Agency Request for Revision of Previously Approved Information Collections: Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments and for Grants and Cooperative Agreements With Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Nonprofit Organizations, 69151-69152 [2010-28361]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 217 / Wednesday, November 10, 2010 / Notices SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Small Business Jobs Act: 504 Loan Program Debt Refinancing Causeway Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02222. Grady B. Hedgespeth, Director, Office of Financial Assistance. U.S. Small Business Administration; Office of Financial Assistance. ACTION: Notice of open meeting. AGENCY: [FR Doc. 2010–28352 Filed 11–9–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION The SBA is issuing this notice to announce the location, date, time and agenda for a meeting regarding the Small Business Jobs Act: 504 Loan Program Debt Refinancing. The meeting will be open to the public. DATES: The meeting will be held on November 17, 2010, from 10:30 a.m. to approximately 1 p.m. Eastern Time. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the O’Neil Federal Building (Room # 301 [U.S. Housing and Urban Development]) located at 10 Causeway Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02222. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SBA announces a public meeting to be held by the SBA Office of Financial Assistance to discuss the 504 Loan Program Debt Refinancing established by § 1122 of the Small Business Jobs Act (Pub. L. 111–240). The purpose of the meeting is for the SBA Office of Financial Assistance to receive comments and suggestions on the implementation of the 504 Loan Program Debt Refinancing Program. All lenders and Certified Development Companies are invited to attend. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The meeting is open to the public; however, seating is limited so advance notice of attendance is requested. Anyone wishing to attend and/or make a presentation to the Office of Financial Assistance must contact Grady Hedgespeth, Director, Office of Financial Assistance by fax or e-mail, in order to be placed on the agenda: Grady Hedgespeth, Director, Office of Financial Assistance, 409 3rd Street, SW., 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20414, phone: (202) 205–7562 fax: (202) 481– 0248 e-mail: Publicmeeting504debtrefi@sba.gov. If you are not able to attend the meeting but would like to participate in the Ready Talk Conference call of the event, the telephone number is (866) 740–1260 and the Access Code is 3010101#. Additionally, if you need accommodations because of a disability or require additional information, please contact Robert Nelson, District Director, at (617) 565–5561, e-mail: robert.nelson@sba.gov, SBA, Massachusetts District Office, 10 emcdonald on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:25 Nov 09, 2010 Jkt 223001 [Docket No. DOT–OST–2010–0212] Agency Request for Revision of Previously Approved Information Collections: Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments and for Grants and Cooperative Agreements With Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Nonprofit Organizations Office of the Secretary. Notice and request for comments. AGENCY: ACTION: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below is being forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comments. A Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information collection was published on September 3, 2010, in the Federal Register (75 FR, page 54215). No comments were received; however, in that notice, the Department incorrectly estimated a total of 3,329 respondents and annual burden of 756,980 hours. The Department is correcting the document as set forth below. DATES: Written comments must be submitted December 10, 2010. ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Shields, Associate Director of the Financial Assistance Management 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. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control Number: 2105–0520. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00106 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 69151 Title: Uniform Administrative Requirements For Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments and For Grants and Cooperative Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Nonprofit Organizations. Form Numbers: SF–424, SF–425, SF– 270, and SF–271. Type of Request: Revision of a previously approved collection. Abstract: The Department of Transportation (DOT) requests approval to combine OMB Control numbers 2105–0520 and 2105–0531 into OMB Control Number 2105–0520. 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 215 (A–110) (Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit Organizations) and OMB Circular A–102 (Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments). 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). The Department has discontinued the use of the Financial Status Report (SF– 269 and SF–269A) and Federal Cash Transactions Report (SF–272 and SF– 272A). The information contained in these forms have been consolidated into SF–425, which is a new form approved by OMB for Federal-wide use on October 1, 2008 and recently revised on June 28, 2010. According to the Federal Register notice dated August 13, 2008, agencies were to begin using SF–425 ‘‘as soon as possible after October 1, 2008, and no later than October 1, 2009, each agency must transition from the SF–269, SF–269A, SF–272, and SF–272A to the SF–425, by requiring recipients to use the FFR for all financial reports submitted after the date it makes the transition. In making the transition, an agency would incorporate the requirement to use the FFR into terms and conditions of new and ongoing grant and cooperative agreement awards, State plans, and/or program regulations that specify financial reporting requirements.’’ Comments on this notice were received and addressed in a Federal Register notice dated August 13, 2008 (73 FR, 47246). These comments and responses can be found on the OMB Forms Web site at https:// www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/ E:\FR\FM\10NON1.SGM 10NON1 69152 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 217 / Wednesday, November 10, 2010 / Notices grants_standard_report_forms.html. The Department is also requesting approval to discontinue OMB Control Number 2105–0531. Correction: Respondents: Grant Awardees. Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,704. Estimate Frequency: Quarterly. Estimated Number of Responses: 10,816. Estimated Total Annual Burden: 189,280 hours. 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. All comments will also become a matter of public record. Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1:48. Issued in Washington, DC, on November 3, 2010. Patricia Lawton, Departmental Paperwork Reduction Act Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2010–28361 Filed 11–9–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [Docket No. AB 303 (Sub-No. 36X)] emcdonald on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with NOTICES Wisconsin Central Ltd.—Abandonment Exemption—in Brown County, WI Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WCL) filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F—Exempt Abandonments to abandon a 1.92-mile railroad line starting at milepost 3.88, in the Village of Howard, Wis., and ending at milepost 5.8, on the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin Reservation, in Brown County, Wis.1 The line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Code 54307. WCL has certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over the line for at least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead traffic on the line to be rerouted; (3) no formal complaint filed by a user of rail service on the line (or by a state or local 1 WCL states that the line appears to contain a Federally granted right-of-way. VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:25 Nov 09, 2010 Jkt 223001 government entity acting on behalf of such user) regarding cessation of service over the line either is pending with the Surface Transportation Board (Board) or with any U.S. District Court or has been decided in favor of complainant within the 2-year period; and (4) the requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7(c) (environmental report), 49 CFR 1105.11 (transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12 (newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental agencies) have been met. As a condition to this exemption, any employee adversely affected by the abandonment shall be protected under Oregon Short Line—Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham & Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979). To address whether this condition adequately protects affected employees, a petition for partial revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) must be filed. Provided no formal expression of intent to file an offer of financial assistance (OFA) has been received, this exemption will be effective on December 10, 2010, unless stayed pending reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do not involve environmental issues,2 formal expressions of intent to file an OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),3 and trail use/rail banking requests under 49 CFR 1152.29 must be filed by November 22, 2010. Petitions to reopen or requests for public use conditions under 49 CFR 1152.28 must be filed by November 30, 2010, with the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423– 0001. A copy of any petition filed with the Board should be sent to WCL’s representative: Michael J. Barron, Jr., Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 920, Chicago, IL 60606– 2832. If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, the exemption is void ab initio. WCL has filed a combined environmental and historic report which addresses the effects, if any, of the abandonment on the environment and historic resources. OEA will issue an environmental assessment (EA) by 2 The Board will grant a stay if an informed decision on environmental issues (whether raised by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation) cannot be made before the exemption’s effective date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. Rail Lines, 5 I.C.C. 2d 377 (1989). Any request for a stay should be filed as soon as possible so that the Board may take appropriate action before the exemption’s effective date. 3 Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing fee, which is currently set at $1,500. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25). PO 00000 Frm 00107 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 November 15, 2010. Interested persons may obtain a copy of the EA by writing to OEA (Room 1100, Surface Transportation Board, Washington, DC 20423–0001) or by calling OEA, at (202) 245–0305. Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339. Comments on environmental and historic preservation matters must be filed within 15 days after the EA becomes available to the public. Environmental, historic preservation, public use, or trail use/rail banking conditions will be imposed, where appropriate, in a subsequent decision. Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 1152.29(e)(2), WCL shall file a notice of consummation with the Board to signify that it has exercised the authority granted and fully abandoned the line. If consummation has not been effected by WCL’s filing of a notice of consummation by November 10, 2011, and there are no legal or regulatory barriers to consummation, the authority to abandon will automatically expire. Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at https:// www.stb.dot.gov. Decided: November 4, 2010. By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of Proceedings. Jeffrey Herzig, Clearance Clerk. [FR Doc. 2010–28302 Filed 11–9–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4915–01–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of a New Information Collection: AST Collection of Voluntary Lessons Learned From External Sources Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. AGENCY: 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 for a new information collection. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following collection of information was published on July 14, 2010, vol. 75, no. 134, page 40863. The FAA/AST will collect lessons learned from members of the commercial space SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\10NON1.SGM 10NON1

