Notice2023-21864
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund
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October 3, 2023
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Treasury Department
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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 proposed or continuing information collections, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68286-68287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21864]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
[TREAS-DO-2022-0011]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund
AGENCY: Departmental Offices, U.S. Department of the Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 proposed or continuing
information collections, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995.
DATES: Comments should be received on or before December 4, 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 either of the following methods:
<bullet> Electronically through <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>
(preferred method): Search for Docket ID# TREAS-DO-2022-0011 and follow
the instructions for submitting comments. Comments submitted
electronically, including attachments will be posted to the docket
unchanged.
<bullet> Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b0e0e2f1f0c4c2d5d1c3c5c2c99ed7dfc6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d181839091a5a3b4b0a2a4a3a8ffb6bea7">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the submissions may be
obtained from Spencer W. Clark by emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c696948786b2b4a3a7b5b3b4bfe8a1a9b0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="db8b899a9bafa9bebaa8aea9a2f5bcb4ad">[email protected]</span></a>, calling
(202) 927-5331, or viewing the entire information collection request at
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Departmental Offices (DO)
Title: Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund.
OMB Control Number: 1505-0277.
Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Description: Section 604 of the Social Security Act (the ``Act''),
as added by section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021,
Public Law 117-2 (Mar. 11, 2021) established the Coronavirus Capital
Projects Fund (``CPF''). The CPF provides $10 billion in funding for
the U.S. Department of the Treasury (``Treasury'') to make payments
according to a statutory formula to States (defined to include each of
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico), seven
Territories and freely associated states (the United States Virgin
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of
Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau), and Tribal governments \1\ to
carry out critical capital projects directly enabling work, education,
and health monitoring, including remote options, in response to
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the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease
(COVID-19).
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\1\ An eligible Tribal government is the recognized governing
body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo,
village, community, component band, or component reservation,
individually identified (including parenthetically) in the list
published most recently as of the date of enactment of this Act
pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe
List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131). The State of Hawaii, for
exclusive use of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the
Native Hawaiian Education Programs to assist Native Hawaiians, is
also eligible to apply for funding under this funding category.
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The current information collection is being used to solicit
information related to:
<bullet> Annual performance reports submitted by CPF recipients
that are States, Territories, or freely associated states. This report
is being renewed without changes;
<bullet> Quarterly project and expenditure reports submitted by CPF
recipients that are States, Territories, or freely associated states.
The requirements for this report are being amended as described below;
and
<bullet> Annual project and expenditure reports submitted by CPF
recipients that are Tribal governments. The requirements for this
report are being amended as described below.
The Compliance and Reporting Guidance for States, Territories, and
Freely Associated States, and the Compliance and Reporting Guidance for
Tribal Governments provide recipients with information needed to
fulfill their reporting requirements and compliance obligations. Data
is submitted to Treasury using a web-based portal and in accordance
with specific data requirements.
Project and expenditure reports must be submitted quarterly for the
duration of the period of performance for States, Territories, and
freely associated states, and annually for the duration of the period
of performance for Tribal governments. The project and expenditure
report contains a set of standardized questions to ascertain the
recipient's use of funds received as of the date of reporting, as well
as the status of individual projects. Treasury will make the data
submitted by recipients publicly available.
Performance reports must be submitted annually for recipients that
are States, Territories, and freely associated states for the duration
of the period of performance. These performance reports contain
detailed performance data corresponding to the ``Programs'' specified
previously in a recipient's Grant Plan. This will include information
on efforts to improve equity and engage communities. The performance
report is largely freely written text, and while there are certain data
and topics that recipients must cover in the performance report, it is
mostly free-form written content. Recipients are required to publish
the performance report on their website and provide the reports to
Treasury.
Proposed Changes: On June 2, 2023, Treasury received approval for a
revision to this information collection on an emergency processing
basis. Treasury presently seeks non-emergency approval for the same
revision in accordance with normal PRA clearance procedures. The
revision is to add two new fields for recipients to report on Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) identifiers in order to uniquely
identify the precise location of CPF funded broadband projects. The
revision is the same for States, Territories, Freely Associated States,
and Tribal recipients. Treasury expects that recipients have these FCC
identifiers on-hand, and the estimated burden remains unchanged.
1. Provider ID. The Provider ID is the identifier that the FCC
assigns to every internet Service Provider (ISP). Any entity
undertaking a broadband infrastructure project already has this number.
2. Fabric ID. The Fabric ID is assigned to every ``broadband
serviceable location'' in the ``fabric'', a database of all serviceable
locations. For example, an apartment building which is broadband
serviceable will have a unique Fabric ID assigned by the FCC. CPF
recipients who are completing broadband projects are required to
provide the Fabric IDs for the locations that they are serving.
Background Justifying the Changes. Section 60105 of the
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Pub. L. 117-58) required the
FCC to establish an online mapping tool with broadband locations funded
by Federal agencies. As a result, CPF reporting guidance has been
updated.
Form: Compliance and Reporting Guidance for States, Territories,
and Freely Associated States; Compliance and Reporting Guidance for
Tribal Governments.
Affected Public: State, Territorial, Freely Associated State, and
Tribal governments receiving CPF grant funds.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 609.
Frequency of Response: States, Territories, and freely associated
states: 4 times per year for project and expenditure reports, and 1
time per year for performance reports; Tribal governments: 1 time per
year.
Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 845.
Estimated Time per Response: 62 hours for State project and
expenditure reports. 80 hours for State performance reports. 50 hours
for Tribal annual reports.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 30,352.
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.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Spencer W. Clark,
Treasury PRA Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-21864 Filed 10-2-23; 8:45 am]
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