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Administration (FHWA), Federal
Transit Administration (FTA), Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA),
Maritime Administration (MARAD) will
receive financial bonding assistance in
the form of bonding fee cost
reimbursement. This provision is
applicable to a subcontract or prime
contract at any tier in the construction
project. Under this program DOT will
directly reimburse DBEs the premiums
paid to the surety company for
performance, payment or bid/proposal
bonds. The range of the premium fee is
between 1–3% of the total bond amount.
In the event the DBE also obtains a bond
guarantee from Small Business
Administration’s (SBA) Surety Bond
Guarantee Program (SBGP), the DOT
will also reimburse the DBE for the
small business concern (principal) fee of
.729% of the contract price. The
information collected will be used by
DOT OSDBU to verify eligibility,
including whether the applicant is a
current certified DBE.
2. Burden Statement: This collection
is for DBEs working on transportation
infrastructure ARRA funded project.
DBEs are small businesses. Efforts have
been made to simplify the application
form, keeping it to one page with three
page instructions to assist the DBE to
submit a complete application package
to expedite reimbursement and
minimize burden. In addition a sample
letter to show how to indicate the
federal project number is included.
Applicants will be able to find further
guidance at http://www.dot.gov/
recovery/ost/. A coordinated effort has
been made with the DOT Operating
Administrations to minimize
duplicative reporting. OSDBU’s intent is
to give this subsidy reimbursement fee
to the DBEs trying to obtain surety
bonding to assist DBEs to become more
competitive and perform on more
transportation infrastructure projects
receiving ARRA funding assistance from
any DOT mode of transportation and
minimize cash flow difficulties. Several
applicant we have spoken to since
August 28, 2009 (program launch date)
has told us the application is self
explanatory and they have not had any
difficulties in filling it out or
understanding the content and
requirements.
Brandon Neal,
Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization, Office of the Secretary,
U.S. Department of Transportation.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Applications for Certificates
of Public Convenience and Necessity
and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed
Under Subpart B (Formerly Subpart Q)
During the Week Ending December 2,
2009
The following Applications for
Certificates of Public Convenience and
Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier
Permits were filed under Subpart B
(formerly Subpart Q) of the Department
of Transportation’s Procedural
Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et
seq.). The due date for Answers,
Conforming Applications, or Motions to
Modify Scope are set forth below for
each application. Following the Answer
period DOT may process the application
by expedited procedures. Such
procedures may consist of the adoption
of a show-cause order, a tentative order,
or in appropriate cases a final order
without further proceedings.
Docket Number: DOT–OST–1997–
2155.
Date Filed: December 2, 2009.
Due Date for Answers, Conforming
Applications, or Motion to Modify
Scope: December 23, 2009.
Description: Application of Arctic
Transportation Systems, Inc. requesting
reissuance of its certificate of public
convenience and necessity in the name
of Ryan Air, Inc.
Renee V. Wright,
Program Manager, Docket Operations,
Federal Register Liaison.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research & Innovative Technology
Administration
[Docket ID Number RITA 2008–0002]

Agency Information Collection;
Activity Under OMB Review;
Passenger Origin-Destination Survey
Report
AGENCY: Research & Innovative
Technology Administration (RITA),
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
(BTS), 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

