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8. Cost Proposal 

• Outline the total proposed cost of 

establishing and administering the SBTRC in 

the applicant’s geographical region for a 12 

month period, inclusive of costs funded 

through alternative matching resources. 

Clearly identify the portion of the costs 

funded by OSDBU. 

• Provide a brief narrative linking the cost 

proposal to the proposed strategy. 

9. Proof of Tax Exempt Status 

10. Assurances Signature Form 

Complete the attached Standard Form 

424B ASSURANCES-NON-CONSTRUCTION 

PROGRAMS identified as Attachment 1. 

11. Certification Signature Forms 

Complete form DOTF2307–1 DRUG-FREE 

WORKPLACE ACT CERTIFICATION FOR a 

GRANTEE OTHER THAN AN INDIVIDUAL 

identified as attachment 2 and Form 

DOTF2308–1 CERTIFICATION REGARDING 

LOBBYING FOR CONTRACTS, GRANTS, 

LOANS, AND COOPERATIVE 

AGREEMENTS identified as Attachment 3. 

Signed Conflict of Interest Statements 

The statements must say that they, or 

members of their immediate families, do not 

have a personal, business or financial interest 

in any DOT-funded transportation projects, 

nor any relationships with local or state 

transportation agencies that may have the 

appearance of a conflict of interest. 

12. Standard Form 424 

Complete Standard Form 424 Application 

for Federal Assistance identified as 

Attachment 4. 

PLEASE BE SURE THAT ALL FORMS 

HAVE BEEN SIGNED BY AN AUTHORIZED 

OFFICIAL WHO CAN LEGALLY 

REPRESENT THE ORGANIZATION. 

Issued in Washington, DC, January 20, 

2016. 

Brandon Neal, 

Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged 

Business Utilization, Office of the Secretary, 

U.S. Department of Transportation. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02368 Filed 2–5–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2015–0221 (Formerly 

Docket Number DOT–OST–2012–0080)] 

Agency Requests for Renewal of a 

Previously Approved Information 

Collection: Small Business 

Transportation Resource Center 

(SBTRC) Regional Field Offices Intake 

Form (DOT F 4500) 

AGENCY: Office of Small and 

Disadvantaged Business Utilization 

(OSDBU), Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation (OST), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The OSDBU invites the public 

to comment about our intention to 

request the Office of Management and 

Budget’s (OMB) approval to renew an 

information collection. The collection 

involves the use of the SBTRC Regional 

Field Offices Intake Form (DOT F 4500). 

On November 12, 2015, OSDBU 

published a 60-day notice in the Federal 

Register (Vol. 80, No. 218) (Formerly 

Docket Number DOT–OST–2012–0080), 

informing the public of OSDBU’s 

intention to extend an approved 

information collection. The collection 

involves the use of the Regional Field 

Offices Intake Form (DOT F 4500), 

which documents the type of assistance 

provided to each small business that is 

enrolled in the program database. The 

information will be used to ascertain 

whether the program is providing 

services to its constituency, the small 

business community, and is done so in 

a fair and equitable manner. The 

information collected is necessary to 

determine whether small businesses are 

participating in DOT funded and DOT 

assisted opportunities. 

We are required to publish this notice 

in the Federal Register by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by: March 9, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Your comments should be 

identified by Docket No. DOT–OST– 

2015–0221 and may be submitted 

through one of the following methods: 

• Office of Management and Budget, 

Attention: Desk Officer for U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. 

• Email: oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov. 

• Fax: (202) 395–5806. Attention: 

DOT/OST Desk Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Harris, Office of Small and 

Disadvantaged Business Utilization, 

Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Room W56–444, 

Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366–2253 

or michelle.harris@dot.gov (email). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Office of Small and 

Disadvantaged Business Utilization 

(OSDBU). 

Affected Public: Representatives of 

OSDBU’s SBTRC Regional Field Offices 

and the Small Business community on 

a national basis. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

Currently Approved Collection of 

Information. 

Abstract: In accordance with Public 

Law 95–507, an amendment to the 

Small Business Act and the Small 

Business Investment Act of 1953, 

OSDBU is responsible for the 

implementation and execution of DOT 

activities on behalf of small businesses, 

in accordance with Sections 8, 15 and 

31 of the Small Business Act (SBA), as 

amended. The Office of Small and 

Disadvantaged Business Utilization also 

administers the provisions of Title 49, of 

the United States Code, Section 332, the 

Minority Resource Center (MRC) which 

includes the duties of advocacy, 

outreach, and financial services on 

behalf of small and disadvantaged 

businesses and those certified under 

CFR 49 parts 23 and or 26 as 

Disadvantaged Business Enterprises 

(DBE). 

SBTRC’s Regional Field Offices will 

collect information on small businesses, 

which includes Disadvantaged Business 

Enterprise (DBE), Women-Owned Small 

Business (WOB), Small Disadvantaged 

Business (SDB), 8(a), Service Disabled 

Veteran Owned Business (SDVOB), 

Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), 

HubZone, and types of services they 

seek from the Regional Field Offices. 

Services and responsibilities of the 

Field Offices include business analysis, 

general management and technical 

assistance and training, business 

counseling, outreach services/

conference participation, short-term 

loan and bond assistance. The 

cumulative data collected will be 

analyzed by the OSDBU to determine 

the effectiveness of services provided, 

including counseling, outreach, and 

financial services. Such data will also be 

analyzed by the OSDBU to determine 

agency effectiveness in assisting small 

businesses to enhance their 

opportunities to participate in 

government contracts and subcontracts. 

