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Comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and
may be made available on-line at
http://www.albertaclipper.state.gov,
including any personal information
provided, unless the commenter
indicates that the comment includes
information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Do not submit
information that you consider to be CBI,
or otherwise protected, through e-mail.
If you send a comment by e-mail, your
e-mail address will be automatically
captured and included as part of the
comment that is placed in the public
docket and made available on the
Internet. If you want to submit an
electronic comment, we recommend
that you include your name and other
contact information in the body of your
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM
you submit. If we cannot read your
comment because of technical
difficulties and cannot contact you for
clarification, we may not be able to
consider your comment. Electronic
comments should avoid the use of any
special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or
viruses.
In addition to or in lieu of sending
written comments, the Department of
State invites you to attend the public
meetings in the project area to receive
comments on the Draft EIS. A court
reporter will be present and will accept
comments for the record. Dates and
locations for the public meetings are:
• Monday, December 15, 2008, 6 to 9
p.m., Thief River Falls, Minnesota, Best
Western, 1060 Highway 32 South, Thief
River Falls.
• Tuesday, December 16, 2008, 11
a.m. to 2 p.m., Cass Lake, Minnesota,
Cass Lake Palace Casino, 6280 Upper
Cass Lake Frontage Road, NW., Cass
Lake.
• Tuesday, December 16, 2008, 6 p.m.
to 9 p.m., Bemidji, Minnesota, Holiday
Inn Express Conference Center, 2422
Ridgeway Avenue, NW., Bemidji.
• Wednesday, December 17, 2008,
6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Grand Rapids,
Minnesota, Wendego Conference Center,
20108 Golf Crest Road, Grand Rapids.
• Thursday, December 18, 2008,
11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Carlton, Minnesota,
Black Bear Hotel—Lake Hall Room,
1785 Highway 210, Carlton.
• Thursday, December 18, 2008,
6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Superior, Wisconsin,
Barkers Island Inn, 300 Marina Drive,
Superior.
After comments are reviewed, any
significant new issues are investigated,
and modifications are made to the Draft
EIS, a final EIS will be published and

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distributed by the Department of State.
The final EIS will contain the
Department’s response to timely
comments received on the Draft EIS.
Copies of the Draft EIS have been
mailed to interested federal, tribal, state
and local agencies; public interest
groups; individuals and affected
landowners who requested a copy of the
Draft EIS or provided comments during
the scoping process; libraries; and other
stakeholders.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
Enbridge application for a Presidential
Permit, including associated maps, the
Draft EIS; a list of libraries where the
Draft EIS may be reviewed; and other
project information is available for
viewing and download at the project
Web site: http://
www.albertaclipper.state.gov.
For information on the proposed
project or the Draft EIS contact Elizabeth
Orlando, OES/ENV Room 2657, U.S.
Department of State, Washington, DC,
20520, or by telephone (202) 647–4284,
or by fax at (202) 647–5947.
Issued in Washington, DC on December 5,
2008.
Daniel Fantozzi,
Director, Bureau of Oceans and International
Environmental and Scientific Affairs/Office
of Environmental Policy, Department of State.
[FR Doc. E8–28866 Filed 12–4–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket Number—[Docket No. DOT–OST–
2008–0371]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposals, Submissions,
and Approvals
AGENCY: Department of Transportation
(DOT), Office of the Secretary (OST).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments; Request OMB Clearance for
extension of a currently approved
information collection, Foreign Air
Carrier Application for Statement of
Authorization.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13, the Department of
Transportation, Office of the Secretary
invites the general public, industry and
other governmental parties to comment
on the Foreign Air Carrier Application
for Statement of Authorization. The preexisting information collection request
previously approved by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) expires
on January 31, 2009.

