[Federal Register: August 13, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 156)]
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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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