30-Day Federal Register Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 12 / Wednesday, January 20, 2010 / Notices
Dated: January 12, 2009.
Jon Trent Warner,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating
Committee, Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket Number DOT–OST–2009–0294]

Request for OMB Clearance of an
Information Collection Renewal
Office of the Secretary, DOT.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

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ACTION:

SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary,
Office of Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization (OSDBU), invites
public comments regarding the
Department of Transportation’s
intention to request the Office of
Management and Budget’s (OMB)
approval to renew an information
collection. On November 19, 2009,
OSDBU published a Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period,
(74 FR 60012) Docket # DOT–OST–
2009–0294. The collection is in regards
to the Disadvantaged Business
Enterprise American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act Bonding Assistance
Reimbursable Fee Program (DBE ARRA
BAP) application form. The notice was
to inform the public of OSDBU’s
intention to extend the approved
information collection. The
continuation of the collection is
necessary to determine the applicant’s
eligibility to approve or deny a bond fee
reimbursement. As of January 12, 2010,
OSDBU has not received any comments
in response to the 60-day notice. We are
required to publish this notice in the
Federal Register by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted by February 25, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit a comment
to DMS Docket Number DOT–OST–
2010–0294 through one of the following
methods:
Web site: http://www.regulations.gov.
Instructions for submitting comments
on http://www.regulations.gov can be
found at http://docketsinfo.dot.gov/.
Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility;
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building,
Room W12–140, Washington, DC
20590–001.
Hand Delivery: Room W12–140 on the
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New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington,
DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal
Holidays.
Instructions: All comments must
include the agency name and DMS
Docket Number, DOT–OST–2010–0294.
All comments received will be posted
without change to http://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. The
comments provided to a Federal
Department or Agency through http://
www.regulations.gov are collected
voluntarily and may be publicly
disclosed in a rulemaking docket or on
the Internet. All comments received into
any of our dockets are viewable by the
public, including the name of the
individual that submitted the comment
(or signed the comment, if submitted on
behalf of an association, business, labor
union, etc.). DOT’s complete Privacy
Act Statement, published in the Federal
Register, may be viewed on http://
www.regulations.gov.
Instructions: For access to the docket
or to read background documents or
comments, go to www.regulations.gov at
any time or to Room W12–140 on the
ground level of the West Building, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington,
DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 a.m., Monday
through Friday except Federal holidays.
To obtain confirmation of receipt of
your written comments, please include
a self-addressed, stamped postcard with
the following statement: ‘‘Comments on
Docket DOT–OST–2010–0294.’’ The
Docket Clerk will date stamp the
postcard prior and return it via the U.S.
mail. Please note that due to delays in
the delivery of U.S. mail to Federal
offices in Washington, DC, we
recommend that persons consider an
alternative method (Internet, fax, or
professional delivery service) to submit
comments to the docket and ensure
their timely receipt at U.S. DOT.
Comments: We particularly request
your comments on the: (1) accuracy of
the estimated burden; (2) ways to
enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the collected information and;
(3) ways to minimize the collection
burden without reducing the quality of
the information collected, including
additional use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy Strine, Manager Financial
Assistance Division, Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization,
Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Room W56–448,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone:

