[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 56 (Friday, March 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 15101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05828]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary of Transportation

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2017-0034]


Agency Information Collection Activities and Request for 
Comments; Extension of an Approved Information Collection: 
Transportation Infrastructure Financing and Innovation Act (TIFIA) 
Program

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, OST invites public comments on a request to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) to renew an Information Collection Request 
(ICR). The ICR is used to allow entities to apply for TIFIA credit 
assistance and assists the DOT in evaluating projects and project 
sponsors for program eligibility and creditworthiness.

DATES: We must receive your comments on or before May 23, 2017.

ADDRESSES: All comments should reference Federal Docket Management 
System (FDMS) Docket No. DOT-OST-2017-0034. Interested persons are 
invited to submit written comments on the proposed information 
collection through one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket Management Facility, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West 
Building, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except on Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The TIFIA program manager via email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Transportation Infrastructure Financing and Innovation Act 
program or TIFIA program.
    OMB Control Number: 2105-0569.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: State and local governments, transit agencies, 
railroad companies, special authorities, special districts, and private 
entities.
    Estimated Total Annual Number of Respondents: 50 letters of 
interest and 50 applications.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 6,000 hours. Based on the 
number and type of interested stakeholders that have contacted the 
Department about this program, OST estimates that it will receive fifty 
(50) applications and fifty (50) letters of interest and that it will 
generally not take applicants more than 100 person-hours to assemble 
individual applications and 20 person-hours to assemble individual 
letters of interest. Therefore, the total annual hour burden of this 
collection of applications is 6,000 hours.
    Frequency of Collection: The Department expects that this 
information collection will occur on a rolling basis as interested 
entities seek TIFIA credit assistance.
    Background: This is an existing information collection that was 
originally approved through the emergency approval process on August 7, 
2013. DOT will use the collected information to evaluate and select 
recipients for credit assistance. Applicants may be asked to provide 
additional supporting evidence or to quantify details during the review 
and negotiation process on a case-by-case basis, but completion of the 
letter of interest and application.
    The application process required of 23 U.S.C. 602(a)(1)(A) begins 
with the submission of a letter of interest (LOI). Only after a project 
sponsor has submitted an LOI demonstrating satisfaction of all 
statutory eligibility requirements can the project sponsor be invited 
to submit an application. The LOI must describe the project, outline 
the proposed financial plan, provide a status of environmental review, 
and provide information regarding satisfaction of other eligibility 
requirements of the TIFIA credit program, in each case as indicated on 
the LOI form located on the Build America Bureau's TIFIA Web page: 
https://www.transportation.gov/buildamerica/programs-services/tifia/applications. DOT estimates that the letter of interest would require 
approximately 20 hours in each instance to complete.
    If TIFIA determines that a project sponsor has satisfied the 
eligibility requirements described in 23 U.S.C. 602(a), TIFIA may 
invite the project sponsor to submit an application. The information 
that DOT seeks through the application includes: Contact information; 
project information, project purpose, cost, TIFIA credit assistance 
request, satisfaction of eligibility requirements, including 
creditworthiness, a financial plan, details of the applicant's 
organizational structure, and such other information as is indicated on 
the application form located on the Build America's TIFIA Web page at: 
https://www.transportation.gov/buildamerica/programs-services/tifia/applications. DOT estimates that each application will require 
approximately 100 hours to complete.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 20, 2017.
Claire Barrett,
Departmental Chief Privacy & Information Governance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-05828 Filed 3-23-17; 8:45 am]
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