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annually. Additionally, SSOAs are
required to maintain training records for
their designated personnel for a fiveyear period. This request for renewal of
an existing information collection does
not reflect any changes as a result of the
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. In the
event that FTA updates PTSCTP
requirements, FTA will seek comment
from stakeholders through the
publication of a separate Federal
Register Notice outside of the
Paperwork Reduction Act process.
Respondents: State Safety Oversight
Agencies and Rail Transit Agencies.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 91 respondents (31 SSOAs
that conduct audits and examinations of
public transportation systems and 60
public RTAs with designated personnel
who are directly responsible for safety
oversight of their systems).
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses: 1,020 responses.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
5,118 hours.
Frequency: Annually.
Nadine Pembleton,
Director, Office of Management Planning.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
[FTA Docket No. FTA 2022–0006]

Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review
AGENCY:

Federal Transit Administration,

DOT.
ACTION:

Notice of request for comments.

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to
request the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) to approve the extension
of a currently approved information
collection: Fixed Guideway Capital
Investment Grants (CIG) Program
Section 5309.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
before May 2, 2022.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that your
comments are not entered more than
once into the docket, submit comments
identified by the docket number by only
one of the following methods:
1. Website: www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting
comments on the U.S. Government
electronic docket site. (Note: The U.S.
Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s)
electronic docket is no longer accepting

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electronic comments.) All electronic
submissions must be made to the U.S.
Government electronic docket site at
www.regulations.gov. Commenters
should follow the directions below for
mailed and hand-delivered comments.
2. Fax: 202–366–7951.
3. Mail: U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Docket Operations, M–30,
West Building, Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001.
4. Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Docket Operations, M–30,
West Building, Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001
between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except federal
holidays.
Instructions: You must include the
agency name and docket number for this
notice at the beginning of your
comments. Submit two copies of your
comments if you submit them by mail.
For confirmation that FTA has received
your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Note that
all comments received, including any
personal information, will be posted
and will be available to internet users,
without change, to www.regulations.gov.
You may review DOT’s complete
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal
Register published April 11, 2000, (65
FR 19477), or you may visit
www.regulations.gov. Docket: For access
to the docket to read background
documents and comments received, go
to www.regulations.gov at any time.
Background documents and comments
received may also be viewed at the U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Docket
Operations, M–30, West Building,
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001 between
9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Eddy (202) 366–5499 or email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested
parties are invited to send comments
regarding any aspect of this information
collection, including: (1) The necessity
and utility of the information collection
for the proper performance of the
functions of the FTA; (2) the accuracy
of the estimated burden; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the collected information; and (4)
ways to minimize the collection burden
without reducing the quality of the
collected information. Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and/or included in the

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request for OMB approval of this
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Title: Fixed Guideway Capital
Investment Grants (CIG) Program
Section 5309 (OMB Number: 2132–
0561)
Background: The Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) administers the
discretionary Capital Investment Grants
(CIG) grant program under 49 U.S.C.
Section 5309 that provides funding for
major transit capital investments
including rapid rail, light rail,
commuter rail, bus rapid transit, and
ferries. Three types of eligible projects
are outlined in law: Smaller scaled
corridor-based transit capital projects
known as ‘‘Small Starts’’; new fixed
guideway transit systems and
extensions to existing fixed guideway
systems known as ‘‘New Starts’’; and
projects to improve capacity in existing
fixed guideway corridors or will be in
five years, known as ‘‘Core Capacity’’.
The CIG program has a longstanding
requirement that FTA evaluate proposed
projects against a prescribed set of
statutory criteria at specific points
during the projects’ development
including when they seek to enter a
subsequent phase of the process or a
construction grant agreement. In
addition, FTA must report on its
evaluations and ratings annually to
Congress.
The current Federal Public
Transportation Law, 49 U.S.C. 5309, has
not changed the statutorily defined
project justification and local financial
commitment criteria that are the subject
of this information collection. In
addition, the statutorily required
approval steps for projects seeking CIG
funds have not changed. The current
request for renewal of this information
collection does not reflect any changes
as a result of the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law (BIL). FTA will seek
comment from stakeholders through the
publication of a separate Federal
Register Notice outside of the PRA
process. In general, the information
used by FTA for CIG project evaluation
and rating should arise as a part of the
normal project planning process.
Respondents: State and local
government agencies, including transit
agencies.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 155 respondents.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
68,840 hours.
Frequency: Annually.
Nadine Pembleton,
Director, Office of Management Planning.
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