Notice2022-17735
Agency Information Collection Activities: Technical Assistance PRA; Emergency Approval
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Published
August 18, 2022
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Transportation Department
Abstract
The Office of the Secretary (OST), Department of Transportation (DOT) invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for an emergency approval of a proposed information collection, for the DOT Technical Assistance PRA, 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 159 (Thursday, August 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50921-50922]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17735]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Docket No. DOT-OST-2022-0082]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Technical Assistance
PRA; Emergency Approval
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), Department of Transportation
(DOT).
ACTION: Emergency clearance notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary (OST), Department of
Transportation (DOT) invites public comments about our intention to
request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for an
emergency approval of a proposed information collection, for
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the DOT Technical Assistance PRA, 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 29, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments within 10 days to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget,
725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, Attention DOT Desk Officer.
All comments received are part of the public record. Comments will
generally be posted without change. All comments should include the
Docket number DOT-OST-2022-0082.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c195a9b3a8b7a8afa682aeacacb4afa8b5a8a4b281a5aeb5efa6aeb7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="05516d776c736c6b62466a6868706b6c716c607645616a712b626a73">[email protected]</span></a> or contact Victor Austin at 202-366-2996.
Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT, Monday through Friday,
except for Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: DOT Technical Assistance PRA.
Background: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) enacted as the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) (H.R. 3684, Pub. L. 117-
58, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law or BIL) created
several new programs at the US Department of Transportation (DOT) that
allow local governments, non-profit organizations, tribal governments,
and other political subdivisions of state or local governments to apply
directly for DOT discretionary grant funding. In response to President
Biden's Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for
Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government and Executive
Order 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. DOT has
included criteria in its notices of funding opportunity to prioritize
the needs of disadvantaged communities for many of these new programs.
The Thriving Communities Initiative will include programs by which
DOT will utilize cooperative agreements and procurements with technical
assistance and capacity building providers to support communities
seeking to advance transformative, equitable, and climate-friendly
infrastructure projects that benefit disadvantaged communities.
Specifically, these include the Thriving Communities program, the Rural
and Tribal Infrastructure Assistance Pilot Program (see Sec. 21205 of
Pub. L. 117-58), and Asset Concession and Innovative Finance Assistance
Program (see 23 U.S.C. 611 as amended by Sec. 71001 of Pub. L. 117-
58).
DOT will utilize a Letter of Interest (LOI) or using a simplified
in-take form from communities interested in receiving technical
assistance and capacity building through these programs. Technical
assistance and capacity building is offered by the Government at no
charge and with no required non-federal share.
Establishment of the program has two distinct tasks: (a)
contracting of technical assistance advisors through a Notice of
Funding Opportunity (NOFO) or existing procurement vehicles; and (b)
recruitment of project sponsors who will receive technical assistance
services. Responding to both will occur on a voluntary basis, utilizing
an electronic platform.
For item A, eligible applicants to provide technical assistance
through the Thriving Communities program will request cooperative
agreement funding through an application process in response to a
published NOFO. The application is planned as a one-time information
collection. DOT estimates that it will take approximately 20 hours to
complete the NOFO application process used to select capacity builders
under the Thriving Communities program. DOT estimates the recipients of
Thriving Communities program funding will spend another 4 hours,
annually, submitting post-award reports. In addition, reporting
requirements will be submitted by the select capacity building
providers and technical assistance recipients during the
implementation, and evaluation phases.
For the Rural and Tribal Infrastructure Assistance Pilot Program
and Asset Concession and Innovative Finance Assistance Program,
advisors and technical assistance providers will be contracted using
existing procurement vehicles. Estimated time required for these
programs will be 4 hours annually.
For item B, the intake form to be used by communities seeking
technical assistance is estimated to take no more than 1 hour to
complete. Recipients of technical assistance support are estimated to
spend no more than 2 hours annually providing evaluation metrics.
Respondents to Item A (technical assistance providers): for-profit
companies, non-profit organizations, or other technical assistance
providers.
Respondents to Item B (requestors of technical assistance):
philanthropic entities, non-profit organizations, other Federal
agencies, state or local governments and their agencies, and Indian
Tribes.
Frequency: Once a year.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: Approximately 24 hours for
applicants to complete the application process and reporting
requirements and an estimated 30 applicants. Approximately seven hours
to complete the in-take form and evaluation metrics and an estimated 20
project sponsors.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: Approximately 860 hours.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed
collection is necessary for the DOT's performance; (2) the accuracy of
the estimated burdens; (3) ways for the DOT to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the collected information; and (4) ways that
the burden could be minimized, including the 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 this information collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter
35, as amended; 23 U.S.C. 134 and 135; and 23 CFR chapter 1, subchapter
E, part 450.
Dated: August 12, 2022.
Mariia Zimmerman,
Strategic Advisor for Technical Assistance and Community Solutions
Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 2022-17735 Filed 8-17-22; 8:45 am]
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