81 FR 18684 - Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program-Availability of Application for Federal Financial Assistance
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 62 (March 31, 2016)
Internal Revenue Service
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 62 (March 31, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-07221 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 62 (Thursday, March 31, 2016)] [Notices] [Page 18684] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-07221] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Internal Revenue Service Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program--Availability of Application for Federal Financial Assistance AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This document provides notice of the availability of the application package for the 2017 Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program. DATES: Application instructions are available electronically from the IRS on May 1, 2016 by visiting: IRS.gov (key word search-- ``VITA Grant''). Application packages are available on May 1, 2016 by visiting Grants.gov and searching with the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 21.009. The deadline for submitting an application to the IRS through Grants.gov for the Community VITA Matching Grant Program is May 31, 2016. All applications must be submitted through Grants.gov. ADDRESSES: Internal Revenue Service, Grant Program Office, 401 West Peachtree St. NW., Suite 1645, Stop 420-D, Atlanta, GA 30308. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Grant Program Office via their email address at [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority for the Community Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant Program is contained in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, Public Law 114-113. Dated: March 9, 2016. Mikki Betker, Chief, Grant Program Office, IRS, Stakeholder Partnerships, Education & Communication. [FR Doc. 2016-07221 Filed 3-30-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4830-01-P
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Total Annual Estimated Burden: accident tests for any substance (e.g., DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
31,705 hours. carbon monoxide) that its preliminary
Title: Control of Alcohol and Drug investigation shows may have played a Internal Revenue Service
Use in Railroad Operations: Addition of role in an accident.
Post-Accident Toxicological Testing for Community Volunteer Income Tax
Non-Controlled Substances. FRA uses the additional information Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant
OMB Control Number: 2130–0598. collected for research and accident Program—Availability of Application
Abstract: Since 1985, as part of its investigation purposes. The addition of for Federal Financial Assistance
accident investigation program, FRA has non-controlled substances to the post-
accident testing panel helps inform FRA AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
conducted post-accident alcohol and
about a broader range of potentially Treasury.
drug tests on railroad employees who
have been involved in serious train impairing prescription and OTC drugs ACTION: Notice.
accidents (50 FR 31508, Aug. 2, 1985). that may be currently contributing to the SUMMARY: This document provides
If an accident meets FRA’s criteria for cause or severity of train accidents/ notice of the availability of the
post-accident testing (see 49 CFR incidents. Research generated by these application package for the 2017
219.201), FRA conducts tests for alcohol data will inform future agency policy Community Volunteer Income Tax
and for certain drugs classified as decisions regarding these non- Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant
controlled substances under the controlled substances. Program.
Controlled Substances Act (CSA), title II
of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Type of Request: Extension without DATES: Application instructions are
Prevention Substances Act of 1970 change of a currently approved available electronically from the IRS on
(CSA, 21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.). Controlled information collection. May 1, 2016 by visiting: IRS.gov (key
substances are drugs or chemicals that Form(s): N/A. word search— ‘‘VITA Grant’’).
are prohibited or strictly regulated Application packages are available on
Total Annual Estimated Responses: May 1, 2016 by visiting Grants.gov and
because of their potential for abuse or 32.
addiction. The Drug Enforcement searching with the Catalog of Federal
Agency (DEA), which is primarily Total Annual Estimated Burden: 5 Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number
responsible for enforcing the CSA, hours. 21.009. The deadline for submitting an
oversees the classification of controlled Addressee: Send comments regarding application to the IRS through
substances into five schedules. these information collections to the Grants.gov for the Community VITA
Schedule I contains illicit drugs, such as Office of Information and Regulatory Matching Grant Program is May 31,
marijuana and heroin, which have no 2016. All applications must be
Affairs, Office of Management and
legitimate medical use under Federal submitted through Grants.gov.
Budget, 725 Seventeenth Street NW.,
law. Currently, FRA routinely conducts ADDRESSES: Internal Revenue Service,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: FRA
post-accident tests for the following Grant Program Office, 401 West
Desk Officer. Comments may also be
drugs: Marijuana, cocaine, Peachtree St. NW., Suite 1645, Stop
sent via email to OMB at the following
phencyclidine (PCP), and certain 420–D, Atlanta, GA 30308.
opiates, amphetamines, barbiturates, address: oira_submissions@
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
and benzodiazepines. Controlled omb.eop.gov.
Grant Program Office via their email
substances are drugs or chemicals that Comments are invited on the address at Grant.Program.Office@
are prohibited or strictly regulated following: Whether the proposed irs.gov.
because of their potential for abuse or collections of information are necessary SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority
addiction. for the proper performance of the
FRA research indicates that for the Community Volunteer Income
functions of the Department, including Tax Assistance (VITA) Matching Grant
prescription and OTC drug use has whether the information will have
become prevalent among railroad Program is contained in the
practical utility; the accuracy of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016,
employees. For this reason, FRA has Department’s estimates of the burden of
added certain non-controlled substances Public Law 114–113.
the proposed information collections;
to its routine post-accident testing Dated: March 9, 2016.
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
program, which currently routinely tests Mikki Betker,
clarity of the information to be
only for alcohol and controlled Chief, Grant Program Office, IRS, Stakeholder
substances. At this time, FRA is adding collected; and ways to minimize the
Partnerships, Education & Communication.
two types of non-controlled substances, burden of the collections of information
[FR Doc. 2016–07221 Filed 3–30–16; 8:45 am]
tramadol (a synthetic opioid) and on respondents, including the use of
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sedating antihistamines. Publication of automated collection techniques or
the PATT Final Rule, however, in no other forms of information technology.
way limits FRA’s post-accident testing A comment to OMB is best assured of DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
to the identified substances or in any having its full effect if OMB receives it
way restricts FRA’s ability to make within 30 days of publication of this Internal Revenue Service
routine amendments to its standard notice in the Federal Register.
post-accident testing panel without Proposed Collection; Comment
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. Request for Regulation Project
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prior notice. Furthermore, in addition to
its standard post-accident testing panel, Issued in Washington, DC, on March 28, AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
FRA always has the ability to test for 2016. Treasury.
‘‘other impairing substances specified Corey Hill, ACTION: Notice and request for
by FRA as necessary to the particular Executive Director. comments.
accident investigation.’’ See 49 CFR [FR Doc. 2016–07266 Filed 3–30–16; 8:45 am]
219.211(a). This flexibility is essential, SUMMARY: The Department of the
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since it allows FRA to conduct post- Treasury, as part of its continuing effort
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| Dates | Application instructions are available electronically from the IRS on May 1, 2016 by visiting: IRS.gov (key word search-- ``VITA Grant''). Application packages are available on May 1, 2016 by visiting Grants.gov and searching with the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 21.009. The deadline for submitting an application to the IRS through Grants.gov for the Community VITA Matching Grant Program is May 31, 2016. All applications must be submitted through Grants.gov. | |
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| FR Citation | 81 FR 18684 |
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