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‘‘modification’’ of a sponsor’s Federal 

obligation to use certain airport land for 

non-aeronautical purposes. 

Bart Vernace, 

Manager, Orlando Airports District Office, 

Southern Region. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22121 Filed 10–11–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2017–0040] 

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: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, this notice announces that FHWA 

will submit the collection of 

information described below to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and comment. The 

Federal Register Notice with a 60-day 

comment period soliciting comments on 

the following collection of information 

was published on August 1, 2017. The 

PRA submission describes the nature of 

the information collection and its 

expected cost and burden. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

November 13, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID 2017–0040 

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 5 p.m. 

ET, Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Planning and Research Program 

Administration. 

OMB Control #: 2125–0039. 

Background: Under the provisions of 

Title 23, United States Code, Section 

505, 2 percent of Federal-aid highway 

funds in certain categories that are 

apportioned to the States are set aside 

to be used only for State Planning and 

Research (SPR). At least 25 percent of 

the SPR funds apportioned annually 

must be used for research, development, 

and technology transfer activities. In 

accordance with government-wide grant 

management procedures, a grant 

application must be submitted for these 

funds. In addition, recipients must 

submit periodic progress and financial 

reports. In lieu of Standard Form 424, 

Application for Federal Assistance, the 

FHWA uses a work program as the grant 

application. The information contained 

in the work program includes task 

descriptions, assignments of 

responsibility for conducting the work 

effort, and estimated costs for the tasks. 

This information is necessary to 

determine how FHWA planning and 

research funds will be utilized by the 

State Transportation Departments and if 

the proposed work is eligible for Federal 

participation. The content and 

frequency of submission of progress and 

financial reports specified in 23 CFR 

part 420 are specified in OMB Circular 

A–102 and the companion common 

grant management regulations. 

Respondents: 52 State Transportation 

Departments, including the District of 

Columbia and Puerto Rico. 

Frequency: Annual. 

Estimated Average Annual Burden 

per Response: 560 hours per 

respondent. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 29,120 hours. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

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

and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued On: October 5, 2017. 

Michael Howell, 

Information Collection Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22055 Filed 10–11–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2017–0039] 

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: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, this notice announces that FHWA 

will submit the collection of 

information described below to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and comment. The 

Federal Register Notice with a 60-day 

comment period soliciting comments on 

the following collection of information 

was published on August 1, 2017. The 

PRA submission describes the nature of 

the information collection and its 

expected cost and burden. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

November 13, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID 2014–0039 

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 


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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: October 5, 2017. 

Michael Howell, 

Information Collection Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22054 Filed 10–11–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2017–0002–N–23] 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), U.S. Department 

of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its 

implementing regulations, FRA seeks 

renewed approval of the proposed 

information collection activities listed 

below. Before submitting these 

information collection requests (ICRs) to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for approval, FRA is soliciting 

public comment on specific aspects of 

the activities, which are identified in 

this notice. 

DATES: Comments must be received no 

later than December 11, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on any or all of the following proposed 

activities by mail to either: Mr. Robert 

Brogan, Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad 

Safety, Regulatory Analysis Division, 

RRS–21, Federal Railroad 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Mail Stop 25, Washington, 

DC 20590; or Ms. Kim Toone, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Office of Information 

Technology, RAD–20, Federal Railroad 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Mail Stop 35, Washington, 

DC 20590. Commenters requesting FRA 

to acknowledge receipt of their 

respective comments must include a 

self-addressed stamped postcard stating, 

‘‘Comments on OMB Control Number 

2130–0571’’ or ‘‘Comments on OMB 

Control Number 2130–0596,’’ and 

should also include the title of the 

collection of information. Alternatively, 

comments may be faxed to (202) 493– 

6216 or (202) 493–6497, or emailed to 

Mr. Brogan at Robert.Brogan@dot.gov, or 

Ms. Toone at Kim.Toone@dot.gov. 

Please refer to the assigned OMB control 

number in any correspondence 

submitted. FRA will summarize 

comments received in response to this 

notice in a subsequent notice and 

include them in its information 

collection submission to OMB for 

approval. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Robert Brogan, Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, Office of Railroad 

Safety, Safety Regulatory Analysis 

Division, RRS–21, Federal Railroad 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Mail Stop 25, Washington, 

DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 493–6292) 

or Ms. Kim Toone, Information 

Collection Clearance Officer, Office of 

Information Technology, RAD–20, 

Federal Railroad Administration, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Mail Stop 35, 

Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 

493–6132). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA, 

44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, and its 

implementing regulations, 5 CFR part 

1320, require Federal agencies to 

provide 60-days’ notice to the public to 

allow comment on information 

collection activities before seeking OMB 

approval to implement them. See 44 

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A); 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), 

1320.10(e)(1), 1320.12(a). FRA invites 

interested respondents to comment on 

the following summary of proposed 

information collection activities 

regarding: (1) Whether the information 

collection activities are necessary for 

FRA to properly execute its functions, 

including whether the activities will 

have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 

FRA’s estimates of the burden of the 

information collection activities, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used to 

determine the estimates; (3) ways for 

FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information being 

collected; and (4) ways for FRA to 

minimize the burden of information 

collection activities on the public by 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques and other forms of 

information technology (e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses). See 

44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A); 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)(1). 

FRA believes that soliciting public 

comment will promote its efforts to 

reduce the administrative and 

paperwork burdens associated with the 

collection of information that Federal 

regulations mandate. In summary, FRA 

reasons that comments received will 

advance three objectives: (1) Reduce 


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