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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 25 / Tuesday, February 9, 2021 / Notices
Notice and request for comments.

ACTION:

The FHWA invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budgets OMB approval for a new information collection, which 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 April 12, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 20210002 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 http
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 12024932251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 205900001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S.
Department of Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12140, 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:
David Chandler, 6178668679/
david.chandler@dot.gov; Martha Kenley, 2026046879/Martha.kenley@
dot.gov, Office of Civil Rights, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: On-the-Job Training OJT
Program Report.
Background: The Findings in a September 2011 Government Accountability Office GAO Report concerning FHWAs administration of the OJT requirements indicated that FHWA needs to strengthen its stewardship and oversite of the OJT
Program. Specifically, the GAO report cited, FHWA does not know what these programs have accomplished or how effectively these activities have advanced the broader goal of bringing underrepresented individuals into the highway construction workforce, because FHWA has performed only limited assessments of these programs over their nearly 40-year history.

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The OJT regulations 23 CFR
230.111a require State DOT recipients to determine annually which contracts should include Training Special Provisions and the minimum number of trainees or trainee hours to be specified in those provisions. By delegated authority from the FHWA Office of Civil Rights HCR, this information is submitted by the State DOT to the respective FHWA division office for concurrence and approval of the total number of training slots or hours. This total number then becomes the State DOTs annual OJT program goal.
Once an OJT goal is set, the regulations at 230.111b require State DOTs that do not meet their annual goals to evaluate and report the reasons for the shortfall and remedial steps to be taken in the next calendar year. This information is due to FHWA no later than 30 days after the calendar year.
Notwithstanding these requirements, there is no prescribed format for reporting this information to FHWA, so State DOT reports are varied. Further, there is no general reporting requirement that would allow HCR to evaluate the effectiveness of the OJT
program nationally in meeting the primary objective: To employ, train, and upgrade minorities and women in the highway construction trades. Without any broader reporting requirement, FHWA lacks the necessary data to provide meaningful stewardship and oversight or to measure the effectiveness of OJT Programs nationally, as cited in GOAs 2011 Report. In addition, this lack of data limits FHWAs ability to respond to requests from stakeholders, including Congress, regarding program accomplishments.
The information FHWA proposes to collect in its OJT Program Report is based on existing requirements found in 23 CFR 230, Subpart A; therefore, State DOTs should have this information readily available. Use of the OJT
Program Report is optional, and it will be made available through the Civil Rights Connect System currently used by FHWA recipients.
Respondents: A maximum of fiftythree recipients may respond using the OJT Program Report provided by HCR.
Frequency: Every year by January 30th.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: The estimated number of hours for each of fifty-three 53
recipients to compile and submit the requested data is estimated to be not more than four 4 employee hours annually.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: Approximately 212 hours for fifty-three 53 recipients annually.

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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 FHWAs 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 OMBs clearance of this information collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: February 3, 2021.
Michael Howell, Information Collection Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on the North Houston Highway Improvement Project NHHIP in Texas Texas Department of Transportation TxDOT, Federal Highway Administration FHWA, U.S.
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice of limitation on claims for judicial review of actions by TxDOT
and Federal agencies.
AGENCY:

This notice announces actions taken by TxDOT and Federal agencies that are final. The environmental review, consultation, and other actions required by applicable Federal environmental laws for this project are being, or have been, carried-out by TxDOT pursuant to an assignment agreement executed by FHWA and TxDOT. These actions grant licenses, permits, and approvals for the North Houston Highway Improvement Project NHHIP, from US 59/I69 at Spur 527
to I45 at Beltway 8 North, in Harris County, Texas.
DATES: By this notice, TxDOT is advising the public of final agency actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139l1. A
claim seeking judicial review of TxDOT
and Federal agency actions on the NHHIP will be barred unless the claim is filed on or before the deadline. For the NHHIP, the deadline is 150 days from the date of publication. If the Federal law that authorizes judicial review of a claim provides a time period of less than 150 days for filing such a SUMMARY:

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