Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 47 / Friday, March 9, 2012 / Notices 14459 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A. 

Escobar, Office of Disaster Assistance, 

U.S. Small Business Administration, 

409 3rd Street SW., Suite 6050, 

Washington, DC 20416. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that as a result of the 

Administrator’s EIDL declaration, 

applications for economic injury 

disaster loans may be filed at the 

address listed above or other locally 

announced locations. 

The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Counties: Hartford. 

Contiguous Counties: 

Connecticut: Litchfield, Middlesex, 

New Haven, New London, Tolland. 

Massachusetts: Hampden. 

Percent 

The Interest Rates are: 

Businesses and Small Agricultural Cooperatives Without 

Credit Available Elsewhere ... 4.000 

Non-Profit Organizations Without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 3.000 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for economic injury is 130240. 

The States which received an EIDL 

Declaration # are Connecticut, 

Massachusetts. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59002) 

Dated: February 29, 2012. 

Karen G. Mills, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5718 Filed 3–8–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

Notice of Meeting of the Industry Trade 

Advisory Committee on Small and 

Minority Business (ITAC–11) 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Notice of a Partially Opened 

Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Industry Trade Advisory 

Committee on Small and Minority 

Business (ITAC–11) will hold a meeting 

on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, from 9 

a.m. to 4 p.m. The meeting will be 

opened to the public from 9 a.m. to 

10:30 a.m. 

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for 

April 4, 2012, unless otherwise notified. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Herbert C. Humphrey Building, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW., Room 1412, 

Washington, DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Hellstern, DFO for ITAC–11 at 

(202) 482–3222, Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Agenda topics to be discussed are: 

U.S. Small Business Administration 

State Trade and Export Promotion 

(STEP) Grants Process. 

Christine L. Turner, 

Assistant U.S. Trade Representative, 

Intergovernmental Affairs and Public 

Engagement. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5791 Filed 3–8–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3190–W2–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2008–0244] 

Notice of Request for Renewal of a 

Previously Approved Collection 

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 about our intention to 

request the Office of Management and 

Budget’s (OMB) approval to renew a 

collection. Currently, there are two 

Short Term Loan Program (STLP) 

applications: the ‘‘Short Term Lending 

Program Application for a New Loan 

Guarantee’’ and the ‘‘Application for 

Loan Guarantee Renewal’’. This 

collection renewal request includes one 

STLP application. The revised STLP 

application will be used for both new 

loan guarantee applicants and renewal 

loan guarantee applicants. The revised 

STLP application is a single, 

consolidated document that is easier to 

read and understand for all small 

business applicants. The information 

collected in the revised STLP 

application will determine the 

applicant’s eligibility and is necessary 

to approve or deny a loan. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection. All comments 

will also become a matter of public 

record. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

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

and 49 CFR 1.48. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by May 6, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit your 

comments identified by Docket Number 

DOT–OST–2008–0244 by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

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

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Agency Web Site: http:// 

dms.dot.gov/. Follow the instructions 

for submitting comments on the DOT 

electronic docket site. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• 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. 

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 

202–366–5343, fax number 202–366– 

7228, Email address: 

Nancy.Strine@dot.gov. Office hours are 

from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Short Term Lending Program 

Application for a Loan Guarantee. 

OMB Control No.: 2105–0555. 

Background: 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 

owned, and service disabled veteran 

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. The 

guaranteed loan application includes 

the STLP application, checklist, and 

instructions. 

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 

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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://osdbu.dot.gov/documents/pdf/ 

stlp/stlpapp.pdf. 

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 

transportation-related 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. 

SUMMARY: 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 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’’; ‘‘DrugFree 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 US Department 

of Transportation and the Participating 

Lender’’; and ‘‘US Department of 

Transportation Office of Small and 

Disadvantaged Utilization Short Term 

Lending Program Guarantee 

Agreement’’. 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. 

OMB Control No: 2105–0555. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Titles: STLP—Participating Lender 

(PL) forms. 

OMB Control No.: 2105–0555. 

