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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:
Dwayne Weeks, Office of Planning &
Environment, (202) 493–0396, or email
at [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
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
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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
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
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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.
Additionally, the estimates were
updated to apply revised labor costs for
inflation, a new uniform overhead rate
used by all Department of
Transportation modes, reduce the
number of respondents (due to mergers
of Metropolitan Planning
Organizations), and the addition of the
HOPE discretionary grant program.
Respondents: State Departments of
Transportation and MPOs.
Estimated Annual Burden on
Respondents: 9,206 hours for each of the
456 respondents.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
4,198,379 hours.
Frequency: Annual.
Nadine Pembleton,
Director Office of Management Planning.
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Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 70 / Friday, April 10, 2020 / Notices
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 extension
of a currently approved information
collection: Pre-Award, Post-Delivery
Audit Requirements Under Buy
America.

SUMMARY:

Comments must be submitted
before June 9, 2020.
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. Website: 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)
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: 202–366–7951.
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

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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:
Jason Luebbers (202) 366–8864 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
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: Pre-Award, Post-Delivery Audit
Requirements Under Buy America
(OMB Number: 2132–0544).
Background: Federal Transit Laws, 49
U.S.C. 5323(j) and (m), require that
recipients of Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) funding comply
with certain requirements, including
Buy America, certify compliance of
these requirements at the pre-award and
post-delivery stages of the procurement
process when using FTA funds and
maintain on file certifications.
Bidders or offerors must submit
certificates to assure compliance with
Buy America, the purchaser’s contract
specifications (for rolling stock only),
and Federal motor vehicle safety
requirements (for rolling stock only).
The information collected on the
certification forms is necessary for FTA
recipients to meet the requirements of
49 U.S.C. Section 5323(j) and (m). In
addition, FTA recipients are required to
certify, as part of their annual
Certifications and Assurances, that they
will comply with pre-award and postdelivery audit requirements for rolling
stock under 49 CFR part 661.
Respondents: FTA recipients,
including State and local government,
and businesses or other for-profit
organizations.
Estimated Annual Burden on
Respondents: (1) Approximately 2.16
hours for each of the estimated 700
procurements by FTA recipients and
businesses or other for-profit
organizations to certify compliance (or
1,512 hours), (2) approximately .16
hours for each of the estimated 700
procurements for recordkeeping by FTA

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recipients (or 112 hours), and (3) 1.66
hours for each of the estimated 700
procurements for review by FTA
recipients (or 1,162 hours).
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
2,786 hours.
Frequency: Annual.
Nadine Pembleton,
Director Office of Management Planning.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
[FTA Docket No. FTA 2020–0004]

Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review
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 extension
of a currently approved information
collection: Title VI as it Applies to FTA
Grant Programs.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
before June 9, 2020.
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. Website: 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)
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: 202–366–7951.
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
SUMMARY:

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