[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 54 (Monday, March 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16084-16085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05941]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2022-0019]


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.

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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 20, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Docket No. DOT-OST-
2022-0019 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, 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,

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(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 
July 31, 2022. 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).
    The following adjustments have been made to the burden estimates. 
In 2019, the Department estimated a combined total of 1,758 respondents 
and 123,060 burden hours. The updated burden estimates have changed due 
to the Coronavirus AID Relief and Economic Security Act, the American 
Rescue Plan Act as well as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
    Respondents: Grantees.
    Number of Respondents: 2,936.
    Number of Responses: 11,740.
    Total Annual Burden: 205,520.
    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 16, 2022.
Audrey Clarke,
Associate Director, Financial Assistance Policy and Oversight, Office 
of the Senior Procurement Executive.
[FR Doc. 2022-05941 Filed 3-18-22; 8:45 am]
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