[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 217 (Wednesday, November 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69151-69152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28361]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Docket No. DOT-OST-2010-0212]
Agency Request for Revision of Previously Approved Information
Collections: Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and
Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments and for Grants
and Cooperative Agreements With Institutions of Higher Education,
Hospitals, and Other Nonprofit Organizations
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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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 is being forwarded to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comments. A
Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the following information collection was published on
September 3, 2010, in the Federal Register (75 FR, page 54215). No
comments were received; however, in that notice, the Department
incorrectly estimated a total of 3,329 respondents and annual burden of
756,980 hours. The Department is correcting the document as set forth
below.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted December 10, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of the Secretary of
Transportation, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Shields, Associate Director of
the Financial Assistance Management Division, M-65, Office of the
Senior Procurement Executive, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590,
(202) 366-4268.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2105-0520.
Title: Uniform Administrative Requirements For Grants and
Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments and For Grants
and Cooperative Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education,
Hospitals, and Other Nonprofit Organizations.
Form Numbers: SF-424, SF-425, SF-270, and SF-271.
Type of Request: Revision of a previously approved collection.
Abstract: The Department of Transportation (DOT) requests approval
to combine OMB Control numbers 2105-0520 and 2105-0531 into OMB Control
Number 2105-0520. This information collection involves the use of
various forms necessary because of management and oversight
responsibilities of the agency imposed by OMB Circular 2 CFR 215 (A-
110) (Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements
with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit
Organizations) and OMB Circular A-102 (Uniform Administrative
Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local
Governments). These forms include Application for Federal Assistance
(SF-424), Federal Financial Report (SF-425), Request for Advance or
Reimbursement (SF-270), and Outlay Report and Request for Reimbursement
for Construction Programs (SF-271). The Department has discontinued the
use of the Financial Status Report (SF-269 and SF-269A) and Federal
Cash Transactions Report (SF-272 and SF-272A). The information
contained in these forms have been consolidated into SF-425, which is a
new form approved by OMB for Federal-wide use on October 1, 2008 and
recently revised on June 28, 2010. According to the Federal Register
notice dated August 13, 2008, agencies were to begin using SF-425 ``as
soon as possible after October 1, 2008, and no later than October 1,
2009, each agency must transition from the SF-269, SF-269A, SF-272, and
SF-272A to the SF-425, by requiring recipients to use the FFR for all
financial reports submitted after the date it makes the transition. In
making the transition, an agency would incorporate the requirement to
use the FFR into terms and conditions of new and ongoing grant and
cooperative agreement awards, State plans, and/or program regulations
that specify financial reporting requirements.'' Comments on this
notice were received and addressed in a Federal Register notice dated
August 13, 2008 (73 FR, 47246). These comments and responses can be
found on the OMB Forms Web site at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/
grants/
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grants--standard--report--forms.html. The Department is also requesting
approval to discontinue OMB Control Number 2105-0531.
Correction:
Respondents: Grant Awardees.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,704.
Estimate Frequency: Quarterly.
Estimated Number of Responses: 10,816.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 189,280 hours.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the Department's
performance; (b) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for the
Department to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the
information collection; and (d) ways that the burden could be minimized
without reducing the quality of the collected information.
All comments will also become a matter of public record.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1:48.
Issued in Washington, DC, on November 3, 2010.
Patricia Lawton,
Departmental Paperwork Reduction Act Clearance Officer, Office of the
Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-28361 Filed 11-9-10; 8:45 am]
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