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counseling, outreach services/ 

conference participation, short-term 

loan and bond assistance. The 

cumulative data collected will be 

analyzed by the OSDBU to determine 

the effectiveness of services provided, 

including counseling, outreach, and 

financial services. Such data will also be 

analyzed by the OSDBU to determine 

agency effectiveness in assisting small 

businesses to enhance their 

opportunities to participate in 

government contracts and subcontracts. 

The Regional Field Offices Intake 

Form, (DOT F 4500) is used to enroll 

small business clients into the program 

in order to create a viable database of 

firms that can participate in government 

contracts and subcontracts, especially 

those projects that are transportation 

related. Each area on the fillable pdf 

form must be filled in electronically by 

the Field Offices and submitted every 

quarter to OSDBU. The Offices will 

retain a copy of each Intake Form for 

their records. The completion of the 

form is used as a tool for making 

decisions about the needs of the 

business, such as; referral to technical 

assistance agencies for help, identifying 

the type of profession or trade of the 

business, the type of certification that 

the business holds, length of time in 

business, and location of the firm. This 

data can assist the Field Offices in 

developing a business plan or adjusting 

their business plan to increase its ability 

to market its goods and services to 

buyers and potential users of their 

services. 

Respondents: SBTRC Regional Field 

Offices. 

Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 100. 

Frequency: The information will be 

collected quarterly. 

Annual Estimated Number of 

Responses: 400. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 600 hours per year (90 

minutes per response to complete each 

Intake Form). 

Background: The Regional Field 

Offices Quarterly Report Form (DOT F 

4502) must be submitted as a quarterly 

status report by each Field Office of 

business activities conducted during the 

three-month timeframe. The form is 

used to capture activities and 

accomplishments that were made by the 

Regional Field Offices during the course 

of the quarter. In addition, the form 

includes a data collection section where 

numbers and hours are reported and a 

section that is assigned for a written 

narrative that provides back-up which 

supports the data. 

Activities to be reported are (1) 

Counseling Activity which identifies the 

counseling hours provided to 

businesses, number of new 

appointments, and follow-up on 

counseled clients. (2) Activity for 

Businesses Served identifies the type of 

small business that is helped, such as a 

DBE, 8(a), WOB, HubZone, SDB, 

SDVOB, or VOSB. (3) Marketing 

Activity includes the name of an event 

attended by the SBTRC and the role 

played when participating in a 

conference, workshop or any other 

venue that relates to small businesses. 

(4) Meetings that are held with 

government representatives in the 

region, or at the state level, are activities 

that are reported. (5) Events Hosted by 

the SBTRC Regional Field Offices, such 

as small business workshops, financial 

assistance workshops, matchmaking 

events, are activities that are reported on 

a quarterly basis. 

Respondents: SBTRC Regional Field 

Offices. 

Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 100. 

Frequency: The information will be 

collected quarterly. 

Annual Estimated Number of 

Responses: 400. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 1200 hours per year (3 

hours per response to complete each 

Quarterly Report). 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

the Department’s estimate of the burden 

of the proposed information collection; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility 

and clarity of the information collection; 

and d) ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on 

respondents, by the use of electronic 

means, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. The agency will 

summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1:48. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 24, 

2012. 

Patricia Lawton, 

DOT PRA Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–13199 Filed 5–30–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket: DOT–OST–2012–0078] 

Notice of Request for Renewal of 

Previously Approved Collection; Short 

Term Lending Program—Application 

for Loan Guarantee 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13, (44 U.S.C. 3501 et 

seq.) this notice announces that the 

Information Collection Request, 

abstracted below, will be forwarded to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

for the renewal of the Short Term 

Lending Program—Application for Loan 

Guarantee. A 60 day Federal Register 

Notice (77 FR 14459) was published 

March 9, 2012 (DOT–OST 2008–0244). 

The agency did not receive any 

comments. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by July 2, 2012 and sent to 

OMB. 

