[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 114 (Tuesday, June 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35972-35973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12756]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and Information Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Broadband Infrastructure Program

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on February 16, 2022 during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
(NTIA), Commerce.
    Title: Broadband Infrastructure Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0660-XXXX.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: New information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 240.
    Average Hours per Response: 33.22.
    Burden Hours: 31,892.
    Needs and Uses: With this information collection, NTIA will monitor 
grant recipients' spending and activities to ensure compliance with BIP 
requirements and program priorities. In the absence of collecting this 
information, NTIA would fail to evaluate effectively the award 
recipients' progress toward completing project activities and achieving 
core purposes of the BIP. Moreover, without these reports, NTIA would 
lack the ability to monitor effectively the award recipients' 
expenditure of funds to deter waste, fraud, and abuse of BIP funds. 
Therefore, it is necessary for NTIA to collect information using the 
Baseline Report, Semi-Annual Reports, and Annual Report.
    Affected Public: Selected covered partnerships, defined as a 
partnership between (a) a State, or one or more political subdivisions 
of a State; and (b) a provider of a fixed broadband service.
    Frequency: Semi-Annually and Annually; The Baseline Report is a 
one-time collection of information from award recipients covering 
project plans and details about key output and outcomes.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Division N, 
Title IX, Section 905, Public Law 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182 (Dec. 27, 
2020).
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or

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by using the search function and entering the title of the collection.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Department of Commerce.
[FR Doc. 2022-12756 Filed 6-13-22; 8:45 am]
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