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considered charter service, the recipient 

or sub-recipient shall follow the 

procedures set out in this notice. 

The contents of this document do not 

have the force and effect of law and are 

not meant to bind the public in any 

way. This document is intended only to 

provide clarity to the public regarding 

existing requirements under the law or 

agency policies. Recipients and subrecipients should refer to FTA’s 

regulations, including 49 CFR part 601, 

for requirements for submitting a 

request for emergency relief. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

K. Jane Williams, 

Deputy Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2020–29252 Filed 1–5–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Form 15227 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice; supplement. 

SUMMARY: The IRS published a 

document in the Federal Register on 

September 8, 2020, concerning requests 

for comments on Form 15227. This form 

does not require an Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) control 

number, further public comments are 

not being solicited. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Martha R. Brinson, 

at (202) 317–5753, or at Internal 

Revenue Service, Room 6526, 1111 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20224, or through the internet at 

Martha.R.Brinson@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The IRS 

published a document at 85 FR 55579 

in the Federal Register of September 8, 

2020, concerning requests for comments 

on Form 15227. Under 5 CFR 

1320.3(h)(1), the form does not require 

an OMB control number, further public 

comments are not being solicited. 

Approved: December 16, 2020. 

Chakinna B. Clemons, 

Supervisory Tax Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28145 Filed 1–5–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Internal 

Revenue Service Request for the 

Annual Return/Report of Employee 

Benefit Plan 

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, 

Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury will submit the following 

information collection requests to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and clearance in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, on or after the 

date of publication of this notice. The 

public is invited to submit comments on 

these requests. 

DATES: Comments should be received on 

or before February 5, 2021 to be assured 

of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the submissions may be 

obtained from Molly Stasko by emailing 

PRA@treasury.gov, calling (202) 622– 

8922, or viewing the entire information 

collection request at www.reginfo.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 

Title: Annual Return/Report of 

Employee Benefit Plan. 

OMB Control Number: 1545–1610. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Description: The Annual Return/ 

Report of Employee Benefit Plan is an 

annual information return filed by 

employee benefit plans. The IRS uses 

this information for a variety of matters, 

including ascertainment whether a 

qualified retirement plan appears to 

conform to requirements under the 

Internal Revenue Code or whether the 

plan should be audited for compliance. 

Form 5500–EZ (OMB Number: 1545– 

0956) is an annual return filed by a one 

participant (owners/partners and their 

spouses) retirement plan or a foreign 

plan to satisfy certain annual reporting 

and filing requirements imposed by the 

Internal Revenue Code (Code). The IRS 

uses this data to determine if the plan 

appears to be operating properly as 

required under the Code or whether the 

plan should be audited. The revisions to 

the collection are: not releasing Form 

5500–SUP; adding a checkbox to Form 

5500, 5500–SF, and Form 5500–EZ for 

an initial plan retroactively adopted as 

permitted by SECURE Act section 201; 

and adding checkboxes for an extension 

of time to Form 5500–EZ. 

Form: 5500 and Schedules. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit organization, Individuals and 

Households, and Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

929,000. 

Frequency of Response: Annually. 

Estimated Total Number of Annual 

Responses: 929,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 934,830 hours. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Dated: December 31, 2020. 

Molly Stasko, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2020–29304 Filed 1–5–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Joint Biomedical Laboratory Research 

and Development and Clinical Science 

Research and Development Services 

Scientific Merit Review Board, Notice 

of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. 

App.2, that a meeting of the Joint 

Biomedical Laboratory Research and 

Development and Clinical Science 

Research and Development Services 

Scientific Merit Review Board (JBL/CS 

SMRB) will be held Wednesday, January 

21, 2021, via WebEx. The meeting will 

begin at 3:00 p.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern daylight time. The meeting will 

have an open session from 3:00 p.m. 

until 3:30 p.m. and a closed session 

from 3:30 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. 

The JBL/CS provides expert review of 

the scientific quality, budget, safety and 

mission-relevance of investigatorinitiated research applications 

submitted for VA merit review 

consideration and to offer advice for 

research program officials on program 

priorities and policies. 

The purpose of the open session is to 

meet with the JBL/CS Service Directors 

to discuss the overall policies and 

process for scientific review, as well as 

disseminate information among the 

Board members regarding the VA 

research priorities. 


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