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FEDERAL PERMITTING
IMPROVEMENT STEERING COUNCIL
[ICR Ref. No. 202312–3121–001; OMB
Control No. 3121–0002]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Federal Permitting
Improvement Steering Council.
ACTION: 30-Day notice; request for
comment.
AGENCY:
The Federal Permitting
Improvement Steering Council
(Permitting Council) Executive Director
invites the public and Federal agencies
to comment on an existing information
collection request (ICR) 3121–0002. The
information collection was previously
published in the Federal Register on
January 19, 2024 for a 60-day public
comment period. No comments were
received for this information collection.
The purpose of this notice is to allow an
additional 30 days for public comments.
DATES: Please send your comments on
this ICR on or before May 24, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Please send your comments
to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
30-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the search
function. Please reference OMB Control
Number 3121–0002, ‘‘ERIF Tribal
Assistance Program Application’’ in the
subject line of your comments. Please
also provide a copy of your comments
to ERIF@fpisc.gov with the subject line:
‘‘ERIF TAP Information Collection
Comment.’’ You may obtain copies of
the proposed collection of information
by emailing ERIF@fpisc.gov. Please
identify all requests by including ‘‘ERIF
TAP’’ in the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Flores, at john.flores@fpisc.gov, or (385)
602–2138.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Permitting Council publishes this notice
in the Federal Register and invites
comments in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The
Permitting Council Executive Director is
soliciting comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (a)
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information; (c) the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
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burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Title of the Program Seeking
Information Collection: Environmental
Review Improvement Fund Tribal
Assistance Program (ERIF TAP).
Type of Review: New Information
Collection Request (ICR).
Background: Established in 2015 by
title 41 of the Fixing America’s Surface
Transportation Act (FAST–41), 42
U.S.C. 4370m et seq., the Permitting
Council is a unique Federal agency
charged with improving the
transparency and predictability of the
Federal environmental review and
authorization process for certain
infrastructure projects. The Permitting
Council is comprised of the Permitting
Council Executive Director, who serves
as the Council Chair; 13 Federal agency
Council members (including deputy
secretary-level designees of the
Secretaries of Agriculture, Army,
Commerce, Interior, Energy,
Transportation, Defense, Homeland
Security, and Housing and Urban
Development, the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency, and
the Chairs of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, and the
Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation); and the Chair of the
Council on Environmental Quality and
the Director of the OMB. 42 U.S.C.
4370m–1(a) & (b).
The Permitting Council coordinates
Federal environmental reviews 1 and
authorizations 2 for projects that seek
and qualify for FAST–41 coverage.
FAST–41 covered projects are entitled
to comprehensive permitting timetables
and transparent, collaborative
management of those timetables on the
Federal Permitting Dashboard in
compliance with FAST–41 procedural
requirements. 42 U.S.C. 4370m–2(c) &
(d). Sponsors of FAST–41 covered
projects also benefit from the direct
1 42 U.S.C. 4370m(11) (defining ‘‘environmental
review’’ as ‘‘the agency procedures and processes
for applying a categorical exclusion or for preparing
an environmental assessment, an environmental
impact statement, or other document required
under [the National Environmental Policy Act]’’).
2 42 U.S.C. 4370m(3) (defining ‘‘authorization’’ as
‘‘any license, permit, approval, finding,
determination, or other administrative decision
issued by an agency and any interagency
consultation that is required or authorized under
Federal law in order to site, construct, reconstruct,
or commence operations of a covered project
administered by a Federal agency or, in the case of
a State that chooses to participate in the
environmental review and authorization process in
accordance with [42 U.S.C.] 4370m–2(c)(3)(A)
. . . , a State agency’’).
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engagement of the Permitting Council
Executive Director and the Permitting
Council members in timely
identification and resolution of
permitting issues that affect covered
projects’ permitting timetables.
