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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 80 / Wednesday, April 28, 2021 / Notices
Dated: April 22, 2021.
Naomi Sipple,
Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021–08800 Filed 4–27–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Docket No. DOT–OST–2021–0045]

Agency Request for Renewal of a
Previously Approved Information
Collection(s): Disadvantaged Business
Enterprise Program Collections
Office of the Secretary, DOT.
Notice and request for
comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Department of
Transportation (DOT) invites public
comments about our intention to request
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval to renew information
collections associated with DOT’s
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
(DBE) and Airport Concessions DBE
(ACDBE) program. These collections
are: Uniform Report of DBE Awards or
Commitments and Payments, the
Uniform Certification Application Form,
Annual Affidavit of No Change, DOT
Personal Net Worth Form, and
Reporting Requirements for Percentages
of DBEs in Various Categories. The
instruction page of the Uniform
Certification Application will be
modified to reflect recent updates to the
DBE program’s gross receipts limitations
that took effect after the 2018 OMB
approval of the current application
form. Specifically, the Department
increased the DBE program regulation’s
gross receipts limit for DBE firms from
$23.98 million to $26.29 million and
excluded Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) projects from
being subject to the gross receipts limit.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by June 28, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
[identified by Docket No. DOT–OST–
2021–0045] through one of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket
Management Facility, U.S. Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12–
140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except on Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marc Pentino, (202) 366–6968,

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marc.pentino@dot.gov, or Aarathi Haig,
aarathi.haig@dot.gov/Departmental
Office of Civil Rights, Office of the
Secretary, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All five
collections were previously approved
under one OMB Control Number to
allow DOT to more efficiently
administer the DBE program. The
information to be collected is necessary
because it helps to ensure that State and
local recipients that let federally funded
contracts carry out their mandated
responsibility to provide a level playing
field for small businesses owned and
controlled by socially and economically
disadvantaged individuals. We are
required to publish this notice in the
Federal Register by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended (Pub. L. 104–
13).
OMB Control Number: 2105–0510.
Title: Disadvantaged Business
Enterprise Program Collections.
Form Numbers: Not applicable.
Type of Review: Renewal of an
information collection.
Background: DOT’s DBE program is
mandated by statute, including Section
1101(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface
Transportation Act (FAST Act) (Pub. L.
114–94) and 49 U.S.C. 47113. The
Department’s final regulations
implementing these statutes are 49 CFR
parts 23 and 26. The program is
implemented by recipients of DOT
financial assistance (State highway
agencies, transit authorities, and
airports).
The ‘‘Uniform Report of DBE Awards
or Commitments and Payments’’ is
necessary for the Department to be able
to carry out its oversight
responsibilities. It implements statutory
reporting requirements and 49 CFR.
26.11 and 26.47.
The ‘‘Uniform Certification
Application Form’’ is necessary to
implement 49 CFR 26.83(c)(2) and
determine whether a particular firm
qualifies for certification as a DBE.
The ‘‘Annual Affidavit of No Change’’
is mandated under 49 CFR 26.83(j) and
is necessary to ensure the integrity of
the DBE program that requires DBEs
annually state that they remain eligible
for the program.
The ‘‘Personal Net Worth Form’’ is
necessary to implement the requirement
found in 49 CFR 26.67(a)(2) that a firm
applying for DBE status must certify that
the personal net worth of the owners
does not exceed the current maximum
threshold of $1.32 million.
The ‘‘Percentages of DBEs in Various
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implement a long-standing statutory
requirement calling on States to report
annually, a list of small businesses
certified as DBEs that are owned and
controlled by socially and economically
disadvantaged individuals, most
recently included at section
1101(b)(4)(A) and (B) of the FAST Act.
Submission of this information will also
satisfy 49 CFR 26.11(e).
The information collections support
one of DOT’s strategic objectives of
mission efficiency and support. The
collection also helps ensure that State
and local recipients that let federally
funded contracts carry out their
mandated responsibility to ensure that
only eligible small businesses owned
and controlled by socially and
economically disadvantaged individuals
may compete for such contracts as a
DBE.
Uniform Report of DBE Awards/
Commitments and Payments
Respondents: State and local
recipients of DOT funds.
Number of Respondents: 1,198
recipients.
Frequency: Once/twice a year.
Number of Responses: 1,198 (one per
recipient).
Total Annual Burden: 315 hours and
$61,000.
Uniform Certification Application
Form.
Respondents: Firms applying for
initial DBE or ACDBE certification.
Number of Respondents: 9,500.
Frequency: Once during initial
certification.
Number of Responses: 9,500 (one per
respondent).
Total Annual Burden: 40 hours and
$2,000.
Annual Affidavit of No Change
Respondents: Firms that have DBE or
ACDBE certification.
Number of Respondents: 38,000.
Frequency: Once per year.
Number of Responses: 38,000 (one per
respondent).
Total Annual Burden: 3 hours per
respondent.
Personal Net Worth Form
Respondents: Firms applying for DBE
or ACDBE certification.
Number of Respondents: 9,500.
Frequency: Once.
Number of Responses: One.
Total Annual Burden: 20 hours per
respondent.
Percentage of DBEs in Various
Categories
Respondents: States (through their
Unified Certification Programs).

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Number of Respondents: 53 (50 states,
plus the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, and the Northern Mariana
Islands).
Frequency: Once per year.
Number of Responses: One.
Total Annual Burden: 180 hours and
$10,000.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including (a)
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information is necessary for the
Department’s performance; (b) the
accuracy of the estimated burden; (c)
ways for the Department to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information collection; and (d) ways
that the burden could be minimized
without reducing the quality of the
collected information. The agency will
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comments in the request for OMB’s
clearance of this information collection.
(Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; and
49 CFR 1.49.)
Issued in Washington, DC, on April 23,
2021.
Irene Marion,
Director, Departmental Office of Civil Rights.
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