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noncompliance under 49 U.S.C. 30118 

and 30120. 

(Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120: 

delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and 

501.8) 

Eileen Sullivan, 

Associate Administrator for Enforcement. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00391 Filed 1–11–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics 

[Docket ID Number: DOT–OST–2014–0031 

BTS Paperwork Reduction Notice] 

Agency Information Collection; 

Activity Under OMB Review; Report of 

Extension of Credit to Political 

Candidates—Form 183 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Research and Technology 

(OST–R), Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics (BTS), Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13, the Bureau of 

Transportation Statistics invites the 

general public, industry and other 

governmental parties to comment on the 

continuing need and usefulness of BTS 

collecting reports from air carriers on 

the aggregated indebtedness balance of 

a political candidate or party for Federal 

office. The reports are required when 

the aggregated indebtedness is over 

$5,000 on the last day of a month. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by March 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

DOT–OST–2014–0031 and the 

associated OMB approval #2138–0016 

by any of the following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

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

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Mail: Docket Services: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Fax: 202–366–3383. 

Instructions: Identify docket number, 

DOT–OST–2014–0031, at the beginning 

of your comments, and send two copies. 

To receive confirmation that DOT 

received your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Internet 

users may access all comments received 

by DOT at http://www.regulations.gov. 

All comments are posted electronically 

without charge or edits, including any 

personal information provided. 

Privacy Act: Anyone can search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78). 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov. or the street 

address listed above. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Gorham, Office of Airline Information, 

RTS–42, Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 

Street SE, Washington, DC 20590–0001, 

(202) 366–4406. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Approval No. 2138–0016. 

Title: Report of Extension of Credit to 

Political Candidates—Form 183, 14 CFR 

part 374a. 

Form No.: 183. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Certificated air carriers. 

Number of Respondents: 2 (Monthly 

Average). 

Number of Responses: 24. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour. 

Total Annual Burden: 24 hours. 

Needs and Uses: The Department uses 

this form as the means to fulfill its 

obligation under the Federal Election 

Campaign Act of 1971 (the Act). The 

Act’s legislative history indicates that 

one of its statutory goals is to prevent 

candidates for Federal political office 

from incurring large amounts of 

unsecured debt with regulated 

transportation companies (e.g., airlines). 

This information collection allows the 

Department to monitor and disclose the 

amount of unsecured credit extended by 

airlines to candidates for Federal office. 

All certificated air carriers are required 

to submit this information. 

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 

this OMB approval for non-statistical 

purposes including, but not limited to, 

publication of both Respondent’s 

identity and its data, submission of the 

information to agencies outside BTS for 

review, analysis and possible use in 

regulatory and other administrative 

matters. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 9, 

2024. 

William Chadwick, Jr., 

Director, Office of Airline Information, 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00566 Filed 1–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics 

[Docket ID Number: DOT–OST–2014–0031 

BTS Paperwork Reduction Notice] 

Agency Information Collection; 

Activity Under OMB Review; 

Submission of Audit Reports—Part 248 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Research and Technology 

(OST–R), Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics (BTS), Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics 

invites the general public, industry and 

other governmental parties to comment 

on the continuing need for and 

usefulness of BTS requiring U.S. large 

certificated air carriers to submit a true 

and complete copy of its annual audit 

that is made by an independent public 

accountant. If a carrier does not have an 

annual audit, the carrier must file a 

statement that no audit has been 

performed. Comments are requested 

concerning whether the audit reports 

are needed by BTS and DOT; BTS 

accurately estimated the reporting 

burden; there are other ways to enhance 

the quality, utility and clarity of the 

information collected; and there are 

ways to minimize reporting burden, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by March 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

DOT–OST–2014–0031 and the 

associated OMB approval #2138–0004 

by any of the following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

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

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 


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Mail: Docket Services: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Fax: 202–366–3383. 

Instructions: Identify docket number, 

DOT–OST–2014–0031, at the beginning 

of your comments, and send two copies. 

To receive confirmation that DOT 

received your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Internet 

users may access all comments received 

by DOT at http://www.regulations.gov. 

All comments are posted electronically 

without charge or edits, including any 

personal information provided. 

