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counseling, outreach services/
conference participation, short-term
loan and bond assistance. The
cumulative data collected will be
analyzed by the OSDBU to determine
the effectiveness of services provided,
including counseling, outreach, and
financial services. Such data will also be
analyzed by the OSDBU to determine
agency effectiveness in assisting small
businesses to enhance their
opportunities to participate in
government contracts and subcontracts.
The Regional Field Offices Intake
Form, (DOT F 4500) is used to enroll
small business clients into the program
in order to create a viable database of
firms that can participate in government
contracts and subcontracts, especially
those projects that are transportation
related. Each area on the fillable pdf
form must be filled in electronically by
the Field Offices and submitted every
quarter to OSDBU. The Offices will
retain a copy of each Intake Form for
their records. The completion of the
form is used as a tool for making
decisions about the needs of the
business, such as; referral to technical
assistance agencies for help, identifying
the type of profession or trade of the
business, the type of certification that
the business holds, length of time in
business, and location of the firm. This
data can assist the Field Offices in
developing a business plan or adjusting
their business plan to increase its ability
to market its goods and services to
buyers and potential users of their
services.
Respondents: SBTRC Regional Field
Offices.
Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: The information will be
collected quarterly.
Annual Estimated Number of
Responses: 400.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 600 hours per year (90
minutes per response to complete each
Intake Form).
Background: The Regional Field
Offices Quarterly Report Form (DOT F
4502) must be submitted as a quarterly
status report by each Field Office of
business activities conducted during the
three-month timeframe. The form is
used to capture activities and
accomplishments that were made by the
Regional Field Offices during the course
of the quarter. In addition, the form
includes a data collection section where
numbers and hours are reported and a
section that is assigned for a written
narrative that provides back-up which
supports the data.
Activities to be reported are (1)
Counseling Activity which identifies the

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counseling hours provided to
businesses, number of new
appointments, and follow-up on
counseled clients. (2) Activity for
Businesses Served identifies the type of
small business that is helped, such as a
DBE, 8(a), WOB, HubZone, SDB,
SDVOB, or VOSB. (3) Marketing
Activity includes the name of an event
attended by the SBTRC and the role
played when participating in a
conference, workshop or any other
venue that relates to small businesses.
(4) Meetings that are held with
government representatives in the
region, or at the state level, are activities
that are reported. (5) Events Hosted by
the SBTRC Regional Field Offices, such
as small business workshops, financial
assistance workshops, matchmaking
events, are activities that are reported on
a quarterly basis.
Respondents: SBTRC Regional Field
Offices.
Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: The information will be
collected quarterly.
Annual Estimated Number of
Responses: 400.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 1200 hours per year (3
hours per response to complete each
Quarterly Report).
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
the Department’s estimate of the burden
of the proposed information collection;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information collection;
and d) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on
respondents, by the use of electronic
means, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. The agency will
summarize and/or include your
comments in the request for OMB’s
clearance of this information collection.
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 May 24,
2012.
Patricia Lawton,
DOT PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket: DOT–OST–2012–0078]

Notice of Request for Renewal of
Previously Approved Collection; Short
Term Lending Program—Application
for Loan Guarantee
Office of the Secretary,
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13, (44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq.) this notice announces that the
Information Collection Request,
abstracted below, will be forwarded to
the Office of Management and Budget
for the renewal of the Short Term
Lending Program—Application for Loan
Guarantee. A 60 day Federal Register
Notice (77 FR 14459) was published
March 9, 2012 (DOT–OST 2008–0244).
The agency did not receive any
comments.

SUMMARY:

Written comments should be
submitted by July 2, 2012 and sent to
OMB.

DATES:

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–
7228. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
Comments: Comments should be sent
to OMB: Attention DOT/OST Desk
Officer, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, Docket
Library, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503 or fax to: 202–
395–5806. Please make reference to
OMB Control No. 2104–0555 Docket
DOT–OST–2012–0078.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Short Term Lending Program—
Application for Loan Guarantee.
OMB Control No: 2105–0555.
Number of Respondents: 100.
Number of Responses: 100.
Total Annual Burden: 1400.
Abstract: OSDBU’s Short Term
Lending Program (STLP) offers certified
Disadvantaged Business Enterprises
(DBEs) and other certified Small
Businesses (8a, women-owned, small
disadvantaged, HUBZone, veteran
owned, and service disabled veteran

