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noncompliance under 49 U.S.C. 30118
and 30120.
(Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120:
delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and
501.8)
Eileen Sullivan,
Associate Administrator for Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 2024–00391 Filed 1–11–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
[Docket ID Number: DOT–OST–2014–0031
BTS Paperwork Reduction Notice]

Agency Information Collection;
Activity Under OMB Review; Report of
Extension of Credit to Political
Candidates—Form 183
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Research and Technology
(OST–R), Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS), Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13, the Bureau of
Transportation Statistics invites the
general public, industry and other
governmental parties to comment on the
continuing need and usefulness of BTS
collecting reports from air carriers on
the aggregated indebtedness balance of
a political candidate or party for Federal
office. The reports are required when
the aggregated indebtedness is over
$5,000 on the last day of a month.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by March 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by DOT Docket ID Number
DOT–OST–2014–0031 and the
associated OMB approval #2138–0016
by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
Mail: Docket Services: U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
Fax: 202–366–3383.
Instructions: Identify docket number,
DOT–OST–2014–0031, at the beginning
of your comments, and send two copies.
To receive confirmation that DOT

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received your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Internet
users may access all comments received
by DOT at http://www.regulations.gov.
All comments are posted electronically
without charge or edits, including any
personal information provided.
Privacy Act: Anyone can 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 April 11, 2000 (65 FR
19477–78).
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to http://
www.regulations.gov. or the street
address listed above. Follow the online
instructions for accessing the dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Gorham, Office of Airline Information,
RTS–42, Bureau of Transportation
Statistics, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
Street SE, Washington, DC 20590–0001,
(202) 366–4406.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Approval No. 2138–0016.
Title: Report of Extension of Credit to
Political Candidates—Form 183, 14 CFR
part 374a.
Form No.: 183.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Certificated air carriers.
Number of Respondents: 2 (Monthly
Average).
Number of Responses: 24.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.
Total Annual Burden: 24 hours.
Needs and Uses: The Department uses
this form as the means to fulfill its
obligation under the Federal Election
Campaign Act of 1971 (the Act). The
Act’s legislative history indicates that
one of its statutory goals is to prevent
candidates for Federal political office
from incurring large amounts of
unsecured debt with regulated
transportation companies (e.g., airlines).
This information collection allows the
Department to monitor and disclose the
amount of unsecured credit extended by
airlines to candidates for Federal office.
All certificated air carriers are required
to submit this information.
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
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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.
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 9,
2024.
William Chadwick, Jr.,
Director, Office of Airline Information,
Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2024–00566 Filed 1–11–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
[Docket ID Number: DOT–OST–2014–0031
BTS Paperwork Reduction Notice]

Agency Information Collection;
Activity Under OMB Review;
Submission of Audit Reports—Part 248
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Research and Technology
(OST–R), Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS), Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
invites the general public, industry and
other governmental parties to comment
on the continuing need for and
usefulness of BTS requiring U.S. large
certificated air carriers to submit a true
and complete copy of its annual audit
that is made by an independent public
accountant. If a carrier does not have an
annual audit, the carrier must file a
statement that no audit has been
performed. Comments are requested
concerning whether the audit reports
are needed by BTS and DOT; BTS
accurately estimated the reporting
burden; there are other ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information collected; and there are
ways to minimize reporting burden,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by March 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by DOT Docket ID Number
DOT–OST–2014–0031 and the
associated OMB approval #2138–0004
by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
SUMMARY:

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Mail: Docket Services: U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
Fax: 202–366–3383.
Instructions: Identify docket number,
DOT–OST–2014–0031, at the beginning
of your comments, and send two copies.
To receive confirmation that DOT
received your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Internet
users may access all comments received
by DOT at http://www.regulations.gov.
All comments are posted electronically
without charge or edits, including any
personal information provided.
Privacy Act: Anyone can 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 April 11, 2000 (65 FR
19477–78).
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to http://
www.regulations.gov. or the street
address listed above. Follow the online
instructions for accessing the dockets.
Electronic Access

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS
Scoping Notice for Preparation of a
Programmatic Environmental
Assessment for the State Veterans
Homes Program
Department of Veterans Affairs.
Notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

OMB Approval No.: 2138–0004.
Title: Submission of Audit Reports—
Part 248.
Form No.: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Large certificated air
carriers.
Number of Respondents: 71.
Number of Responses: 71.
Total Annual Burden: 36 hours.
Needs and Uses: BTS collects
independent audited financial reports
from U.S. certificated air carriers.
Carriers not having an annual audit

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Issued in Washington, DC, on January 9,
2024.
William Chadwick, Jr.,
Director, Office of Airline Information,
Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2024–00567 Filed 1–11–24; 8:45 am]

You may access comments received
for this notice at http://
www.regulations.gov, by searching
docket DOT–OST–2014–0031.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
[email protected], Office of Airline
Information, RTS–42, Room E34, Bureau
of Transportation Statistics, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590–0001 or by phone at 202 366–
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must file a statement that no such audit
has been performed. In lieu of the audit
report, BTS will accept the annual
report submitted to the stockholders.
The audited reports are needed by the
Department of Transportation as (1) a
means to monitor an air carrier’s
continuing fitness to operate, (2)
reference material used by analysts in
examining foreign route cases (3)
reference material used by analyst in
examining proposed mergers,
acquisitions and consolidations, (4) a
means whereby BTS sends a copy of the
report to the International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO) in fulfillment of a
United States treaty obligation, and (5)
corroboration of a carrier’s Form 41
filings.
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.

The Department of Veterans
Affairs is preparing a programmatic
environmental assessment (PEA) in
accordance with the regulations
implementing the procedural provisions
of the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) of 1969 as implemented by
the Council on Environmental Quality
regulations, and VA’s NEPA
Implementing Regulations.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before February 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments must be
submitted through www.regulations.gov.
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Except as noted in this section,
comments received before the close of
the comment period will be available at
www.regulations.gov for public viewing,
inspection, or copying, including any
personally identifiable or confidential
business information that is included in
a comment. We post the comments
received before the close of the
comment period on
www.regulations.gov as soon as possible
after they have been received. VA will
not post on regulations.gov public
comments that make threats to
individuals or institutions or suggest
that the commenter will take actions to
harm the individual. VA encourages
individuals not to submit duplicative
comments; however, we will post
acceptable comments from multiple
unique commenters even if the content
is identical or nearly identical to other
comments. Any public comment
received after the comment period’s
closing date is considered late and will
not be considered.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Jason Sturm, Environmental Engineer,
Office of Construction & Facilities
Management (003C2), Department of
Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue
NW, Washington DC 20420, 224–628–
1946 (this is not a toll-free number),
[email protected]. Reference ‘‘State
Veterans Homes PEA’’ in your
correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The VA
State Veterans Homes Construction
Grant Program is a partnership between
VA and the states by which VA provides
full or partial grants to a state for
construction, renovation, or repair of
state-owned and operated nursing
homes, domiciliaries, and/or adult day
health care facilities. The PEA will
evaluate VA’s proposed Action to issue
grants through the VA State Veterans
Homes Construction Grant Program to
its state partners for construction,
renovation, or repair of State Veterans
Homes facilities in all 50 States, the
District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin
Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, American
Samoa, and Tribal Lands. The PEA aims
to provide a streamlined NEPA
compliance process for future VA State
Veterans Homes Construction Grant
Program grants involving construction,
renovation, and repair projects that
would result in less than significant
environmental impacts.
This notice initiates the scoping
process for the PEA and invites the
public, government agencies, and other
interested persons and organizations to
provide comments on the scope of

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