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approval. A list of certified TVMs is
posted on FTA’s web page at
www.transit.dot.gov/TVM. Recipients
should contact FTA before accepting
bids from entities not listed on this webposting.
In lieu of restricting eligibility to
certified TVMs, a recipient may, with
FTA’s approval, establish projectspecific goals for DBE participation in
the procurement of transit vehicles.
For more information on DBE
requirements, please contact Monica
McCallum, FTA Office of Civil Rights,
206–220–7519, Monica.McCallum@
dot.gov.
vi. Planning
FTA encourages applicants to notify
the appropriate State Departments of
Transportation and MPOs in areas likely
to be served by the project funds made
available under these initiatives and
programs. Selected projects must be
incorporated into the long-range plans
and transportation improvement
programs of States and metropolitan
areas before they are eligible for FTA
funding. As described under the
evaluation criteria, FTA may consider
whether a project is consistent with or
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vii. Standard Assurances
The applicant assures that it will
comply with all applicable Federal
statutes, regulations, executive orders,
directives, FTA circulars, and other
Federal administrative requirements in
carrying out any project supported by
the FTA grant. The applicant
acknowledges that it is under a
continuing obligation to comply with
the terms and conditions of the grant
agreement issued for its project with
FTA. The applicant understands that
Federal laws, regulations, policies, and
administrative practices might be
modified from time to time and may
affect the implementation of the project.
The applicant agrees that the most
recent Federal requirements will apply
to the project, unless FTA issues a
written determination otherwise. The
applicant must submit the Certifications
and Assurances before receiving a grant
if it does not have current certifications
on file.
vii. Reporting
Post-award reporting requirements
include the electronic submission of
Federal Financial Reports and Milestone
Progress Reports. Applicant should
include goals, targets, and indicators
referenced in their application to the
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beneficiaries of funds made available
through this NOFO are also required to
regularly submit data to the National
Transit Database. National Transit
Database reports include total sources of
revenue and complete expenditure
reports for all public transportation
operations, not just those funded by this
project. Applicants partnering with a
private operator should ensure that the
private operator will meet all of the
comprehensive reporting requirements
of the National Transit Database.
FTA is committed to making
evidence-based decisions guided by the
best available science and data. In
accordance with the Foundations for
Evidence-based Policymaking Act of
2018 (Evidence Act), FTA may use
information submitted in discretionary
funding applications; information in
FTA’s Transit Award Management
System (TrAMS), including grant
applications, Milestone Progress Reports
(MPRs), Federal Financial Reports
(FFRs); transit service, ridership and
operational data submitted in FTA’s
National Transit Database;
documentation and results of FTA
oversight reviews, including triennial
and state management reviews; and
other publicly available sources of data
to build evidence to support policy,
budget, operational, regulatory, and
management processes and decisions
affecting FTA’s grant programs.
As part of completing the annual
certifications and assurances required of
FTA grant recipients, a successful
applicant must report on the suspension
or debarment status of itself and its
principals. If the award recipient’s
active grants, cooperative agreements,
and procurement contracts from all
Federal awarding agencies exceeds
$10,000,000 for any period of time
during the period of performance of an
award made pursuant to this Notice, the
recipient must comply with the
Recipient Integrity and Performance
Matters reporting requirements
described in Appendix XII to 2 CFR part
200.
G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts
For further information concerning
this notice, please contact the
[email protected], or Vanessa
Williams, by phone at (202) 366–4818 or
Sarah Clements at (202) 366–3062. A
TDD is available for individuals who are
deaf or hard of hearing at 800–877–
8339. In addition, FTA will post
answers to questions and requests for
clarifications on FTA’s website at
https://www.transit.dot.gov/grants/ftaferry-programs. To ensure receipt of
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encouraged to contact FTA directly,
rather than through intermediaries or
third parties. For issues with
GRANTS.GOV, please contact
GRANTS.GOV by phone at 1–800–518–
4726 or by email at [email protected].
Contact information for FTA’s regional
offices can be found on FTA’s website
at http://www.transit.dot.gov/.
H. Other Information
This program is not subject to
Executive Order 12372,
‘‘Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs.’’ FTA will consider
applications for funding only from
eligible recipients for eligible projects
listed in Section C.
Nuria I. Fernandez,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA–2022–0017]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Request for Comment;
National Driver Register
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments on an extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 PRA),
this notice announces that the
Information Collection Request (ICR)
summarized below is being forwarded
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR
describes the nature of the information
collection and its expected burden. This
document describes a currently
approved collection of information on
NHTSA’s National Driver Register for
which NHTSA intends to seek approval
from OMB for extension. A Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting comments on the
following information collection was
published on March 28, 2022. No
comments were received.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before August 10, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection, including
SUMMARY:

