[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 240 (Friday, December 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 86883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27610]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and Information Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Middle Mile Grant Program Reporting 
Requirements

    The Department of Commerce will submit 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, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on August 23, 2023 during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Telecommunication and Information Administration 
(NTIA), Department of Commerce.
    Title: Middle Mile Grant Program Reporting Requirements.
    OMB Control Number: 0060-0052.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Revision of a current information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 39.
    Average Hours per Response: 38.22 Hours.
    Burden Hours: 4,471.74 Estimated Total Annually.
    Needs and Uses: Modifying the Middle Mile Bi-Annual Performance 
Reports and Final Report to include questions regarding equipment 
purchases, which will enable the Commerce Department and NTIA to ensure 
recipient compliance with the Build America, Buy America Act (``BABA'') 
and facilitate NTIA's ability to collect data to comply with BABA 
reporting requirements. NTIA will also use the information collected to 
effectively administer and monitor the grant program to ensure the 
achievement of the Middle Mile Grant Program purposes and account for 
the expenditure of federal funds to deter waste, fraud, and abuse.
    Affected Public: Grant award recipients consisting of States, 
political subdivisions of a State, Tribal governments, technology 
companies, electric utilities, utility cooperatives, public utility 
districts, telecommunications companies, telecommunications 
cooperatives, nonprofit foundations, nonprofit corporations, nonprofit 
institutions, nonprofit associations, regional planning councils, 
Native entities, economic development authorities, or any partnership 
of two (2) or more of these entities.
    Frequency: Bi-annually and at the end of the Period of Performance.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Section 60401 of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act of 2021, Public Law 117-58, 135 Stat. 429 (November 15, 2021).
    This information collection request may be viewed at http://www.reginfo.gov/. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website 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 and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0060-0052.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary of 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-27610 Filed 12-14-23; 8:45 am]
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