32506 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 104 / Tuesday, May 31, 2022 / Notices 

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

Spencer W. Clark, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11609 Filed 5–27–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; RESTORE Act 

Grants 

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, 

Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

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 

revisions to an existing information 

collection, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. The Office of the 

Fiscal Assistant Secretary, within the 

Department of the Treasury, is soliciting 

comments concerning the application, 

reports, and recordkeeping for the Direct 

Component and the Centers of 

Excellence Research Grants Programs 

under the Resources and Ecosystems 

Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, 

and Revived Economies of the Gulf 

Coast States Act of 2012 (RESTORE 

Act). The information collections 

contained in this final rule are being 

added to the information collection for 

RESTORE Act grants, including 

Treasury’s final rule titled Regulation 

Regarding Nondiscrimination on the 

Basis of Race, Color, or National Origin 

in Programs or Activities Receiving 

Federal Financial Assistance from the 

Department of the Treasury, which 

implements Title VI of the Civil Rights 

Act of 1964. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before August 1, 2022 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding 

the burden estimate, or any other aspect 

of the information collection, including 

suggestions for reducing the burden, by 

electronic mail to restoreact@

treasury.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Bridget CottiRausch at 202–923–0467 in the Office of 

Gulf Coast Restoration, by electronic 

mail to restoreact@treasury.gov, or 

viewing the entire information 

collection request at https://

home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/ 

financial-markets-financial-institutionsand-fiscal-service/restore-act. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Application, Reports, and 

Recordkeeping for the Direct 

Component and the Centers of 

Excellence Research Grants Program 

under the RESTORE Act. 

OMB Control Number: 1505–0250. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Description: The Department of the 

Treasury administers the Direct 

Component and the Centers of 

Excellence Research Grants Program 

authorized under the RESTORE Act. 

Treasury awards grants for these two 

programs from proceeds in connection 

with administrative and civil penalties 

paid after July 6, 2012, under the 

Federal Water Pollution Control Act 

relating to the Deepwater Horizon Oil 

Spill, and deposited into the Gulf Coast 

Restoration Trust Fund. Direct 

Component grants are awarded to the 

States of Alabama, Louisiana, 

Mississippi, and Texas, and 23 Florida 

counties and 20 Louisiana parishes. 

Centers of Excellence grants are 

awarded to the States of Alabama, 

Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and 

Texas. The information collection for 

both programs identifies the eligible 

recipients; describes proposed activities; 

determines an appropriate amount of 

funding; ensures compliance with the 

RESTORE Act, Treasury’s regulations, 

and Federal laws and policies on grants; 

tracks grantee progress; and reports on 

the effectiveness of the programs. 

Treasury’s transition of both 

RESTORE Act programs to a new online 

grants management system will provide 

the benefit of conversion to more 

interactive forms, like web-based forms 

or editable PDFs. The collection has 

been updated to provide for this 

transition. Non-substantive changes for 

conversion to digital materials include 

the addition of fields for uploading 

optional or required supporting 

documentation and some general 

reformatting to improve the applicant’s 

experience. Treasury has also made 

several substantive changes to the 

content of the collection, including: (1) 

A consolidation of application questions 

across forms to reduce requests for 

duplicative information; (2) updates to 

the RESTORE Act Environmental 

Compliance Form to provide applicants 

with the option to provide additional 

details regarding their determination of 

the applicability of federal, state, tribal, 

and local environmental laws to reduce 

the overall Treasury application review 

and processing time; and 3) the 

inclusion of the optional RESTORE Act 

Permission to Commence with 

Construction Checklist to aid the 

applicant in preparing a complete and 

compliant request for permission to 

commence with construction. 

The revised application, reporting 

forms, and supplemental information 

may be obtained on Treasury’s 

RESTORE Act website at https://

home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/ 

financial-markets-financial-institutionsand-fiscal-service/restore-act. 

Form: None. 

Affected Public: State and Local 

Governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

52. 

Frequency of Response: On Occasion. 

Estimated Total Number of Annual 

Responses: 550. 

Estimated Time per Response: 10.9 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 5,979. 

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. 

Spencer W. Clark, 

Treasury PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11611 Filed 5–27–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4810–25–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Multiple 

Departmental Offices Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. 

Department of the Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury will submit the following 


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