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submitted to OMB via an Emergency
Information Collection Request.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq.) this notice announces the
Information Collection Request on DOT
Form F4504—Application for
Reimbursement of Bond Fees for this
new ARRA DOT program. The notice is
being forwarded to the Office of
Management and Budget for Emergency
Action and approval.
In an effort to assist the
Disadvantaged Business Enterprises
(DBEs) obtain transportation and
infrastructure contracts at the local,
state and federal levels, the Department
of Transportation’s (DOT) Office of the
Secretary, Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization
(OSDBU) has established under the
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act (ARRA) of 2009, the DBE ARRA
Bonding Assistance Program (BAP)
Reimbursement Fee Program This
program will assist DBEs become more
competitive and perform on more
transportation infrastructure projects
receiving ARRA funding assistance from
any DOT mode of transportation, such
as Federal Highway Administration,
(FHWA), Federal Transit
Administration (FTA), Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), and the Maritime
Administration (MARAD). The DBE
ARRA BAP is financial assistance in the
form of a bonding fee cost
reimbursement. DOT will directly
reimburse DBEs the premiums paid to
the surety company, usually between 2–
3% of the total bond amount, for
performance, payment or bid/proposal
bonds. In the event the DBE also obtains
a bond guarantee from Small Business
Administration’s (SBA) Surety Bond
Guarantee Program (SBGP), the DOT
will also reimburse the DBE for the
small business concern (principal) fee of
.729% of the contract price.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy Strine, Manager, 202–366–1930,
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–
493, Washington, DC 20590. Office
hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: OMB Control
Number 2105–XXXX.
Title: ARRA Bonding Assistance
Program Reimbursement Fee Program.
Form Number: DOT F 4504.
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Affected Public: Disadvantaged
Business Enterprises—certified by Title
49 CFR, Part 26.
Frequency: One-time.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 2 hours.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
3,540 hours.
Abstract: ARRA Bonding Assistance
Program Reimbursable Fee Program.
The information collected will be
from the DBE working on transportation
or infrastructure ARRA funded project.
The information collected will be used
by DOT OSDBU to verify eligibility,
process the application, and disburse
the reimbursement. The information
being collected relates the name of the
company; full street address; the Dun
and Bradstreet Number (DUNS); Central
Contractor Registration along with Bank
information to process their payment;
DOT transportation related contract
information; supporting documentation
that shows the federal project number,
bond information along with a copy of
their bond; and proof of payment of the
fee. The applicant’s eligibility is
determined by submitting a copy of a
DBE certification and/or annual
affidavit, if applicable, for bonding fee
reimbursement for specific bonds. This
will be verified by OSDBU staff as part
of the application process. Instructions
are attached along with a copy of
sample letter to show how to obtain the
federal project number. This
information is necessary to be able to
reimburse the DBE the financial
assistance for the bond fees.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 10,
2009.
Tracey M. Jackson,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9–19917 Filed 8–18–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket Number DOT–OST–2008–0196]
Notice of Request for Reinstatement of
an Information Collection
Office of the Secretary.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: 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, is being forwarded to
the Office of Management and Budget
for renewal and comment. The ICR
describes the nature of the information
collection and its expected cost burden.
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The Federal Register Notice with a sixty
day comment period soliciting
comments on the following collection of
information was published on August
26, 2008 [FR Vol. 73, page 50396]. No
comments were received.
DATES: Written comments on this notice
should be received on or before
September 18, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Ashby, Acting Assistant General
Counsel for Regulation and
Enforcement, Office of the Secretary,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Suite W94–
302, Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366–
9310.
Comments: Comments should be
submitted to OMB: Attention DOT/OST
Desk Officer, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, Docket
Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20503, with the
associated OMB Approval Number
2100–0019 and Docket DOT–OST–
2008–0196 or
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov (e-mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Transportation for Individuals
with Disabilities ; Accessibility of Overthe-Road Buses (OTRBs).
OMB Control Number: 2100–0019.
Type of Review: Reinstatement of an
Information Collection.
Respondents: Charter/tour service
operators, fixed route companies, small
mixed service operators.
Number of Respondents: 316,226.
Number of Responses: Variable.
Total Annual Burden: 182,873 hours.