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owned) the opportunity to obtain short
term working capital at variable interest
rates for transportation-related projects.
The STLP provides Participating
Lenders (PLs) a guarantee, up to 75%,
on a revolving line of credit up to a
$750,000 maximum. These loans are
provided through lenders that serve as
STLP Participating Lenders (PLs). The
term on the line of credit is up to one
(1) year, which may be renewed for five
(5) years. A potential or renewal STLP
participant must submit a guaranteed
loan application package.
This collection renewal combines two
applications, the former ‘‘Short-term
Lending Program Application for a New
Loan Guarantee’’ and the ‘‘Application
for Loan Guarantee Renewal’’ into one
Short Term Lending Program
Application for a Loan Guarantee. There
should no longer be any confusion since
a set of explicit instructions has been
added to the application. All attempts
have been made to make it easier to
read, understand, and use. The
application form is now a PDF fillable
form. The information collected is used
to determine the applicant’s eligibility
and is necessary to approve or deny a
loan. We are required to publish this
notice in the Federal Register by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
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.
DOT Form 2301–1(REV.1). Short
Term Lending Program Application for
Loan Guarantee: A potential or renewal
STLP participant must submit a
guaranteed loan application package.
The guaranteed loan application
includes the STLP application and
supporting documentation to be
collected from the checklist in the
application. The application may be
obtained directly from OSDBU, the
Regional Small Business Transportation
Resource Centers, from a PL, or online
from the agency’s Web site, currently at
http://www.osdbu.dot.gov/financial/
stlp.cfm.
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Once.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 2 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 200 hours.
Supporting documentation. Required
documentation shall include, but is not
limited to, the following items:
a. Business, trade, or job performance
reference letters;
b. DBE or other eligible certification letters;
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d. Business tax returns;
e. Business financial statements;
f. Personal income tax returns;
g. Personal financial statements;
h. Schedule of work in progress (WIP);
i. Signed and dated copy of transportationrelated contracts;
j. Business debt schedule;
k. Cash flow projections;
l. Owner(s) and a key management
resumes.

Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Once.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 12 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1200 hours.
Title: STLP—Participating Lender
(PL) forms.
Number of Respondents: 100.
Number of Responses: 100.
Total Annual Burden: 2925 hours.
Respondents: Participating Lenders
that are in the process or have entered
into cooperative agreements with DOT’s
OSDBU under 49 CFR part 22 DOT–
OST–2008–0236 entitled, ‘‘Short Term
Lending Program’’.
Abstract: The Office of the Secretary,
Office of Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization (OSDBU), invites
public comments on our intention to
request the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) approval to renew a
collection of the STLP Participating
Lender (PL) forms. The information
collected administers the loans
guaranteed under the STLP. The
information collected keeps the
Participating Lender’s (PLs) in
compliance with the terms established
in the Cooperative Agreement between
DOT and the PLs. Every attempt was
made to make these forms easier to read,
understand, and use.
This renewal collection involves the
use of the ‘‘Short Term Lending Program
Bank Verification Loan Activation
Form’’; ‘‘Short Term Lending Program
Bank Acknowledgement Extension
Request Form’’; ‘‘Short Term Lending
Program Bank Acknowledgement Loan
Close-Out Form’’; ‘‘Guaranty 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’’; ‘‘Office
of Small and Disadvantaged Business
Utilization U.S. Department of
Transportation Short Term Lending
Program Certification Regarding
Debarment, Suspension’’; ‘‘Cooperative
Agreement between the U.S.
Department of Transportation and the
Participating Lender’’; and ‘‘U.S.
Department of Transportation Office of
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Short Term Lending Program Guarantee
Agreement’’.
DOT Form 2303–1. Short-Term
Lending Program Bank Verification
Loan Activation Form. The PL
Respondent must submit to OSDBU a
Loan Activation Form that indicates the
date in which the loan has been
activated.
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Annually, up to five years.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 1⁄2 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 50 hours.
DOT Form 2310–1. Short-Term
Lending Program Bank
Acknowledgement Extension Request
Form. An extension of the original loan
guarantee for a maximum period of
ninety (90) days may be requested, in
writing, by the PL Respondent using the
STLP Extension Request Form.
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Annually, up to five years.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 1⁄2 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 50 hours.
DOT Form 2304–1. Short-Term
Lending Program Bank Acknowledge
Loan Close-Out. The PL Respondent
must submit to OSDBU a Loan CloseOut Form upon full repayment of the
STLP loan or when the loan guarantee
expires.
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Annually, up to five years.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 1⁄2 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 50 hours.
DOT Form 2305–1. Guaranty Loan
Status Report. PL Respondent submits a
monthly status of active guaranteed
loans to OSDBU.
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Monthly.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1200 hours.
DOT Form 2306–1. Pending Loan
Status Report. PL Respondent submits
monthly loan(s) in process report to
OSDBU.
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Monthly.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1200 hours.
DOT Form 2307–1. Drug-Free
Workplace Act Certification for a
Grantee Other than an Individual Form.
The PL certifies it is a drug-free
workplace by executing this
certification.
Respondents: 100.

