60 day Federal Register Notice

[Federal Register: October 7, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 195)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Innovative Technology Administration

[Docket: RITA 2008-0002 BTS Paperwork Reduction Notice]

Agency Information Collection; Bureau of Transportation
Statistics; Activity Under OMB Review; Reporting Required for
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: 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 supplemental data for
the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Comments are
requested concerning whether (1) the supplemental reports are needed by
BTS to fulfill the United States treaty obligation of furnishing
financial and traffic reports to ICAO; (2) BTS accurately estimated the
reporting burden; (3) there are other ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information collected; and (4) 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 December 8, 2008.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number
RITA 2008-0002 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Docket Management Facility: 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: 202-493-2251.
Instructions: Identify docket number, BTS 2008-0002, at the
beginning of your comments, and send two copies. To receive
confirmation that DOT received your comments, include a self-addressed
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 is able to 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) or you may visit http://
DocketInfo.dot.gov.
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.

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Electronic Access

An electronic copy of this rule, a copy of the notice of proposed
rulemaking, and copies of the comments may be downloaded at http://
www.regulations.gov, by searching docket RITA 2008-0002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bernie Stankus, Office of Airline
Information, RTS-42, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue Street, SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001, (202) 366-4387.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Approval No. 2138-0039.
Title: Reporting Required for International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO).
Form No.: BTS Form EF.
Type Of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Large certificated air carriers.
Number of Respondents: 40.
Number of Responses: 40.
Total Annual Burden: 26 hours.
Needs and Uses: As a party to the Convention on International Civil
Aviation (Treaty), the United States is obligated to provide ICAO with
financial and statistical data on operations of U.S. carriers. Over 99%
of the data filled with ICAO is extracted from the air carriers' Form
41 submissions to BTS. BTS Form EF is the means by which BTS supplies
the remaining 1% of the air carrier data to ICAO.
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.

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 1, 2008.
M. Clay Moritz, Jr.,
Acting Assistant Director, Airline Information, Bureau of
Transportation Statistics.
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