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completing its Post-Delivery Purchaser’s
Requirements Certification. In response
to comments, FTA made edits for clarity
and for consistency with the
regulations.
Appendix B contains sample preaward and post-delivery certificates and
forms. These samples are intended to
aid recipients, manufacturers, and
suppliers in complying with the 49 CFR
parts 661 and 663 requirements, and
these samples may be utilized and filled
out by these parties, where appropriate.
In response to comments, FTA made
edits for clarity and for consistency with
the regulations.
Appendix C contains a sample preaward audit report and a sample postdelivery audit report, including
necessary certifications and
recommended supporting
documentation. In response to
comments, FTA made edits for clarity
and for consistency with the
regulations. FTA also made edits to
simplify the sample reports.
Ellen Partridge,
Chief Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
[FTA Docket No.]

Notice of Request for Revision of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection
AGENCY:

Federal Transit Administration,

DOT.
ACTION:

Notice of request for comments.

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to
request the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) to approve the revision of
the following information collection:
Metropolitan and Statewide and
Nonmetropolitan Transportation
Planning.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
before March 20, 2017.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that your
comments are not entered more than
once into the docket, submit comments
identified by the docket number by only
one of the following methods:
1. Web site: www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting
comments on the U.S. Government
electronic docket site. (Note: The U.S.
Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s)

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electronic docket is no longer accepting
electronic comments.) All electronic
submissions must be made to the U.S.
Government electronic docket site at
www.regulations.gov. Commenters
should follow the directions below for
mailed and hand-delivered comments.
2. Fax: 202–493–2251.
3. Mail: U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Docket Operations, M–30,
West Building, Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001.
4. Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Docket Operations, M–30,
West Building, Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001
between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except federal
holidays.
Instructions: You must include the
agency name and docket number for this
notice at the beginning of your
comments. Submit two copies of your
comments if you submit them by mail.
For confirmation that FTA has received
your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Note that
all comments received, including any
personal information, will be posted
and will be available to Internet users,
without change, to www.regulations.gov.
You may review DOT’s complete
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal
Register published April 11, 2000, (65
FR 19477), or you may visit
www.regulations.gov. Docket: For access
to the docket to read background
documents and comments received, go
to www.regulations.gov at any time.
Background documents and comments
received may also be viewed at the U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Docket
Operations, M–30, West Building,
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001 between
9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Metropolitan and Statewide and
Nonmetropolitan Transportation
Planning—Mr. Dwayne Weeks, Office of
Planning and Environment, (202) 493–
0316, or email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested
parties are invited to send comments
regarding any aspect of this information
collection, including: (1) The necessity
and utility of the information collection
for the proper performance of the
functions of the FTA; (2) the accuracy
of the estimated burden; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the collected information; and (4)
ways to minimize the collection burden
without reducing the quality of the

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collected information. Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval of this
information collection.
Title: Metropolitan and Statewide and
Nonmetropolitan Transportation
Planning (OMB Number: 2132–0529).
Background: The FTA and Federal
Highway Administration (FHWA)
jointly carry out the federal mandate to
improve urban and rural transportation.
49 U.S.C. 5303 and 5304 and 23 U.S.C.
134 and 135 authorize the use of federal
funds to assist Metropolitan Planning
Organizations (MPOs), States, and local
public bodies in developing
transportation plans and programs to
serve the transportation needs of
urbanized areas over 50,000 in
population and other areas of States
outside of urbanized areas. The
information collection activities
involved in developing the Unified
Planning Work Program (UPWP), the
Metropolitan Transportation Plan, the
Long-Range Statewide Transportation
Plan, the Transportation Improvement
Program (TIP), and the Statewide
Transportation Improvement Program
(STIP) are necessary to identify and
evaluate the transportation issues and
needs in each urbanized area and
throughout every State. These products
of the transportation planning process
are essential elements in the reasonable
planning and programming of federally
funded transportation investments.
In addition to serving as a
management tool for MPOs, the UPWP
is used by both FTA and FHWA to
monitor the transportation planning
activities of MPOs. It also is needed to
establish national out year budgets and
regional program plans, develop policy
on using funds, monitor State and local
compliance with technical emphasis
areas, respond to Congressional
inquiries, prepare Congressional
testimony, and ensure efficiency in the
use and expenditure of Federal funds by
determining that planning proposals are
both reasonable and cost-effective. 49
U.S.C. 5303 and 23 U.S.C.134(j) require
the development of TIPs for urbanized
areas; STIPs are mandated by 49 U.S.C.
5304 and 23 U.S.C. 135(g) for an entire
State. After approval by the Governor
and MPO, metropolitan TIPs in
attainment areas are to be incorporated
directly into the STIP. For
nonattainment areas, FTA/FHWA must
make a conformity finding on the TIPs
before including them in the STIP. The
complete STIP is then jointly reviewed
and approved or disapproved by FTA
and FHWA. These conformity findings
and approval actions constitute the
determination that States are complying

