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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:
Amanda J. Shotto by email at:
amanda.j.shotto@faa.gov; phone: 202–
267–8744.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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 FAA’s
performance; (b) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA 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.
OMB Control Number: 2120–0557.
Title: Passenger Facility Charge (PFC)
Application.
Form Numbers: FAA Form 5500–1,
5500–2, 5500–3, 5500–4.
Type of Review: Renewal of an
information collection.
Background: The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following
collection of information was published
on April 26, 2024 (89 FR 32521). The
DOT/FAA will use any information
submitted in response to this collection
to carry out the intent of 49 U.S.C.
40117. This statute authorizes public
agencies controlling airports to impose
PFCs and use PFC revenues. The
information collected enables the FAA
to approve the collection of PFC
revenue for projects which preserve or
enhance safety, security, or capacity of
the national air transportation system,
or which reduce noise or mitigate noise
impacts resulting from an airport, or
which furnish opportunities for
enhanced competition between or
among air carriers, and to provide
oversight of the PFC program, as
required by statute.
Respondents: Approximately 615
respondents annually.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 2 Hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
33,015 Hours.
Issued in Washington, DC, on October 11,
2024.
David F. Cushing,
Manager, Airports Financial Assistance
Division, APP–500.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2024–0026]
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its
implementing regulations, this notice
announces that FRA is forwarding the
Information Collection Request (ICR)
summarized below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comment. The ICR describes
the information collection and its
expected burden. On July 30, 2024, FRA
published a notice providing a 60-day
period for public comment on the ICR.
FRA received no comments in response
to the notice.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
November 18, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed ICR
should be sent within 30 days of
publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find the particular ICR by selecting
‘‘Currently under Review—Open for
Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Arlette Mussington, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, at email:
arlette.mussington@dot.gov or
telephone: (571) 609–1285 or Ms.
Joanne Swafford, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, at email:
joanne.swafford@dot.gov or telephone:
(757) 897–9908.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA,
44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, and its
implementing regulations, 5 CFR part
1320, require Federal agencies to issue
two notices seeking public comment on
information collection activities before
OMB may approve paperwork packages.
See 44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.8
through 1320.12. On July 30, 2024, FRA
published a 60-day notice in the Federal
Register soliciting public comment on
the ICR for which it is now seeking
OMB approval. See 89 FR 61230. FRA
has received no comments related to the
proposed collection of information.
Before OMB decides whether to
approve this proposed collection of
information, it must provide 30 days’
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notice for public comment. Federal law
requires OMB to approve or disapprove
paperwork packages between 30 and 60
days after the 30-day notice is
published. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b)–(c); 5 CFR
1320.12(d); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983,
Aug. 29, 1995. The 30-day notice
informs the regulated community of its
opportunity to file relevant comments
and affords the agency adequate time to
consider public comments before it
renders a decision. 60 FR 44983, Aug.
29, 1995. Therefore, each respondent
should submit their comments to OMB
within 30 days of publication to best
ensure having their full effect.
Comments are invited on the
following ICR regarding: (1) whether the
information collection activities are
necessary for FRA to properly execute
its functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of FRA’s estimates of
the burden of the information collection
activities, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used to
determine the estimates; (3) ways for
FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information being
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of information collection
activities on the public, including the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
The summary below describes the ICR
that FRA will submit for OMB clearance
as the PRA requires:
Title: Uniform Report of Small
Business (SB) Commitments/Awards
and Payments.
OMB Control Number: 2130–New.
Abstract: The Disadvantaged Business
Enterprise (DBE) program is statutorily
mandated and intended to assist small
businesses owned and controlled by
socially and economically
disadvantaged individuals compete
fairly in the Department of
Transportation’s transportation funding
programs for certain highway, transit,
and aviation programs. The DBE
program is implemented by recipients of
DOT financial assistance. The DOT DBE
directive does not include rail
assistance programs and FRA does not
have a mandated DBE program. Rather,
FRA issues and manages rail assistance
programs in compliance with the DOT
regulations for implementing Title VI of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964 found at 49
CFR part 21 and the Uniform
Administrative Requirements, Cost
Principles, and Audit Requirements for
Federal Awards found at 2 CFR part
200. Specifically, 2 CFR 200.321 (a)
through (b)(6) provides affirmative steps
a non-Federal entity must take to assure
that minority businesses, women’s
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business enterprises, and labor surplus
area firms are used when possible.