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of Management and Budget (OMB) for
extension of currently approved
collections. The ICR describes the
nature of the information collection and
its expected burden. The Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting comments on the
following collection of information was
published on November 16, 2009 (74 FR
59018–59019).
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by February 19, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bernie Stankus, Office of Airline
Information, RTS–42, Room E34–409,
RITA, BTS, 1200 New Jersey Avenue,
SE., Washington, DC 20590–0001,
Telephone Number (202) 366–4387, Fax
Number (202) 366–3383 or E-mail
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Approval No. 2139–0001
Title: Passenger Origin-Destination
Survey Report.
Form No.: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Large certificated air
carriers that provide scheduled
passenger service.
Number of Respondents: 35.
Total Number of Annual Responses:
140.
Estimated Time per Response: 240
hours.
Total Annual Burden: 33,600.
Needs and Uses: Survey data are used
in monitoring the airline industry,
negotiating international agreements,
reviewing requests for the grant of antitrust immunity for air carrier alliance
agreements, selecting new international
routes, selecting U.S. carriers to operate
limited entry foreign routes, and
modeling the spread of contagious
diseases. The Passenger OriginDestination Survey Report is the only
aviation data collection by DOT where
the air carriers report the true origins
and destinations of passengers’ flight
itineraries. The Department does have
another aviation data collection (T–100)
which (1) gives passenger totals for citypairs served on a nonstop basis and (2)
market totals for passengers traveling on
a single flight number. If the passenger
travels on multiple flight numbers, a
new market is recorded for each change
in flight number.
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

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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.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725–17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention BTS
Desk Officer.
Comments are invited on: whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Department.
Comments should address whether the
information will have practical utility;
the accuracy of the Department’s
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.
Anne Suissa,
Director, Office of Airline Information.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research & Innovative Technology
Administration
[Docket ID Number RITA 2008–0002]

Agency Information Collection;
Activity Under OMB Review; Part 249,
Preservation of Records

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AGENCY: Research & Innovative
Technology Administration (RITA),
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
(BTS), 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
extension of currently approved
collections. The ICR describes the
nature of the information collection and
its expected burden. The Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting comments on the
following collection of information was
published on November 16, 2009 (74 FR
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DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by February 19, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bernie Stankus, Office of Airline
Information, RTS–42, Room E34–409,
RITA, BTS, 1200 New Jersey Avenue,
SE., Washington, DC 20590–0001,
Telephone Number (202) 366–4387, Fax
Number (202) 366–3383 or E-MAIL
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Approval No. 2138–0006
Title: Preservation of Air carrier
Records—14 CFR Part 249.
Form No.: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Certificated air carriers
and charter operators.
Number of Respondents: 90
certificated air carriers and 300 charter
operators.
Estimated Time per Response: 3 hours
per certificated air carrier. 1 hour per
charter operator.
Total Annual Burden: 570 hours.
Needs and Uses: Part 249 requires the
retention of records such as: general and
subsidiary ledgers, journals and journal
vouchers, voucher distribution registers,
accounts receivable and payable
journals and ledgers, subsidy records
documenting underlying financial and
statistical reports to DOT, funds reports,
consumer records, sales reports,
auditors’ and flight coupons, air
waybills, etc. Depending on the nature
of the document, the carrier may be
required to retain the document for a
period of 30 days to 3 years. Public
charter operators and overseas military
personnel charter operators must retain
documents which evidence or reflect
deposits made by each charter
participant and commissions received
by, paid to, or deducted by travel agents,
and all statements, invoices, bills and
receipts from suppliers or furnishers of
goods and services in connection with
the tour or charter. These records are
retained for 6 months after completion
of the charter program.
Not only is it imperative that carriers
and charter operators retain source
documentation, but it is critical that we
ensure that DOT has access to these
records. Given DOT’s established
information needs for such reports, the
underlying support documentation must
be retained for a reasonable period of
time. Absent the retention requirements,
the support for such reports may or may
not exist for audit/validation purposes
and the relevance and usefulness of the
carrier submissions would be impaired,
since the data could not be verified to
the source on a test basis.

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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.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention BTS
Desk Officer.
Comments are invited on: whether the
proposed record retention requirements
are necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Department. Comments should address
whether the information will have
practical utility; the accuracy of the
Department’s 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.
Anne Suissa,
Director, Office of Airline Information.
[FR Doc. 2010–983 Filed 1–19–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2010–0005–N–1]

Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
AGENCY: Federal Railroad
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
its implementing regulations, the
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
hereby announces that it is seeking
renewal of the following currently
approved information collection
activities. Before submitting these
information collection requirements for
clearance by the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB), FRA is soliciting

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