# Request for Comments of a Previously Approved Information Collection
**ACTION:**
Notice and request for comments.
**SUMMARY:**
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 *et seq.* ), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below is being forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comments. A *Federal Register* Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information collection was published on June 3, 2015, in the *Federal Register* (80 FRN, page(s) 31643-31644). No comments were received.
**DATES:**
Comments must be submitted on or before September 30, 2015.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Ellen Shields, Associate Director of the Financial Assistance Policy and Oversight Division, M-65, Office of the Senior Procurement Executive, Office of the Secretary, Room W83-, Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366-4268.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
*Title:* Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirement for Federal Awards.
*OMB Control Number:* 2105-0520.
*Type of Request:* Reinstatement of a Previously Approved Information Collection(s).
*Abstract:* This is to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) renewed three-year approved clearance for the information collection, entitled, “Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards” OMB Control No 2105-0520. Originally this OMB Control Number was titled: Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements to State and Local Governments and with Institution of Higher Education, Hospitals and Other Non-Profit Organizations (OMB Circulars A-110 and 2 CFR 215). However, on December 26, 2014, OMB issued new guidelines titled: Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards and these guidelines cover the following data collection standard forms (SF): Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424); Federal Financial Report (SF-425); Request for Advance or Reimbursement (SF-270); and Outlay Report & Request for Reimbursement for Construction Programs (SF-271).
There have also been adjustments to the burden estimates. In 2010, the Department estimated a combined total of 2,704 respondents and 189,280 burden hours. Due to a 35% decrease in appropriations, the Department has revised estimates and now has a combined total of 1,758 respondents and burden hours of 123,060. The estimated cost to respondents and the federal government has decreased by 35% in overhead expenses.
*Affected Public:* Grantees.
*Estimated Number of Respondents:* 1,758.
*Estimated Number of Responses:* 7,030.
*Annual Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:* 123,060.
*Frequency of Collection:* Quarterly and Yearly.
**ADDRESSES:**
Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
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.
**Authority:**
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1:48.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 24, 2015.
Claire W. Barrett,
Departmental Chief Privacy & Information Asset Officer, US Department of Transportation.