Abstract: The Department of
Transportation (DOT), in conjunction
with the U.S. Architectural and
Transportation Barriers Compliance
Board, issued final access regulations
for privately operated over-the-road
buses (OTRBs) as required by the
Americans with Disability Act (ADA) of
1990. The Final Rule on Accessibility of
Over-the-Road Buses has the following
recordkeeping/reporting requirements:
The first has to do with 48 hour advance
notice and compensation. The second
has to do with equivalent service and
compensation. The third has to do with
reporting information on ridership on
accessible fixed route buses. The fourth
has to do with recordkeeping for 5
years. The fifth has to do with report
submission to DOT annually. The sixth
has to do with reporting information on
the purchase and lease of accessible and
inaccessible new and used buses. When
initiating the information collection as
part of the rulemaking that established
the requirements in question, the
Department provided the estimate of
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burdens set forth below. We have no
reason to believe that the time necessary
to comply with the information
collection requirements has changed in
the meantime. We would note that this
estimate assumes compliance by bus
operators with the information
collection requirements. Reporting rates,
however, have been low.
The purpose of the information
collection requirements is to provide
data that the Department can use in
reviewing the provisions of its rule and
to assist the Department in its oversight
of compliance by bus companies. In
particular, the data will be used to assist
the Department in conducting the
reevaluation of the requirements of the
over-the-road bus rule mentioned in the
regulation itself.
Burden Statement: The amount of
data sought is held to the minimum
amount necessary to ensure compliance
with the regulation. As suggested in
comments from both the bus industry
and disability community commenters
during the rulemaking leading to this
rule, recordkeeping and reporting of this
kind would be useful for the purpose of
ensuring compliance. The cumulative
total burden for the information
collection is between 167,889 hours
(low estimate) and 182,873 hours (high
estimate).
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
this collection of information (third
party notification) is necessary for the
proper performance of the agency,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
the agency’s estimate of burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on the
respondents, including through the use
of automated techniques or other forms
of information technology.
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 August 13,
2009.
Tracey M. Jackson,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9–19922 Filed 8–18–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Docket No. AB–1035]
Lake County, Oregon—Adverse
Discontinuance of Rail Service—
Modoc Railway and Land Company,
LLC and Modoc Northern Railroad
Company
On July 30, 2009, Lake County, OR
(County) filed an application under 49
U.S.C. 10903 asking the Board to
authorize the third-party, or ‘‘adverse,’’
discontinuance of operating authority of
Modoc Railway and Land Company,
LLC (MR&L) and Modoc Northern
Railroad Company (MNRR) over a
55.41-mile rail line between milepost
456.89 at or near Alturas, CA, and
milepost 512.30 at or near Lakeview,
OR.
The line includes no stations and
traverses United States Postal Service
ZIP codes 96101, 96108, 97635, and
97630.
According to the County, the line was
constructed and operated for many
years by Southern Pacific
Transportation Company (SP). In 1985,
the Board’s predecessor, the Interstate
Commerce Commission, authorized SP
to abandon the line.1
The County acquired the line from SP
after its abandonment. Through its
Railroad Commission, the County
contracted with The Great Western
Railway Company (GWR) to operate the
line pursuant to a modified certificate of
public convenience and necessity. The
County terminated rail operations by
GWR, effective November 1, 1997.
Thereafter, the County obtained its own
modified certificate and commenced
operation of the line through its Lake
County Railroad division.2
In 2007, the County leased the line to
MR&L and MNRR.3 In 2009, according
to the County, MR&L and MNRR
materially breached their lease
agreement with the County. The County
further claims that, after the breach was
not cured within the notice period
required by that lease, it terminated the
lease, effective May 7, 2009. The County
states that it has resumed operation of
the line pursuant to its residual
1 See Southern Pac. Transp. Co.—Aband.—in
Modoc County, CA and Lake County, OR, Docket
No. AB–12 (Sub-No. 84) (ICC served Oct. 20, 1985).
2 See Lake County Railroad—Modified Rail
Certificate, STB Finance Docket No. 33581 (STB
served Apr. 24, 1998).
3 See Modoc Railway and Land Company, LLC—
Acq. & Oper. Exempt.—in Lake County, OR, STB
Finance Docket No. 34995 (STB served Feb. 28,
2007); and Modoc Northern Railroad Co.—Acq. &
Oper. Exempt.—in Lake County, OR, STB Finance
Docket No. 34996 (STB served Feb. 28, 2007).
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common carrier authority, with Lake
Railway acting as the County’s agent for
the provision of rail service on the line.
The County now seeks Board
permission through an adverse
discontinuance proceeding to terminate
the regulatory authority of MR&L–
MNRR to lease and operate the line so
that it can proceed to remove them from
the line.
In a decision served in this
proceeding on June 15, 2009, the Board
granted a petition filed by the County
for exemptions from several statutory
provisions and for waivers of certain
Board regulations governing rail line
discontinuances.4
The County states that the line does
not contain federally granted rights-ofway. Any documentation in the
County’s possession will be made
available promptly to those requesting
it. The County’s entire case in chief for
adverse discontinuance was filed with
the application.
