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The type of information requested on
the form includes complainant’s name,
address, phone number (including area
code), email address, and name of the
airline or company about which she/he
is complaining, as well as the flight date
and flight itinerary (where applicable) of
a complainant’s trip. A consumer may
also use the form to give a description
of a specific air-travel related problem
or to ask for air-travel related
information from the OACP. The
Department has limited its
informational request to that necessary
to meet its program and administrative
monitoring and enforcement activities.
Respondents: Consumers that Choose
to File an Online Complaint/Comment
with the Office of Aviation Consumer
Protection.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
14,713 (based on averaging data from
CYs 2017–19).
Estimated Total Burden on
Respondents: 3,678.25 hours (220,695
minutes). The estimate was calculated
by multiplying the average number of
cases filed using the online form in
CYs17–19 (14,713) by the time needed
to fill out the online form (15 minutes).
The information collection is
available for inspection in
regulations.gov, as noted in the
ADDRESSES section of this document.
Comments are Invited on: (a) Whether
the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
the Department’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.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as
amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued in Washington, DC, on November
23, 2021.
Kimberly Graber,
Deputy Assistant General Counsel, Office of
Aviation Consumer Protection.
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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 that DOT is
submitting a request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
renewal of 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). On August
11, 2021, the Director, Office of Airline
Information (OAI), published a Federal
Register notice announcing DOT’s
intent to renew the information
collections and providing a 60-day
comment period regarding the
information collections. See 86 FR
44137. DOT did not receive any
comments in response to the August 11,
2021 notice. This notice announces an
additional 30 days of public comment.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by December 29, 2021.
Interested persons are invited to submit
comments regarding this proposal.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding
the burden estimate, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to
the Office of Management and Budget,
Attention: Desk Officer for the Office of
the Secretary of Transportation, 725
17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503.
Comments may also be sent via email to
OMB at the following address: oira_
[email protected].
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,
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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 OAI. 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
operated by a codeshare partner of the
Reporting Carrier that is a U.S. air
carrier. These codeshare partners
generally adopt the marketing carrier’s
branding and, thus, are referred to as
branded codeshare partners.
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
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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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. Identifying the reasons for delays
allows the FAA, airport operators, and
air carriers to pinpoint delays under
their control.
DOT is publishing this notice to
announce that its request for renewal of
the previously approved information
collections described above under OMB
Control Number 2138–0041 is being
forwarded to OMB for review and
comments. 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. 44 U.S.C.
3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.5, 1320.8(d)(1),
1320.12. A Federal agency generally
may not 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, no person
shall generally be subject to monetary
penalty for failing to comply with a
collection of information if the
collection of information does not
display a valid OMB Control Number.
See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. On
August 11, 2021 the Department
published a 60-day notice in the Federal
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which the agency was seeking OMB
approval (86 FR at 44137). The
Department did not receive any
comments on the 60-day notice.
Accordingly, the Department announces
that these information collection
activities have been re-evaluated and
certified under 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and
forwarded to OMB for review and
approval pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12(c).
Before OMB decides whether to
approve these proposed collections of
information, it must provide 30 days for
public comment. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b); 5
CFR 1320.12(d). Federal law requires
OMB to approve or disapprove
paperwork packages between 30 and 60
days after the 30-day notice is
published. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b)–(c); 5 CFR
1320.12(d); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983
(Aug. 29, 1995). The 30-day notice
informs the regulated community to file
relevant comments to OMB and affords
the agency adequate time to digest
public comments before it renders a
decision. 60 FR 44983 (Aug. 29, 1995).
Therefore, respondents should submit
their respective comments to OMB
within 30 days of publication to best
ensure their full consideration. 5 CFR
1320.12(c); see also 60 FR 44983 (Aug.
29, 1995).
The title, a description of the
respondents, and an estimate of the
annual recordkeeping and periodic
reporting burden for each of the
information collections for which DOT
seeks renewal are set forth below:
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 the
covered 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 are required to
report this information for the covered
flights marketed under the carrier’s code
as the only U.S. carrier code that are
operated by another U.S. carrier 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
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operated by its branded 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 branded 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 years 2019, 2020, and 2021.
Currently, 4 carriers report flight
performance data to DOT for their
branded 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
branded codeshare operations. The
burden estimates include staff time to
manage and process the data and to
submit the 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 the
covered 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 are required to
report this information for covered
flights marketed under the carrier’s code
as the only U.S. carrier code that are
operated by another U.S. carrier 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 its branded code-share
partners.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
2,825 hours (17 air carriers reporting the
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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 branded 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 years 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
mishandled baggage and wheelchair and
scooter data to DOT for their branded
codeshare 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
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
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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.
Public Comments Invited
You are invited to comment on any
aspect of this information collection,
including: (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.
Issued this 17th day of November 2021 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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applicable rate for calendar year 2022 is
1.00 percent.
DATES: January 1, 2022 through
December 31, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Department of the Treasury, Bureau of
the Fiscal Service, Payment
Management, E-Commerce Division
(LC–RM 349B), 3201 Pennsy Drive,
Building E, Landover, MD 20785
(Telephone: 202–874–9428).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The rate
reflects the current value of funds to the
Treasury for use in connection with
Federal Cash Management systems and
is based on investment rates set for
purposes of Public Law 95–147, 91 Stat.
1227 (October 28, 1977). Computed each
year by averaging Treasury Tax and
Loan (TT&L) investment rates for the 12month period ending every September
30, rounded to the nearest whole
percentage, for applicability effective
each January 1. Quarterly revisions are
made if the annual average, on a moving
basis, changes by 2 percentage points.
The rate for calendar year 2022 reflects
the average investment rates for the 12month period that ended September 30,
2021.
Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3717.
Linda Claire Chero,
Assistant Commissioner, Payment
Management and Chief Disbursing Officer.
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Application and Renewal Fees
Imposed on Surety Companies and
Reinsuring Companies; Increase in
Fees Imposed

Notice of Rate To Be Used for Federal
Debt Collection, and Discount and
Rebate Evaluation
Bureau of the Fiscal Service,
Fiscal Service, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of rate to be used for
Federal debt collection, and discount
and rebate evaluation.
AGENCY:

The Secretary of the Treasury
is responsible for computing and
publishing the percentage rate that is
used in assessing interest charges for
outstanding debts owed to the
Government (The Debt Collection Act of
1982, as amended). This rate is also
used by agencies as a comparison point
in evaluating the cost-effectiveness of a
cash discount. In addition, this rate is
used in determining when agencies
should pay purchase card invoices
when the card issuer offers a rebate.
Notice is hereby given that the

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Bureau of the Fiscal Service,
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of fees imposed on surety
companies and reinsuring companies.
AGENCY:

The Department of the
Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service,
is increasing the fees it imposes on and
collects from surety companies and
reinsuring companies, effective January
1, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Melvin Saunders, at (304) 480–5108 or
[email protected]; or
Bobbi McDonald, at (304) 480–7098 or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Independent Offices Appropriations Act
of 1952 (IOAA), codified at 31 U.S.C.
9701, authorizes Federal agencies to
establish fees for a service or thing of
SUMMARY:

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