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1Along with its request to renew the relief in this 

docket, NNR submitted a request to extend the 

relief in Docket Number FRA–2016–0110 and 

combine that relief into the FRA–2011–0009 docket. 

provisions of the Federal railroad safety 

regulations contained at 49 CFR parts 

215 (Railroad Freight Car Safety 

Standards) and 224 (Reflectorization of 

Rail Freight Rolling Stock). The relevant 

FRA Docket Number is FRA–2011– 

0009. 

Specifically, NNR requested to extend 

its special approval pursuant to 49 CFR 

215.203, Restricted cars, for a total of 13 

cars, including 2 cabooses (NN 22 and 

NN 3), 2 flat cars (NN 23 and NN 100), 

5 hopper cars (WSOR 102, WSOR 128, 

WSOR 134, WSOR 158, and WSOR 

159), and 4 boxcars (NN 1021, NN 1023, 

NN 1024, and NN1025) that are more 

than 50 years from the date of original 

construction.1 NNR also requests to 

extend its existing relief from 49 CFR 

215.303, Stenciling of restricted cars, 

and 224.101, General requirements. 

NNR seeks to continue use of the cars 

in mobile storage, occasional tourist 

photographic events, and tourist 

excursion operations. In support of its 

request, NNR states that the relief would 

enable the cars to maintain historic 

integrity and that the cars would remain 

on NNR’s track, not connected to the 

general railroad system. 

A copy of the petition, as well as any 

written communications concerning the 

petition, is available for review online at 

www.regulations.gov. 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in these proceedings by 

submitting written views, data, or 

comments. FRA does not anticipate 

scheduling a public hearing in 

connection with these proceedings since 

the facts do not appear to warrant a 

hearing. If any interested party desires 

an opportunity for oral comment and a 

public hearing, they should notify FRA, 

in writing, before the end of the 

comment period and specify the basis 

for their request. 

All communications concerning these 

proceedings should identify the 

appropriate docket number and may be 

submitted at http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Communications received by 

February 25, 2022 will be considered by 

FRA before final action is taken. 

Comments received after that date will 

be considered if practicable. 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), the U.S. Department of 

Transportation (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 

https://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. 2022–00345 Filed 1–10–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2021–0166] 

Agency Request for Emergency 

Approval of an Information Collection 

AGENCY: Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Department of Transportation (DOT) 

provides notice that it will submit an 

information collection requests (ICR) to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for emergency approval of a 

proposed information collection. Upon 

receiving the requested six-month 

emergency approval by OMB, the Office 

of the Secretary (OST) will follow the 

normal PRA procedures to obtain 

extended approval for this proposed 

information collection. This collection 

involves applicants to submit a proposal 

for discretionary grant funding, under 

the ‘‘National Infrastructure Project 

Assistance Program, established by the 

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 

of 2021, November 15, 2021, ‘‘Bipartisan 

Infrastructure Law’’, or ‘‘BIL’’. OST is 

requesting emergency approval due to 

the urgency of making the associated 

funds available to applicants that meet 

the eligibility requirements under the 

law. The continued viability of these 

funds is critical in supporting the 

transportation infrastructure needs 

across the United States. The statutory 

requirements of the BIL also establish a 

strict 90-day timeframe from the date of 

enactment to publish a Notice of 

Funding Opportunity. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

as soon as possible upon publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and questions 

should be directed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs 

(OIRA), Attn: OST OMB Desk Officer, 

725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 

20503. Comments and questions about 

the ICR identified below may be 

transmitted electronically to OIRA at 

oira_submissions@omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Information related to this ICR, 

including applicable supporting 

documentation may be obtained by 

contacting John Augustine, Office of 

Infrastructure Finance and Innovation 

in the office of the Under Secretary for 

Transportation Policy (OST–P–40), 

W84–306, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, 

(202) 366–5437. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 35; as amended) and 5 

CFR part 1320 require each Federal 

agency to obtain OMB approval to 

initiate an information collection 

activity. DOT is seeking OMB approval 

for the following DOT information 

collection activity: 

OMB Control Number: 2105–XXXX. 

Title: National Infrastructure Project 

Assistance Program. 

