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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID Number: DOT–OST–2014–0031]

Notice of Submission of Proposed
Information Collection to OMB Agency
Request for Renewal of a Previously
Approved Collection: Airline Service
Quality Performance—Part 234
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Research and Technology
(OST–R), Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended) this
notice announces DOT’s intention to
renew Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) Control Number 2138–
0041 covering Airline Service Quality
Performance On-time Performance and
Mishandled Baggage reports that the
largest U.S. air carriers file with DOT
under Part 234 of title 14, Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by October 12, 2021. Interested
persons are invited to submit comments
regarding this proposal.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that you do
duplicate your docket submissions,
please submit them by only one of the
following means:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov and follow
the online instructions for submitting
comments. (You may access comments
received for this notice at http://
www.regulations.gov by searching
docket DOT–OST–2014–0031.)
• Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Ave., SE, West Building
Ground Floor Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001;
• Hand delivery: West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200
New Jersey Ave. SE, between 9 a.m. and
5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. The telephone number
is 202–366–9329.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments
received into any of DOT’s 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).

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cecelia Robinson, Office of Airline
Information, RTS–42, Room E34–410,
OST–R, BTS, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE, Washington, DC 20590–0001,
Telephone Number (202) 366–4405
(voice), Fax Number (202) 366–3383 or
Email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DOT
collects information regarding flight
performance and mishandled baggage,
wheelchairs, and scooters from the
largest U.S. air carriers under 14 CFR
part 234. The air carriers required to
provide this information to DOT consist
of the U.S. air carriers that accounted for
at least 0.5 percent of domestic
scheduled-passenger revenues
(Reporting Carriers) as most recently
determined by the DOT’s Office of
Airline Information. An air carrier that
is not a Reporting Carrier may
voluntarily submit the flight
performance and mishandled baggage,
wheelchairs, and scooters information
to the Department pursuant to 14 CFR
234.7.
Specifically, Reporting Carriers must
submit Part 234 On-time Performance
reports to DOT with information on
domestic flight operations and
performance as described in 14 CFR
234.4.1 In addition, under 14 CFR 234.6,
Reporting Carriers must submit Part 234
Mishandled Baggage reports to DOT that
include the following information for
covered domestic flights: (1) The
number of bags mishandled in its
custody, (2) the number of bags
enplaned into the aircraft cargo
compartment, (3) the number of
mishandled wheelchairs and scooters
mishandled in its custody, and (4) the
number of wheelchairs and scooters
enplaned into the aircraft cargo
compartment.2 Each Reporting Carrier is
required to report the flight performance
and mishandled baggage, wheelchair,
and scooter information to DOT on a
monthly basis for the covered flights it
operates and for any covered flights
held out under the Reporting Carrier’s
code (as the only U.S. carrier code) and
1 The format and instructions for reporting this
information are in Technical Reporting Directive
#27—On-Time Performance, effective January 1,
2018, available at: https://cms7.bts.dot.gov/sites/
bts.dot.gov/files/docs/explore-topics-andgeography/topics/airlines-and-airports/207741/
technical-directive-no-27-time-2018.pdf.
2 The format and instructions for reporting
mishandled baggage and wheelchair and scooter
information to DOT are in Technical Reporting
Directive #30A—Mishandled Baggage and
Wheelchairs and Scooters (Amended), effective
January 1, 2019, available at: https://
www.bts.dot.gov/sites/bts.dot.gov/files/docs/
explore-topics-and-geography/topics/airlines-andairports/224606/technicaldirective30abaggage2019
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operated by a codeshare partner of the
Reporting Carrier.
DOT uses the information reported by
airlines to provide airline performance
information and statistics on the BTS
website and in the Air Travel Consumer
Report (ATCR), a monthly publication
of DOT’s Office of Aviation Consumer
Protection (OACP). Air transportation
consumers and other stakeholders use
the information DOT publishes to
understand and compare airlines’
service quality performance, including
airlines’ rates of on-time performance
and cancellation and rates of baggage
and wheelchair and scooter
mishandling.
DOT’s Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) uses data
reported by airlines in Part 234 On-time
Performance reports to analyze air
traffic delays. Wheels-up and wheelsdown times are used by the FAA in
conjunction with departure and arrival
times to show the extent of ground
delays. Actual elapsed flight time
(wheels-down minus wheels-up time) is
compared by the FAA to scheduled
elapsed flight time to identify airborne
delays. The reporting of the aircraft tail
number allows the FAA to track an
aircraft through the air network, which
enables the FAA to study the ripple
effects of delays at hub airports. The
data can be analyzed by the FAA for
airport design changes, new equipment
purchases, and the planning of new
runways or airports based on current
and projected airport delays and traffic
levels. The identification of the reason
for delays allows the FAA, airport
operators, and air carriers to pinpoint
delays under their control.
DOT is publishing this notice to
announce its intent to request extension
of the previously approved information
collections described above under OMB
Control Number 2138–0041. Without
further action, OMB authorization of the
information collections would expire
December 31, 2021.
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) and its implementing regulations,
5 CFR part 1320, require Federal
agencies to issue two notices seeking
public comment on information
collection activities before OMB may
approve paperwork packages. A Federal
agency generally cannot conduct or
sponsor a collection of information, and
the public is generally not required to
respond to an information collection,
unless it is approved by the OMB under
the PRA and displays a currently valid
OMB Control Number. In addition,
notwithstanding any other provisions of
law, no person shall generally be subject
to monetary penalty for failing to
comply with a collection of information

