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1 Given the ongoing nature of the coronavirus 

disease 2019 (COVID–19) pandemic, FRA considers 

the FRA Administrator’s March 13, 2020, 

emergency declaration in docket number FRA– 

2020–0002 to be in effect until it is specifically 

rescinded by the Administrator. See https://

www.regulations.gov/document?D=FRA-2020-0002- 

0002. However, any new requests for relief related 

to COVID–19 should be submitted to the 2022 ERD 

(FRA–2022–0001). 

driving, for presentation to a duly 

authorized Federal, State, or local 

enforcement official. The exemption 

will be rescinded if: (1) The person fails 

to comply with the terms and 

conditions of the exemption; (2) the 

exemption has resulted in a lower level 

of safety than was maintained before it 

was granted; or (3) continuation of the 

exemption would not be consistent with 

the goals and objectives of 49 U.S.C. 

31136(e) and 31315(b). 

VI. Preemption 

During the period the exemption is in 

effect, no State shall enforce any law or 

regulation that conflicts with this 

exemption with respect to a person 

operating under the exemption. 

VI. Conclusion 

Based upon its evaluation of the 91 

exemption applications, FMCSA renews 

the exemptions of the aforementioned 

drivers from the vision requirement in 

§ 391.41(b)(10), subject to the 

requirements cited above. In accordance 

with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315(b), 

each exemption will be valid for 2 years 

unless revoked earlier by FMCSA. 

Larry W. Minor, 

Associate Administrator for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2022–00148 Filed 1–7–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2022–0001] 

Establishment of an Emergency Relief 

Docket for Calendar Year 2022 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of establishment of 

public docket. 

SUMMARY: This Notice announces the 

establishment of FRA’s emergency relief 

docket (ERD) for calendar year 2022. 

The designated ERD for calendar year 

2022 is docket number FRA–2022–0001. 

ADDRESSES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section for further 

information regarding submitting 

petitions and/or comments to docket 

number FRA–2022–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 

19, 2009, FRA published a direct final 

rule establishing ERDs and the 

procedures for handling petitions for 

emergency waivers of safety rules, 

regulations, or standards during an 

emergency situation or event. 74 FR 

23329. That direct final rule became 

effective on July 20, 2009 and made 

minor modifications to 49 CFR 211.45 

in FRA’s Rules of Practice in 49 CFR 

part 211. Section 211.45(b) provides that 

each calendar year FRA will establish 

an ERD in the publicly accessible DOT 

docket system (available at 

www.regulations.gov). Section 211.45(b) 

further provides that FRA will publish 

a notice in the Federal Register 

identifying by docket number the ERD 

for that year. FRA established the ERD 

and emergency waiver procedures to 

provide an expedited process for FRA to 

address the needs of the public and the 

railroad industry during emergency 

situations or events. This Notice 

announces the designated ERD for 

calendar year 2022 is docket number 

FRA–2022–0001. 

As detailed in § 211.45, if the FRA 

Administrator determines an emergency 

event as defined in 49 CFR 211.45(a) has 

occurred, or that an imminent threat of 

such an emergency occurring exists, and 

public safety would benefit from 

providing the railroad industry with 

operational relief, the emergency waiver 

procedures of 49 CFR 211.45 will go 

into effect.1 In such an event, the FRA 

Administrator will issue a statement in 

the ERD indicating the emergency 

waiver procedures are in effect and FRA 

will make every effort to post the 

statement on its website at 

railroads.dot.gov. Any party desiring 

relief from FRA regulatory requirements 

as a result of the emergency should 

submit a petition for emergency waiver 

under 49 CFR 211.45(e) and (f). Specific 

instructions for filing petitions for 

emergency waivers under 49 CFR 

211.45 are found at 49 CFR 211.45(f). 

Specific instructions for filing 

comments in response to petitions for 

emergency waivers are at 49 CFR 

211.45(h). 

Privacy 

Anyone can search the electronic 

form of any written communications 

and comments received into any of our 

dockets by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or signing the 

document, if submitted on behalf of an 

association, business, labor union, etc.). 

Under 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits 

comments from the public to better 

inform its processes. DOT posts these 

comments, without edit, including any 

personal information the commenter 

provides, to www.regulations.gov, as 

described in the system of records 

notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can 

be reviewed at www.transportation.gov/ 

privacy. See also https://

www.regulations.gov/privacy-notice for 

the privacy notice of regulations.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

John Karl Alexy, 

Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety, 

Chief Safety Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–00166 Filed 1–7–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2021–0167] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Renewed Approval of 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), 

DOT. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Transportation (DOT) invites public 

comments on our intention to request 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) approval for an information 

collection in accordance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. The collection is 

necessary for administration of the 

‘‘Discretionary Grants for Nationally 

Significant Multimodal Freight and 

Highway Projects (INFRA) Program’’. 

INFRA grants support surface 

transportation infrastructure projects 

that have a significant local or regional 

impact. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by March 11, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: To ensure that you do not 

duplicate your docket submissions, 

please submit them by only one of the 

following means: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Ave. SE, West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W–12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Ave. SE, between 9 a.m. and 

5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The telephone number 

is 202–366–9329. 