Form Numbers: New Collection. 

Type of Review: Emergency 

information collection request. 

Expected Number of Respondents: 

100. 

Frequency: One-time application, to 

be followed by grant agreement 

execution, reimbursement of funds, and 

project closeout. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 100 (application submission, 

grant agreement execution, project 

management, and project evaluation/ 

reporting). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

10,000. 

Abstract: On November 15, 2021 the 

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 

of 2021 (Pub. L. 117–58) ‘‘Bipartisan 

Infrastructure Law (BIL)’’ was enacted. 

Section 6701 established the National 

Infrastructure Project Assistance 

Program, to provide capital investments 

in surface transportation infrastructure 

that will have a significant local or 

regional impact. 

Application Stage 

In order to be considered to receive a 

grant, a project sponsor must submit an 

application to OST containing a project 

narrative, as detailed in the Notice of 

Funding Opportunity. The project 

narrative should include the 

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Department to determine that the 

project satisfies eligibility requirements 

as warranted by law. 

The Department will receive 

applications and reports electronically 

via email and via websites from grant 

awardees upon approval from OMB. In 

order to minimize the burden on 

applicants, OMB approved standard 

forms are being used to collect 

information where possible. Such 

standard forms include the Application 

for Federal Assistance (SF–424), 

available online at https://

apply07.grants.gov/apply/forms/ 

sample/SF424_2_1-V2.1.pdf, and the 

post-award Federal Financial Reports 

form (SF–425), available online at 

https://apply07.grants.gov/apply/forms/ 

sample/SF425_2_0-V2.0.pdf. 

All information submitted as part of 

or in support of any application shall 

use publicly available data or data that 

can be made public. If the application 

includes information the applicant 

considers to be a trade secret or 

confidential commercial or financial 

information, the applicant should do the 

following: (1) Note on the front cover 

that the submission ‘‘Contains 

Confidential Business Information 

(CBI)’’; (2) mark each affected page 

‘‘CBI’’; and (3) highlight or otherwise 

denote the CBI portions. DOT protects 

such information from disclosure to the 

extent allowed under applicable law. In 

the event DOT receives a Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA) request for the 

information, DOT will follow the 

procedures described in its FOIA 

regulations at 49 CFR 7.17. Only 

information that is ultimately 

determined to be confidential under that 

procedure will be exempt from 

disclosure under FOIA. This grant 

program is voluntary. No stakeholder is 

required to participate. However, 

participating stakeholders will be 

expected to provide the following 

information. 

The Department will collect the 

following information: 

• Legal name of the applicant (i.e., 

the legal name of the business entity), as 

well as any other identities under which 

the applicant may be doing business. 

• Address, telephone, and email 

contact information for the applicant. 

• Name and title of the authorized 

representative of the applicant (who 

will attest to the required certifications). 

• DOT may also require the identity 

of external parties involved in 

preparation of the application, who may 

be assisting the applicant that is 

applying for assistance under this 

program. 

• The specific statutory criteria that 

the applicant meets for eligibility under 

this program. 

Æ The statute defines eligible 

applicants to include States, the District 

of Columbia; the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico; the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands; the United 

States Virgin Islands; American Samoa; 

and, any other territory or possession of 

the United States; a unit of local 

government; a metropolitan planning 

organization; a unit of local government; 

a political subdivision of a State; a 

special purpose district or public 

authority with a transportation function, 

including a port authority; a Tribal 

government or a consortium of Tribal 

governments; a partnership between 

Amtrak and 1 or more entities described 

above; and a group of entities described 

above. 

Æ The statute defines eligible projects 

to include: 

(A) A highway or bridge project 

carried out on: (i) The National 

Multimodal Freight Network established 

under section 70103; (ii) the National 

Highway Freight Network established 

under section 167 of title 23; or (iii) the 

National Highway System (as defined in 

section 101(a) of title 23); 

(B) a freight intermodal (including 

public ports) or freight rail project that 

provides a public benefit; 

(C) a railway-highway grade 

separation or elimination project; 

(D) an intercity passenger rail project; 

(E) a public transportation project that 

is: (i) Eligible for assistance under 

chapter 53; and (ii) part of a project 

described in any of subparagraphs (A) 

through (D); or 

(F) a grouping, combination, or 

program of interrelated, connected, or 

dependent projects of any of the projects 

described in subparagraphs (A) through 

(E); and the eligible project costs of 

which are: (A) Reasonably anticipated to 

equal or exceed $500,000,000; or (B) for 

any project funded by the set-aside 

under subsection (m)(2): (i) More than 

$100,000,000; but (ii) less than 

$500,000,000. 

