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One respondent requested a 30-day 

extension of the comment period for the 

notice of request for emergency OMB 

approval. Respondents will have the 

opportunity to provide written 

comments to this notice. 

Respondents: FTA will require this 

information, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5334, 

from recipients and subrecipients of 

FTA funds under the Urbanized Area 

Formula Funding program (49 U.S.C. 

5307) or the Formula Grants for Rural 

Areas program (49 U.S.C. 5311) that 

operate transit systems or pass through 

funds to sub-recipients that operate 

transit systems. Recipients of FTA funds 

under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors 

and Individuals with Disabilities 

program (49 U.S.C. 5310) may provide 

this information on a voluntary basis. 

Estimated Average Total Annual 

Respondents: 2,390 respondents. 

Estimated Average Total Responses: 

28,680. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 

10,356. 

Frequency: Monthly through 

December 31, 2021, or the duration of 

the COVID–19 public health emergency, 

whichever comes first. 

Nadine Pembleton, 

Director Office of Management Planning. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2021–0075] 

Notice of Proposed Agency 

Information Collection Activities; 

Modification of Existing Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Department 

of Transportation (the Department) 

invites public comments on a request to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) to approve modifications to a 

currently approved Information 

Collection Request (ICR). The forms 

have been updated to reflect efficiencies 

in the application process adopted by 

the Department, provide clarifying 

information, and make the forms easier 

for applicants to use. The general 

process of applying for credit assistance 

is not changing; applications are still 

accepted on a rolling basis. The ICR 

continues to be necessary for the 

Department to evaluate projects and 

project sponsors for credit program 

eligibility and creditworthiness as 

required by law. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before August 23, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: All comments should 

reference Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) Docket No. DOT–OST– 

2021–0075. Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the proposed information collection 

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 Delivery: Docket Management 

Facility, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12– 

140, Washington, DC 20590. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Build America Bureau at 

BuildAmerica@dot.gov or (202) 366– 

2300. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 2105–0569. 

Title: Letter of Interest and 

Application Forms for the Railroad 

Rehabilitation and Improvement 

Financing and Transportation 

Infrastructure Financing and Innovation 

Act Credit Programs. 

Type of Review: Modification of 

existing information collections. 

Background: The RRIF credit program 

has its origins in Title V of the Railroad 

Revitalization and Regulatory Reform 

Act of 1976, 45 U.S.C. 821 et seq., which 

authorized the Federal Railroad 

Administration to provide railroads 

certain financial assistance. This Title V 

financing program was replaced by the 

RRIF program under section 7203 of the 

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 

Century of 1998, Public Law 105–178 

(1998) (TEA 21). RRIF was subsequently 

amended by: The Safe, Accountable, 

Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity 

Act: A Legacy for Users, Public Law 

109–59 (2005) (SAFETEA–LU); the Rail 

Safety Improvement Act of 2008, 

Division A of Public Law 110–432; and 

the Fixing America’s Surface 

Transportation Act (Pub. L. 114–94) 

(2015) (FAST Act). All applicants for 

RRIF credit program assistance are 

required to submit a completed 

application. 45 U.S.C. 823(a). The 

information collection activity request 

for the RRIF credit program application 

was most recently approved in 2018 

(OMB Control Number 2105–0569). See 

83 FR 23525 and 83 FR 35534. 

The Transportation Infrastructure 

Finance and Innovation Act of 1998 was 

enacted as part of TEA 21. The TIFIA 

program was subsequently amended by 

SAFETEA–LU, the Moving Ahead for 

Progress in the 21st Century Act (Pub. 

L. 112–141) (2012) (MAP–21), and the 

FAST Act. All applicants for TIFIA 

credit program assistance are required to 

submit a completed LOI and 

application. 23 U.S.C. 602(a)(1)(A). The 

existing information collection activity 

request for the TIFIA credit program 

letter of interest and application was 

most recently approved in 2018 (OMB 

Control Number 2105–0569). See 83 FR 

23525 and 83 FR 35534. 

The National Surface Transportation 

and Innovative Finance Bureau 

(referenced hereafter as the Build 

America Bureau or the Bureau), 

established by the Secretary on July 20, 

2016, in accordance with the FAST Act, 

was created to streamline and improve 

access to the Department’s Federal 

credit programs, including RRIF and 

TIFIA. The Bureau was made 

responsible for administering the 

application processes for the TIFIA and 

RRIF credit programs. To streamline and 

conform these application processes, the 

Bureau created a single LOI form and a 

single application form that can be used 

by applicants of either credit program. 

Both the LOI form and the application 

form have been updated to reflect 

efficiencies in the application process 

adopted by the Department, provide 

clarifying information, and make the 

forms easier for applicants to use. 

Because some key statutory differences 

exist between the two programs’ 

application processes and eligibility 

criteria, the forms have been 

reorganized to clearly identify where an 

item of information applies only for one 

of the programs and need not be 

answered by applicants of the other 

program. The Department seeks OMB 

approval to modify the LOI and 

application. The forms have also been 

reviewed to ensure that all information 

requested is necessary for the 

Department to properly perform its 

functions in administering its credit 

programs and updated to reflect the 

current statutory requirements. 

