Notice2023-02923
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review and Approval; Comment Request; Middle Mile Grant Program
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Published
February 10, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Telecommunications and Information Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 28 (Friday, February 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 8820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02923]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Middle Mile Grant Program
The Department of Commerce will submit the following information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance 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. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on November 4, 2022. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(NTIA), Commerce.
Title: Middle Mile Grant Program.
OMB Control Number: 0660-XXXX.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: New information collection.
Number of Respondents: 75.
Average Hours per Response: 33.22.
Burden Hours: 7,474.50.
Needs and Uses: With this information collection, NTIA will be able
to monitor the grant recipients' spending habits and activities. In the
absence of collecting this information, NTIA would fail to evaluate the
grant recipients' progress toward the grant program priority areas and
program goals. Moreover, without these reports, the grants could be the
subject of waste, fraud, and abuse of Federal funds. Therefore, it is
necessary for the Agencies to collect information using the Bi-Annual
Performance Report form.
Affected Public: Grant award recipients consisting of States,
political subdivisions of a State, Tribal governments, technology
companies, electric utilities, utility cooperatives, public utility
districts, telecommunications companies, telecommunications
cooperatives, nonprofit foundations, nonprofit corporations, nonprofit
institutions, nonprofit associations, regional planning councils,
Native entities, economic development authorities, or any partnership
of two (2) or more of these entities.
Frequency: Bi-Annually and at the end of the Period of Performance.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Section 60401 of the Infrastructure Investment and
Jobs Act of 2021, Public Law 117-58, 135 Stat. 429 (November 15, 2021).
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, Department of Commerce.
[FR Doc. 2023-02923 Filed 2-9-23; 8:45 am]
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