Background: STLP loans are provided 

through lenders that serve as STLP 

Participating Lenders (PL). The STLP 

provides PLs a guarantee, up to 75%, on 

a revolving line of credit up to a 

$750,000 maximum. As part of the 

requirements for approval as a PL, 

lenders must submit the following 

certifications: Drug-Free Workplace Act 

Certification for a Grantee Other Than 

An Individual; Certification Regarding 

Lobbying for Contracts, Grants, Loans, & 

Cooperative Agreement; Office of Small 

and Disadvantaged Business Utilization 

U.S. Department of Transportation Short 

Term Lending Program Certification 

Regarding Debarment, Suspension. The 

STLP is subject to budgeting and 

accounting requirements of the Federal 

Credit Reform Act of 1990 (FCRA). The 

PL must carry out processes to activate, 

monitor, service and close out STLP 

loans. To fulfill the requirements of 

FCRA, the PL submits reports and the 

following forms to OSDBU. 

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’’. 

DOT Form 2303–1: Short Term 

Lending Program Bank Verification 

Loan Activation Form. The PL must 

submit a Loan Activation Form to 

OSDBU 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 using the STLP 

Extension Request Form. 

Respondents: 100. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 1⁄2 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 50 hours. 

DOT Form 2304–1: Short Term 

Lending Program Bank 

Acknowledgement Loan Close-Out 

Form. The PL must submit the Loan 

Close-Out Form to OSDBU upon full 

repayment of the STLP loan or when the 

loan guarantee expires. 

Respondents: 100. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 1⁄2 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 50 hours. 

DOT Form 2305–1: Guaranty Loan 

Status Report. The PL 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: 100 hours. 

DOT Form 2306–1: Pending Loan 

Status Report. The PL submits a 

monthly loan(s) in process report to 

OSDBU. 

Respondents: 100. 

Frequency: Monthly. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 1 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 100 hours. 

DOT Form 2307–1: Drug-Free 

Workplace Act Certification for a 

Grantee Other than an Individual. The 

PL certifies it is a drug-free workplace 

by executing this certification. 

Respondents: 100. 

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. The PL certifies 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. 


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DOT Form 2309–1. Office of Small 

and Disadvantaged Business Utilization 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

Short Term Lending Program 

Certification Regarding Debarment, 

Suspension. The PL must not currently 

be debarred or suspended from 

participation in a government contract 

or delinquent on a government debt by 

submitting this form. 

Respondents: 100. 

Frequency: Once. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 15 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 25 hours. 

Issued in Washington, DC on March 6, 

2012. 

Brandon Neal, 

Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged 

Business Utilization, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5750 Filed 3–8–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Approval of Noise Compatibility 

Program for W.K. Airport, Battle Creek, 

MI 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces its 

findings on the noise compatibility 

program submitted by the City of Battle 

Creek, Michigan, under the provisions 

of 49 U.S.C. 47501 et seq. (formerly the 

Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement 

Act, hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the Act’’) 

and 14 Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR) Part 150 (hereinafter referred to as 

‘‘Part 150’’). On November 1, 2011, the 

FAA determined that the noise exposure 

maps submitted by the City of Battle 

Creek, Michigan, under Part 150 were in 

compliance with applicable 

requirements. On February 16, 2012, the 

FAA approved the W.K. Kellogg Airport 

noise compatibility program. All of the 

recommendations of the program were 

approved. No program elements relating 

to new or revised flight procedures for 

noise abatement were proposed by the 

airport operator. 

DATES: Effective Date: The effective date 

of the FAA’s approval of the Noise 

Compatibility Program for W.K. Kellogg 

Airport is February 16, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katherine S. Delaney, 11677 S. Wayne 

Road, Suite 107, Romulus, Michigan; 

Email: Katherine.S.Delaney@faa.gov; 

Phone: 734–229–2900. Documents 

reflecting this FAA action may be 

reviewed at this same location. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice announces that the FAA has 

given its overall approval to the Noise 

Compatibility Program for W.K. Kellogg 

Airport, effective February 16, 2012. 

