[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 130 (Wednesday, July 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39193-39194]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16691]
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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;
Submission of Audit Reports--Part 248
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
(OST-R), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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 has been forwarded to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for extension of currently
approved collections. 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 April 21, 2015 (80 FR 22264). No
comments were received.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by August 7, 2015.
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 E-MAIL [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: OST Desk Officer.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Approval No. 2138-0004.
Title: Submission of Audit Reports--Part 248.
Form No.: None.
Type Of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Large certificated air carriers.
Number of Respondents: 63.
Number of Responses: 63.
Total Annual Burden: 20 hours.
Needs and Uses: BTS collects independent audited financial reports
from U.S. certificated air carriers. Carriers not having an annual
audit must file a statement that no such audit has been performed. In
lieu of the audit report, BTS will accept the annual report submitted
to the stockholders. The audited reports are needed by the
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Department of Transportation as: (1) A means to monitor an air
carrier's continuing fitness to operate; (2) reference material used by
analysts in examining foreign route cases; (3) reference material used
by analyst in examining proposed mergers, acquisitions and
consolidations; (4) a means whereby BTS sends a copy of the report to
the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in fulfillment of
a United States treaty obligation; and, (5) corroboration of a
carrier's Form 41 filings.
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, and submission of the information
to agencies outside BTS for review, analysis and possible use in
regulatory and other administrative matters.
Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Department concerning consumer protection. Comments should address
whether the information will have practical utility; the accuracy of
the Department's estimate of the burden of the proposed information
collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2015.
William Chadwick, Jr.,
Director, Office of Airline Information, Bureau of Transportation
Statistics.
[FR Doc. 2015-16691 Filed 7-7-15; 8:45 am]
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