[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 106 (Thursday, June 2, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33580-33581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11816]


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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. A Federal 
Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the 
following information collection was published on March 30th, 2022, in 
the Federal Register. No comments were received.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 5, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the renewal of 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

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, Room W83-313, Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366-4268.

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

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(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.
    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 May 27, 2022.
Audrey Clarke,
Associate Director, Financial Assistance Policy and Oversight, Office 
of the Senior Procurement Executive.
[FR Doc. 2022-11816 Filed 6-1-22; 8:45 am]
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