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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 15 / Tuesday, January 23, 2018 / Notices

Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation,
West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590.
Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S.
Department of Transportation, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steven Jessberger, 202–366–5052,
Federal Highway Administration,
Department of Transportation, Office of
Highway Policy Information, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590, Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Travel Monitoring Analysis
System (TMAS), OMB Control Number:
2125–0587.
Background: Title 49, United States
Code, Section 301, authorizes the DOT
to collect statistical information relevant
to domestic transportation. The FHWA
is continuing to develop the TMAS to
house data that will enable analysis of
the amount and nature of both vehicular
and nonmotorized travel at the national
and regional levels. The information
will be used by the FHWA and other
DOT agencies to evaluate changes in
vehicular and nonmotorized travel to
assess impacts on highway safety,
national travel trend, national travel
demand, the role of travel in economic
productivity, impacts of changes in
truck travel on infrastructure condition,
and maintenance of our Nation’s
mobility while protecting the human
and natural environment. The
increasing dependence on truck
transport requires that data be available
to better assess its overall contribution
to the Nation’s well-being. In
conducting the data collection, the
FHWA will be requesting that State
Departments of Transportations
(SDOTs) report traffic volume, vehicle
classification, vehicle weight data and
nonmotorized data which they collect as
part of their existing traffic monitoring
programs, including other sources such
as local governments and traffic
operations. States and local
governments collect nonmotorized and
motorized traffic volume, vehicle
classification data, and vehicle weight
data throughout the year using detection
devices. The data should be
representative of all public roads within
State boundaries. The data will allow
transportation professionals at the
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to make informed decisions about
policies and plans.
Respondents: 52 SDOTs, including
the District of Columbia and Puerto
Rico.
Frequency: Annually.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: Each of the SDOTs already
collect traffic data for various purposes.
In accordance with 23 U.S.C. 303, each
State has a Traffic Monitoring System in
place so the data collection burden
relevant for this notice is the additional
burden for each State to provide a copy
of their traffic data using the record
formats specified in the Traffic
Monitoring Guide. Automation and
online tools continue to be developed in
support of the TMAS and the capability
now exists for online submission and
validation of total volume data. The
estimated average monthly burden is 2.5
hours for an annual burden of 30 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: Total burden will be 1560 hours.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the U.S.
DOT’s performance, including whether
the information will have practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the U.S.
DOT’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, usefulness,
and clarity of the collected information;
and (4) ways that the burden could be
minimized, including the use of
electronic technology, 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.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued On: January 17, 2018.
Michael Howell,
Information Collection Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018–01135 Filed 1–22–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
[Docket ID Number DOT–OST–2014–0031]

Agency Information Collection:
Activity Under OMB Review: Report of
Financial and Operating Statistics for
Large Certificated Air Carriers
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Research and Technology
(OST–R), Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS), DOT.

AGENCY:

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ACTION:

Notice.

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 for and usefulness of
BTS collecting financial data from large
certificated air carriers. Large
certificated air carriers are carriers that
operate aircraft with 61 seats or more,
aircraft with 18,001 pounds of payload
capacity or more, or operate
international air services.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by March 26, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Gorham, Office of Airline Information,
RTS–42, Room E34, OST–R, BTS, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590–0001, Telephone Number (202)
366–4406, Fax Number (202) 366–3383
or EMAIL [email protected].
Comments: Comments should identify
the associated OMB approval # 2138–
0013 and Docket ID Number DOT–OST–
2014–0031. Persons wishing the
Department to acknowledge receipt of
their comments must submit with those
comments a self-addressed stamped
postcard on which the following
statement is made: Comments on OMB
# 2138–0013, Docket—DOT–OST–2014–
0031. The postcard will be date/time
stamped and returned.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by DOT Docket ID Number
DOT–OST–2014–0031 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
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 is able to search
the electronic form of all comments
SUMMARY:

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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.
Electronic Access
You may access comments received
for this notice at http://
www.regulations.gov, by searching
docket DOT–OST–2014–0031.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Approval No. 2138–0013.
Title: Report of Financial and
Operating Statistics for Large
Certificated Air Carriers.
Form No.: BTS Form 41.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Large certificated air
carriers.
Number of Respondents: 60.
Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours
per schedule, an average carrier may
submit 90 schedules in one year.
Total Annual Burden: 13,910 hours.
Needs and Uses: Program uses for
Form 41 data are as follows:

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Mail Rates
The Department of Transportation
sets and updates the international and
mainline Alaska mail rates based on
carrier aircraft operating expense, traffic
and operational data. Form 41 cost data,
especially fuel costs, terminal expenses,
and line haul expenses are used in
arriving at rate levels. DOT revises the
established rates based on the
percentage of unit cost changes in the
carriers’ operations. These updating
procedures have resulted in the carriers
receiving rates of compensation that
more closely parallel their costs of
providing mail service and contribute to
the carriers’ economic well-being.
Submission of U.S. Carrier Data to
ICAO
As a party to the Convention on
International Civil Aviation, the United
States is obligated to provide the
International Civil Aviation
Organization with financial and
statistical data on operations of U.S. air
carriers. Over 99 percent of the data
filed with ICAO is extracted from the
carriers’ Form 41 reports.

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Carrier Fitness
Fitness determinations are made for
both new entrants and established U.S.
domestic carriers proposing a
substantial change in operations. A
portion of these applications consists of
an operating plan for the first year (14
CFR part 204) and an associated
projection of revenues and expenses.
The carrier’s operating costs, included
in these projections, are compared
against the cost data in Form 41 for a
carrier or carriers with the same aircraft
type and similar operating
characteristics. Such a review validates
the reasonableness of the carrier’s
operating plan.
Form 41 reports, particularly balance
sheet reports and cash flow statements
play a major role in the identification of
vulnerable carriers. Data comparisons
are made between current and past
periods in order to assess the current
financial position of the carrier.
Financial trend lines are extended into
the future to analyze the continued
viability of the carrier. DOT reviews
three areas of a carrier’s operation: (1)
The qualifications of its management
team, (2) its disposition to comply with
laws and regulations, and (3) its
financial posture. DOT must determine
whether or not a carrier has sufficient
financial resources to conduct its
operations without imposing undue risk
on the traveling public. Moreover, once
a carrier is operating, DOT is required
to monitor its continuing fitness.
Senior DOT officials must be kept
fully informed as to all current and
developing economic issues affecting
the airline industry. In preparing
financial conditions reports or status
reports on a particular airline, financial
and traffic data are analyzed. Briefing
papers may use the same 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
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.

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Issued in Washington, DC, on January 18,
2018.
William Chadwick, Jr.,
Director, Office of Airline Information,
Bureau of Transportation Statistics .
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
[Docket ID Number DOT–OST–2014–0031]

Agency Information Collection;
Activity Under OMB Review; Report of
Financial and Operating Statistics for
Small Aircraft Operators
Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS), DOT.
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 for and usefulness of
BTS collecting financial, traffic and
operating statistics from small
certificated and commuter air carriers.
Small certificated air carriers (operate
aircraft with 60 seats or less or with
18,000 pounds of payload capacity or
less) currently must file the two
quarterly schedules listed below:
F–1 Report of Financial Data,
F–2 Report of Aircraft Operating
Expenses and Related Statistics, and
Commuter air carriers must file the
Schedule F–1 Report of Financial Data,
Commenters should address whether
BTS accurately estimated the reporting
burden and if there are other ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information collected.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by March 26, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marianne Seguin, Office of Airline
Information, RTS–42, Room E32–105,
OST–R, BTS, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE, Washington, DC 20590–0001,
Telephone Number (202) 366–1457, Fax
Number (202) 366–3383 or EMAIL
[email protected].
Comments: Comments should identify
the associated OMB approval # 2138–
0009 and Docket ID Number DOT–OST–
2014–0031. Persons wishing the
Department to acknowledge receipt of
their comments must submit with those
comments a self-addressed stamped
postcard on which the following
statement is made: Comments on OMB
#2138–0009, Docket—DOT–OST–2014–
SUMMARY:

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