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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. OST–2008–0244; OMB Control:
2105–0555]
Notice of Request for Renewal of a
Previously Approved Collection;Title:
Short-term Lending Program Online
Application
Office of the Secretary (OST),
U.S. Department of Transportation
(DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary,
Office of Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization (OSDBU), invite
public comments on our intention to
request the Office of Management and
Budget’s (OMB) approval to renew an
information collection. The collection
involves the use of the ‘‘Short-term
Lending Online Program Application for
a New Loan Guarantee’’ and the
‘‘Application for Loan Guarantee
Renewal’’. The information collected
will be used to determine the
applicant’s eligibility and is necessary
to approve or deny a loan. The
collection involves the use of the
‘‘Short-term Lending Program Bank
Verification Loan Activation Form’’;
‘‘Bank Verification Extension Request
Form’’; ‘‘Bank Acknowledgement Loan
Close-Out Form’’; ‘‘Guarantee 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’’;
‘‘Certification Regarding Debarment,
Suspension’’. The information to be
collected will be used to monitor the
administration and performance of the
loans guaranteed under the Short-term
Lending Program, as well as the
Participating Lender’s (PL) compliance
with the terms established in the
Cooperative Agreement between DOT
and the PL.
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We are required to publish this notice
in the Federal Register by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments on this notice
should be received by December 9,
2008.
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 W56–497,
Washington, DC 20590. Phone number
202–366–5343, fax number 202–366–
1930. Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to
5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
Background: The Short-term Lending
Program (STLP) provides up to a 75%
guaranteed revolving line of credit for a
maximum of $750,000 to finance
accounts receivable arising from
transportation-related contracts. The
primary collateral consists of the
proceeds of the transportation-related
contracts. These loans are provided
through banks that serve as STLP
Participating Lenders (PL). The term of
the line of credit is for one (1) year,
which may be renewed up to a total of
five (5) years. A potential STLP
participant must submit a guaranteed
loan application package, comprised of
a loan application, with supporting
documentation collected from the
checklist on page seven (7) of the
application. A current STLP participant
may submit a guaranteed loan renewal
application package, comprised of an
updated loan application, with
supporting documentation collected
from the checklist on page seven (7) of
the application. As part of the
requirements for approval as a Lender
PL, banks must submit documentation
that demonstrates it is a drug-free
workplace by executing a Certification
of Compliance concerning a drug-free
workplace; that no Federal funds will be
utilized for lobbying by executing a
Certificate Regarding Lobbying in
compliance with Section 1352, Title 21,
of the U.S. Code; that it is not currently
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. The STLP is subject to
the requirements of the Federal Credit
Reform Act of 1990 (FCRA) that
includes certain budgeting and
accounting requirements for Federal
credit programs. The PL must undertake
processes to activate, monitor, service
and close- out STLP loans. To fulfill the
requirements of FCRA, the PL shall
retain all documents, files, books, and
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records relevant to the administration of
an STLP loan and must submit regular
reports and required documentation to
OSDBU on these processes.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Form: Short-term Lending Program
Application for New Loan Guarantee
(DOT 2301–1(REV.1): A potential STLP
participant must submit a guaranteed
loan application package, comprised of
a loan application, with supporting
documentation. The application may be
obtained directly from OSDBU, from a
current PL, or online from the agency’s
Web site currently at https://
osdbu.dot.gov/documents/pdf/stlp/
stlpapp.pdf.
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.
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Once.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 2 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 200 hours.
New loan application supporting
documentation may 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. Signed and dated borrower
certification that all federal, state and
local taxes are current;
d. Business tax returns;
e. Business financial statements;
f. Personal income tax returns;
g. Personal financial statements;
h. Schedule of work in progress;
i. Signed and dated copy of
transportation-related contracts to be
used as collateral;
j. Business debt schedule;
k. Cash flow projections;
l. Evidence of bonding and insurance.
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Once.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 12 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1200 hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Form: Short-term Lending Program
Application for Loan Guarantee
Renewal (DOT 2302–1). A current STLP
participant may submit a guaranteed
loan renewal application package,
comprised of an updated loan
application, with supporting
documentation. The application may be
obtained directly from OSDBU, from a
current PL, or online from the agency’s
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Web site currently at https://
osdbu.dot.gov/documents/pdf/stlp/
stlpapp.pdf.
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Annually, up to five years.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 8 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 800 hours.