• The specific statutory criteria for 

the applicant’s location: 

Æ Whether the applicant is located in 

an urban or rural area, as defined by the 

statute and outlined in the Notice of 

Funding Opportunity. This information 

and supporting documentation will be 

required to ensure geographical 

diversity, and a balance between rural 

and urban communities. 

Æ Whether the applicant is located in 

an area of persistent poverty and/or a 

historically disadvantaged community. 

• A narrative description of how the 

project aligns with the program criteria. 

• Criteria include the extent to which 

the project: Supports achieving a state of 

good repair; the level of benefits the 

project is expected to generate; the 

benefits as compared to the costs; the 

number of persons or volume of freight 

supported by the project; national and 

regional economic benefits; as well as 

additional considerations, including: 

Contributions to geographical diversity 

the including a balance between the 

needs of urban/rural areas; whether 

multiple states would benefit from a 

project; whether, and the degree to 

which, a project uses: Construction 

materials/approaches that have: 

Demonstrated GHG reductions, and a 

reduced the need for maintenance of 

other projects; technologies that will 

allow for future connectivity and 

automation; whether a project benefits: 

A historically disadvantaged 

community or population or an area or 

persistent poverty; whether a project 

benefits users of multiple modes, 

including: Pedestrians, bicyclists, and 

users of non-vehicular rail and public 

transportation, including intercity and 

commuter rail; whether a project 

improves connectivity between modes 

of transportation moving persons or 

goods nationally or regionally. 

• A detailed project budget, including 

the grant request amount, other Federal 

funds, and non-Federal contributions. 

DOT requires this information to 

calculate the cost share requirements 

outlined in statute. Applicants will be 

required to provide supporting 

documentation in sufficient detail to 

describe the project cost breakdown. 

• A plan for the collection and 

analysis of data to identify: The impacts 

of the project; and the accuracy of any 

forecast prepared during the 

development phase of the project and 

included in the grant application. 

• Other identification numbers, such 

as their Data Universal Numbering 

System (DUNS) number, Unique Entity 

Identifier under 2 CFR part 25, etc. All 

applicants will be required to have preregistered with the System for Award 

Management (SAM) at https://sam.gov/ 

SAM/. 

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1The AML Act was enacted as Division F, 

§§ 6001–6511, of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry 

National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 

2021, Public Law 116–283, 134 Stat 3388 (2021). 

2Section 358 of the USA PATRIOT Act added 

language expanding the scope of the BSA to 

intelligence or counter-intelligence activities to 

protect against international terrorism. Section 6101 

of the AML Act added language further expanding 

the scope of the BSA but did not amend these 

longstanding purposes. 

3Treasury Order 180–01 (re-affirmed Jan. 14, 

2020). 

4 31 U.S.C. 5314(a). 

5 31 U.S.C. 5312(b)(2). 

The grant agreement is an agreement 

between DOT and the recipient. In the 

grant agreement, the recipient must 

describe the project that DOT agreed to 

fund, which is typically the project that 

was described in the application or a 

reduced-scope version of that project. 

The grant agreement must also include 

a detailed breakdown of the project 

schedule and a budget listing all major 

activities that will be completed as part 

of the project. 

Project Management Stage 

The reporting requirements under this 

stage are necessary to ensure the proper 

and timely expenditure of federal funds 

within the scope of the approved 

project. The requirements comply with 

the Common Grant Rule, and are also 

included in sections of the grant 

agreement. During the project 

management stage, the grantee will 

complete Quarterly Progress and 

Monitoring Reports to ensure that the 

project budget and schedule will be 

maintained to the maximum extent 

possible, that the project will be 

completed with the highest degree of 

quality, and that compliance with 

Federal regulations will be met. The 

substantive requirements of the report 

include: The project’s overall status; 

project significant activities and issues; 

action items/outstanding issues; project 

scope overview; project schedule; 

project cost; an SF–425 Federal 

Financial Report; and certifications. 

