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Dated: January 12, 2009. 

Jon Trent Warner, 

Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating 

Committee, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. 2010–995 Filed 1–19–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket Number DOT–OST–2009–0294] 

Request for OMB Clearance of an 

Information Collection Renewal 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

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 

ground level of the West Building, 1200 

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: 

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 

transportation such as Federal Highway 


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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. 

[FR Doc. 2010–984 Filed 1–19–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2010–933 Filed 1–19–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

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 

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 

uses the information it collects under 


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