Application supporting
documentation. Supporting
documentation may include, but is not
limited to, the following items:
a. Current job performance reference
letter (within the past 12 months);
b. Evidence of current DBE and/or
other eligible certification;
c. Business tax returns for the most
recent fiscal year;
d. Business financial statements for
the most recent fiscal year;
e. If the business’ last fiscal year has
been ended longer than 90 days at the
time of application, then applicant must
submit interim business financial
statements to include balance sheet,
P&L and updated aging reports of both
receivables and payables;
f. Current work in progress schedule
or statement;
g. Personal income tax returns;
h. Personal financial statements;
i. Signed and dated copy of
transportation-related contracts to be
used as collateral;
j. Updated cash flow projections;
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Annually, up to five years.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 4 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 400 hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Form: Short-term Lending Program
Bank Verification Loan Activation Form
(DOT F 2303–1). The PL must submit to
OSDBU a Loan Activation Form that
indicates the date in which the loan has
been activated/funded.
Respondents: Participating Lenders
that are in the process or have entered
into cooperative agreements with DOT’s
OSDBU under the STLP’s governing
policies and procedures.
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Annually, up to five years.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 1⁄2 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 50 hours.
Form: Short-term Lending Program
Bank Verification Extension Request
Form(DOT F 2310–1). 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.
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Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Annually. ≤Estimated
Average Burden per Response: 1⁄2 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 50 hours.
Form: Short-term Lending Program
Bank Acknowledgement Loan Close-Out
Form (DOT F 2304–1). The PL must
submit to OSDBU a Loan Close-out
Form upon full repayment of the STLP
loan, or upon expiration of the loan
guarantee.
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Annually.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 1⁄2 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 50 hours.
Form: Guarantee Loan Status Report;
Pending Loan Status Report. PL must
submit each month to OSDBU a status
report of pending loans (DOT F 2306–
1) and guaranteed loans (DOT F 2305–
1) including the previous month’s
activity for these loans.
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Monthly.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1200 hours.
Form: Drug-Free Workplace Act
Certification for a Grantee Other than an
Individual (DOT F 2307–1) to certify
that it is a drug-free workplace by
executing a Certification of Compliance
concerning a drug-free workplace.
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Once.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 25 hours.
Form: Certification Regarding
Lobbying for Contracts, Grants, Loans,
and Cooperative Agreement (DOT F
2308–1). PL must certify that no Federal
funds will be utilized for lobbying by
executing a Certificate Regarding
Lobbying in compliance with Section
1352, Title 21, of the U.S. Code.
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Once.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 25 hours.
Form: Certification Regarding
Debarment, Suspension (DOT F 2309–
1). The PL 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.
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Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 25 hours.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your
comments (identified by DOT DMS
Docket Number OST–2008–0244) by
any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Agency Web Site: https://
dms.dot.gov/. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments on the DOT
electronic docket site.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail or Hand Delivery: U.S.
Department of Transportation, Dockets
Management Facility, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., West Building, Room
W12–140, Washington, DC 20590,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal
Holidays.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection is
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.
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 October 2,
2008.
Patricia Lawton,
DOT PRA Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. OST-2008-0244; OMB Control: 2105-0555]
Notice of Request for Renewal of a Previously Approved
Collection;Title: Short-term Lending Program Online Application
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary, Office of Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization (OSDBU), invite public comments on our intention
to request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval to
renew an information collection. The collection involves the use of the
``Short-term Lending Online Program Application for a New Loan
Guarantee'' and the ``Application for Loan Guarantee Renewal''. The
information collected will be used to determine the applicant's
eligibility and is necessary to approve or deny a loan. The collection
involves the use of the ``Short-term Lending Program Bank Verification
Loan Activation Form''; ``Bank Verification Extension Request Form'';
``Bank Acknowledgement Loan Close-Out Form''; ``Guarantee 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''; ``Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension''. The
information to be collected will be used to monitor the administration
and performance of the loans guaranteed under the Short-term Lending
Program, as well as the Participating Lender's (PL) compliance with the
terms established in the Cooperative Agreement between DOT and the PL.
We are required to publish this notice in the Federal Register by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments on this notice should be received by December
9, 2008.
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 W56-497, Washington,
DC 20590. Phone number 202-366-5343, fax number 202-366-1930. Office
hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
Background: The Short-term Lending Program (STLP) provides up to a
75% guaranteed revolving line of credit for a maximum of $750,000 to
finance accounts receivable arising from transportation-related
contracts. The primary collateral consists of the proceeds of the
transportation-related contracts. These loans are provided through
banks that serve as STLP Participating Lenders (PL). The term of the
line of credit is for one (1) year, which may be renewed up to a total
of five (5) years. A potential STLP participant must submit a
guaranteed loan application package, comprised of a loan application,
with supporting documentation collected from the checklist on page
seven (7) of the application. A current STLP participant may submit a
guaranteed loan renewal application package, comprised of an updated
loan application, with supporting documentation collected from the
checklist on page seven (7) of the application. As part of the
requirements for approval as a Lender PL, banks must submit
documentation that demonstrates it is a drug-free workplace by
executing a Certification of Compliance concerning a drug-free
workplace; that no Federal funds will be utilized for lobbying by
executing a Certificate Regarding Lobbying in compliance with Section
1352, Title 21, of the U.S. Code; that it is not currently 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. The STLP is subject to the requirements of the Federal
Credit Reform Act of 1990 (FCRA) that includes certain budgeting and
accounting requirements for Federal credit programs. The PL must
undertake processes to activate, monitor, service and close- out STLP
loans. To fulfill the requirements of FCRA, the PL shall retain all
documents, files, books, and records relevant to the administration of
an STLP loan and must submit regular reports and required documentation
to OSDBU on these processes.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Form: Short-term Lending Program Application for New Loan Guarantee
(DOT 2301-1(REV.1): A potential STLP participant must submit a
guaranteed loan application package, comprised of a loan application,
with supporting documentation. The application may be obtained directly
from OSDBU, from a current PL, or online from the agency's Web site
currently at https://osdbu.dot.gov/documents/pdf/stlp/stlpapp.pdf.