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DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by February 3, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
George Wellington, (202) 366–2391,
Office of International Aviation, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W86–
125, Washington, DC 20590. Office
hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
ADDRESSES: You may submit a comment
to Docket No. DOT–OST–2008–0371
through one of the following methods:
Web site: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting
comments on the FDMS 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.
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 Wednesday and
Federal holidays.
Instructions: All comments must
include the agency name and FDMS
Docket No. DOT–OST–2008–0371. 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 February 3, 2006
(71 FR 5780), or you may visit http://
www.regulations.gov.
Docket: 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 a.m., Monday through
Friday, except Wednesday 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 No.
DOT–OST–2008–0371.’’ 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

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in Washington, DC, we recommend that
persons consider an alternative method
(Internet, fax, or professional delivery
service) to submit comments to the
docket and to ensure their timely receipt
at U.S. DOT.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Approval No. 2106–0035.
Title: Foreign Air Carrier Application
for Statement of Authorization.
Form No.: Form OST 4540.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Foreign Air Carriers.
Number of Respondents:
Approximately 100.
Estimated Time per Response: 2.25
hours per application.
Total Annual Burden: 1,000 hours.
Abstract: Applicants use Form OST
4540 to request statements of
authorization to conduct numerous
types of operations authorized under
Title 14, CFR part 212. The form
requires basic information regarding the
carrier(s) conducting the operation, the
party filing the form, the operations
being conducted, the number of thirdand fourth-freedom flights conducted in
the last twelve-month period, and
certification of reciprocity from the
carrier’s homeland government. DOT
analysts will use the information
collected to determine if applications
for fifth-freedom operations meet the
public interest requirements necessary
to authorize such applications.
Burden Statement: We estimate that
the industry-wide total hour burden for
this collection to be approximately
1,000 hours or approximately 2.25 hours
per application. Conservatively, we
estimate the compilation of background
information will require 1.75 hours, and
the completion and submission of OST
Form 4540 will require thirty (30)
minutes.
Reporting the number of third- and
fourth-freedom operations conducted by
an applicant carrier will require
collection of flight data, and detailed
analysis to determine which flights
conducted by the carrier are third- and
fourth-freedom. Applicants should be
able to use data collected for the
Department’s T–100 program to provide
this information (under this program,
carriers are required periodically to
compile and report certain traffic data to
the Department, as more fully described
in the Docket referenced in footnote 1
below). The Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS) provide carriers with a
computer program that allows them to
compile and monitor, among other
things, flight origin and destination
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T–100 submissions.1 We estimated that
carriers will require 1.25 hours per
application 2 to compile and analyze the
data necessary to disclose the number of
third- and fourth-freedom flights
conducted within the twelve-month
period preceding the filing of an
application.
Foreign carriers will also have to
provide evidence that their homeland
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
e-mail 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.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection is
1 The rule-making associated with the T–100
program can be found on the Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) at http://
www.regulations.gov, in Docket DOT–OST–1998–
4043. Information regarding burden hours is on file
in the Office of Aviation Analysis (X–50).
2 The Office of Aviation Analysis (X–50)
estimated that small-carriers would require 1
burden hour per report, and large carriers would
require 3 burden hours per report to analyze and
report T–100 program data. Considering that the
data required in this information collection can be
derived from data already collected, we have taken
an average of the estimated time required, and
conservatively shortened the time by 45 minutes
because no new data entry will be required.
3 Calculation: (4 burden hours per application) ×
(30 foreign homelands) × (2 requests per year) = 240
annual burden hours. Apportioning 240 annual
burden hours equally among an average of 430
applications annually = approximately 30 burden
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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.
Issued in Washington, DC on December 1,
2008.
Tracey M. Jackson,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E8–28808 Filed 12–4–08; 8:45 am]
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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)
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 October 31,
2008. 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–2008–
0314.
Date Filed: October 28, 2008.
Due Date for Answers, Conforming
Applications, or Motion To Modify
Scope: November 18, 2008.
Description: Application of Avolar
Aerolineas, S.A. de C.V. (‘‘Avolar’’)
requesting an exemption and foreign air
carrier permit authorizing Avolar (1) to
provide scheduled foreign air
transportation of persons, property and
mail between Los Angeles and San Jose

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