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transportation, such as FHWA, FTA, 

FAA, FRA, and MARAD. Please 

reference additional guidance located 

http://www.dot.gov/recovery/ost/for 

specific Section 1512 reporting 

instructions for recipients of bonding 

assistance under the DBE ARRA BAP 

B. Other Reporting: To satisfy the 

needs for transparency and 

accountability related to funding 

appropriated under the ARRA, DBEs 

may be required to provide additional 

information not yet specified in this 

notice to satisfy requests from the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB), the 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the 

Government Accountability Office 

(GAO, or the DOT Office of Inspector 

General (IG). DOT/OSDBU will inform 

the DBEs if and when such additional 

reports are required. Through its 

participation in the DBE ARRA BAP, the 

DBE agrees to provide the additional 

required information. 

VII. Technical Assistance 

Technical assistance pertaining to the 

DBE ARRA BAP is available from 

OSDBU headquarters, S–40, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 

20590 1–800–532–1169 or through the 

regional DOT Small Business 

Transportation Resource Centers 

(SBTRC). 

Small Business Transportation 

Resource Centers (SBTRCs): 

Northeast Region: 

New York, Headquarters, New Jersey, 

Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode 

Island, Maine, New Hampshire, 

Vermont 

Contact: LaGuardia Community 

College: 

Elizabeth Perdomo, Project Director, 

SBTRC, LaGuardia Community 

College, 29–10 Thompson Avenue, 

9th Floor, Long Island City, NY 

11101, Telephone: (718) 482–5941, 

FAX: (718) 609–2036, E-mail: 

eperdomo@lagcc.cuny.edu. 

Mid Atlantic Region: 

Pennsylvania, Headquarters, Maryland, 

Virginia, District of Columbia, 

Delaware, West Virginia 

Contact: Greater Philadelphia 

Minority Business Strategic Alliance: 

Tiffany L. King, Project Director, 105 N. 

22nd Street, Philadelphia, 

Pennsylvania 19103, Telephone: (215) 

399–0062, Fax: (215) 399–0063, Email: tking@gpmbsa.com 

South Atlantic Region: 

North Carolina, Headquarters, 

Tennessee, South Carolina, Kentucky 

Contact: North Carolina Agricultural 

and Technical (NC A&T) State 

University: 

George C. Jones, Jr., Project Director, 

SBTRC, Rm 312–G Craig Hall, The 

Transportation Institute, NC A&T 

State University, 1601 E. Market 

Street, Greensboro, NC 27411, Ph: 

(336) 256–2111, Fax: (336) 334–7093, 

E-mail: gcjones@ncat.edu 

Southeast Region: 

Florida, Headquarters, Georgia, 

Alabama, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, 

U.S. Virgin Islands 

Contact: Miami Dade College: 

Adrianna Clark, Project Director, 

SBTRC, Miami Dade College, 

Homestead, 500 College Terrace, 

Office B230, Homestead, FL 33160, 

Telephone: (305) 237–5115, Fax (305) 

237–5108, E-mail: aclark1@mdc.edu 

Gulf Region: 

Texas, Headquarters, Louisiana, 

Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arkansas 

Contact: Greater Dallas Hispanic 

Chamber of Commerce: 

Yolanda Tafoya, Diana L. Flores, Project 

Director, SBTRC, 4622 Maple Ave., 

#207, Dallas, Texas 75219–1101, 

Telephone: (214) 523–3432, Fax: (214) 

520–1687, E-mail: diana@gdhcc.com 

Great Lakes Region: 

Illinois, Headquarters, Indiana, 

Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin 

Contact: Hispanic American 

Construction Industry Association: 

Jackie Gomez, Project Director, SBTRC, 

901 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite 205, 

Chicago, Illinois 60607, Telephone: 

(312) 666–6070, ext 22, Fax: (312) 

666–5692, E-mail: 

jgomez@haciaworks.org 

Central Region: 

