66122 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 185 / Tuesday, September 26, 2023 / Notices 

Background: The Federal Register 

notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on the following 

collection of information was published 

on February 3, 2023 (88 FR 7509). There 

were no comments. In accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

FAA invites public comments about our 

intention to request the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval to renew an information 

collection. The FAA established 

requirements for human space flight and 

space flight participants required by the 

Commercial Launch Amendment of 

2004. The information collected is used 

by the FAA to ensure human space 

flight requirements compliance by a 

licensee or permitee with crew or a 

space flight participant on board a 

licensed or permitted vehicle. 

Respondents: All commercial space 

entities that propose to conduct a 

launch or reentry with flight crew or 

space flight participants on board must 

comply with this collection. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 4 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 808 

hours. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

James A. Hatt, 

Space Policy Division Manager, Office of 

Commercial Space Transportation. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20834 Filed 9–25–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2023–0030] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments for a 

New Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) approval for an information 

collection, which is summarized below 

under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We 

are required to publish this notice in the 

Federal Register by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

November 27, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

0030 by any of the following methods: 

Website: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: Go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Janelle Hinton, (202) 366–1604/ 

janelle.hinton@dot.gov; Martha Kenley, 

(202) 604–6979/martha.kenley@dot.gov, 

Department of Transportation, Federal 

Highway Administration, Office of Civil 

Rights, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are 

from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Disadvantaged Business 

Enterprise Supportive Services (DBE/ 

SS). 

Background: The DBE/SS regulations 

(23 CFR 230.204(c)) require State DOT 

recipients to provide a detailed SOW 

outlining the proposed services and 

budget, approximated, based on the 

provided estimated funding allocation. 

State DOTs must submit a SOW that 

conforms to the purpose of the program, 

regulatory requirements, and federal 

cost principles to be eligible for funding. 

State DOTs send their proposed SOWs 

to the respective FHWA Division Office 

for review and approval, and the 

Division Offices sends the SOWs to HCR 

for concurrence and obtaining approvals 

necessary for allocating funds. While 

HCR has created guidance for State 

DOTs to follow in creating their SOWs, 

currently are submitted in paper form 

and the contents and size of the 

submissions vary. Providing State DOTs 

with a SOW template available through 

the Civil Rights Connect System will 

streamline the SOW creation, 

submission, review, and approval 

process. 

The DBE/SS regulations (23 CFR 

230.204(h)) require State DOT recipients 

to provide reports to FHWA as a 

condition of receiving federal funding. 

Although the regulations require 

reporting, there is no prescribed format 

for reporting this information to FHWA. 

Thus, FHWA receives varied reports 

that often lack the critical information 

necessary to evaluate whether the 

metrics identified in the State DOT’s 

Statements of Work have been met, and 

the number and demographic 

breakdown of DBEs that have 

participated in the program. Without 

this data provided in a manner that can 

easily be converted into national 

reports, FHWA is unable provide 

meaningful stewardship and oversight 

or to measure the effectiveness of DBE/ 

SS Programs nationally. The national 

picture created by this report will 

enable HCR to indicate notable 

implementation efforts and improve its 

deployment of technical assistance to 

FHWA divisions offices. Also, 

standardized data will improve FHWA’s 

ability to meaningfully respond to 

stakeholder inquiries, including 

Congress, regarding program 

accomplishments. Further, with 

standardized data of program results, 

FHWA can better support requests for 

additional funding. 

The information required to populate 

the DBE/SS SOW template is based on 

existing requirements found in 23 CFR 

230, Subpart C; therefore, State DOTs 

should have information to populate the 

SOW readily available. The information 

will merely be entered in an electronic 

fillable form as opposed to submitting a 

paper copy. The electronic system will 

also directly pre-populate the State’s 

Annual Accomplishment Report with 

the metrices identified in the State’s 

SOW. The information FHWA proposes 

to collect in its DBE/SS 

Accomplishment Report is based on 

existing reporting requirements found in 

23 CFR 230, Subpart B and the State 

DOT’s individual detailed statement of 

work; therefore, State DOTs should have 

this information readily available. In 

addition, the fillable format will 

streamline the State’s reporting process 

by eliminating the States’ need to 

duplicate language from the SOW into 

the Annual Report. 

While the requirements will not 

change, use of the SOW template and 

Accomplishment Report form will 

benefit State DOTs and FHWA by 

making the submissions more uniform 

in size and content, streamlining the 

submission and review process, and 

pair the performance metrics more 

easily with their accomplishments. By 

providing the SOW template along with 

this reporting format, FHWA aims to 

improve its stewardship and oversight 

of the DBE/SS Program, while ensuring 

State DOTs are effectively administering 

these discretionary grants for the benefit 

of DBEs. 

