Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 91 / Wednesday, May 13, 2009 / Notices 22629 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[FTA Docket No. 2009–0027] 

Notice of Request for Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Request for 

Comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of the 

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to 

request the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) to approve a new 

information collection: 

49 U.S.C. Section 5339—Alternatives 

Analysis Program. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

before July 13, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: To ensure that your 

comments are not entered more than 

once into the docket, submit comments 

identified by the docket number by only 

one of the following methods: 

1. Web site: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on the U.S. Government electronic 

docket site. (Note: The U.S. Department 

of Transportation’s (DOT’s) electronic 

docket is no longer accepting electronic 

comments.) All electronic submissions 

must be made to the U.S. Government 

electronic docket site at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Commenters 

should follow the directions below for 

mailed and hand-delivered comments. 

2. Fax: Office of Program Management 

202–366–7951. 

3. Mail: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Docket Operations, M–30, 

West Building, Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

4. Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Docket Operations, M–30, 

West Building, Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: You must include the 

agency name and docket number for this 

notice at the beginning of your 

comments. Submit two copies of your 

comments if you submit them by mail. 

For confirmation that FTA has received 

your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Note that 

all comments received, including any 

personal information, will be posted 

and will be available to Internet users, 

without change, to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. You may review 

DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement 

in the Federal Register published April 

11, 2000, (65 FR 19477), or you may 

visit http://www.regulations.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents and 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov at any time. 

Background documents and comments 

received may also be viewed at the U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Docket 

Operations, M–30, West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001 between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Juan Morrison, FTA Office of Program 

Management (202) 366–2053 or e-mail: 

Juan.Morrison@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested 

parties are invited to send comments 

regarding any aspect of this information 

collection, including: (1) The necessity 

and utility of the information collection 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the FTA; (2) the accuracy 

of the estimated burden; (3) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the collected information; and (4) 

ways to minimize the collection burden 

without reducing the quality of the 

collected information. Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval of this 

information collection. 

Title: 49 U.S.C. Section 5339— 

Alternatives Analysis Program (OMB 

Number: 2132–NEW). 

Background: Under Section 3037 of 

the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 

Efficient Transportation Act—A Legacy 

for Users (SAFETEA–LU), the 

Alternatives Analysis Program (49 

U.S.C. 5339) provides grants to States, 

authorities of the States, metropolitan 

planning organizations, and local 

government authorities to develop 

studies as part of the transportation 

planning process. The purpose of the 

Alternatives Analysis Program is to 

assist in financing the evaluation of all 

reasonable modal and multimodal 

alternatives and general alignment 

options for identified transportation 

needs in a particular, broadly defined 

travel corridor. The transportation 

planning process of Alternatives 

Analysis includes an assessment of a 

wide range of public transportation or 

multimodal alternatives, which will 

address transportation problems within 

a corridor or subarea; provides ample 

information to enable the Secretary to 

make the findings of project justification 

and local financial commitment; 

supports the selection of a locally 

preferred alternative; and enables the 

local Metropolitan Planning 

Organization to adopt the locally 

preferred alternative as part of the longrange transportation plan. FTA intends 

to evaluate program implementation by 

collecting information such as project 

milestones and financial status reports. 

Respondents: State and local 

government and Metropolitan Planning 

Organizations. 

Estimated Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 28 hours for each of the 

respondents. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 840 

hours. 

Frequency: Annual. 

Issued: May 7, 2009. 

Ann M. Linnertz, 

Associate Administrator for Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–11141 Filed 5–12–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[Docket No. FTA–2009–0026] 

Notice of Request for Extension of a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of the 

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to 

request the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) to approve the extension 

of the currently approved information 

collection: Tribal Transit Program. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

before July 13, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: To ensure that your 

comments are not entered more than 

once into the docket, submit comments 

identified by the docket number by only 

one of the following methods: 

1. Web site: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on the U.S. Government electronic 

docket site. (Note: The U.S. Department 

of Transportation’s (DOT’s) electronic 

docket is no longer accepting electronic 

comments.) All electronic submissions 

must be made to the U.S. Government 

electronic docket site at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Commenters 

should follow the directions below for 

mailed and hand-delivered comments. 

2. Fax: 202–493–2251.