This reporting requirement will greatly 

reduce the need for on-site visits by 

staff. 

Project Evaluation Stage 

The reporting requirement under this 

stage is necessary to assess the longterm impact of the project by comparing 

the baseline data provided in the data 

collection plan as required in the 

application to project data collected 

during the five (5) years after project 

completion. This electronic spreadsheet 

report is collected once, at least five (5) 

years after project completion from 

grantees to help measure the 

effectiveness of the grants as a program. 

Information provided will allow the 

Government to analyze project 

performance. 

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, Office of Infrastructure Finance and 

Innovation, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–00334 Filed 1–10–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Renewal; 

Comment Request; Renewal Without 

Change of Reports of Transactions 

With Foreign Financial Agencies 

AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement 

Network (FinCEN), Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, FinCEN invites comments on 

the proposed renewal, without change, 

of a currently approved information 

collection found in existing Bank 

Secrecy Act regulations. Specifically, 

the regulations authorize the Secretary 

of the Treasury, as appropriate, to 

promulgate regulations requiring 

specified financial institutions to file 

reports with the Financial Crimes 

Enforcement Network of certain 

transactions with designated foreign 

financial agencies. Although no changes 

are proposed to the information 

collection itself, this request for 

comments covers a future expansion of 

the scope of the annual hourly burden 

and cost estimate associated with these 

regulations. This request for comments 

is made pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments are welcome, 

and must be received on or before 

March 14, 2022 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal E-rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Refer to Docket Number FINCEN–2022– 

0001 and the specific Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) control 

number 1506–0055. 

• Mail: Policy Division, Financial 

Crimes Enforcement Network, P.O. Box 

39, Vienna, VA 22183. Refer to Docket 

Number FINCEN–2022–0001 and OMB 

control number 1506–0055. 

Please submit comments by one 

method only. Comments will generally 

become a matter of public record. For 

this reason, please do not include in 

your comments information of a 

confidential nature, such as sensitive 

personal information or proprietary 

information. A comment about the 

burden posed to a financial institution 

by a regulation requiring the reporting 

of certain transactions with designated 

foreign financial agencies, but that does 

not describe the regulation or the 

reporting requirement in detail will not 

be considered to contain confidential 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

FinCEN Regulatory Support Section at 

1–800–767–2825 or electronically at 

frc@fincen.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Statutory and Regulatory Provisions 

The legislative framework generally 

referred to as the Bank Secrecy Act 

(BSA) consists of the Currency and 

Financial Transactions Reporting Act of 

1970, as amended by the Uniting and 

Strengthening America by Providing 

Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept 

and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 

(USA PATRIOT Act), Public Law 107– 

56 (October 26, 2001), and other 

legislation, including most recently the 

Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 

(AML Act).1 The BSA is codified at 12 

U.S.C. 1829b, 12 U.S.C. 1951–1960, 31 

U.S.C. 5311–5314 and 5316–5336, and 

includes notes thereto, with 

implementing regulations at 31 CFR 

Chapter X. 

The BSA authorizes the Secretary of 

the Treasury, inter alia, to require 

financial institutions to keep records 

and file reports that are determined to 

have a high degree of usefulness in 

criminal, tax, and regulatory matters, or 

in the conduct of intelligence or 

counter-intelligence activities to protect 

against international terrorism, and to 

implement AML programs and 

compliance procedures.2 Regulations 

implementing the BSA appear at 31 CFR 

Chapter X. The authority of the 

Secretary to administer the BSA has 

been delegated to the Director of 

FinCEN.3

The Secretary is authorized to require 

any ‘‘resident or citizen of the United 

States or a person in, and doing 

business in, the United States, to . . . 

keep records and file reports, when the 

resident, citizen, or person makes a 

transaction or maintains a relation for 

any person with a foreign financial 

agency.’’ 4 The term ‘‘foreign financial 

agency’’ 5 (FFA) means any person 


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