Notice2022-08919
Agency Information Collection Activities, Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review and Emergency Approval; Comment Request; Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act-Application for Broadband Grant Programs
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Published
April 27, 2022
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Telecommunications and Information Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24971-24972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08919]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities, Submission for Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) Review and Emergency Approval; Comment
Request; Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act--Application for
Broadband Grant Programs
The Department of Commerce will submit the following information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
emergency review and approval 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.
Agency: National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(NTIA), Commerce.
Title: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act--Application for
Broadband Grant Programs.
OMB Control Number: 0660-XXXX.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Type of Request: Emergency submission, New Information Collection
Request.
Number of Respondents: 950 respondents.
Average Hours per Response: 14 hours for Middle Mile grant
application and 4 hours for the State Equity Planning program
application.
Burden Hours: 10,300 hours.
Needs and Uses: NTIA requests emergency review and approval of the
emergency collection to ensure that the agency can meet the statutory
deadlines Congress set forth for the Infrastructure Act Broadband Grant
Programs. Given
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the challenges that the grant application process can pose for
disadvantaged communities, NTIA seeks to make this process more
equitable for all of its potential applicants for the broadband grant
programs enacted in the Infrastructure Act, including those with
limited resources and/or technical expertise. In order to do so, NTIA
created new forms for use in the application process which will provide
structured questions and guidance concerning the kind of discrete and
structured data required for successful applications. The new forms
will create greater efficiencies in the NTIA grant program, which will
likely result in enhanced timing and information accuracy beneficial to
program applicants. NTIA believes that a significant number of these
prospective applicants will be Tribal governments or other entities
associated with disadvantaged communities. NTIA further believes that
the above-discussed new forms will offer these applicants greater
opportunities for meaningful participation in the Broadband programs
than they would otherwise enjoy while lessening overall application
review burdens.
Affected Public: Entities applying for Infrastructure Act Broadband
Grant Program funding.
Frequency: Once per application.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory for entities applying for
Infrastructure Act Broadband Grant Program funding.
Legal Authority: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
(Infrastructure Act), 2021, Public Law 117-58, 135 Stat. 429.
This information collection request may be viewed at
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. 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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function and entering the title of the collection.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2022-08919 Filed 4-26-22; 8:45 am]
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