The purpose of this request is to seek the Office of Management and Budgetâs (OMB) renewal of a currently approved information collection. As a result of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) (Pub. L. 112-141, July 6, 2012), FTA grant recipients of chapter 53 funds are now required to report to the NTD any information relating to a transit asset inventory or condition assessment conducted by the recipient (49 U.S.C. 5335(c)). Currently, the NTD only collects asset inventory information on revenue vehicles and summary counts for other asset categories, such as maintenance facilities and fixed guideway. With this ICR, FTA will now collect additional asset inventory data to meet the asset inventory and condition reporting requirements at 49 U.S.C. 5335(c). The reporting requirements will be optional in report year 2017 with full implementation required in report year 2018. As a result of comments received during the 60-Day Supplemental Notice for Comment, this ICR is being done concurrently with the release of the final rule for the Transit Asset Management (TAM) Plan since the asset management data for that IC will utilize the NTD as the reporting mechanism.
PL:
Pub.L. 112 - 141 5335(a)(b)(c)
Name of Law: Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21)
PL:
Pub.L. 109 - 59 3033
Name of Law: Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users
US Code:
49 USC 5335(c)
Name of Law: Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST)
US Code: 46 USC 5335 (c) Name of Law: Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST)
This supporting statement is associated with a request for the expansion of reporting requirements for asset inventory in the National Transit Database (NTD). As required in MAP-21, recipients of FTA funding must report any information relating to a transit asset inventory or condition assessment to the NTD. While the NTD now collects asset inventory information on revenue vehicles and summary counts for other assets, such as maintenance facilities and fixed guideway systems, this information collection requests the addition of all asset inventory data into the currently approved NTD information collection program. The change in this collection reflects an increase in total burden hours from 302,400 in the previous approved information collection to an annual total burden hours of 323,435, an addition of 21,035 burden hours.
$5,000,000
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Margaret Schilling 202 366-2054
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.