The Regional Field Offices Intake 

Form, (DOT F 4500) is used to enroll 

small business clients into the program 

in order to create a viable database of 

firms that can participate in government 

contracts and subcontracts, especially 

those projects that are transportation 

related. Each area on the fillable pdf 

form must be filled in electronically by 

the Field Offices and submitted every 

quarter to OSDBU. The Offices will 

retain a copy of each Intake Form for 

their records. The completion of the 

form is used as a tool for making 

decisions about the needs of the 

business, such as; referral to technical 

assistance agencies for help, identifying 

the type of profession or trade of the 

business, the type of certification that 

the business holds, length of time in 

business, and location of the firm. This 


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data can assist the Field Offices in 

developing a business plan or adjusting 

their business plan to increase its ability 

to market its goods and services to 

buyers and potential users of their 

services. 

Respondents: SBTRC Regional Field 

Offices. 

Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 100. 

Frequency: The information will be 

collected quarterly. 

Annual Estimated Number of 

Responses: 400. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 600 hours per year (90 

minutes per response to complete each 

Intake Form). 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

the Department’s estimate of the burden 

of the proposed information collection; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility 

and clarity of the information collection; 

and (d) ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on 

respondents, by the use of electronic 

means, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. The agency will 

summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

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 February 1, 

2016. 

Habib Azarsina, 

OST Privacy and PRA Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02369 Filed 2–5–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund 

Notice of Funds Availability Inviting 

Applications for the Fiscal Year (FY) 

2016 Funding Round of the Capital 

Magnet Fund 

Announcement Type: Announcement 

of funding opportunity. 

Funding Opportunity Number: CDFI– 

2016–CMF 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 21.011 

DATES: Electronic applications for must 

be received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time 

(ET), March 30, 2016. 

Key Dates: 

FY 2016 CMF PROGRAM FUNDING ROUND CRITICAL DEADLINES FOR APPLICANTS

Description Deadline 

Time 

(Eastern 

time- ET) 

Submission method 

SF–424 Mandatory form ........................................ March 16, 2016 ............. 11:59 p.m. 

ET.

Electronically via Grants.gov. 

Last day to contact CMF Program Staff ................ March 28, 2016 ............. 5:00 p.m. ET CDFI Fund Helpdesk: 202–653–0421 or cmf@

cdfi.treas.gov. 

CMF Application and Required Attachments ......... March 30, 2016 ............. 11:59 p.m. 

ET.

Electronically via Awards Management Information System (AMIS). 

Executive Summary: The Capital 

Magnet Fund (CMF) is administered by 

the Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund). Through 

the CMF, the CDFI Fund provides 

financial assistance grants to 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions (CDFIs), and to qualified 

Nonprofit Organizations that have the 

development or management of 

affordable housing as one of their 

principal purposes. All awards provided 

through this Notice of Funds 

Availability (NOFA) are subject to 

funding availability. 

I. Program Description 

A. Authorizing Statutes and 

Regulations: The CMF was established 

through the Housing and Economic 

Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA), which 

added section 1339 to the Federal 

Housing Enterprises Financial Safety 

and Soundness Act of 1992. Under 

(HERA), the Government Sponsored 

Enterprises (GSEs), Federal National 

Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and 

the Federal Home Loan Mortgage 

Corporation (Freddie Mac), are required 

to set aside annual allocations equal to 

4.2 basis points for each dollar of their 

unpaid principal balances of total new 

business purchases, of which 25 percent 

must be deposited into a reserve fund 

for the HOPE for Homeowners Program 

for FY 2016, and, of the remaining 

amount available, the Housing Trust 

Fund will receive 65 percent of the 

funds, and the CMF will receive 35 

percent of the funds. The Federal 

Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), acting 

as the GSEs’ conservator, temporarily 

suspended these allocations before they 

began, and Congress appropriated $80 

million to fund an initial round of the 

CMF in FY 2010. In December 2014, the 

FHFA lifted its suspension of the GSEs’ 

allocation and directed the GSEs to 

begin allocating funds for the CMF. This 

NOFA announces that the CDFI Fund 

will make CMF Awards when such 

funds are made available through the 

GSEs’ FY 2015 annual allocation. The 

regulations that govern the CMF are the 

interim rule (12 CFR part 1807), which 

has been simultaneously published for 

comment with this NOFA, and the CDFI 

Fund’s environmental regulations at 12 

CFR part 1815 (environmental quality 

regulations). 

The CDFI Fund encourages 

Applicants to review the CMF interim 

rule, this NOFA, the environmental 

quality regulations, the CMF funding 

application (referred to hereafter as the 

‘‘Application’’, meaning the application 

submitted in response to this NOFA), 

and the Uniform Administrative 

Requirements, Cost Principles, and 

Audit Requirements for Federal Awards 

(2 CFR part 200; 78 FR 78590) (Uniform 

Administrative Requirements or UAR) 

for a complete understanding of the 

program. Each capitalized term in this 

NOFA is defined herein, in the interim 

rule, the Application, or the Uniform 

Administrative Requirements. Details 

regarding Application content 

requirements are found in the 

Application and related materials. 

B. History: The CDFI Fund was 

established by the Riegle Community 

Development Banking and Financial 

Institutions Act of 1994 to promote 

economic revitalization and community 

development through investment in and 

assistance to CDFIs. Since its creation in 

1994, the CDFI Fund has awarded over 

$2 billion to CDFIs, community 

development organizations, and 

financial institutions through the 

Capital Magnet Fund (CMF), 

Community Development Financial 


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