[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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