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. Phone number 

202–366–1930. Fax number 202–366– 

7228. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Comments: Comments should be sent 

to OMB: Attention DOT/OST Desk 

Officer, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, Docket 

Library, 725 17th Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20503 or fax to: 202– 

395–5806. Please make reference to 

OMB Control No. 2104–0555 Docket 

DOT–OST–2012–0078. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Short Term Lending Program— 

Application for Loan Guarantee. 

OMB Control No: 2105–0555. 

Number of Respondents: 100. 

Number of Responses: 100. 

Total Annual Burden: 1400. 

Abstract: OSDBU’s Short Term 

Lending Program (STLP) offers certified 

Disadvantaged Business Enterprises 

(DBEs) and other certified Small 

Businesses (8a, women-owned, small 

disadvantaged, HUBZone, veteran 

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owned) the opportunity to obtain short 

term working capital at variable interest 

rates for transportation-related projects. 

The STLP provides Participating 

Lenders (PLs) a guarantee, up to 75%, 

on a revolving line of credit up to a 

$750,000 maximum. These loans are 

provided through lenders that serve as 

STLP Participating Lenders (PLs). The 

term on the line of credit is up to one 

(1) year, which may be renewed for five 

(5) years. A potential or renewal STLP 

participant must submit a guaranteed 

loan application package. 

This collection renewal combines two 

applications, the former ‘‘Short-term 

Lending Program Application for a New 

Loan Guarantee’’ and the ‘‘Application 

for Loan Guarantee Renewal’’ into one 

Short Term Lending Program 

Application for a Loan Guarantee. There 

should no longer be any confusion since 

a set of explicit instructions has been 

added to the application. All attempts 

have been made to make it easier to 

read, understand, and use. The 

application form is now a PDF fillable 

form. The information collected is used 

to determine the applicant’s eligibility 

and is necessary to approve or deny a 

loan. We are required to publish this 

notice in the Federal Register by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

Respondents: Certified Disadvantaged 

Business Enterprises (DBEs) and other 

certified Small Businesses (8a, womenowned, small disadvantaged, HUBZone, 

veteran owned, and service disabled 

veteran owned) interested in financing 

their transportation-related contracts. 

DOT Form 2301–1(REV.1). Short 

Term Lending Program Application for 

Loan Guarantee: A potential or renewal 

STLP participant must submit a 

guaranteed loan application package. 

The guaranteed loan application 

includes the STLP application and 

supporting documentation to be 

collected from the checklist in the 

application. The application may be 

obtained directly from OSDBU, the 

Regional Small Business Transportation 

Resource Centers, from a PL, or online 

from the agency’s Web site, currently at 

http://www.osdbu.dot.gov/financial/ 

stlp.cfm. 

Respondents: 100. 

Frequency: Once. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 2 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 200 hours. 

Supporting documentation. Required 

documentation shall include, but is not 

limited to, the following items: 

a. Business, trade, or job performance 

reference letters; 

b. DBE or other eligible certification letters; 

c. Aging report of receivables and payables; 

d. Business tax returns; 

e. Business financial statements; 

f. Personal income tax returns; 

g. Personal financial statements; 

h. Schedule of work in progress (WIP); 

i. Signed and dated copy of transportationrelated contracts; 

j. Business debt schedule; 

k. Cash flow projections; 

l. Owner(s) and a key management 

resumes. 

Respondents: 100. 

Frequency: Once. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 12 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1200 hours. 

Title: STLP—Participating Lender 

(PL) forms. 

Number of Respondents: 100. 

Number of Responses: 100. 

Total Annual Burden: 2925 hours. 

Respondents: Participating Lenders 

that are in the process or have entered 

into cooperative agreements with DOT’s 

OSDBU under 49 CFR part 22 DOT– 

OST–2008–0236 entitled, ‘‘Short Term 

Lending Program’’. 