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if the collection of information does not
display a valid OMB Control Number.
See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
For each of these information
collections, the title, a description of the
respondents, and an estimate of the
annual recordkeeping and periodic
reporting burden are set forth below.

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1. Airline Service Quality Performance
Reports—Part 234 On-Time
Performance
Respondents: Certificated air carriers
that account for at least 0.5 percent of
the domestic scheduled-service
passenger revenues are required to
report flight performance data for flights
that they operate as described in 14 CFR
234.4; Certificated air carriers that
account for at least 0.5 percent of
domestic scheduled-service passenger
revenues that market code-share flights
carrying the carrier’s code as the only
U.S. carrier code are required to report
flight performance data for these codeshare flights as described in 14 CFR
234.4; Air carriers may voluntarily
report flight performance data pursuant
to 14 CFR 234.7.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 17
air carriers (4 of which market
codeshare flights).
Frequency: Monthly.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 10 hours for each respondent
to report for the flights operated by the
respondent plus an additional 16 hours
if the respondent reports for flights
operated by code-share partners.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
2,808 hours (17 air carriers reporting the
flight performance information for the
flights they operate × 10 hours per
response × 12 months = 2,040 hours) +
(4 air carriers reporting the flight
performance information for flights
operated by their codeshare partners ×
16 hours per response × 12 months =
768 hours). This estimate is based on
the following information: 17 carriers
reported the flight performance data for
the flights they operated to DOT in
calendar year 2019, 2020, and 2021.
Currently, 4 carriers report flight
performance data to DOT for their
codeshare operations.
DOT estimates that respondents will
encounter on average a 10-hour burden
per month to report flight performance
data to DOT for the flights they operate.
DOT estimates the respondents that
market codeshare flights will encounter
on average an additional burden of 16
hours per month to report flight
performance data to DOT for their
codeshare operations. The burden
estimates include staff time to manage
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report through DOT’s electronic
submission system.
2. Airline Service Quality Performance
Reports—Part 234 Mishandled Baggage
Respondents: Certificated air carriers
that account for at least 0.5 percent of
the domestic scheduled-service
passenger revenues are required to
report mishandled baggage and
wheelchairs and scooters data for flights
that they operate as described in 14 CFR
234.6; Certificated air carriers that
account for at least 0.5 percent of
domestic scheduled-service passenger
revenues that market code-share flights
carrying the carrier’s code as the only
U.S. carrier code are required to report
mishandled baggage and wheelchairs
and scooters data for these code-share
flights as described in 14 CFR 234.6; Air
carriers may voluntarily report
mishandled baggage and wheelchairs
and scooters data pursuant to 14 CFR
234.7.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 17
air carriers (4 that market codeshare
flights).
Frequency: Monthly.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 10 hours for each respondent
to report for the flights operated by the
respondent plus an additional 16 hours
if the respondent reports for flights
operated by code-share partners.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
2,825 hours (17 air carriers reporting the
mishandled baggage and mishandled
wheelchairs and scooters information
for flights they operate × 10 hours per
response × 12 months = 2,040 hours) +
(4 air carriers reporting the mishandled
baggage and mishandled wheelchairs
and scooters information for flights
