Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 171 / Friday, September 3, 2010 / Notices 54215 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2010–0212] 

Agency Request for Approval of a 

Previously Approved Information 

Collection(s): Uniform Administrative 

Requirements for Grants and 

Cooperative Agreements to State and 

Local Governments and for Grants and 

Cooperative Agreements With 

Institutions of Higher Education, 

Hospitals, and Other Nonprofit 

Organizations 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Transportation (DOT) invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) approval to renew a previously 

approved information collection. This 

information collection involves the use 

of various forms necessary because of 

management and oversight 

responsibilities of the agency imposed 

by OMB Circular 2 CFR 215 (A–110) 

(Uniform Administrative Requirements 

for Grants and Agreements with 

Institutions of Higher Education, 

Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit 

Organizations) and OMB Circular A–102 

(Uniform Administrative Requirements 

for Grants and Cooperative Agreements 

to State and Local Governments). These 

forms include Application for Federal 

Assistance (SF–424), Federal Financial 

Report (SF–425), Request for Advance 

or Reimbursement (SF–270), and Outlay 

Report and Request for Reimbursement 

for Construction Programs (SF–271). 

The Department has terminated 

Financial Status Report (SF–269 and 

SF–269A) and Federal Cash 

Transactions Report (SF–272 and SF– 

272A). The information contained in 

these forms is now consolidated into 

SF–425, which was approved by OMB 

for Federal-wide use on October 1, 2008 

and recently revised on June 28, 2010. 

We are required to publish this notice 

in the Federal Register in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, Public Law 104–13. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted November 2, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Docket No. DOT–OST– 

2010–0212 through one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket 

Management Facility, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., West Building, Room 

W12–140, Washington, DC 20590, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except on Federal 

holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Shields, Associate Director of the 

Financial Assistance Management 

Division, M–65, Office of the Senior 

Procurement Executive, Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, 

(202) 366–4268. Refer to OMB Control 

Number 2105–0520. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 2105–0520. 

Title: Uniform Administrative 

Requirements For Grants and 

Cooperative Agreements to State and 

Local Governments and For Grants and 

Cooperative Agreements with 

Institutions of Higher Education, 

Hospitals, and Other Nonprofit 

Organizations. 

Form Numbers: SF–424, SF–425, SF– 

270, and SF–271. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

previously approved collection. 

Abstract: This request combines two 

previously approved Information 

Collection Requests (ICR) (OMB Control 

numbers 2105–0531 and 2105–0520) 

into OMB Control Number 2105–0520. 

The Department is also requesting the 

renewal of information and collection 

requirements imposed by OMB Circular 

A–110 (Uniform Administrative 

Requirements for Grants and 

Agreements with Institutions of Higher 

Education, Hospitals, and Other NonProfit Organizations, which the 

Department of Transportation codified 

at 49 CFR 18.40, 18.41 and 19), and 

OMB Circular 102 (Uniform 

Administrative Requirements for Grants 

and Cooperative Agreements to State 

and Local Governments). OMB provides 

management and oversight of the 

circulars. OMB also provides for a 

standard figure of seventy burden hours 

per grantee annually for completion of 

required forms. This collection covers 

only those DOT programs that utilize 

the standard OMB forms SF–424, SF– 

425, SF–270, and SF–271. The 

Department requests the Discontinuance 

of SF–269, SF–269A, SF–272, and SF– 

272A as well as OMB Control Number 

2105–0531. 

The Department’s request for approval 

of the Federal Financial Report (FFR) 

(SF–425) is based on the Federal 

Register notice dated August 13, 2008, 

which states ‘‘As soon as possible after 

October 1, 2008, and no later than 

October 1, 2009, each agency must 

transition from the SF–269, SF–269A, 

SF–272, and SF–272A to the SF–425, by 

requiring recipients to use the FFR for 

all financial reports submitted after the 

date it makes the transition. In making 

the transition, an agency would 

incorporate the requirement to use the 

FFR into terms and conditions of new 

and ongoing grant and cooperative 

agreement awards, State plans, and/or 

program regulations that specify 

financial reporting requirements.’’ 

Comments on this notice were received 

and addressed in a Federal Register 

notice dated August 13, 2008 (72 FR, 

69236). These comments and responses 

can be found on the OMB Forms Web 

site at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/ 

grants/ 

grants_standard_report_forms.html. 

Respondents: Grantees. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

3,329. 

Estimated Frequency: Quarterly. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

10,814. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

756,980 hours. 

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 

Department’s performance; (b) the 

accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) 

ways for the Department to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information collection; and (d) ways 

that the burden could be minimized 

without reducing the quality of the 

collected information. All responses to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the request for OMB 

approval. All comments will also 

become a matter of public record. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 30, 

2010. 

Patricia Lawton, 

DOT Paperwork Reduction Act Clearance 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–22048 Filed 9–2–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. AB 1020 (Sub-No. 1X)] 

East Penn Railroad, LLC— 

Abandonment Exemption—in 

Montgomery County, PA 

East Penn Railroad, LLC (ESPN) filed 

a verified notice of exemption under 49 


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