Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 12 / Thursday, January 19, 2012 / Notices 2773 

11 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

1The DOT OAs are: Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation (OST), Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration (FMCSA), Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA), Maritime Administration 

(MARAD), National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration (NHTSA), Office of Inspector 

General (OIG), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration (PHMSA), Research and 

Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), 

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation 

(SLSDC) and Surface Transportation Board (STB). 

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rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the 

submission, all subsequent 

amendments, all written statements 

with respect to the proposed rule 

change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for Web site viewing and 

printing in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20549, on official 

business days between the hours of 10 

a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of such filing 

also will be available for inspection and 

copying at the principal office of the C2. 

All comments received will be posted 

without change; the Commission does 

not edit personal identifying 

information from submissions. You 

should submit only information that 

you wish to make available publicly. All 

submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–C2–2012–002 and should 

be submitted on or before February 9, 

2012. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Market Regulation, pursuant to delegated 

authority.11

Kevin M. O’Neill, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–897 Filed 1–18–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2011–0129] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Notice of New Requirements 

and Procedures for Grant Payment 

Request Submission 

AGENCY: Department of Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Notice with request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Transportation (DOT), Office of the 

Secretary (OST) will be submitting the 

following information collection request 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and clearance in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. The information 

collection was previously published in 

the Federal Register on November 10, 

2011, allowing for a 60-day public 

comment period. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before February 21, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Direct comments to the 

Department of Transportation Desk 

Officer in the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs at the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). You 

may submit comments by the following 

methods: 

• Email: 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. You 

must include the information collection 

title and OMB control number in the 

subject line of your message. 

• Fax: (202) 395–5806. Attn: Desk 

Officer for Department of 

Transportation\OST. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

may obtain copies of the proposed 

information collection and supporting 

documents from U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Office of Financial 

Management, B–30, room W93–431, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590–0001, (202) 366– 

1306, DOTElectronicInvoicing@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Notice of Requirements and 

Procedures for Grant Payment Request 

Submission. 

Type of Request: New information 

collection. 

Background: This notice sets forth 

requirements and procedures for 

grantees that receive payments from 

DOT OAs,1 with the exception of DOT 

grant recipients requesting payment 

electronically through the National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s 

Grant Tracking System (GTS), the 

Federal Highway Administration’s 

Rapid Approval State Payment System 

(RASPS), or Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA) grant recipients 

requesting payment through the 

Electronic Clearing House Operation 

System (ECHO–Web). 

The Proposed Procedures Provide That 

• Grantees will now be required to 

have electronic Internet access to 

register in the Delphi eInvoicing system. 

• Grantees will be required to submit 

payment requests electronically and 

DOT OAs must process payment 

requests electronically. 

• The identities of system users must 

be verified prior to receiving access to 

the Delphi eInvoicing system. Users 

must complete a user request form and 

provide the following information: Full 

name, work address, work phone 

number, work email address, home 

address and home phone number. Once 

completed, this form must be presented 

to a Notary Public for verification. Once 

notarized, the prospective grantee user 

will return the form to receive their 

login credentials. 

• DOT Office of Financial 

Management officials may allow 

exceptions to the requirement that 

grantees register and submit payment 

requests through the Delphi eInvoicing 

system under limited circumstances. 

Recipients may apply for an exemption 

by submitting an electronic Waiver 

Request Form to the DOT Office of 

Financial Management. The exceptions 

will be considered on a case by case 

basis via Waiver Request Form. 

Affected Public: DOT Grant 

Recipients. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

11,000. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

11,000. 

Annual Estimated Total Annual 

Burden Hours: 22,000 (est. 2 hours to 

complete process × 11,000 recipients). 

Frequency of Collection: One time. 

Comments: 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. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 12, 

2012. 

Patricia Lawton, 

Paperwork Reduction Act Clearance Officer, 

Department of Transportation. 

[FR Doc. 2012–944 Filed 1–18–12; 8:45 am] 

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