operated by their codeshare partners ×
16 hours per response × 12 months =
768 hours) + (.00138 hours for manual
data entry related to wheelchair or
scooters × 12,000 manual entries = 17
hours). This estimate is based on the
following information: 17 Carriers
reported mishandled baggage and
wheelchair and scooter information to
DOT in calendar year 2019, 2020, and
2021. Currently, 4 carriers report
mishandled baggage and wheelchair and
scooter information to DOT for their
codeshare operations.
DOT estimates that respondents will
encounter on average 10-hours burden
per month to report the mishandled
baggage and wheelchair and scooter
data to DOT for the flights they operate.
DOT estimates that respondents that
market codeshare flights will encounter
on average an additional burden of 16
hours per month to report the
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operations. The burden estimates
include staff time to manage and
process the data and to submit the
report through DOT’s electronic
submission system.
In addition, the estimated total annual
burden is based on the assumption that
most respondents employ automated
processes to record that an item
enplaned is a wheelchair or scooter for
the purposes of reporting data on
wheelchairs and scooters to DOT. For a
carrier that manually records this
information, such as by having their
agent type information describing a
wheelchair or scooter into the airline’s
system, DOT estimates that the airline
would spend approximately 5 seconds
(.00138 hours) per item to manually
enter the data.3 DOT estimates that
12,000 Wheelchairs and scooters total
are recorded manually per year.
Administrative Issues
The Confidential Information
Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act
of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501) 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.
Comments Invited
We invite comments on: (a) Whether
the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of DOT, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
DOT’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents.
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 on
the docket.
3 The Final Rule to Amend Rules Requiring
Reporting of Mishandled Baggage, Regulatory
Impact Analysis, October 18, 2016, estimated a data
entry burden of 5 seconds per wheelchair or scooter
recorded manually. See Docket No. RITA–2011–
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Issued at Washington, DC.
William A. Chadwick, Jr.,
Director, Office of Airline Information,
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Research and
Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Senior Executive Service Performance
Review Board
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Department of the Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

To announce a list of senior
executives who comprise a standing
roster that will serve on IRS’s Fiscal
Year 2021 Senior Executive Service
(SES) Performance Review Boards.
DATES: This list is effective September 1,
2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sharnetta A. Walton, Director, Office of
Executive Services at (202) 317–3817 or
Malaika Green, Deputy Director, Office
of Executive Services at (202) 317–3823,
IRS, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20224.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to 5 U.S.C. 4314(c)(4), this board shall
review and evaluate the initial
appraisals of career senior executives’
performance and provide
recommendations to the appointing
authority on performance ratings, pay
adjustments and performance awards.
The senior executives are as follows:
Justin L. Abold-LaBreche
David P. Alito
Robin D. Bailey, Jr.
Scott A. Ballint
Lisa J. Beard-Niemann
Robert J. Bedoya
Michael C. Beebe
Jennifer L. Best
Carol A. Campbell
John V. Cardone
Anthony S. Chavez
James P. Clifford
Amalia C. Colbert
Erin M. Collins
Lucinda J. Comegys
Kenneth C. Corbin
Robert S. Cox
Tracy L. Deleon
Brenda A. Dial
Joseph Dianto
Donald C. Drake
Elizabeth A. Dugger
Sheila Eason
Michelle L. Eldridge
James L. Fish