Abstract: The Office of the Secretary, 

Office of Small and Disadvantaged 

Business Utilization (OSDBU), invites 

public comments on our intention to 

request the Office of Management and 

Budget’s (OMB) approval to renew a 

collection of the STLP Participating 

Lender (PL) forms. The information 

collected administers the loans 

guaranteed under the STLP. The 

information collected keeps the 

Participating Lender’s (PLs) in 

compliance with the terms established 

in the Cooperative Agreement between 

DOT and the PLs. Every attempt was 

made to make these forms easier to read, 

understand, and use. 

This renewal collection involves the 

use of the ‘‘Short Term Lending Program 

Bank Verification Loan Activation 

Form’’; ‘‘Short Term Lending Program 

Bank Acknowledgement Extension 

Request Form’’; ‘‘Short Term Lending 

Program Bank Acknowledgement Loan 

Close-Out Form’’; ‘‘Guaranty Loan 

Status Report’’; ‘‘Pending Loan Status 

Report’’; ‘‘Drug-Free Workplace Act 

Certification for a Grantee Other than an 

Individual’’; ‘‘Certification Regarding 

Lobbying for Contracts, Grants, Loans, 

and Cooperative Agreements’’; ‘‘Office 

of Small and Disadvantaged Business 

Utilization U.S. Department of 

Transportation Short Term Lending 

Program Certification Regarding 

Debarment, Suspension’’; ‘‘Cooperative 

Agreement between the U.S. 

Department of Transportation and the 

Participating Lender’’; and ‘‘U.S. 

Department of Transportation Office of 

Small and Disadvantaged Utilization 

Short Term Lending Program Guarantee 

Agreement’’. 

DOT Form 2303–1. Short-Term 

Lending Program Bank Verification 

Loan Activation Form. The PL 

Respondent must submit to OSDBU a 

Loan Activation Form that indicates the 

date in which the loan has been 

activated. 

Respondents: 100. 

Frequency: Annually, up to five years. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 1⁄2 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 50 hours. 

DOT Form 2310–1. Short-Term 

Lending Program Bank 

Acknowledgement Extension Request 

Form. An extension of the original loan 

guarantee for a maximum period of 

ninety (90) days may be requested, in 

writing, by the PL Respondent using the 

STLP Extension Request Form. 

Respondents: 100. 

Frequency: Annually, up to five years. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 1⁄2 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 50 hours. 

DOT Form 2304–1. Short-Term 

Lending Program Bank Acknowledge 

Loan Close-Out. The PL Respondent 

must submit to OSDBU a Loan CloseOut Form upon full repayment of the 

STLP loan or when the loan guarantee 

expires. 

Respondents: 100. 

Frequency: Annually, up to five years. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 1⁄2 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 50 hours. 

DOT Form 2305–1. Guaranty Loan 

Status Report. PL Respondent submits a 

monthly status of active guaranteed 

loans to OSDBU. 

Respondents: 100. 

Frequency: Monthly. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 1 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1200 hours. 

DOT Form 2306–1. Pending Loan 

Status Report. PL Respondent submits 

monthly loan(s) in process report to 

OSDBU. 

Respondents: 100. 

Frequency: Monthly. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 1 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1200 hours. 

DOT Form 2307–1. Drug-Free 

Workplace Act Certification for a 

Grantee Other than an Individual Form. 

The PL certifies it is a drug-free 

workplace by executing this 

certification. 

Respondents: 100. 


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Frequency: Once. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 15 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 25 hours. 

DOT Form 2308–1. Certification 

Regarding Lobbying for Contracts, 

Grants, Loans, and Cooperative 

Agreement. PL Respondent must certify 

that no Federal funds will be utilized for 

lobbying by executing this form. 

Respondents: 100. 

Frequency: Once. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 15 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 25 hours. 

DOT Form 2309–1. Certification 

Regarding Debarment, Suspension 

Form. The PL Respondent must not 

currently be debarred or suspended 

from participation in a government 

contract or delinquent on a government 

debt by submitting a current SBA Form 

1624 or its equivalent. 

