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In these sessions participants will be 

presented with lottery choices, betting 

tasks, and simulator driving tasks, in 

addition to a short questionnaire about 

their demographics and driving habits. 

These tasks are intended to observe 

characteristics in drivers that are 

important to their driving choices when 

roads are congested. The choice tasks, 

questionnaires and simulator driving 

tasks will require four and one half 

hours of the participant’s time, spread 

over the four meetings. In addition, all 

participants’ cars will be outfitted with 

a GPS device that can receive but not 

send signals, allowing us to collect 

information on driving habits. The 

installation is simple and will only take 

a couple of minutes. All driving data 

will be downloaded directly from the 

device to a computer. Sensitive data, 

such as the home and work locations of 

the drivers, will not be downloaded. 

Approximately two weeks will pass 

between each meeting; a time frame that 

is determined by the capacity of the GPS 

device’s ability to store data of subjects’ 

travel log. The total time required for 

instructing participants in the field 

driving task, installing the device, and 

downloading all the data will be one 

hour, spread out over the four sessions. 

All the 1,200 participants will have 

their car equipped with a GPS while 

participating in the study. However, 

since we partition the study into three 

parts there will be a maximum of 400 

cars that have GPS installed at any time 

in the field experiment. 

Participants will attend four meetings. 

At the first meeting they receive their 

GPS devise. At subsequent meetings, 

data from the GPS devise will be 

downloaded to allow the researchers to 

study the driving choices in the 

intervening weeks. During the first two 

meetings they will also be given driving 

simulator tasks, lottery and betting 

tasks, and questionnaires. Meetings will 

be spaced approximately two weeks 

apart. Participants will receive money 

for driving on the routes studied but 

tolls that vary across routes and 

departure times will be subtracted from 

this money. If a toll from the study is 

applied to a route that already has a toll, 

the existing toll is subtracted from the 

toll charge in the study. If the existing 

toll is higher than the toll charge in the 

study, the participant will be paid the 

difference from the study. Some routes 

will have no toll charge. Participants 

will also receive money in a similar 

manner for driving in the simulators, 

and for the non-simulator choice tasks. 

There will also be a fixed compensation 

for attending each of the four sessions, 

and for completing the entire study. 

A total of 1,200 persons will 

participate, divided across the three 

regions. 10 weeks will be needed to 

complete the 4 sessions for each group 

of participants. 100 of these participants 

will be expected to volunteer for an 

additional 10 week field driving period 

for additional monetary compensation. 

The sessions will be timed very 

carefully since the student research 

assistants helping the participants will 

not be available during final exam 

periods and certain breaks. 

Respondents: 1200 participants are 

expected to participate throughout all 

tasks. 

Frequency: In phase 1, a survey will 

be completed via the Internet, followed 

by four face-to-face meetings and three 

two-week periods of driving with a GPS 

devise for most participants and twice 

that for a few selected participants. The 

face-to-face meetings will take place 

within a 10-week period. For those who 

are selected to double their participation 

there will be a break before starting the 

second period. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: The online questionnaire will 

require 30 minutes for a typical 

respondent. Two of the face-to-face 

meetings will last two hours each, the 

third meeting will last one hour, and the 

final meeting will be completed in thirty 

minutes. This time covers the 41⁄2 hours 

for the simulator tasks, the other choice 

tasks, and questionnaires, and the one 

hour for installing the GPS device, 

instructing participants in the field 

driving task plus downloading the GPS 

data to a computer. The average time 

allocation per participant is therefore 

expected to be 6 hours. For those who 

choose to double their participation 

there will be a need for an additional 

two hours spread across four meetings. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

Approximately 7,600 hours. 

6 hours × 1200 participants = 7200. 

2 hours × 200 participants = 400. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued on: August 30, 2010. 

Juli Huynh, 

Chief, Management Programs and Analysis 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2010–22164 Filed 9–3–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2010–0108] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Request for 

Approval of a New Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request for approval of 

a new information collection. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) approval of a new 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 

November 8, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

2010–0108 by any of the following 

methods: 

Web Site: 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. 

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: 

Kathleen Bergeron, (202) 366–5508, 

Office of Infrastructure, Federal 

Highway Administration, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Highways for LIFE Omnibus 

Survey for Technology Deployment. 

Background: The Highways for LIFE 

program was established by the 109th 

Congress within Sections 1101 and 1502 

of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 

Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 

Legacy for Users (Pub. L. 109–59). 

Within that law, under the topic 

‘‘Technology Transfer and Information 


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Dissemination,’’ it states that ‘‘The 

Secretary shall conduct a highways for 

life technology transfer program.’’ It 

further states that ‘‘The Secretary shall 

establish a process for stakeholder input 

and involvement in the development, 

implementation, and evaluation of the 

Highways for LIFE Pilot Program. The 

process may include participation by 

representatives of the State departments 

of transportation and other interested 

persons.’’ Also, it states that, ‘‘The 

Secretary shall monitor and evaluate the 

effectiveness of any activity carried out 

under this section.’’ 

