Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection, 63643-63644 [2023-20042]

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• Federal Highway Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 178 (Friday, September 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63643-63644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-20042]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[Docket No. FHWA-2023-0026]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments 
for a New Information Collection

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public comments about our intention to 
request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for an 
information collection, which is summarized below under SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal 
Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number 
0026 by any of the following methods:
    Website: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
    Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
    Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. Department of Transportation, West 
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janelle Hinton, (202) 366 1604/[email protected]; Martha Kenley, (202) 604-6979/[email protected], Department of Transportation, Federal Highway 
Administration, Office of Civil Rights, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 
Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant Program.
    Background: The Department of Transportation's (DOT) Office of the 
Secretary and the Federal Highway Administration are committed to a 
comprehensive strategy to address the unacceptable number of traffic 
deaths and serious injuries occurring on our roads and streets. The 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also known as the 
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), Section 24112 aligns with the 
Department's safety priority through the creation of the Safe Streets 
and Roads for All Grant Program. This grant program supports local 
initiatives to prevent deaths and serious injuries on roads and streets 
and is intended for metropolitan planning organizations, political 
subdivisions of a State, federally recognized Tribal governments, and 
multijurisdictional groups of these entities.
    This program includes grant funds to develop a comprehensive safety 
action plan; to conduct planning, design and development activities for 
projects and

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strategies identified in a comprehensive safety action plan; or to 
carry out projects and strategies identified in a comprehensive safety 
action plan. To receive applications for grant funds, evaluate the 
effectiveness of projects that have been awarded grant funds, and 
monitor project financial conditions and project progress, a collection 
of information is necessary.
    Eligible applicants will request Safe Streets and Roads for All 
funds in the form of a grant application. Additional information 
submission will be required of grant recipients during the grant 
agreement, implementation, and evaluation phases.
    Responding to the grant opportunity is on a voluntary-response 
basis, utilizing an electronic grant platform. The grant application is 
planned as a one-time information collection. DOT estimates that it 
will take approximately 30 hours to complete an application for a 
comprehensive safety action plan grant and approximately 110 hours to 
complete an application for an implementation grant.
    Respondents: Metropolitan planning organizations, political 
subdivisions of a State, Federally recognized Tribal governments and 
multijurisdictional groups of these entities.
    Frequency: One time per grant application.
    During the project management phase, the grantee will complete 
quarterly progress and monitoring reports to ensure that the project 
budget and schedule are maintained to the maximum extent possible, that 
compliance with Federal regulations will be met, and that the project 
will be completed with the highest degree of quality. Reporting 
responsibilities include quarterly program performance reports using 
the Performance Progress Report (SF-PPR) and quarterly financial status 
using the SF-425 (also known as the Federal Financial Report or SF-
FFR).
    Respondents: Grant recipients.
    Frequency: quarterly throughout the period of performance.
    During the project management phase, each grantee that expends 
$750,000 or more during their own fiscal year in all Federal awards 
must have a single or program-specific audit conducted for that year in 
accordance with the provisions of 2 CFR 200.501. (The $750,000 
threshold is not limited to Safe Streets and Roads for All funding.) 
This reporting responsibility is required annually and uses a form, the 
SF-SAC. It is estimated that this survey will take an average of 100 
hours for large auditees and 21 hours for all other auditees to 
complete, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching 
existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and 
completing and reviewing the collection of information.
    Respondents: Grant recipients.
    Frequency: annually during any fiscal year in which $750,000 or 
more in any Federal funds are expended, throughout the period of 
performance.
    During the project evaluation phase, the reporting requirement is 
necessary to assess program effectiveness for the Federal government 
and to comply with Subsection 24112(g). This report provides 
information regarding how the project is achieving the outcomes that 
grantees have targeted to help measure the effectiveness of the Safe 
Streets and Roads for All Grant Program. In addition, under Subsection 
24112(h), at the end of the period of performance for a grant under the 
program each grant recipient is required to submit a report that 
describes the costs of each eligible project carried out using the 
grant funds; the outcomes and benefits generated; the lessons learned; 
and any recommendations relating to future projects or strategies.
    Respondents: Grant recipients.
    Frequency: one time after the period of performance ends.
    Estimated Average Burden per Response:
     Application phase: approximately 30 hours for the 
comprehensive safety action plan grants and 110 hours for the 
implementation grants per respondent.
     Grant Agreement phase: approximately 1 hour per respondent 
(comprehensive safety action plan or implementation grant).
     For grantees expending $750,000 or more of all Federal 
funds in a fiscal year only:
    Approximately 100 hours for large grantees.
    Approximately 21 hours for all other grantees.
     Project Management phase: 8 hours annually per grant.
     Project Evaluation phase: 12 hours annually per 
implementation grant; 2 hours annually per action plan grant.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:
    First year: Approximately 41 hours, including grant application, 
for comprehensive safety action plan grants and approximately 131 
hours, including grant application, for implementation grants.
    Subsequent years (cumulative): 10 hours for action plan grants 
(expected period of performance: 2 years); 48 hours for implementation 
grants (expected period of performance: 5 years); add 100 hours for 
single audits for large grantees and 21 hours for all other grantees 
expending $750,000 or more of Federal funds in a single fiscal year.
    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of 
this information collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed 
collection is necessary for the FHWA's performance; (2) the accuracy of 
the estimated burdens; (3) ways for the FHWA to enhance the quality, 
usefulness, and clarity of the collected information; and (4) ways that 
the burden could be minimized, including the use of electronic 
technology, 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; 44 U.S.C. chapter 
35, as amended; 23 U.S.C. 134 and 135; and 23 CFR chapter 1, subchapter 
E, part 450.

    Issued On: September 12, 2023.
Jazmyne Lewis,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-20042 Filed 9-14-23; 8:45 am]
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