Respondents: 100. 

Frequency: Once. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 15 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 25 hours. 

DOT Form 2313–1. Cooperative 

Agreement between the United States 

Department of Transportation and the 

Bank (Participating Lender). This is the 

official agreement between the U.S. 

DOT and the Participating Lender 

(Bank) which spells out the terms; 

deliverables; audit, investigation, and 

review; record retention; duration of 

agreement; expiration of agreement; 

suspension of agreement; termination; 

DOT’s representative; and 

miscellaneous conditions. 

Respondents: 100. 

Frequency: Every two years. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 1 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 100 hours. 

DOT Form 2313–2. Cooperative 

Agreement between the United States 

Department of Transportation and the 

Community Development Financial 

Institution (CDFI). This is the official 

agreement between the U.S. DOT and 

the Community Development Financial 

Institution (CDFI), an eligible 

Participating Lender or which spells out 

the terms; Deliverables; Audit, 

Investigation, and Review; Record 

Retention; Duration of Agreement; 

Expiration of Agreement; Suspension of 

Agreement; Termination; DOT’s 

Representative; and Miscellaneous 

Conditions. 

Respondents: 100. 

Frequency: Every two years. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 1 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 100 hours. 

DOT Form 2314–1. Department of 

Transportation Office of Small and 

Disadvantaged Business Utilization 

(OSDBU) Short Term Lending Program 

Guarantee Agreement Form. This 

document is the seventy-five (75%) loan 

guarantee from the U.S. Department of 

Transportation to the specific 

Participating Lender Respondent. It also 

contains Annex A which is the 

Participating Lender’s default 

mechanism. 

Respondents: 100. 

Frequency: Every year. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 1 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 100 hours. 

Comments are invited on: whether the 

proposed collection renewal of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Department, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

the accuracy of the Department’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

information collection; ways to enhance 

the quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. A comment to OMB is most 

effective if OMB receives it within 30 

days of publication. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 25, 

2012. 

Patricia Lawton, 

PRA Program Manager, Office of the 

Secretary, Department of Transportation. 

[FR Doc. 2012–13208 Filed 5–30–12; 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 May 19, 2012 

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–2005– 

20571. 

Date Filed: May 18, 2012. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion to Modify 

Scope: June 8, 2012. 

Description: Application of Meridiana 

fly, S.p.A. requesting a foreign air 

carrier permit and renewal of its 

exemption in order to engage in the 

scheduled foreign air transportation of 

persons, property, and mail: (a) Foreign 

scheduled and charter air transportation 

of persons, property and mail from any 

point or points behind any Member 

State of the European Union via any 

point or points in any Member State and 

via intermediate points to any point or 

points in the United States and beyond; 

(b) foreign scheduled and charter air 

transportation of persons, property and 

mail between any point or points in the 

United States and any point or points in 

any member of the European Common 

Aviation Area; (c) foreign scheduled and 

charter all-cargo air transportation 

between any point or points in the 

United States and any other point or 

points; and (d) transportation 

authorized by any additional route 

rights made available to European 

Community carriers in the future. 

Renee V. Wright, 

Program Manager, Docket Operations, 

Federal Register Liaison. 

[FR Doc. 2012–13181 Filed 5–30–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Environmental Assessment: Notice of 

Final Federal Actions on 

Improvements to U.S. 60 in Union and 

Henderson Counties, KY 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of limitations on claims 

for judicial review of actions by FHWA, 

Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), 

DoD, and other Federal agencies. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces actions 

taken by the FHWA that are final within 

the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(1)(1). The 

actions relate to a proposed highway 

project: the U.S. 60 Capacity and Safety 

Improvement Project between 

Morganfield and Henderson in Union 

and Henderson Counties, Kentucky 

(KYTC Item Nos. 2–79, 2–122, 2–123). 


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