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preference standard (e.g., 60–70 percent) 

that applies to all products and 

materials involved in TOD projects. 

They argued that this would simplify 

the compliance process by preventing 

the need for sponsors to request many 

individual product waivers, thereby 

reducing the burden on DOT resources 

and expediting the advancement of TOD 

Housing Projects. As was described in 

the notice, to support both the delivery 

of housing and domestic manufacturing, 

DOT will continue to work closely with 

borrowers to better understand and 

document the sources of materials and 

products used in TOD Housing Projects 

and the challenges that compliance with 

DOT’s domestic preference standards 

present and determine appropriate 

solutions. 

One commenter requested that DOT 

update its guidance for TOD projects to 

include a ‘‘plain language’’ list of 

examples of manufactured products 

covered by this waiver. As was 

described in the notice, DOT recently 

provided guidance on Federal 

requirements applicable to TOD projects 

receiving TIFIA or RRIF credit 

assistance. DOT appreciates the 

suggestion and will consider it in 

determining the best ways of providing 

technical assistance to borrowers for 

TOD Housing Projects. 

Finding on the Waiver 

Based on the information available, 

DOT is issuing a public interest waiver 

of the Buy America requirements for 

manufactured products that apply to 

Bureau-financed TOD Housing Projects. 

This waiver is limited to TOD Housing 

Projects that enter into creditworthiness 

review on or before December 31, 2025. 

For these projects, DOT will continue to 

apply domestic steel, iron, and 

construction materials content 

requirements. 

To ensure transparency and maintain 

consistency in the application of Buy 

America standards for all recipients 

(one rule for all projects and borrowers), 

this waiver will apply to both TOD 

Housing Projects with for-profit 

borrowers and those with non-Federal 

entity borrowers. 

To continue to support the goals of 

Buy America policies, DOT will work 

closely with TOD Housing Project 

borrowers to better understand and 

document the sources of materials and 

products used in such projects. This 

research will assist DOT in refining its 

domestic preference requirements 

policy for TOD projects entering enter 

the Bureau’s creditworthiness review 

phase after January 1, 2026, and to 

further support both the delivery of 

housing and domestic manufacturing. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Morteza Farajian, 

Executive Director, Build America Bureau. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01113 Filed 1–16–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics 

[Docket ID Number DOT–OST–2014–0031] 

Agency Information Collection; 

Activity Under OMB Review; Report of 

Financial and Operating Statistics for 

Small Aircraft Operators 

AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics (BTS), DOT. 

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 collecting financial, 

traffic and operating statistics from 

small certificated and commuter air 

carriers. Small, certificated air carriers 

(operate aircraft with 60 seats or less or 

with 18,000 pounds of payload capacity 

or less) currently must file the two 

quarterly schedules: F–1 ‘‘Report of 

Financial Data’’; F–2 ‘‘Report of Aircraft 

Operating Expenses and Related 

Statistics’’; and Commuter air carriers 

must file the Schedule F–1 ‘‘Report of 

Financial Data’’. Commenters should 

address whether BTS accurately 

estimated the reporting burden and if 

there are other ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by February 18, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

DOT–OST–2014–0031 by any of the 

following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

https://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 https://www.regulations.gov. 

All comments are posted electronically 

without charge or edits, including any 

personal information provided. 

Comments: Comments should identify 

the associated OMB approval # 2138– 

0009 and Docket ID Number DOT–OST– 

2014–0031. Persons wishing the 

Department to acknowledge receipt of 

their comments must submit with those 

comments a self-addressed stamped 

postcard on which the following 

statement is made: Comments on OMB 

# 2138–0009, Docket—DOT–OST–2014– 

0031. The postcard will be date/time 

stamped and returned. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to 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 https://

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 

https://www.regulations.gov, by 

searching docket DOT–OST–2014–0031. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cecelia Robinson, Office of Airline 

Information, RTS–42, Room E34–110, 

OST–R, BTS,1200 New Jersey Avenue 

SE, Washington, DC 20590–0001, 

Telephone Number (202) 893–0515, Fax 

Number (202) 366–3383 or email 

cecelia.robinson@dot.gov. 

Jennifer Rodes, Office of Airline 

Information, RTS–42, Room E32–103, 

OST–R, BTS, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 

SE, Washington DC 20590–0001, 

Telephone Number (202) 366–8513, Fax 

Number (202) 366–3383 or email 

Jennifer.rodes@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice 

of this information collection was 

published in the Federal Register 

allowing for a 60-day comment period 

November 8, 2024 at 89 FR 88863. 

OMB Approval No. 2138–0009 

Title: Report of Financial and 

Operating Statistics for Small Aircraft 

Operators 

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Type Of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection for the 

financial data. 

Respondents: Small certificated (28) 

and commuter air carriers (33). 

Schedule F1: 

Number of Respondents: 61. 

Number of Annual responses: 244. 

Total Burden per Response: 4 hours. 

Total Annual Burden: 976 hours. 

Schedule F2: 

Number of Respondents: 28. 

