Notice2022-11835
Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for New Information Collection
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Published
June 2, 2022
Issuing agencies
Transportation Department
Abstract
The OST invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval to submit one information collection, which is summarized below under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 106 (Thursday, June 2, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33579-33580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11835]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. OST 2022-0014]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for
New Information Collection
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The OST invites public comments about our intention to request
the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval to submit one
information collection, which is summarized below under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION. We are required to publish this notice in the Federal
Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by August 1, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Docket ID OST 2022-
0014 by any of the following methods:
Website: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. Department of Transportation, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tara Lanigan (<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f581948794db99949b9c92949bb5919a81db929a83"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="394d584b5817555857505e5857795d564d175e564f">[email protected]</span></a>),
Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. Office
hours are from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation
(SMART) Grant Program.
OMB Control Number: Not applicable; this is a new collection.
Summary: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL, also known as the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act), enacted on November 15, 2021
provides for significant investments in America's transportation
infrastructure. A key program of the legislation is the Strengthening
and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grant Program ($100 million
per year), under which ``the Secretary shall provide grants to eligible
entities to conduct demonstration projects focused on advanced smart
city or community technologies and systems in a variety of communities
to improve transportation efficiency and safety'' (BIL Sec. 25005; 23
U.S.C. 502(b)). More specifically, SMART Grants may be used to carry
out a project that demonstrates at least one of the following:
<bullet> Coordinated Automation
<bullet> Connected Vehicles
<bullet> Systems Integration
<bullet> Commerce Delivery and Logistics
<bullet> Leveraging Use of Innovative Aviation Technology
<bullet> Smart Grid
<bullet> Smart Technology Traffic Signals
For this competitive grant program, the Office of the Secretary
will issue a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) that describes the
requirements of the SMART Grant program, including the criteria that
will be used to evaluate applications. The NOFO will provide a
description of the application requirements. All eligible entities must
submit a completed application in order to be considered for a grant
award.
The applicants who are selected for a grant (i.e., the grantees)
will have additional reporting requirements associated with their SMART
grant, outlined below.
<bullet> Annual Implementation Reports. These annual reports
document project progress in meeting its goals. The first report is
submitted not later than 2 years after the date on which the SMART
grant is received and annually thereafter until the date on which the
SMART grant is expended.
[cir] The Final Implementation Report will demonstrate how the
deployment and operational costs of the project compared to the
benefits and savings; the means by which each project has met its
original expectation, including data findings on the impacts of the
project (e.g., safety, mobility, access, system efficiency, etc.) and
lessons learned.
<bullet> Evaluation Plan. The evaluation plan describes how the
project will be evaluated, including the anticipated impacts of the
project (e.g., goals), the methods that will be used to measure those
impacts, and the performance measures.
<bullet> Data Management Plan. The data management plan provides
more detailed information on the types of data being collected by the
grantee and
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how that data will be managed and stored (e.g., how privacy is
protected, the entities that have access to the data, etc.).
<bullet> Quarterly Progress Reports. The Quarterly progress reports
provide status updates, including activities accomplished during the
quarter, financial and schedule reporting, and anticipated activities
for the next quarter (among other updates, such as any project
challenges).
Respondents: Eligible entities that may apply for the grant include
States, political subdivisions of a State, Tribal governments, public
transit agencies or authorities, public toll authorities, metropolitan
planning organizations; and groups of 2 or more eligible entities
applying through a single lead applicant.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: The estimated annual
reporting burden per response is 100 hours for each entity that submits
an application. For the subset of applicants who are selected to
receive a grant, they have an additional estimated 62 hours of average
annual burden associated with the grant award.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: The estimated total annual burden
for the grant applicants (approximately 80 applicants per year) is
8,000 hours. The subset of applicants who receive an award
(approximately 25 grantees per year) will have an additional total
average annual burden of 1,550 hours. The table below illustrates how
the estimated total annual burden was calculated.
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Estimated
Calculation (annual total annual
# respondents x burden
annual # hours) (hours)
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Application Stage................. 80 respondents x 100 8, 000
hours each.
Grant Stage....................... 25 respondents x 62 1,550
hours each.
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Public Comments Invited
You are asked to comment on any aspect of these information
collections, including: (1) Whether the proposed collections are
necessary for the OST's performance; (2) the accuracy of the estimated
burdens; (3) ways for the OST to enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the collected information; and (4) ways that the burdens
could be minimized, including use of electronic technology, without
reducing the quality of the collected information. The agency will
summarize and/or include your comments in the request for OMB's
clearance of these information collections.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Ch. 35,
as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: May 27, 2022.
Michael Howell,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-11835 Filed 6-1-22; 8:45 am]
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