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Use of Up to 4.999 mgd; Approval Date: 

December 21, 2011. 

106. Seneca Resources Corporation, Pad ID: 

DCNR 007 Pad D, ABR–201112034, 

Delmar Township, Tioga County, Pa.; 

Consumptive Use of Up to 4.000 mgd; 

Approval Date: December 22, 2011. 

107. Seneca Resources Corporation, Pad ID: 

DCNR 001 Pad C, ABR–201112035, 

Ulysses Township, Potter County, Pa.; 

Consumptive Use of Up to 4.000 mgd; 

Approval Date: December 22, 2011. 

108. Seneca Resources Corporation, Pad ID: 

DCNR 007 Pad R, ABR–201112036, 

Delmar and Shippen Townships, Tioga 

County, Pa.; Consumptive Use of Up to 

4.000 mgd; Approval Date: December 22, 

2011. 

109. Seneca Resources Corporation, Pad ID: 

DCNR 001 Pad E, ABR–201112037, 

Ulysses Township, Potter County, Pa.; 

Consumptive Use of Up to 4.000 mgd; 

Approval Date: December 23, 2011. 

110. SWEPI LP, Pad ID: Hoffman 1201, ABR– 

201112038, Brookfield Township, Tioga 

County, Pa.; Consumptive Use of Up to 

4.000 mgd; Approval Date: December 23, 

2011. 

111. SWEPI LP, Pad ID: Scheible 898, ABR– 

201112039, Deerfield Township, Tioga 

County, Pa.; Consumptive Use of Up to 

4.000 mgd; Approval Date: December 23, 

2011. 

112. Range Resources—Appalachia, LLC, Pad 

ID: Cornwall Mountain, ABR– 

201112040, Lewis Township, Lycoming 

County, Pa.; Consumptive Use of Up to 

5.000 mgd; Approval Date: December 28, 

2011. 

113. Range Resources—Appalachia, LLC, Pad 

ID: Hess Unit #1H, ABR–201112041, 

Morris Township, Clearfield County, Pa.; 

Consumptive Use of Up to 5.000 mgd; 

Approval Date: December 28, 2011. 

Authority: Pub. L. 91–575, 84 Stat. 1509 et 

seq., 18 CFR Parts 806, 807, and 808. 

Dated: January 20, 2012. 

Stephanie L. Richardson, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 7040–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2008–0182] 

Agency Requests for Renewal of a 

Previously Approved Information 

Collection: SBTRC Regional Field 

Offices Intake Form (DOT F 4500) and 

SBTRC Regional Field Offices 

Quarterly Report Form (DOT F 4502) 

AGENCY: Office of Small and 

Disadvantaged Business Utilization 

(OSDBU), Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation (OST), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request for extension 

of currently approved information 

collection. 

SUMMARY: The OSDBU invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) approval to renew an 

information collection. The collection 

involves the following two (2) forms 

that have an expiration date of 01/31/ 

2012, and are presently in use. The 

SBTRC forms have added the term of 

Regional Field Offices Intake Form and 

Regional Field Offices Quarterly Report 

Form, respectively. 

The Regional Field Offices Intake 

Form (No. DOT F 4500) is used to 

document the type of assistance 

provided to each small business that is 

enrolled in the database of the Program. 

The use of the Regional Field Office 

Quarterly Report Form (No. DOT F 

4502) highlights activities such as 

counseling, marketing, meetings/ 

conferences, and services to businesses 

as completed during the quarter. The 

Quarterly Report Form provides a more 

composite and comprehensive review of 

the Field Offices’ activities over a longer 

time frame. The information will be 

used to ascertain whether the program 

is providing services to its constituency, 

the small business community, and is 

done so in a fair and equitable manner. 

The information collected is necessary 

to determine whether small businesses 

are participating in DOT funded and 

DOT assisted opportunities with the 

DOT. 

We are required to publish this notice 

in the Federal Register by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

March 23, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

[identified by Docket No. DOT–OST– 

2008–0182] through one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Dockets 

Management Facility, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12– 

140, Washington, DC 20590. 

• Agency Web Site: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Arthur D. Jackson, (202) 366–1930 ext 

65344, Office of Small and 

Disadvantaged Business Utilization, 

Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Room W56 462, 

Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are 

from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 2105–0554. 

Title: SBTRC Regional Field Offices 

Intake Form (DOT F 4500) and SBTRC 

Regional Field Offices Quarterly Report 

Form (DOT F 4502). 

