60394 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 198 / Friday, October 10, 2008 / Notices 

the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of 

State (telephone: (202) 453–8050). The 

address is U.S. Department of State, SA– 

44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, 

Washington, DC 20547–0001. 

Dated: October 5, 2008. 

C. Miller Crouch, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department 

of State. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. OST–2008–0244; OMB Control: 

2105–0555] 

Notice of Request for Renewal of a 

Previously Approved Collection;Title: 

Short-term Lending Program Online 

Application 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary, 

Office of Small and Disadvantaged 

Business Utilization (OSDBU), invite 

public comments on our intention to 

request the Office of Management and 

Budget’s (OMB) approval to renew an 

information collection. The collection 

involves the use of the ‘‘Short-term 

Lending Online Program Application for 

a New Loan Guarantee’’ and the 

‘‘Application for Loan Guarantee 

Renewal’’. The information collected 

will be used to determine the 

applicant’s eligibility and is necessary 

to approve or deny a loan. The 

collection involves the use of the 

‘‘Short-term Lending Program Bank 

Verification Loan Activation Form’’; 

‘‘Bank Verification Extension Request 

Form’’; ‘‘Bank Acknowledgement Loan 

Close-Out Form’’; ‘‘Guarantee Loan 

Status Report’’; ‘‘Pending Loan Status 

Report’’; ‘‘Drug-Free Workplace Act 

Certification for a Grantee Other than an 

Individual’’; ‘‘Certification Regarding 

Lobbying for Contracts, Grants, Loans, 

and Cooperative Agreements’’; 

‘‘Certification Regarding Debarment, 

Suspension’’. The information to be 

collected will be used to monitor the 

administration and performance of the 

loans guaranteed under the Short-term 

Lending Program, as well as the 

Participating Lender’s (PL) compliance 

with the terms established in the 

Cooperative Agreement between DOT 

and the PL. 

We are required to publish this notice 

in the Federal Register by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

should be received by December 9, 

2008. 

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 W56–497, 

Washington, DC 20590. Phone number 

202–366–5343, fax number 202–366– 

1930. Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 

5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

Background: The Short-term Lending 

Program (STLP) provides up to a 75% 

guaranteed revolving line of credit for a 

maximum of $750,000 to finance 

accounts receivable arising from 

transportation-related contracts. The 

primary collateral consists of the 

proceeds of the transportation-related 

contracts. These loans are provided 

through banks that serve as STLP 

Participating Lenders (PL). The term of 

the line of credit is for one (1) year, 

which may be renewed up to a total of 

five (5) years. A potential STLP 

participant must submit a guaranteed 

loan application package, comprised of 

a loan application, with supporting 

documentation collected from the 

checklist on page seven (7) of the 

application. A current STLP participant 

may submit a guaranteed loan renewal 

application package, comprised of an 

updated loan application, with 

supporting documentation collected 

from the checklist on page seven (7) of 

the application. As part of the 

requirements for approval as a Lender 

PL, banks must submit documentation 

that demonstrates it is a drug-free 

workplace by executing a Certification 

of Compliance concerning a drug-free 

workplace; that no Federal funds will be 

utilized for lobbying by executing a 

Certificate Regarding Lobbying in 

compliance with Section 1352, Title 21, 

of the U.S. Code; that it is not currently 

debarred or suspended from 

participation in a government contract 

or delinquent on a government debt by 

submitting a current SBA Form 1624 or 

its equivalent. The STLP is subject to 

the requirements of the Federal Credit 

Reform Act of 1990 (FCRA) that 

includes certain budgeting and 

accounting requirements for Federal 

credit programs. The PL must undertake 

processes to activate, monitor, service 

and close- out STLP loans. To fulfill the 

requirements of FCRA, the PL shall 

retain all documents, files, books, and 

records relevant to the administration of 

an STLP loan and must submit regular 

reports and required documentation to 

OSDBU on these processes. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Form: Short-term Lending Program 

Application for New Loan Guarantee 

(DOT 2301–1(REV.1): A potential STLP 

participant must submit a guaranteed 

loan application package, comprised of 

a loan application, with supporting 

documentation. The application may be 

obtained directly from OSDBU, from a 

current PL, or online from the agency’s 

Web site currently at http:// 

osdbu.dot.gov/documents/pdf/stlp/ 

stlpapp.pdf. 

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. 

Respondents: 100. 

Frequency: Once. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 2 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 200 hours. 