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202–366–1930. Fax Number: 202–366–
7228. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Estimate of burden hours for
information requested:
Respondents: Certified Disadvantaged
Business Enterprises (DBEs) that are
pursuing, in the process, or have
obtained contracts on ARRA
transportation infrastructure projects.
US DOT/OSDBU spoke to the SBA
Surety Bond Guarantee Program
personnel and a representative of the
Surety and Fidelity Association of
America (SFAA) who represents the
small and emerging businesses to obtain
the required estimates. The average
bond for a small and emerging business
or DBE is between $250,000 and
$500,000. To calculate the universe US
DOT/OSDBU can serve, an average bond
is estimated to be $350,000. The
Bonding Premium Fee charged by the
Sureties is a range of 2 to 3% of the total
bond, so using an average premium of
2.5% on a $350,000 bond the DBE
would pay $8,750. The SBA Surety
Guarantee Bond Program Principal Fee
is currently set to .729% of the contract
price, or bond amount. For a $350,000
bond, the SBA principal fee is $2,551.
The average amount of financial
assistance is $11,300.00 per DBE on one
application, submittal to include both
eligible fees. Using these estimates, the
number of DBEs that US DOT/OSDBU
can assist with $20 million is
approximately 1,770.
Form: U.S. Disadvantaged Business
Enterprise (DBE) American
Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009
Bonding Assistance Reimbursable Fee
Program DOT Form F4504.
Respondents: 1770.
Frequency: Once.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 2 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3540 hours.
OMB Approval No: OMB Control
Number: 2105–0562.
Title: U.S Disadvantaged Business
Enterprise (DBE) American
Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009
Bonding Assistance Reimbursable Fee
Program DOT Form F4504.
Type of Review: Renewal.
1. Needs and Uses: The information
collected will be from a DBE working on
transportation infrastructure ARRA
funded project. Under the DBE ARRA
BAP program, DBEs performing on a
transportation and infrastructure
projects receiving ARRA funding
assistance from any DOT mode of
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Administration (FHWA), Federal
Transit Administration (FTA), Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA),
Maritime Administration (MARAD) will
receive financial bonding assistance in
the form of bonding fee cost
reimbursement. This provision is
applicable to a subcontract or prime
contract at any tier in the construction
project. Under this program DOT will
directly reimburse DBEs the premiums
paid to the surety company for
performance, payment or bid/proposal
bonds. The range of the premium fee is
between 1–3% of the total bond amount.
In the event the DBE also obtains a bond
guarantee from Small Business
Administration’s (SBA) Surety Bond
Guarantee Program (SBGP), the DOT
will also reimburse the DBE for the
small business concern (principal) fee of
.729% of the contract price. The
information collected will be used by
DOT OSDBU to verify eligibility,
including whether the applicant is a
current certified DBE.
2. Burden Statement: This collection
is for DBEs working on transportation
infrastructure ARRA funded project.
DBEs are small businesses. Efforts have
been made to simplify the application
form, keeping it to one page with three
page instructions to assist the DBE to
submit a complete application package
to expedite reimbursement and
minimize burden. In addition a sample
letter to show how to indicate the
federal project number is included.
Applicants will be able to find further
guidance at http://www.dot.gov/
recovery/ost/. A coordinated effort has
been made with the DOT Operating
Administrations to minimize
duplicative reporting. OSDBU’s intent is
to give this subsidy reimbursement fee
to the DBEs trying to obtain surety
bonding to assist DBEs to become more
competitive and perform on more
transportation infrastructure projects
receiving ARRA funding assistance from
any DOT mode of transportation and
minimize cash flow difficulties. Several
applicant we have spoken to since
August 28, 2009 (program launch date)
has told us the application is self
explanatory and they have not had any
difficulties in filling it out or
understanding the content and
requirements.
Brandon Neal,
Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization, Office of the Secretary,
U.S. Department of Transportation.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Applications for Certificates
of Public Convenience and Necessity
and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed
Under Subpart B (Formerly Subpart Q)
During the Week Ending December 2,
2009
The following Applications for
Certificates of Public Convenience and
Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier
Permits were filed under Subpart B
(formerly Subpart Q) of the Department
of Transportation’s Procedural
Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et
seq.). The due date for Answers,
Conforming Applications, or Motions to
Modify Scope are set forth below for
each application. Following the Answer
period DOT may process the application
by expedited procedures. Such
procedures may consist of the adoption
of a show-cause order, a tentative order,
or in appropriate cases a final order
without further proceedings.
Docket Number: DOT–OST–1997–
2155.
Date Filed: December 2, 2009.
Due Date for Answers, Conforming
Applications, or Motion to Modify
Scope: December 23, 2009.
Description: Application of Arctic
Transportation Systems, Inc. requesting
reissuance of its certificate of public
convenience and necessity in the name
of Ryan Air, Inc.
Renee V. Wright,
Program Manager, Docket Operations,
Federal Register Liaison.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research & Innovative Technology
Administration
[Docket ID Number RITA 2008–0002]

Agency Information Collection;
Activity Under OMB Review;
Passenger Origin-Destination Survey
Report
AGENCY: Research & Innovative
Technology Administration (RITA),
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
(BTS), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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 has been forwarded to the Office

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of Management and Budget (OMB) for
extension of currently approved
collections. The ICR describes the
nature of the information collection and
its expected burden. The Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting comments on the
following collection of information was
published on November 16, 2009 (74 FR
59018–59019).
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by February 19, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bernie Stankus, Office of Airline
Information, RTS–42, Room E34–409,
RITA, BTS, 1200 New Jersey Avenue,
SE., Washington, DC 20590–0001,
Telephone Number (202) 366–4387, Fax
Number (202) 366–3383 or E-mail
bernard.stankus@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Approval No. 2139–0001
Title: Passenger Origin-Destination
Survey Report.
Form No.: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Large certificated air
carriers that provide scheduled
passenger service.
Number of Respondents: 35.
Total Number of Annual Responses:
140.
Estimated Time per Response: 240
hours.
Total Annual Burden: 33,600.
Needs and Uses: Survey data are used
in monitoring the airline industry,
negotiating international agreements,
reviewing requests for the grant of antitrust immunity for air carrier alliance
agreements, selecting new international
routes, selecting U.S. carriers to operate
limited entry foreign routes, and
modeling the spread of contagious
diseases. The Passenger OriginDestination Survey Report is the only
aviation data collection by DOT where
the air carriers report the true origins
and destinations of passengers’ flight
itineraries. The Department does have
another aviation data collection (T–100)
which (1) gives passenger totals for citypairs served on a nonstop basis and (2)
market totals for passengers traveling on
a single flight number. If the passenger
travels on multiple flight numbers, a
new market is recorded for each change
in flight number.
The Confidential Information
Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act
of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note), requires
a statistical agency to clearly identify
information it collects for non-statistical
purposes. BTS hereby notifies the
respondents and the public that BTS
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