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Dated: January 5, 2016.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.

Decided: December 30, 2015.
By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Tia Delano,
Clearance Clerk.

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BILLING CODE 4915–01–P

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BILLING CODE 4915–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Docket No. FD 35982]

Office of the Secretary

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Jackson County, Mo.—Acquisition and
Operation Exemption—Union Pacific
Railroad Company
Jackson County, Mo. (Jackson
County), a noncarrier, has filed a
verified notice of exemption under 49
CFR 1150.31 to acquire from Union
Pacific Railroad Company and to
operate, approximately 17.7 miles of rail
line between milepost 288.3 and
milepost 270.6, in Jackson County, Mo.1
The transaction may not be
consummated until January 22, 2016 (30
days after the notice of exemption was
filed).
Jackson County certifies that its
projected annual revenues as a result of
this transaction will not result in its
becoming a Class II or Class I rail carrier
and will not exceed $5 million.
Jackson County states that the
agreement between the parties does not
contain any provision that prohibits it
from interchanging traffic with a third
party or limits its ability to interchange
with a third party.
If the verified notice contains false or
misleading information, the exemption
is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the
exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d)
may be filed at any time. The filing of
a petition to revoke will not
automatically stay the effectiveness of
the exemption. Petitions to stay must be
filed no later than January 15, 2016 (at
least seven days before the exemption
becomes effective).
An original and 10 copies of all
pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD
35982, must be filed with the Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20423–0001. In
addition, a copy of each pleading must
be served on Kevin M. Sheys, 1666 K St.
NW., Suite 500, Washington, DC 20006.
According to Jackson County, this
action is categorically excluded from
environmental review under 49 CFR
1105.6(c).
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at
WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.
1 Jackson County, doing business as Rock Island
Rail Corridor Authority, will be the operator on the
line.

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[Docket No. DOT–OST–2015–0211]

30-Day Notice of Request for Renewal
of a Previously Approved Collection
Office of the Secretary (OST),
Department of Transportation
(Department) or (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

The Office of the Secretary,
Office of Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization (OSDBU), invites
public comments about our intention to
request the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) approval to renew a
collection. This collection renewal
request includes one Short Term
Lending Program (STLP) application
used for both new loan guarantee
applicants and renewal loan guarantee
applicants. The information collected in
the STLP application will 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, Public Law 104–
13.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before February 8, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your
comments identified by DOT–OST–
2015–0211 by any of the following
methods:
• Office of Management and Budget,
Attention: Desk Officer for U.S.
Department of Transportation, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
• email: oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov.
• Fax: (202) 395–5806. Attention:
DOT/OST Desk Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Ralston, 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., Washington, DC 20590,
Routing Symbol S–40, 202–366–5577
(phone) or [email protected] (email).
SUMMARY:

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Short Term Lending Program
Application for a Loan Guarantee.
OMB Control No.: 2105–0555.
Background: 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
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 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. The guaranteed loan
application includes the STLP
application, checklist, and instructions.
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.transportation.gov/osdbu/
financial-assistance/short-term-lendingprogram.
Respondents: Small Businesses, 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;
c. Aging report of receivables and
payables;
d. Business tax returns;
e. Business financial statements;
f. Personal income tax returns;

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g. Personal financial statements;
h. Schedule of work in progress
(WIP);
i. Signed and dated copy of
transportation-related contracts;
j. Business debt schedule;
k. Cash flow projections;
l. Owner(s) and key management
resumes.
Respondents: Small Businesses, 100.
Frequency: Once.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 12 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1200 hours.
SUMMARY: 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 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’’; ‘‘DrugFree 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
Small and Disadvantaged Utilization
Short Term Lending Program Guarantee
Agreement’’. 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. OMB Control No:
2105–0555.
Background: STLP loans are provided
through lenders that serve as STLP
participating Lenders (PL). The STLP
provides PLs a guarantee, up to 75%, on
a revolving line of credit up to a
$750,000 maximum. As part of the
requirements for approval as a PL,
lenders must submit the following
certifications: Drug-Free Workplace Act
Certification for a Grantee Other Than
An Individual; Certification Regarding
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Cooperative Agreement; Office of Small
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
U.S. Department of Transportation Short
Term Lending Program Certification
Regarding Debarment, Suspension. The
STLP is subject to budgeting and
accounting requirements of the Federal
Credit Reform Act of 1990 (FCRA). The
PL must carry out processes to activate,
monitor, service and close out STLP
loans. To fulfill the requirements of
FCRA, the PL submits reports and the
following forms to OSDBU.
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’’.
DOT Form 2303–1: Short Term
Lending Program Bank Verification
Loan Activation Form. The PL must
submit a Loan Activation Form to
OSDBU 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 using the STLP
Extension Request Form.
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Annually.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 1⁄2 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 50 hours.
DOT Form 2304–1: Short Term
Lending Program Bank
Acknowledgement Loan Close-Out
Form. The PL must submit the Loan
Close-Out Form to OSDBU upon full
repayment of the STLP loan or when the
loan guarantee expires.
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Annually.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 1⁄2 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 50 hours.
DOT Form 2305–1: Guaranty Loan
Status Report. The PL 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: 100 hours.
DOT Form 2306–1: Pending Loan
Status Report. The PL submits a

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monthly loan(s) in process report to
OSDBU.
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Monthly.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 100 hours.
DOT Form 2307–1: Drug-Free
Workplace Act Certification for a
Grantee Other than an Individual. The
PL certifies it is a drug-free workplace
by executing this certification.
Respondents: 100.
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. The PL certifies 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. Office of Small
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
U.S. Department of Transportation Short
Term Lending Program Certification
Regarding Debarment, Suspension. The
PL must not currently be debarred or
suspended from participation in a
government contract or delinquent on a
government debt by submitting this
form.
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Once.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 25 hours.
Grand Total Annual Estimation of
Burden Hours: 1825.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December
30, 2015.
Habib Azarsina,
OST Privacy and PRA Officer.
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BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. DOT–OST–2015–0153]

30-Day Notice of Application for New
Information Collection Request
Office of the Secretary (OST),
Department of Transportation
(Department) or (DOT).

AGENCY:

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