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Sharyn M. Fisk
Nikole C. Flax
Julie A. Foerster
Jeff D. Gill
Linda K. Gilpin
Dagoberto Gonzalez
Dietra D. Grant
Darren J. Guillot
Valerie A. Gunter
Todd L. Harber
Barbara Harris
Gearl D. Harris
Keith A. Henley
Anita M. Hill
Robert E. Hill
John E. Hinding
Carrie Y. Holland
Yumin Hsu
Scott E. Irick
Barry W. Johnson
Nikki C. Johnson
William H. Kea, Jr.
Lou Ann Kelleher
Andrew J. Keyso, Jr.
Edward T. Killen
James C. Lee
Terry L. Lemons
Sunita Lough
Robert W. Malone
Heather C. Maloy
Lee D. Martin
Kevin Q. McIver
Karen A. Michaels
Kevin M. Morehead
Robin L. Moses
Bryan L. Musselman
Frank A. Nolden
Douglas W. O’Donnell
Deborah T. Palacheck
Kaschit D. Pandya
Holly O. Paz
Scott D. Reisher
Bridget T. Roberts
James D. Robnett
Richard L. Rodriguez
Clifford R. Scherwinski
Frederick W. Schindler
Verline A. Shepherd
Nancy A. Sieger
Susan A. Simon
Eric D. Slack
Harrison Smith
Tommy A. Smith
Jeffrey J. Tribiano
Kathryn D. Vaughan
Shanna R. Webbers
Lavena B. Williams
Maha H. Williams
Lisa S. Wilson
Sheila D. Wright
This document does not meet the
Treasury’s criteria for significant
regulations.
Douglas W. O’Donnell,
Deputy Commissioner for Services and
Enforcement, Internal Revenue Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Open Meeting of the Federal Advisory
Committee on Insurance
Departmental Offices, U.S.
Department of the Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
AGENCY:

This notice announces that
the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s
Federal Advisory Committee on
Insurance (FACI) will meet via
videoconference on Thursday,
September 9, 2021 from 11:00 a.m.–1:00
p.m. Eastern Time. The meeting is open
to the public. The FACI provides nonbinding recommendation and advice to
the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) in the
U.S. Department of Treasury.
DATES: The meeting will be held via
videoconference on Thursday,
September 9, 2021, from 11:00 a.m.—
1:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
ADDRESSES: Attendance: The meeting
will be held via videoconference and is
open to the public. The public can
attend remotely via live webcast here.
The webcast will also be available
through the FACI’s website at here.
Please refer to the FACI website for upto-date information on this meeting.
Requests for reasonable
accommodations under Section 504 of
the Rehabilitation Act should be
directed to Mariam G. Harvey, Office of
Civil Rights and Diversity, Department
of the Treasury at (202) 622–0316, or
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jigar
Gandhi, Senior Insurance Regulatory
Policy Analyst, Federal Insurance
Office, U.S. Department of the Treasury,
1500 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Room
1410 MT, Washington, DC 20220, at
(202) 622–3220 (this is not a toll-free
number). Persons who have difficulty
hearing or speaking may access this
number via TTY by calling the toll-free
Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of
this meeting is provided in accordance
with the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 10(a)(2),
through implementing regulations at 41
CFR 102–3.150.
Public Comment: Members of the
public wishing to comment on the
business of the FACI are invited to
submit written statements by either of
the following methods:
SUMMARY:

Electronic Statements
• Send electronic comments to faci@
treasury.gov.
Paper Statements
• Send paper statements in triplicate
to the Federal Advisory Committee on

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