Missouri, Headquarters, Colorado, 

Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, 

South Dakota, North Dakota, 

Wyoming 

Contact: University of Missouri— 

Columbia: 

Rhonda K. Wilson, Project Director, 

SBTRC, W1026 Lafferre Hall 400 

South 6th Street, Columbia, Missouri 

65211, Phone: (816) 294–9803, Fax: 

(573) 882–9931 E-mail: 

wilsonrh@missouri.edu 

Southwest Region: 

California, Headquarters, Arizona, Utah, 

Nevada, Hawaii 

Contact: U.S. Pan Asian American 

Chamber of Commerce: 

Carrolyn Kubota, Project Director, 

SBTRC, 275 5th Street, San Francisco, 

CA 94103, Phone: (415) 348–6262, 

Toll Free: 1–866–928–6289 x9, Fax: 

(415) 541–8589, E-mail: 

carrolyn@uspaacc.com 

Northwest Region: 

Washington, Headquarters, Oregon, 

Alaska, Idaho, Montana 

Contact: Economic Development 

Council of Snohomish County: 

Lily Keeffe, Project Director, SBTRC, 

728 134th St., SW., Ste 128, Everett, 

WA 98204, Telephone: (206) 718– 

7250, Fax (425) 745–5563, E-mail: 

lkeeffe@snoedc.org 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 25, 

2009. 

Brandon Neal, 

Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged 

Business Utilization. 

[FR Doc. E9–20919 Filed 8–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

[FTA Docket No. 2009–0042] 

Agency Information Collection Activity 

Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration, 

DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit 

Administration invites public comment 

about our intention to request the Office 

of Management and Budget’s (OMB) 

approval to reinstate the following 

information collections: 

(1) Bus Testing Program. 

(2) Transit Research, Development, 

Demonstration and Deployment 

Projects. 

The information collections involve 

our Bus Testing and Transit Research 

Programs. The information to be 

collected for the Bus Testing Program is 

necessary to ensure that buses have 

been tested at the Bus Testing Center for 

maintainability, reliability, safety, 

performance, structural integrity, fuel 

economy, emissions and noise. The 

information to be collected for Transit 

Research, Development, Demonstration 

and Deployment Projects is necessary to 

determine eligibility of applicants and 

ensure mass transportation service at a 

minimum cost. We are required to 

publish this notice in the Federal 

Register by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. The Federal Register with 

a 60-day comment period soliciting 

comments was published on June 1, 

2009. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted 

before September 30, 2009. A comment 

to OMB is most effective if OMB 

receives it within 30 days of 

publication. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sylvia L. Marion, Office of 


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Administration, Office of Management 

Planning, (202) 366–6680. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Bus Testing Program. 

Abstract: 49 U.S.C. 5323(c) provides 

that no federal funds that are 

appropriated or made available after 

September 30, 1989, may be obligated or 

expended for the acquisition of a new 

bus model (including any model using 

alternative fuels) unless the bus has 

been tested at the Bus Testing Center 

(Center) in Altoona, Pennsylvania. 49 

U.S.C. 5318(a) further specifies that 

each new bus model is to be tested for 

maintainability, reliability, safety, 

performance (including braking 

performance), structural integrity, fuel 

economy, emissions, and noise. 

The operator of the Bus Testing 

Center, the Thomas D. Larson 

Pennsylvania Transportation Institute 

(LTI), has entered into a cooperative 

agreement with FTA. LTI operates and 

maintains the Center, and establishes 

and collects fees for the testing of the 

vehicles at the facility. A test report is 

given to the manufacturer of the new 

bus model after the vehicle has been 

tested at the Center. The bus 

manufacturer certifies to an FTA grantee 

that the bus the grantee is purchasing 

has been tested at the Center. Also, 

grantees who are considering the 

purchase of a bus use this report to 

assist them in making their purchasing 

decisions. LTI maintains a reference file 

for all the test reports which are made 

available to the public. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 404 

hours. 

