Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Randolph-Sheppard Financial Relief and Restoration Payments Appropriation, 9497 [2021-02990]

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• DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 16, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 9497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02990]



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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No. ED-2021-SCC-0020]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; 
Randolph-Sheppard Financial Relief and Restoration Payments 
Appropriation

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services 
(OSERS), Department of Education (ED).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 
requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct an 
emergency review of a new information collection.

DATES: The Department has requested emergency processing from OMB for 
this information collection request by February 10, 2021; and 
therefore, the regular clearance process is hereby being initiated to 
provide the public with the opportunity to comment under the full 
comment period. Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or 
before April 19, 2021.

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the documents related to the 
information collection listed in this notice, please use https://www.regulations.gov by searching the Docket ID number ED-2021-SCC-0020. 
Comments submitted in response to this notice should be submitted 
electronically through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at https://www.regulations.gov by selecting the Docket ID number or via postal 
mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov 
site is not available to the public for any reason, ED will temporarily 
accept comments at [email protected]. Please include the docket ID 
number and the title of the information collection request when 
requesting documents or submitting comments. Please note that comments 
submitted by fax or email and those submitted after the comment period 
will not be accepted. Written requests for information or comments 
submitted by postal mail or delivery should be addressed to the 
Director of the Strategic Collections and Clearance Governance and 
Strategy Division, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave. SW, 
LBJ, Room 6W208D, Washington, DC 20202-4537.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to 
collection activities, please contact Jesse Hartle, (202) 245-6415.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education (ED), in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with 
an opportunity to comment on proposed, revised, and continuing 
collections of information. This helps the Department assess the impact 
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand the Department's 
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in 
the desired format. ED is soliciting comments on the proposed 
information collection request (ICR) that is described below. The 
Department of Education is especially interested in public comment 
addressing the following issues: (1) Is this collection necessary to 
the proper functions of the Department; (2) will this information be 
processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden 
accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how might the 
Department minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, 
including through the use of information technology. Please note that 
written comments received in response to this notice will be considered 
public records.
    Title of Collection: Randolph-Sheppard Financial Relief and 
Restoration Payments Appropriation.
    OMB Control Number: 1820-NEW.
    Type of Review: A new information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Federal Government.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 51.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 51.
    Abstract: This is an emergency clearance of a new information 
collection resulting from enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act of 2021, Division H, Title III, Section 318. This provision 
authorized the Secretary of Education to allot $20,000,000 for one-time 
financial relief and restoration grants consistent with the purposes of 
the Randolph-Sheppard Act as authorized under section 10 of such Act 
(20 U.S.C. 107f). Prior to this legislation, Congress has not 
appropriated such funds concerning the Randolph-Sheppard Vending 
Facility Program, as such the Department is seeking this data 
collection in order to meet its obligation to ensure that Federal funds 
are being used for their prescribed purposes.
    Additional Information: An emergency clearance approval for the use 
of the system is described below due to the following conditions: If 
this emergency collection is not approved, ED will be unable to provide 
the timely awards to SLAs who, in turn, will not be able to provide the 
financial relief and restoration payments to blind vendors for their 
losses incurred in 2020 that was mandated by section 318 in a timely 
manner.

    Dated: February 9, 2021.
Kate Mullan,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and 
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-02990 Filed 2-12-21; 8:45 am]
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