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Federal Register / Vol. 91, No. 20 / Friday, January 30, 2026 / Notices

Affected Public: Owners of meter
provers used to measure liquid
hazardous materials flow into bulk
packagings such as cargo tanks and
portable tanks.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden:
Number of Respondents: 500.
Total Annual Responses: 500.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 175.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 27,
2026 under authority delegated in 49 CFR
1.97.
Matthew Nickels,
Acting Director, Standards and Rulemaking
Division, Office of Hazardous Materials
Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 2026–01856 Filed 1–29–26; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket ID Number: DOT–OST–2010–0054]

Notice of Submission of Proposed
Information Collection to OMB; Agency
Request for Renewal of Previously
Approved Collections:
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of
Disability in Air Travel: Reporting
Requirements for Disability-Related
Complaints
Office of the Secretary (OST),
Department of Transportation
(Department or DOT).
ACTION: Notice of submission to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) and request for comments.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), the
Department is forwarding the
Information Collection Request (ICR)
described below to OMB for review.
DOT published a Federal Register
notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following
collections of information on November
28, 2025 (90 FR 54,880). DOT received
four comments on the 60-day notice
which are addressed below. DOT
considered the comments and
concluded that it will not make any
changes to the information collections
before it submits the ICR to OMB for
review. This notice is to allow the
public an additional 30 days from the
date of this notice to submit comments
to the recently published application to
renew OMB Control Number: 2105–
0551, ‘‘Reporting Requirements for
Disability-Related Complaints.’’

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Interested persons are invited to
submit comments regarding this
proposal. Written comments should be
submitted by March 2, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice via www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under Review—Open for
Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Wood, Office of Aviation Consumer
Protection, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590,
Telephone Number (202) 366–9342,
[email protected] (email).
Arrangements to receive this document
in an alternative format may be made by
contacting the above-named individual.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2105–0551.
Title: Reporting Requirements for
Disability-Related Complaints.
Type of Request: Renewal of
information collections.
Background: The Department’s
regulation 14 CFR 382.157 requires U.S.
and foreign air carriers operating to,
from and within the United States that
conduct passenger-carrying service with
at least one aircraft with a designed
seating capacity of more than 60
passengers (large aircraft) to record
disability-related complaints. The
carriers must also categorize these
complaints according to the type of
disability and nature of complaint,
prepare a summary report annually of
the complaints received during the
preceding calendar year, submit the
report to the Department’s Office of
Aviation Consumer Protection, and
retain copies of correspondence and
records of action taken on the reported
complaints for three years. Carriers are
required to submit their annual report to
the Department by the last Monday in
January of each year for the complaints
received during the priority calendar
year. Carriers must submit their annual
report through the World Wide Web
except if the carrier can demonstrate an
undue burden by doing so and receives
permission from the Department to
submit it in an alternative manner.
The Department relies on the
disability-related complaint information
collections primarily to comply with 49
U.S.C. 41705(c)(3), which requires the
Secretary of Transportation to ‘‘regularly
review all complaints received by
carriers alleging discrimination on the
basis of disability’’ and ‘‘report annually
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to Congress on the results of such
review.’’ The Department may also rely
on this information to inform policy and
in enforcement matters. The Department
publishes the data collected from
airlines each year, and the
corresponding reports to Congress, on
its website at: https://
www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/
annual-report-disability-related-airtravel-complaints.
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) and its implementing regulations,
5 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
Part 1320, require Federal agencies to
issue two notices seeking public
comment on information collection
activities before OMB may approve
paperwork packages. On November 28,
2025, DOT published a 60-day notice in
the Federal Register soliciting comment
on the ICRs for which the agency seeks
OMB approval. See 90 FR 54,880.
DOT received four comments on the
notice. The commenters include the
Muscular Dystrophy Association
(MDA), Paralyzed Veterans of America
(PVA)—writing on behalf of 23
disability rights organizations or
chapters—a representative of North
Central Independent Living Services,
and an anonymous member of the
public.
In general, the commenters agreed
that the requirements for carriers to
collect and report disability-related
complaints received by carriers are
necessary. The commenters urged the
Department to enhance the collection of
information so that it is more useful to
individuals with disabilities and better
reflects what may be violations of the
Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA). In
support of this, PVA and MDA
referenced the new reporting
requirement of section 545 of the FAA
Reauthorization Act of 2024 that
requires the Department to submit a
report to Congress on consumer
complaints related to passengers with
disabilities filed with DOT. PVA stated
that the information required for this
new report is more specific than
information that the Department
currently collects from airlines, and that
some of the required information goes
beyond the current data collection.
With regard to the Department’s
burden estimates, PVA and MDA
highlighted the reporting efficiencies
and capabilities of the Department’s
Aviation Complaint, Enforcement, and
Reporting System (ACERS), which the
Department recently rolled out for air
carriers to use to submit their reports.
PVA asserted that DOT’s estimate of .5
hours per year for airlines to submit
reports to DOT may be overestimated
due to the efficiencies ACERS provides.