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suggestions for reducing burden, should
be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget at
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
To find this particular information
collection, select ‘‘Currently under
Review—Open for Public Comment’’ or
use the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or access to
background documents, contact Miriam
Chege, NSA 200, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, Room
W55–210, Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
Miriam Chege’s telephone number is
(202) 366–2571. Please identify the
relevant collection of information by
referring to its OMB Control Number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), a Federal
agency must receive approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) before it collects certain
information from the public and a
person is not required to respond to a
collection of information by a Federal
agency unless the collection displays a
valid OMB control number. In
compliance with these requirements,
this notice announces that the following
information collection request will be
submitted to OMB.
A Federal Register notice with a 60day comment period soliciting
comments on the information collection
was published on March 28, 2022 (87
FR 17408). No comments were received.
Title: National Driver Register (NDR).
OMB Control Number: 2127–0001.
Form Number(s): This collection of
information is electronically submitted
to NHTSA. There are no standard forms.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Requested Expiration Date of
Approval: 3 years from date of approval.
Summary of the Collection of
Information: The National Driver
Register Act of 1982, Title 49 U.S.C.,
Subtitle VI, Part A, Chapter 303 (as
amended) requires the Secretary of
Transportation (NHTSA by delegation)
to maintain a National Driver Register
(NDR) to assist the State chief driver
licensing officials in the exchange of
information about the motor vehicle
driving records of individuals. The chief
driver licensing official of a
participating State must report to the
NDR identification information
regarding any individual who is denied
a motor vehicle operator’s license for
cause, whose motor vehicle operator’s
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is convicted of certain serious motor
vehicle related offenses (specified in the
Act at 49 U.S.C. 30304) or comparable
offenses. (23 U.S.C. 30304(a); 23 CFR
1327, appendix A). Participating States
are required to submit an inquiry to the
NDR on all applicants for driver’s
licenses before issuing a license to the
applicant. In addition, when requested
by other authorized users (e.g., the
Federal Aviation Administration),
participating States are required to
submit inquires to the NDR and provide
responses to the other authorized users
of the NDR for transportation safety
purposes. All 50 States and the District
of Columbia participate in the NDR.
The NDR maintains the computerized
database known as the Problem Driver
Pointer System (PDPS) which contains
information on individuals whose
privilege to operate a motor vehicle has
been revoked, suspended, canceled or
denied or who have been convicted of
serious traffic-related offenses. The
records maintained at the NDR consist
of identification information including
name, date of birth, sex, driver license
number, and reporting State which is
collected on a daily basis.
States use interactive communication
for their routine transactions with the
NDR which allows them to submit the
required information automatically at
the same time the individual’s
information is entered into the State’s
system. Specifically, when an
individual applies for a driver’s license,
an inquiry is automatically transmitted
to the NDR when the driver’s
application is entered into the State’s
system. Likewise, when a State records
license actions that have been taken
against an individual that require
reporting to the NDR, a transaction
submitting the individual’s
identification information is
automatically generated and transmitted
to the NDR.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use of the
Information: The purpose of the
information collection is to improve
traffic and transportation safety by
assisting States in keeping problem
drivers off the nation’s highways. The
NDR was established to serve as the
central repository of information on
problem drivers to promote information
sharing among States, eliminating the
need for States to contact each of the
other 50 jurisdictions, and the District of
Columbia individually. The information
collected is used by State driver
licensing agencies to identify problem
drivers prior to issuing a driver’s license
and to develop and implement driver
improvement programs. The following
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information upon inquiry to a State
driver licensing agency for
transportation safety purposes:
a. Employers of motor vehicle
operators,
b. Employers of locomotive operators,
c. Federal Aviation Administration
regarding applications for or holders of
airman’s certificates,
d. U.S. Coast Guard regarding
applicants for or holders of licenses,
certificates of registry, or merchant
mariner’s documents, and for Coast
Guard crew members,
e. National Transportation Safety
Board and Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration in connection with
accident investigations,
f. Air carriers regarding individuals
seeking employment as pilots, and
g. Individuals who have or are seeking
access to national security information
for purposes under E.O. 12968 or who
are being investigated for Federal
employment.
60-Day Notice: A Federal Register
notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the information
collection was published on March 28,
2022 (87 FR 17408). No comments were
received.
Affected Public: Participating States.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
The number of respondents is 51—all 50
States and the District of Columbia.
Frequency: On a daily basis.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 13,739 hours.
States use routine electronic
interactive communication for
transactions with the NDR, which
allows the States to submit the required
information automatically at the same
time the information is entered into the
State’s own system. Although States are
required to report and check for a
problem driver when issuing a driver’s
license, no burden hours are incurred
for these queries for this information
collection because the State’s computer
systems automatically transmit the
information that is entered as a part of
normal business practice. Therefore, the
estimated hour burden is based on the
States’ PDPS IT infrastructure
maintenance and States’ participation in
the optional Clean File process.
To estimate the annual maintenance
and infrastructure burden to report and
check for problem drivers, NDR asked a
small sample of States for information
about their annual burden. NDR
received formatted estimates from two
States which included the maintenance
and infrastructure labor hours and cost
used to send and maintain information
to PDPS. Together, the burden from
these two States was 530 hours and the
associated labor cost was $17,400. Using

