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received electronically, by e-mail or fax,
upon request. Records are kept of all
proceedings and will be available for
public inspection by appointment at the
Panel office.
There is no public comment period
scheduled during this teleconference
meeting. Persons interested in providing
feedback on the Panel report entitled
Content Model and Classification
Recommendations for the Social
Security Administration Occupational
Information System (September 2009)
may do so no later than February 15,
2010 by mail, fax or e-mail to the staff.
Please include your complete contact
information (full name, mailing and
e-mail address) with the submission.
Contact Information: For information
about the Panel, please contact the staff:
By mail to: Occupational Information
Development Advisory Panel, Social
Security Administration, Operations
Building, 3–E–26, Baltimore, MD 21235.
By fax to: (410) 597–0825
By e-mail to: [email protected].
Dated: November 13, 2009.
Debra Tidwell-Peters,
Designated Federal Officer.
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Notice of Intent To Renew the Charter
of the Department of State’s Advisory
Committee on Private International
Law
The Department of State intends to
renew the Charter of the Advisory
Committee on Private International Law
established under Title 22 of the United
States Code. Through the Committee,
the Department of State obtains the
views of the public with respect to
significant private international law
issues that arise in international
organizations of which the United States
is a Member State, in international
bodies in whose work the United States
has an interest, or in the foreign
relations of the United States.
The Committee is comprised of
representatives from other government
agencies, representatives of national
organizations, and experts and
professionals active in the field of
private international law.
Comments should be sent to Harold
Burman, Executive Director, Advisory
Committee on Private International Law
at 202–776–8420 or
[email protected] and to Patricia
Smeltzer, 202–776–8423 or
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contacting Ms. Smeltzer.
Dated: November 12, 2009.
Keith Loken,
Assistant Legal Adviser, Office of Private
International Law, Office of the Legal Adviser,
Department of State.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket Number—DOT–OST–2009–0294]

Request for OMB Clearance of an
Information Collection Renewal
Office of the Secretary, DOT.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:

SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary,
Office of Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization (OSDBU), invites
public comments regarding the
Department of Transportation’s
intention to request the Office of
Management and Budget’s (OMB)
approval to renew an information
collection. The collection is in regard to
the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act Bonding Assistance Reimbursable
Fee Program (DBE ARRA BAP)
application form. The continuation of
the collection is necessary to determine
the applicant’s eligibility and approve
or deny a bond fee reimbursement. We
are required to publish this notice in the
Federal Register by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by January 17, 2010.
ADDRESSES: You may submit a comment
by utilizing the DMS identifier number,
DOT–OST–2009–0294 through one of
the following methods:
Web site: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting
comments on the DOT electronic docket
site.
Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility;
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building,
Room W12–140, Washington, DC
20590–001.
Hand Delivery: Room W12–140 on the
ground level of the West Building, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington,
DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal
Holidays.
Instructions: All comments must
include the agency name and DMS
Docket Number DOT–OST–2009–0294.

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Note that all comments received will be
posted without change to http://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. You
should know that 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 http://
www.regulations.gov. The comments
you provide to a Federal Department or
Agency through regulations.gov are
collected voluntarily and may be
publicly disclosed in a rulemaking
docket or on the Internet.
Instructions: For access to the docket
to read background documents or
comments, go to http://
www.regulations.gov at any time or to
Room W12–140 on the ground level of
the West Building, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between
9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Wednesdays and Federal
holidays.
If you wish to receive confirmation of
receipt of your written comments,
please include a self-addressed,
stamped postcard with the following
statement: ‘‘Comments on Docket DOT–
OST–2009–0294.’’ The Docket Clerk
will date stamp the postcard prior to
returning it to you via the U.S. mail.
Please note that due to delays in the
delivery of U.S. mail to Federal offices
in Washington, DC, we recommend that
persons consider an alternative method
(Internet, fax, or professional delivery
service) to submit comments to the
docket and ensure their timely receipt at
U.S. DOT.
Comments: We particularly request
your comments on the accuracy of the
estimated burden; ways to enhance the
quality, usefulness, and clarity of the
collected information; and ways to
minimize the collection burden without
reducing the quality of the information
collected including additional use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
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 W56–448,
Washington, DC 20590. Phone number
202–366–1930, fax number 202–366–
1930. Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to
5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.