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To minimize burden associated with the
collections, PVA suggested that carriers
utilize check boxes for established
complaint categories on their complaint
forms and make complaint forms easier
to find on the carriers’ websites, so
passengers do not have to call the
carrier about their complaint, which
could increase the burden.
The anonymous commenter suggested
that the Air Carrier Access Act Advisory
Committee participate in any
discussions on changes to the reporting
requirement and provide
recommendations for improvement.
That commenter also urged the
Department to ensure that the report
and its web page are accessible with
ACAA and Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA) requirements.
After reviewing all the comments,
DOT has determined that no changes are
necessary to the ICR prior to submission
to OMB for review. DOT’s annual
reports are comprised of data that
airlines are currently required to report
under 14 CFR part 382. As such, any
enhancements to these reporting
requirements, including those suggested
by the commenters, would be more
appropriately addressed through
rulemaking.
The Department agrees with PVA and
MDA that ACERS offers carriers
enhanced reporting efficiencies.
However, for the purposes of seeking
renewal of these ICRs, DOT will retain
its burden estimate of .5 hours. This
estimate accounts for all reporting
carriers and includes a reasonable
estimate of time carriers will need to
conduct the due diligence required to
prepare and submit an accurate report.
With respect to publishing accessible
content on its web pages, DOT remains
committed to ensuring that content
posted on its website, including reports,
is accessible to individuals with
disabilities to federal accessibility
standards.
The Department announces that these
information collection activities have
been re-evaluated and certified under 5
CFR 1320.5(a) and is forwarding 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
44,983 (Aug. 29, 1995). Therefore,
respondents should submit their
respective comments to OMB within 30
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full consideration. 5 CFR 1320.12(c); see
also 60 FR 44,983 (Aug. 29, 1995).
For each information collection, the
title, a description of the respondents,
and an estimate of the annual
recordkeeping and periodic reporting
burden are set forth below.
(1) Requirement to record and
categorize complaints received.
Respondents: U.S. air carriers and
foreign air carriers operating to and from
the United States that conduct
passenger-carrying service with at least
one large aircraft.
Number of Respondents: 170 (the total
number of respondents that reported for
Calendar Year (CY) 2023).1
Frequency: 49,082 complaints per
year total for all respondents, which
represents the number of complaints
received by all respondents combined
during CY 2023 (0–9,717 complaints is
the range of the lowest number of
complaints and the highest number of
complaints received by any respondent
during CY 2023).
Estimated Burden on Respondents:
.25 hours on each respondent to
categorize and record each complaint.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
12,270.5 hours for all respondents (time
to record and categorize each complaint
(.25 hours) multiplied by the total
number of complaints received during
CY 2023 (49,082)). On average, the
estimated annual burden per respondent
is a range of 0–2,429.25 hours per
carrier.
(2) Requirement to prepare and
submit annual report.
Carriers will generally submit their
reports electronically through ACERS or
another means approved by the
Department.
Respondents: U.S. air carriers and
foreign air carriers operating to and from
the United States that conduct
passenger-carrying service with at least
one large aircraft.
Number of Respondents: 170 (the total
number of respondents that reported for
CY 2023).
Frequency: 1 report to DOT per year
for each respondent.
Estimated Burden on Respondents:
0.5 hours a year for each respondent to
report to DOT.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 85
hours for all respondents (time to report
(0.5 hours) multiplied by 170, the total
number of respondents).
(3) Requirement to retain
correspondences and records of action
taken on all disability-related
complaints.

Respondents: U.S. air carriers and
foreign air carriers operating to and from
the United States that conduct
passenger-carrying service with at least
one large aircraft.
Number of Respondents: 170 (the total
number of respondents that reported for
CY2023).
Frequency: 49,082 complaints per
year total for all respondents, which
represents the number of complaints
received by all respondents combined
during CY 2023 (0–9,717 complaints is
the range of the lowest number of
complaints and the highest number of
complaints received by any respondent
during CY 2023).
Estimated Burden on Respondents:
0.083 (repeating) hours per complaint
(the time it takes for a respondent to
retain or save the correspondences and
records of action taken on a single
disability-related complaint).
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
4,090.17 hours (time it takes for a
respondent to retain or save the
correspondences and records of action
taken on a single disability-related
complaints (0.083 (repeating) hours)
multiplied by the total number of
complaints received during CY 2023
(49,082)).
Comments Invited
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.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as
amended; and 49 CFR 1.26, 1.27, 1.48;
DOT Order 1351.29A.
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 28,
2026.
Livaughn Chapman, Jr.,
Deputy Assistant General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2026–01914 Filed 1–29–26; 8:45 am]
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1 Disability-related complaints data for CY 2023
were the most recent data available to the
Department as of the time of the Department’s
estimates to support this request for renewal.

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