[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 99 (Friday, May 23, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22151-22152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-09248]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

[Docket No. FAA-2025-0653]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; 
Clearance of a Renewed Approval of Information Collection: 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Competitive Grant Project 
Information

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA 
invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information 
collection. The collection involves soliciting project information for 
the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Airport Terminal, 
Tower and Airport Infrastructure Grant Funding Reallocation Programs. 
The information to be collected will be used to determine projects to 
be awarded IIJA competitive grants.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by July 22, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Please send written comments:
    By Electronic Docket: www.regulations.gov (Enter docket number into 
search field).
    By mail: Jesse Carriger, Federal Aviation Administration, ATTN: 
Airports Infrastructure Branch (APP-540), 800 Independence Avenue SW, 
Suite 619, Washington, DC 20591.
    By email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jesse Carriger, Airports 
Infrastructure Branch, by email at: [email protected]; phone: (202) 
674-2806.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    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 FAA's performance; (b) the 
accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA 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.
    OMB Control Number: 2120-0806.
    Title: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Competitive 
Grant Project Information.
    Form Numbers: 5100-144.
    Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
    Background: The FAA uses this collection to solicit the information 
necessary to evaluate and select airport projects for funding under the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), signed on November 15, 
2021. The IIJA provides about $1,020,000,000 annually, for five years, 
to award competitive grants for airport terminal and tower development. 
Of this amount, about $1,000,000,000 annually, for five years, is for 
the Airport Terminal Program; $20,000,000 annually, for five years, is 
for an Airport-owned Contract Tower Program. Additionally, the IIJA 
directs funds that are unobligated at the end of the fourth fiscal year 
after first made available under the Airport Infrastructure Grant (AIG) 
program to be converted to a new competitive funding program for the 
fifth and final fiscal year of availability. Of the amounts converted, 
the first $100,000,000 is set aside to augment the IIJA's Airport-owned 
Contract Tower Program grant program. Funds exceeding $100,000,000 are 
then awarded through the new competitive grant program, called the 
Airport Infrastructure Grant Funding Reallocation Program (AFR). The 
information collected is based on grant considerations and priorities 
outlined in the IIJA. Project consideration areas include increasing 
terminal capacity and passenger access; replacing aging infrastructure; 
achieving compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 
U.S.C. 12101, et seq.); improving airport access for historically 
disadvantaged populations; improving energy efficiency; improving 
airfield safety through terminal relocation; encouraging actual and 
potential

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competition; impact on the National Airspace System; reducing 
emissions; reducing noise impact to the surrounding community; reducing 
dependence on the electrical grid; and providing general benefits to 
the surrounding community. The information FAA is collecting will 
include general airport information, a project overview, and narratives 
on project consideration areas as outlined in the IIJA. Airport owners 
and managers who want to pursue funding and obtain benefits from the 
IIJA Programs will submit information via FAA Form 5100-144 to compete 
for grants. Approximately 3,075 airports are eligible to compete for 
this funding, but, based on previous-year submissions, the FAA expects 
only a small subset of eligible airports to submit project information 
through this competitive grant process.
    Respondents: Approximately 655 airports.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response: 6 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 3,930 hours for all respondents.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 19, 2025.
Jesse Carriger,
Manager, Infrastructure Branch Office of Airports.
[FR Doc. 2025-09248 Filed 5-22-25; 8:45 am]
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