The Permitting Council Executive
Director, with the approval of the OMB
Director, also may transfer funds from
the Environmental Review and
Improvement Fund (ERIF) to Federal
agencies and state, local, and tribal
governments to make the environmental
review and authorization process for
FAST–41 covered projects more timely
and efficient. 42 U.S.C. 4370m–8(d)(3).
Executive Director has established the
ERIF Tribal Assistance Program (TAP)
to facilitate the distribution of ERIF
funds to Tribal governments pursuant to
this authority.
This collection is necessary for
administration of the ERIF TAP in
accordance with 42 U.S.C. 4370m–
8(d)(3). The Executive Director seeks
public comment on the application form
that the Executive Director would use to
collect information from Tribal
governments that seek ERIF TAP
funding. The form will be used by the
Executive Director to evaluate the
eligibility of each Tribal government
applicant, and determine whether, the
circumstances under which, and the
amount of any ERIF funds that may be
transferred to a Tribal government
applicant pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4370m–
2(d)(3). Seeking ERIF funds under the
ERIF TAP is voluntary with each Tribal
government. The application form is
planned as a one-time information
collection per applicant. The Permitting
Council estimates that it will take
approximately 40 hours to complete the
application form for ERIF TAP funds.
Respondents: Federally-recognized
Indian Tribe consulting on or engaged
in the Federal environmental review
and authorization process (e.g., through
the National Environmental Policy Act
or Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act) for one or more
FAST–41 covered projects that are
posted on the Permitting Dashboard at
the time of submission.
Frequency: One time per grant
application.
Application: To be considered to
receive ERIF TAP funds, an eligible
Tribal government must submit a
completed application form to the
Permitting Council Executive Director
that contains the information required
in the Application Instructions. At a
minimum, the applicant must include
contact information, the amount of
funding requested, what will be
accomplished with the funding (i.e.,
activities and funding level per activity),
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which FAST–41 covered projects the
applicant is consulting on or engaged in,
and how the funded activities will
result in more timely and efficient
environmental review and authorization
of those FAST–41 covered projects. The
application should include the
information necessary for the Permitting
Council Executive Director to determine
that the project and proposal satisfies
eligibility requirements.
Completed application forms must be
submitted to the Executive Director
through ERIF@fpisc.gov. Instructions for
submitting applications can be found at
https://www.permits.performance.gov/
fpisc-content/erif-tribal-assistanceprogram.
Estimated Burden: The estimated
burden for completing an application
form is as follows:
Expected Number of Respondents:
Approximately 30 per year.
Frequency: Once per application.
Dated: April 8, 2024
Eric Beightel,
Executive Director, Federal Permitting
Improvement Steering Council.
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COMMISSION
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Open Commission Meeting Thursday,
April 25, 2024
on the subjects listed below on
Thursday, April 25 2024, which is
scheduled to commence at 10:30 a.m. in
the Commission Meeting Room of the
Federal Communications Commission,
45 L Street NE, Washington, DC.
While attendance at the Open Meeting
is available to the public, the FCC
headquarters building is not open access
and all guests must check in with and
be screened by FCC security at the main
entrance on L Street. Attendees at the
Open Meeting will not be required to
have an appointment but must
otherwise comply with protocols
outlined at: www.fcc.gov/visit. Open
Meetings are streamed live at:
www.fcc.gov/live and on the FCC’s
YouTube channel.
April 18, 2024.
The Federal Communications
Commission will hold an Open Meeting
Item No.
Bureau
Subject
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Title: Implementation of the National Suicide Hotline Act of 2018 (WC Docket No. 18–
336).
Summary: The Commission will consider a Second Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which would propose to require the implementation of one or more
georouting solutions for wireless calls to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline to ensure
that calls are routed based on the geographic location for the origin of the call, rather than the area code and exchange associated with a wireless phone.
manufacturers to meet higher cybersecurity standards.
Title: Safeguarding and Securing the Open Internet (WC Docket No. 23–320); Restoring Internet Freedom (WC Docket No. 17–108).
Summary: The Commission will consider a Declaratory Ruling, Order, Report and
Order, and Order on Reconsideration that would reestablish the Commission’s authority to protect consumers and safeguard the fair and open Internet by.