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Instructions: To ensure proper 

docketing of your comment, please 

include the agency name and docket 

number [DOT–OST–2021–0167] at the 

beginning of your comments. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information regarding this 

notice, please contact the Office of the 

Secretary via email at INFRAgrants@

dot.gov, or call Paul Baumer at (202) 

366–1092. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: New 

Collection. OMB number will be issued 

after the collection is approved. 

Title: Discretionary Grants for 

Nationally Significant Multimodal 

Freight and Highway Projects (INFRA) 

Program. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Type of Review: New Information 

Collection Request (ICR). 

Background: The Office of the 

Secretary (OST) within the Department 

of Transportation (DOT) provides 

financial assistance to State and local 

Governments, including U.S. territories, 

tribal Governments, transit agencies, 

port authorities, metropolitan planning 

organizations (MPOs), and other 

political subdivisions of State or local 

Governments through the Nationally 

Significant Freight and Highway 

Projects Program, which was established 

in the Fixing American’s Surface 

Transportation Act of 2015 (‘‘FAST 

ACT’’), Public Law 114–94 § 1105, and 

continued in the Infrastructure 

Investment and Jobs Act of 2021. The 

Office of the Secretary of Transportation 

(‘‘OST’’) is referring to these grants as 

‘‘FASTLANE’’ or ‘‘INFRA’’ 

Discretionary Grants, depending on the 

year of award. The purpose of each 

program is to advance projects that will 

have a significant impact on the Nation, 

metropolitan area or a region. 

This notice seeks comments on the 

proposed information collection, which 

will collect information necessary to 

support the ongoing oversight and 

administration of previous awards, the 

evaluation and selection of new 

applications, and the funding agreement 

negotiation stage for new awards. 

The reporting requirements for the 

program is as follows: 

To be considered to receive a INFRA 

grant, a project sponsor must submit an 

application to DOT containing a project 

narrative, as detailed in the Notice of 

Funding Opportunity. The project 

narrative should include the 

information necessary for the 

Department to determine that the 

project satisfies eligibility requirements 

as warranted by law. 

Following the announcement of a 

funding award, the recipient and DOT 

will negotiate and sign a funding 

agreement. In the agreement, the 

recipient must describe the project that 

DOT agreed to fund, which is the 

project that was described in the INFRA 

application or a reduced-scope version 

of that project. The agreement also 

includes a project schedule, budget, and 

project-related climate change and 

equity planning and policies. 

During the project monitoring stage, 

grantees will submit reports on the 

financial condition of the project and 

the project’s progress. Grantees will 

submit progress and monitoring reports 

to the Government on a quarterly basis 

until completion of the project. The 

progress reports will include an SF–425, 

Federal Financial Report, and other 

information determined by the 

administering DOT Operating 

Administration. This information will 

be used to monitor grantees’ use of 

Federal funds, ensuring accountability 

and financial transparency in the INFRA 

program. 

For the purposes of estimating the 

information collection burden below for 

new applicants and awardees, the 

Department is assuming that for each 

year 2022–2024, the Department will 

review approximately 250 applications 

in Year 1, negotiate 35 funding 

agreements in Year 2, and begin 

quarterly project monitoring for 35 

projects in Year 3. For a new applicant 

in 2022, their burden will be 100 hours 

in 2022, 6 hours in 2023, and 20 hours 

in 2024. See Table 1 below: 

TABLE 1 

Respondent 

Year 1 (2022) Year 2 (2023) Year 3 (2024) 

Total 

Hours Frequency Hours Frequency Hours Frequency 

2022 Applicant (250) ................................ 100 1 .................... .................... .................... .................... 25,000 

2022 Awardee (35) .................................. .................... .................... ¥6 1 .................... .................... 210 

2022 Recipient (35) ................................. .................... .................... .................... .................... 5 4 700 

2023 Applicant (250) ................................ .................... .................... 100 1 .................... .................... 25,000 

2023 Awardee (35) .................................. .................... .................... .................... .................... 6 1 210 

2023 Recipient (35).

2024 Applicant (250) ................................ .................... .................... .................... .................... 100 1 25,000 

2024 Awardee (35).

2024 Recipient (35).

This Notice is separately estimating 

the information collection burden for 

projects awarded from 2016–2021. 

Approximately 60 of these projects are 

in the project monitoring phase in Year 

1, while 40 projects are still negotiating 

funding agreements. In Year 2, 

approximately 30 of these projects will 

begin project monitoring, while 

approximately 20 projects will cease 

reporting once their projects are 

completed. In Year 3, 10 projects will 

begin project monitoring while 20 

projects will cease reporting. The 

individual burden for a project awarded 

from 2016–2021 will depend on when 

they were selected, when they 

completed negotiation of their funding 

agreement, and when their project 

reaches completion. See Table 2 below: 

Respondent 

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 

Total 

Number Hrs Freq Number Hrs Freq Number Hrs Freq 

2016–2021 Awardee ..................................................... 40 4 1 10 4 1 0 4 1 200 

2016–2021 Recipient .................................................... 60 5 4 70 5 4 60 5 4 3800 


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Respondent 

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 

Total 

Number Hrs Freq Number Hrs Freq Number Hrs Freq 

2016–2021 Project Closed ............................................ 0 0 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 ..............

