Notice2023-27610
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Middle Mile Grant Program Reporting Requirements
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Published
December 15, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Telecommunications and Information Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 240 (Friday, December 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27610]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Middle Mile Grant Program Reporting
Requirements
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 August 23, 2023 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: National Telecommunication and Information Administration
(NTIA), Department of Commerce.
Title: Middle Mile Grant Program Reporting Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 0060-0052.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Revision of a current information collection.
Number of Respondents: 39.
Average Hours per Response: 38.22 Hours.
Burden Hours: 4,471.74 Estimated Total Annually.
Needs and Uses: Modifying the Middle Mile Bi-Annual Performance
Reports and Final Report to include questions regarding equipment
purchases, which will enable the Commerce Department and NTIA to ensure
recipient compliance with the Build America, Buy America Act (``BABA'')
and facilitate NTIA's ability to collect data to comply with BABA
reporting requirements. NTIA will also use the information collected to
effectively administer and monitor the grant program to ensure the
achievement of the Middle Mile Grant Program purposes and account for
the expenditure of federal funds to deter waste, fraud, and abuse.
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/">http://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 either the title of the collection or the OMB
Control Number 0060-0052.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary of
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-27610 Filed 12-14-23; 8:45 am]
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