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register in SPOT will be available from
your Grants Officer or Grants Officer
Representative during the final
negotiation and approval stages in the
federal assistance awards process.
Recipients of federal assistance awards
are advised that adherence to this policy
and procedure will be a requirement of
all final federal assistance awards issued
by ECA.
Recipient performance may require
the use of armed private security
personnel. To the extent that such
private security contractors (PSCs) are
required, grantees are required to ensure
they adhere to Chief of Mission (COM)
policies and procedures regarding the
operation, oversight, and accountability
of PSCs.
VI.2. Administrative and National
Policy Requirements: Terms and
Conditions for the Administration of
ECA agreements include the following:
Office of Management and Budget
Circular A–122, ‘‘Cost Principles for
Nonprofit Organizations.’’
Office of Management and Budget
Circular A–21, ‘‘Cost Principles for
Educational Institutions.’’
OMB Circular A–87, ‘‘Cost Principles
for State, Local and Indian
Governments’’.
OMB Circular No. A–110 (Revised),
Uniform Administrative Requirements
for Grants and Agreements with
Institutions of Higher Education,
Hospitals, and other Nonprofit
Organizations.
OMB Circular No. A–102, Uniform
Administrative Requirements for
Grants-in-Aid to State and Local
Governments.
OMB Circular No. A–133, Audits of
States, Local Government, and Nonprofit Organizations.
Please reference the following Web
sites for additional information: http://
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants;
http://fa.statebuy.state.gov.
VI.3. Reporting Requirements: You
must provide ECA with a hard copy
original plus one electronic copy of the
following reports:
(1) A final program and financial
report no more than 90 days after the
expiration of the award;
(2) A concise, one-page final program
report summarizing program outcomes
no more than 90 days after the
expiration of the award. This one-page
report will be transmitted to OMB, and
be made available to the public via
OMB’s USAspending.gov Web site—as
part of ECA’s Federal Funding
Accountability and Transparency Act
(FFATA) reporting requirements.
(3) A SF–PPR, ‘‘Performance Progress
Report’’ Cover Sheet with all program
reports.

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Award recipients will be required to
provide reports analyzing their
evaluation findings to the Bureau in
their regular program reports. (Please
refer to IV. Application and Submission
Instructions (IV.3.d.3)) above for
Program Monitoring and Evaluation
information.
All data collected, including survey
responses and contact information, must
be maintained for a minimum of three
years and provided to the Bureau upon
request.
All reports must be sent to the ECA
Grants Officer and ECA Program Officer
listed in the final assistance award
document.
VI.4. Optional Program Data
Requirements: Award recipients will be
required to maintain specific data on
program participants and activities in an
electronically accessible database format
that can be shared with the Bureau as
required. As a minimum, the data must
include the following:
(1) Name, address, contact
information and biographic sketch of all
persons who travel internationally on
funds provided by the agreement or who
benefit from the award funding but do
not travel.
(2) Itineraries of international and
domestic travel, providing dates of
travel and cities in which any exchange
experiences take place. Final schedules
for in-country and U.S. activities must
be received by the ECA Program Officer
at least three work days prior to the
official opening of the activity.
VII. Agency Contacts
For questions about this
announcement, contact: Brent Beemer,
Office of Citizen Exchanges, ECA/PE/C,
Third Floor SA–5, Third Floor, U.S.
Department of State, 2200 C Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20522–0504.
Brent Beemer: 202–632–6067,
[email protected]. All
correspondence with the Bureau
concerning this RFGP should reference
the above title and number ECA/PE/C/
EUR–SCA–10–52.
Please read the complete
announcement before sending inquiries
or submitting proposals. Once the RFGP
deadline has passed, Bureau staff may
not discuss this competition with
applicants until the proposal review
process has been completed.
VIII. Other Information
Notice
The terms and conditions published
in this RFGP are binding and may not
be modified by any Bureau
representative. Explanatory information
provided by the Bureau that contradicts

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published language will not be binding.
Issuance of the RFGP does not
constitute an award commitment on the
part of the government. The Bureau
reserves the right to reduce, revise, or
increase proposal budgets in accordance
with the needs of the program and the
availability of funds. Awards made will
be subject to periodic reporting and
evaluation requirements per section VI.3
above.
Dated: April 2, 2010.
Maura M. Pally,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational
and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA 2010–0005–N–8]

Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
AGENCY: Federal Railroad
Administration, DOT
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
its implementing regulations, the
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
hereby announces that it is seeking
approval of the following information
collection activities. Before submitting
these information collection
requirements for clearance by the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB), FRA
is soliciting public comment on specific
aspects of the activities identified
below.
DATES: Comments must be received no
later than June 7, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on any or all of the following proposed
activities by mail to either: Mr. Robert
Brogan, Office of Safety, Planning and
Evaluation Division, RRS–21, Federal
Railroad Administration, 1200 New
Jersey Ave., SE., Mail Stop 17,
Washington, DC 20590, or Ms. Kimberly
Toone, Office of Information
Technology, RAD–20, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave.,
SE., Mail Stop 35, Washington, DC
20590. Commenters requesting FRA to
acknowledge receipt of their respective
comments must include a self-addressed
stamped postcard stating, ‘‘Comments
on OMB control number 2130–New.’’
Alternatively, comments may be
transmitted via facsimile to (202) 493–
6216 or (202) 493–6497, or via e-mail to
Mr. Brogan at [email protected], or

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to Ms. Toone at
[email protected]. Please refer to
the assigned OMB control number and
the title of the information collection in
any correspondence submitted. FRA
will summarize comments received in
response to this notice in a subsequent
notice and include them in its
information collection submission to
OMB for approval.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Robert Brogan, Office of Planning and
Evaluation Division, RRS–21, Federal
Railroad Administration, 1200 New
Jersey Ave., SE., Mail Stop 17,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6292) or Ms. Kimberly Toone,
Office of Information Technology, RAD–
20, Federal Railroad Administration,
1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Mail Stop
35, Washington, DC 20590 (telephone:
(202) 493–6132). (These telephone
numbers are not toll-free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), Pub. L. 104–13, § 2, 109 Stat. 163
(1995) (codified as revised at 44 U.S.C.
3501–3520), and its implementing
regulations, 5 CFR part 1320, require
Federal agencies to provide 60-days
notice to the public for comment on
information collection activities before
seeking approval of such activities by
OMB. 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A); 5 CFR
1320.8(d)(1), 1320.10(e)(1), 1320.12(a).
Specifically, FRA invites interested
respondents to comment on the
following summary of proposed
information collection activities
regarding: (i) Whether the information
collection activities are necessary for
FRA to properly execute its functions,
including whether the activities will

have practical utility; (ii) 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; (iii) ways for
FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information being
collected; and (iv) ways for FRA to
minimize the burden of information
collection activities on the public by
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology (e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses). See 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)(I)–(iv); 5 CFR
1320.8(d)(1)(I)–(iv). FRA believes that
soliciting public comment will promote
its efforts to reduce the administrative
and paperwork burdens associated with
the collection of information mandated
by Federal regulations. In summary,
FRA reasons that comments received
will advance three objectives: (i) Reduce
reporting burdens; (ii) ensure that it
organizes information collection
requirements in a ‘‘user friendly’’ format
to improve the use of such information;
and (iii) accurately assess the resources
expended to retrieve and produce
information requested. See 44 U.S.C.
3501.
Below is a brief summary of the
proposed information collection
activities that FRA will submit for
clearance by OMB as required under the
PRA:
Title: Alleged Violation Reporting
Form.
OMB Control Number: 2130–New.
Abstract: The Alleged Violation
Reporting Form is a response to section

307(b) of the Rail Safety Improvement
Act of 2008, signed into law by
President George W. Bush on October
16, 2008, which requires Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA) to
‘‘provide a mechanism for the public to
submit written reports of potential
violations of Federal railroad safety and
hazardous materials transportation laws,
regulations, and orders to the Federal
Railroad Administration.’’ The Alleged
Violation Reporting Form allows the
general public to submit alleged
violations directly to FRA. The form’s
goal is to allow FRA to collect
information necessary to investigate the
alleged violation and to provide follow
up correspondence with the submitting
party.
The Alleged Violation Reporting Form
collects the name, phone number and email of the person submitting the
alleged violations; the preferred method
by which to contact the person; the
railroad or company name that
committed the alleged violation, the
date and time the alleged violation
occurred; the location the alleged
violation occurred; and details about the
violation. All information is voluntary.
FRA will collect the information via a
form on the FRA public Web site. FRA
may share the information collected
with FRA employees, State DOT
partners, and law enforcement agencies.
Form Number(s): FRA F 6180.151.
Affected Public: U.S. Residents.
Respondent Universe: 1,000
Individuals.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion.
Reporting Burden:

Form number

Respondent universe

Total annual responses

Average time per
response

Alleged Violation Reporting Form (Form
FRA F 6180.151).

1,000 American Residents.

400 forms ....................

10 minutes .................

Total Responses: 400.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 67
hours.
Status: Regular Review.
Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5
CFR 1320.5(b), 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), 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 unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.

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Issued in Washington, DC on April 2, 2010.
Kimberly Coronel,
Director, Office of Financial Management,
Federal Railroad Administration.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

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Union Pacific Railroad Company—
Discontinuance of Trackage Rights
Exemption—in Alameda County, CA
Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP)
has filed a verified notice of exemption
under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt
Abandonments and Discontinuances of
Service to discontinue local trackage
rights over 1.80 miles of rail line owned

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.

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