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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 

already included in these plans when 

evaluating a project. 

f. 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. 

3. Reporting 

Post-award reporting requirements 

include the electronic submission of 

Federal Financial Reports and Milestone 

Progress Reports in FTA’s electronic 

grants management system. Recipients 

of funds made available through this 

NOFO are also required to regularly 

submit data to the National Transit 

Database. Applicant should include any 

goals, targets, and indicators referenced 

in their application in the Executive 

Summary of the TrAMS application. 

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 Low-No 

Program Manager, Amy Volz, by phone 

at 202–366–7484, or by email at 

amy.volz@dot.gov. 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/ 

funding/grants/lowno. To ensure 

applicants receive accurate information 

about eligibility or the program, 

applicants are encouraged to contact 

FTA directly, rather than through 

intermediaries or third parties, with 

questions. FTA staff may also conduct 

briefings on the FY 2021 competitive 

grants selection and award process upon 

request. 

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. Complete 

applications must be submitted through 

GRANTS.GOV by 11:59 p.m. Eastern 

time on April 12, 2021. 

For issues with GRANTS.GOV, please 

contact GRANTS.GOV by phone at 1– 

800–518–4726 or by email at support@

grants.gov. Contact information for 

FTA’s regional offices can be found on 

FTA’s website at www.fta.dot.gov. 

Matthew J. Welbes, 

Executive Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2020–0027–N–35] 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice 

announces that FRA is forwarding the 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

abstracted below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. The ICR describes 

the information collection and its 

expected burden. On December 10, 

2020, FRA published a notice providing 

a 60-day period for public comment on 

the ICR. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

22, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed ICR 

should be sent within 30 days of 

publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular ICR by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Kim Toone, Information Collection 

Clearance Officer at (202) 493–6132 or 

kim.toone@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA, 

44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, and its 

implementing regulations, 5 CFR part 

1320, require Federal agencies to issue 

two notices seeking public comment on 

information collection activities before 

OMB may approve paperwork packages. 

See 44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.8 

through 1320.12. On December 10, 

2020, FRA published a 60-day notice in 

the Federal Register soliciting comment 

on the ICR for which it is now seeking 

OMB approval. See 85 FR 79559. FRA 

received no comments in response to 

this 60-day notice. 

Before OMB decides whether to 

approve the proposed collection of 

information, it must provide 30 days for 

public comment. Federal law requires 

OMB to approve or disapprove 

paperwork packages between 30 and 60 

days after the 30-day notice is 

published. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b)–(c); 5 CFR 

1320.12(b); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983, 

Aug. 29, 1995. OMB believes the 30-day 

notice informs the regulated community 

to file relevant comments and affords 

the agency adequate time to digest 

public comments before it renders a 

decision. 60 FR 44983, Aug. 29, 1995. 

Therefore, respondents should submit 

their respective comments to OMB 

within 30 days of publication to best 

ensure having their full effect. 

Comments are invited on the 

following ICR regarding: (1) Whether the 

information collection activities are 

necessary for FRA to properly execute 

its functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of FRA’s estimates of 

the burden of the information collection 

activities, including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used to 

determine the estimates; (3) ways for 

FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information being 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of information collection 

activities on the public, including the 

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1The correct OMB control number for this 

collection is 2130–0632. The number was 

mistakenly listed incorrectly as 2130–0623 in the 

Federal Register notice published December 10, 

2020. 

2As noted in the 60-day notice, the respondent 

universe for the required reporting in 49 CFR 

273.5(c)(2) is 24 railroads. 

3As also noted in the 60-day notice, the estimates 

for the first year include one-time start up burdens 

and the annual response, burden and total cost 

equivalent estimates are expected to decrease after 

the first year of this 3-year ICR period. 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

The summary below describes the ICR 

that FRA will submit for OMB clearance 

as the PRA requires: 

Title: Metrics and Minimum 

Standards for Intercity Passenger Rail 

Service. 

OMB Control Number: 2130–0632.1

Abstract: On October 16, 2008, 

President George W. Bush signed into 

law the Passenger Rail Investment and 

Improvement Act of 2008, Public Law 

110–432, 122 Stat. 4907 (PRIIA). Section 

207 of PRIIA requires FRA and Amtrak 

jointly to develop new or improved 

metrics and minimum standards for 

measuring the performance and service 

quality of intercity passenger train 

operations, including cost recovery, ontime performance and minutes of delay, 

ridership, on-board services, stations, 

facilities, equipment, and other services 

Section 207 also calls for consultation 

with the Surface Transportation Board, 

rail carriers over whose rail lines 

Amtrak trains operate, States, Amtrak 

employees, and groups representing 

Amtrak passengers, as appropriate. 