Number of Annual responses: 112. 

Total Burden per Response: 12 hours. 

Total Annual Burden: 1,344 hours. 

Needs and Uses: Program uses for 

Form 298–C financial data are as 

follows: 

Mail Rates 

The Department of Transportation 

sets and updates the Intra-Alaska Bush 

mail rates based on carrier aircraft 

operating expense, traffic, and 

operational data. Form 298–C cost data, 

especially fuel costs, terminal expenses, 

and line haul expenses are used in 

arriving at rate levels. DOT revises the 

established rates based on the 

percentage of unit cost changes in the 

carriers’ operations. These updating 

procedures have resulted in the carrier’s 

receiving rates of compensation that 

more closely parallel their costs of 

providing mail service and contribute to 

the carriers’ economic well-being. 

Essential Air Service 

DOT often has to select a carrier to 

provide a community’s essential air 

service. The selection criteria include 

historic presence in the community, 

reliability of service, financial stability 

and cost structure of the air carrier. 

Carrier Fitness 

Fitness determinations are made for 

both new entrants and established U.S. 

domestic carriers proposing a 

substantial change in operations. A 

portion of these applications consists of 

an operating plan for the first year (14 

CFR part 204) and an associated 

projection of revenues and expenses. 

The carrier’s operating costs, included 

in these projections, are compared 

against the cost data in Form 298–C for 

a carrier or carriers with the same 

aircraft type and similar operating 

characteristics. Such a review validates 

the reasonableness of the carrier’s 

operating plan. 

The quarterly financial submissions 

by commuter and small certificated air 

carriers are used in determining each 

carrier’s continuing fitness to operate. 

Section 41738 of title 49 of the United 

States Code (U.S.C.) requires DOT to 

find all commuter and small certificated 

air carriers fit, willing, and able to 

conduct passenger service as a 

prerequisite to providing such service to 

an eligible essential air service point. In 

making a fitness determination, DOT 

reviews three areas of a carrier’s 

operation: (1) the qualifications of its 

management team, (2) its disposition to 

comply with laws and regulations, and 

(3) its financial posture. DOT must 

determine whether or not a carrier has 

sufficient financial resources to conduct 

its operations without imposing undue 

risk on the traveling public. Moreover, 

once a carrier begins conducting flight 

operations, DOT is required to monitor 

its continuing fitness. 

Senior DOT officials must be kept 

fully informed and advised of all 

current and developing economic issues 

affecting the airline industry. In 

preparing financial condition reports or 

status reports on a particular airline, 

financial and traffic data are analyzed. 

Briefing papers prepared for senior DOT 

officials may use the same 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, January 8, 2025. 

Rolf Schmitt, 

Acting Director, Office of Airline Information, 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01064 Filed 1–16–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund 

Notice of Funds Availability 

Announcement Type: Announcement 

of funding opportunity. 

Funding Opportunity Title: Notice of 

Funds Availability (NOFA) inviting 

Applications for Financial Assistance 

(FA) or Technical Assistance (TA) 

awards under the Community 

Development Financial Institutions 

Program (CDFI Program) fiscal year (FY) 

2025 Funding Round. 

Funding Opportunity Number: CDFI– 

2025–FATA. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 21.020. 

Dates: 

TABLE 1—FY 2025 CDFI PROGRAM FUNDING ROUNDCRITICAL DEADLINES FOR APPLICANTS

Description Deadline Time 

(Eastern Time- ET) Submission method 

Last day to create an AMIS Account (all Applicants) ...... February 18, 2025 ...... 11:59 p.m. ET ............. AMIS. 

Last day to enter Employer Identification Number (EIN) 

and Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) in AMIS (all Applicants).

February 18, 2025 ...... 11:59 p.m. ET ............. AMIS. 

Last day to submit SF–424 Mandatory Form (Application 

for Federal Assistance).

February 18, 2025 ...... 11:59 p.m. ET ............. Electronically via Grants.gov. 

Last day to contact CDFI Program staff ........................... March 19, 2025 .......... 5:00 p.m. ET ............... Service Request via AMIS Or CDFI Fund Helpdesk: 

202–653–0421. 

Last day to contact AMIS–IT Help Desk (regarding AMIS 

technical problems only).

March 21, 2025 .......... 5:00 p.m. ET ............... Service Request via AMIS Or 202–653–0422 Or 

AMIS@cdfi.treas.gov. 

Last day to submit Title VI Compliance Worksheet (all 

Applicants) 1.

March 21, 2025 .......... 11:59 p.m. ET ............. AMIS. 

Last day to submit CDFI Program Application for Financial Assistance (FA) or Technical Assistance (TA).March 21, 2025 .......... 11:59 p.m. ET ............. AMIS. 

Last day to submit Excel Housing Production FA (HP– 

FA) Application.

April 4, 2025 ............... 11:59 p.m. ET ............. Service Request via AMIS. 

1This requirement also applies to Subsidiary Insured Depository Institutions that will carry out award activities on behalf of Depository Institution Holding Company 

Applicants. 


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