Under section 47504 of the Act, an 

airport operator who has previously 

submitted a Noise Exposure Map may 

submit to the FAA a Noise 

Compatibility Program which sets forth 

the measures taken or proposed by the 

airport operator for the reduction of 

existing non-compatible land uses and 

prevention of additional non-compatible 

land uses within the area covered by the 

Noise Exposure Maps. The Act requires 

such programs to be developed in 

consultation with interested and 

affected parties including local 

communities, government agencies, 

airport users, and FAA personnel. 

Each airport noise compatibility 

program developed in accordance with 

Part 150 is a local program, not a 

Federal program. The FAA does not 

substitute its judgment for that of the 

airport proprietor with respect to which 

measures should be recommended for 

action. The FAA’s approval or 

disapproval of Part 150 program 

recommendations is measured 

according to the standards expressed in 

Part 150 and the Act and is limited to 

the following determinations: 

a. The Noise Compatibility Program 

was developed in accordance with the 

provisions and procedures of Part 150; 

b. Program measures are reasonably 

consistent with achieving the goals of 

reducing existing non-compatible land 

uses around the airport and preventing 

the introduction of additional noncompatible land uses; 

c. Program measures would not create 

an undue burden on interstate or foreign 

commerce, unjustly discriminate against 

types or classes of aeronautical uses, 

violate the terms of airport grant 

agreements, or intrude into areas 

preempted by the Federal Government; 

and 

d. Program measures relating to the 

use of flight procedures can be 

implemented within the period covered 

by the program without derogating 

safety, adversely affecting the efficient 

use and management of the navigable 

airspace and air traffic control systems, 

or adversely affecting other powers and 

responsibilities of the Administrator 

prescribed by law. 

Specific limitations with respect to 

FAA’s approval of an airport noise 

compatibility program are delineated in 

Part 150, section 150.5. Approval is not 

a determination concerning the 

acceptability of land uses under Federal, 

state, or local law. Approval does not by 

itself constitute an FAA implementing 

action. A request for Federal action or 

approval to implement specific noise 

compatibility measures may be 

required. Prior to an FAA decision on a 

request to implement the action, an 

environmental review of the proposed 

action may be required. Approval does 

not constitute a commitment by the 

FAA to financially assist in the 

implementation of the program or a 

determination that all measures covered 

by the program are eligible for grant-inaid funding from the FAA under 

applicable law contained in Title 49 

U.S.C. Where federal funding is sought, 

requests for project grants must be 

submitted to the FAA Airports District 

Office in Romulus, Michigan. 

The W.K. Kellogg Airport study 

contains a proposed noise compatibility 

program comprised of actions designed 

for phased implementation by airport 

management and adjacent jurisdictions 

from 2009 to the year 2015. It was 

requested that the FAA evaluate and 

approve this material as a Noise 

Compatibility Program as described in 

section 47504 of the Act. The FAA 

began its review of the program on 

November 1, 2011 and was required by 

a provision of the Act to approve or 

disapprove the program within 180 days 

(other than the use of new or modified 

flight procedures for noise control). 

Failure to approve or disapprove such 

program within the 180-day period shall 

be deemed to be an approval of such 

program, seven proposed actions for 

noise abatement, noise mitigation, land 

use planning and program management 

on and off the airport. The FAA 

completed its review and determined 

that the procedural and substantive 

requirements of the Act and Part 150 

have been satisfied. The overall program 

was approved by the FAA, effective 

February 16, 2012. 

Outright approval was granted for 

seven specific program measures. The 

measures that were approved were for 

voluntary acquisition of residential 

units within the 65 DNL; sound 

attenuate eligible existing homes within 

the 65 DNL; construct a ground run-up 

enclosure; recommend jurisdictions 

implement land use controls; develop/ 

implement a fly quiet program; continue 

the study input committee; and review 

and update the Part 150 Study as 

needed. 

These determinations are set forth in 

detail in a Record of Approval signed by 

the Great Lakes Airports Division 

Manager on February 16, 2012. The 

Record of Approval, as well as other 

evaluation materials and the documents 


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