### 3274 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 12 / Wednesday, January 20, 2010 / Notices

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 contagiousdiseases. 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