Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Renewal of Currently Approved Information Collection
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 su...
Notice of request for renewal of a 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 January 4, 2027.
ADDRESSES:
You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 1223 by any of the following methods:
Website:
For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
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. David Bartz, (512) 417-5191, Office of Stewardship, Oversight, and Management, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, 300 East 8th Street, Suite 826, Austin, Texas, 78701. Office hours are from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title:
Preparation and Execution of the Project Agreement and Modifications.
OMB Control:
2125-0529.
Background:
Formal agreements between State Transportation Departments and the FHWA are required for Federal-aid highway projects. These agreements, referred to as “project agreements” are written contracts between the State and the Federal government that define the extent of work to be undertaken and commitments made concerning a highway project. Section 1305 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21, Pub. L. 105-178) amended 23 U.S.C. 106(a) and combined authorization of work and execution of the project agreement for a Federal-aid project into a single action. States continue to have the flexibility to use whatever format is suitable to provide the statutory information
( printed page 69907)
required, and burden estimates for this information collection are not changed.
Respondents:
There are 56 respondents, including 50 State Transportation Departments, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the Virgin Islands and American Samoa. Depending on the size of and activity in the above government agencies, the number of project agreements executed in any agency ranges between 10 and 1,500.
Frequency:
On an on-going basis as project agreements are written.
Estimated Average Burden per Response:
There is a total of 19,522 agreements per year. Each agreement requires 1 hour to complete.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:
19,522 hours.
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 burdens; (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 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.
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
91 FR 69906
Web Citation
Suggested Web Citation
Use this when citing the archival web version of the document.
“Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Renewal of Currently Approved Information Collection,” thefederalregister.org (November 5, 2026), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2026-22591/agency-information-collection-activities-notice-of-request-for-renewal-of-currently-approved-information-collection.
www.regulations.gov
Pub. L. 105-178
49 CFR 1.48