Respondents: Certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs)
and other Certified Small Businesses (8a, women-owned, small
disadvantaged, HubZone, veteran owned, and service disabled veteran
owned) interested in financing their transportation-related contracts.
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Once.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 2 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 200 hours.
New loan application supporting documentation may 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. Signed and dated borrower certification that all federal, state
and local taxes are current;
d. Business tax returns;
e. Business financial statements;
f. Personal income tax returns;
g. Personal financial statements;
h. Schedule of work in progress;
i. Signed and dated copy of transportation-related contracts to be
used as collateral;
j. Business debt schedule;
k. Cash flow projections;
l. Evidence of bonding and insurance.
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Once.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 12 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1200 hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Form: Short-term Lending Program Application for Loan Guarantee
Renewal (DOT 2302-1). A current STLP participant may submit a
guaranteed loan renewal application package, comprised of an updated
loan application, with supporting documentation. The application may be
obtained directly from OSDBU, from a current PL, or online from the
agency's
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Web site currently at https://osdbu.dot.gov/documents/pdf/stlp/
stlpapp.pdf.
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Annually, up to five years.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 8 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 800 hours.
Application supporting documentation. Supporting documentation may
include, but is not limited to, the following items:
a. Current job performance reference letter (within the past 12
months);
b. Evidence of current DBE and/or other eligible certification;
c. Business tax returns for the most recent fiscal year;
d. Business financial statements for the most recent fiscal year;
e. If the business' last fiscal year has been ended longer than 90
days at the time of application, then applicant must submit interim
business financial statements to include balance sheet, P&L and updated
aging reports of both receivables and payables;
f. Current work in progress schedule or statement;
g. Personal income tax returns;
h. Personal financial statements;
i. Signed and dated copy of transportation-related contracts to be
used as collateral;
j. Updated cash flow projections; Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Annually, up to five years.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 4 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 400 hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Form: Short-term Lending Program Bank Verification Loan Activation
Form (DOT F 2303-1). The PL must submit to OSDBU a Loan Activation Form
that indicates the date in which the loan has been activated/funded.
Respondents: Participating Lenders that are in the process or have
entered into cooperative agreements with DOT's OSDBU under the STLP's
governing policies and procedures.
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Annually, up to five years.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: \1/2\ hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 50 hours.
Form: Short-term Lending Program Bank Verification Extension
Request Form(DOT F 2310-1). 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.
Form: Short-term Lending Program Bank Acknowledgement Loan Close-
Out Form (DOT F 2304-1). The PL must submit to OSDBU a Loan Close-out
Form upon full repayment of the STLP loan, or upon expiration of the
loan guarantee.
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Annually.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: \1/2\ hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 50 hours.
Form: Guarantee Loan Status Report; Pending Loan Status Report. PL
must submit each month to OSDBU a status report of pending loans (DOT F
2306-1) and guaranteed loans (DOT F 2305-1) including the previous
month's activity for these loans.
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Monthly.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1200 hours.
Form: Drug-Free Workplace Act Certification for a Grantee Other
than an Individual (DOT F 2307-1) to certify that it is a drug-free
workplace by executing a Certification of Compliance concerning a drug-
free workplace.
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Once.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 25 hours.
Form: Certification Regarding Lobbying for Contracts, Grants,
Loans, and Cooperative Agreement (DOT F 2308-1). PL must certify that
no Federal funds will be utilized for lobbying by executing a
Certificate Regarding Lobbying in compliance with Section 1352, Title
21, of the U.S. Code.
Respondents: 100.
Frequency: Once.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 15 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 25 hours.
Form: Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension (DOT F 2309-1).
The PL 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.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your comments (identified by DOT DMS Docket
Number OST-2008-0244) by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://
www.regulations.gov/. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Agency Web Site: https://dms.dot.gov/. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments on the DOT electronic docket site.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Mail or Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of Transportation,
Dockets Management Facility, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West
Building, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed
collection is 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.
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 October 2, 2008.
Patricia Lawton,
DOT PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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