Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 177 / Thursday, September 16, 2021 / Notices 51727 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

2,500. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 15 

min. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 625. 

The following paragraph applies to all 

of the collections of information covered 

by this notice: 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Books or records relating to a collection 

of information must be retained as long 

as their contents may become material 

in the administration of any internal 

revenue law. Generally, tax returns and 

tax return information are confidential, 

as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the collection of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Approved: August 26, 2021. 

Chakinna B. Clemons, 

Supervisory Tax Analyst. 

[FR Doc. 2021–20022 Filed 9–15–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Coronavirus State 

and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds 

Program 

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. 

Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other federal agencies to comment on 

the proposed information collections 

listed below, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before November 15, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding 

the burden estimate, or any other aspect 

of the information collection, including 

suggestions for reducing the burden, by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal E-rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Refer to Docket Number TREAS–DO– 

2021–0015 and the specific Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) control 

numbers 1505–0271. 

• Mail: Treasury PRA Clearance 

Officer, 1750 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Suite 8100, Washington, DC 20220. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions related to these programs, 

please contact Katherine Richards by 

emailing SLFRP@treasury.gov, or calling 

(844) 529–9527. Additionally, you can 

view the information collection requests 

at www.reginfo.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Coronavirus State and Local 

Fiscal Recovery Funds. 

OMB Control Number: 1505–0271. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Description: Sections 602 and 603 of 

the Social Security Act (the ‘‘Act’’), as 

added by section 9901 of the American 

Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Public Law 

117–2 (Mar. 11, 2021) authorized the 

Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund 

(‘‘CSFRF’’) and Coronavirus Local Fiscal 

Recovery Fund (‘‘CLFRF’’) respectively 

(referred to as the ‘‘Coronavirus State 

and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds’’ or 

‘‘SLFRF’’). The Coronavirus State and 

Local Fiscal Recovery Funds provide 

$350 billion in total funding for the 

Department of the Treasury 

(‘‘Treasury’’) to make payments to States 

(defined to include the District of 

Columbia), U.S. Territories (defined to 

include Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, 

Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and 

American Samoa), Tribes, Metropolitan 

cities, Counties, Consolidated 

Governments, and (through States) Nonentitlement units of local government 

(collectively the ‘‘eligible entities’’) to 

(1) respond to the COVID–19 public 

health emergency or its negative 

economic impacts, including providing 

assistance to households, small 

business, nonprofits, and impacted 

industries, such as tourism, travel, and 

hospitality; (2) respond to workers 

performing essential work during the 

COVID–19 pandemic by providing 

premium pay to eligible workers of the 

State, U.S. Territory, Tribal government, 

Metropolitan city, County, or Nonentitlement units of local government 

who are performing essential work or by 

providing grants to eligible employers 

that have eligible workers; (3) provide of 

government services, to the extent 

COVID–19 caused a reduction of 

revenues collected in the most recent 

full fiscal year of the State, U.S. 

Territory, Tribal government, 

Metropolitan city, County, or Nonentitlement units of local government; 

or (4) make necessary investments in 

water, sewer, or broadband 

infrastructure. 

Forms: Award and Payment Forms 

and associated forms; Annual Recovery 

Performance Plan and Distribution 

Templates and reporting requirements. 

Affected Public: State, Territorial, 

Tribal, and certain Local Governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

44,000. 

Frequency of Response: Once, 

Monthly, Quarterly. 

Estimated Total Number of Annual 

Responses: 44,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 15 

minutes to 1 hour for award and 

payment forms, 5 hours to 100 hours for 

performance plan, distribution 

templates and reporting requirements. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 220,000. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of technology; and (e) estimates of 

capital or start-up costs and costs of 

operation, maintenance, and purchase 

of services required to provide 

information. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Dated: September 10, 2021. 

Molly Stasko, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19963 Filed 9–15–21; 8:45 am] 

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