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more rigorous designs that address: the
target population to which
generalizations will be made, the
sampling frame, the sample design
(including stratification and clustering),
the precision requirements or power
calculations that justify the proposed
sample size, the expected response rate,
methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data
collection, and any testing procedures
that were or will be undertaken prior
fielding the study. Depending on the
degree of influence the results are likely
to have, such collections may still be
eligible for submission for other generic
mechanisms that are designed to yield
quantitative results.
Methodology: Respondents will fill
out a brief customer survey after
completing their interaction with a
Department Office or Embassy. Surveys
are designed to gather feedback on the
customer’s experiences.
Dated: May 13, 2014.
Janet Freer,
Director, Office of Directives Management,
Department of State.

be determined, is in the national
interest. I have ordered that Public
Notice of these Determinations be
published in the Federal Register.
For
further information, including a list of
the imported objects, contact Paul W.
Manning, Attorney-Adviser, Office of
the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of
State (telephone: 202–632–6469). The
mailing address is U.S. Department of
State, SA–5, L/PD, Fifth Floor (Suite
5H03), Washington, DC 20522–0505.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dated: May 13, 2014.
Kelly Keiderling,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau
of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
Department of State.
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Mail Rates

[Docket ID Number RITA 2008–0002]

The Department of Transportation
sets and updates the Intra-Alaska Bush
mail rates based on carrier aircraft
operating expense, traffic, and
operational data. Form 298–C cost data,
especially fuel costs, terminal expenses,
and line haul expenses are used in
arriving at rate levels. DOT revises the
established rates based on the
percentage of unit cost changes in the
carriers’ operations. These updating
procedures have resulted in the carriers
receiving rates of compensation that
more closely parallel their costs of
providing mail service and contribute to
the carriers’ economic well-being.

Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Research and Technology.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 8740]

Notice is hereby given of the
following determinations: Pursuant to
the authority vested in me by the Act of
October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985; 22 U.S.C.
2459), Executive Order 12047 of March
27, 1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and
Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat.
2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et
seq.), Delegation of Authority No. 234 of
October 1, 1999, and Delegation of
Authority No. 236–3 of August 28, 2000
(and, as appropriate, Delegation of
Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003), I
hereby determine that the objects to be
included in the exhibition ‘‘Face to
Face: The Neo-Impressionistic Portrait,
1886–1904,’’ imported from abroad for
temporary exhibition within the United
States, are of cultural significance. The
objects are imported pursuant to loan
agreements with the foreign owners or
custodians. I also determine that the
exhibition or display of the exhibit
objects at the Indianapolis Museum of
Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, from on or
about June 13, 2014, until on or about
September 7, 2014, and at possible
additional exhibitions or venues yet to

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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
extension of currently approved
collection. 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 March 3, 2014 (79 FR 41, Page
11873). No comments were received.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by June 19, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marianne Seguin, Office of Airline
Information, RTS–42, Room E34–418,
OST–R, BTS, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE., Washington, DC 20590–0001,
Telephone Number (202) 366–1547, Fax
Number (202) 366–3383 or EMAIL
Marianne.Seguin@dot.gov.
Comments: Send comments to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725–17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention:
RITA/BTS Desk Officer.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

Culturally Significant Objects Imported
for Exhibition Determinations: ‘‘Face to
Face: The Neo-Impressionistic Portrait,
1886–1904’’

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OMB Approval No. 2138–0009.
Title: Report of Financial and
Operating Statistics for Small Aircraft
Operators.
Form No.: BTS Form 298–C.
Type Of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection for the
financial data.
Respondents: Small certificated (29)
and commuter air carriers (24).
Schedule F1:
Number of Respondents: 53.
Number of Annual responses: 212.
Total Burden Per Response: 4 hours.
Total Annual Burden: 848 hours.
Schedule F2:
Number of Respondents: 29.
Number of Annual responses: 116.
Total Burden Per Response: 12 hours.
Total Annual Burden: 1,392 hours.
Needs and Uses: Program uses for
Form 298–C financial data are as
follows:

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Agency Information Collection;
Activity Under OMB Review; Report of
Financial and Operating Statistics for
Small Aircraft Operators

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Essential Air Service
DOT often has to select a carrier to
provide a community’s essential air
service. The selection criteria include
historic presence in the community,
reliability of service, financial stability
and cost structure of the air carrier.
Carrier Fitness
Fitness determinations are made for
both new entrants and established U.S.
domestic carriers proposing a
substantial change in operations. A
portion of these applications consists of
an operating plan for the first year (14
CFR part 204) and an associated
projection of revenues and expenses.
The carrier’s operating costs, included
in these projections, are compared
against the cost data in Form 298–C for
a carrier or carriers with the same
aircraft type and similar operating
characteristics. Such a review validates
the reasonableness of the carrier’s
operating plan.
The quarterly financial submissions
by commuter and small certificated air

