Document ID: DOT-OST-2010-0284-0001
Agency: dot
Document Type: Rule
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Regulations for Federal and Federally Assisted Programs
Posted Date: 2010-11-24T05:00Z

[Federal Register: November 24, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 226)]
[Notices]               
[Page 71788]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2010-0284]

 
Agency Requests for Renewal of a Previously Approved Information 
Collection: Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition 
Regulations for Federal and Federally Assisted Programs

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation (DOT) invites public comments 
about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget's 
(OMB) approval to renew an information collection. The collection 
involves a certification of residency status from affected persons to 
establish eligibility for relocation assistance and payments. 
Displacing agencies will require each person who is to be displaced by 
a Federal or federally assisted project, as a condition of eligibility 
for relocation payments or advisory assistance, to certify that he or 
she is lawfully present in the United States. The information to be 
collected will be used to certify that a displaced person is lawfully 
present in the United States as required by Public Law 105-117 and 49 
CFR 24.208. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal 
Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13.

DATES: Please submit comments by January 24, 2011.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments [identified by Docket Number DOT-
OST-2004-169511] by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket Management Facility; U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West 
Building, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except on Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marshall Wainright, (202) 366-4842, 
Office of Real Estate Services, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 
DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control No: 2105-0508.
    Title: Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition 
Regulations for Federal and Federally Assisted Programs.
    Type of Review: Renewal of a previously approved information 
collection.
    Background: This regulation implements amendments to 42 U.S.C. 4602 
et seq. concerning acquisition of real property and relocation for 
displaced persons for Federal and federally-assisted programs. It 
prohibits the provision of relocation assistance and payments to 
persons not legally in the United States (with certain exceptions). The 
information collected consists of a certification of residency status 
from affected persons to establish eligibility for relocation 
assistance and payments. Displacing agencies will require each person 
who is to be displaced by a Federal or federally assisted project, as a 
condition of eligibility for relocation payments or advisory 
assistance, to certify that he or she is lawfully present in the United 
States.
    Respondents: State highway agencies, local government highway 
agencies, and airport sponsors receiving financial assistance for 
expenditures of Federal Funds on acquisition and relocation payments 
and required services to displaced persons.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 20,000.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 1 per respondent.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 25,000 hours.
    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of 
this information collection, including: (a) Whether the proposed 
collection is necessary for the Department's performance; (b) the 
accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for the Department to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
collection; and (d) ways that the burden could be minimized 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 in Washington, DC, on November 17, 2010.
Patricia Lawton,
Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-29609 Filed 11-23-10; 8:45 am]
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