Title: Enforcement Bureau Action Coverage.
Summary: The Commission will consider an enforcement action.
Title: Enforcement Bureau Action Coverage.
Summary: The Commission will consider an enforcement action.
Title: Enforcement Bureau Action Coverage.
Summary: The Commission will consider an enforcement action.
Title: Enforcement Bureau Action Coverage.
Summary: The Commission will consider an enforcement action.
Title: Enforcement Bureau Action Coverage.
Summary: The Commission will consider an enforcement action.
Title: Enforcement Bureau Action Coverage
Summary: The Commission will consider an enforcement action.
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Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 40 hours for each new
application form.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.; 42
U.S.C. 4370m–8(d)(3).
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The meeting will be webcast at:
www.fcc.gov/live. Open captioning will
be provided as well as a text only
version on the FCC website. Other
reasonable accommodations for people
with disabilities are available upon
request. In your request, include a
description of the accommodation you
will need and a way we can contact you
if we need more information. Last
minute requests will be accepted but
may be impossible to fill. Send an email
to: fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer
& Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202–
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Press Access—Members of the news
media are welcome to attend the
meeting and will be provided reserved
seating on a first-come, first-served
basis. Following the meeting, the
Chairwoman may hold a news
conference in which she will take
questions from credentialed members of
the press in attendance. Also, senior
policy and legal staff will be made
available to the press in attendance for
questions related to the items on the
meeting agenda. Commissioners may
also choose to hold press conferences.
Press may also direct questions to the
Office of Media Relations (OMR):
MediaRelations@fcc.gov. Questions
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to OMR.
Additional information concerning
this meeting may be obtained from the
Office of Media Relations, (202) 418–
0500. Audio/Video coverage of the
meeting will be broadcast live with
open captioning over the internet from
the FCC Live web page at www.fcc.gov/
live.
Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the
Secretary.
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FEDERAL PERMITTING IMPROVEMENT STEERING COUNCIL
[ICR Ref. No. 202312-3121-001; OMB Control No. 3121-0002]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council.
ACTION: 30-Day notice; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council
(Permitting Council) Executive Director invites the public and Federal
agencies to comment on an existing information collection request (ICR)
3121-0002. The information collection was previously published in the
Federal Register on January 19, 2024 for a 60-day public comment
period. No comments were received for this information collection. The
purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public
comments.
DATES: Please send your comments on this ICR on or before May 24, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Please send your comments to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function. Please reference OMB Control Number 3121-0002, ``ERIF Tribal
Assistance Program Application'' in the subject line of your comments.
Please also provide a copy of your comments to [email protected] with the
subject line: ``ERIF TAP Information Collection Comment.'' You may
obtain copies of the proposed collection of information by emailing
[email protected]. Please identify all requests by including ``ERIF TAP''
in the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Flores, at [email protected],
or (385) 602-2138.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Permitting Council publishes this notice
in the Federal Register and invites comments in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The Permitting Council Executive
Director is soliciting comment on any aspect of this information
collection, including: (a) whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Title of the Program Seeking Information Collection: Environmental
Review Improvement Fund Tribal Assistance Program (ERIF TAP).
Type of Review: New Information Collection Request (ICR).
Background: Established in 2015 by title 41 of the Fixing America's
Surface Transportation Act (FAST-41), 42 U.S.C. 4370m et seq., the
Permitting Council is a unique Federal agency charged with improving
the transparency and predictability of the Federal environmental review
and authorization process for certain infrastructure projects. The
Permitting Council is comprised of the Permitting Council Executive
Director, who serves as the Council Chair; 13 Federal agency Council
members (including deputy secretary-level designees of the Secretaries
of Agriculture, Army, Commerce, Interior, Energy, Transportation,
Defense, Homeland Security, and Housing and Urban Development, the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Chairs of
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation); and the
Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality and the Director of the
OMB. 42 U.S.C. 4370m-1(a) & (b).
