Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Airport Terminal and Tower Project Information
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
08/02/2022
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
08/31/2022
755
510
4,530
3,060
543,600
342,720
This is the renewal of a collection,
original given emergency approval in February 2022, to solicit the
data necessary to help the FAA evaluate and select airport terminal
and tower projects for funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure
Law (BIL) (P.L. 117-58) , signed on November 15, 2021. The BIL
provides $1,020,000,000 annually, for five years, to award
competitive discretionary grants for airport terminal and tower
development. Of this amount, about $1,000,000,000 annually is for
the Airport Terminal Program (ATP), and $20,000,000 annually is for
an Airport-owned Contract Tower Program (FCT). Airport owners and
managers (sponsors) who elect to compete for funding and obtain
benefits from the BIL Airport Terminal and Tower Programs will
submit project information. The information collected is based on
grant considerations outlined in the BIL and allows the FAA to
evaluate and distribute BIL funds to address aging infrastructure
at the nation’s airports. Some 3,075 airports are eligible to
participate in the BIL Airport Terminal Program and about 170 for
the Tower Program, though not all will have a project that fits the
criteria outlined in the BIL.
PL:
Pub.L. 117 - 58 801 Name of Law: Infrastructure Investment and
Jobs Act (also known as Bipartisan Infrastructure Law);
PL: Pub.L. 117 - 58 801 Name of Law:
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (also known as Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law)
Based on the number of
applicants who responded to the first round of funding for BIL
grants, we have increased the number of expected annual applicants
from 510 to 755. This has resulted in a corresponding increase in
both the expected annual burden and annualized cost to airports. We
also made small adjustments to the collection instrument (FAA Form
5100-144). These add short-response questions (current stage of
project, date project costs were known, age of the tower),
eliminate or consolidate other short-response questions, and expand
character limits in open text fields. This latter change was made
at the request of applicants who thought it would be less
burdensome if they did not have to edit responses to fit the
previous limits. As a while, we do not expect these adjustments to
the instrument will impact the collection burden.
$483,200
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Janel Showalter 781
238-7617
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.