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these estimates, NHTSA calculates an
average of 265 hours per State, with an
annual labor cost of $8,700. There are 51
respondents per year (the 50 States and
the District of Columbia). Therefore,
total annual burden hours for
maintenance and infrastructure is
estimated to be 13,515 hours (51
respondents × 265 hours). The total
annual maintenance and infrastructure
labor cost per year is estimated to be
$443,700 ($8,700 × 51).
To ensure that the information
contained in the NDR is accurate, States

Average
hourly labor
cost

Labor cost per
submission

Total burden
hours

Total labor
costs

Maintenance and Infrastructure ...............
Clean files ................................................

51
28

265
8

N/A
85.40

$8,700
683.20

13,515
224

$443,700
19,130

Total ..................................................

51

........................

........................

........................

13,739

462,830

Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost:
There are no annual costs.
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 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, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information collection;
and (d) ways minimize the burden of
the collection of information on
respondents, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as
amended; and 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT
Order 1351.29A.
Chou-Lin Chen,
Associate Administrator for the National
Center for Statistics and Analysis.
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Estimated
burden per
submission

Annual
submissions

Submission type

(Standard Occupational Classification
#15–1250, May 2020) of $52.86.1 The
Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that
for State and local government workers,
wages represent 61.9% of total
compensation.2 Therefore, the total
hourly cost associated with the IT
burden hours is estimated to be $85.40
($52.86 ÷ 61.9%) per hour. The total
annual burden hours to prepare and
submit clean files is 224 hours (8 × 28).
The total annual clean file labor cost per
year is estimated to be $19,130 ($85.40
× 224).

sometimes submit a ‘‘clean file’’ which
is a confirmation of all drivers of that
State who should be listed in the NDR
file. NHTSA estimates that an average of
28 clean files will be submitted
annually by States. States use SFTP to
submit this information, and NHTSA
estimates it takes an IT specialist 8
hours to prepare and run the data.
NHTSA estimates the cost for IT
personnel burden hours using the
Bureau of Labor Statistics’ mean wage
estimate for Software and Web
Developers, Programmers, and Testers

1 May 2020 National Occupational Employment
and Wage Estimates United States, Occupational
Employment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics,
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2022–0043; Notice No.
2022–06]

Hazardous Materials: Request for
Information on Electronic Hazard
Communication Alternatives
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), Department of Transportation
(DOT).
ACTION: Request for information.
AGENCY:

PHMSA seeks input on the
potential use of electronic
communication as an alternative to
current, physical documentation
requirements for hazard
communication.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
September 9, 2022. Comments received
after that date will be considered to the
extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by the Docket Number
PHMSA–2021–0043 by any of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Management System;
U.S. Department of Transportation,
West Building, Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, Routing Symbol M–30, 1200
SUMMARY:

current/oes_nat.htm#15-0000, last accessed July 23,
2021.
2 Employer Costs for Employee Compensation by
ownership (Dec. 2020), available at https://

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New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590.
• Hand Delivery: Docket Management
System; Room W12–140 on the ground
floor of the West Building, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and Docket
Number (PHMSA–2022–0043) for this
notice. To avoid duplication, please use
only one of these four methods. All
comments received will be posted
without change to the Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) and will
include any personal information you
provide.
Docket: For access to the dockets to
read background documents or
comments received, go to http://
www.regulations.gov or DOT’s Docket
Operations Office (see ADDRESSES).
Privacy Act: In accordance with 5
U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments
from the public. DOT posts these
comments, without edit, including any
personal information the commenter
provides, to http://www.regulations.gov,
as described in the system of records
notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can
be reviewed at http://www.dot.gov/
privacy.
Confidential Business Information
(CBI): CBI is commercial or financial
information that is both customarily and
actually treated as private by its owner.
Under the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt
www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.t01.htm (accessed
July 23, 2021).

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