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Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 3 / Wednesday, January 5, 2022 / Notices
Issued in Washington, DC.
Timothy R. Adams,
Acting Executive Director, Office of
Rulemaking, Federal Aviation
Administration.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Docket No. DOT–OST–2021–0038]

Request for Comments on a Previously
Approved Information Collection:
Information Associated With the
Aviation Manufacturing Jobs
Protection (AMJP) Program
Department of Transportation.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below is being forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comments. A Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting comments on the
following information collection was
published on September 21, 2021. No
comments were received.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before February 4, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding
the burden estimate, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to
the Office of Management and Budget,
Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of
the Secretary of Transportation, 725
17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503.
Comments are invited on: Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; the accuracy of
the Department’s estimate of the burden
of the proposed information collection;
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information related to this ICR,
including applicable supporting
documentation may be obtained by
contacting Alexus Jenkins-Reid in the
Office of the Secretary of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, via
telephone at (202) 366–5112, or via
email at [email protected].

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Title: Information Associated with the
Aviation Manufacturing Jobs Protection
(AMJP) Program.
Form Numbers: New collection,
Forms AMJP–1A.2.2, AMJP–1A.2.3,
AMJP–1A.2.4, AMJP–1A.6.4, AMJP–
1A.6.5, AMJP–1A.6.6, AMJP–1A6.7
(available at https://
www.transportation.gov/amjp/
resources-recipients).
OMB Control Number: 2106–0048.
Type of Request: Renewal and update
of Information Collection previously
approved.
Abstract: The Department of
Transportation (DOT) hereby asks the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval to renew and revise an
information collection that was
approved under an emergency clearance
approval by OMB through November 30,
2021.
On March 11, 2021, the ‘‘American
Rescue Plan Act of 2021’’ (ARPA),
Public Law (P.L.) 117–2, was enacted.
Sections 7201 and 7202 established the
‘‘Aviation Manufacturing Jobs
Protection’’ (AMJP) program. The stated
purpose of the program is ‘‘to provide
public contributions to supplement
compensation of an eligible employee
group’’ (which is defined in the statute),
by entering into agreements with
qualifying business entities to pay up to
half of the payroll costs for that group
of employees for up to six months, in
return for several commitments,
including a commitment that the
company will not involuntarily furlough
or lay off employees within that group.
Individual employees (including
contract employees) are not eligible to
apply for assistance under this program.
Application for assistance under the
AMJP was voluntary. No business was
required to apply. To be eligible,
however, businesses were required to
meet all the requirements set forth in
the law. Therefore, DOT was required to
collect certain information from
applicants to determine eligibility. DOT
must also verify the accuracy of specific
payment requests from approved
applicants, in accordance with other
laws and regulations governing Federal
financial assistance programs, including
(but not limited to) the Antideficiency
Act, the Federal Funding Accountability
and Transparency Act (FFATA), the
Payment Integrity Information Act of
2019, and applicable provisions in 2
CFR part 200, among others.
The ARPA required DOT to reduce
funding on a pro rata basis if eligible
requests exceeded available funds.
Therefore, DOT originally planned to
conduct a single-round, expedited
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eligible requests before beginning the
award process. Accordingly, DOT
developed a process and system to
enable businesses to apply for financial
assistance under the AMJP. DOT used
an online, web-based system to collect
the information outlined in the notice at
86 FR 19695. OMB provided emergency
approval on May 26, 2021, with
information collection control number
2106–0048.
DOT subsequently announced the
beginning of the application process on
June 14, 2021, via notice at 86 FR 31573.
DOT posted the application instructions
online at https://
www.transportation.gov/AMJP/apply.
The application process was open for
four weeks, from June 14, 2021 through
July 13, 2021. DOT subsequently
reopened the application process for
another four-week period ending
September 1, 2021. On November 8,
2021, DOT made the decision to reopen
the application process for one final
period ending December 13, 2021.
DOT has publicly announced more
than 470 offers of financial assistance
under the AMJP, totaling more than
$666 million, resulting from the first
two application processes. As of the
signature date of this notice, DOT has
awarded 446 financial assistance
agreements, totaling approximately $597
million. DOT is renewing and updating
this information collection. DOT will
continue to require eligible recipients to
attest that they continue to meet all the
original eligibility requirements as
previously outlined, as well as the
following information:
• A sworn certification as to the
complete and accurate nature of all
information provided, including all
supporting documentation, subject to
civil or criminal penalties. The specific
certification language is in the forms
referenced above and section 4.8 of the
General Terms And Conditions Under
The Aviation Manufacturing Jobs
Protection Program.1
• After DOT determines eligibility
and enters into an agreement with the
applicant (referred to hereafter as ‘‘the
recipient’’), DOT will also require the
recipient to provide the actual aggregate
total cost of compensation for the
Eligible Employee Group during the
period of the agreement with DOT, in
order for DOT to review and approve
actual disbursements pursuant to the
agreement. Recipients will be required
to provide supporting documentation in
sufficient detail to substantiate the
1 See https://www.transportation.gov/amjp/
resources-recipients for text of a sample AMJP
agreement, including the General Terms and
Conditions.

