[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 47 (Monday, March 11, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8783-8784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04381]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. DOT-OST-2019-0036]
Renewal of Information Collection (OMB No. 2105-0520); Agency
Requests for Reinstatement of a Previously Approved Information
Collection(s): Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and
Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments and for Grants
and Cooperative Agreements With Institutions of Higher Education, and
Other Nonprofit Organizations
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Department of Transportation (DOT) invites public comments
about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval for a previously approved information collection. 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).
We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by May 10, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Docket No. DOT-OST-
2019-0036 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: Audrey Clarke, Ph.D., Associate
Director of the Financial Assistance Policy and Oversight 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. Refer to OMB Control Number
2105-0520.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2105-0520.
Title: Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and
Audit Requirements for Federal Awards.
Form Numbers: SF-424, SF-425, SF-270, and SF-271.
Type of Review: Revision of a previously approved collection.
Background: This is to request the Office of Management and
Budget's (OMB) renewed three-year approved clearance for the
information collection, entitled, ``Uniform Administrative
Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal
Awards'' OMB Control No 2105-0520, which is currently due to expire on
May 31, 2019. 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 200, Uniform Administrative
Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal
Awards. The May 31, 2015 OMB Control Number is titled: Uniform
Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements
for Federal Awards (OMB 2 CFR 200). These guidelines cover the
following data collection standard forms (SF): Application for Federal
Assistance (SF-424); Federal Financial Report (SF-425); Request for
Advance or Reimbursement (SF-270); and Outlay Report & Request for
Reimbursement for Construction Programs (SF-271).
No adjustments have been made to the burden estimates. In 2015, the
[[Page 8784]]
Department estimated a combined total of 1,758 respondents and 123,060
burden hours. Therefore the 2019 burden estimates will remain the same.
Respondents: Grantees.
Number of Respondents: 1,758.
Number of Responses: 7,030.
Total Annual Burden: 123,060.
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.
The agency will summarize and/or include your comments in the
request for OMB's clearance of this information collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-
13; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1:48.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 5, 2019.
Audrey Clarke,
Associate Director, Financial Assistance Policy and Oversight, Office
of the Senior Procurement Executive.
[FR Doc. 2019-04381 Filed 3-8-19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-9X-P