Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review

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.) this notice announces that the

Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been

forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and

comment. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and

it's expected burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment

period soliciting comments on the following collection of information

was published on September 25, 1997 [FR 62, page 50426].

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before March 25,

1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ladd Hakes, U.S. Department of

Transportation (M-62), (202) 366-4268, 400 Seventh Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Office of the Secretary

Title: Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and

Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other

Non-Profit Organizations.

OMB Control Number: 2105-0531.

Affected Public: Schools, hospitals, and other nonprofit

organizations receiving Federal financial assistance from the

Department of Transportation (DOT).

Type of Request: Extension of a previously approved collection.

Form(s): SF 269, SF 270, SF 271, SF 272, and SF 424.

Abstract: Requirements for Federal administration of financial

assistance to schools, hospitals, and other nonprofit organizations is

provided to affected Executive agencies via OMB Circular A-110, Uniform

Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements with Institutions

of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-Profit Organizations,

with the Department has codified at 49 CFR part 19. OMB provides

management and oversight of the circular. OMB also provides for a

standard figure of seventy (70) annual burden hours per grantee for

completion of required forms. This action initiates extension of an

existing paperwork clearance approval (OMB Number 2105-0531).

These information collections are available for inspection at the

Grants Management Division (M-62), Office of Acquisition and Grant

Management, Department of Transportation, at the address above. Copies

of 49 CFR parts 18 and 19 can be obtained from Mr. Ladd Hakes at the

address and phone number shown above.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 10,500 hours.

Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC

20503, Attention OST Desk Officer.

Comments are invited on: whether the proposed collection 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.

Comments to OMB are best assured of having their full effect if OMB

receives them within 30 days of publication.

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 17, 1998.

Phillip A. Leach,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 98-4523 Filed 2-20-98; 8:45 am]

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