Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 171 / Friday, September 3, 2010 / Notices 54215 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2010–0212] 

Agency Request for Approval of a 

Previously Approved Information 

Collection(s): Uniform Administrative 

Requirements for Grants and 

Cooperative Agreements to State and 

Local Governments and for Grants and 

Cooperative Agreements With 

Institutions of Higher Education, 

Hospitals, and Other Nonprofit 

Organizations 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Transportation (DOT) invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) approval to renew a previously 

approved information collection. This 

information collection involves the use 

of various forms necessary because of 

management and oversight 

responsibilities of the agency imposed 

by OMB Circular 2 CFR 215 (A–110) 

(Uniform Administrative Requirements 

for Grants and Agreements with 

Institutions of Higher Education, 

Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit 

Organizations) and OMB Circular A–102 

(Uniform Administrative Requirements 

for Grants and Cooperative Agreements 

to State and Local Governments). These 

forms include Application for Federal 

Assistance (SF–424), Federal Financial 

Report (SF–425), Request for Advance 

or Reimbursement (SF–270), and Outlay 

Report and Request for Reimbursement 

for Construction Programs (SF–271). 

The Department has terminated 

Financial Status Report (SF–269 and 

SF–269A) and Federal Cash 

Transactions Report (SF–272 and SF– 

272A). The information contained in 

these forms is now consolidated into 

SF–425, which was approved by OMB 

for Federal-wide use on October 1, 2008 

and recently revised on June 28, 2010. 

We are required to publish this notice 

in the Federal Register in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, Public Law 104–13. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted November 2, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Docket No. DOT–OST– 

2010–0212 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 or Hand Delivery: Docket 

Management Facility, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., West Building, Room 

W12–140, Washington, DC 20590, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except on Federal 

holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Shields, Associate Director of the 

Financial Assistance Management 

Division, M–65, Office of the Senior 

Procurement Executive, Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, 

(202) 366–4268. Refer to OMB Control 

Number 2105–0520. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 2105–0520. 

Title: Uniform Administrative 

Requirements For Grants and 

Cooperative Agreements to State and 

Local Governments and For Grants and 

Cooperative Agreements with 

Institutions of Higher Education, 

Hospitals, and Other Nonprofit 

Organizations. 

Form Numbers: SF–424, SF–425, SF– 

270, and SF–271. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

previously approved collection. 

Abstract: This request combines two 

previously approved Information 

Collection Requests (ICR) (OMB Control 

numbers 2105–0531 and 2105–0520) 

into OMB Control Number 2105–0520. 

The Department is also requesting the 

renewal of information and collection 

requirements imposed by OMB Circular 

A–110 (Uniform Administrative 

Requirements for Grants and 

Agreements with Institutions of Higher 

Education, Hospitals, and Other NonProfit Organizations, which the 

Department of Transportation codified 

at 49 CFR 18.40, 18.41 and 19), and 

OMB Circular 102 (Uniform 

Administrative Requirements for Grants 

and Cooperative Agreements to State 

and Local Governments). OMB provides 

management and oversight of the 

circulars. OMB also provides for a 

standard figure of seventy burden hours 

per grantee annually for completion of 

required forms. This collection covers 

only those DOT programs that utilize 

the standard OMB forms SF–424, SF– 

425, SF–270, and SF–271. The 

Department requests the Discontinuance 

of SF–269, SF–269A, SF–272, and SF– 

272A as well as OMB Control Number 

2105–0531. 

The Department’s request for approval 

of the Federal Financial Report (FFR) 

(SF–425) is based on the Federal 

Register notice dated August 13, 2008, 

which states ‘‘As soon as possible after 

October 1, 2008, and no later than 

October 1, 2009, each agency must 

transition from the SF–269, SF–269A, 

SF–272, and SF–272A to the SF–425, by 

requiring recipients to use the FFR for 

all financial reports submitted after the 

date it makes the transition. In making 

the transition, an agency would 

incorporate the requirement to use the 

FFR into terms and conditions of new 

and ongoing grant and cooperative 

agreement awards, State plans, and/or 

program regulations that specify 

financial reporting requirements.’’ 

Comments on this notice were received 

and addressed in a Federal Register 

notice dated August 13, 2008 (72 FR, 

69236). These comments and responses 

can be found on the OMB Forms Web 

site at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/ 

grants/ 

grants_standard_report_forms.html. 

Respondents: Grantees. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

3,329. 

Estimated Frequency: Quarterly. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

10,814. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

756,980 hours. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the 

Department’s performance; (b) the 

accuracy of the estimated burden; (c) 

ways for the Department to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information collection; and (d) ways 

that the burden could be minimized 

without reducing the quality of the 

collected information. All responses to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the request for OMB 

approval. All comments will also 

become a matter of public record. 

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 August 30, 

2010. 

Patricia Lawton, 

DOT Paperwork Reduction Act Clearance 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–22048 Filed 9–2–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. AB 1020 (Sub-No. 1X)] 

East Penn Railroad, LLC— 

Abandonment Exemption—in 

Montgomery County, PA 

East Penn Railroad, LLC (ESPN) filed 

a verified notice of exemption under 49 


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1According to ESPN, the line is stub-ended and 

not capable of handling overhead traffic. 

2The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental 

Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation) 

cannot be made before the exemption’s effective 

date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. Rail Lines, 5 

I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any request for a stay should 

be filed as soon as possible so that the Board may 

take appropriate action before the exemption’s 

effective date. 

3Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which is currently set at $1,500. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

1The Board will grant a stay if an informed 

decision on environmental issues (whether raised 

by a party or by the Board’s Office of Environmental 

Analysis (OEA) in its independent investigation) 

cannot be made before the exemption’s effective 

date. See Exemption of Out-of-Serv. Rail Lines, 5 

I.C.C.2d 377 (1989). Any request for a stay should 

be filed as soon as possible so that the Board may 

take appropriate action before the exemption’s 

effective date. 

2Each OFA must be accompanied by the filing 

fee, which is currently set at $1,500. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(25). 

CFR part 1152 subpart F—Exempt 

Abandonments to abandon a 2.14-mile 

line of railroad between milepost 0.0 in 

the Borough of Bridgeport, and milepost 

2.14 at Henderson Road in Upper 

Merion Township, in Montgomery 

County, Pa. The line traverses United 

States Postal Service Zip Codes 19401 

and 19406. 

ESPN has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the line for at 

least 2 years; (2) no overhead traffic has 

been handled on the line; 1 (3) no formal 

complaint filed by a user of rail service 

on the line (or by a State or local 

government entity acting on behalf of 

such user) regarding cessation of service 

over the line either is pending with the 

Surface Transportation Board (Board) or 

with any U.S. District Court or has been 

decided in favor of complainant within 

the 2-year period; and (4) the 

requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7(c) 

(environmental report), 49 CFR 1105.11 

(transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12 

(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 

1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental 

agencies) have been met. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

abandonment shall be protected under 

Oregon Short Line Railroad— 

Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch 

Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham & 

Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 

91 (1979). To address whether this 

condition adequately protects affected 

employees, a petition for partial 

revocation under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

must be filed. 

Provided no formal expression of 

intent to file an offer of financial 

assistance (OFA) has been received, this 

exemption will be effective on October 

6, 2010, unless stayed pending 

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do 

not involve environmental issues,2

formal expressions of intent to file an 

OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),3 and 

trail use/rail banking requests under 49 

CFR 1152.29 must be filed by September 

13, 2010. Petitions to reopen or requests 

for public use conditions under 49 CFR 

1152.28 must be filed by September 23, 

2010, with the Surface Transportation 

Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20423–0001. 

A copy of any petition filed with the 

Board should be sent to ESPN’s 

representative: Karl Morell, Ball Janik 

LLP, 1455 F Street, NW., Suite 225, 

Washington, DC 20005. 

If the verified notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. 

ESPN has filed environmental and 

historic reports that address the effects, 

if any, of the abandonment on the 

environment and historic resources. 

OEA will issue an environmental 

assessment (EA) by September 10, 2010. 

Interested persons may obtain a copy of 

the EA by writing to OEA (Room 1100, 

Surface Transportation Board, 

Washington, DC 20423–0001) or by 

calling OEA, at (202) 245–0305. 

Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. Comments on 

environmental and historic preservation 

matters must be filed within 15 days 

after the EA becomes available to the 

public. 

Environmental, historic preservation, 

public use, or trail use/rail banking 

conditions will be imposed, where 

appropriate, in a subsequent decision. 

Pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 

1152.29(e)(2), ESPN shall file a notice of 

consummation with the Board to signify 

that it has exercised the authority 

granted and fully abandoned the line. If 

consummation has not been effected by 

ESPN’s filing of a notice of 

consummation by September 3, 2011, 

and there are no legal or regulatory 

barriers to consummation, the authority 

to abandon will automatically expire. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: August 30, 2010. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21948 Filed 9–2–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. AB 55 (Sub-No. 704X)] 

CSX Transportation, Inc.— 

Abandonment Exemption—in Clay 

County, KY 

CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) filed 

a verified notice of exemption under 49 

CFR part 1152 subpart F—Exempt 

Abandonments to abandon a 2.95-mile 

of railroad on its Southern Region, 

Huntington Division West, CV 

Subdivision, extending from milepost 

0CF 208.71 to milepost 0CF 211.66, 

known as the Horse Creek Branch, in 

Manchester, Clay County, KY. The 

following stations are located on the 

line: (1) Claymont, milepost 0CF208; (2) 

Greenleaf, milepost 0CF210; (3) Red 

Bird, milepost 0CF203; (4) Orford, 

milepost 0CF214; (5) Sibert, milepost 

0CF216; (6) North Ridge, milepost 

0CF212; and (7) Becky Ann2, milepost 

0CF217. The line traverses United States 

Postal Service Zip Code 40962. 

CSXT has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the line for at 

least 2 years; (2) any overhead traffic on 

the line can be rerouted over other lines; 

(3) no formal complaint filed by a user 

of rail service on the line (or by a state 

or local government entity acting on 

behalf of such user) regarding cessation 

of service over the line either is pending 

with the Surface Transportation Board 

(Board) or with any U.S. District Court 

or has been decided in favor of 

complainant within the 2-year period; 

and (4) the requirements at 49 CFR 

1105.7(c) (environmental report), 49 

CFR 1105.11 (transmittal letter), 49 CFR 

1105.12 (newspaper publication), and 

49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to 

governmental agencies) have been met. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

abandonment shall be protected under 

Oregon Short Line Railroad & The 

Union Pacific Railroad—Abandonment 

Portion Goshen Branch Between Firth & 

Ammon, in Bingham & Bonneville 

Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979). To 

address whether this condition 

adequately protects affected employees, 

a petition for partial revocation under 

49 U.S.C. 10502(d) must be filed. 

Provided no formal expression of 

intent to file an offer of financial 

assistance (OFA) has been received, this 

exemption will be effective on October 

5, 2010, unless stayed pending 

reconsideration. Petitions to stay that do 

not involve environmental issues,1

formal expressions of intent to file an 

OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(c)(2),2 and 

trail use/rail banking requests under 49 


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