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Frequency: Once.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 25 hours.
DOT Form 2308–1. Certification
Regarding Lobbying for Contracts,
Grants, Loans, and Cooperative
Agreement. PL Respondent must certify
that no Federal funds will be utilized for
lobbying by executing this form.
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Once.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 25 hours.
DOT Form 2309–1. Certification
Regarding Debarment, Suspension
Form. The PL Respondent 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.
DOT Form 2313–1. Cooperative
Agreement between the United States
Department of Transportation and the
Bank (Participating Lender). This is the
official agreement between the U.S.
DOT and the Participating Lender
(Bank) which spells out the terms;
deliverables; audit, investigation, and
review; record retention; duration of
agreement; expiration of agreement;
suspension of agreement; termination;
DOT’s representative; and
miscellaneous conditions.
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Every two years.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 100 hours.
DOT Form 2313–2. Cooperative
Agreement between the United States
Department of Transportation and the
Community Development Financial
Institution (CDFI). This is the official
agreement between the U.S. DOT and
the Community Development Financial
Institution (CDFI), an eligible
Participating Lender or which spells out
the terms; Deliverables; Audit,
Investigation, and Review; Record
Retention; Duration of Agreement;
Expiration of Agreement; Suspension of
Agreement; Termination; DOT’s
Representative; and Miscellaneous
Conditions.
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Every two years.
Estimated Average Burden per
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Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 100 hours.
DOT Form 2314–1. Department of
Transportation Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization
(OSDBU) Short Term Lending Program
Guarantee Agreement Form. This
document is the seventy-five (75%) loan
guarantee from the U.S. Department of
Transportation to the specific
Participating Lender Respondent. It also
contains Annex A which is the
Participating Lender’s default
mechanism.
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Every year.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 100 hours.
Comments are invited on: whether the
proposed collection renewal of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Department, including 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. A comment to OMB is most
effective if OMB receives it within 30
days of publication.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 25,
2012.
Patricia Lawton,
PRA Program Manager, Office of the
Secretary, Department of Transportation.

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–2005–
20571.
Date Filed: May 18, 2012.
Due Date for Answers, Conforming
Applications, or Motion to Modify
Scope: June 8, 2012.
Description: Application of Meridiana
fly, S.p.A. requesting a foreign air
carrier permit and renewal of its
exemption in order to engage in the
scheduled foreign air transportation of
persons, property, and mail: (a) Foreign
scheduled and charter air transportation
of persons, property and mail from any
point or points behind any Member
State of the European Union via any
point or points in any Member State and
via intermediate points to any point or
points in the United States and beyond;
(b) foreign scheduled and charter air
transportation of persons, property and
mail between any point or points in the
United States and any point or points in
any member of the European Common
Aviation Area; (c) foreign scheduled and
charter all-cargo air transportation
between any point or points in the
United States and any other point or
points; and (d) transportation
authorized by any additional route
rights made available to European
Community carriers in the future.
Renee V. Wright,
Program Manager, Docket Operations,
Federal Register Liaison.
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Federal Highway Administration
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 May 19, 2012
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

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Environmental Assessment: Notice of
Final Federal Actions on
Improvements to U.S. 60 in Union and
Henderson Counties, KY
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of limitations on claims
for judicial review of actions by FHWA,
Army Corps of Engineers (USACE),
DoD, and other Federal agencies.
AGENCY:

This notice announces actions
taken by the FHWA that are final within
the meaning of 23 U.S.C. 139(1)(1). The
actions relate to a proposed highway
project: the U.S. 60 Capacity and Safety
Improvement Project between
Morganfield and Henderson in Union
and Henderson Counties, Kentucky
(KYTC Item Nos. 2–79, 2–122, 2–123).

SUMMARY:

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