Notice2023-09256
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Departmental Offices (DO) Information Collection Request
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May 2, 2023
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The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on revisions to an existing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The Office of the Fiscal Assistant Secretary, within the Department of the Treasury, is soliciting comments concerning the application, reports, and recordkeeping for the Direct Component and the Centers of Excellence Research Grants Programs under the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (RESTORE Act). The information collection for which comments are solicited are already a part of the approved collection for RESTORE Act grants, including the two BABAA Waiver Request Forms, which implement the Build America, Buy America Act ("BABAA").
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 2, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27591-27592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09256]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Departmental Offices (DO) Information Collection
Request
AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. Department of the Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to comment on revisions to an
existing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. The Office of the Fiscal Assistant Secretary, within the
Department of the Treasury, is soliciting comments concerning the
application, reports, and recordkeeping for the Direct Component and
the Centers of Excellence Research Grants Programs under the Resources
and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived
Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2012 (RESTORE Act). The
information collection for which comments are solicited are already a
part of the approved collection for RESTORE Act grants, including the
two BABAA Waiver Request Forms, which implement the Build America, Buy
America Act (``BABAA'').
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before July 3, 2023 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other
aspect of the information collection, including suggestions for
reducing the burden, by electronic mail to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#760413050219041317150236020413170503040f58111900"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ff8d9a8c8b908d9a9e9c8bbf8b8d9a9e8c8a8d86d1989089">[email protected]</span></a> in
the Office of Gulf Coast Restoration.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Departmental Offices (DO)
Title: Application, Reports, and Recordkeeping for the Direct
Component and the Centers of Excellence Research Grants Program under
the RESTORE Act.
OMB Control Number: 1505-0250.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Description: The Department of the Treasury administers the Direct
Component and the Centers of Excellence Research Grants Program
authorized under the RESTORE Act. Treasury awards grants for these two
programs from proceeds in connection with administrative and civil
penalties paid after July 6, 2012, under the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act relating to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and deposited
into the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund. Direct Component grants are
awarded to the States of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas,
and 23 Florida counties and 20 Louisiana parishes. Centers of
Excellence grants are awarded to the States of Alabama, Florida,
Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. The information collection for both
programs identifies the eligible recipients; describes proposed
activities; determines an appropriate amount of funding; ensures
compliance with the RESTORE Act, Treasury's regulations,
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and Federal laws and policies on grants; tracks grantee progress; and
reports on the effectiveness of the programs.
Section 70914(a) of BABAA prohibits Direct Component recipients
(and subrecipients, as applicable) from using RESTORE Act funds to
purchase foreign-sourced iron, steel, manufactured products, or
construction materials unless Treasury approves a waiver pursuant to
section 70914(b) of BABAA. On January 13, 2023, Treasury received
emergency clearance from OMB to update the approved collection and add
two new forms for recipients to submit requests to waive the new
domestic preference requirements under BABAA. Treasury requested an
emergency clearance for the forms to be completed by January 13, 2022,
which was the expiration date of Treasury OGCR's six-month general
applicability public interest adjustment period waiver and therefore
was the effective date of BABAA requirements for RESTORE Act Direct
Component program. The Agency was delayed in requesting the clearance
from OIRA because the required waiver information that must be
collected by agencies for cross-posting waivers to the GSA-managed Made
in America Office (MIAO) website was finalized on December 8, 2022.
Posting waivers on the centralized waiver transparency website is a
requirement for federal agencies to be compliant with the
implementation of BABAA. Treasury now seeks clearance through the
normal 60-day public comment process for clearance under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of the updated information collection as required by 5
CFR 1320.8(d).
Treasury has also made substantive changes to the Multiyear
Implementation Plan Narrative Form through a consolidation of
application questions to reduce requests for duplicative information
and revised the requirements of the Milestones and Measures Application
Form, Milestones Report and Status of Performance Report that reduces
the burden on the applicant to demonstrate progress made to achieve the
scope of work. No other changes to the information collection are
proposed by Treasury at this time.
The revised application forms and supplemental information may be
obtained on Treasury's RESTORE Act website at <a href="https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-markets-financial-institutions-and-fiscal-service/restore-act">https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-markets-financial-institutions-and-fiscal-service/restore-act</a>.
Form Number: None.
Affected Public: State and local governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 52.
Frequency of Response: On Occasion.
Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 563.
Estimated Time per Response: 11.2 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 6,310.
Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice
will be summarized and included in the request for Office of Management
and Budget approval. All comments will become a matter of public
record. Comments are invited on: (a) whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including
through the use of technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-up
costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services
required to provide information.
Public Law 117-58, sec. 70901-52 included in the Infrastructure
Investment and Jobs Act (``IIJA''), Public Law . 117-58 that was signed
into law on November 15, 2021.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Melody Braswell,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-09256 Filed 5-1-23; 8:45 am]
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