New loan application supporting 

documentation may 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. Signed and dated borrower 

certification that all federal, state and 

local taxes are current; 

d. Business tax returns; 

e. Business financial statements; 

f. Personal income tax returns; 

g. Personal financial statements; 

h. Schedule of work in progress; 

i. Signed and dated copy of 

transportation-related contracts to be 

used as collateral; 

j. Business debt schedule; 

k. Cash flow projections; 

l. Evidence of bonding and insurance. 

Respondents: 100. 

Frequency: Once. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 12 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1200 hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Form: Short-term Lending Program 

Application for Loan Guarantee 

Renewal (DOT 2302–1). A current STLP 

participant may submit a guaranteed 

loan renewal application package, 

comprised of an updated loan 

application, with supporting 

documentation. The application may be 

obtained directly from OSDBU, from a 

current PL, or online from the agency’s 

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Web site currently at http:// 

osdbu.dot.gov/documents/pdf/stlp/ 

stlpapp.pdf. 

Respondents: 100. 

Frequency: Annually, up to five years. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 8 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 800 hours. 

Application supporting 

documentation. Supporting 

documentation may include, but is not 

limited to, the following items: 

a. Current job performance reference 

letter (within the past 12 months); 

b. Evidence of current DBE and/or 

other eligible certification; 

c. Business tax returns for the most 

recent fiscal year; 

d. Business financial statements for 

the most recent fiscal year; 

e. If the business’ last fiscal year has 

been ended longer than 90 days at the 

time of application, then applicant must 

submit interim business financial 

statements to include balance sheet, 

P&L and updated aging reports of both 

receivables and payables; 

f. Current work in progress schedule 

or statement; 

g. Personal income tax returns; 

h. Personal financial statements; 

i. Signed and dated copy of 

transportation-related contracts to be 

used as collateral; 

j. Updated cash flow projections; 

Respondents: 100. 

Frequency: Annually, up to five years. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 4 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 400 hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Form: Short-term Lending Program 

Bank Verification Loan Activation Form 

(DOT F 2303–1). The PL must submit to 

OSDBU a Loan Activation Form that 

indicates the date in which the loan has 

been activated/funded. 

Respondents: Participating Lenders 

that are in the process or have entered 

into cooperative agreements with DOT’s 

OSDBU under the STLP’s governing 

policies and procedures. 

Respondents: 100. 

Frequency: Annually, up to five years. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 1⁄2 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 50 hours. 

Form: Short-term Lending Program 

Bank Verification Extension Request 

Form(DOT F 2310–1). 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. 

Form: Short-term Lending Program 

Bank Acknowledgement Loan Close-Out 

Form (DOT F 2304–1). The PL must 

submit to OSDBU a Loan Close-out 

Form upon full repayment of the STLP 

loan, or upon expiration of the loan 

guarantee. 

Respondents: 100. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 1⁄2 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 50 hours. 

Form: Guarantee Loan Status Report; 

Pending Loan Status Report. PL must 

submit each month to OSDBU a status 

report of pending loans (DOT F 2306– 

1) and guaranteed loans (DOT F 2305– 

1) including the previous month’s 

activity for these loans. 

Respondents: 100. 

Frequency: Monthly. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 1 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1200 hours. 

Form: Drug-Free Workplace Act 

Certification for a Grantee Other than an 

Individual (DOT F 2307–1) to certify 

that it is a drug-free workplace by 

executing a Certification of Compliance 

concerning a drug-free workplace. 

Respondents: 100. 

Frequency: Once. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 15 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 25 hours. 

Form: Certification Regarding 

Lobbying for Contracts, Grants, Loans, 

and Cooperative Agreement (DOT F 

2308–1). PL must certify that no Federal 

funds will be utilized for lobbying by 

executing a Certificate Regarding 

Lobbying in compliance with Section 

1352, Title 21, of the U.S. Code. 

Respondents: 100. 

Frequency: Once. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 15 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 25 hours. 

Form: Certification Regarding 

Debarment, Suspension (DOT F 2309– 

1). The PL must not currently be 

debarred or suspended from 

participation in a government contract 

or delinquent on a government debt by 

submitting a current SBA Form 1624 or 

its equivalent. 

Respondents: 100. 

Frequency: Once. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 15 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 25 hours. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit your 

comments (identified by DOT DMS 

Docket Number 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, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal 

Holidays. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the Office of the 

Secretary’s performance; (2) the 

accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) 

ways for the Office of the Secretary to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the collected information; and 

(4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized without reducing the quality 

of the collected information. The agency 

will summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. 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. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 2, 

2008. 

Patricia Lawton, 

DOT PRA Officer, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Public Notice for Waiver of 

Aeronautical Land-Use Assurance; 

Dane County Regional Airport, 

Madison, WI 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of intent of waiver with 

respect to land. 

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