In 2015, Congress instructed the
Secretary of Transportation to conduct a
nationwide disparity and availability
study on the availability and use of
small businesses owned and controlled
by socially and economically
disadvantaged individuals and veteranowned small businesses in publicly
funded intercity rail passenger
transportation projects.
The report for the study was provided
to Congress in 2022. The report noted a
gap in data available for analysis to
determine if there is any disparity in rail
transportation grant awards. To address
the data gap identified in the report,
FRA is proposing to add new form, FRA
F 6180.281 titled, Small Business (SB)
Commitments/Awards and Payments.
The proposed data collection will
address this gap and aid future
considerations of the application of the
DBE program.
The purpose of FRA F 6180.281 is to
collect data from grant recipients to
determine the amount of dollars from
FRA grants and contracts that flow to
small, women-owned and
Disadvantaged Business Enterprises
(DBE). This would identify all prime
contractors, sub-contractors,
consultants, and vendors that FRA grant
recipients worked with and on which
they spent grant funds. Additionally,
the proposed new form, FRA F 6180.281
‘‘SB Commitments/Awards and
Payments’’ would be used by FRA to
carry out its oversight responsibilities of
non-Federal entities receiving grant
funds.
This collection of information aligns
with DOT’s Strategic Goal of Equity as
it supports establishing economic equity
for small businesses owned by
disadvantaged individuals and
promoting development opportunities.
Type of Request: Approval of a new
collection of information.
Affected Public: Generally, includes
States and local governments and
railroads.
Form(s): FRA F 6180.281.
Respondent Universe: 140 grant
recipients.
Frequency of Submission: Annually.
Total Estimated Annual Responses:
140.
Total Estimated Annual Burden:
49,980 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour
Dollar Cost Equivalent: $2,289,584.
FRA informs all interested parties that
it may not conduct or sponsor, and a
respondent is not required to respond
to, a collection of information that does
not display a currently valid OMB
control number.
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Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Christopher S. Van Nostrand,
Deputy Chief Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0717]
Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review: Child Care
Provider Information—For the Child
Care Subsidy Program
Human Resources and
Administration/Operations, Security,
and Preparedness (HRA/OSP),
Department of Veterans Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, this notice announces that the
Human Resources and Administration/
Operations, Security, and Preparedness
(HRA/OSP), Department of Veterans
Affairs, will submit the collection of
information abstracted below to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and comment. The
PRA submission describes the nature of
the information collection and its
expected cost and burden, and it
includes the actual data collection
instrument.
DATES: Comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent by
November 18, 2024.
ADDRESSES: To submit comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection, please type the
following link into your browser:
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain,
select ‘‘Currently under Review—Open
for Public Comments’’, then search the
list for the information collection by
Title or ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0717.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VA
PRA information: Maribel Aponte, 202–
461–8900, vacopaperworkreduact@
va.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Child Care Provider
Information—For the Child Care
Subsidy Program.
OMB Control Number: 2900–0717
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRASearch.
Type of Review: Reinstatement with
change of a previously approved
collection.
Abstract: The Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) needs to collect
information from child care providers to
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determine employee eligibility to
participate in the VA Child Care
Subsidy Program.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on this collection
of information was published at 89 FR
56477, July 9, 2024.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Annual Burden: 937 Hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 15 Minutes.
Frequency of Response: On Occasion.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
4,500.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Maribel Aponte,
VA PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
Enterprise and Integration, Data Governance
Analytics, Department of Veterans Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Dependency and Indemnity
Compensation Cost of Living
Adjustments
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
As required by the Veterans’
Compensation Cost-of-Living
Adjustment Act of 2023, the Department
of Veterans Affairs (VA) is hereby giving
notice of Cost-of-Living Adjustments
(COLA) in certain benefit rates. These
COLAs affect the Dependency and
Indemnity Compensation (DIC)
Program. The rate of the adjustment is
tied to the increase in Social Security
benefits, effective December 1, 2023, as
announced by the Social Security
Administration (SSA). SSA has
announced an increase of 3.2%.
DATES: The increases in amounts
became effective December 1, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gabrielle Mancuso, Lead Management
and Program Analyst, Pension and
Fiduciary Service, Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20420; 202–632–8862.