Section 207 further provides that the 

metrics, at a minimum, must include: 

the percentage of avoidable and fully 

allocated operating costs covered by 

passenger revenues on each route; 

ridership per train mile operated; 

measures of on-time performance and 

delays incurred by intercity passenger 

trains on the rail lines of each rail 

carrier; and, for long-distance routes, 

measures of connectivity with other 

routes in all regions currently receiving 

Amtrak service and the transportation 

needs of communities and populations 

that are not well-served by other forms 

of intercity transportation. 

Section 207 also provides that the 

FRA Administrator must collect the 

necessary data and publish a quarterly 

report on the performance and service 

quality of intercity passenger train 

operations, including Amtrak’s cost 

recovery, ridership, on-time 

performance and minutes of delay, 

causes of delay, on-board services, 

stations, facilities, equipment, and other 

services. 

In connection with the Congressional 

mandate, FRA’s Metrics and Minimum 

Standards for Intercity Passenger Rail 

Service final rule (49 CFR part 273) sets 

forth a number of metrics that must be 

collected. 85 FR 72971. On November 

23, 2020, FRA published a request for 

emergency processing of a collection of 

information because FRA could not 

reasonably comply with normal 

clearance procedures to timely collect 

ridership data metrics and certified 

schedule metrics as required by 49 CFR 

273.5(b) and (c). 85 FR 74783. This ICR 

request covers all metrics set forth in the 

final rule, including those covered by 

the emergency clearance. 

Type of Request: Revision to a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Affected Public: Amtrak. 

Form(s): N/A. 

Respondent Universe: 2 1 (Amtrak). 

Frequency of Submission: Varied. 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

117. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden: 3 507 

hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden Hour 

Dollar Cost Equivalent: $66,365.00. 

Under 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5 CFR 

1320.5(b) and 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FRA 

informs all interested parties that a 

respondent is not required to respond 

to, conduct or sponsor a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

Brett A. Jortland, 

Acting Chief Counsel. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2021–0006–N–1] 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its 

implementing regulations, FRA seeks 

approval of the Information Collection 

Request (ICR) abstracted below. Before 

submitting this ICR to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

approval, FRA is soliciting public 

comment on specific aspects of the 

activities identified in the ICR. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 19, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments and 

recommendations for the proposed ICR 

to Ms. Hodan Wells, Information 

Collection Clearance Officer at email: 

hodan.wells@dot.gov or telephone: (202) 

493–0440, and Mr. John Purnell, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer 

at email: john.purnell@dot.gov or 

telephone: (202) 493–0500. Please refer 

to the assigned OMB control number in 

any correspondence submitted. FRA 

will summarize comments received in 

response to this notice in a subsequent 

notice and include them in its 

information collection submission to 

OMB for approval. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PRA, 

44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, and its 

implementing regulations, 5 CFR part 

1320, require Federal agencies to 

provide 60-days’ notice to the public to 

allow comment on information 

collection activities before seeking OMB 

approval of the activities. See 44 U.S.C. 

3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.8 through 

1320.12. Specifically, FRA invites 

interested parties to comment on the 

following ICR regarding: (1) Whether the 

information collection activities are 

necessary for FRA to properly execute 

its functions, including whether the 

activities will have practical utility; (2) 

the accuracy of FRA’s estimates of the 

burden of the information collection 

activities, including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used to 

determine the estimates; (3) ways for 

FRA to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information being 

collected; and (4) ways for FRA to 

minimize the burden of information 

collection activities on the public, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. See 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A); 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1). 

FRA believes that soliciting public 

comment may reduce the administrative 

and paperwork burdens associated with 

the collection of information that 

Federal regulations mandate. In 

summary, FRA reasons that comments 

received will advance three objectives: 

(1) Reduce reporting burdens; (2) 

organize information collection 

requirements in a ‘‘user-friendly’’ format 

to improve the use of such information; 

and (3) accurately assess the resources 

expended to retrieve and produce 

information requested. See 44 U.S.C. 

3501. 

The summary below describes the ICR 

that FRA will submit for OMB clearance 

as the PRA requires: 


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