The Permitting Council coordinates Federal environmental reviews
\1\ and authorizations \2\ for projects that seek and qualify for FAST-
41 coverage. FAST-41 covered projects are entitled to comprehensive
permitting timetables and transparent, collaborative management of
those timetables on the Federal Permitting Dashboard in compliance with
FAST-41 procedural requirements. 42 U.S.C. 4370m-2(c) & (d). Sponsors
of FAST-41 covered projects also benefit from the direct engagement of
the Permitting Council Executive Director and the Permitting Council
members in timely identification and resolution of permitting issues
that affect covered projects' permitting timetables.
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\1\ 42 U.S.C. 4370m(11) (defining ``environmental review'' as
``the agency procedures and processes for applying a categorical
exclusion or for preparing an environmental assessment, an
environmental impact statement, or other document required under
[the National Environmental Policy Act]'').
\2\ 42 U.S.C. 4370m(3) (defining ``authorization'' as ``any
license, permit, approval, finding, determination, or other
administrative decision issued by an agency and any interagency
consultation that is required or authorized under Federal law in
order to site, construct, reconstruct, or commence operations of a
covered project administered by a Federal agency or, in the case of
a State that chooses to participate in the environmental review and
authorization process in accordance with [42 U.S.C.] 4370m-
2(c)(3)(A) . . . , a State agency'').
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The Permitting Council Executive Director, with the approval of the
OMB Director, also may transfer funds from the Environmental Review and
Improvement Fund (ERIF) to Federal agencies and state, local, and
tribal governments to make the environmental review and authorization
process for FAST-41 covered projects more timely and efficient. 42
U.S.C. 4370m-8(d)(3). Executive Director has established the ERIF
Tribal Assistance Program (TAP) to facilitate the distribution of ERIF
funds to Tribal governments pursuant to this authority.
This collection is necessary for administration of the ERIF TAP in
accordance with 42 U.S.C. 4370m-8(d)(3). The Executive Director seeks
public comment on the application form that the Executive Director
would use to collect information from Tribal governments that seek ERIF
TAP funding. The form will be used by the Executive Director to
evaluate the eligibility of each Tribal government applicant, and
determine whether, the circumstances under which, and the amount of any
ERIF funds that may be transferred to a Tribal government applicant
pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4370m-2(d)(3). Seeking ERIF funds under the ERIF
TAP is voluntary with each Tribal government. The application form is
planned as a one-time information collection per applicant. The
Permitting Council estimates that it will take approximately 40 hours
to complete the application form for ERIF TAP funds.
Respondents: Federally-recognized Indian Tribe consulting on or
engaged in the Federal environmental review and authorization process
(e.g., through the National Environmental Policy Act or Section 106 of
the National Historic Preservation Act) for one or more FAST-41 covered
projects that are posted on the Permitting Dashboard at the time of
submission.
Frequency: One time per grant application.
Application: To be considered to receive ERIF TAP funds, an
eligible Tribal government must submit a completed application form to
the Permitting Council Executive Director that contains the information
required in the Application Instructions. At a minimum, the applicant
must include contact information, the amount of funding requested, what
will be accomplished with the funding (i.e., activities and funding
level per activity),
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which FAST-41 covered projects the applicant is consulting on or
engaged in, and how the funded activities will result in more timely
and efficient environmental review and authorization of those FAST-41
covered projects. The application should include the information
necessary for the Permitting Council Executive Director to determine
that the project and proposal satisfies eligibility requirements.
Completed application forms must be submitted to the Executive
Director through [email protected]. Instructions for submitting
applications can be found at https://www.permits.performance.gov/fpisc-content/erif-tribal-assistance-program.
Estimated Burden: The estimated burden for completing an
application form is as follows:
Expected Number of Respondents: Approximately 30 per year.
Frequency: Once per application.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 40 hours for each new
application form.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 4370m-8(d)(3).
Dated: April 8, 2024
Eric Beightel,
Executive Director, Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council.
[FR Doc. 2024-08514 Filed 4-23-24; 8:45 am]
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