A critical element in accomplishing 

these goals is to ensure that the 

technologies being deployed by FHWA 

and implemented by the States actually 

fill a specific need. Therefore, it is 

important that FHWA obtain feedback 

both before and after specific 

technologies are transferred. If, for 

example, FHWA determined on its own 

that a particular innovation was 

important, yet never actually 

determined whether States would value 

such an innovation, much time and 

money would have been wasted. Or, if 

there were an innovation that was 

deployed to States, yet FHWA never 

followed up to determine if the effort 

was a success, or how it might be even 

more successful, lessons could not be 

learned and put into effect. 

In FHWA’s Strategic Plan, the first 

goal listed is ‘‘National Leadership.’’ 

Under that topic, the first objective is 

‘‘Advance Innovation: FHWA is 

recognized as a leader in the 

development and promotion of 

innovative solutions that address 

current and emerging transportation 

issues.’’ Item 1.1 is ‘‘Systematically 

identify emerging issues and needs that 

could impact transportation,’’ and item 

1.2 is ‘‘Identify, develop, promote, and 

rapidly implement new and proven 

technologies and innovative solutions to 

improve system performance.’’ These 

‘‘innovative solutions’’ cannot properly 

identify what might work without 

discussing the needs for such things 

with the user groups—the States. 

Likewise, it cannot promote and 

implement them without an appropriate 

understanding of how the user 

organizations—the States—feel about 

the particular innovations; and this can 

only come from a formal survey. 

Respondents: There are 260 

respondents, including 5 each from 50 

State Transportation Departments, the 

District of Columbia, and the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

Frequency: Once a year, for three 

years. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: Each survey will require 15 

minutes to respond. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 65 hours. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the U.S. 

DOT’s performance, including whether 

the information will have practical 

utility; (2) the accuracy of the U.S. 

DOT’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; (3) 

ways 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: August 27, 2010. 

Juli Huynh, 

Chief, Management Programs and Analysis 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2010–22166 Filed 9–3–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Public Notice for a Change in Use of 

Aeronautical Property Associated With 

Wiscasset Municipal Airport, 

Wiscasset, ME 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is requesting public 

comment on the Town of Wiscasset, 

Maine’s, request to change 1.38 acres of 

fee interest from aeronautical use to 

non-aeronautical use and to abandon .15 

acres of an easement. The property is 

located on Route 27 in Edgecomb, 

Maine (Map R2 Lot 12). The property 

was for a non-directional beacon the 

FAA has decommissioned. The Town 

proposes to lease or sell the 1.38 acres 

in fee. 

Section 125 of The Wendell H. Ford 

Aviation Investment and Reform Act for 

the 21st Century (AIR 21) requires the 

FAA to provide an opportunity for 

public notice and comment to the 

‘‘waiver’’ or ‘‘modification’’ of a sponsor’s 

Federal obligation to use certain airport 

property for aeronautical purposes. 

The Town acquired the land FAA 

ADAP Project No. 7–27–0049–01. 

The disposition of proceeds from the 

disposal of airport property will be in 

accordance with FAA’s Policy and 

Procedures Concerning the Use of 

Airport Revenue, published in the 

Federal Register on February 16, 1999. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 7, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Documents are available for 

review by appointment by contacting at 

Erving Deck at Wiscasset Municipal 

Airport, Telephone 207–882–5475 or by 

contacting Donna R. Witte, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 16 New 

England Executive Park, Burlington, 

Massachusetts, Telephone 781–238– 

7624. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donna R. Witte at the Federal Aviation 

Administration, 12 New England 

Executive Park, Burlington, 

Massachusetts 01803, Telephone 781– 

238–7624. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following is a legal description of the 

1.38 acres of fee interest of the property: 

Beginning at the Southwest corner of 

land described in deed from George H. 

Salley to George L. Worden it ux, dated 

May 29, 1968 and recorded in the 

Lincoln County Registry of Deeds, and 

at land now or formerly of Candace 

Sawyer; thence Northeasterly along land 

of said Sawyer and following a stone 

wall, to the Westerly side of Route #27; 

thence Northerly by and along said 

Route #27 (200) feet more or less to an 

iron rod; thence running at right angles 

to said Route #27 and in a Westerly 

direction, two hundred (200) feet, more 

or less to an iron rod; thence running 

Southerly and parallel to the above 

mentioned road to a stone wall which 

forms the Southerly boundary of the 

property described in the above cited 

deed; thence Southeasterly following 

said stone wall to the point of 

beginning. TOGETHER with a right of 

way to the above premises from the Old 

town road, so called. 

The following is a legal description of 

the .15 acre easement: 

Beginning at a pipe in rocks at the 

Northwest corner of land described in 

deed from George L. Worden and 

Martha Worden to the Inhabitants of the 

Town of Wiscasset, recorded May 15, 

1973 in Book 770, Page 226 in the 

Lincoln County Registry of Deeds; 

thence South 00° 40′ West one hundred 

thirty (130′) feet along land of said 

Wiscasset to a point; thence North 89° 

20′ West fifty (50′) feet to a point: thence 

North 00° 40′ East one hundred thirty 

(130’’) feet to a point; thence South 89° 


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