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with the requirements of 23 U.S.C. 134
and 135 and 49 U.S.C. 5303 and 5304
as a condition of eligibility for federalaid funding. Without these documents,
approvals and findings, FTA and FHWA
cannot provide capital and/or operating
assistance.
The FTA and FHWA updated their
method for estimating the annual
burden hours of the transportation
planning programs on respondents to
reflect the Final Rule on Statewide and
Nonmetropolitan Transportation
Planning and Metropolitan
Transportation Planning. On July 6,
2012, the President signed into law
Public Law 112–141, the Moving Ahead
for Progress in the 21st Century Act
(MAP–21) and on December 4, 2015,
signed into law Public Law 114–94, the
Fixing America’s Surface Transportation
Act (FAST). The MAP–21 makes
significant changes to the statewide and
nonmetropolitan planning process and
the metropolitan transportation
planning process, and the FAST makes
minor changes to existing provisions. As
a result, FHWA and FTA have issued a
final rule that makes the regulations
consistent with current statutory
requirements. The rule is central to the
implementation of the overall
performance management framework
created by MAP–21.
The changes to the FHWA/FTA
statewide and nonmetropolitan and
metropolitan transportation planning
regulations (23 CFR part 450 and 49
CFR part 613) make the regulations
consistent with current statutory
requirements. Major regulatory revisions
include a new mandate for States and
MPOs to take a performance-based
approach to planning and programming;
a new emphasis on the nonmetropolitan
transportation planning process, by
requiring States to have a higher level of
involvement with nonmetropolitan local
officials and providing a process for the
creation of regional transportation
planning organizations (RTPOs); a
structural change to the membership of
the larger MPOs; a new framework for
voluntary scenario planning; and a
process for programmatic mitigation
plans. The revised burden hour
estimates reflect the annual compliance
burden of the requirements in the Final
Rule on Statewide and Nonmetropolitan
Transportation Planning and
Metropolitan Transportation Planning
published on May 27, 2016.
Respondents: State Departments of
Transportation and MPOs.
Estimated Annual Burden on
Respondents: 9,109 hours for each of the
461 respondents.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
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Frequency: Annual.
William Hyre,
Deputy Associate Administrator for
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
[Docket No. FTA–2016–0041]

Proposed General Directive 17–1; Stop
Signal Overruns on Rail Fixed
Guideway Public Transportation
Systems
Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed general
directive; request for comments.
AGENCY:

FTA has placed in the docket
and on its Web site a proposed General
Directive to address safety risks
associated with stop signal overruns.
The proposed directive follows FTA’s
review and analysis of data and
information submitted in response to
the agency’s Safety Advisory 16–1: Stop
Signal Overruns, for Rail Fixed
Guideway Public Transportation System
operations during calendar year 2015.
DATES: Comments must be received by
March 20, 2017. Any comments filed
after this deadline will be considered to
the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Please identify your
submission by Docket Number [FTA–
2016–0041] through one of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Submit electronic comments and other
data to http://www.regulations.gov.
• U.S. Mail: Send comments to
Docket Operations; U.S. Department of
Transportation; 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take
comments to Docket Operations in
Room W12–140 of the West Building,
Ground Floor, at 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between
9:00 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
• Fax: Fax comments to Docket
Operations, U.S. Department of
Transportation, at (202) 493–2251.
Instructions: You must include the
agency name (Federal Transit
Administration) and Docket Number
(FTA–2016–0041) for this notice at the
beginning of your comments. Due to
security procedures in effect since
October 2001, mail received through the
U.S. Postal Service may be subject to
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delays. Parties submitting comments
should consider using an express mail
firm to ensure their prompt filing of any
submissions not filed electronically or
by hand. If you wish to receive
confirmation that FTA received your
comments, you must include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. All
comments received will be posted
without change to http://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. You
may review U.S. DOT’s complete
Privacy Act Statement published in the
Federal Register on April 11, 2000, at
65 FR 19477 or http://
DocketsInfo.dot.gov.
Electronic Access and Filing: This
document and all comments received
may be viewed online through the
Federal eRulemaking portal at http://
www.regulations.gov. Assistance and
guidelines for electronic submission and
retrieval are available on the Web site 24
hours each day, 365 days a year. Please
follow the instructions. An electronic
copy of this document may be
downloaded from the Office of Federal
Register’s home page at https://
www.federalregister.gov.
For
program matters, Candace Key, Acting
Director, Office of System Safety, (202)
366–9178 or [email protected] or
Aloha Ley, Chief, Safety Assurance and
Risk Management Division, (202) 366–
4979 or [email protected]. For legal
matters, Scott Biehl, Senior Counsel,
(202) 366–0826 or [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

In
accordance with 49 CFR 670.25, the
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is
proposing a General Directive to address
the combination of unsafe conditions
and practices that lead to stop signal
overruns and the risks of death or
personal injury or damage to property or
equipment. The proposed directive
follows FTA’s review and analysis of
data and information submitted in
response to the agency’s Safety Advisory
16–1: Stop Signal Overruns, for RFGPTS
operations during calendar year 2015.
FTA’s review of the data and
information gathered in response to
Safety Advisory 16–1: Stop Signal
Overruns, for rail transit operations
during calendar year 2015 indicates that
RFGPTSs experience stop signal
overruns with varying frequencies, and
that most SSOAs do not actively
investigate these events. Further, the
responses to Safety Advisory 16–1
indicate a lack of standard practice,
definitions and requirements in the rail
transit industry to protect against
unauthorized passing of stop signals.

SUPPLEMETARY INFORMATION:

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