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verification of personnel and 

financial resources. 

IN WITNESS THEREOF, the parties 

hereto have caused this MOU to be duly 

executed in duplicate as of the date of 

the last signature written below. 

STATE OF ALASKA 

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Marc A. Luiken, Commissioner, Department 

of Transportation and Public Facilities. 

Dated: lllllllllllllllll

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Jahna Lindemuth, Attorney General, 

Department of Law. 

Dated: lllllllllllllllll

FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 

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Brandye L. Hendrickson, Acting 

Administrator, Federal Highway 

Administration. 

Dated: lllllllllllllllll

[FR Doc. 2017–18066 Filed 8–24–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2017–0034] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Request for 

Extension of Currently Approved 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: 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 

October 24, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID 2017–0034 

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 20590–0001. 

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: Mr. 

Kenneth Petty, (202) 366 6654, Office of 

Planning, Environment, and Realty, 

Federal Highway Administration, 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5p.m. ET, 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Assessment of Transportation 

Planning Agency Needs, Capabilities, 

and Capacity. 

Background: FHWA will collect 

information on the current state of the 

practice, data, methods, and systems 

used by state, metropolitan, regional, 

local, and tribal transportation planning 

entities to support their required 

planning process in accordance with 

Title 23 United States Code 134 and 

135. This includes, but is not limited to, 

information to support transportation 

research, capacity building, data 

collection, planning, travel modeling, 

and performance management. This also 

includes information about how data is 

shared between planning agencies and 

how it is processed and used in the 

planning context. Questionnaires will 

be sent to State DOT headquarters and 

districts, Metropolitan Planning, 

Organizations, Regional Planning 

Organizations, and Tribal Governments. 

FHWA anticipates that one 

representative from each agency will 

take approximately 30 minutes to 

complete up to 4 questionnaires each 

year. The questionnaires will be 

administered via the Internet and 

invitations to participate in the 

questionnaire will be distributed via 

email. 

This information, once compiled, will 

allow the FHWA to better understand 

the existing capabilities that agencies 

across the country have in support of 

the planning process and the readiness 

they possess to handle new and ongoing 

challenges. As a result of the collected 

information, FHWA will focus its efforts 

and resources on providing targeted and 

meaningful support for planning and 

readiness nationwide. Additionally, 

FHWA will ensure that excellent 

planning practices are identified will be 

shared broadly across the country. 

Respondents: Respondents are 

representatives of State DOT 

headquarters and districts, Metropolitan 

Planning, Organizations, Regional 

Planning Organizations, and Tribal 

Governments. 

Respondents: 950 respondents 

annually. 

Frequency: 4 per year for 3 years. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: Approximately 30 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: Up to 1,900 hours annually. 

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 

burden; (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 

computer 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 18, 2017. 

Michael Howell, 

Information Collection Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17992 Filed 8–24–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2017–0035] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Request for 

Extension of Currently Approved 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request for extension 

of currently approved information 

collection. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) approval for renewal of an 

existing 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 

October 24, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

2017–0035 by any of the following 

methods: 

Web site: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 


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