA’s responses are below: 

One comment received was a test. The 

second comment received was voicing 

support of this product by the Bureau of 

Economic Analysis. The third comment 

was a duplicate comment submitted of 

this support by the Bureau of Economic 

Analysis. 

Title: 500-Series Reporting 

Guidebook. 

Background: A 500-Series Data 

Reporting Guidebook provides for the 

collection of information by describing 

policies and procedures for assembling 

highway related data from the existing 

files of State agencies. The data includes 

motor-vehicle registration and fees, 

motor-fuel use and taxation, driver 

licensing, and highway taxation and 

finance. Federal, State, and local 

governments use the data for 

transportation policy discussions and 

decisions. Motor-fuel data are used in 

attributing receipts to the Highway 

Trust Fund and subsequently in the 

apportionment formula that are used to 

distribute Federal-Aid Highway Funds. 

The data are published annually in the 

FHWA’s Highway Statistics. 

Information from Highway Statistics is 

used in the joint FHWA and Federal 

Transit Administration required 

biennial report to Congress, Status of the 

Nation’s Highways, Bridges, and 

Transit: Conditions and Performance, 

which contrasts present status to future 

investment needs. 

Respondents: State and local 

governments of the 50 States, the 

District of Columbia and the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico share 

this burden. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: The burden for each form 

varies from 4 hours to 380 hours. The 

estimated average reporting burden per 

response for the annual collection and 

processing of the data is 2,462 hours for 

each of the States (including local 

governments), the District of Columbia, 

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: The estimated total annual 

burden for all respondents is 29,574 

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: December 23, 2024. 

Jazmyne Lewis, 

Information Collection Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–31277 Filed 12–27–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2024–0084] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments for a 

New Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA has forwarded the 

information collection request described 

in this notice to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve a new 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 

January 29, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

0084 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: 

Bronwen Keiner, (202) 493–0280 or, 

Edward Starks (202) 366–5407, Office of 

Planning, Environment, and Realty, 

Federal Highway Administration, 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC 

20590. Office hours are from 7 a.m. to 

5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We 

published a Federal Register Notice 


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with a 60-day public comment period 

on this information collection on 

October 21, 2024, at 89 FR 84240. There 

were no comments received. 

Title: National Scenic Byway Program 

(NSBP). 

Background: The Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA) administers the 

NSBP. It was established by the 

Intermodal Surface Transportation 

Efficiency Act of 1991 in section 162 of 

title 23, United States Code (U.S.C.), and 

reauthorized and expanded significantly 

in 1998 under the Transportation Equity 

Act for the 21st Century and again 

under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 

Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 

Legacy for Users in 2005. The NSBP is 

a grass-roots collaborative effort 

established to help recognize, preserve, 

and enhance selected roads throughout 

the United States. Before 2019, Congress 

last authorized discretionary NSBP 

funds in 2012 under the Surface 

Transportation Extension Act of 2012. 

Between 1992 and 2012, FHWA 

awarded over $505 million in NSBP 

grants. In 2022, FHWA awarded 

approximately $21.8 million in grants to 

33 projects. 

Respondents: The Notice of Funding 

Opportunity (NOFO), announcing up to 

$26.95 million of Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 

and 2024 funding for the National 

Scenic Byways Program (NSBP) 

discretionary grants is now available for 

State DOTs and federally recognized 

Indian Tribes on grants.gov. FHWA is 

expecting roughly 200 applicants to 

apply for NSBP grant funding. 

Frequency: NOFOs and grant 

solicitations will be published annually 

by FHWA but, are subject to the 

availability of funds in appropriations 

or, any legislation signed into law 

authorizing funds. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 3 hours per respondent per 

applicant. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: It is expected that the 

respondents will complete 

approximately 200 applications for an 

estimated total of 600 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. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as 

amended; and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued on: December 23, 2024. 

Jazmyne Lewis, 

Information Collection Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–31252 Filed 12–27–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2024–0289] 

Commercial Driver’s License: State of 

Hawaii; Application for Exemption 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of application for 

exemption; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that the 

State of Hawaii has applied for an 

exemption from specified portions of 

the commercial driver’s license (CDL) 

skills test and entry-level driver training 

(EDLT) curriculum requirements. The 

State of Hawaii currently has a two-year 

exemption that expires on February 20, 

2026, under which it may waive 

portions of the CDL skills test for CDL 

applicants who take the skills test on 

the islands of Lanai and Molokai and 

grant restricted CDLs to successful 

applicants. The State of Hawaii now 

requests a five-year exemption of these 

provisions, with the addition of an 

exemption from certain portions of the 

ELDT curriculum requirements for 

providers of behind-the-wheel (BTW) 

public road training on the islands of 

Lanai and Molokai. FMCSA requests 

public comment on the applicant’s 

request for an exemption and whether 

the Agency should withdraw Hawaii’s 

current exemption that expires on 

February 20, 2026, and grant a new fiveyear exemption from both the CDL skills 

test and the ELDT requirements. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 29, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) Number 

FMCSA–2024–0289 by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. See the Public 

Participation and Request for Comments 

section below for further information. 

• Mail: Dockets Operations, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, 

Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building, Ground Floor, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE, between 9 a.m. and 

5 p.m. E.T., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

Each submission must include the 

Agency name and the docket number 

(FMCSA–2024–0289) for this notice. 

Note that DOT posts all comments 

received without change to 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information included in a 

comment. Please see the Privacy Act 

heading below. 

Docket: If you do not have access to 

the internet, you may view the docket 

by visiting Docket Operations on the 

ground floor of the DOT West Building, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., ET, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. To be sure 

someone is there to help you, please call 

(202) 366–9317 or (202) 366–9826 

before visiting Dockets Operations. 

Privacy Act: In accordance with 49 

U.S.C. 31315(b), DOT solicits comments 

from the public to better inform its 

regulatory process. DOT posts these 

comments, including any personal 

information the commenter provides, to 

www.regulations.gov as described in the 

system of records notice DOT/ALL–14 

FDMS, which can be reviewed under 

the ‘‘Department Wide System of 

Records Notices’’ at https:// 

www.transportation.gov/individuals/ 

privacy/privacy-act-system-recordsnotices. The comments are posted 

without edit and are searchable by the 

name of the submitter. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Richard Clemente, Driver and Carrier 

Operations Division; Office of Carrier, 

Driver and Vehicle Safety Standards, 

FMCSA; (202) 366–2722; or 

richard.clemente@dot.gov. If you have 

questions on viewing or submitting 

material to the docket, contact Dockets 

Operations at (202) 366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

FMCSA encourages you to participate 

by submitting comments and related 

materials. 

Submitting Comments 

If you submit a comment, please 

include the docket number for this 

notice (FMCSA–2024–0289), indicate 


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