Title: 49 U.S.C. 5312(a) Transit 

Research, Development, Demonstration 

and Deployment Projects. 

Abstract: 49 U.S.C. 5312(a) authorizes 

the Secretary of Transportation to make 

grants or contracts for research, 

development, demonstration and 

deployment projects, and evaluation of 

technology of national significance to 

public transportation, that the Secretary 

determines will improve mass 

transportation service or help 

transportation service meet the total 

urban transportation needs at a 

minimum cost. In carrying out the 

provisions of this section, the Secretary 

is also authorized to request and receive 

appropriate information from any 

source. As an example, FTA’s United 

We Ride Program is funded under the 

Transit Research Program. Research for 

the United We Ride Program is being 

conducted to gather information on how 

the objectives of Executive Order 13330 

on Human Services Transportation 

Coordination are being achieved. 

The information collected is 

submitted as part of the application for 

grants and cooperative agreements and 

is used to determine eligibility of 

applicants. Collection of this 

information also provides 

documentation that the applicants and 

recipients are meeting program 

objectives and are complying with FTA 

Circular 6100.1B and other Federal 

requirements. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

11,240 hours. 

ADDRESSES: All written comments must 

refer to the docket number that appears 

at the top of this document and be 

submitted to the Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention: FTA Desk Officer. 

Comments Are Invited On: 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; 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. 

Issued on: August 26, 2009. 

Ann M. Linnertz, 

Associate Administrator for Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–20982 Filed 8–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–57–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory 

Committee Meeting on Transport 

Airplane and Engine Issues 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

public meeting of the FAA’s Aviation 

Rulemaking Advisory Committee 

(ARAC) to discuss transport airplane 

and engine (TAE) issues. 

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for 

Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 

starting at 9 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. 

Arrange for oral presentation by 

September 16, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The Boeing Company, 1200 

Wilson Boulevard, Room 234, 

Arlington, Virginia 22209. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ralen Gao, Office of Rulemaking, ARM– 

209, FAA, 800 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20591, Telephone 

(202) 267–3168 FAX (202) 267–5075, or 

e-mail at relan.gao@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463; 5 U.S.C. app. III), notice is given of 

an ARAC meeting to be held September 

23, 2009. 

The agenda for the meeting is as 

follows: 

• Opening Remarks, Review Agenda 

and Minutes; 

• FAA Report; 

• Airplane-level Safety Analysis WG 

Report; 

• Task 4 Status 

• EXCOM Report; 

• Transport Canada Report; 

• Airworthiness Assurance HWG 

Report; 

• Ice Protection HWG Report; 

• Avionics HWG Report; 

• Any Other Business; 

• Action Item Review. 

Attendance is open to the public, but 

will be limited to the availability to 

meeting room space. Please confirm 

your attendance with the person listed 

in the For Further Information Contact 

section no later than September 16, 

2009. Please provide the following 

information. Full legal name, country of 

citizenship, and name of your industry 

association, or applicable affiliation. If 

you are attending as a public citizen, 

please indicate so. 

For persons participating by 

telephone, Please Contact Ralen Gao by 

e-mail or phone for the teleconference 

call-in number and passcode. Anyone 

calling from outside the Arlington VA, 

metropolitan area will be responsible for 

paying long-distance charges. 

The public must make arrangements 

by September 16, 2009, to present oral 

statements by the meeting. Written 

statements may be presented by the 

ARAC at any time by providing 25 

copies to the person listed in the For 

Further Information Contact section or 

by providing copies at the meeting. 

Copies of the documents to be presented 

to ARAC may be made available by 

contacting the person listed in the For 

Further Information Contact section. 

If you need assistance or require an 

reasonable accommodation for the 

meeting or meeting documents, please 

contact the person listed in the For 

Further Information Contact section. 

Sign and oral interpretation, as well as 

a listening device, can be made 

available if requested 10 calendar days 

before the meeting. 


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