[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 194 (Tuesday, October 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56760-56761]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22081]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation 
Services

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing 
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general 
public and other federal agencies to comment on the proposed 
information collections listed below, in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before December 13, 
2021.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other 
aspect of the information collection, including suggestions for 
reducing the burden, by the following method:
     Federal E-rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Refer to Docket Number 
TREAS-DO-2021-0016 and the specific Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) control numbers 1505-0273.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions related to these 
programs, please contact Aaron Ferguson by emailing 
[email protected], or calling (202) 927-0363. Additionally, 
you can view the information collection requests at www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services.
    OMB Control Number: 1505-0273.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Description: On December 27, 2020, the President signed the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the ``Act''). Division N, Title 
IV, Subtitle B, Section 421 of the Act provides $2 billion for the U.S. 
Department of the Treasury (``Treasury'') to provide grants to eligible 
providers of transportation services (``Recipients'') under the 
Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services (``CERTS'') 
Program. Recipients include motorcoach companies, school bus companies, 
passenger vessel companies, and pilotage companies. Under Section 421 
of the Act, Recipients must demonstrate significant revenue losses as a 
result of COVID-19, and must use grant funds for payroll costs and for 
other eligible operating expenses.

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    Forms: Compliance Reporting Forms.
    Affected Public: Private Sector.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,460.
    Frequency of Response: Once, Quarterly.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 7,300.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1.5 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 10,950.
    Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice 
will be summarized and included in the request for Office of Management 
and Budget approval. All comments will become a matter of public 
record. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize 
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including 
through the use of technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up 
costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services 
required to provide information.
    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

    Dated: October 5, 2021.
Molly Stasko,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-22081 Filed 10-8-21; 8:45 am]
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