This is not a toll-free number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
provisions of Public Law 118–6, VA is
required to increase, effective December
1, 2023, the benefit rates of DIC
programs by the same percentage as
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2024-0026]
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment
Request
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its
implementing regulations, this notice announces that FRA is forwarding
the Information Collection Request (ICR) summarized below to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR
describes the information collection and its expected burden. On July
30, 2024, FRA published a notice providing a 60-day period for public
comment on the ICR. FRA received no comments in response to the notice.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
November 18, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed ICR
should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find the particular ICR by selecting
``Currently under Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Arlette Mussington, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, at email: [email protected] or
telephone: (571) 609-1285 or Ms. Joanne Swafford, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, at email: [email protected] or
telephone: (757) 897-9908.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520, and its
implementing regulations, 5 CFR part 1320, require Federal agencies to
issue two notices seeking public comment on information collection
activities before OMB may approve paperwork packages. See 44 U.S.C.
3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.8 through 1320.12. On July 30, 2024, FRA
published a 60-day notice in the Federal Register soliciting public
comment on the ICR for which it is now seeking OMB approval. See 89 FR
61230. FRA has received no comments related to the proposed collection
of information.
Before OMB decides whether to approve this proposed collection of
information, it must provide 30 days' notice for public comment.
Federal law requires OMB to approve or disapprove paperwork packages
between 30 and 60 days after the 30-day notice is published. 44 U.S.C.
3507(b)-(c); 5 CFR 1320.12(d); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983, Aug. 29,
1995. The 30-day notice informs the regulated community of its
opportunity to file relevant comments and affords the agency adequate
time to consider public comments before it renders a decision. 60 FR
44983, Aug. 29, 1995. Therefore, each respondent should submit their
comments to OMB within 30 days of publication to best ensure having
their full effect.
Comments are invited on the following ICR regarding: (1) whether
the information collection activities are necessary for FRA to properly
execute its functions, including whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of FRA's estimates of the burden of
the information collection activities, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used to determine the estimates; (3) ways
for FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
being collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of information
collection activities on the public, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
The summary below describes the ICR that FRA will submit for OMB
clearance as the PRA requires:
Title: Uniform Report of Small Business (SB) Commitments/Awards and
Payments.
OMB Control Number: 2130-New.
Abstract: The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program is
statutorily mandated and intended to assist small businesses owned and
controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals
compete fairly in the Department of Transportation's transportation
funding programs for certain highway, transit, and aviation programs.
The DBE program is implemented by recipients of DOT financial
assistance. The DOT DBE directive does not include rail assistance
programs and FRA does not have a mandated DBE program. Rather, FRA
issues and manages rail assistance programs in compliance with the DOT
regulations for implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
found at 49 CFR part 21 and the Uniform Administrative Requirements,
Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards found at 2
CFR part 200. Specifically, 2 CFR 200.321 (a) through (b)(6) provides
affirmative steps a non-Federal entity must take to assure that
minority businesses, women's
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business enterprises, and labor surplus area firms are used when
possible.
In 2015, Congress instructed the Secretary of Transportation to
conduct a nationwide disparity and availability study on the
availability and use of small businesses owned and controlled by
socially and economically disadvantaged individuals and veteran-owned
small businesses in publicly funded intercity rail passenger
transportation projects.
The report for the study was provided to Congress in 2022. The
report noted a gap in data available for analysis to determine if there
is any disparity in rail transportation grant awards. To address the
data gap identified in the report, FRA is proposing to add new form,
FRA F 6180.281 titled, Small Business (SB) Commitments/Awards and
Payments. The proposed data collection will address this gap and aid
future considerations of the application of the DBE program.
The purpose of FRA F 6180.281 is to collect data from grant
recipients to determine the amount of dollars from FRA grants and
contracts that flow to small, women-owned and Disadvantaged Business
Enterprises (DBE). This would identify all prime contractors, sub-
contractors, consultants, and vendors that FRA grant recipients worked
with and on which they spent grant funds. Additionally, the proposed
new form, FRA F 6180.281 ``SB Commitments/Awards and Payments'' would
be used by FRA to carry out its oversight responsibilities of non-
Federal entities receiving grant funds.
This collection of information aligns with DOT's Strategic Goal of
Equity as it supports establishing economic equity for small businesses
owned by disadvantaged individuals and promoting development
opportunities.
Type of Request: Approval of a new collection of information.
Affected Public: Generally, includes States and local governments
and railroads.
Form(s): FRA F 6180.281.
Respondent Universe: 140 grant recipients.
Frequency of Submission: Annually.
Total Estimated Annual Responses: 140.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: 49,980 hours.
Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour Dollar Cost Equivalent:
$2,289,584.
FRA informs all interested parties that it may not conduct or
sponsor, and a respondent is not required to respond to, a collection
of information that does not display a currently valid OMB control
number.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520.
Christopher S. Van Nostrand,
Deputy Chief Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2024-23921 Filed 10-16-24; 8:45 am]
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