The LOI asks the applicant to 

describe, among other things, the project 

and its location, purpose and cost; the 

proposed financial plan, the status of 

environmental review, and certain 

information regarding satisfaction of 

other eligibility requirements under the 

applicable credit program. The 

application serves as the official request 

for credit and, therefore, requires the 

same information required of the LOI, 

plus detailed information about the 

applicant’s legal and management 

structure, its financial health, the 

revenue stream pledged to repay the 

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satisfaction of eligibility requirements. 

TIFIA and RRIF credit assistance is 

awarded based on a project’s 

satisfaction of TIFIA and RRIF (as 

applicable) eligibility requirements. The 

Department is authorized to prescribe 

the form and contents of the LOI and 

application. 45 U.S.C. 823 and 23 U.S.C. 

601(a)(6). 

Respondents: State and local 

governments, transit agencies, 

government-sponsored authorities, 

special authorities, special districts, 

ports, private railroads, and certain 

other private entities. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: Based on the number and 

type of interested stakeholders that have 

contacted the Department about the 

RRIF and TIFIA programs in fiscal years 

(FY) 2018–2021, the Department 

estimates that it will receive, on an 

annual basis, eight (8) RRIF letters of 

interest (LOIs), twelve (12) TIFIA LOIs, 

eight (8) RRIF applications, and twelve 

(12) TIFIA applications. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: The Department estimates that it 

will generally take applicants not fewer 

than twenty (20) person-hours to 

assemble a single LOI (for either credit 

program) and not fewer than one 

hundred (100) person-hours to assemble 

a single application (for either credit 

program). (Person-hour estimates 

provided for a RRIF application assume 

that the applicant will initially submit 

an LOI, reducing the number of personhours spent on the application.) Based 

on the anticipated annual total number 

of respondents, the total annual hour 

burden of this collection for RRIF LOIs 

and applications is 960 and for TIFIA 

LOIs and applications is 1,440 hours. 

Frequency of Collection: This 

information collection will occur on a 

rolling basis as interested entities seek 

RRIF or TIFIA credit assistance. 

Public Comments Invited: The 

Department invites interested 

respondents to comment on a proposed 

information collection activity 

(summarized below) with respect to: (i) 

Whether the information collection 

activities are necessary for the 

Department to properly execute its 

functions, including whether the 

activities will have practical utility; (ii) 

the accuracy of the Department’s 

estimates of the burden of the 

information collection activities, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used to 

determine the estimates; (iii) ways for 

the Department to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information 

being collected; and (iv) ways for the 

Department to minimize the burden of 

information collection activities on the 

public by automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology (e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses). See 

44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)(i)–(iv); 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)(1)(i)–(iv). The Department 

believes that soliciting public comment 

will promote its efforts to reduce the 

administrative and paperwork burdens 

associated with the collection of 

information mandated by Federal 

regulations. In summary, the 

Department reasons that comments 

received will advance three objectives: 

(i) Reduce reporting burdens; (ii) ensure 

that it organizes information collection 

requirements in a ‘‘user friendly’’ format 

to improve the use of such information; 

and (iii) accurately assess the resources 

expended to retrieve and produce 

information requested. See 44 U.S.C. 

3501. 

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 June 15, 

2021. 

Morteza Farajian, 

Executive Director, the Build America Bureau. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0262] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: Designation of 

Certifying Official(s) 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, this notice announces that the 

Veterans Benefits Administration 

(VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, 

will submit the collection of 

information abstracted below to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and comment. The 

PRA submission describes the nature of 

the information collection and its 

expected cost and burden and it 

includes the actual data collection 

instrument. 

DATES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to 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. Refer to ‘‘OMB Control 

No. 2900–0262. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maribel Aponte, Office of Enterprise 

and Integration, Data Governance 

Analytics (008), 1717 H Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20006, (202) 266–4688 

or email maribel.aponte@va.gov. Please 

refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0262’’ 

in any correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3034(a), 3241, 

3323(a), 3492, 3680, and 3684(a). 10 

U.S.C. 16136(b), and 16166(b); 38 CFR 

21.4203(a), 21.5200(d), 21.5292(e)(2), 

21.5810(a), 21.7140(a), 21.7652, and 

21.7656. 

Title: Designation of Certifying 

Official(s), VA Form 22–8794. 

OMB Control Number: 2900–0262. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: VA uses the VA Form 22– 

8794 to maintain a record of the VA 

Certifying Official responsible for 

certifying approved training for veterans 

and other eligible beneficiaries. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The Federal Register 

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on this collection 

of information was published at 86 FR 

75 on April 21, 2021, pages 20795 and 

20796. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

Households. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 1,105 

hours. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Respondent: 10 minutes. 

Frequency of Response: Annually. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

6,631. 

By direction of the Secretary. 

Dorothy Glasgow, 

VA PRA Clearance Officer, (Alternate) Office 

of Enterprise and Integration, Data 

Governance Analytics, Department of 

Veterans Affairs. 

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BILLING CODE 8320–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

[OMB Control No. 2900–0665] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review: Direct Deposit 

Enrollment/Change 

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Department of Veterans 

Affairs. 


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