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 217 (Wednesday, November 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2010-28361]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Docket No. DOT-OST-2010-0212]


Agency Request for Revision of Previously Approved Information 
Collections: Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and 
Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments and for Grants 
and Cooperative Agreements With Institutions of Higher Education, 
Hospitals, and Other Nonprofit Organizations

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information 
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below is being forwarded to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comments. A 
Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on the following information collection was published on 
September 3, 2010, in the Federal Register (75 FR, page 54215). No 
comments were received; however, in that notice, the Department 
incorrectly estimated a total of 3,329 respondents and annual burden of 
756,980 hours. The Department is correcting the document as set forth 
below.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted December 10, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including 
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of the Secretary of 
Transportation, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Shields, Associate Director of 
the Financial Assistance Management 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 2105-0520.
    Title: Uniform Administrative Requirements For Grants and 
Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments and For Grants 
and Cooperative Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, 
Hospitals, and Other Nonprofit Organizations.
    Form Numbers: SF-424, SF-425, SF-270, and SF-271.
    Type of Request: Revision of a previously approved collection.
    Abstract: The Department of Transportation (DOT) requests approval 
to combine OMB Control numbers 2105-0520 and 2105-0531 into OMB Control 
Number 2105-0520. 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 215 (A-
110) (Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements 
with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit 
Organizations) and OMB Circular A-102 (Uniform Administrative 
Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local 
Governments). 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). The Department has discontinued the 
use of the Financial Status Report (SF-269 and SF-269A) and Federal 
Cash Transactions Report (SF-272 and SF-272A). The information 
contained in these forms have been consolidated into SF-425, which is a 
new form approved by OMB for Federal-wide use on October 1, 2008 and 
recently revised on June 28, 2010. According to the Federal Register 
notice dated August 13, 2008, agencies were to begin using SF-425 ``as 
soon as possible after October 1, 2008, and no later than October 1, 
2009, each agency must transition from the SF-269, SF-269A, SF-272, and 
SF-272A to the SF-425, by requiring recipients to use the FFR for all 
financial reports submitted after the date it makes the transition. In 
making the transition, an agency would incorporate the requirement to 
use the FFR into terms and conditions of new and ongoing grant and 
cooperative agreement awards, State plans, and/or program regulations 
that specify financial reporting requirements.'' Comments on this 
notice were received and addressed in a Federal Register notice dated 
August 13, 2008 (73 FR, 47246). These comments and responses can be 
found on the OMB Forms Web site at https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/
grants/

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grants--standard--report--forms.html. The Department is also requesting 
approval to discontinue OMB Control Number 2105-0531.
    Correction:
    Respondents: Grant Awardees.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,704.
    Estimate Frequency: Quarterly.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 10,816.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 189,280 hours.
    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.
    All comments will also become a matter of public record.

    Authority:  The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1:48.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 3, 2010.
Patricia Lawton,
Departmental Paperwork Reduction Act Clearance Officer, Office of the 
Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-28361 Filed 11-9-10; 8:45 am]
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