[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 156 (Thursday, August 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 43440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21731]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 3501, et seq.) the Department of Transportation has
submitted the following Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
clearance. The ICR describes the nature of the information collections
and their expected burden. The Federal Register Notice requesting an
emergency approval on this collection of information was published on
March 6, 1998 (61 FR page 11326).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ladd Hakes, Office of the
Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20590, 202/366-4268; refer to the control number above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Office of the Secretary
Title: Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and
Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments.
OMB Control Number: 2105-0520.
Type of Request: Extension of a current approved collection.
Form(s): SF424, SF269, S7270, SF271, SF272.
Affected Public: State and local governments receiving Federal
financial assistance from the Department of Transportation (DOT).
Abstract: Requirements for Federal administration of financial
assistance to State and Local governments is provided to affected
Executive agencies via a common grant management rule, codified by DOT
at 49 CFR part 18, Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and
Cooperative Agreements to States and Local governments. The Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) provides management and oversight of the
common rule. OMB also provides for a standard figure of seventy (70)
annual burden hours per grantee for completion of required forms.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 125,650 hours.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention DOT Desk Officer.
Comments are invited on: whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Department, including whether the information will have practical
utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including
the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
A comment to OMB is best assured of having its full effect if OMB
receives it within 30 days of publication.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 7, 1998.
Vanester M. Williams,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 98-21731 Filed 8-12-98; 8:45 am]
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