[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 10, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 11976-11977] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-5922] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Office of the Secretary Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review
Agency
Office of the Secretary, DOT.
Action
Notice.
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Summary
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICRs describe the nature of the information collections and their expected burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information collection was published on September 30, 1998 [63 FR 52314].
Dates
Comments must be submitted on or before April 9, 1999.
For Further Information Contact
Mr. Ernest Huckaby, HHS-10, Room 3414, Office of Highway Safety, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Supplementary Information
Federal Highway Administration
Title: Food Service Highway Signs Study. OMB Number: 2125-NEW. Type of Request: Approval of a new information collection. Affected Public: Departments of Transportation in 50 States and Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. Abstract: This information collection provides for a study to be conducted by the FHWA to determine the practices of the States regarding specific food service signs as described in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (MUTCD). The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), Section 1213(g), directs the Secretary of the U.S. Department to conduct a study of States' practices for specific food service signs described in sections 2G-5.7 and 2G-5.8 of the MUTCD. TEA-21 requires that the study shall examine, at a minimum: (a) the practices of all States for determining businesses eligible for inclusion on such signs; (b) whether States allow businesses to be removed from such signs and the circumstances for such removal; (c) the practices of all States for erecting and maintaining such signs, including the time required for erecting such signs; and (d) whether States contract out the erection and maintenance of such signs. A report to Congress is due not later than one year after the enactment of TEA-21 on the results of the study, including any recommendations and, if appropriate, modifications to the MUTCD. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 104.
Addresses
Send comments, within 30 days, to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention DOT Desk Officer.
Comments are Invited on
Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Department, including whether the information will have practical utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. A comment to OMB is best assured of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 4, 1999. Vanester M. Williams, Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation. [FR Doc. 99-5922 Filed 3-9-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-22-P