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Estimate of burden hours for
information requested:
Respondents: Certified Disadvantaged
Business Enterprises (DBEs) that are
pursuing, in the process, or have
obtained contracts on ARRA
transportation infrastructure projects.
US DOT/OSDBU spoke to the SBA
Surety Bond Guarantee Program
personnel and a representative of the
Surety and Fidelity Association of
America (SFAA) who represents the
small and emerging businesses to obtain
the required estimates. The average
bond for a small and emerging business
or DBE is between $250,000 and
$500,000. To calculate the universe US
DOT/OSDBU can serve, an average bond
is estimated to be $350,000. The
Bonding Premium Fee charged by the
Sureties is a range of 2 to 3% of the total
bond, so using an average premium of
2.5% on a $350,000 bond the DBE
would pay $8,750. The SBA Surety
Guarantee Bond Program Principal Fee
is currently set to .729% of the contract
price, or bond amount. For a $350,000
bond, the SBA principal fee is $2,551.
The average amount of financial
assistance is $11,300.00 per DBE on one
application, submittal to include both
eligible fees. Using these estimates, the
number of DBEs that US DOT/OSDBU
can assist with $20 million is
approximately 1,770.
Form: U.S. Disadvantaged Business
Enterprise (DBE) American
Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009
Bonding Assistance Reimbursable Fee
Program DOT Form F4504.
Respondents: 1770.
Frequency: Once.
Estimated Average Burden per
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Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3540 hours.
OMB Approval No.: OMB Control
Number: 2105–0562.
Title: U.S Disadvantaged Business
Enterprise (DBE) American
Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009
Bonding Assistance Reimbursable Fee
Program DOT Form F4504
Type of Review: Renewal.
1. Needs and Uses: The information
collected will be from a DBE working on
a transportation infrastructure ARRA
funded project. Under the DBE ARRA
BAP program, DBEs performing on
transportation and infrastructure
projects receiving ARRA funding
assistance from any DOT mode of
transportation such as Federal Highway
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
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including whether the applicant is a
current certified DBE.
2. Burden Statement: This collection
is for DBEs working on transportation
infrastructure ARRA funded projects.
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. Every
applicant we have spoken to since
August 28, 2009 (program launch date)
has told us the application is selfexplanatory and they have not had any
difficulties in filling it out or
understanding the content and
requirements.
Issued in Washington, DC on November 13,
2009.
Brandon Neal,
Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization, Office of the Secretary,
U.S. Department of Transportation.
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Aviation Proceedings, Agreements
Filed the Week Ending October 31,
2009
The following Agreements were filed
with the Department of Transportation
under the Sections 412 and 414 of the
Federal Aviation Act, as amended (49
U.S.C. 1383 and 1384) and procedures
governing proceedings to enforce these
provisions. Answers may be filed within
21 days after the filing of the
application.
Docket Number: DOT–OST–2009–
0270.
Date Filed: October 26, 2009.
Parties: Members of the International
Air Transport Association.
Subject: TC23/123 Middle East-South
East Asia Expedited, Resolution 002am
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0422). Intended effective date: 1 January
2010.
Docket Number: DOT–OST–2009–
0271.
Date Filed: October 26, 2009.
Parties: Members of the International
Air Transport Association.
Subject: TC23/123 Middle East-Japan,
Korea Expedited, Resolutions and
Specified Fares Tables (Memo 0424).
Intended effective date: 1 December
2009.
Docket Number: DOT–OST–2009–
0272.
Date Filed: October 26, 2009.
Parties: Members of the International
Air Transport Association.
Subject: TC23/123 Africa-Japan, Korea
Expedited Resolution 002aj and
Specified Fares Tables (Memo 0418).
Intended effective date: 1 December
2009.
Docket Number: DOT–OST–2009–
0273.
Date Filed: October 26, 2009.
Parties: Members of the International
Air Transport Association.
Subject: TC23/123 Africa-South East
Asia Expedited Resolution 002ao

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(Memo 0421). Intended effective date: 1
December 2009.
Docket Number: DOT–OST–2009–
0274.
Date Filed: October 26, 2009.
Parties: Members of the International
Air Transport Association.
Subject: TC23/123 Africa-South East
Asia Expedited, Resolution 002ap and
Specified Fares Tables (Memo 0422).
Intended effective date: 1 January 2010.
Docket Number: DOT–OST–2009–
0275.
Date Filed: October 26, 2009.
Parties: Members of the International
Air Transport Association.
Subject: TC23/123 Africa-Japan, Korea
Expedited, Resolutions and Specified
Fares Tables (Memo 0419). Intended
effective date: 15 January 2010.
Renee V. Wright,
Program Manager, Docket Operations,
Federal Register Liaison.
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