Form Numbers: DOT F 4500 and DOT 

F 4502. 

Type of Review: Renewal of an 

information collection. 

Background: In accordance with 

Public Law 95–507, an amendment to 

the Small Business Act and the Small 

Business Investment Act of 1953, 

OSDBU is responsible for the 

implementation and execution of DOT 

activities on behalf of small businesses, 

in accordance with Section 8, 15 and 31 

of the Small Business Act (SBA), as 

amended. The Office of Small and 

Disadvantaged Business Utilization also 

administers the provisions of Title 49, of 

the United States Code, Section 332, the 

Minority Resource Center (MRC) which 

includes the duties of advocacy, 

outreach, and financial services on 

behalf of small and disadvantaged 

businesses and those certified under 

CFR 49 parts 23 and or 26 as 

Disadvantaged Business Enterprises 

(DBE). 

SBTRC’s Regional Field Offices will 

collect information on small businesses, 

which includes Disadvantaged Business 

Enterprise (DBE), Women-Owned Small 

Business (WOB), Small Disadvantaged 

Business (SDB), 8(a), Service Disabled 

Veteran Owned Business (SDVOB), 

Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), 

HubZone, and types of services they 

seek from the Regional Field Offices. 

Services and responsibilities of the 

Field Offices include business analysis, 

general management & technical 

assistance and training, business 

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 


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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. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

100. 

Frequency: The information will be 

collected quarterly. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 100. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 600 hours per year. 

Background: The Regional Field 

Offices Quarterly Report Form (DOT F 

4502) by each Field Office must be 

submitted as a quarterly status report of 

business activities conducted during the 

three month time frame. 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 an 

activity that is 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. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

100. 

Frequency: The information will be 

collected quarterly. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 100. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 1200 hours per year. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including (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 January 24, 

2012. 

Brandon Neal, 

Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged, 

Business Utilization. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2012–0012] 

Notice of Funding Availability for the 

Department of Transportation’s 

National Infrastructure Investments 

Under the Full-Year Continuing 

Appropriations, 2012; and Request for 

Comments 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Funding Availability, 

Request for Comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of funding and requests 

proposals for the Department of 

Transportation’s National Infrastructure 

Investments. In addition, this notice 

announces selection criteria and preapplication and application 

requirements for the National 

Infrastructure Investments. 

The Consolidated and Further 

Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 

(Pub. L. 112–055, Nov. 18, 2011) (‘‘FY 

2012 Appropriations Act’’) appropriated 

$500 million to be awarded by the 

Department of Transportation (‘‘DOT’’) 

for National Infrastructure Investments. 

This appropriation is similar, but not 

identical to the appropriation for the 

Transportation Investment Generating 

Economic Recovery, or ‘‘TIGER 

Discretionary Grant’’, program 

authorized and implemented pursuant 

to the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the 

‘‘Recovery Act’’). Because of the 

similarity in program structure, DOT 

will continue to refer to the program as 

‘‘TIGER Discretionary Grants.’’ As with 

previous rounds of TIGER, funds for the 

FY 2012 TIGER program are to be 

awarded on a competitive basis for 

projects that will have a significant 

impact on the Nation, a metropolitan 

area or a region. 

Through this notice, DOT is soliciting 

applications for TIGER Discretionary 

Grants. In the event that this solicitation 

does not result in the award and 

obligation of all available funds, DOT 

may decide to publish an additional 

solicitation(s). 

DATES: Pre-applications must be 

submitted by February 20, 2012, at 5 

p.m. EST (the ‘‘Pre-Application 

Deadline’’). Final applications must be 

submitted through Grants.gov by March 

19, 2012, at 5 p.m. EDT (the 

‘‘Application Deadline’’). The DOT preapplication system will open on or 

before February 13, 2012, to allow 

prospective applicants to submit preapplications. Subsequently, the 

Grants.gov ‘‘Apply’’ function will open 

on February 22, 2012, allowing 

applicants to submit applications. 

Applicants are encouraged to submit 

pre-applications and applications in 

advance of the deadlines. 

ADDRESSES: Pre-applications must be 

submitted electronically to DOT and 

applications must be submitted 

electronically through Grants.gov. Only 

pre-applications received by DOT and 

applications received electronically 

through Grants.gov will be deemed 

properly filed. Instructions for 

submitting pre-applications to DOT and 

applications through Grants.gov are 

included in Section VII (Pre-Application 

and Application Cycle). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information concerning this 

notice please contact the TIGER 

Discretionary Grant program staff via 


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