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an open-skies agreement with the
United States where that agreement is
being applied. In this regard, the
Department’s Office of International
Aviation maintains a list on its website
of Open Skies Agreements Currently
Being Applied between the United
States and its open-skies partners, and
updates the list as partners are added or
removed.1 The Department has stated
that it will issue a Notice if an openskies partner is removed from the list,
and allow U.S. carriers holding blanket
open-skies certificate authority 120 days
to seek exemption authority to serve
that foreign aviation partner, as the
certificate authority to serve that foreign
partner will no longer be effective 120
days after the publication date of the
Notice.2 The Department has further
stated that it will also publish a notice
in the Federal Register.
On March 9, 2019, Samoa withdrew
as a party to the Multilateral Agreement
on the Liberalization of International
Air Transportation (MALIAT), thereby
ending its open-skies relationship with
the United States as a multilateral
partner.3 On March 11, 2019, the
Department issued a Notice stating that
it will remove Samoa from its list of
Open Skies Agreements Currently Being
Applied, effective July 9, 2019. The
Department served its March 11 Notice
on all certificated U.S. air carriers
operating large aircraft; the U.S.
Department of State (Office of Aviation
Negotiations); and the Federal Aviation
Administration.
The Department accordingly invites
U.S. carriers to file applications for
exemption authority under 49 U.S.C.
40109, to provide scheduled foreign air

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1 See http://www.transportation.gov/policy/
aviation-policy/open-skies-agreements-beingapplied.
2 See e.g., Orders 2007–4–2, 2007–7–3, and 2007–
7–4.
3 The United States was informed through
diplomatic channels that the Government of New
Zealand, as depositary for the MALIAT, received
the Government of Samoa’s Notification of
Withdrawal on March 9, 2018. Under Article 18 of
the MALIAT, Samoa’s withdrawal became effective
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transportation to Samoa on the basis of
comity and reciprocity.4

Control No. 2900–0859’’ in any
correspondence.

Signed in Washington, DC, on March 11,
2019.
Brian J. Hedberg,
Director, Office of International Aviation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
[OMB Control No. 2900–0859]

Agency Information Collection Activity
Under OMB Review: Request for
Restoration of Educational Assistance
Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans
Affairs.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, this notice announces that the
Veterans Benefits Administration
(VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs,
will submit the collection of
information abstracted below to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and comment. The
PRA submission describes the nature of
the information collection and its
expected cost and burden; it includes
the actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before April 15, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
on the collection of information through
www.Regulations.gov, or to Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, Attn:
VA Desk Officer 725 17th St. NW,
Washington, DC 20503 or sent through
electronic mail to oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov. Please refer to ‘‘OMB
SUMMARY:

4 U.S. carriers holding open-skies route authority
by exemption that wish to serve Samoa should
similarly file applications for specific exemption
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Danny S. Green at (202) 421–1354.
Please refer to ‘‘Control No. 2900–0859’’
in any correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3699.
Title: Request for Restoration of
Educational Assistance (VA Form 22–
0989).
OMB Control Number: 2900–0859.
Type of Review: Extension of a
previously approved collection.
Abstract: VA Form 22–0989 will
allow students to apply for restoration
of entitlement for VA education benefits
used at a school that closed or had its
approval to receive VA benefits
withdrawn. Education Service requests
approval of this information collection
in order to carry out the implementation
of the law which requires VA to
immediately accept applications to
restore education benefits for school
closures and disapprovals beginning
after January 1, 2015.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. The Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on this collection
of information was published at 83 FR
25614 on November, 26, 2018, page
60558.
Affected Public: Individuals.
Estimated Annual Burden: 3,511
hours.
Estimated Average Burden per
Respondent: 15 minutes.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
14,045.
By direction of the Secretary.
Danny S. Green,
Interim VA Clearance Officer, Office of
Quality, Performance and Risk, Department
of Veterans Affairs,
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