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Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 171 / Friday, September 3, 2010 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Docket No. DOT–OST–2010–0212]

Agency Request for Approval of a
Previously Approved Information
Collection(s): Uniform Administrative
Requirements for Grants and
Cooperative Agreements to State and
Local Governments and for Grants and
Cooperative Agreements With
Institutions of Higher Education,
Hospitals, and Other Nonprofit
Organizations
Office of the Secretary.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Department of
Transportation (DOT) invites public
comments about our intention to request
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval to renew a previously
approved information collection. This
information collection involves the use
of various forms necessary because of
management and oversight
responsibilities of the agency imposed
by OMB Circular 2 CFR 215 (A–110)
(Uniform Administrative Requirements
for Grants and Agreements with
Institutions of Higher Education,
Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit
Organizations) and OMB Circular A–102
(Uniform Administrative Requirements
for Grants and Cooperative Agreements
to State and Local Governments). These
forms include Application for Federal
Assistance (SF–424), Federal Financial
Report (SF–425), Request for Advance
or Reimbursement (SF–270), and Outlay
Report and Request for Reimbursement
for Construction Programs (SF–271).
The Department has terminated
Financial Status Report (SF–269 and
SF–269A) and Federal Cash
Transactions Report (SF–272 and SF–
272A). The information contained in
these forms is now consolidated into
SF–425, which was approved by OMB
for Federal-wide use on October 1, 2008
and recently revised on June 28, 2010.
We are required to publish this notice
in the Federal Register in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, Public Law 104–13.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted November 2, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Docket No. DOT–OST–
2010–0212 through one of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket
Management Facility, U.S. Department

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of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., West Building, Room
W12–140, Washington, DC 20590,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except on Federal
holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Shields, Associate Director of the
Financial Assistance Management
Division, M–65, Office of the Senior
Procurement Executive, Office of the
Secretary, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590,
(202) 366–4268. Refer to OMB Control
Number 2105–0520.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2105–0520.
Title: Uniform Administrative
Requirements For Grants and
Cooperative Agreements to State and
Local Governments and For Grants and
Cooperative Agreements with
Institutions of Higher Education,
Hospitals, and Other Nonprofit
Organizations.
Form Numbers: SF–424, SF–425, SF–
270, and SF–271.
Type of Request: Revision of a
previously approved collection.
Abstract: This request combines two
previously approved Information
Collection Requests (ICR) (OMB Control
numbers 2105–0531 and 2105–0520)
into OMB Control Number 2105–0520.
The Department is also requesting the
renewal of information and collection
requirements imposed by OMB Circular
A–110 (Uniform Administrative
Requirements for Grants and
Agreements with Institutions of Higher
Education, Hospitals, and Other NonProfit Organizations, which the
Department of Transportation codified
at 49 CFR 18.40, 18.41 and 19), and
OMB Circular 102 (Uniform
Administrative Requirements for Grants
and Cooperative Agreements to State
and Local Governments). OMB provides
management and oversight of the
circulars. OMB also provides for a
standard figure of seventy burden hours
per grantee annually for completion of
required forms. This collection covers
only those DOT programs that utilize
the standard OMB forms SF–424, SF–
425, SF–270, and SF–271. The
Department requests the Discontinuance
of SF–269, SF–269A, SF–272, and SF–
272A as well as OMB Control Number
2105–0531.
The Department’s request for approval
of the Federal Financial Report (FFR)
(SF–425) is based on the Federal
Register notice dated August 13, 2008,
which states ‘‘As soon as possible after
October 1, 2008, and no later than
October 1, 2009, each agency must

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transition from the SF–269, SF–269A,
SF–272, and SF–272A to the SF–425, by
requiring recipients to use the FFR for
all financial reports submitted after the
date it makes the transition. In making
the transition, an agency would
incorporate the requirement to use the
FFR into terms and conditions of new
and ongoing grant and cooperative
agreement awards, State plans, and/or
program regulations that specify
financial reporting requirements.’’
Comments on this notice were received
and addressed in a Federal Register
notice dated August 13, 2008 (72 FR,
69236). These comments and responses
can be found on the OMB Forms Web
site at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/
grants/
grants_standard_report_forms.html.
Respondents: Grantees.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
3,329.
Estimated Frequency: Quarterly.
Estimated Number of Responses:
10,814.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
756,980 hours.
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 the
Department’s performance; (b) the
accuracy of the estimated burden; (c)
ways for the Department 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. All responses to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the request for OMB
approval. All comments will also
become a matter of public record.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 30,
2010.
Patricia Lawton,
DOT Paperwork Reduction Act Clearance
Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
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