Respondents: State departments of 

transportation agencies responsible for 

submitting DBE Statement of Work for 

designing and maintaining highway 

bridges. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 185 / Tuesday, September 26, 2023 / Notices 66123 

Frequency: Every year by July 31st. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: The estimated number of 

hours for each of the 52 recipients to 

compile and submit the requested data 

is estimated to be no more than four 

employee hours annually. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: The estimated total annual 

burden for 53 recipients is 212 hours 

annually. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the FHWA’s performance; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burdens; (3) ways for the FHWA to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the collected information; and 

(4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized, including the use of 

electronic technology, without reducing 

the quality of the collected information. 

The agency will summarize and/or 

include your comments in the request 

for OMB’s clearance of this information 

collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as 

amended; and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued on: September 20, 2023. 

Jazmyne Lewis, 

Information Collection Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–20769 Filed 9–25–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–RY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Forms 1065, 1066, 1120, 

1120–C, 1120–F, 1120–H, 1120–ND, 

1120–S, 1120–SF, 1120–FSC, 1120–L, 

1120–PC, 1120–REIT, 1120–RIC, 1120– 

POL, and Related Attachments 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service, 

as part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA). The IRS is soliciting comments 

on forms used by business entity 

taxpayers. (See Appendix-A of this 

notice for a list of forms, schedules, and 

related attachments). 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before November 27, 

2023 to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Andres Garcia, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224, or 

by email to pra.comments@irs.gov. 

Include OMB Control No. 1545–0123 in 

the subject line of the message. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the form and instructions 

should be directed to Sara Covington, at 

(202)-317–5744, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224, or 

through the internet at sara.l.covington@

irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Today, 

over 90 percent of all business entity tax 

returns are prepared using software by 

the taxpayer or with preparer assistance. 

These are forms used by business 

taxpayers. These include Forms 1065, 

1066, 1120, 1120–C, 1120–F, 1120–H, 

1120–ND, 1120–S, 1120–SF, 1120–FSC, 

1120–L, 1120–PC, 1120–REIT, 1120–RIC, 

1120–POL, and related forms and 

schedules that business entity taxpayers 

attach to their tax returns (see Appendix 

A to this notice). In addition, there are 

numerous OMB numbers that report 

burden already included in this OMB 

number. In order to eliminate this 

duplicative burden reporting, multiple 

OMB numbers are being obsoleted. See 

Appendix B in this notice for the list of 

the obsoleted OMB numbers. 

Tax Compliance Burden 

Tax compliance burden is defined as 

the time and money taxpayers spend to 

comply with their tax filing 

responsibilities. Time-related activities 

include recordkeeping, tax planning, 

gathering tax materials, learning about 

the law and what you need to do, and 

completing and submitting the return. 

Out-of-pocket costs include expenses 

such as purchasing tax software, paying 

a third-party preparer, and printing and 

postage. Tax compliance burden does 

not include a taxpayer’s tax liability, 

economic inefficiencies caused by suboptimal choices related to tax 

deductions or credits, or psychological 

costs. 

Proposed PRA Submission to OMB 

Title: U.S. Business Income Tax 

Return. 

OMB Number: 1545–0123. 

Form Numbers: Forms 1065, 1066, 

1120, 1120–C, 1120–F, 1120–H, 1120– 

ND, 1120–S, 1120–SF, 1120–FSC, 1120– 

L, 1120–PC, 1120–REIT, 1120–RIC, 

1120–POL and all attachments to these 

forms (see the Appendix to this notice). 

Abstract: These forms are used by 

businesses to report their income tax 

liability. 

Current Actions: There have been 

changes in regulatory guidance related 

to various forms approved under this 

approval package during the past year. 

There have been additions and removals 

of forms included in this approval 

package. It is anticipated that these 

changes will have an impact on the 

overall burden and cost estimates 

requested for this approval package, 

however these estimates were not 

finalized at the time of release of this 

notice. These estimated figures are 

expected to be available by the release 

of the 30-day comment notice from 

Treasury. This approval package is 

being submitted for renewal purposes. 

Type of Review: Revision of currently 

approved collections. 

Affected Public: Corporations, 

Partnerships and Pass-Through Entities. 

Preliminary Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 12,736,700. 

Preliminary Total Estimated Time 

(Hours): 970,000,000. 

Preliminary Estimated Time per 

Respondent (Hours): 76.16. 

Preliminary Total Monetized Time: 

$57,735,000,000. 

Preliminary Total Estimated Out-ofPocket Costs: $60,613,000,000. 

Preliminary Total Monetized Burden: 

$114,348,000. 

Note: Total Monetized Burden = Total Outof-Pocket Costs + Total Annual Monetized 

Time. 

Note: Amounts below are estimates for 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2024. Reported time and 

cost burdens are national averages and do not 

necessarily reflect a ‘‘typical case.’’ Most 

taxpayers experience lower than average 

burden, with taxpayer burden varying 

considerably by taxpayer type. Detail may 

not add due to rounding. 

FISCAL YEAR 2023 ICB ESTIMATES FOR FORM 1120, 1120S AND 1065 SERIES OF RETURNS AND FORMS AND

SCHEDULES

FY 24 FY 23 

Number of Taxpayers ................................................................................................ 12,736,700 236,700 12,500,000 


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