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actual costs, specifically excluding any
Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
for any individual employees.
Recipients will also be required to
provide additional supporting
information and certifications in
support of disbursement requests. See
Forms AMJP–1A–6.4, AMJP–1A–6.6,
and AMJP–1A–6.7.
• DOT may also ask recipient
businesses to submit voluntary reports
regarding demographic data associated
with the workforce that is and is not
included in the Eligible Employee
Group. This would be voluntary on the
part of the employer and based solely on
voluntary data self-reported by
employees, disaggregated from any
Personally Identifiable Information in
order to avoid any potential privacy
concerns. If a statistically valid sample
can be developed, then it may be
possible to extrapolate for reporting and
program evaluation purposes. Such
information may be used to support
program evaluation.
• DOT may also ask recipient
businesses to identify how they first
learned about the AMJP program. Such
information may be useful in
implementation of future financial
assistance programs.
DOT has updated the following
estimated public burden figures based
on the actual number of applications
received as well as observations during
the application review process. In order
to help reduce the burden on recipients
(and particularly on small businesses),
DOT decided to make an initial
disbursement shortly after award of
each agreement. The initial
disbursement is up to 50 percent of the
award amount. This provides the
recipient businesses with an immediate
cash infusion, while also reducing the
total number of disbursements and the
cumulative paperwork required. DOT
announced this decision in the
application package published on June
15, 2021.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
600 eligible business entities in the
aviation manufacturing, maintenance,
repair, and overhaul services based in
the United States.
Estimated Number of Responses: See
‘‘Annual Estimated Total Burden
Hours,’’ below.
Frequency of Collection: One-time
application (already completed), to be
followed by disbursement requests and
final closeout reports (including
supporting payroll documentation and
reporting requirements).
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: Total burden, 16,800 hours (28
hours per respondent including 4 hours
for each of 2 disbursement requests; 14

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hours for required forms; 2 hours for
voluntary demographic data; and 4
hours for closeout documentation).2
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 December
12, 2021.
Brian Elliott Black,
Program Director, Aviation Manufacturing
Jobs Protection (AMJP) Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Information Collection
Renewal; Comment Request; Covered
Savings Associations
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency, Treasury (OCC).
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
AGENCY:

The Office of the Comptroller
of the Currency (OCC) as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on an information collection
renewal as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. An agency may
not conduct or sponsor, and a
respondent is not required to respond
to, an information collection unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. The OCC is soliciting comment
concerning the renewal of its
information collection titled ‘‘Covered
Savings Associations.’’
DATES: Comments must be received by
March 7, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Commenters are encouraged
to submit comments by email, if
possible. You may submit comments by
any of the following methods:
• Email: [email protected].
• Mail: Chief Counsel’s Office,
Attention: Comment Processing, Office
of the Comptroller of the Currency,
Attention: 1557–0341, 400 7th Street
SUMMARY:

2 DOT published these figures in the 60-day
notice on September 21, 2021. As of that date, DOT
believed that the application process had been
concluded, and therefore no longer included figures
associated with the AMJP application process
(which DOT did include in the original request for
emergency approval published on April 14, 2021).
DOT subsequently reopened the application process
for a third and final round, with an application
deadline of December 13, 2021. If another 150
applicants apply, then this would represent an
additional burden of 2,400 hours at an estimated
cost of $89,740.50.

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SW, Suite 3E–218, Washington, DC
20219.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: 400 7th
Street SW, Suite 3E–218, Washington,
DC 20219.
• Fax: (571) 465–4326.
Instructions: You must include
‘‘OCC’’ as the agency name and ‘‘1557–
0341’’ in your comment. In general, the
OCC will publish comments on
www.reginfo.gov without change,
including any business or personal
information provided, such as name and
address information, email addresses, or
phone numbers. Comments received,
including attachments and other
supporting materials, are part of the
public record and subject to public
disclosure. Do not include any
information in your comment or
supporting materials that you consider
confidential or inappropriate for public
disclosure.
You may review comments and other
related materials that pertain to this
information collection beginning on the
date of publication of the second notice
for this collection by the method set
forth in the next bullet. Following the
close of this notice’s 60-day comment
period, the OCC will publish a second
notice with a 30-day comment period.
• Viewing Comments Electronically:
Go to www.reginfo.gov. Hover over the
‘‘Information Collection Review’’ tab.
Underneath the ‘‘Currently under
Review’’ section heading, from the dropdown menu select ‘‘Department of
Treasury’’ and then click ‘‘submit.’’ This
information collection can be located by
searching by OMB control number
‘‘1557–0341’’ or ‘‘Covered Savings
Associations.’’ Upon finding the
appropriate information collection, click
on the related ‘‘ICR Reference Number.’’
On the next screen, select ‘‘View
Supporting Statement and Other
Documents’’ and then click on the link
to any comment listed at the bottom of
the screen.
• For assistance in navigating
www.reginfo.gov, please contact the
Regulatory Information Service Center
at (202) 482–7340.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shaquita Merritt, OCC Clearance
Officer, (202) 649–5490, Chief Counsel’s
Office, Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency, 400 7th Street SW,
Washington, DC 20219.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal
agencies must obtain approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for each collection of
information that they conduct or
sponsor. ‘‘Collection of information’’ is
defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR

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