The interests of railroad employees
will be protected by the conditions set
forth in Oregon Short Line R. Co.—
Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91
(1979).
Any interested person may file
written comments concerning the
proposed adverse discontinuance or
protests (including protestant’s entire
opposition case) by September 14, 2009.
The County shall file a reply, if any, by
September 28, 2009. Because the County
is providing for continued service on
the line, all interested persons should be
aware that this application is for adverse
discontinuance and will not result in
the abandonment of existing operations.
Therefore, as discussed in the Board’s
June 15 decision, the Board has
exempted this proceeding from the offer
of financial assistance (OFA)
requirements at 49 U.S.C. 10904 and
waived its OFA regulations at 49 CFR
1152.27, and the Board will not
entertain requests for a public use
condition under 49 U.S.C. 10905 (49
CFR 1152.28) or a trail use condition
under 16 U.S.C. 1247(d) (49 CFR
1152.29).
Persons opposing the proposed
adverse discontinuance who wish to
participate actively and fully in the
process should file a protest. Persons
who may oppose the adverse
discontinuance but who do not wish to
participate fully in the process by
4 In response to a Board query in that decision
regarding a slight discrepancy between the milepost
numbers for the line in STB Finance Docket No.
33581 and in this proceeding, Lake County explains
that it is using the milepost numbers set forth in
STB Finance Docket Nos. 34995 and 34996 in
which MR&L–MNRR obtained Board authority to
lease and operate the line.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket Number DOT-OST-2008-0196]
Notice of Request for Reinstatement of an Information Collection
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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, is being forwarded to
the Office of Management and Budget for renewal and comment. The ICR
describes the nature of the information collection and its expected
cost burden. The Federal Register Notice with a sixty day comment
period soliciting comments on the following collection of information
was published on August 26, 2008 [FR Vol. 73, page 50396]. No comments
were received.
DATES: Written comments on this notice should be received on or before
September 18, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Ashby, Acting Assistant General
Counsel for Regulation and Enforcement, Office of the Secretary, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Suite W94-
302, Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366-9310.
Comments: Comments should be submitted to OMB: Attention DOT/OST
Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20503, with the associated OMB Approval Number
2100-0019 and Docket DOT-OST-2008-0196 or oira_submission@omb.eop.gov
(e-mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Transportation for Individuals with Disabilities ;
Accessibility of Over-the-Road Buses (OTRBs).
OMB Control Number: 2100-0019.
Type of Review: Reinstatement of an Information Collection.
Respondents: Charter/tour service operators, fixed route companies,
small mixed service operators.
Number of Respondents: 316,226.
Number of Responses: Variable.
Total Annual Burden: 182,873 hours.
Abstract: The Department of Transportation (DOT), in conjunction
with the U.S. Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance
Board, issued final access regulations for privately operated over-the-
road buses (OTRBs) as required by the Americans with Disability Act
(ADA) of 1990. The Final Rule on Accessibility of Over-the-Road Buses
has the following recordkeeping/reporting requirements: The first has
to do with 48 hour advance notice and compensation. The second has to
do with equivalent service and compensation. The third has to do with
reporting information on ridership on accessible fixed route buses. The
fourth has to do with recordkeeping for 5 years. The fifth has to do
with report submission to DOT annually. The sixth has to do with
reporting information on the purchase and lease of accessible and
inaccessible new and used buses. When initiating the information
collection as part of the rulemaking that established the requirements
in question, the Department provided the estimate of
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burdens set forth below. We have no reason to believe that the time
necessary to comply with the information collection requirements has
changed in the meantime. We would note that this estimate assumes
compliance by bus operators with the information collection
requirements. Reporting rates, however, have been low.
The purpose of the information collection requirements is to
provide data that the Department can use in reviewing the provisions of
its rule and to assist the Department in its oversight of compliance by
bus companies. In particular, the data will be used to assist the
Department in conducting the reevaluation of the requirements of the
over-the-road bus rule mentioned in the regulation itself.
Burden Statement: The amount of data sought is held to the minimum
amount necessary to ensure compliance with the regulation. As suggested
in comments from both the bus industry and disability community
commenters during the rulemaking leading to this rule, recordkeeping
and reporting of this kind would be useful for the purpose of ensuring
compliance. The cumulative total burden for the information collection
is between 167,889 hours (low estimate) and 182,873 hours (high
estimate).
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether this collection of information
(third party notification) is necessary for the proper performance of
the agency, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on the
respondents, including through the use of automated techniques or other
forms of information technology.
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 August 13, 2009.
Tracey M. Jackson,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-19922 Filed 8-18-09; 8:45 am]
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