The Department’s estimated burden 

for this information collection is the 

following: 

For New Applications 

Expected Number of Respondents: 

Approximately 250 per year. 

Frequency: Once. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 100 hours for each new 

Application. 

For Funding Agreements 

Expected Number of Respondents: 

Approximately 35 in Year 1, 2 and 3. 

Frequency: Once. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 6 hours for each new Funding 

Agreement. 

For Project Monitoring 

Expected Number of Respondents: 

Approximately 60 in Year 1, 70 in Year 

2, 80 in Year 3. 

Frequency: Quarterly. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 5 hours for each request for 

Quarterly Progress and Monitoring 

Report. 

Estimated Total 3-Year Burden on 

Respondents: 79,700 hours. (New 

Applicants [75,000 hrs], New Awardees/ 

Recipients [700 hrs] + Prior Awardees/ 

Recipients [4000 hrs]). 

The following is detailed information 

and instructions regarding the specific 

reporting requirements for each report 

identified above: 

Application Stage 

To be considered to receive a INFRA 

grant, a project sponsor must submit an 

application to DOT containing a project 

narrative, as detailed in the Notice of 

Funding Opportunity. The project 

narrative should include the 

information necessary for the 

Department to determine that the 

project satisfies eligibility requirements. 

Applications must be submitted 

through www.Grants.gov. Instructions 

for submitting applications can be found 

at https://www.transportation.gov/ 

buildamerica/infragrants. The 

application must include the Standard 

Form 424 (Application for Federal 

Assistance), Standard Form 424C 

(Budget Information for Construction 

Programs), cover page, and the Project 

Narrative. 

The application should include a 

table of contents, maps, and graphics, as 

appropriate, to make the information 

easier to review. The Department 

recommends that the application be 

prepared with standard formatting 

preferences (i.e., a single-spaced 

document, using a standard 12-point 

font such as Times New Roman, with 1- 

inch margins). The project narrative 

may not exceed 25 pages in length, 

excluding cover pages and table of 

contents. The only substantive portions 

that may exceed the 25-page limit are 

documents supporting assertions or 

conclusions made in the 25-page project 

narrative. If possible, website links to 

supporting documentation should be 

provided rather than copies of these 

supporting materials. If supporting 

documents are submitted, applicants 

should clearly identify within the 

project narrative the relevant portion of 

the project narrative that each 

supporting document supports. At the 

applicant’s discretion, relevant 

materials provided previously to a 

modal administration in support of a 

different USDOT financial assistance 

program may be referenced and 

described as unchanged. 

OST estimates that it takes 

approximately 100 person-hours to 

compile an application package for a 

INFRA application. Since OST expects 

to receive 250 applications per funding 

round, the total hours required are 

estimated to be 25,000 hours (100 hours 

× 250 applications = 25,000 hours) on a 

one-time basis, per funding round. 

Funding Agreement Stage 

DOT enters a funding agreement with 

each recipient. In the agreement, the 

recipient describes the project that DOT 

agreed to fund, which is typically the 

project that was described in the INFRA 

application or a reduced-scope version 

of that project. The agreement also 

includes a project schedule, budget, and 

project related climate change and 

equity planning and policies. 

OST estimates that it takes 

approximately 6 person-hours to 

respond to provide the information 

necessary for funding agreements. Based 

on previous rounds of INFRA awards, 

OST estimates that there will likely be 

35 agreements negotiated per additional 

funding round. The total hours required 

are estimated to be 120 (6 hours × 35 

agreements = 210 hours) on a one-time 

basis, per funding round. 

Project Monitoring Stage 

OST requires each recipient to submit 

quarterly reports during the project to 

ensure the proper and timely 

expenditure of Federal funds under the 

grant. 

The requirements comply with 2 CFR 

part 200 and are restated in the funding 

agreement. During the project 

monitoring stage, the grantee will 

complete Quarterly Progress Reports to 

allow DOT to monitor the project budget 

and schedule. 

OST estimates that it takes 

approximately 5 person-hours to 

develop and submit a quarterly progress 

report. OST expects approximately 35 

projects to be awarded per funding 

round, while grants awarded in prior 

years will reach completion during the 

year and would no longer need to 

submit these reports. OST expects 

recipients and awardees from 2016– 

2021 will require 3800 hours to submit 

project monitoring reports while new 

recipients and awardees will require 

700 hours from 2022–2024. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

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

amended; and 49 CFR 1:48. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

John Augustine, 

Director of the Office of Infrastructure 

Finance and Innovation, Office of the Under 

Secretary for Transportation Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2022–00135 Filed 1–7–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Extension of Information 

Collection Request Submitted for 

Public Comment; Comment Request 

for Form 8882 

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 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. Currently, the IRS is 


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