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carriers are used in determining each
carrier’s continuing fitness to operate.
Section 41738 of Title 49 of the United
States Code requires DOT to find all
commuter and small certificated air
carriers fit, willing, and able to conduct
passenger service as a prerequisite to
providing such service to an eligible
essential air service point. In making a
fitness determination, DOT reviews
three areas of a carrier’s operation: (1)
The qualifications of its management
team, (2) its disposition to comply with
laws and regulations, and (3) its
financial posture. DOT must determine
whether or not a carrier has sufficient
financial resources to conduct its
operations without imposing undue risk
on the traveling public. Moreover, once
a carrier begins conducting flight
operations, DOT is required to monitor
its continuing fitness.
Senior DOT officials must be kept
fully informed and advised of all
current and developing economic issues
affecting the airline industry. In
preparing financial condition reports or
status reports on a particular airline,
financial and traffic data are analyzed.
Briefing papers prepared for senior DOT
officials may use the same information.
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
uses the information it collects under
this OMB approval for non-statistical
purposes including, but not limited to,
publication of both Respondent’s
identity and its data, submission of the
information to agencies outside BTS for
review, analysis and possible use in
regulatory and other administrative
matters.
Issued on May 15, 2014.
Rolf R. Schmitt,
Deputy Director, Bureau of Transportation
Statistics.
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Federal Aviation Administration
Land Release for Canandaigua Airport
(D38)
Federal Aviation
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice, Request for Public
Comment.
The Federal Aviation
Administration is requesting public

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Comments must be received by
June 19, 2014.

DATES:

Comments on this
application may be mailed or delivered
to the FAA at the following address:
Steven M. Urlass, Manager, FAA New
York Airports District Office, 1 Aviation
Plaza, Jamaica, New York 11434. In
addition, a copy of any comments
submitted to the FAA must be mailed or
delivered to Mr. Michael Manikowski,
Executive Director, Ontario County
Industrial Development Agency, at the
following address: 20 Ontario Street,
Suite 1068, Canandaigua, NY 14424.

ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steven M. Urlass, Manager, New York
Airports District Office, 1 Aviation
Plaza, Jamaica, New York 11434;
telephone (718) 995–5771; FAX (718)
995–5790; email Steve.Urlass@faa.gov.
Section
125 of the Wendell H. Ford Aviation
Investment and Reform Act for the 1st
Century (AIR21) requires the FAA to
provide an opportunity for public notice
and comment before the Secretary may
waive a Sponsor’s Federal obligation to
use certain airport land for aeronautical
use.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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AGENCY:

comment on the Canandaigua Airport
(D38), Canandaigua, New York, Notice
of Proposed Release from Aeronautical
Use of approximately 8.315 +/¥ acres of
airport property, to allow for nonaeronautical development.
The parcel is located approximately
west of the midpoint of Runway 13–31
at the Canandaigua Airport. The tract
currently consists of 8.315 +/¥ acres
and it is currently vacant. The requested
release is for the purpose of permitting
the Ontario County Industrial
Development Agency (Airport Sponsor)
to convey title of 8.315 +/¥ acres to
Paul and Susan Yarnall in exchange for
a 4.20 +/¥ acre parcel previously
conveyed to the Ontario County
Industrial Development Agency by Paul
and Susan Yarnall. Documents
reflecting the Sponsor’s request are
available, by appointment only, for
inspection at the Office of the Ontario
County Industrial Development Agency
and the FAA New York Airport District
Office.

Issued in Garden City, New York, on May
12, 2014.
Steven M. Urlass,
Manager, New York, Airports District Office,
Eastern Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA 2014–0022]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Request for Comments for a
New Information Collection
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3521), this notice
announces that FHWA will submit the
collection of information described
below to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and comment.
The Federal Register Notice with a 60day comment period soliciting
comments on the following collection of
information was published on March
14, 2014. The PRA submission describes
the nature of the information collection
and its expected cost and burden.
DATES: Please submit comments by June
19, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by DOT Docket ID 2014–0022
by any of the following methods:
Web site: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received go to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation,
West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S.
Department of Transportation, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William Ostrum, 202–366–4651,
Department of Transportation, FHWA,
Office of Project Development and
Environmental Review, E76–116, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington,
DC 20590. Office hours are from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FHWA Environmental
Excellence Awards
Background: In 1995 FHWA
established the biennial Environmental
Excellence Awards to recognize
partners, projects, and processes that
SUMMARY:

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