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3Calculation: (4 burden hours per application) x 

(30 foreign homelands) x (2 requests per year) = 240 

annual burden hours. Apportioning 240 annual 

burden hours equally among an average of 430 

applications annually = approximately 30 burden 

minutes per application. 

government will afford reciprocity to 

U.S. carriers seeking authority for the 

similar fifth-, sixth- and seventhfreedom operations. Carriers may cite 

certifications submitted by carriers from 

the same homeland if that homeland 

issued such certification within the 

preceding six-month period. 

Approximately 100 carriers from 

roughly 30 distinct homelands use OST 

Form 4540 to apply for statements of 

authorization annually. We estimate 

that one foreign carrier from any given 

homeland will expend roughly 4 hours 

every six months to obtain certification 

from its homeland governments.3 We 

have apportioned 30 minutes to each 

application to account for the time 

required to obtain certifications from 

homeland governments. 

We have no empirical data to indicate 

how much time is required for a person 

to complete OST Form 4540; however, 

anecdotal evidence reveals that 

respondents spend thirty (30) minutes 

or less completing the form and brief 

justification. In some cases, respondents 

spend a limited amount of time, less 

than ten (10) minutes, reviewing the 

form before sending it via facsimile or 

email to the Department. In the interest 

of providing a conservative estimate so 

as to not understate the burden hours, 

we estimate the hour burden for 

completing OST Form 4540 as thirty 

(30) minutes. 

Issued in Washington, DC on May 11, 

2009. 

Tracey M. Jackson, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–11605 Filed 5–18–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[NHTSA–2009–0142] 

Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping 

Requirements Agency Information 

Collection Activity Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, US 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 

review and comment. The ICR describes 

the nature of the information collections 

and their expected burden. The Federal 

Register Notice with the 60-day 

comment period was published on 

October 3, 2008. No comments were 

received in response. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before June 18, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laurie Flaherty at the National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration, Office of 

Emergency Medical Services 

(NTI–140), 202–366–2705, 1200 New 

Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: E–911 Grant Program. 

OMB Control Number: N/A. 

Requested Expiration Date of 

Approval: Three years from the 

approval date. 

Type of Request: New collection. 

Affected Public: State Governments. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Abstract: The Ensuring Needed Help 

Arrives Near Callers Employing 911 

(ENHANCE 911) Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 

108–494, codified at 47 U.S.C. 942) 

authorizes a joint grant program 

between the National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA) of the 

U.S. Department of Transportation and 

the National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration (NTIA) of 

the Department of Commerce to 

facilitate coordination among all parties 

involved in the organization of 

enhanced 911 (E–911) services. 

The Act requires an applicant to 

certify to several conditions in its 

application in order to qualify for a 

grant. Specifically, an applicant must 

certify that (1) it has coordinated its 

application with the public safety 

answering points (PSAPs); (2) it has 

designated a single officer or 

governmental body to serve as the 

coordinator of implementation of E–911 

services; (3) it has established a plan for 

the coordination of and implementation 

of E–911 services; (4) it has integrated 

telecommunications services involved 

in the implementation of E–911 

services; and (5) no portion of any 

designated E–911 charges imposed by 

the State or other taxing jurisdiction 

within the State is being diverted for 

any other purpose during the period at 

least 180 days before the application 

date and continuing throughout the 

period of time for which grant funds are 

available. In addition, the Act requires 

grantees to match at least 50 percent 

from non-Federal sources. 

The information collected for this 

grant program is to include an 

application consisting of a State 911 

Plan, project budget information and 

certifications. This information is 

necessary to determine whether a State 

satisfies the criteria for a grant award. 

The agencies intend to use SF–424, 

which is an approved OMB form, as part 

of the application for the E–911 grant 

program. Accordingly, the agencies are 

not required to obtain OMB approval for 

the use of that form. 

A State must also submit a State 911 

Plan as part of its application. This plan 

must detail the projects and activities 

proposed to be funded for the 

implementation of Phase II E–911 

services or migration to an IP-enabled 

emergency network, establish metrics 

and a timetable for grant 

implementation, and describe the steps 

that the State has taken to meet the grant 

criteria. It is important for the agencies 

to review each applicant’s plan to 

confirm that the applicant has met 

certain statutory requirements—a plan 

for the coordination of and 

implementation of E–911 services, 

coordination of its application with 

PSAPs, involvement of integrated 

telecommunications services in the 

implementation of E–911 services, and 

priority funding to communities 

without 911 capability. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

10,976. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 56 

(50 States, District of Columbia, Puerto 

Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the 

Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. 

Virgin Islands). 

ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30 

days, to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th St., 

NW., Washington, DC 20503. Attention 

NHTSA Desk Officer. 

Comments are invited on: Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agencies, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; the accuracy of 

the agencies’ estimate of the burden of 

the proposed information collection; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 14, 

2009. 

Jeffrey P. Michael, 

Associate Administrator for Research and 

Program Development. 

[FR Doc. E9–11658 Filed 5–18–09; 8:45 am] 

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