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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 110 / Thursday, June 7, 2012 / Notices

(FDMS) Web site at http://
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Federal Register published on April 11,
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The petition, supporting materials,
and all comments received before the
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Comment Closing Date: July 9, 2012.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120:
Delegations of authority at CFR 1.50 and
501.8.
Issued on: May 31, 2012.
Claude H. Harris,
Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research & Innovative Technology
Administration

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[Docket ID Number RITA 2008–0002]

Agency Information Collection;
Activity Under OMB Review: Report of
Passengers Denied Confirmed
Space—BTS Form 251
Research & Innovative
Technology Administration (RITA),
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
(BTS), DOT.

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ACTION:

Notice.

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below is being forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
re-instatement of an expired collection.
The ICR describes the nature of the
information collection and its expected
burden. The Federal Register Notice
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the following collection of
information was published on March
27, 2012 (77 FR 18305). There were no
comments.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by July 9, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cecelia Robinson, Office of Airline
Information, RTS–42, Room E34–410,
RITA, BTS, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE., Washington, DC 20590–0001,
Telephone Number (202) 366–4405, Fax
Number (202) 366–3383 or email
[email protected].
Comments: Send comments to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725–17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention:
RITA/BTS Desk Officer.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

OMB Approval No. 2138–0018
Title: Report of Passengers Denied
Confirmed Space.
Form No.: BTS Form 251.
Type of Review: Re-instatement of an
expired collection.
Respondents: Large certificated air
carriers.
Number of Respondents: 14.
Number of Responses: 56.
Total Annual Burden: 560 hours.
Needs and Uses: BTS Form 251 is a
one-page report on the number of
passengers denied seats either
voluntarily or involuntarily, whether
these bumped passengers were provided
alternate transportation and/or
compensation, and the amount of the
payment. U.S. air carriers that account
for at least 1 percent of domestic
scheduled passenger service must report
all operations with 30 seat or larger
aircraft that depart a U.S. airport.
Carriers do not report data from
inbound international flights because
the protections of 14 CFR part 250
Oversales do not apply to these flights.
The report allows the Department to
monitor the effectiveness of its oversales
rule and take enforcement action when
necessary. The involuntarily deniedboarding rate has decreased from 4.38

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per 10,000 passengers in 1980 to 0.71
for the quarter ended December 2011.
The publishing of the carriers’
individual denied boarding rates has
negated the need for more intrusive
regulation. The rate of denied boarding
can be examined as a continuing fitness
factor. This rate provides an insight into
a carrier’s customer service practices. A
rapid sustained increase in the rate of
denied boarding may indicate
operational difficulties. Because the rate
of denied boarding is released quarterly,
travelers and travel agents can select
carriers with lower incidences of
bumping passengers. This information
is available in the Air Travel Consumer
Report at: http://
airconsumer.ost.dot.gov/reports/
index.htm. The Air Travel Consumer
Report is also sent to newspapers,
magazines, and trade journals. Without
Form 251, determining the effectiveness
of the Department’s oversales rule
would be impossible.
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 May 31,
2012.
Patricia Hu,
Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics,
Research and Innovative Technology
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research & Innovative Technology
Administration
[Docket ID Number RITA 2008–0002]

Agency Information Collection;
Activity Under OMB Review: Airline
Service Quality Performance—Part 234
Research & Innovative
Technology Administration (RITA),
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
(BTS), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

SUMMARY:

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