Privacy Act: Anyone can search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78). 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov. or the street 

address listed above. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the dockets. 

Electronic Access 

You may access comments received 

for this notice at http://

www.regulations.gov, by searching 

docket DOT–OST–2014–0031. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeff.gorham@dot.gov, Office of Airline 

Information, RTS–42, Room E34, Bureau 

of Transportation Statistics, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590–0001 or by phone at 202 366– 

4406. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Approval No.: 2138–0004. 

Title: Submission of Audit Reports— 

Part 248. 

Form No.: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Large certificated air 

carriers. 

Number of Respondents: 71. 

Number of Responses: 71. 

Total Annual Burden: 36 hours. 

Needs and Uses: BTS collects 

independent audited financial reports 

from U.S. certificated air carriers. 

Carriers not having an annual audit 

must file a statement that no such audit 

has been performed. In lieu of the audit 

report, BTS will accept the annual 

report submitted to the stockholders. 

The audited reports are needed by the 

Department of Transportation as (1) a 

means to monitor an air carrier’s 

continuing fitness to operate, (2) 

reference material used by analysts in 

examining foreign route cases (3) 

reference material used by analyst in 

examining proposed mergers, 

acquisitions and consolidations, (4) a 

means whereby BTS sends a copy of the 

report to the International Civil Aviation 

Organization (ICAO) in fulfillment of a 

United States treaty obligation, and (5) 

corroboration of a carrier’s Form 41 

filings. 

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 

this OMB approval for non-statistical 

purposes including, but not limited to, 

publication of both Respondent’s 

identity and its data, submission of the 

information to agencies outside BTS for 

review, analysis and possible use in 

regulatory and other administrative 

matters. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 9, 

2024. 

William Chadwick, Jr., 

Director, Office of Airline Information, 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00567 Filed 1–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Scoping Notice for Preparation of a 

Programmatic Environmental 

Assessment for the State Veterans 

Homes Program 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans 

Affairs is preparing a programmatic 

environmental assessment (PEA) in 

accordance with the regulations 

implementing the procedural provisions 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) of 1969 as implemented by 

the Council on Environmental Quality 

regulations, and VA’s NEPA 

Implementing Regulations. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Comments must be 

submitted through www.regulations.gov. 

Except as noted in this section, 

comments received before the close of 

the comment period will be available at 

www.regulations.gov for public viewing, 

inspection, or copying, including any 

personally identifiable or confidential 

business information that is included in 

a comment. We post the comments 

received before the close of the 

comment period on 

www.regulations.gov as soon as possible 

after they have been received. VA will 

not post on regulations.gov public 

comments that make threats to 

individuals or institutions or suggest 

that the commenter will take actions to 

harm the individual. VA encourages 

individuals not to submit duplicative 

comments; however, we will post 

acceptable comments from multiple 

unique commenters even if the content 

is identical or nearly identical to other 

comments. Any public comment 

received after the comment period’s 

closing date is considered late and will 

not be considered. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jason Sturm, Environmental Engineer, 

Office of Construction & Facilities 

Management (003C2), Department of 

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue 

NW, Washington DC 20420, 224–628– 

1946 (this is not a toll-free number), 

Jason.Sturm@va.gov. Reference ‘‘State 

Veterans Homes PEA’’ in your 

correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The VA 

State Veterans Homes Construction 

Grant Program is a partnership between 

VA and the states by which VA provides 

full or partial grants to a state for 

construction, renovation, or repair of 

state-owned and operated nursing 

homes, domiciliaries, and/or adult day 

health care facilities. The PEA will 

evaluate VA’s proposed Action to issue 

grants through the VA State Veterans 

Homes Construction Grant Program to 

its state partners for construction, 

renovation, or repair of State Veterans 

Homes facilities in all 50 States, the 

District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin 

Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto 

Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands, American 

Samoa, and Tribal Lands. The PEA aims 

to provide a streamlined NEPA 

compliance process for future VA State 

Veterans Homes Construction Grant 

Program grants involving construction, 

renovation, and repair projects that 

would result in less than significant 

environmental impacts. 

This notice initiates the scoping 

process for the PEA and invites the 

public, government agencies, and other 

interested persons and organizations to 

provide comments on the scope of 


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